Sunday, December 22, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 12/22/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*MORE LIBERAL MP'S WANT TRUDEAU OUT*SUSPECT CHINESE VESSEL CONTINUES VOYAGE*US WARPLANE DOWNED FRIENDLY FIRE*US FORCES HIT HOUTHIS IN YEMEN*NETANYAHU AVOIDS POLISH TRIP OVER ARREST WARRANT*

 


(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING AROUND 11 PM OR LATER EASTERN US TIME SUNDAY EVENING)



                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



In Brazil 10 people killed when their plane crashed into a Brazilian tourist town.   12 people on the ground injured...Associated Press USA-Telegraph India



MASS PROTESTS IN NATIONS WHOSE GOVERNMENTS ARE FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA.


FIRST TO SERBIA WHERE DEMONSTRATORS WERE DEMANDING THAT THE GOVERNMENT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEADLY ROOF COLLAPSE AT A TRAIN STATION IN THE CITY OF NOVI SAD...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


AND IN THE NATION OF GEORGIA TONIGHT A MASS DEMONSTRATION.


 THE OUTGOING ANTI-RUSSIAN PRESIDENT SALOME ZOURABICHVILI SPOKE AT THE RALLY DEMANDING NEW ELECTIONS BEFORE SHE IS SET TO LEAVE OFFICE NEXT SUNDAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



THERE'S A RISING CHORUS OF MP'S IN CANADA'S LIBERAL PARTY CALLING ON PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU TO STEP DOWN.


ONE LONGTIME LOYALIST MP CHANDRA ARYA SAY MOST OF THE 153 LIBERAL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WANT A LEADERSHIP CHANGE NOW.


THE LEADING CANDIDATE TO REPLACE HIM SAID TO BE THE FORMER FINANCE MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND WHO RESIGNED SUDDENLY LAST MONDAY...CBC NEWS CANADA





Three African nations that have moved away from France and closer to Russia moving their security forces to high alert.


Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger say they are threatened by 'the French junta' and other nations using jihadist forces in the Sahel region of Africa...Tass Russia




GERMAN POLITICS ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY (AfD)  LEADER ALICE WEIDEL WITH 24 PERCENT SUPPORT TO BE THE NEXT GERMAN CHANCELLOR ACCORDING TO RECENT POLL.


THAT PUTS HER IN THE LEAD.  POLLING IN RECENT DAYS SHOWING SUPPORT AS HIGH AS 20 PERCENT FOR THE AfD OFTEN CALLED A 'FAR-RIGHT' PARTY.


WEIDEL AND THE AfD GETTING THE SUPPORT OF ELON MUSK IN RECENT DAYS.   GERMAN VOTERS GOING TO THE POLLS ON FEBRUARY 23RD..."X" TRENDING



Most of Israel's defense leadership said to favor attacking 'inside Iranian territory'.


Israel's Channel 12 reporting this even as Israel assesses and talks about offensive military action against the Houthi forces in Yemen who have launched attacks against Israel...Times of Israel




Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who survived an assassination attempt earlier this year, meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.


Their talks come as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is refusing to allow Russian natural gas to transit Ukraine to Slovakia as of January 1st...Tass Russia




AIR RAID ALERTS IN FOUR UKRAINIAN REGIONS INCLUDING KIEV THIS AFTERNOON...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


EARLIER TODAY RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WARNED OF 'GREATER DESTRUCTION' FOR UKRAINE FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S DRONE ATTACK ON THE RUSSIAN CITY OF KAZAN...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...(MORE ABOUT THAT ATTACK LATER IN THE SUMMARY)




THE SUSPECT CHINESE MERCHANT VESSEL 'YI PENG 3' IS MOVING AGAIN.  


THIS AFTER A TEAM FROM FOUR COUNTRIES BOARDED THE SHIP ON THURSDAY FOR ABOUT FIVE HOURS.



