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AN IRANIAN OFFICIAL WARNING OVER A RESOLUTION AIMED AT IRAN FROM THREE US-ALLIED COUNTRIES.
THE RESOLUTION BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY'S BOARD MEETING SEEN AS ONE HOSTILE TO IRAN.
DEPUTY MINISTER FOR LEGAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS KAZEM GHARIBABADI PROMISING A 'DECISIVE AND IMMEDIATE RESPONSE' IF THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED...ISLAMIC REPUBLIC NEWS AGENCY IRAN
Two class action lawsuits filed this week alleging that four companies including Canada's McCain Foods and the US-based J.R. Simplot are sharing information to inflate prices of frozen potato products.
Pennsylvania based Redner Markets is involved in one of the suits saying that 'matching, simultaneous or near simultaneous price increases' were made by the four companies in 2021 and 2022...CBC News Canada
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DOZENS KILLED IN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN NORTHERN GAZA
First reports saying 66 were killed and more than 100 wounded in an Israeli air attack on hospital complex in northern Gaza...Tass Russia
In other news...
US FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST INDIAN BILLIONAIRE GAUTAM ADANI. HE'S ACCUSED OF FRAUD SAID TO HAVE ORCHESTRATED A 250 MILLION DOLLAR BRIBERY SCHEME.
THE BRIBERY ALLEGED TO HAVE INVOLVED INDIAN OFFICIALS BEING BRIBED SO MR. ADANI'S RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY COULD WIN CONTRACTS.
MR. ADANI AN ALLY OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI.
HE CONGRATULATED PRESIDENT-ELECTION DONALD TRUMP ON HIS ELECTION VICTORY LAST WEEK PLEDGING TO INVEST 10 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE US...BBC NEWS
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE UKRAINE WAR RUSSIA IS AGAIN A THE LEADING SUPPLIER OF NATURAL GAS TO EUROPE.
THE SHARE IN SEPTEMBER CALCULATED AT 23.74 PERCENT OF EUROPEAN NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES WITH 40 PERCENT LIQUEFIED AND THE REST SENT BY PIPELINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN THE US SENATE RESOLUTIONS PROPOSED BY VERMONT US SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS TO BLOCK OFFENSIVE WEAPONS SALES TO ISRAEL REJECTED.
ONE OF THEM SUPPORTED BY 18 SENATORS, THE OTHER BY 19 ALL DEMOCRATS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
An Israeli air strike late tonight in Beirut southern suburbs...LBC Lebanon
IN CANADA RANDY BOISSONNAULT RESIGNING AS A CABINET MINISTER IN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S LIBERAL PARTY GOVERNMENT.
BOISSONNAULT HAD BEEN EMBOILED IN CONTROVERSY ABOUT HIS BUSINESS DEALINGS AND HIS CLAIMS OF INDIGENOUS HERITAGE.
HE WAS THE MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGES...CBC NEWS CANADA
The Netherlands ordering all commercial poultry to be kept indoors. This is a response to recent bird flu outbreaks on Dutch farms...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
CHINA SAYING ITS SHIPS ARE ORDERED TO COMPLY STRICTLY WITH INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW.
A SPOKESMAN FROM CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A CHINESE MERCHANT SHIP BEING IN THE AREAS WHERE COMMUNICATIONS CABLES WERE CUT IN THE BALTIC SEA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...(MORE ON THIS STORY LATER IN SUMMARY)
Mozambique's Attorney General filing a civil lawsuit against the leader of the opposition Venancio Mondlane.
Mondlane accused of 'inciting unrest' after an election that was disputed as unfair.
There have been demonstrations in the country with a least 30 people killed some estimates range higher...AFRICA NEWS
In Georgia 22-year-old Venezuelan defendant Jose Antonio Ibarra found guilty of the murder of University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.
Ibarra entered the US illegally.
The murder case raised the issue of people entering the United States illegally then committing crime a matter brought up during the 2024 Election campaign.
