How Green Energy Slashed Emissions But Crippled Europe's Economy

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  A controversial U.S.

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  boat strike takes a new turn,

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  as an admiral plans to tell lawmakers that two survivors were trying to continue their drug run.

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  Plus, we dig into why Europe's ambitious green energy plans delivered emissions cuts,

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  but none of the economic benefits.

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  I mean,

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  everyone's energy bills in Europe have gone up substantially and that is exacerbating a cost of living crisis in the UK and it's also feeding into a sense that the system has failed them.

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  And the billionaire class is booming with a new study showing the world has more mega-rich than ever before.

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  It's Thursday, December 4th.

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  I'm Caitlin McCabe for The Wall Street Journal and here's the AM edition of What's News,

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  the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

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  Now we begin with a journal exclusive that a senior U.S.

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  commander is expected to tell lawmakers that the two survivors of a controversial boat strike were attempting to continue their drug run.

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  Details of the September strike have emerged as a matter of concern for Congress.

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  They are seeking information about the role that Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley played in continuing to target the two survivors,

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  along with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether the operation violated the laws of war.

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  Hegseth has told reporters that Bradley ended up firing another round of missiles at the two survivors to sink the ship,

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  destroy the drugs and kill the alleged narco terrorists.

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  Journal correspondent Shelby Holiday explains why that is proving so controversial.

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  The Department of Defense's own law of war manual states that the U.S.

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