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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A 235th judicial nomination by Joe Biden confirmed by the US Senate. The vote hailed by outgoing Senate Majority Leader Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York.
During his first term 234 judicial nominees of Donald Trump were confirmed by the Senate...The Hill USA
A Houthi missile attack on Central Israel late tonight with interceptors unable to take it down.
Three lightly wounded and a fire reported...Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)
IN GERMANY A TOUGH DEAL CUT BETWEEN VOLKSWAGEN AND ITS UNION ALLOWING WORKERS TO KEEP THEIR JOBS UNTIL 2030 WITH ALL VOLKSWAGEN PLANTS REMAINING OPEN.
BUT WORKERS WILL NOT GET PAY INCREASES AND SEE CUTS TO THEIR BONUSES.
ALSO, THE AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDES PLANS TO CUT 35,000 JOBS BY THE END OF 2030...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The troubled Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey aircraft are back in service with the US Navy and Marines but with restrictions related to a mechanical component.
Following a December 9th to 14th grounding the aircraft can fly dependent on hours of service of the Propotor Gearbox component on each of the V-22's...USNI News
EIGHT PEOPLE CONVICTED IN A FRENCH ANTI-TERRORISM COURT FOR THE BEHEADING OF TEACHER SAMUEL PATY OUTSIDE A SCHOOL IN OCTOBER OF 2020...THE GUARDIAN UK
US DIPLOMATS VISTING SYRIA SPEAKING OF 'PRODUCTIVE TALKS' WITH THE COUNTRY'S NEW GOVERNMENT.
THEY SPOKE TO HAYAT TAHRIR AL-SHAM LEADER AHMAD AL-SHARAA NOW THE DE FACTO LEADER OF SYRIA.
A 10 MILLION DOLLAR BOUNTY ON HIS OVER TERRRORIST ACTVITIES HAS BEEN LIFTED BY THE UNITED STATES...AFP FRANCE-SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
US politics the US House passing a spending bill this evening with Conservative Republicans overwhelmed by a "bipartisan majority" of 366-34..."X" Trending
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A CAR PLOUGHING INTO A CHRISTMAS MARKET IN MAGDEBURG, GERMANY THIS EVENING IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED 'AN ATTACK'.
TWO DEAD AND AT LEAST 68 WOUNDED.
THE DRIVER OF THE CAR ARRESTED.
HE IS IDENTIFIED AS A DOCTOR FROM SAUDI ARABIA WHO CAME TO GERMANY IN 2006 AND LIVES IN THE AREA...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)...
REACTING TO THE ATTACK ELON MUSK CALLING GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ AN 'INCOMEPTENT FOOL' WHO SHOULD RESIGN.
EARLIER BEFORE TONIGHT'S ATTACK MR. MUSK EXPRESSED A PREFERENCE FOR THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY PARTY IN THE UPCOMING GERMAN ELECTIONS...TASS RUSSIA...
ALSO, SAUDI ARABIA OUT WITH A STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE ATTACK. STRONG REACTIONS FROM POLITICAL LEADERS KNOWN TO SUPPORT ISRAEL AND OPPOSE MASS MIGRATION.
DUTCH PARTY OF FREEDOM LEADER GEERT WILDERS SAYING IN PART:
"They hate us. They despise our values. They kill us. And our children...No more. Never again..."...Geert Wilders "X"
A "Financial Times" report claims President-Elect Donald Trump will continue to provide military support to Ukraine contradicting his political campaign statements.
The same report says Trump wants other NATO countries to pour five percent of their GDP into national defense...TASS RUSSIA
Italy's former Interior Minister Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini acquitted.
Salvini accused for refusing to allow 147 migrants to land in Sicily back in August of 2019...RAI Italy (Translation Prompt)
IN CANADA NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADER JAGMEET SINGH COMMITTING TO VOTE AGAINST THE LIBERAL PARTY GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
THE NDP PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTING MR. TRUDEAU'S MINORITY GOVERNMENT.
