Sunday, December 15, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 12/15/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*HUNDREDS KILLED WHEN CYCLONE STRIKES FRENCH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY*DRONE SIGHTINGS OVER NJ MILITARY FACILITIES CALLED 'TYPICAL''*


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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




A 16-year-old boy in custody in New Mexico after the quadruple homicide of his family members.


Sheriff's deputies entered a home in the city of Belen south of Albuquerque finding two adults and two minors dead.


The suspect said to have made an emergency call telling a dispatcher he had killed his family.


He was found outside the home with his hands in the air appearing 'extremely intoxicated'...AFP France-New Zealand Herald





ISRAELI MEDIA REPORTING THAT PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP TOLD PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANUAHU THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PRIORITY IS DEALING WITH IRAN.


THIS MEANS EXTENSION OF ISRAELI SOVEREIGNTY IN THE 'WEST BANK' (JUDEA AND SAMARIA) WILL NOT BE A MAJOR CONCERN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





Seven foreign nationals including two Americans hospitalized in Fiji suspected of being poisoned by alcohol.   Some of those in hospital said to be in serious condition...BBC News



RUSSIA HAS EVACUATED SOME OF IT STAFF INCLUDING DIPLOMATS FROM SYRIA.   RUSSIA ALSO EVACUATING DIPLOMATS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDING NORTH KOREA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



TURKEY (TURKIYE) SAYS IT IS WILLING TO MEDIATE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA.


FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN SPEAKING TO A SAUDI MEDIA OUTLET SAYING THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT IS CLOSELY COORDINATING POLICY ON SYRIA WITH SAUDI ARABIA...TASS RUSSIA



One crew member died and others were rescued when an oil tanker ran aground in Russia's Kerch Strait.   Another tanker damaged in stormy weather in the area.   Both ships leaking oil causing authorities to declare an emergency...Tass Russia


In Libya fighting has shut down a major oil refinery.   


Two factions clashed around Libya's second largest refinery in the western part of the country.  Fires erupted in storage units at the refinery.


Factions loyal to Libya's central government and its opponents have fought frequently in the area.



Libya has been in turmoil and conflict since 2011 when former ruler Moammar Qaddafi was overthrown in an operation backed by the United States and allied nations...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany



       (THIS STORY UPDATED WITH IRISH GOVERNMENT REACTION)


ISRAEL SHUTTING DOWN ITS EMBASSY IN IRELAND.


THIS FOLLOWS THE DECISION OF THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO JOIN AN INTERNATIONAL COURT CASE AGAINST ISRAEL ACCUSING IT OF GENOCIDE IN GAZA.


EARLIER THIS YEAR IRELAND, SPAIN AND NORWAY RECOGNIZED A PALESTINIAN STATE.


ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTER GIDEON SA'AR CITING IRELAND'S 'EXTREME ANTI-ISRAEL POLICY' IN THE EMBASSY CLOSURE DECISION...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



REACTING TO THE DECISION IRISH PRIME MINISTER (TAOISEACH) SIMON HARRIS SAYING ISRAEL MADE A 'DEEPLY REGRETTABLE DECISION'.


MR. HARRIS ALSO SAID:



"Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-International law"...



                                RTE IRELAND

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(Updated) There are hundreds dead in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte after a cyclone stuck the island.

That is the word from the top government official (prefect) of Mayotte...BBC News...BFM-TV France Live Blog (Translation Prompt)



FIVE ARE DEAD IN SHOOTING ATTACKS IN NORTHERN FRANCE NEAR DUNKIRK.    FOUR OF THEM TWO MIGRANTS AND TWO SECURITY GUARDS SHOT AT TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS NEAR A MIGRANT CAMP.


A SUSPECT ARRESTED CONFESSING TO ANOTHER FATAL SHOOTING NEARBY.   IT IS BEING SAID THE MOTIVE FOR THE ATTACKS IS 'UNKNOWN'...BBC NEWS






IN BRAZIL FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER WALTER BRAGA NETTO ARRESTED ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED COUP BY FORMER PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO.


CHARGES SAID TO REVOLVE AROUND THE THWARTING OF EVIDENCE COLLECTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Mikheil Kavelashvili elected as the President of the nation of Georgia this weekend. 


His election by vote of a special electoral college.


The former soccer played backed by the ruling friendly to Russia Georgian Dream that won re-election earlier this year.


The current Anti-Russian President Salome Zourabichvili disputes the governmental election results earlier this year and she is refusing to leave office when he term ends December 29th...Associated Press USA-Outlook India





THE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL SUSPENDED FROM OFFICE AFTER A SECOND ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH HIM SUCCEEDED.


HIS REMOVAL FROM OFFICE DEPENDENT ON A RULING FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT.


PRESIDENT YOON WAS DEFIANT AFTER THE VOTE TRIGGERED BY STRONG OPPOSITION TO HIS SHORT-LIVED DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW EARLIER THIS MONTH...BBC NEWS



A statement this weekend from the US Department of Defense regarding drone sightings over military installations in New Jersey.



Such sightings are described as "typical" and "not a new issue"...DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STATEMENT



AT LEAST TWO SUSPECTS DETAINED AFTER THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND DOZENS MORE INJURED IN A BOMBING ATTACK IN NORTHERN THAILAND.


THE ATTACK DURING AN OUTDOOR PEROFRMANCE AT AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL...LBC NEWS UK




At least 22 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday...Reuters-Gulf Times



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA 

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news....



Word this weekend of a 15-million-dollar settlement of a defamation suit brought by President-Elect Donald Trump against ABC News and host George Stephanopoulos.


The 15 million dollars going to a charity with ABC also paying Mr. Trump's legal expenses in the lawsuit.



Trump's suit linked to comments Stephanopoulos made back in March as he interviewed Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace.



Those comments related to a lawsuit against Mr. Trump from writer E. Jean Carroll alleging rape and defamation...Tass Russia




THIS WEEKEND PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP NAMING RICHARD GRENELL AS A SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY FOR SPECIAL MISSIONS.


HE WILL DEAL WITH NATIONS UNFRIENDLY TO THE UNITED STATES LIKE NORTH KOREA AND VENEZUELA.


GRENELL HAS WORKED IN FOREIGN POLICY POSITIONS IN THE GEORGE W. BUSH AND DONALD TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS.


HE WAS A FOREIGN POLICY SPOKESMAN FOR 2012 GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY.


GRENELL WENT TO EVANGEL UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD AND HARVARD WHERE HE RECEIVED A MASTERS DEGREE.


HE IS ALSO GAY AND HAS A MALE PARTNER.


ON SOCIAL MEDIA HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS AN 'IMPERFECT FOLLOWER OF CHRIST'...RICHARD GRENELL WIKIPEDIA...RICHARD GRENELL "X"

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