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(UPDATED) IN THE US HOUSE THE EFFORT TO ELECT A SPEAKER WITH SOME REPUBLICANS CHALLENGING THE LEADERSHIP OF CONGRESSMAN MIKE JOHNSON OF LOUISIANA.
ON THE FIRST VOTE JOHNSON AT 216 VOTES TWO SHORT OF THE 218 NEEDED AS THE VOTE NEARED ITS END.
BUT THERE WERE TWO SWITCHES TO REACH THE VOTES NEEDED TO ELECT JOHNSON SPEAKER.
THIS ATTRIBUTED TO 'ARM TWISTING' OF THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE MEMBERS...BBC News Blog
BRITISH LABOUR PARTY HEALTH MINISTER WES STREETING CRITICIZING ELON MUSK.
STREETING SAYING MUSK'S VIEWS ON GROOMING GANGS IN THE UK 'MISJUDGED AND CERTAINLY MISINFORMED'.
THOSE GROOMING GANGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UK'S MUSLIM MINORITY.
BRITONS STRONGLY CRITICAL ON THE GROOMING GANG ISSUE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND JAILED OFTEN AS 'HATE CRIMINALS'.
MOST NOTABLE OF THOSE CRITICS CURRENTLY JAILED ACTIVIST TOMMY ROBINSON...BBC NEWS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requesting a two-week delay in the continuation of his testimony at a corruption trial.
His testimony interrupted by recent prostate surgery with doctors saying Mr. Netanyahu needs two weeks to recover...Times of Israel
JOE BIDEN ACTING TO STOP THE SALE OF US STEEL TO JAPAN'S NIPPON STEEL.
PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP ALREADY OPPOSED TO THE IDEA...(NEWS AGENCIES)
A hostage incident at a French prison today. A 37-year-old prisoner taking a psychiatrist and three nurses hostage at a prison in the southern city of Arles.
The incident ended with no injuries...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The markets today.
At 237 pm New York Time sharp rises in the Dow and NASDAQ. The price oil higher at 73 dollars 94 cents a barrel...Marketwatch
The Foreign Ministers of France and Germany in Syria today meeting the new jihadist leader Ahmed Sharaa.
They will also speak to representatives of 'civil society'.
Their message on behalf of the European Union is that support for Syria is based on certain conditions including an 'inclusive, peaceful transfer of power'...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
RUSSIA SEEKS AN END TO THE UKRAINE WAR, NOT A FREEZE IN THE FIGHTING.
RUSSIA'S UN AMBASSADOR SPEAKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC SIGNALS LINKED TO THE INCOMING TEAM OF PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP.
VASILY NEBENZYA SAYING THOSE TRUMP TEAM SIGNALS SO FAR OFFER 'NOTHING INTERESTING' FROM RUSSIA'S POINT OF VIEW...TASS RUSSIA
THE LEFTIST GOVERNMENT IN VENEZUELA OFFERING A 100,000 DOLLAR REWARD FOR THE EXILED OPPOSITION LEADER EDMUNDO GONZALEZ URRUTIA.
URRUTIA WAS GRANTED ASYLUM IN SPAIN AFTER LAST YEAR'S DISPUTED ELECTION WHEN MR. URRITA WAS SAID TO BE THE WINNER.
HE IS TRAVELING TO BUENOS AIRES TODAY TO BEGIN A LATIN AMERICAN TOUR...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24
In Berlin two police officers injured in an explosion. They were conducting a patrol around a police station when the blast occurred. An object on a fence the source of the explosion.
One of the officers suffering serious face and eye injuries. Investigators trying to determine if this was a deliberate attack...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)
A DUAL US-IRISH NATIONAL INDICTED AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO JOIN THE HEZBOLLAH ORGANIZATION IN LEBANON AND SYRIA.
24-YEAR-OLD JACK DANAHER MOLLOY FAILED IN HIS EFFORTS LAST YEAR AND THEN RETURNED TO THE US WHERE HE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE MAINTAINED ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS WITH HEZBOLLAH...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
An executive shake up at social media giant Meta the parent company of Facebook.
The former British Liberal Democrat politician Nick Clegg being replaced as President of Global Affairs by his deputy former American George W. Bush Republican politician Joel Kaplan.
The shakeup announced in advance of the change of power in the United States...BBC News
IN SOUTH KOREA THE ATTEMPT TO ARREST IMPEACHED AND SUSPENDED PRESIDENT YOON SUK-YEOL ON CHARGES OF INSURRECTION AND ABUSE OF POWER.
INVESTIGATORS WANTING TO QUESTION MR. YOON REGARDING HIS DECEMBER 3RD DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW.
AFTER A STANDOFF INSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AUTHORITIES HAVE PULLED BACK.
THERE WAS A MASSIVE DEPLOYMENT OF 2,700 POLICE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THE ARREST.
200 PEOPLE INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND THE PRESIDENT'S SECURITY DETAIL PROTECTING MR. YOON FROM ARREST.
THEY USED VEHICLES AND A WALL OF HUMANITY TO KEEP AN ARREST FORCE OF 150 BACK...BBC NEWS BLOG...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA...YONHAP TV NEWS VIDEO LINK
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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