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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
"secret settlements with 25 men"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE GHISLAINE MAXWELL SPEAKING OF SECRET SETTLMENTS BETWEEN LAWYERS OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN VICTIMS AND 25 MEN.
IT'S PART OF MAXWELL'S FILING SEEKING TO HAVE HER CONVICTION FOR HELPING EPSTEIN THROWN OUT...JACOB SHAMSIAN LEGAL REPORTER 'BUSINESS INSIDER' "X"
"A future DOJ could convict the current AG and others"
Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie's warning tonight.
It comes as the US Justice Department rolled out a limited number of files related to Jeffrey Epstein not all files required by today under the "Epstein Files Transparency Act".
The rest of the files being promised during the next two-week period that will include Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve common times to 'dump' sensitive and controversial information...Thomas Massie "X"
THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE WILL HEAR A GENOCIDE CASE AGAINST THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF MYANMAR NEXT MONTH.
THE MYANMAR GOVERNMENT IS ACCUSED OF GENOCIDE IN CONNECTION WITH ITS TREATMENT OF THE ROHINGYA MUSLIM MINORITY.
THE CHARGES DATE BACK TO A 2017 MILITARY CAMPAIGN THAT LED TO 730,000 PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE IN NEIGHBORING BANGLADESH...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE
The US Justice Department appealing dismissal of charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
A US District Judge ruled that the prosecutor handling the cases, Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed...The Hill USA
THE UNITED STATES DRAFTING A TEN-YEAR 112 BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO REBUILD GAZA.
US SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER AUTHORS OF THE PLAN.
THE UNITED STATES WILL BE AN 'ANCHOR' SUPPORTING 60 BILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS AND GUARANTEES UNDER THE PLAN...TASS RUSSIA...THE WALL STREET JOURNAL "X"
IN BRAZIL IMPRISONED FORMER PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE PRISON FOR HERNIA SURGERY.
PERMISSION GRANTED BY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ALEXANDRE DE MORAES.
LAST WEEK US SANCTIONS ON JUSTICE MORAES AND HIS FAMILY OVER THE PROSECUTION OF BOLSONARO WERE LIFTED...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA
"The subversion of democracy begins"
REFORM UK LEADER NIGEL FARAGE NOTING THE CANCELLATION OF LOCAL ELECTIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW IN TWO ENGLISH REGIONS.
THE REGIONS OF WEST SUSSEX AND EAST SUSSEX CONTROLLED BY THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
CURRENT POLITICAL POLLING THE UK SHOWS THE REFORM UK PARTY HOLDING A LEAD OVER THE CONSERVATIVES, LABOR AND OTHER PARTIES...Nigel Farage "X"
Republican US Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming will not seek re-election next year.
Lummis, known as an ally of the cryptocurrency industry, will focus on crypto legislation before she leaves office in 2027...Politico
AT THE TURNING POINT USA POLITICAL EVENT IN PHOENIX CHARLIE KIRK'S WIDOW ERIKA KIRK ENDORSING VICE-PRESIDENT JD VANCE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2028.
MEANWHILE MANY CONSERVATIVE NOTABLES SLAMMED BY SPEAKER BEN SHAPIRO TODAY.
SHAPIRO ATTACKING TUCKER CARLSON, CANDACE OWENS, MEGYN KELLY AND STEVE BANNON.
HE CALLED THEM 'FRAUDSTERS AND GRIFTERS'...BBC NEWS
President Trump political ally Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik pulling out of her bid to become New York Governor.
Stefanik's departure follows the entry of Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman into the contest.
Congresswoman Stefanik also deciding not to run for re-election...The Hill USA
THREE PEOPLE KILLED WHEN A MAN USING A KNIFE AND SMOKE GRENADES ATTACKED PEOPLE IN THE CENTER OF TAIPEI, TAIWAN THIS EVENING.
NINE OTHERS WOUNDED THE SUSPECT FALLING TO HIS DEATH FROM THE SIXTH FLOOR OF A DEPARTMENT STORE...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA
TONIGHT, THE INITIAL RELEASE OF MASSIVE VOLUMES OF FILES RELATED TO THE CONVICTED CHILD SEX TRAFFICKER-ABUSER JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE ANNOUNCED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS NOT RELEASING ALL FILES TODAY AS REQUIRED BY THE 'EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT'.
REPUBLICAN US CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE NOTING VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW IN THE RELEASE.
NEW PHOTOS OF FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON RELEASED.
ONE PICTURE COVERS THE FACE OF A WOMAN WHO IS BEING HELD BY BOTH CLINTON AND ROLLING STONES SINGER MICK JAGGER.
SOME DOCUMENTS INDICATING COMPAINTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING THE FBI WERE FILED ABOUT EPSTEIN A DECADE OR MORE BEFORE HIS FIRST ARREST.
