| Trump is poised to invoke emergency powers in his first hours in office as part of a plan to unleash domestic energy production while seeking to reverse President Joe Biden's actions to combat climate change, sources say. At a rally yesterday in downtown Washington, Trump said his second presidency will mark the start of "a brand new day of American strength and prosperity, dignity and pride."  Trump speaks during his rally in Washington yesterday. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg A ceasefire in the Gaza war began taking hold as Hamas released three female hostages yesterday in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners. The six-week truce aims for the gradual release of 33 of the almost 100 Israeli hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas — designated a terrorist group by the US and other governments — and of about 1,000 Palestinians in jails in Israel. Mexico has launched a panic app, lined up more than 2,600 lawyers and almost 2,200 consulate workers to support the roughly 5 million undocumented Mexicans living in the US who are facing Trump's threat to carry out "the largest deportation operation" in the nation's history. The lead candidate for Germany's Greens in next month's snap election took his campaign pitch to deeply conservative Bavaria at the weekend, part of an effort to push back against the image of the party as meddlesome and dogmatic and show he's ready to reach out to new voters. Robert Habeck, the current economy minister, is also targeting those uncomfortable with a recent shift to the right by the poll-leading opposition conservatives. The 15-month Israel-Hamas war and its fallout tilted the balance of power in the Middle East against Iran, to the benefit of longtime rival Saudi Arabia. With Tehran's proxies in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories decimated, its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad deposed and its enemy Israel emboldened, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is wasting no time filling the void. Iran has meanwhile been suffering its worst power outages in decades, impacting large swathes of the economy, crimping key industries and pushing a country rich in energy resources further into crisis even before Trump's expected tougher stance toward the Islamic Republic takes effect. A South Korean court issued a fresh warrant to formally detain President Yoon Suk Yeol, allowing investigators to keep the embattled leader in custody longer as they look into criminal allegations over his short-lived declaration of martial law. Chrystia Freeland kicked off her campaign to lead Canada yesterday, telling supporters that she's the best candidate to do battle with Trump. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez sprung more policy surprises at the weekend, pushing out the long-standing head of Spain's main telecommunications provider and stepping up efforts to shut many foreign buyers out of the country's property market. | 
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