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A precedent setting Israeli Supreme Court decision came down today after it was leaked to the public in advance days ago news and comment ahead but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
SOUTH KOREA'S OPPOSITION LEADER STABBED DURING A VISIT TO THE PORT CITY OF BUSAN TUESDAY MORNING.
LEE JAE-MYUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ATTACKED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS NECK.
LEE SPEAKING TO REPORTERS WHEN HE WAS ATTACKED. THE ATTACKER RUSHED HIM HEAD ON. HE WAS PRETENDING TO BE A SUPPORTER ASKING FOR AUTOGRAPH.
HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHILE CONSCIOUS BUT BLEEDING...VIDEO OF ATTACK...
THE SUSPECT IN THIS ATTACK IS IN CUSTODY...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA...
LATEST REPORTING DESCRIBES THE WOUND TO MR. LEE AS NOT BEING LIFE-THREATENING...(NEWS AGENCIES)
AIR RAID SIRENS IN KIEV EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH EXPLOSIONS REPORTED...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
(Updated) Fighting between Yemeni (Houthi) forces and a US warship reported tonight off the coast of Yemen. This according to Sky News Arabia quoting Yemeni sources...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...Yemeni sources saying two cruise missiles were fired at a US warship.
THE ISRAELI MILITARY STRIKING FOLLOWING FIVE ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM SYRIA INTO ISRAEL TONIGHT. THE ROCKETS FELL INTO OPEN AREAS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Police in the Muslim Arab nation of Morocco removed Pro-Palestinian protesters from a Carrefour super store in Casablanca on New Year's Eve.
The demonstrators wanting to end a local partnership with the French retail giant because of its business ties to Israel...THE NEW ARAB
ISRAELI HIGH COURT RULING SENDS SHOCKWAVES THROUGH NATION ALREADY AT WAR
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THE ISRAELI SUPREME COURT IN AN HISTORIC AND UNPRECEDENTED DECISION OVERTURNED THE 'REASONABLENESS LAW' PASSED IN THE NAME OF JUDICIAL REFORM BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
THE LAW CONSIDERED AN AMENDEMENT TO A 'BASIC LAW' BY THE GOVERNMENT MAKING IT QUASI-CONSTITUTIONAL.
THIS RULING COMING DOWN AMIDST ISRAEL BEING AT WAR WITH HAMAS AND IN CONFLICT WITH OTHER THREATS FROM HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON AND THE HOUTHIS IN YEMEN BOTH BACKED BY IRAN.
ALL 15 MEMBERS OF ISRAEL'S SUPREME COURT HEARD THE CASE LEADING TO TODAY'S RULING.
EIGHT RULED TO OVERTURN THE LAW DESIGNED TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO MORE EASILY IMPLEMENT LAWS WITHOUT A JUDICIAL OVERRIDE.
12 OF THE 15 JUSTICES SAID THE HIGH COURT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO OVERRIDE 'BASIC LAWS' IN ISRAEL...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...MAARIV ISRAEL...
REACTION TO THE COURT DECISION WITHIN ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT STRESSING THAT THE COURT IS HARMING ISRAEL'S WAR EFFORT WITH ITS RULING.
CABINET MINISTERS FROM ALL PARTIES SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS ALSO STRESSING HARM TO THE NATION AND ITS UNITY BECAUSE OF THE COURT'S RULING...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
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THIS DECISION OF THE ISRAELI SUPREME COURT LEAKED TO THE PUBLIC IN ADVANCE REMINISCIENT OF THE LEAKING OF THE DOBBS ABORTION DECISION BY THE US SUPREME COURT LAST YEAR.
ONE SUSPECTS BOTH LEAKS OUT OF FEAR OF PUBLIC REACTION AN ATTEMPT TO DEFUSE EMOTIONS BY LEAKING THE COURT DECISIONS.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting a military hospital on New Year's Day.
