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Many news stories this weekend on the Newsdump Weekend before Christmas the Jeffrey Epstein Files story continues to unfold more on that later but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
DAMAGE IN RUSSIA'S KRASNODAR REGION FOLLOWING A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK LATE TONIGHT.
TWO VESSELS AND TWO PIERS DAMAGED ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN MEDIA...TASS RUSSIA
President Trump naming Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy to Greenland.
Mr. Trump has expressed interest in the United States acquiring Greenland. In his social media post announcing Landry's appointment Mr. Trump speaking of Greenland as being vital for "National Security"...The Hill USA
IN EASTERN CONGO THE RWANDAN BACKED M23 REBEL FORCES CONTINUED ADVANCING LAST WEEK. THEY TOOK CONTROL OF THE CITY OF UVIRA ON THE BORDER OF BURUNDI.
THIS IN SPITE OF A PEACE AGREEMENT BROKERED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND SIGNED TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE EASTERN CONGO REGION RICH IN MINERAL WEALTH INLCUDING COLTAN, COBALT AND GOLD...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
(UPDATED) FOR THE THIRD TIME THE US INTERCEPTING AN OIL TANKER OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA.
THIS FOLLOWS TWO EARLIER SEIZURES OF OIL TANKERS INCLUDING ONE YESTERDAY.
TODAY'S INTERCEPTION INVOLVING THE TANKER "BELLA 1" SAILING UNDER THE PANAMANIAN FLAG. THE VESSEL HAD LEFT VENEZUELA BEFORE IT WAS INTERCEPTED...OSINTdefender "X"...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
19 new Israeli settlements approved in Judea and Samaria ("The West Bank").
Nationalist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says the settlements are aimed at 'stopping the establishment' of a Palestinian state.
(UPDATED) ISRAEL ON THE ATTACK IN GAZA THIS WEEKEND IN SPITE OF A CEASEFIRE.
HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS REMAIN AS WELL IN SPITE OF A LARGER SUPPLY OF FOOD BEING ALLOWED BY ISRAEL TO ENTER THE TERRITORY.
ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON TODAY AND A 16-YEAR-OLD KILLED IN AN ISRAELI MILITARY RAID IN THE 'WEST BANK'...AL JAZEERA QATAR LIVE BLOG
"There are the people DOJ is protecting through illegal redactions and omissions"
THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST OF CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE, REPUBLICAN OF KENTUCKY, THIS MORNING REGARDING HOW THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES ARE BEING RELEASED-LINK
A National Day of Mourning in Australia following last week's terrorist attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arriving at a memorial ceremony with some in the audience booing and jeering him...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
TALKS THIS WEEKEND IN MIAMI BETWEEN RUSSIAN REPRESENTATIVE KIRILL DMITRIEV AND THE US TEAM OF STEVE WITKOFF AND JARED KUSHNER.
THEY ARE DISCUSSING AN END TO FIGHTING IN THE UKRAINE WAR. THE TALKS CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND...TASS RUSSIA...
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS DIRECT TALKS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN MIAMI BY THE UNITED STATES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The US seizing a ship off the coast of Venezuela. The oil tanker taken over by the US Coast Guard is not under sanctions related to Russia.
But it is said to be China related carrying oil to China.
US President Donald Trump recently spoke of seizures of sanctioned vessels.
This is the second time the US has seized a ship off Venezuela in recent days...NBC NEWS USA
A court in Pakistan handing down 17-year sentences to former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi.
Both were convicted of corruption over their handling of foreign gifts.
The case against them one of a slew that have emerged since Mr. Khan was removed from power by a shift of political allegiances in the National Assembly in 2023.
Khan also accused of January 6th style charges over protests by his supporters.
Mr. Khan's support network points to the Pakistani military pulling the strings of his ouster but Khan himself has also pointed in the direction of foreign powers including the United States.
Pakistan's current military leader Field Marshal Asim Munir met US President Donald Trump at the White House earlier this year...Al Jazeera Qatar
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to present new plans to attack Iran when he meets US President Donald Trump later this month.
NBC News quoting multiple officials.
Asked about that meeting expected on December 29th recently President Trump did not flat out say it would happen but if it did happen it would be in Florida where he is staying for the holidays.
The reasoning behind a new Israeli assault on Iran is the conventional missiles that use non-nuclear explosives in Iran's possession.
Iran said to be rebuilding and developing its "ballistic missile" program.
Those types of weapons were used against Israel in the war launched by Israel on Friday June 13th of this year.
The 'nuclear threat' from Iran said to be less of a concern...Times Of Israel
THE VOTE COUNT IN THE HONDURAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 30TH ALMOST COMPLETED AS OF SATURDAY MORNING.
TRUMP BACKED CANDIDATE NASRY "TITO" ASFURA OF THE NATIONAL PARTY AHEAD BY MORE THAN 23,000 VOTES.
IN SECOND PLACE SALVADOR NASRALLAH OF THE LIBERAL PARTY. BOTH ASFURA AND NASRALLAH OF PALESTINIAN ANCESTRY.
TRAILING IN THIRD PLACE LEFTIST 'LIBRE' PARTY CANDIDATE RIXI MONCADA.
MEANWHILE THE UNITED STATES HAS IMPOSED VISA SANCTIONS ON TWO 'LIBRE' PARTY OFFICIALS ACCUSING THEM OF IMPEDING A SPECIAL VOTE COUNT FOLLOWING THE ELECTION...
On Saturday afternoon the second batch of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the US Justice Department in spite of the Friday deadline under the "Epstein Files Transparency Act"...
One file includes FBI notes on the demands of Epstein in relation to young girls including his demands that girls be under the age of 18.
Epstein also seeking girls who were neither "Spanish" nor "dark".
French modeling scout Jean-Luc Brunel said to have shown Jeffrey Epstein more than 1,000 girls....
More releases of files expected during the two-week holiday period.
The Associated Press reporting that 16 files released on Friday were taken down on Saturday.
Two of them photographs of President Donald Trump...The Hill USA
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