Thursday, December 26, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 12/26/2024 YEAR END NEWSDUMP*ISRAEL STRIKES YEMEN*FINLAND SEIZES 'RUSSIAN SHIP'*IMPEACHMENT MOVE ON ACTING SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT*RAGING AUSTRALIA WILDFIRES*AIR DEFENSE MISSILE LINKED TO PLANE CRASH NEAR RUSSIA*

 


                          (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)



                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



LATE TONIGHT A MISSILE FROM YEMEN INTERCEPTED BY ISRAELI AIR DEFENSES.


SIRENS SENT ISRAELIS SCRAMBLING FOR SHELTER CAUSING SOME INJURIES...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



"Don't you think we should release the names of the representatives? I do"



That's Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky posting on social media today with video of his comments at a previous congressional hearing.


Massie talking about 17 million dollars of taxpayer money dished out to settle sexual harassment and other harassment claims in Congressional offices...Thomas Massie "X" Post (Video Embed)




   BRITISH POLITICS THE REFORM UK PARTY CELEBRATING A MILESTONE IN MEMBERSHIP.   IT NOW CLAIMS MORE MEMBERS THAT THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.


THE CONSERVATIVES CONTESTING THE FIGURES WITH REFORM UK LEADER NIGEL FARAGE SAYING HIS PARTY IS THE PARTY OF THE FUTURE THAT UNDERSTANDS 'THE DIGITAL AGE'..."X" TRENDING



Israel's Attorney General directing police to open an investigation into Sara Netanyahu the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


She is accused of intimidating a witness in a corruption trial involving Mr. Netanyahu...Times of Israel



Israel's El Al airline suspending flights between Tel Aviv and Moscow.   The decision linked to concerns over the deadly crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane.    

The crash in Kazakhstan near Grozny, Russia as it was under attack by Ukrainian drones with Russian air defenses operating...Tass Russia



A POLICE OFFICIAL IN MOZAMBIQUE SAYS SIX THOUSAND PRISONERS WERE FREED IN DISTURBANCES AT PRISONS IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF MAPUTO.


THE DISBURBANCES LINKED TO ONGOING PROTESTS AGAINST A DISPUTED ELECTION WITH SOME OF THE FREED PRISONERS BEING HELD FOR PROTESTING AGAINST THE ELECTION RESULTS...NOS NETHERLANDS



At least three killed in a bus crash in Norway.  A bus carrying 58 people going off the road into a lake.   Four others seriously injured in the mishap...BBC News




THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA APPOINTING A MAN LINKED TO AL-QAEDA AS ITS NEW INTELLIGENCE CHIEF.


ANAS HASAN KHATTAB CITED BY THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION IN 2014...KURDISTAN 24



Israel attacking Houthi linked targets across Yemen.   A port and power plant among the sites of airstrikes...Israel National News...


Another attack at the airport in Sanaa, Yemen where the head of the World Health Organization was...Times of Israel...


Six deaths reported in the Israeli attacks...Tass Russia




FINLAND SEIZING A MERCHANT SHIP REGISTERED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC'S COOK ISLANDS LINKED TO RUSSIA.


THIS FOLLOWS A REPORT OF THREE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLES BETWEEN FINLAND AND ESTONIA BEING DAMAGED...TASS RUSSIA...


THERE WAS DAMAGE EARLIER THIS WEEK TO A POWER CABLE BETWEEN FINLAND AND ESTONIA THAT FINLAND BELIEVES WAS SABOTAGE.


THE SEIZED VESSEL MOVED TO A FINNISH PORT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 28.77 points.



The NASDAQ down 10.77 points.


At 428 pm New York Time the price of oil at 69 dollars 59 cents a barrel down 51 cents...Marketwatch



A military court in Pakistan sentencing 60 supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan to prison terms as high as 10 years.


They were accused of attacking military facilities.


There were incidents at military facilities in May of 2023 as Mr. Khan called on his supporters to protest peacefully across the country...Voice of America



A FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN TAIWAN CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION.   KO WEN-JE IS ACCUSED OF TAKING A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN BRIBES WHEN HE SERVED AS MAYOR OF TAIPEI.


HE WAS ARRESTED IN SEPTEMBER AND HAS BEEN HELD IN CUSTODY SINCE THEN.  KO WON 25 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN JANUARY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION...BBC NEWS



IN SOUTH KOREAN THE OPPOSITION CONTROLLED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TAKING UP A RESOLUTION TO IMPEACH THE ACTING PRESIDENT PRIME MINISTER HAN DUCK-SOO.



THE IMPEACHMENT VOTE TOMORROW.



HAN IS REFUSING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH NEW CONSTITUTIONAL COURT APPOINTMENTS.     


THE NINE MEMBER COURT IS THREE MEMBERS SHORT ALL SIX OF THE CURRENT MEMBERS WOULD HAVE TO AGREE IN ORDER FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL TO STAND.



YOON CURRENTLY SUSPENDED FROM OFFICE DUE TO THE IMPEACHMENT VOTE AGAINST HIM.



MANY MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT PARTY BOYCOTTED THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION WHEN THE VOTE TOOK PLACE...YONHAP NEWS SOUTH KOREA



Wildfires raging in rural areas of Victoria state in Australia.  Conditions ripe for more fires to be ignited with evacuations in some areas.

In at least one community the flames moving too fast for people to leave their homes...ABC News Australia Live Updates




THE OWNERS OF SUNKEN RUSSIAN CARGO SHIP 'URSA MAJOR' SAY A HOLE WAS PUNCHED INTO THE SHIP AFTER THREE EXPLOSIONS ON MONDAY.


THE SHIP SAILING IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN BETWEEN SPAIN AND ALGERIA WHEN THIS HAPPENED.



THE SINKING OF THE SHIP ALREADY CHARACTERIZED AS A 'TERRORIST ATTACK' AND AN ACT OF 'SABOTAGE'...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




At least 10 deaths reported in Gaza following Israeli attacks early this morning...Reuters-Times Of Israel



A DEAD MAN FOUND IN THE WHEEL WELL OF A UNITED AIRLINES PLANE IN MAUI HAWAII ON CHRISTMAS EVE (TUESDAY).


THE FLIGHT WAS FROM CHICAGO AND THE BODY WAS FOUND IN AN AREA THAT CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED FROM OUTISDE THE PLANE...NEW YORK POST




"Euronews" reporting on yesterday's plane crash in Kazakhstan points to a Russian air defense missile causing damage leading to the crash.


The final destination of the Azerbaijan Airlines flight Grozny, Russia was under Ukrainian drone attack at the time the airliner went down.


38 of the 67 people on board were killed...Euronews...


Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying it would be wrong to speculate about the cause of the plane crash while an investigation is underway....Tass Russia



  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In other news...




THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT ABDELMADJID TEBBOUNE  CRACKING DOWN ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PROTEST CAMPAIGN.



ARRESTS OF DOZENS OF INDIVIDUALS IN RECENT DAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THE "#ManichRadi" ("I'm dissatisfied") ONLINE MOVEMENT.



THEY HASHTAG A RALLYING POINT FOR OPPOSITION TO POOR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND GOVERNMENT POLICY IN THE COUNTRY...THE NEW ARAB

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