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Tensions in the Baltic Sea near Russia following Finland's seizure of an oil tanker but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
(UPDATED) A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK EARLY SATURDAY IN RUSSIA'S VORONEZH REGION.
FALLING FRAGMENTS OF A DRONE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RAILWAY SYSTEM DELAYING TRAINS.
MORE THAN 10 DRONES DESTROYED BY RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DRONES TAKEN DOWN WAS 28 ACCORDING TO LATER REPORTS.
Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond dropping charges of excessive force against an Oklahoma City police officer.
Sgt. Joseph Gibson slammed 71-year-old Lich Vu to the ground during a traffic stop back in October.
It started with an argument over a traffic ticket Mr. Vu refused to sign.
Mr. Drummond saying that because Vu made unwanted physical contact with Sgt. Gibson the officer was justified in his actions against Mr. Vu.
Vu suffered an orbital fracture, neck fracture and brain bleeding...NBC News USA
PAKISTAN'S IMPRISONED FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN TURNING DOWN AN OFFER TO BE PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
KHAN SAYING ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE COUNTRY MUST BE RELEASED FIRST...ANI NEWS INDIA
1.25 billion dollars more in military aid for Ukraine on the way from the outgoing Biden Administration...Newsweek
(UPDATED) LATE TONIGHT A MISSILE ATTACK ALERT FOR JERUSALEM AND NEARBY AREAS OF ISRAEL. A MISSILE FIRED BY HOUTHI FORCES IN YEMEN...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...
A SUCCESSFUL INTECEPTION SEEN IN THE SKIES EAST OF JERUSALEM. ISRAEL DECLARING THE ALERT FOR FALLING DEBRIS...OSINTdefender "X"
President-Elect Donald Trump urging the US Supreme Court to pause the looming TikTok ban on January 19th.
Mr. Trump wants the high court to give the incoming Trump Administration a chance to resolve issues related to the law administratively once it takes office on January 20th.
Trump says he takes no position on the merits of the law forcing the current Chinese ownership of TikTok to either sell the social media app or shut down by January 19th...NBC News USA
OUTGOING US TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN WARNING ABOUT FEDERAL SPENDING REACHING THE DEBT CEILING LIMIT IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY. YELLEN SUGGESTING THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR 'EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES'...POLITICO
THE UNITED STATES IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE FOUNDER OF THE RULING PARTY IN THE NATION OF GEORGIA.
BIDZINA IVANISHVILI OF THE GEORGIAN DREAM PARTY CITED AS AN OPPRESSOR AND VIOLATOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
DEMONSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY IN GEORGIA FOR MONTHS CONTESTING ELECTION RESULTS WON BY GEORGIAN DREAM.
A NEW PRESIDENT IS SET TO TAKE OFFICE ON SUNDAY WITH THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT THREATENING TO OVERTHROW THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED TOO FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
(Updated ) The Prime Minister of African nation of Senegal announcing closure of foreign military bases 'in the very near future'. The French military currently has a base in Senegal with French forces being kicked out of four other African countries recently...Associated Press-Irish Examiner
(UPDATED) SLOVAKIA'S PRIME MINISTER ROBERT FICO OFFERING HIS COUNTRY AS A SITE FOR PEACE TALKS ON UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA...
MR. FICO ALSO WARNING ABOUT RELALATION IF UKRAINE CUTS NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES FROM RUSSIA.
UKRAINE THREATENING TO DO THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY BUT MR. FICO SAYING MAY BE RETALIATORY MEASURES INCLUDING THE CUTTING OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon being extradited to the United States from Montenegro in the Balkans.
Do accused of fraud harming 40 billion US dollars' worth of investments. The extradition decision comes after 18 months of legal action in Montenegro's court system...BBC News
SOUTH KOREA'S FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER KIM YONG-HYUN INDICTED ON INSURRECTION CHARGES.
THAT'S IN CONNECTION WITH DECEMBER 3RD DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW BY PRESIDENT YOON SUK-YEOL...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA...(More on the South Korean political situation later in the summary)
(UPDATE) ISRAEL'S MILITARY FORCING THE EVCUATION OF A HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN GAZA.
DOZENS REPORTED KILLED IN AIRSTRIKES AROUND THE KAMAL ADWAN HOSPITAL BEFORE THE EVACUATION ORDER...BBC NEWS...
LATE TONIGHT JORDAN, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DENOUNCING ISRAELI MILITARY ACTIONS AT THE HOSPITAL...TIMES OF ISRAEL
IN CANADA THE OPPOSITION CONSERVATIVE PARTY UNVEILING ITS PLAN TO BRING DOWN THE LIBERAL PARTY GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
THE CONSERVATIVES LAUNCHING A PROCESS SEEKING A NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE AS EARLY AT JANUARY 30TH...CBC NEWS CANADA
In Florida today Canada's finance and foreign ministers meeting President-Elect Donald Trump's staff.