SINGH'S ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY SETS THE STAGE FOR A VOTE BRINGING DOWN CANADA'S GOVERNMENT EARLY NEXT YEAR FOLLOWED BY A NEW ELECTION...CBC NEWS CANADA
One person was wounded when Israeli soldiers opened fire on Syrians protesting Israel's military presence in southern Syria...Times Of Israel
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French President Emmanuel Macron trying to clarify anger that came out Thursday night during his visit to cyclone devastated Mayotte in the Indian Ocean.
There were calls from the crowd for his resignation and expressions of anger over the slow disaster response.
Macron snapping back saying among other things:
"You are happy to be in France because if it were not France, you would be 10,000 times more in the shit"...Video Link...
Today Mr. Macron blamed the opposition National Rally for comments made from the crowd leading to his remarks saying:
"When you insult France, the President gets angry"
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(UPDATED CASUALTIES) A DEADLY UKRAINIAN MISSILE ATTACK IN RUSSIA'S KURSK REGION. FIVE KILLED AND 12 WOUNDED...(TASS RUSSIA)...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA EARLIER STORY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Sharp rises on the markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 498.02 points or 1.18 percent.
The NASDAQ up 199.83 points or 1.03 percent.
The price of oil a little higher at 69 dollars 58 cents a barrel up 20 cents...Marketwatch
THE US MILITARY SAYS IT CARRIED OUT AN ATTACK THAT KILLED THE ISLAMIC STATE (DAESH) LEADER IN SYRIA.
THE LEADER IDENTIFIED AS ABU YUSIF (MAHMUD) ASSASSINATED IN AN ATTACK THAT KILLED HIM AND ANOTHER IS MEMBER IN DEIR EZ-ZOR PROVINCE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A STRIKE AT STARBUCKS LOCATIONS IN LOS ANGELES, SEATTLE AND CHICAGO. A UNION REPESENTING 11,000 WORKERS SAYS THE STRIKE TO OTHER STARBUCKS STORES LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS EVE...BBC NEWS
One girl killed and three other students and teachers wounded in a knife attack at an elementary school in Zagreb, Croatia...HRT Croatia (Translation Prompt)
Malaysia reopening the search for the missing MH370 flight that disappeared after takeoff on March 8, 2014.
The plane was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and it disappeared from radar 40 minutes after takeoff.
An American company Ocean Infinity says it has evidence that the wreckage of the Boeing 777 airliner is in the southern Indian Ocean...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE SRI LANKAN NAVY PICKING UP MORE THAN 100 ROHINGYA MUSLIMS FOUND IN A BOAT FLEEING MYANMAR. THEY WERE TAKEN TO NAVAL BASE IN SRI LANKA...TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)
A speedboat carrying migrants capsized this morning off the Greek island of Rhodes. Eight are dead 18 others were rescued.
The boat attempting to evade a patrol vessel when migrants fell into the water...Associated Press USA-Telegraph India
PENTAGON MEDIA SPOKESMAN MAJOR GENERAL PAT RYDER SAYING THERE ARE SOME 2,000 MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY IN SYRIA.
THE NUMBER INCREASED FROM 900 IN RECENT MONTHS...OSINTdefender "X"
Australia cutting a 190-million-dollar (118.14 million US dollar) deal with the Solomon Islands to support policing.
The money will be spent over the next four years and is a countermeasure after 14 Chinese police officers established a presence in the Solomons providing training to the local police.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying the deal should prevent China from expanding its influence over policing...ABC News Australia
THE FBI ARRESTING A MAN SAID TO BE DIRECTING A TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE ISRAELI CONSULATE IN NEW YORK CITY.
IT TURNED OUT THAT THE SUSPECT, AN EGYPTIAN NATIONAL LIVING NEAR WASHINGTON DC, INSTRUCTED AN FBI INFORMANT TO CARRY OUT THE ATTACK...TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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