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The biggest global headaches facing Trump
The world's problems will land on Donald Trump's plate. Get briefed, decide what to do, and find out how likely the President-elect is to call you for advice at 3 a.m.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, shakes hand with Social Democratic Party Chairman Martin Schulz during a joint statement after the exploratory talks between Merkel's Christian Democratic block and the Social Democrats on forming a new German government in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Merkel, Schulz reach deal for German coalition talks after all-night marathon

Several people have been stabbed in the city Turku, east of Helsinki (Finland), according to national police.

Knife attack in Finland: Latest updates

WINDSOR, ENGLAND - MAY 13: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh rides on his mini motorbike during the Royal Windsor Horse Show at Home Park, Windsor Castle on May 13, 2005 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

Live updates: Prince Philip to step down

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives to speak to the media outside her official residence of 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday April 18, 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May announced she will seek early election on June 8 (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

UK Prime Minister Theresa May seeks snap election: Live updates

Emergency servies work at the scene where a truck crashed into the Ahlens department store at Drottninggatan in central Stockholm, April 7, 2017.

Sweden truck attack: Live updates

Anti-government protesters guard the perimeter of Maidan Square on February 19, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine.

Ukraine: Everything you need to know about how we got here

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 21: Protesters make their way through the streets of London during the Women's March on January 21, 2017 in London, England. The Womens March originated in Washington DC but soon spread to be a global march calling on all concerned citizens to stand up for equality, diversity and inclusion and for womens rights to be recognised around the world as human rights. Global marches are now being held, on the same day, across seven continents (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Women's March live coverage

Republican senators launch bill to move US embassy to Jerusalem

An unnamed gunman gestures after shooting the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. The Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said he was hospitalized with a gunshot wound. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Russia 'determined to fight terror' after envoy's assassination

An unnamed gunman gestures after shooting the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. The Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said he was hospitalized with a gunshot wound. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Russia's ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara

NEW YORK - JULY 24: Billionaire Donald Trump and mode Melania Knauss celebrate the launch of Virgin Mobile USA at the Whitespace Studio on July 24, 2002, in New York City. Virgin Mobile USA has partnered with Sprint PCS, MTV Networks, and a wide variety of retail outlets to penetrate the youth market for mobile communications. (Photo by Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images)

Melania Trump: From soft-spoken schoolgirl to next first lady

Tens of thousands of Libyans celebrate what the rebels claim to be the first uprising in Tripoli against the Kadhafi's regime on August 21, 2011 at freedom square in Benghazi, Libya. Several explosions and heavy gunfire were heard late Saturday in Tripoli, as witnesses reported fighting in some neighbourhoods of the Libyan capital. Gunfire erupted in central Tripoli after the break of the dawn-to-dusk fast of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Dragged from a drain: Ordinary Libyans remember the day Gadhafi died

The White Tern is one of 19 bird species found on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean.

Midway: Why Barack Obama visited a tiny island in the Pacific

Resident search for victims in the rubble after a strong heartquake hit Amatrice on August 24, 2016
Central Italy was struck by a powerful, 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the early hours, which has killed at least three people and devastated dozens of mountain villages. Numerous buildings had collapsed in communities close to the epicenter of the quake near the town of Norcia in the region of Umbria, witnesses told Italian media, with an increase in the death toll highly likely. / AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTEFILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images

Earthquake in Italy: Live updates

ISIS: Picking up where Al Qaeda left off

ISIS: Everything you need to know

Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius walks in the courtroom without his prosthetic legs during his resentencing hearing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at the Pretoria High Court on June 15, 2016.
A sobbing Oscar Pistorius walked hesitantly on his stumps around court on June 15 in a dramatic demonstration of his disability ahead of his sentencing for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. / AFP / POOL / Alon Skuy (Photo credit should read ALON SKUY/AFP/Getty Images)

Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 6 years in prison for girlfriend's murder

WASHINGTON - JULY 28: U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair walk from the Oval Office to the main residence of the White House July 28, 2006 in Washington, DC. Bush and Blair met in the Oval Office and discussed a range of issues including the situation in Iraq and the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah before holding a joint press conference. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Chilcot: Tony Blair's notes to Bush reveal thinking on Iraq War

EgyptAir missing plane MS804: Live updates

HAGERSTOWN, MD - APRIL 24: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks while campaigning at the Hagerstown airport April 24, 2016 in Hagerstown, Maryland. Maryland holds their presidential primary on Tuesday, along with Delaware, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Connecticut. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump's foreign policy speech: What the world says about him

An Egypt Air Airbus A-320 sits on the tarmac of Larnaca aiport after it was hijacked and diverted to Cyprus on March 29, 2016. / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Hijacked EgyptAir plane: Live updates

BELGIUM. Brussels. March 23, 2016.
Brussels district of Molenbeek. Khadija Zamouri.
Two blasts hit Brussels Airport (Zaventem) on March 22 morning, another one struck the Maelbeek metro station an hour later, in the European district.
20 people died at the Maelbeek metro station and 10 died at the airport, more than 100 peolple were injured.
Belgium has now raised its terror threat to its highest level (Level 4).

A tale of two Brussels

A police officer stands guard as people are evacuated from Brussels airport, after explosions rocked the facility Tuesday morning.

Live blog: Latest on Brussels attacks

Brussels' mood: 'We know these things can happen, but we must go on'

A displaced Syrian child is viewed in a makeshift camp for Syrian refugees only miles from the border with Syria in the Bekaa Valley on November 12, 2013 in Majdal Anjar, Lebanon.

Syria's war: Everything you need to know about how we got here

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Nick Thompson is a London-based journalist covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa for CNN International. News tips? Email nick.thompson@cnn.com.