Moment reporters frantically search for checked out Biden as lame duck president misses photo with G20 leaders: ‘He’s behind the palm tree!’

Reporters could be heard calling out for President Joe Biden as world leaders at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro gathered for a final photo, but the 81-year-old leader was a no-show. Biden was nowhere to be seen until moments after the picture was taken when photographers and reporters frantically searched for the leader of the free world until one cameraman spotted him behind a nearby palm tree. In footage shot by CSPAN there appeared to be utter confusion as dignitaries were unsure whether to leave the risers erected for the photo or to stay put and wait for Biden to return.

Arctic blast grips Britain: Temperature plummets to -11.2C in ‘first taste of winter’ as commuters brace for travel chaos – as map shows where more snow and ice will fall today

An Arctic blast has hit Britain in the country’s first major taste of winter this year – with drivers getting stuck, trains cancelled and warnings of more icy weather ahead as temperatures plunged to -11.2C and snow started falling in the capital London. Traffic problems have been reported around major cities including Leeds as the Met Office issued a severe weather warning of snow and ice – as it got as cold overnight as -11.2C in the Scottish village of Braemar and -10.7C in Tulloch Bridge in the Highlands. The reading in Braemar was described as the coldest Britain has been at this time of the year since 1998.

Trans congresswoman Sarah McBride blasts Republicans after proposal that would block her from using women’s bathroom on Capitol Hill

A trans war has broken out on Capitol Hill after a Republican lawmaker proposed a measure that would block the first transgender member of Congress from using biological women’s restrooms in the U.S. Capitol. Rep. Nancy Mace is pushing for the new rule ahead of the arrival of Congresswoman-elect Sarah McBride, who will take office in January as the first openly-trans lawmaker in the United States. McBride blasted Republicans after the proposal, claiming they were using it as a ‘distraction’ tactic.