Ibarra was given a life prison sentence...BBC NEWS
(UPDATED) A DANISH WARSHIP ANCHORED IN THE VICINITY OF A CHINESE CARGO SHIP ALSO ANCHORED IN WATERS BETWEEN SWEDEN AND FINLAND.
THE CHINESE CARGO SHIP 'YI PENG 3' IS SUSPECT IN THE SEVERING OF COMMUNICATIONS CABLES IN THE BALTIC SEA.
THE VESSEL PASSED THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE FINLAND-GERMANY AND SWEDEN-LITHUANIA COMMUNICATIONS LINKS WERE CUT ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
SOME MEDIA OUTLETS IN SCANDANAVIA REPORT THE CHINESE SHIP WAS BOARDED BY AUTHORITIES BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED...SVT NEWS SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 139.53 points.
The NASDAQ down 21.32 points.
At 452 pm New York Time the price of oil lower at 68 dollars 95 cents a barrel down 44 cents...Marketwatch
AT LEAST 36 KILLED AND 50 WOUNDED IN AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON PALMYRA IN CENTRAL SYRIA.
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT MEDIA SAYING THE ISRAELI JETS ATTACKED FROM THE SOUTH IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BORDER WITH JORDAN.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND AN INDUSTRIAL AREA SAID TO HAVE BEEN HIT...BBC NEWS
The United States vetoing a resolution calling for an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza.
The resolution did not mention release of the Israelis being held hostage by Hamas and its allies.
14 other members of the Security Council voted in favor of it...Israel National News
A NATIONWIDE STRIKE IN GREECE TODAY. UNIONS REPRESENTING WORKERS IN EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE AND THE GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY AMONG OTHERS ALL ON STRIKE.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to talk about Ukraine including talks with US President-Elect Donald Trump. That message from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Peskov noting that is unrealistic to expect those talks to result in a return to Ukraine's 1991 borders to inflict a 'strategic defeat' of Russia...Tass Russia
At least 12 Pakistani soldiers killed in a suicide car bomb attack. The attack in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province carried out by a breakaway faction of Pakistan's Taliban.
Ukraine using British provided Storm Shadow missiles for a NATO assisted attack on Russia today. NATO military officers and satellites are needed to properly target missiles for attacks on Russia...BBC News
Tonight, President-Elect Donald Trump announcing that Linda McMahon has been selected to be Secretary of Education.
McMahon a Trump loyalist headed the Small Business Administration during Mr. Trump's first term. She was a Republican candidate for US Senate in Connecticut and is co-founder of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) with her husband Vince McMahon...Free Republic Post-Just The News Story Link-Discussion
The United States recognizing Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as President-Elect following the disputed election earlier this year.
Authorities in Venezuela say incumbent Leftist Nicolas Maduro won the election narrowly.
There was a crackdown on the opposition when protests broke out following the election with Mr. Gonzalez seeking asylum in Spain when an arrest warrant was issued.
The Venezuelan government calling the decision 'ridiculous'...AFP France-France 24
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP AND SPACE X OWNER ELON MUSK WATCHED THE LAUNCH OF A STARSHIP ROCKET IN TEXAS.
THE FIRST STAGE BOOSTER MADE AN UNEXPECTED LANDING IN THE WATER AFTER DETACHING FROM THE STARSHIP...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE
THREE LEBANESE SOLDIERS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON THEIR OUTPOST IN THE SOUTHERN LEBANON...TASS RUSSIA
275 million dollars more in military aid to be sent to Ukraine.
The Biden Administration aid comes amid its decision to escalate the conflict allowing US assisted missile strikes deep into Russia and the prospect that President-Elect Trump will act to end the conflict...Associated Press US-Irish Examiner
IN NEW YORK DEMOCRAT PROSECUTORS WILLING TO DELAY SENTENCING OF PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP IN THE 'HUSH MONEY' CASE.
THEY OPPOSE THE NOTION OF DISMISSING THE CHARGES AS ADVOCATED BY MR. TRUMP'S LAWYERS.
