Here's what you missed this weekend: Trump says Kelly's out, 'Yellow Vest' protests rock Europe, and China makes threats over Huawei

A flood of filings came Friday evening, implicating former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, and Trump himself.

Despite the trove of new information on special counsel Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference, the beat of the news cycle kept on throughout the weekend, bringing more major headlines.

Here's what you might have missed.

Former FBI Director James Comey's testimony to the House committees was released on Saturday.

James Comey testifies in Washington DC in 2016. BusinessInsider

Here's what happened:

"not friends" with Mueller
the pair are "best friends." Trump once even said that there are 100 pictures of Comey and Mueller "hugging and kissing each other."
initially focused on four Americans
declined to identify
smoking something
All lies!"

Trump told reporters Saturday that his chief of staff John Kelly will leave the White House by the beginning of 2019.

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, right, and President Donald Trump. BusinessInsider

Here's what you need to know:

Kelly would depart
Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff Nick Ayers
confirm reports
—
sources told Reuters
president is considering current Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Republican Representative Mark Meadows, chairman of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus.
Kelly joins a long list of staffers who have left Trump's White House.

"Yellow Vest" protests continued to rock Paris over the weekend.

Demonstrators drop flat to the ground on the Champs-Elysees avenue during a protest Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 in Paris. BusinessInsider

Read more about our coverage:

1,300 people were arrested
Trump mocked French President Emmanuel Macron
Uma Thurman posted
"99 percent of protesters were peaceful."

The US is caught in the middle after a senior Huawei executive was arrested in Canada.

The US is caught in the middle after a senior Huawei executive was arrested in Canada. BusinessInsider

Huawei's chief financial officer,
told Reuters
China has upped the pressure on the US, saying the arrest warrant should be withdrawn and threatening "
Meng's arrest sent shockwaves through the global markets, with fears that her detainment could escalate the trade war between the US and China.
Huawei makes telecommunications kits and smartphones and recently overtook Apple as the world's second biggest smartphone seller behind Samsung. But despite its success, the company has been

North Carolina is experiencing a "mammoth" storm which has knocked out power for more than 300,000 people.

A motorist exits his vehicle after sliding off the road in the snow on December 9, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. BusinessInsider

Here's what's happening:

massive storm is pelting southern states with freezing rain, snow, and ice
Airports across the region
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper warned: "We're preparing for days of impact, not hours."

Here's what you missed this weekend: Trump says Kelly's out, 'Yellow Vest' protests rock Europe, and China makes threats over Huawei

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