News Wrap: Appeals court rules Jan. 6 lawsuits Trump can move forward

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• Amna Nawaz:

  In the day's other headlines: A federal appeals court panel ruled that January 6 lawsuit's against former President Trump will move forward. Democratic lawmakers and Capitol Police have accused him of inciting mob violence.

  Mr. Trump argues presidential immunity shields him from liability. But the court's ruling said that — quote — "He is acting as office-seeker, not officeholder, so immunity does not apply."

  The former president could ask the full appeals court to rule or go directly to the Supreme Court.

  A federal prison inmate is being charged with the attempted murder of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd. Chauvin was stabbed 22 times last Friday in federal prison in Tucson, Arizona. He'd been convicted of murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020.

  World leaders appealed for action today at the second day of COP 28, the U.N. climate conference in Dubai. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pressed for an end to fossil fuels. Others, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, spoke of the grave consequences of a warming planet, including food shortages.

  Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State: A growing population means the global demand for food is likely to increase by an estimated 50 percent by the year 2050. An escalating climate crisis means that crop yields could drop by as much as 30 percent over that same period. So, do the math.

• Amna Nawaz:

  The U.S. and China remain the world's top polluting nations, but President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are not attending the conference.

  Ukraine's spy agency has reportedly reached deep into Russia, blowing up two fuel tanker trains in Siberia. Ukrainian news outlets say the attacks targeted a key Russian supply route with China. They followed Russian missile strikes Thursday in Ukraine's Donetsk region, killed two people and wrecked apartment buildings.

  But, in an interview, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the world not to lose interest as the war drags on.

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President (through interpreter):

  We already can see the consequences of the global society switching its attention because of the tragedy in the Middle East. We must not allow people to forget about the war here. You see, attention equals help. No attention will mean no help. We fight for every bit of attention.

• Amna Nawaz:

  The war is now in its 22nd month, with neither side gaining a breakthrough. But Moscow claimed today that its forces are advancing on all fronts.

  The jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has announced he's facing new criminal charges. He said today they fall under part of the Russian penal code that covers vandalism, but he doesn't know the specifics.

  Navalny wrote on X, formerly Twitter — quote — "They really do initiate a new criminal case against me every three months." He's already serving more than 30 years in prison for various crimes, all of which he denies.

  Separately, Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva will stay in jail in Southwestern Russia until February. A court in Kazan read the order today as Kurmasheva sat inside the glass defendant's box. She was arrested in October for failing to register as a foreign agent because she works for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The company reports news and is funded by the U.S. government.

  Back in this country it may get harder to claim the full $7,500 tax credit for buying electric vehicles if the batteries contain Chinese-made materials. The Biden administration proposed that requirement today to foster domestic production. Industry analysts say it may also hurt sales. President Biden wants half of all passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. to be E.V.s by 2030.

  And on Wall Street, stocks got December off to a good start. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 294 points to close at 36245, the Nasdaq rose 78 points and the S&P 500 added 26.