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The US proposal for a settlement in Ukraine but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The US Federal Aviation Administration warning of a 'potentially hazardous situation' in the skies over Venezuela.
This as US warplanes have made flights close to the coast of Venezuela in recent days...Reuters-South China Morning Post
ISRAEL'S CHIEF OF STAFF WARNING ABOUT NATIONALIST SETTLER VIOLENCE IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK).
ACCORDING TO CHANNEL 12 IN ISRAEL LT.GEN EYAL ZAMIR SAYING THAT 'IF WE DON'T STOP THE JEWISH RIOTERS' THE MILITARY WOULD HAVE TO DIVERT FORCES FROM OTHER AREAS.
ZAMIR NOTING ISRAEL'S MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS IN GAZA, SYRIA AND LEBANON WOULD BE IMPACTED...TIMES OF ISRAEL
"I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.
Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State..."
President Trump on the attack via social media his usual Friday night routine.
Mr. Trump saying he's ending protected status for Somali immigrants in Minnesota linking Democrat Governor Tim Walz to 'money laundering'...Truth Social Post
US VICE-PRESIDENT JD VANCE SAYS CANADA'S LIBERAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES HAVE LOWERED ITS STANDARD OF LIVING.
POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA MR. VANCE NOTING 'IMMIGRATION INSANITY' IN CANADA HAS BEEN CREATED BY 'LEANING INTO DIVERSITY'...CBC NEWS CANADA
"Standing up for American women who were raped at 14-years-old, trafficked and used by rich, powerful men should not result in me being called a 'traitor' and threatened by the President of the United States whom I fought for"
FROM THE VIDEO MESSAGE OF CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE ANNOUNCING HER RESIGNATION (AT 7:05 INTO VIDEO LINK BELOW)
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE OF GEORGIA ANNOUNCING HER RESIGNATION FROM THE US HOUSE.
GREENE CITING THE PROSPECT OF A 'HURTFUL AND HATEFUL' PRIMARY AGAINST HER FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP.
SHE ALSO SAID THAT REPUBLICANS 'WILL LIKELY LOSE THE MIDTERMS'.
GREENE SPEAKING OF A 'POLITICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF BOTH PARTIES' THAT IS 'RIPPING THIS COUNTRY APART'.
HER LAST DAY AS A MEMBER OF THE US HOUSE WILL BE JANUARY 5TH.
REACTING TO GREENE'S RESIGNATION REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY SAID IN PART:
"I'm very sad for our country but so happy for my friend Marjorie"
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REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS MASSIE "X"
21 MINUTE VIDEO TRUMP-MAMDANI WHITE HOUSE MEETING
"I met with a man...who really wants New York to be great again. I'll really be cheering for him"
The very cordial comments of President Donald Trump after he met New York City's Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office.
This followed hostile remarks from Mr. Trump before and after Mamdani's election victory earlier this month.
Mr. Mamdani, who previously referred to President Trump as a 'despot' spoke of a 'productive' meeting focused on how to make life affordable for New Yorkers...NBC News USA
TONIGHT, US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO TEMPORARILY REINSTATING THE REDRAWN US HOUSE DISTRICTS IN TEXAS.
THIS WILL GIVE THE FULL COURT TIME TO CONSIDER AN EMERGENCY APPEAL FROM THE STATE.
THAT AFTER A 2-1 DECISION FROM A PANEL OF FEDERAL JUDGES THROWING THE NEW HOUSE DISTRICTS OUT.
THE TEXAS REPUBLICAN REDRAW OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS EXPECTED TO GIVE THE GOP FIVE MORE SEATS IN NEXT YEAR'S MID-TERM ELECTIONS...THE HILL USA
Six Hamas operatives killed and five others captured by Israel's military in Gaza.
They had emerged from tunnels where they were trapped.
Meanwhile the second stage of the Gaza ceasefire is to be overseen by four Israeli cabinet ministers.
They include Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir the 'Far Right" ministers who opposed the deal...Times of Israel
FOOD AID GETTING INTO GAZA REMAINS INSUFFICIENT.
THAT WORD FROM THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.
THE FOOD SITUATION HAS IMPROVED SINCE THE CEASEFIRE BEGAN BUT THERE ARE CHALLENGES INCLUDING THE DESTRUCTION OF FOOD BY RECENT RAINS...THE NEW ARAB
Millions of Americans experienced side effects from the COVID-19 shots many of them serious.
According to a Rasmussen Reports survey 68 percent of Americans got the shots with 60 percent experiencing no side effect.
But 36 percent did experience side effects 26 percent of them minor and 10 percent major.
That translates to 17 million Americans experiencing those serious side effects from the COVID shots.
