Trudeau likely to announce resignation

Plus, the ghosts of Grenfell.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters  Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Edson Caldas A source says Justin Trudeau is likely to announce his resignation, the US Congress to meets to certify Donald Trump's election, and we look at how boardroom diversity is stalling. Plus, the winners of this year's Golden Globes. Today's Top News   Trudeau is expected to announce his resignation before a caucus meeting on Wednesday. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is increasingly likely to announce he intends to step down, though he has not made a final decision, a source familiar with Trudeau's thinking said. Here are the options Trudeau faces in Canada's leadership crisis. The US Congress is set to meet today to formally certify Republican Donald Trump's election as president, exactly four years after a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol in a failed bid to block the certification of his 2020 election loss. Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain's right-wing Reform UK party in an abrupt withdrawal of support. Musk has previously sought to influence British politics and has criticized Prime Minister Keir Starmer repeatedly. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said that he found it worrying that Musk was involving himself in the political issues outside of the US. South Korean investigators sought an extension of a warrant to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed confidence in the country's democratic process. Separately, Blinken said a North Korean missile test carried out during his visit to Seoul was a reminder of the need to deepen US cooperation with South Korea and Japan. Ukraine has launched a new attack in Russia's Kursk region – an area from which Russian troops have been trying to eject Ukrainian forces for the past five months. Editor Mike Collett-White tells the Reuters World News podcast that Ukraine's latest push in this region is an attempt to have more leverage in any peace talks. Kenyan police at times mischaracterize deaths caused by officers as "death by accident", "mob justice" or "drownings" in morgue logs to cover their tracks, officers who work in a unit deployed during protests told Reuters. Read our investigation. Business & Markets   Over the past year, a backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion policies has sapped corporate enthusiasm for them. Interviews with corporate directors and advisers as well as a recent study on corporate boards paint a stark picture of how pronounced the fallout has been. US lenders have been rushing in recent weeks to leave one of the world's top banking sector climate coalitions, drawing scorn from campaigners who worry the industry is losing resolve to take action on fossil fuels. The Biden administration plans to impose more sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine, taking aim at its oil revenues with action against tankers carrying Russian crude, three sources with knowledge of the matter said. Japan's Nippon Steel may need to look at a revamp of its growth strategy after President Joe Biden blocked its proposed $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, but its share price could bounce back in the near-term, analysts said. Netflix's next venture into live programming starts today when the company streams its first episode of "Raw," the weekly World Wrestling Entertainment spectacle that has been a staple of US TV for three decades. In more streaming news, three major media companies will ask the US Court of Appeals to reverse a ruling that blocked the launch of their Venu Sports streaming service, arguing that a district court judge was wrong to halt its planned debut on antitrust grounds. AI is set to become a Madison Avenue sensation. Google, Facebook and Instagram ballooned in prominence and profitability powered by advertising money, and the next big thing in tech will be no different. In a new e-book, Breakingviews columnists present this and other predictions for 2025. The Ghosts of Grenfell   Grenfell Tower blaze in London killed 72 people in 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville When the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze in 2017 led to revelations that high-rise public housing buildings across Britain were wrapped in flammable cladding, the government vowed the building contractors responsible would pay for their negligence. Seven years on, contractors who fitted cladding panels that didn't meet fire-safety standards in place when installed have largely escaped financial liability, according to a Reuters review of more than 100 buildings. Read our exclusive report And Finally... "The Brutalist" triumphs at the Golden Globes. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni "The Brutalist," the story of a Holocaust survivor who chases the American dream, and musical thriller "Emilia Perez" took home the first major movie honors of Hollywood's awards season at the Golden Globes. "Shogun" and "Hacks" claimed the top TV honors. Read more Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2025 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036