Friday, January 3, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 1/3/2025*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*EIGHT BILLION MILITARY AID DEAL FOR ISRAEL*ARMS TWISTED TO ELECT JOHNSON HOUSE SPEAKER*RUSSIA SEEKS END TO UKRAINE WAR, NOT A FREEZE*ARREST ATTEMPT OF IMPEACHED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT FAILS*

 


(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH SERVICE LIMITED DUE TO PERSONAL COMMITMENTS LATE POSTING IN THE 10PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME SLOT LIKELY)



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



"We are the United States of America, the best country people to ever exist, but right now we are terminally ill and headed towards collapse"


That's from the writings of US Army Master Sergeant Daniel Livelsberger.    Livelsberger killed himself New Year's Day in a cyber truck in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.


The truck exploding afterwards.


Other portions of Livelsberger's writings say his actions were not a terrorist attack but a 'wake up call' to the American people who 'only pay attention to spectacles and violence'.


He also said he also carried the burden of friends lost in war...Task and Purpose




At least 13 dead and 30 others hurt after a bus plunged into a ravine in Colombia.  The accident happening along the Pan American Highway near the border with Ecuador...Anadolu Agency Turkey-Bernama Malaysia



The United States imposing sanctions on a Chinese cybersecurity company.  Integrity Technology Group accused of hacking critical infrastructure in the US...ANI News India



FOUR UKRAINIAN DRONES DESTROYED OVER RUSSIA'S BRYANSK REGION LATE TONIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


Israel attacking targets in Syria tonight near the port city of Latakia...Tass Russia


THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION INFORMALLY NOTIFYING CONGRESS OF A PLAN TO SELL ISRAEL EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ARMS.


THIS WOULD INCLUDE AMMUNITION FOR ARTILLERY, ATTACK HELICOPTERS AND FIGHTER JETS.


THE VOLUME OF AMMUNITION INVOLVED WILL TAKE MORE THAN A YEAR TO DELIVER...TIMES OF ISRAEL



CHINESE ELECTRIC CAR MAKER BYD OUTPERFORMING TESLA IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 2024.


BYD DELIVERED 595,413 UNITS COMPARED TO TESLA'S 495,570...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD



                                              (NEWS AND COMMENT)

A judge in New York deciding to sentence President-Elect Donald Trump in the "hush money" case he was convicted in back in May.   The date set is next Friday.


Judge Juan Merchan signaling the 'sentencing' will not involve any jail time or fines.  


It appears the judge may be trying to stage an event to harm Mr. Trump politically...BBC NEWS...


Reacting to the judges order for him to appear for a sentencing hearing next Monday as well as his gag order in the case Mr. Trump saying it is 'against the Constitution' a 'First Amendment violation'...TRUTH SOCIAL



IN KAZAKHSTAN A CHAIN REACTION ACCIDENT DURING A SNOWSTORM INJURING 20 PEOPLE.    95 VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)



(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



(UPDATED) JOE BIDEN ACTING TO STOP THE SALE OF US STEEL TO JAPAN'S NIPPON STEEL.


PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP ALREADY OPPOSED TO THE IDEA.


NIPPON STEEL INDICATING IT WILL SUE THE US GOVERNMENT IN RESPONSE...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)



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.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 339.86 points or .8 percent.


The NASDAQ rose 340.88 points or 1.77 percent.


The price oil higher at 74 dollars seven cents a barrel up 94 cents or 1.29 percent...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

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In other news...



IN THE NETHERLANDS THE PUBLIC NOW HAS ONLINE ACCESS TO FILES RELATED TO COLLABORATION WITH THE NAZI OCCUPATION DURING WORLD WAR II.


THERE WERE 425,000 DUTCH PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF COLLABORATING WITH NAZI GERMANY.


150,000 PEOPLE WERE PUNISHED IN SOME WAY IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR.



THE INFORMATION NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE HAS LIMITATIONS INCLUDING EXCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STILL ALIVE.



IT DISCLOSES SPECIFIC FILES IN THE DUTCH NATIONAL ARCHIVES RELATED TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE MENTIONED...BBC NEWS




Wayne Osmond an original member of the Osmonds group famous in the 1970's died at the age of 73 after suffering a stroke...People




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