Media reports say they are talking about both border security and possible Canadian responses to any tariffs imposed by Mr. Trump...CBC News Canada
AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES SPEAKING OF 'EXTERNAL PHYSICAL AND TECHNICAL ISSUES' CAUSING THE CRASH OF AN AIRLINER IN KAZAKHSTAN ON CHRISTMAS DAY. 38 OF THE 67 PEOPLE ON BOARD KILLED.
WESTERN MAINSTREAM MEDIA POINTING TO THE NOTION OF RUSSIAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENSES BEING INVOLVED. THE AIRLINER HEADED FOR GROZNY, RUSSIA WHICH WAS UNDER UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK AT THE TIME.
THE PLANE TOLD GROZNY'S AIRPORT WAS CLOSED SO IT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN AKTAU, KAZAKHSTAN WHEN THE MISHAP OCCURRED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
On the markets sharp falls in the Dow and NASDAQ.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 333.59 points or .77 percent.
The NASDAQ lost 298.33 points or 1.49 percent.
The price of oil higher at 70 dollars 26 cents a barrel up 64 cents or .92 percent...Marketwatch
In Israel a terrorist attack killing an 83-year-old woman outside an assisted living complex.
The 28-year-old attacker arrested identified as a former Shin Bet Domestic Security Agency informant. He was moved to Israel when his cover was blown as he worked among Palestinians...Times Of Israel
ESCALATION IN BALTIC SEA NEAR RUSSIA
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NATO SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTE SPEAKING OF INCREASED NATO PRESENCE IN THE BALTIC SEA NEAR RUSSIA.
THIS IS LINKED TO THE REPORTED SABOTAGE INCIDENTS INVOLVING UNDERWATER CABLES AND SEIZURE OF AN OIL TANKER BY FINLAND ON CHRISTMAS DAY...TASS RUSSIA...
TWO NATO FORCES MAY BE HEADED TO THE BALTIC SEA.
SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER ULF KRISTERSSON SAYING 'SWEDEN STANDS READY TO HELP' AND STRESSING A NEED 'TO STRENGTHEN THE SECURITY OF OUR NORDIC AND BALTIC COUNTRIES'...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
MEANWHILE A RUSSIAN EXPERT SAYING THAT MERCHANT VESSELS LEAVING RUSSIA WILL NEED ESCORT BY RUSSIAN WARSHIPS.
ALEXANDER STEPANOV SAYS THE EMERGING NATO STRATEGY APPEARS TO BE BLOCKADING RUSSIA'S ACCESS TO THE BALTIC SEA FROM THE PORT OF LENINGRAD...TASS RUSSIA...
NO COMMENT FROM KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV ON THE SEIZURE OF THAT OIL TANKER LINKED TO RUSSIA BY FINLAND.
FINLAND SUSPECTING SABOTAGE OF AN ELECTRICITY CABLE BETWEEN FINLAND AND ESTONIA BY THE SHIP USING ITS ANCHOR.
MR. PESKOV DESCRIBING THE ISSUE AS A:
"highly specialized issue that the presidential administration is hardly in a position to comment on"
THEVESSEL SEIZED IN WATERS NEAR RUSSIA CONSIDERED A VIOLATOR OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA BY THE US AND EUROPEAN UNION. THE EU SPEAKING OF A CRACKDOWN ON SUCH SHIPS...
TASS RUSSIA
The opposition controlled National Assembly in South Korea impeaching the Acting President Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo.
The governing party's members of the assembly calling the action an 'abuse of power'.
The impeachment transfers president duties to the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Choi Sang-Mok.
The opposition is seeking force the government to approve three new Constitutional Court members.
The court now has six members and is responsible for determining if it's impeachment's of President Yoon Suk-Yeol and the acting president are valid. Six members would have to agree...BBC News...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
AUTHORITIES IN MALI SAY A SHIP CARRYING MIGRANTS OFF MOROCCO SANK LAST WEEK LEAVING 70 MISSING.
11 ON BOARD WERE RESCUED. MANY OF THOSE ON THE VESSEL WERE MALIANSS SEEKING TO REACH SPANISH TERRITORY...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24
The company owning the Russian cargo ship sunk in an attack in the Mediterranean Sea Monday saying a Norwegian cargo ship refused to help rescue the ship's crew...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
Two men killed in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps. The father and son part of a group of four with another son and his friend surviving...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS THAT ISRAEL LOOSENED ITS RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AFTER THE BRUTAL HAMAS ATTACK ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2023.
AS EARLY AS THE DAY OF THE ATTACK THE LIVES OF UP TO 20 CIVILIANS COULD BE RISKED TO TAKE OUT ENEMY OPERATIVES.
THERE WAS WIDESPREAD USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS AFTER THE ATTACK.
TARGETS PREVIOUS OFF-LIMITS WERE ALLOWED TO BE ATTACKED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK...TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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