Putin promising intensified Russian strikes on Ukraine saying that "no crime against civilians will rest unpunished".
Putin speaking following the devastating Saturday attack on the border region of Belgorod Saturday with 25 people now reported killed.
He said that Russia is conducting its attacks on military installations...AL JAZEERA QATAR...
More on the Ukraine War later in the summary.
THE IRANIAN DESTROYER 'ALBORZ' ENTERING THE RED SEA.
THE IRANIAN WARSHIPS ARRIVAL FOLLOWS CLASHES BETWEEN THE US NAVY AND THE IRANIAN SUPPORTED HOUTHI GOVERNMENT IN YEMEN...PRESS TV IRAN
Israel lowering its prime lending rate today. The Bank Of Israel dropping the rate to 4.5 percent from 4.75 percent.
The move being called a bid to lower inflation and stimulate economic growth in midst of the war. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich indicating that inflation has eased allowing for the rate hike...JERUSALEM POST
ISRAEL'S FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH WANTS JEWISH SETTLEMENTS BACK IN THE GAZA STRIP AFTER THE WAR IS OVER.
FORMER PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON EXPELLED JEWISH SETTLERS FROM GAZA WHEN THE TERRITORY WAS TURNED OVER TO PALESTINIAN RULE IN 2005.
MR. SMOTRICH, TAGGED AS A 'FAR-RIGHT' POLITICIAN, CALLING FOR 'VOLUNTARY EMIGRATION' FROM GAZA FOR PALESTINIANS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
Media in Israel report that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will promote the migration of Gaza residents to other countries.
Blair saying he will ask countries around the world to consider the notion of allowing "refugees" from Gaza to migrate.
Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, commonly called a "Far-Right" politician, also quoted in the reporting.
Ben Gvir calling the notion of Palestinians migrating to other countries 'the most just and moral move'...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
A MASSIVE 7.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN CENTRAL JAPAN WITH A TSUNAMI WARNING.
AT LEAST EIGHT DEAD AND DOZENS INJURED.
DAMAGE REPORTED WITH SMALL WAVES RECORDED, SMALLER THAN PREDICTED WHEN THE QUAKE STRUCK...NHK JAPAN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...NHK WORLD ENGLISH...BBC NEWS BLOG...
THERE WERE ALSO TSUNAMI WARNINGS IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST AND SOUTH KOREA. SOUTH KOREA REPORTING SMALL WAVES.
"inching closer to the brink of armed conflict"
That's how North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un sees the situation on the Korean peninsula.
Kim telling military leaders that North Korea must increase its military readiness posture and that a clash with the US and South Korea is possible at any time...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
INDIA DECLARING A POLITICAL PARTY IN THE KASHMIR REGION 'UNLAWFUL'.
THE TEHREEK-E-HURRIYAT PARTY BANNED FOR FIVE YEARS UNDER AN ANTI-TERRORISM LAW.
OTHER POLITICAL GROUPS IN THE TERRITORY OUTLAWED BY INDIA WHICH HAS SEIZED FULL CONTROL OVER THE REGION ALSO CLAIMED BY PAKISTAN...ANADOLU AGENCY-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)
The USS Gerald Ford carrier strike group leaving the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the coming days. The carrier group kept on station after the war between Israel and Hamas started on October 7th.
In recent days the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan with an enhanced Marine Corps aircraft unit moved into the Mediterranean Sea...ABC NEWS USA
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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HEZBOLLAH SAYS FOUR KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKES TONIGHT
FIVE ISRAELI SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN HEZBOLLAH ATTACK
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG
Hezbollah saying four of its members killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon tonight...(Times of Israel)
Five Israeli soldiers wounded in a Hezbollah attack in northern Israel today. Israel striking into Lebanon in response...(Israel National News)
In other news...
Five new nations joining the BRICS group today Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The BRICS group led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa designed for cooperation among developing nations and emerging markets...CGTN CHINA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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