Sunday, January 12, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 1/12/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*ISRAELI STRIKES ON LEBANON*IRANIAN FREED BY ITALY*RUSSIA LINKED TANKER TAKEN TO GERMAN WATERS*GERMAN POLITICAL LEADER PLEDGES END TO WIND FARMS*US TAKES SIDE IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR*

 


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                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Saying that the ceasefire mechanism failed Israel hitting targets in Lebanon and on Lebanon's border with Syria.


Israel linking the attacks to Hezbollah and the smuggling of arms to Hezbollah...Times of Israel



IN ROMANIA A MASS PROTEST TODAY CALLING FOR A RERUN OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.



THAT ELECTION CANCELLED BY THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST COURT AFTER POPULIST CALIN GEORGESCU WON THE FIRST ROUND.



IT'S BEEN CLAIMED THAT GEORGESCU HAD AN UNFAIR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON HIS BEHALF...REUTERS





Tonight, an Iranian man held by Italy has been freed and is on his way home.


Mohammad Abedini, arrested at the request of the United States, gaining his freedom after Iran freed Italian journalist Cecilia Sala...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



IN CROATIA INCUMBENT PRESIDENT ZORAN MILANOVIC DEFEATING CHALLENGER DRAGAN PRIMORAC IN THE RUNOFF ELECTION. 


MILANOVIC WINNING OVER 70 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN THE CONTEST TO BE CROATIA'S CEREMONIAL LEADER...HRT CROATIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic offering Serbia as a site for talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

This as Mr. Trump's National Security Adviser Mike Waltz says phone talks between Trump and Putin could be organized within days or weeks...Tass Russia



(UPDATE) THE FIGHT AGAINST WILDFIRES CONTINUES IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA.  


24 DEATHS NOW CONFIRMED DUE TO THE FIRES.


CONCERN ABOUT HIGH WINDS HAMPERING FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES



British Science Secretary Peter Kyle warning that social media sites like Facebook and "X" will have to 'comply with British law'.


This amid the controversy over "X" owner Elon Musk's comments about the UK and Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg's decision to ditch 'fact-checkers' in the United States.


Mr. Kyle advocating for even tougher laws with tragic incidents cited as reasoning for them...BBC News



In Israel police seizing phones from the children of a deceased aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


It's part of a witness tampering probe involving the Prime Minister's wife Sara Netanyahu.



Mrs. Netanyahu alleged to have ordered intimidation of a witness at her husband's corruption trial and said to be promoting demonstrations outside justice system official's homes...Times of Israel



AN OIL TANKER THAT LEFT RUSSIA THEN LOST POWER IN THE BALITC SEA TOWED BY GERMAN TUGS TO GERMANY'S COAST.


THE 'EVENTIN' OIL TANKER LOSING POWER ON FRIDAY UNABLE TO CONTROL ITSELF.



THIS HAPPENING ON THE SAME DAY THE US AND UK ANNOUNCED SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA'S OIL INDUSTRY INCLUDING TANKERS LIKE THE 'EVENTIN'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Israel ordering evacuation of part of Central Gaza after rocket fire into Israel...Times Of Israel



FOUR ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED, SIX WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING IN GAZA.    


ISRAEL HAS LOST 402 SOLDIERS IN ITS GROUND OFFENSIVE AGAINST HAMAS THAT BEGAN FOLLOWING THE OCTOBER 7TH, 2023 ATTACK ON ISRAEL...TIMES OF ISRAEL



In Yemen clashes between government forces and Houthi fighters.   The government says it inflicted heavy losses on the Houthis...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye))


"an attempt to inflict at least some damage on the Russian economy even at the cost of destabilizing global markets"


 RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY CHARACTERIZING THE OUTOGING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S SWEEPING SANCTIONS AIMED AT RUSSIA'S ENERGY AND MINERALS INDUSTRIES.


RUSSIA SAYS IT WILL RESPOND TO THOSE SANCTIONS...TASS RUSSIA



This weekend Alternative for Germany leader Alice Weidel promising to restart the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines between Russia and Germany.


Weidel also committing to nuclear power and coal-fire electricity plants.   She called wind farms 'windmills of shame' and pledged to tear them down...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...



Weidel speaking at the AfD convention this weekend where she was selected as the party's candidate for German chancellor in the February 23rd election.




IN THAT DEADLY AIRCRASH IN SOUTH KOREA LAST MONTH IT TURNS OUT THE AIRLINER'S FLIGHT DATA AND COCKPIT RECORDERS STOPPED WORKING.


THIS HAPPENED FOUR MINUTES BEFORE THE CRASH THE PROBE OF THE ACCIDENT  NOW FOCUSING ON WHY THAT HAPPENED.



A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION THE PLANE BEING STRUCK BY BIRDS AROUND THAT TIME...BBC NEWS




THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL PROSECUTOR JACK SMITH RESIGNING.   SMITH INVOLVED IN PURSUING CASES AGAINST PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP.



THERE IS A COURT FIGHT OVER RELEASE OF SMITH'S FINAL REPORT STILL BEING FOUGHT OUT OVER THE WEEKEND...CNN



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


     CIVILIANS HURT IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK



     ZELENSKY CLAIMS NORTH KOREANS CAPTURED 



                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Two civilians wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on a car in Russia's Bryansk Region...Tass Russia



Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky claims that two North Korean soldiers were captured in fighting in Russia's Kursk Region....Yonhap News Agency South Korea




In other news...



In Sudan's civil war the Sudanese Army retaking a strategic city from the Rapid Support Forces.


The recapture of Wad Medani called a major victory.



The United States is now taking sides in the war accusing the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) of genocide...Associated Press-ABC News USA



MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE HURT WHEN TWO TRAMS COLLIDED IN STRASBOURG, FRANCE SATURDAY EVENING.  THE INJURIES WERE MINOR.   A PROSECUTOR RULING OUT ANY DELIBERATE ACTION WHEN ONE TRAM BACKED INTO ANOTHER...






Joe Biden awarding Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom.


In conferring the award Biden citing the Pope's significant influence and contributions...ANI News India


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