46 percent of Americans believing that its likely COVID vaccine side effects are the cause of unexplained deaths.
That is down from 55 percent taken in a survey last year...Rasmussen Reports
The US House Ethics Committee considering a complaint against Republican Congressman Mike Collins of Georgia and his Chief of Staff Brandon Phillips.
The committee says it will make a decision a about the complaint by January 5th.
A spokesman for Collins speaking of a 'bogus complaint' generated by 'political opponents'...The Hill USA
TALKS ON FORMING A NEW DUTCH GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD FOLLOWING LAST MONTH'S ELECTION.
THE SOCIALLY LIBERAL 'CENTRIST' DEMOCRATS 66 PARTY (D66) WORKING WITH THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS (CDA) ON A COMMON PLATFORM.
TALKS WITH OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES EXPECTED IN THE WEEKS AHEAD SINCE THE D66 AND CDA ONLY CONTROL 44 OF THE 150 SEATS IN THE DUTCH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
One person killed in an Israeli drone attack in southern Lebanon this evening...Israel National News
FROM ISRAEL MORE VISUAL EVIDENCE OF NATIONALIST SETTLER VANDALISM AIMED AT PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS.
SOME SETTLERS SHOWN GRAZING CATTLE ON PALESTINIAN LAND DAMAGING CROPS. THE SETTLERS ALSO HARASSING LOCAL RESIDENTS...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 493.15 points or 1.08 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 195.03 points or .88 percent.
Tonight in New York the price of oil closed at 57 dollars 98 cents a barrel down one dollar two cents or 1.73 percent...Marketwatch
UKRAINE UNDER PRESSURE TO AGREE TO US PROPOSAL TRUMP SETS THANKSGIVING DEADLINE FOR UKRAINIAN ACCEPTANCE, PUTIN UPBEAT
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"I believe that this too can be used as the basis for a final peace settlement"
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN COMMENTING ON THE US PLAN FOR UKRAINE. PUTIN SAYS MOSCOW HAS THE TEXT OF THE PLAN...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SETTING A DEADLINE OF NEXT THURSDAY FOR UKRAINE TO ACCEPT THE US PLAN TO END HOSTILITIES.
UKRAINAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS HE IS WILLING TO WORK WITH THE UNITED STATES ON ITS 28-POINT PLAN TO END FIGHTING IN THE UKRAINE WAR.
BUT IN HIS MIDDLE OF THE DAY 'EMERGENCY SPEECH' MR. ZELENSKY SUGGESTING THE US PROPOSAL INVOLVES UKRAINE LOSING ITS DIGNITY...
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Changes in the voting procedures for the Eurovision Song Contest.
This after controversy surrounding the high number of votes for Israel's contestant Yuval Raphael.
The Dutch broadcaster sponsoring this year's competition said it found proof of Israel government interference in the vote in what amounted to a political campaign.
The number of votes allowed by members of the public will be reduced for future competitions and a professional jury will be part of the semi-finals...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
16 KILLED IN A BUS ACCIDENT IN CAMBODIA. 40 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE BUS WHEN IT WENT OFF A BRIDGE INTO A RIVER...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"Moving the capital is a necessity"
THAT'S THE WORD FROM IRAN'S PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN CITING A DWINDLING WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CAPITAL CITY OF TEHRAN.
HE ALSO NOTED THE POPULATION GROWTH OF THE CITY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard slamming President Trump's Gaza peace plan.
Pollard, paroled during the Obama Administration and allowed to emigrate to Israel during the Trump Administration, speaking out after his July meeting with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee was leaked.
Pollard saying he despises President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff for meeting with 'terrorists who murdered our people'.
He links the two men to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey.
He said that the plan President Trump 'has imposed on us undermines our independence and threatens the security of our people'.
Mr. Pollard also speaking of US Central Intelligence Agency involvement in the leak about his meeting with Mr. Huckabee...Times of Israel
Meanwhile former CIA officer now Democrat US Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan is disputing President Trump's criticism.
Mr. Trump said the video message of Slotkin and other Democrats in Congress urging members of the military to "refuse illegal orders" was "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH".
Slotkin asserting that Mr. Trump's comments constituted 'threatening death for people you disagree with'. She says that she 'refuses to be intimidated'...CBS News
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE US HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPUBLICAN BRIAN MAST OF FLORIDA SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE END OF SANCTIONS ON SYRIA WITH CONDITIONS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUSHING FOR THE END OF SANCTIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH LAST WEEK'S VISIT OF SYRIA'S NEW PRESIDENT AND FORMER JIHADIST LEADER AHMED AL-SHARAA...THE HILL USA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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