内容摘要：The political instability comes as the country faces a number of challenges - not least the vow by US President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on 20 January, to impose of 25% tariffs on Canadian goods.

The political instability comes as the country faces a number of challenges - not least the vow by US President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on 20 January, to impose of 25% tariffs on Canadian goods.

She now has several weeks to build on the points agreed in that phone call and turn the temporary hold on tariffs into a permanent one.The expectation is that now Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Mexico soon to discuss these matters and a joint group on fentanyl will be established with Mexican and US health and security officials.

If in fact Sheinbaum does manage to prevent further trade hostilities, it will go down as the first significant victory of her new government, having only been in office since October. And it may set the tone for future interactions with President Trump and his administration.Follow the twists and turns of Trump's second presidential term with North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher's weekly US Politics Unspun newsletter.Readers in the UK can

. Those outside the UK canThe Scottish government will issue "timely guidance" on the issue of single-sex spaces following the Supreme Court gender ruling, John Swinney has said.

The first minister said new sex-based rights guidance is being developed after the

for the purposes of the Equality Act.Prime Minister Luxon said: "We should have done better, and I am determined we will do so.

"To every person who took part, I say thank you for your exceptional strength, your incredible courage and your confronting honesty. Because of you, we know the truth about the abuse and trauma you have endured," he said, describing many of the stories as horrific and harrowing."I cannot take away your pain, but I can tell you this: you are heard and you are believed."

He added that it was too soon to reveal how much the government expected to pay victims in compensation. He said he would offer a formal apology on 12 November.Speaking to the BBC, Grant Robertson, a former deputy prime minister who was involved in commissioning the report, said it had been a "long time coming".