THE JUDGE IN THE CASE DELAYING SENTENCING UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY AT THIS POINT...BBC NEWS
President-Elect Donald Trump selecting Howard Lutnick to be Secretary of Commerce. Lutnick, known as a supporter of Bitcoin, had been suggested for Secretary of the Treasury...(News Agencies)...Al Jazeera Qatar
IN THE ABKHAZIA REGION OF RUSSIA A NEW INTERIM PRESIDENT. THIS FOLLOWED UNREST IN THE AREA THAT WAS ANNEXED FROM GEORGIA IN 2009...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
At least 28 gang suspects killed in Haiti this morning as Haiti's National Police conducted a major operation.
The operation occurred after a wealthy neighborhood was attacked by gang forces last night.
Residents armed with machetes joined police in the fight against the criminal gangs...HAITIAN TIMES
SWEDEN'S CIVIL DEFENSE MINISTER SAYING SHIP MOVEMENTS WERE DETECTED IN THE AREA WHERE A COMMUNICATIONS CABLE BETWEEN SWEDEN AND LITHUANIA WAS DAMAGED.
THAT CABLE ALONG WITH ANOTHER BALTIC SEA COMMUNICATIONS LINK BETWEEN FINLAND AND GERMANY WERE SEVERED IN RECENT DAYS...TASS RUSSIA
IN LONDON TODAY THOUSANDS OF FARMERS PROTESTING NEW INHERITANCE TAXES.
INHERITED AGRICULTURAL ASSETS OVER ONE MILLION POUNDS (1.27 MILLION DOLLARS) SET TO BE TAXED AT 20 PERCENT IN THE BUDGET PLANS OF LABOR PRIME MINISTER SIR KEIR STARMER...BBC NEWS
A Romanian court ruling that the indictment of influencer Andrew Tate has multiple irregularities.
Prosecutors directed to either or withdraw the case against Tate who is accused of human trafficking, rape and forming a gang to sexually exploit women...Associated Press-ABC News USA
THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT TRYING TO DISCOURAGE CONSUMERS FROM USING CHINESE OWNED ONLINE RETAILERS LIKE "TEMU".
THE MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS DIRK BELJAARTS TELLING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF IS DISCOURAGING USE OF CHINESE OWNED RETAIL APPS FOR ITS BUYING.
HE ALSO NOTES THE DUTCH SPY AGENCY AIVD WARNS OF THE INCREASED ESPIONAGE RISK OF USING CHINESE RETAIL APPS.
AN OPPOSITION MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TELLING MR. BELJAARTS HE SHOULD BE SOUNDING THE ALARM MORE LOUDLY.
THERE ARE ALREADY A NUMBER OF EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO DISCREDIT OR REGULATE "TEMU" WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION NATIONS FOR UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES AMONG OTHER THINGS...NOS NETHERLANDS
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 120.66 points or .28 percent.
The NASDAQ up 195.66 points or 1.04 percent.
At 431 pm New York Time the price of oil higher at 69 dollars 64 cents a barrel up 48 cents...Marketwatch
Police in the nation of Georgia breaking up a protest camp set up by the Anti-Russia opposition that was defeated in the October 26th election.
The Pro-NATO-European Union President who holds symbolic power has questioned the validity of the vote won by the Georgian Dream Party seen as friendly to Russia...Associated Press US-Irish Examiner
45 PEOPLE JAILED UNDER A 'NATIONAL SECURITY LAW' IN CHINESE-RULED HONG KONG.
THE PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS CONVICTED OF SUBVERSION IN THE TERRITORY HANDED OVER TO CHINA BY THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 1997...BBC NEWS
US ASSISTED MISSILE ATTACK ON RUSSIA CALLED 'ESCALATION' OF UKRAINE WAR BY RUSSIA
(UPDATED NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)
(UPDATED) IT'S BEEN CONFIRMED THAT UKRAINE IS USING ATACMS MISSILES PROVIDED BY THE US STRIKING 130 KILOMETERS INTO RUSSIA'S BRYANSK REGION...BBC NEWS...
US SATELLITES AND MILITARY TARGETING ASSISTANCE MAKE 'DEEP STRIKES' WITH UKRAINE'S ATACMS MISSILES POSSIBLE.
