16/11/2012 11:43
International press at a glance
Reuters
Japan is set to dissolve parliament's lower house on Friday for a December 16 election that is likely to return the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power with a conservative former prime minister at the helm.
BBC
Israel's aerial bombardment of Gaza has intensified after it authorised the call-up of 30,000 army reservists, amid reports of a possible ground offensive.
The Guardian
Barack Obama is pressing the Egyptian leadership to help de-escalate the bloody conflict in Gaza amid concern that a further ratcheting up of violence, such as a major Israeli ground assault, could damage the peace accords between Cairo and Jerusalem.
Sky News
Xi Jinping has been confirmed as China's new leader after appearing on a stage in Beijing's Great Hall of the People along with the other six men who will now lead the world's second largest economy.
Daily Mail
President Obama praised the resilient New York attitude and the efforts of rescue workers during his talk after touring areas of Queens and Staten Island that were ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.
BBC
The CIA has opened an investigation into the conduct of its former director David Petraeus, who resigned last week citing an affair with his biographer.
News Sky
Two employees of BP face manslaughter charges over the Gulf of Mexico spill, as the oil giant agrees to pay a record £2.8bn fine.