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1. UN climate talks extended as island countries demand action

   

   Weary officials from almost 200 countries faced another day of negotiations at United Nations climate talks to bridge their last remaining differences as small island countries on Friday demanded an ambitious stance against global warming.

2. 'He directed me to make the payments': Cohen says Trump's denials aren't believable

   

   Donald Trump's former personal lawyer says buying the silence of two women because of their alleged affairs was directly tied to his prospects in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

3. Syrian Kurdish-led fighters take Hajin, final ISIS-held town

   

   U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by ISIS on Friday, after three months of ferocious battles in the militants' single remaining enclave in eastern Syria, activists and Kurdish officials said.

4. China's 'complicated' role in fight against climate change

   

   Three years after they helped forge the landmark Paris agreement, the U.S. and China are effectively on opposite sides of the climate discussion, Nahlah Ayed writes.

5. Wisconsin governor signs bills that weaken incoming Democrats

   

   Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a sweeping package of Republican-written legislation Friday that restricts early voting and weakens the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general, brushing aside complaints that he is enabling a brazen power grab and ignoring the will of voters.