RUSSIA CONFIRMING THE STRIKE SAYING IT IS A SIGN THAT THE UNITED STATES 'WANTS ESCALATION' IN THE UKRAINE WAR.
IN RIO DE JANEIRO RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV SAYING THE ATTACK WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF 'AMERICAN MILITARY EXPERTS'.
AT THE KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SAYING RUSSIA'S MILITARY IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE SITUATION...TASS RUSSIA...
ANOTHER ASPECT OF RUSSIA'S MESSAGE TO THE WORLD RIGHT NOW THE UPDATING OF ITS NUCLEAR DOCTRINE.
THE NEW POLICY SAYS THAT ATTACKS FROM A NON-NUCLEAR NATION ASSISTED BY A NUCLEAR NATION WOULD TRIGGER RUSSIAN CONSIDERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE.
In Portland, Oregon the city paying 400,000 dollars to settle a civil suit filed by a man saying he was mistreated by police during protests over the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020...Maxine Bernstein OregonLive "X" (Limited Link To News Story)
AN INDIAN GOVERNMENT COMPETITION AGENCY IMPOSING A 25.4 MILLION US DOLLAR FINE ON SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT META.
THE AGENCY ALSO DIRECTING WHATS APP TO REFRAIN FROM SHARING DATA WITH OTHER APPS OWNED BY META...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE
North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un calling for deeper relations with Russia.
Kim spoke on the occasion of a visit by Russia's Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Alexander Kozlov.
His visit part of ongoing talks of the intergovernmental committee for cooperation between North Korea and Russia...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
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ISRAEL SAYS HEZBOLLAH HIT UNITED NATIONS BASES-FOUR WOUNDED IN ATTACKS
FIVE HURT IN ROCKET ATTACKS ON ISRAEL AS US ENVOY SEEKS CEASEFIRE DEAL WITH HEZBOLLAH
Israel says United Nations bases in Lebanon have been attacked by Hezbollah...Times of Israel...There were four injuries to members of the force...Tass Russia
Five wounded in Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israel today as US envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Lebanon seeking to reach a ceasefire agreement involving Israel and Hezbollah...Times of Israel
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON AN ISRAELI ORGANIZATION THAT DEVELOPS JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK)...OSINTdefender "X"
A huge protest by New Zealand's Maori population drawing thousands to the capital city of Wellington.
It's about legislation regarding the "Treaty Principles" that relate to the Maori community.
While the bill is being debated one of the parties in the government "New Zealand First" and its leader Deputy Prime Minister-Foreign Minister Winston Peters says his party will not support the legislation on final passage...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND LIVE BLOG
US politics the Pennsylvania Supreme Court with a 4-3 ruling directing local election boards not to add undated or misdated mail-in ballots to the vote count.
The ruling comes amid a statewide recount in the US Senate race where Republican Dave McCormick was declared the winner with a 30,000 vote margin...Free Republic Post-The Hill Story Link-Discussion
THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN REGION OF ABKHAZIA CARVED OUT OF GEORGIA IN 2009 IS RESIGNING.
THE MOVE FOLLOWS DAYS OF MASS PROTESTS AND VIOLENT INCIDENTS LED BY THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION.
A LEBANESE OFFICIAL SAYS HEZBOLLAH HAS AGREED TO A US CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL INVOLVING ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH.
BUT THE OFFICIAL SAYS THAT HEZBOLLAH HAS WRITTEN DOWN COMMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ITS AGREEMENT.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS SAID EVEN IF THERE IS A CEASEFIRE ISRAEL WILL CONTINUE TO ATTACK HEZBOLLAH...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Two killed another critically wounded in knife attacks in New York City.
A 51-year-old suspect in custody. Mayor Eric Adams says the suspect is a homeless man recently sentenced in court in connection with a crime...BBC News
RUSSIA HAS VETOED A UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR.
CHINA AND OTHER MEMBERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE RESOLUTION SPONSORED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SIERRA LEONE.
RUSSIA'S REPRESENTATIVE IN THE COUNCIL SAYING SUDAN'S GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE 'SOLELY' RESPONSIBLE FOR 'WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COUNTRY'.
