Sunday, January 5, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 1/5/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*TRUDEAU TO RESIGN*MUSK OPPOSES FARAGE AFTER CONTOVERSIES*ISRAEL DESTROYS LEBANESE ARMY OBSERVATION TOWER*AUSTRIAN GOV'T TALKS COLLAPSE*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH FINAL POSTING 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)



                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



North Korea firing what appears to be a medium range missile.  The projectile fired eastwards landing in the Sea of Japan (East Sea)...NHK Japan



CANADA'S GLOBE AND MAIL NEWSPAPER CITING THREE SOURCES SAYS THAT PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU WILL RESIGN.

HIS RESIGNATION WILL COME BEFORE A LIBERAL PARTY CAUCUS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.

THREE MAJOR REGIONAL CAUCUSES OF MP'S ALREADY AGREED ON THE NEED FOR MR. TRUDEAU TO LEAVE...GLOBE AND MAIL CANADA (HEADLINE ONLY)...ANI NEWS INDIA



The International Atomic Energy Agency reporting two explosions near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power plant in the middle of the Ukraine battlefield.  A Ukrainian drone attack on a training facility at the plant reported...RIA Novosti News Russia



RUSSIA REPELLING A COUNTERATTACK BY UKRAINIAN FORCES IN THE KURSK REGION.

VIDEO RELEASED BY THE RUSSIAN MILITARY SHOWING DESTRUCTION OF A UKRAINIAN CONVOY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)  



IN RUSSIA REPORTS OF A UKRAINIAN ATTACK ON A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.    THIS HAPPENED IN THE VORONEZH REGION OF RUSSIA.

A UKRAINIAN DRONE SHOT DOWN.    THE PLANT'S OPERATIONS UNAFFECTED...TASS RUSSIA


On social media today Elon Musk opposing Nigel Farage as leader of the Reform UK.


There was controversy some weeks ago when Vice-President Elect JD Vance met with the Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch.


The Conservatives the main opposition rivals of Reform UK.


A big controversy over Musk's support for imprisoned Anti-Islamization activist Tommy Robinson which Mr. Farage does not share.


Also Mr. Musk critical of the current British Labour Party government and its immigration policies...


Free Republic Post On Elon Musk Post...Free Republic Post-Elon Musk "X" Link-Discussion



ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER ISRAEL KATZ WARNING ISRAEL WILL TAKE ACTION IF HEZBOLLAH FORCES IN SOUTHERN LEBANON DO NOT PULL BACK.


KATZ SAYING IF HEZBOLLAH DOES NOT PULL NORTH OF THE LITANI RIVER 'ISRAEL WILL ACT ON ITS OWN'....Jerusalem Post Post...



The United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) condemning Israeli destruction of a Lebanese Army observation tower.   


The UN force also says that Israel removed a blue barrel marking the line separating Israeli forces from Lebanese forces in southern Lebanon.



Israel's actions called 'deliberate and direct destruction' in violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701...Anadolu Agency Turkey-Bernama Malaysia



ISRAELI POLITICS PARLIAMENT MEMBERS OF THE OTZMA YEHUDIT (JEWISH POWER) PARTY SANCTIONED BY THE RULING COALITION OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.

SUPPORT FOR THEIR LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS PULLED OVER ITS MEMBERS REFUSAL TO SUPPORT BUDGET LEGISLATION...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


150 Guatemalan military police arrived in Haiti this weekend.   They are part of a UN backed force sent to restore order in the face of gang violence...BBC News



PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP MEETING ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI AT MAR-A-LAGO THIS WEEKEND.


TRUMP HAILING MELONI SAYING 'SHE'S REALLY TAKEN EUROPE BY STORM'.


MELONI HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN ON IMMIGRATION POLICIES.


THESE POLICIES ARE LEGAL UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW INCLUDING PAYING NATIONS IN AFRICA TO INCREASE SECURITY MEASURES AND HOUSING MIGRANTS IN THIRD COUNTRIES.


VON DER LEYEN HAS FALLEN ILL WITH 'SEVERE PNEUMONIA' IN RECENT DAYS...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24


Talks on forming a new government in Austria have collapsed.


Chancellor Karl Nehammer of the People's Party resigning.   His party finished second in the September election and was given the task of forming a new government by Austria's president.



But government formation talks with Social Democrats and Liberals have fallen through.



The Austrian Freedom Party that finished first in the election saying that 'instead of stability, we have chaos'.   The Freedom Party labeled "far-Right" and "pro-Russian".



The Nehammer resignation could lead to talks between the People's Party and the Freedom Party on a new gov't or new elections...BBC News




IN SOUTH KOREA SATURDAY 35,000 PEOPLE RALLYING IN SUPPORT OF IMPEACHED PRESIDENT YOON SUK-YEOL.


OPPONENTS OF MR. YOON ALSO DEMONSTRATED.



POLICE WERE PREVENTED FROM ARRESTING YOON ON FRIDAY IN RELATION TO ALLEGATIONS OF INSURRECTION AND ABUSE OF POWER...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA




Malaysia turning back two boatloads of refugees from Myanmar.   

More than 300 people from the Rohingya Muslim minority of Myanmar given food but they and their boats sent back out to sea...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



MORE THAN 6000 PRISONERS INCLUDING 180 FOREIGNERS GIVEN AMNESTY IN THE NATION OF MYANMAR THIS WEEKEND.


THE AMNESTIES GRANTED ON THE 77TH ANNIVERSARY OF MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA) GAINING INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.


THE COUNTRY CURRENTLY RULED BY A MILTITARY GOVERNMENT THAT OVERTHREW A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO...SKY NEWS UK


66 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza this weekend according to medical and rescue services there...Tass Russia



A surface-to-surface missile launched from Yemen successfully intercepted by Israel's military early Sunday morning...Israel National News


   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



HERE IN THE US THIS WEEKEND DAYS OF FUNERAL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER UNDERWAY.


THERE WAS A PROCESSION IN MR. CARTER'S HOMETOWN OF PLAINS, GEORGIA AND ACTVITIES IN ATLANTA WITH HIS CASKET AT THE CARTER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOR THE PUBLIC TO VISIT...BBC News Story

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