'YI PENG 3' SPENT WEEKS ANCHORED OFF DENMARK.  IT WAS STOPPED FOLLOWING DESTRUCTION OF TWO TELECOM CABLES IN THE BALTIC SEA.


DANISH AUTHORITIES SPEAK OF THE SHIP BEING MONITORED ON ITS JOURNEY TO PORT SAID, EGYPT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





A friendly fire incident downing a US Navy F-18 aircraft over the Red Sea off Yemen early Sunday morning.



The USS Gettysburg guided missile cruiser fired on the aircraft.


The crew of two recovered with one of them suffering minor injuries...USNI News...




US CENTRAL COMMMAND LAUNCHING ATTACKS ON HOUTHI TARGETS IN YEMEN SATURDAY NIGHT.



THE STRIKES DESIGNED TO DEGRADE THE ABILITY OF THE HOUTHIS TO LAUNCH ATTACKS.



HOUTHI FORCES FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THE US NAVY CARRIER TASK FORCE OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN USING DRONES AND A MISSILE...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X" (VIDEO EMBED)



Eight killed in Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip...Tass Russia



Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu avoiding a trip to Poland next month for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.


That's because the Polish government is willing to arrest Mr. Netanyahu under an international arrest warrant over alleged war crimes in Gaza.



There were previous tensions with Poland and its then conservative-nationalist government regarding a law banning any mention of Polish collaboration with Nazi Germany during World War II...Times of Israel




A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED THAT THE ISRAELI NSO GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HACKNG THAT IMPACTED 'WHATSAPP'.


THE PEGASUS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY NSO WAS USED IN HACKS INVOLVING 'WHATSAPP' USERS.



A TRIAL WILL BE HELD TO DETERMINE DAMAGES IN THE CASE...ANI NEWS INDIA




THIS WEEKEND PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP SELECTING REALITY TV PRODUCER MARK BURNETT AS A SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.


BURNETT, BORN IN THE UK AND A FORMER BRITISH PARATROOPER, WAS PRODUCER OF TRUMP'S TELEVISION SERIES 'THE APPRENTICE'.


MR BURNETT WILL HAVE A ROLE SEPARATE FROM THAT OF WARREN STEPHENS APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO THE UK BY MR. TRUMP. 


 BURNETT WILL WORK TO ENHANCE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS INCLUDING ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN THE US AND UK...BBC NEWS




38 killed in a bus accident in Brazil.  The bus crashed into a truck along a highway igniting a fire.  The accident in the state of Minas Gerais in the southern part of the country...SBT News Brazil (Translation Prompt)



A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK DEEP INTO RUSSIA THIS WEEKEND SIX DRONES TAKEN DOWN OVER THE KAZAN REGION BY AIR DEFENSES.


RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SAY THE DRONES CAME FROM THREE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ALL AIMED AT CIVILIAN TARGETS.



FIRES CAUSED BY THE DRONES WITH ONE STRIKING AN APARTMENT BUILDING.


NO CASUALTIES REPORTED...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


LATER REPORTING ON THIS ATTACK EIGHT DRONES WITH THREE TARGETING DEFENSE FACILITIES...TASS RUSSIA



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



UKRAINIAN DRONE STRIKE IN RUSSIA'S ORYOL REGION HIT FUEL FACILITY




                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A Ukrainian drone attack this weekend on a fuel infrastructure region in the Oryol Region.   The attack igniting a fire...Tass Russia



In other news...



160 CHILDREN AND 40 WOMEN TAKEN BY GUATEMALAN AUTHORTIES FROM THE COMPOUND OF AN ORTHODOX JEWISH SECT.


ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND RAPE SURROUND THE LEV TAHOR GROUP.


BODIES OF CHILDREN WERE FOUND BURIED IN THE COMPOUND...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



THE US SENATE APPROVED THE PLAN TO CONTINUE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING THROUGH FEBRUARY 14TH.   THE EARLY SATURDAY VOTE 85-11...(NEWS AGENCIES)

No comments:

Post a Comment