(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH INTERRUPTIONS FOR HOLIDAY COMMITMENTS)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
An explosion causing a fire on a Swedish cargo ship off the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.
Five crew members winched up from the vessel by a rescue helicopter...SVT News Sweden
THE AFRICAN NATION OF CHAD ENDING ITS DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH FRANCE.
THIS MEANS ONE THOUSAND FRENCH SOLDIERS IN THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE TO PULL OUT.
FOUR OTHER NATIONS IN AFRICA (BURKINA FASO, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, MALI AND NIGER) KICKED OUT THE MILITARY PRESENCE OF THE FORMER COLONIAL POWER FRANCE IN RECENT YEARS.
FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SPEAKING OF INCREASING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE. RUSSIAN MILITARY ADVISERS AND MERCENARIES HAVE BEGUN HELPING THOSE AFRICAN COUNTRIES FIGHT JIHADIST FORCES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu trying to have his corruption trial testimony held outside a courtroom.
Israel's Channel 13 citing a source saying Mr. Netanyahu does not want to be photographed taking the stand.
Netanyahu's trial has moved very slowly since the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel but is set to resume on December 10th for several weeks...Times of Israel
(Updated) IN THE NATION OF GEORGIA NEXT TO RUSSIA DEMONSTRATORS DEMANDING NEW ELECTIONS CLASHING WITH POLICE.
THE PROTESTERS BACKED BY THE COUNTRY'S PRO-NATO CEREMONIAL PRESIDENT WHO JOINED THEM.
THE GEORIGIAN DREAM PARTY THAT IS CONSIDERED FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA WINNING THE ELECTION...Tass Russia...
THE PROTESTERS CARRYING THE FLAGS OF GEORGIA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION WERE ORDERED TO LEAVE THE AREA IN FRONT OF PARLIAMENT LATE TONIGHT.
POLICE USING A WATER CANNON TO DISPERSE THEM WITH INJURIES REPORTED...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA
In Amsterdam this evening a rally attended by thousands opposing Antisemitism. Participants waving Dutch and Israeli flags...Israel National News
ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR SAYS ISRAEL HAS 'A HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO RECONQUER GAZA AND ENCOURAGE VOLUNTARY MIGRATION'.
THE SO-CALLED 'FAR-RIGHT' CABINET MINISTER SPOKE AS A CORNERSTONE WAS LAID FOR A NEW POLICE STATION IN SDEROT WHERE THE FORMER STATION WAS DESTROYED IN THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK BY HAMAS...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
(Updated) The Lebanese Army says Israel has violated the ceasefire agreement announced earlier this week numerous times in the last 24 hours.
Various attacks by Israel including shelling and air strikes documented...LBC Lebanon...
The Arabic language Israeli military spokesman warning against any travel in southern Lebanon during the overnight hours into Friday...OSINTdefender "X"...
Israel saying that suspicious activity by Hezbollah led to some of their attacks...Tass Russia
(More news of the Middle East conflict at other points in this summary)
More than a dozen killed and many others missing in Uganda when landslides buried homes in six villages. The landslides following heavy rains...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
AMID RISING INFLATION IN RUSSIA A WARNING THAT THE BANK IS RUSSIA IS SET TO RAISE INTEREST RATES NEXT MONTH.
BANK OF RUSSIA OFFICIAL DMITRY PYANOV SAYING THE BANK MAY HIKE ITS RATE FROM 21 TO 23 PERCENT...TASS RUSSIA
The Pakistani authorities leveling new charges including terrorism against jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi and hundreds of others.
Thus follows the deadly protests in and around the capital city of Islamabad.
The government stressing the small number of police officers killed and hundreds wounded while not revealing how many supporters of Khan were killed and wounded in the confrontation.
The PTI party saying their supporters were killed in the hundreds and wounded in the thousands.
Nearly 1,000 arrests made.
Government imposed censorship in Pakistan preventing any accurate reporting on casualties among the opposition protesters...Al Jazeera Qatar
A recount ordered in the first round of Romania's presidential election by the country's Constitutional Court
The candidate leading the count pro-farmer populist Calin Georgescu who has been described as 'far-right' and 'pro-Russian'.
