Monday, December 30, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 12/30/2024*YEAR END NEWSDUMP*ARREST WARRANT FOR IMPEACHED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT*SHARP MARKET DROPS*STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CARIBBEAN NATION*MUSK ACCUSED OF GERMAN ELECTION INTERFERNCE*

 


                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK IGNITING A FIRE AT A FUEL AND ENERGY FACILITY IN RUSSIA'S SMOLENSK REGION EARLY TUESDAY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



URKAINE'S CAPITAL OF KIEV UNDER ATTACK LATE TONIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


A drone attack by air and sea on the Russian port city of Sevastopol in Crimea late tonight...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




AN ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR IMPEACHED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT YOON SUK-YEOL. 



INVESTIGATORS SOUGHT THE WARRANT ON CHARGES OF INSURRECTION AND ABUSE OF POWER.


THEY WANT TO BRING MR. YOON IN FOR QUESTIONING THAT HE HAS REFUSED TO APPEAR FOR...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA...(MORE ON THE ARREST WARRANT REQUEST EARLIER IN THE SUMMARY)




This evening a missile fired by Houthi forces in Yemen intercepted by Israeli air defenses with shrapnel falling in Central Israel.

Right before the attack US and British air strikes in Yemen...Israel National News




In Israel the Attorney General criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's appointment of an acting civil service commissioner.


The statement of Gali Maharav-Biara pointing to a legal impediment in Mr. Netanyahu's appointment.



This is the latest in a series of conflicts involving Mr. Netanyahu's government and the attorney general...Times of Israel



THE US TREASURY REPORTING HACKING OF ITS SYSTEMS EARLIER THIS MONTH BY 'CHINESE STATE-SPONSORED HACKER'.


UNCLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS ACCESSED IN WHAT'S BEING CALLED A 'MAJOR INCIDENT'.



THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON SAYING THE ACCUSATION REPRESENTS A 'SMEAR ATTACK' THAT'S 'WITHOUT ANY FACTUAL BASIS'...BBC NEWS


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In the Caribbean Sea nation of Trinidad and Tobago a state of emergency.   Gang violence given as the cause.   


A gang leader murdered on Saturday with five others shot dead on Sunday.


The army deployed alongside police.    People can be searched without cause and detained for 48 hours without reason under the emergency declaration...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



In Serbia 13 people charged in the deadly collapse of a roof at a train station.   Among those charged a former Minister of Transport and Infrastructure.

15 killed and two seriously injured when the roof of the station in Novi Sad collapsed early last month...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




In Buenos Aires five people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne.   Payne fell from the third floor balcony of a hotel on October 16th.

Charges of manslaughter in the case as well as two charges involving the supplying of drugs to Payne...BBC News



ISRAEL'S TEL AVIV STOCK EXCHANGE ADJUSTING ITS DAYS OF OPERATION.    

FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH SAYING THE CHANGE FROM SUNDAY-THURSDAY TRADING TO MONDAY-FRIDAY TRADING PUTS ISRAEL'S STOCK MARKET IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS...Israel National News



Sharp drops on the markets today.   


The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 418.48 points or .97 percent.     The NASDAQ declined 235.25 points or 1.19 percent.


At 433 pm New York Time the price of oil higher at 71 dollars 14 cents a barrel up 54 cents...Marketwatch



The German government accusing Elon Musk of trying to influence the German election.  


Mr. Musk has written articles in favor of the Alternative for Germany Party ahead of the February 23rd vote.


A government spokesman also said that Musk is free to express his opinions even if they are 'nonsense'...News Agencies-Times of Israel



IN ETHIOPIA 71 PEOPLE KILLED WHEN A TRUCK PLUNGED IN A RIVER.   THERE ARE SOME SURVIVORS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.



THE TRUCK DRIVING ON A WINDING ROAD WHEN IT MISSED A BRIDGE CROSSING SOME OF THOSE ONBOARD RETURNING HOME FROM A WEDDING...


NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (PHOTO EMBED)




A TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS IN SOUTH KOREA SEEKING AN ARREST WARRANT FOR IMPEACHED PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL.



YOON HAS REFUSED TO MEET THOSE INVESTIGATORS PROBING HIS DECEMBER 3RD DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW.



THEY FILED A REQUEST FOR MR. YOON'S ARREST WITH A SEOUL DISTRICT COURT AT MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT.    THE REQUEST ACCUSES HIM OF INSURRECTION AND ABUSE OF POWER...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



In South Korea nationwide airline safety inspections underway following yesterday's crash that killed 179 people.

The landing of the aircraft was delayed when air traffic control issued a bird strike warning...BBC News



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



       PRISONERS RETURNED TO RUSSIA AND UKRAINE



                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




150 Russian prisoners returned to Russia following negotiations with Ukraine...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...Ukrainian prisoners were also returned home...(News Agencies)




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