THE SUDANESE GOVERNMENT ARMY FIGHTING THE CONFLICT WITH THE PARAMILITARY RAPID SUPPORT FORCES.
THE RSF SAID TO BACKED BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND RUSSIAN MERCENARIES...AFRICA NEWS
Tonight an Israeli air attack in Beirut near government buildings and foreign embassies with at least five killed...Associated Press US-Irish Examiner
FIVE WOUNDED, ONE SERIOUSLY IN A HEZBOLLAH MISSILE ATTACK ON CENTRAL ISRAEL.
DEBRIS FROM A DOWNED MISSILE STRIKING AN ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER IN RAMAT GAN...TIMES OF ISRAEL
IN LONDON TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A WOMAN. THE ASSAULT ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED IN APRIL WHILE THE OFFICERS WERE OFF DUTY.
US budget airline Spirit Airlines filing for bankruptcy. Spirit says it has cut a deal to restructure its debt and raise money.
The airline will continue to operate during the restructuring process expected to last into early next year...BBC News
In Israel an additional suspect arrested now being questioned in connection with the firing of flares at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Caesarea home last weekend...(Ynet News Israel)
IN FRANCE A DAY OF PROTEST INCLUDING HIGHWAY BLOCKADES.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 55.39 points.
The NASDAQ rose 111.69 points or .6 percent.
At 435 pm New York Time the price of oil in a steep rise at 69 dollars 26 cents a barrel up two dollars 24 cents and increase of 3.34 percent...Marketwatch
IN ISRAEL A SUICIDE WATCH FOR THE JAILED AIDE TO PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ELI FELDSTEIN.
FELDSTEIN SUSPECTED IN THE LEAK OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO FOREIGN MEDIA ADVANCING MR. NETANYAHU'S RESISTANCE TO A HOSTAGE RELEASE CEASEFIRE DEAL WITH HAMAS IN GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL
SECURITY MEASURES EASED IN AMSTERDAM FOLLOWING THE INCIDENTS SURROUNDING THE NOVEMBER 7TH SOCCER MATCH INVOLVING A VISITING ISRAELI TEAM.
The French newspaper "Le Figaro" pulling a story from its website regarding British and French permission to Ukraine to use their missiles in long-range strikes on Russia...Tass Russia
In Rio de Janeiro the G20 summit bringing together key backers of the Ukraine War (US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan).
Alongside them Russia, China and the other BRICS nations whose economic cooperation challenges the US and its allies...(News Agencies)...
Brazilian President Lula da Silva opening the meeting announcing a global alliance to address poverty and hunger...Al Jazeera Qatar
INCOMING US SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOHN THUNE CALLING FOR LEGISLATION THREATENING SANCTIONS AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.
THE SANCTIONS THREAT AIMED AT SHUTTING DOWN ARREST WARRANTS FROM THE ICC AGAINST ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND OTHER ISRAELI OFFICIALS...TIMES OF ISRAEL
At least one person dead 15 hospitalized and 39 people infected with E.coli bacteria from packaged carrots.
Those carrots packaged by Grimmway Farms in California are now recalled with Centers for Disease Control urging Americans to discard them...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
Australian media personality and former rugby coach Alan Jones arrested and charged with sexual misconduct involving men and a 17-year old boy.
Jones had influence in both media and politics being involved with the Liberal Party which is considered the party of the "Right" in Australia...BBC News
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
"The Military Industrial Complex seems to want to make sure they get World War 3 going before my father has a chance to create peace and save lives"
That's Donald Trump Jr. on social media reacting to Joe Biden's decision to allow US assisted missile strikes deep into Russia using ATACMS missiles the US has provided to Ukraine.
AT LEAST 34 KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN NORTHERN GAZA. ISRAEL SAYS THAT IT IS TRYING TO PREVENT HAMAS FROM REGROUPING...BBC NEWS
Two killed and 13 wounded in an Israeli air strike on Beirut this evening.
