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Following the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán last Friday in Washington, a White House representative announced that Hungary had been exempted from the US sanctions against Russia's energy sector for the time being. Commentators discuss the reasons for the exemption and its potential impact on next year's parliamentary elections in Hungary.

Tesla boss Elon Musk is set to receive a huge share package worth 1,000 billion dollars after shareholders in the US electric car manufacturer voted in favour of a ten-year pay package for Musk which is conditional on his achieving several ambitious goals for the company. What are the implications when the richest person in the world becomes far richer?

The Director General of the BBC, Tim Davie, and its CEO of News, Deborah Turness, have resigned following allegations of manipulative coverage of a speech by Donald Trump. The broadcaster is said to have edited statements made by the US president shortly before the storming of the Capitol in January 2021 for a documentary in such a way that it could give a false impression.

COP30 begins on Monday in Belém, Brazil. Ahead of the Climate Change Conference, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for stronger measures against climate change. The world had failed to meet its goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees C, he said, stressing that every tenth of a degree increase means more hunger, displacement and financial losses. Commentators also emphasise the need for action.