He got nearly 23 percent of the vote and faces pro-NATO Elena Lasconi in the December 8th runoff election...Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty USA
(UPDATED) ISRAEL CONDUCTING AN AIRSTRIKE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON TODAY SAYING HEZBOLLAH WAS VIOLATING THE CEASEFIRE...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
THE LEBANESE MILITARY SAYING ISRAEL IS VIOLATING THE CEASEFIRE WITH ARTILLERY AND AIR STRIKES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...(ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
(Updated) Jihadist forces, followers of the Al-Qaeda movement that carried out the 9/11 attacks and were supported by the US and its allies in the Syrian Civil War, reported on the offensive in northwestern Syria's Idlib region.
Claims of advances in the direction of Aleppo with Syrian and Russian forces launching air attacks to impede their advance.
The opposition enclave in northwestern Syria is also heavily occupied by Turkish military forces with supplies flowing into it from Turkey...OSINTdefender "X"...
The anti-government Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says more than 130 have been killed in the fighting...News Agencies-The New Arab...
According to the anti-Syrian government Syrian Observatory for Human Rights the casualties total almost 200 with the jihadist forces cutting off a major highway south of Aleppo (M5)...Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
The Russian military in Syria says more than 400 jihadists have been killed. Syrian government forces are counterattacking...(RIA Novosti Russia)
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WARNING ABOUT ANY ACQUISITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY UKRAINE.
THE NOTION HAS BEEN SPREAD IN RECENT WEEKS BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
PUTIN SAYING RUSSIA WILL RESORT TO ALL MEANS POSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH UKRAINIAN POSSESSION OF NUCLEAR ARMS.
HE SAID:
"In this case, we will accept and use everything, I want to emphasize this, namely all the means of destruction at Russia's disposal. Everything, we not allow this"
MR. PUTIN SPEAKING ON A VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN AN INDEPENDENT FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC IN CENTRAL ASIA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
PUTIN SAYS THAT FOR NOW UKRAINE IS ONLY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 'DIRTY BOMB' USING WASTE FROM NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.
HE PROMISED AN 'APPROPRIATE RESPONSE' TO ANY UKRAINIAN 'DIRTY BOMB'...TASS RUSSIA...
A TALKING POINT FOR THE BBC AND OTHER WESTERN MAINSTREAM MEDIA TODAY IS THAT RUSSIA IS THREATENING TO USE ITS NEW 'ORESHNIK (HAZEL)' HYPERSONIC MISSILE TO HIT UKRAINE'S DECISION MAKING CENTERS.
THIS MORNING POWER GENERATING FACILITIES ACROSS UKRAINE WERE ATTACKED WITH POWER OUTAGES AS A RESULT...BBC NEWS BLOG
Australia's Senate approving a ban on social media for those under the age of 16.
The ban will last for at least 12 months with fines imposed on companies that do not comply.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying the ban is needed to protect young people from the 'harms' caused by social media...BBC News
At the UN Security Council a meeting on the Ukraine War Wednesday. It broached the notion of North Korean troops fighting for Russia.
North Korea's UN Ambassador asked about it. His response neither confirming nor denying that his nation's soldiers are fighting for Russia in the war.
Kim Song telling US Deputy UN Ambassador Robert Wood:
"We will faithfully fulfill our obligations under the North Korea-Russia Treaty"...
Radio Free Asia USA
THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS ON CENTRAL GAZA
ISRAELI TROOPS ATTACK PALESTINIAN AREAS OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK)
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
LBC LEBANON
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
AL JAZEERA QATAR
TIMES OF ISRAEL
21 people killed in Israeli attacks in central Gaza today. Israeli tanks penetrating deep into southern and northern parts...Reuters
Israel launching attacks into Palestinian areas of Judea and Samaria (The West Bank). Attacks underway early today in at least five locations...Tass Russia
In other news...
GAZA HOSTAGE FAMILIES BLOCKING THE OFFICE OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
THE FAMILIES WANT A DEAL WITH HAMAS IN GAZA ON RELEASING THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS FROM CAPTVITY NOW THAT A CEASEFIRE HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN LEBANON....TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
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