Other Israeli strikes earlier in the day in Lebanon with drones and rockets fired into Israel...Israel National News
Protesting farmers initiating blockades on French highways near Paris tonight.
The blockades in advance of a nationwide farmers protest called for tomorrow.
The protest aimed at stopping import of foreign agricultural goods into France.
The farmers seeking to stop a deal between the European Union and South American MERCOSEUR countries including Argentina and Brazil by years end...C NEWS FRANCE...LIVE Video Link
45 SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED BUT STILL MANY ARRESTS IN CONNECTION WITH ATTACKS ON ISRAELI SOCCER FANS IN AMSTERDAM ON NOVEMBER 7TH.
In Israel details of the document leaks to foreign media originating in Prime Minister Netanyahu's office.
An attempt to get information from those documents published in Israeli media failed through intervention of a military censor.
That led to the information being given to foreign media with Israeli media being notified to report on it.
The information leak appears to be an attempt by Mr. Netanyahu to disrupt efforts to achieve a deal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza...Israel National News
THIS AFTERNOON WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT JOE BIDEN HAS AUTHORIZED LONG-RANGE ATTACKS INTO RUSSIA.
SUCH ATTACKS REQUIRE US SATELLITE ASSISTANCE AND TARGETING ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY.
THE REPORTED PRESENCE OF NORTH KOREAN MILITARY FORCES ACTING IN DEFENSE OF RUSSIA IN THE KURSK REGION DRIVING THE DECISION ACCORDING TO 'THE NEW YORK TIMES'...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...TASS RUSSIA...
THE FRENCH MEDIA OUTLET LE FIGARO REPORTING SIMILAR AUTHORIZATION GIVEN BY FRANCE AND THE UK REGARDING LONG RANGE MISSILES THEY PROVIDE TO UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA
In the Russian region of Abkhazia that broke away from Georgia President Aslan Bzhania says he has no intention of leaving office...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...
Opposition forces say they will for their own government if Bzhania does not resign by the end of today...Tass Russia
A CLAIM OF A 'VIOLENT COUP' IN ISRAEL THIS WEEKEND AS FLARES WERE FIRED AT THE CAESAREA HOME OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
AUTHORITIES CALLING THE FIRING OF THE FLARES WHICH HAPPENED WHILE NETANYAHU WAS NOT AT HOME 'A DANGEROUS ESCALATION'.
OPPOSITION FIGURES DENOUNCING WHAT HAPPENED.
JUSTICE MINISTER YARIV LEVIN SAYING THE INCIDENT MUST BE RESPONDED TO WITH REVIVAL OF JUDICIAL REFORM LEGISLATION.
LAST YEAR MASS PROTESTS ON THE ISRAEL'S STREETS IN RESPONSE TO THE PLAN LEADING TO A BACKDOWN BY THE GOVERNMENT.
JUDICIAL REFORM DELAYED FURTHER WHEN ISRAEL WAS ATTACKED BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH LAST YEAR...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
THREE ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIRING OF THE FLARES.
THE NAMES OF THE SUSPECTS ARE SECRET PART OF A 30-DAY GAG ORDER SAID TO BE FOR THE SAKE OF PREVENTING DISRUPTION OR HARM TO THE INVESTIGATION...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Venezuela releasing more than 100 people arrested over disputed election results earlier this year.
More than 1,800 arrests were made when demonstrators challenged the July election results that saw incumbent Communist President Nicolas Maduro declared the winner by a narrow margin.
The nations election commission still declining to release voting records saying they were hacked...BBC News
10 newborn babies killed in a fire at a neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital in northern India.
The blaze spread quickly through the hospital ward where 55 infants were being cared for.
Initial investigation of the fire noting lapses in safety protocols with expired fire extinguishers and fire alarms not working...Associated Press-National Public Radio USA
Iran denying its United Nations envoy met with Elon Musk recently.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says the meeting was a 'fabricated story' put out by the 'American media'.