SOME CELEBRITIES SEEN IN PICTURES RELEASED TODAY INCLUDE MICHAEL JACKSON, DIANA ROSS AND WALTER CRONKITE SEEN SITTING ACROSS FROM EPSTEIN IN JANUARY 2007.
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The United States carrying out retaliatory strikes against ISIS (Daesh) in Syria tonight.
This follows the killing of two American soldiers and an American interpreter in Palmyra, Syria last Saturday.
70 targets reportedly attacked...TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)
In the Netherlands the caretaker government will not relax the cow gas rules on January 1st.
The Liberal Capitalist VVD Party resisting the effort of the Farmers and Citizens Party (BBB) to ease those rules.
Also off the table is a plan to allow farmers to spread more manure...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche saying release of the Jeffrey Epstein files will be stretched out over the two-week holiday period.
While hundreds of thousands of documents will be released today Blanche saying others will be delayed.
He says the time required to review all of the documents for redactions forces the release to be stretched out over several weeks.
The "Epstein Files Transparency Act" signed last month by President Trump mandated release of all files by today...The Hill USA...
More on this story later in the summary.
UKRAINE IS CLAIMING AN ATTACK ON A RUSSIAN-LINKED OIL TANKER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
THE TANKER WAS EMPTY AT THE TIME AFTER LEAVING PORT SAID IN EGYPT.
UKRAINE SHOWING VIDEO OF SOME DAMAGE BUT THE TANKER KEPT ON SAILING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 183.04 points or .38 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 301.26 points or 1.31 percent.
In New York tonight the price of oil closed at 56 dollars 65 cents a barrel up 50 cents...
Marketwatch
(Updated) In Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin holding his annual year-end question and answer session.
Putin responding to questions from Russians and even members of the foreign media on a variety of topics.
Mr. Putin said the Ukraine War can be resolved if its 'root causes' are addressed.
He expects inflation in Russia to reach a lower level of 5.7 to 5.8 percent as the year ends...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN BANGLADESH RIOTING FOLLOWING THE KILLING OF A PROMINENT STUDENT PROTEST LEADER WHO HELPED TO OVERTHROW THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED BY INDIA.
A MOB OF RIOTERS LYNCHING A HINDU MAN ACCUSED OF INSULING ISLAM DURING THE RIOTING.
THE LYNCHING DENOUNCED BY THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH LED BY PRO-WESTERN MUHAMMAD YUNUS.
THE GOVERNMENT URGING CALM AMID ATTACKS ON MEDIA BUILDINGS AND HISTORIC SITES LINKED TO THE FORMER GOVERNMENT...
NDTV INDIA NEWS STORY
In Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing a gun buyback program.
It's part of the government's response to last Sunday's deadly terrorist attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach.
Saying "We have to make sure there are fewer weapons in our society" Albanese decrying the level of private firearms ownership in Australia.
It's estimated that there are about four million firearms owned by individuals in the country more than the last time there was a major gun buyback program.
That followed a mass murder attack that killed 35 people...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
WHAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS RELEASED THURSDAY BY DEMOCRATS REVEAL
INFORMATION FROM JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ESTATE RELEASED BY US HOUSE DEMOCRATS THURSDAY SHOWS AN INTERNATIONAL SCOPE TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S SEX TRAFFICKING.
IDENTIFYING DOCUMENTS FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS FROM SEVEN FOREIGN COUNTRIES REVEALED INCLUDING THE CZECH REPUBLIC, ITALY, LITHUANIA, MOROCCO, RUSSIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND UKRAINE.
EPSTEIN'S RECRUITING OF YOUNG GIRLS CONTINUED EVEN AS HE FBI PROBED HIM BETWEEN 2006 AND 2008 AHEAD OF A LENIENT PLEA DEAL...MIAMI HERALD...
ONE OF THE NEW PICTURES RELEASED SHOWS MICROSOFT BILLIONAIRE BILL GATES WITH A YOUNG WOMAN WHOSE FACE IS OBSCURED.
ALSO, A WOMAN WITH A PASSAGE WRITTEN ON HER BODY FROM THE NOVEL 'LOLITA'.
THAT'S THE STORY OF AN ADULT MAN'S SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A YOUNG TEENAGE GIRL...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The deal transferring social media app TikTok operations in the United States from Chinese ownership to a US led-consortium has been signed by TikTok's current owners.
The deal expected to be finalized close to January 22nd.
Three major US investors in the new consortium Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX.
An US majority board will govern TikTok under the deal designed to allow TikTok to operate in the US with US user data being stored in the US...Associated Press-PBS USA
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY MERGING WITH FUSION ENERGY COMPANY TAE TECHNOLOGIES.
IT'S A DEAL SEEKING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE POTENTIAL OF A POSSIBLE FUSION POWER PLANT...POLITICO
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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