Thursday, December 19, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 12/19/2024 NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*EXPERTS PROBE CHINESE SHIP OFF DANISH COAST*DRONE RESTRICTONS IN PARTS OF NJ*US MISSILE SANCTIONS ON PAKISTAN*NEW ZEALAND RECESSION*

 



                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



US POLITICS TONIGHT THE US HOUSE REJECTING A SECOND PLAN TO CONTINUE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING.


THE FIRST PLAN WAS ABANDONED AFTER OPPOSITION FROM PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP.


DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS IN THE MAJORITY AGAINST THE PROPOSAL WHICH WOULD HAVE NEEDED A TWO-THIRD'S MAJORITY TO PASS...THE HILL USA



A Romanian appeals court ruling that the trial of Andrew and Tristian Tate on human trafficking charges cannot go forward.


The court ruling that prosecutors in the case are involved in multiple legal and procedural irregularities...Associated Press-Irish Examiner




EXPERTS FROM FOUR COUNTRIES SPENT FIVE HOURS ON A SUSPECT CHINESE MERCHANT VESSEL ANCHORED NEAR DENMARK.


THE 'YI PENG 3' IS UNDER SUSPICION OVER THE SEVERING OF TWO TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLES LAST MONTH.



ONE CABLE BETWEEN FINLAND AND GERMANY AND THE OTHER BETWEEN SWEDEN AND LITHUANIA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (LINK TO DANMARKS RADIO STORY)



Canadian politics embattled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to shuffle his cabinet tomorrow.

This shuffle follows the dramatic departure of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland from his cabinet earlier in the week...CTV News Canada



Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, taken to New York.  


Mangione waving extradition to face various charges including terrorism in the connection with the killing of the corporate executive.


Federal charges added along with state charges.


A defense lawyer calling the charges 'confusing' and 'highly unusual'... BBC...News Blog



THE US FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IMPOSING DRONE RESTRICTIONS IN 22 NEW JERSEY CITIES.


DRONES OPERATING UNDER 400 FEET COULD BE SHOT DOWN IF DETERMINED TO POSE AN 'IMMEIDATE SECURITY THREAT'.


THE RESTRICTIONS IN EFFECT UNTIL JANUARY 17TH...BBC NEWS




"The presidential election in the United States has radically changed the balance of power, tilting it in favor of patriots"


Viktor Orban the Hungarian Prime Minister commenting on the election of Donald Trump saying it ends an anti-Hungarian policy and will benefit Hungary's economy...Tass Russia



ISRAEL RELEASING VIDEO FROM LAST NIGHT'S EXTENSIVE AIR ATTACKS IN YEMEN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 15.37 points.


The NASDAQ fell 19.92 points.


At 415 pm New York Time the price of oil lower at 69 dollars 85 cents a barrel down 73 cents or 1.03 percent...Marketwatch


THE TEAMSTERS UNION GOING ON STRIKE AGAINST AMAZON.    WORKERS WALKED OUT AT SEVEN FACILITIES IN FOUR STATES...MORNING STAR UK


Nine people killed in a fire in Taiwan.  The blaze at a construction site for a food-processing facility...Associated Press USA-Outlook India


FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMNUEL MACRON TOURING THE INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY OF MAYOTTE DEVASTATED BY A CYCLONE.


AT LEAST 31 CONFIRMED DEAD AND 1500 INJURED WITH THE NUMBER OF MISSING NOT CLEAR...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)




IN FRANCE 51 MEN CONVICTED IN A GANG RAPE CASE.   LEAD DEFENDANT 72-YEAR-OLD DOMINIQUE PELICOT RECEIVING A MAXIMUM 20 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.


HE DRUGGED HIS WIFE GISELE SO THAT HE AND OTHER MEN COULD RAPE HER OVER A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS.


OTHER DEFENDANTS RECEIVED DIFFERENT SENTENCES SOME AS SHORT AS THREE YEARS...Voice of America



A man in California said to have texted the 15-year-old girl who attacked a Christian school in Wisconsin detained by FBI agents his guns seized.


Alexander Paffendorf allegedly told Natalie Rupnow of his plan to use explosives to attack a government building.


Mr. Paffendorf was also issued a 'gun violence restraining order'...Independent UK



AT LEAST 43 PEOPLE KILLED IN ISRAELI AIR STRIKES IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GAZA STRIP...TASS RUSSIA





(Updated) Damage to a school in Central Israel following last night's interception of missile fired by Houthi forces in Yemen.  Vehicles parked near the school also damaged...Israel National News...It was later confirmed that part of an Israeli missile interceptor hit the school...(Israel National News)



The US imposing sanctions on Pakistan's long-range ballistic missile program.


Pakistan saying the sanctions are 'unfortunate and biased' and harm regional stability an apparent reference to regional rival India...India Today



A deadly fire at a cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam.  11 killed in a blaze that police say was deliberately set.   A suspect in custody said to have confessed...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



(UPDATED) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WITH HIS YEAR END QUESTION AND ANSWER EVENT IN MOSCOW TODAY.


MR. PUTIN SAYING HE'S WILLING TO TALK ABOUT ENDING THE UKRAINE WAR WITH ANYONE INCLUDING US PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


                                  HINDUSTAN TIMES INDIA


   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



New Zealand's GDP shrinking for two quarters in row.   


The decline for the quarter ending in September 1 percent with the decline for the previous quarter revised higher from .2 to 1.1 percent.


Two quarters of GDP decline the commonly accepted definition of a recession...One News New Zealand

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