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News Espresso: Death toll rises from Albanian earthquake, travelers brace for snowy Thanksgiving, UK's Labour accuses government of secret trade talks with U.S.

November 27, 2019

Albania's government says the death toll from Tuesday's earthquake has now soared past two dozen. Hundreds are hurt, and rescuers are still searching for survivors. The winter storm that slammed Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska has made its way into the upper Midwest. A "bomb cyclone" weather phenomenon's also expected to knock out power and trees and dump snow in California and Oregon. As the House Intelligence Committee prepares its impeachment report, the House Judiciary Committee is planning an impeachment hearing. Next Wednesday, lawmakers'll hear from legal experts examining the constitutional grounds for President Trump's impeachment. The leader of Britain's main opposition party has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of secretly negotiating the basis of a trade deal with the U.S. ahead of the country's departure from the European Union. The Labour Party's Jeremy Corbyn says it includes a contentious plan to extend patents for U.S. drug companies.