Araqchi believes the fake story about a Musk-Iran meeting is way of 'testing the waters' for the possibility of such a meeting...News Agencies-Times Of Israel
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LEBANON COUNTS THREE THOUSAND PLUS DEAD AND MORE THAN 14-THOUSAND INJURED IN CONFLICT
As of Saturday Lebanon's Health Ministry totaled 3,452 killed and 14,664 injured since the state of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah a few months ago...LBC Lebanon
A rocket attack hit a synagogue in Haifa, Israel Saturday night no one was in the building at the time...Israel National News...Two wounded in Hezbollah rocket attacks Saturday...(News Agencies)
In other news...
US politics this weekend President-Elect Donald Trump at a United Fighting Championship (UFC) event in Madison Square Garden.
Joining him people he has appointed following the election including Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also House Speaker Mike Johnson...BBC News
EIGHT KILLED AND 17 WOUNDED IN A KNIFE ATTACK AT A SCHOOL IN CHINA.
Chinese President Xi Jinping says he will work with incoming US President Donald Trump.
Xi speaking during his meeting with Joe Biden at the APEC summit in Lima, Peru.
Taiwan's status, sovereignty in the South China Sea and economic competition are among the matters of contention between the US and China...BBC News
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP MAKING A CHOICE FOR ENERGY SECRETARY.
CHRIS WRIGHT, CEO OF LIBERTY ENERGY, NOMINATED BY MR. TRUMP. WRIGHT KNOWN FOR HIS WORK DEVELOPING THE OIL FRACKING INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NY POST STORY LINK-DISCUSSION
A report from the Pentagon on hundreds of UFO sightings in the United States in a recent one-year period.'
757 such reports between May of 2023 and June of 2024.
Some of the reports called 'particularly interesting cases' including one involving a near collision between a commercial airliner and an unknown object.
The report comes a day after a US House committee held hearings and called for 'more transparency' about UAP's the US governments official term for UFO's...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The first song this week I surely wanted to be a disc jockey when I was a teenager and I loved country music.
Rush Limbaugh had a vision of being a disc jockey when he was a teenager a decade before me and he went to a school in Dallas to get training needed to obtain the First Class Radiotelephone license needed to operate a radio station back in the late 1960's.
The test I took and passed in 1978 for a license (Third Class Radiotelephone with Broadcast Endorsement) was less complicated in its technical aspects.
Bill Anderson sang this song I heard on the radio in the 1970's about being a country music disc jockey...
"COUNTRY DJ"-BILL ANDERSON
"VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR"-THE BUGGLES
"HIGHER POWER"-DARRELL MANSFIELD
Welcome aboard this attempt at media excellence some of the songs from the collection of three thousand.
Darrell Mansfield singing "Higher Power" I've been in places where the "Higher Power" is often referred to in the last 16 plus going on 17 years.
"Keep Coming Back"
That's one of the slogans you hear in those rooms I took that to heart and found light at the end of my tunnel.
In those rooms I met so many folks the gay, the transitioning, the lesbians not to mention Jews and even Buddhists and Muslims on occasion.
The list is many and varied Iranians and Israelis, the British, Irish, Poles and Russians. I met the soldiers, doctors, lawyers and even cops on occasion.
And some politicians heck I qualify as a "Recovering Politician".
But before I intoxicated myself I experienced pain in my life last Sunday in church I heard this message it starts at 41:40 into the video.
The pastor talking about "Radical Relationships" and restoration of relationship with Jesus my Higher Power...
THE HITCHENS BROTHERS THE LATE CHRISTOPHER KNOWN AS THE 'ATHEIST' PETER KNOWN AS THE 'CHRISTIAN' BOTH EXPRESSED PRO-LIFE OPINION ROOTED IN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE...
AS I SEE IT THIS IS THE 'WIRE SERVICE JOB' ONCE SUGGESTED TO ME
For those of you who know my story I once was a "student evangelist" and in those days I walked up to a man who had spoken at a conference between Christmas and New Years Day.
I asked him about what kind of career path I should take.
Noting my media-journalism education he suggested I get into the news wire services like the Associated Press.
He felt there was a need for "Christians" in the news business at that level since what wire services produced was widely disseminated to media all over the world.
That was decades before this new age of social media and video images that fuel the news.
