Name: U.S. abstains from attending G20 amid tensions with South Africa
Uploaded: 2025-11-23T05:30:16+08:00
Duration: 3 min 14 s
Description: Some of the leaders from around the world are beginning to gather for the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. There will be some notable absences - the U.S. president and vice president.

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Some of the leaders from around the world are beginning to gather for the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. There will be some notable absences - the U.S. president and vice president.

President Donald Trump has accused the South African government of conducting a genocide against its White minority, claims that have been widely discredited. And a last-minute dispute between Washington and Pretoria over whether the U.S. had changed its mind and will send a delegation has overshadowed the opening of the summit.

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