November 24-30: America marks Thanksgiving, Pope Leo visits Turkey and Lebanon, and UK Chancellor presents budget

A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.

Leading the week

Monday (November 24): Chauncey Billups arraigned over NBA poker-rigging scandal; Designation of Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ as a Foreign Terrorist Organization takes effect; UN Security Council discusses Israel-Palestine conflict.

Tuesday (November 25): Donald Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys.

Wednesday (November 26): Ruling due in James Comey and Letitia James challenge over the appointment of DA Lindsey Halligan.

Thursday (November 27): Thanksgiving Day; Pope Leo begins visit to Turkey and meets with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Friday (November 28): Black Friday; Pope Leo visits Iznik to mark 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea; WHO publishes report on global progress toward measles elimination amid US outbreaks.

Saturday (November 29): Pope Leo celebrates mass in Istanbul; MLS Cup Eastern Conference final.

Sunday (November 30): Pope Leo begins visit to Lebanon and meets with President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam; Hondurans vote in presidential and parliamentary elections; MLS Cup Western Conference final.

Also look out for

November 24

Howard Lutnick attends meeting of EU trade ministers

BBC Chair Samir Shah appears before UK parliamentary panel

Angola hosts EU-African Union summit

November 25

Man goes on trial over Liverpool victory parade crash

ECJ rules in case of couple seeking same-sex marriage recognition in Poland

German and Jordanian foreign ministers among speakers at Berlin Policy Forum

UN Security Council discusses North Korea

November 26

Verdict due in Nicolas Sarkozy’s appeal over 'Bygmalion' conviction

UK Budget

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon inflation

Thanksgiving gridlock?

November 27

Thanksgiving Day football

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Verdicts announced in Russian trial over 2022 Crimean bridge attack

ISS Expedition 74 launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

November 28

Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) Regional Forum

November 29

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

November 30

Kyrgyzstan holds early parliamentary elections

Swiss referendum on inheritance tax

OPEC+ ministerial meeting

Formula One Qatar Grand Prix

Key statistics, reports and results

November 25

European Commission Autumn Package

US consumer confidence index

Advance monthly retail sales

Producer price index

Manufacturing and trade: inventories and sales statistics

Results from: HP, Best Buy, Alibaba, Dick's Sporting Goods, Kohl’s

November 26

Advance report on durable goods

Beige Book

ECB Financial Stability Review

Results from: Deere & Company

November 27

OECD Pensions at a Glance

ECB minutes

South Korea interest rate decision

November 28

Sovereign reviews of France (S&P) and Ukraine (Moody’s)

GDP for India, Canada and Nigeria

November 30

China manufacturing PMI