But in the end, I see what has developed on this blog in the last 6-7 years news summaries six days a week amounts to a 'wire service' a 'news agency' in its own right.
THE 'CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT' VERSUS THE 'COMMUNIST MOVEMENT' VERSUS THE 'TRUMP MOVEMENT'
To get back to that conversation I had back in the early 1980's in the context of the Campus Crusade for Christ movement.
The man pointing me towards the wire services-news agencies like AP was concerned about the Leftist drift in such places.
Campus Crusade which has been watered down over the years now under the name "Cru" indeed was about a "Christian Movement" to counter the "Communist Movement" the kind of "Communist Movement" laid out in books like Herbert Philbrick's "I Led Three Lives".
The underground Communist movement IMHO played the long game and made major gains over the decades.
And as we see this latest electoral triumph for the "Trump Movement" and Donald Trump's desire to shake things up in Washington are there consequences for that "Communist Movement" that has gained in so many areas over the decades including the Evangelical Christian subculture.
And so, ladies and gentlemen President-Elect Donald Trump is appointing people to be around him in the Cabinet and the White House.
That's the way it is folks suck it up.
Donald Trump is leading the way and it was General George S. Patton Jr. who said:
"Lead me, follow me or get out of my way"
How many of you folks out there have been shot at this year and got wounded?
SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA
Eating out getting deals loyalty rewards like but coming out spending 40-45 dollars dinner for two.
My wife and I looking forward to some change coming out of the election and not wanting the drama, controversy generated prior to November 5th.
IN FRANCE TODAY A SIXTH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF THE 'YELLOW VESTS' IN PARIS THAT FIGURES IN OUR WEEKLY 'FRANCE YELLOW VESTS' POST...France Yellow Vests Week 313*
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YELLOW VESTS SIXTH ANNIVERSARY PROTEST MARCH PARIS 11/16/2024
"I note that the prosecution is outrageous in their demands"
MARINE LE PEN
This week French prosecutors revealed that they want a five year prison sentence imposed on Marine Le Pen the leading Presidential candidate in the 2027 election.
In addition they want her excluded from running from office for five years effectively booting her out of the 2027 election.
The charges involve 26 defendants over alleged misuse of funds for assistants of National Rally members of the European Parliament dating back to the days when the National Rally was known as the National Front.
On Friday Le Pen characterized the prosecutors sentencing demands in her case as a "death penalty"
LATE THIS WEEK PREMIER MICHEL BARNIER SAYING IT WOULD BE LIKELY THAT THE 'FINANCE' PART OF THE 2025 BUDGET WOULD BE APPROVED VIA ARTICLE 49.3.
ITS THE PROVISION OF THE FIFTH REPUBLIC CONSTITUTION OF 1958 THAT GIVES A FRENCH PRESIDENT THE ABILITY TO PASS LEGISLATION WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
Thursday night at the Stade de France heavy security as an Israeli soccer team played against the French national team. Four thousand police deployed in and around the stadium.
It was six years ago this month that the plans of President Emmanuel Macron for higher 'green' energy taxation triggered the mass protests of many hundreds of thousands into the millions of people who donned the "Yellow Vests".
SIXTH YELLOW VESTS ANNIVERSARY PROTEST IN PARIS TODAY DRAWS HUNDREDS
The demonstrators for today's sixth anniversary protest gathered at the Palais Royal...
As the demonstrators gathered singing of the "Yellow Vests Song" and other songs of protest associated with the Yellow Vests.
The march moved forward this afternoon with police in riot gear forming a thin line in front of the demonstration at one point later on.
It's worth wondering how many of those posting video and even participating in today's demonstration are in some way affiliated with law enforcement-intelligence activities.
Informants and or undercover agents may have made this sixth anniversary protest a priority for creating disruption and or confrontation as is the modus operandi of the undercover-informant types.
But regardless today's protest procession numbered in the hundreds.
Drums used there were a number of flags in the procession and banners...
HUNDREDS MARCH IN SIXTH ANNIVERSARY YELLOW VESTS PROTEST IN PARIS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2024
