Thursday, December 25, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 12/25/2025*NEWSDUMP CHRISTMAS DAY*US ATTACKS ISLAMIC STATE IN NIGERIA*MASS RAIDS AIMED AT ISIS IN ISTANBUL*POPE LAMENTS CONDITIONS IN GAZA*CHINA SLAMS PENTAGON REPORT*NETANYAHU TESTIMONY STRETCHED OUT BY DEFENSE ATTORNEY CONFRONTATION WITH JUDGE*

              (SERVICE WHEN ABLE PERSONAL COMMITMENTS LIMITING POSTING)



                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




EXPLOSIONS IN ODESSA AND OTHER CITIES IN UKRAINE LATE TONIGHT.    THERE WAS AN AIR RAID WARNING FOR RUSSIAN ATTACKS IN THE ODESSA REGION...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA



In Southern California heavy rains leading to flooding and mudslides.

Evacuation orders for some areas in and near Los Angeles...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES BLOG




IN A CHRISTMAS SOCIAL MEDIA POST PRESIDENT TRUMP REFERRING TO REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY AS A 'LOWLIFE REPUBLICAN'.


MASSIE CO-SPONSORED THE 'EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT' WITH DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN RO KHANNA OF CALIFORNIA.



CONGRESSMAN MASSIE RESPONDING THIS EVENING WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA POST STARTING WITH:



"Merry Christmas to you too Mr. President!"...



                     Thomas Massie "X" Post





President Donald Trump announcing a US military attack on Islamic State in northwestern Nigeria.


Mr. Trump speaking of a deadly strike...Al Jazeera Qatar...OSINTdefender "X" (Link To Trump Social Media Post)



IN VENEZUELA AROUND 60 PEOPLE DETAINED FOR PROTESTING AFTER ELECTIONS RELEASED FROM PRISON.   THEY INCLUDE THREE TEENAGERS...NTN24 COLOMBIA VENEZUELA PAGE "X"



Bangladeshi opposition leader Tarique Rahman returning home after 17 years of exile.  Hundreds of thousands welcoming him.


He will be a candidate for the Bangladesh National Party in parliamentary elections in February.



It will be the first election since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.   Under Hasina's rule Rahman convicted of corruption and plotting to kill her...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



TURKISH AUTHORITIES LAUNCHING A WAVE OF RAIDS TODAY ARRESTING 115 PEOPLE SAID TO BE LINKED TO ISLAMIC STATE (ISIS, DAESH).


POLICE SAYING THEY RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT PLANNED ATTACKS ON NON-MUSLIMS IN TURKEY DURING THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.


124 LOCATIONS RAIDED IN ISTANBUL SEEKING 137 SUSPECTS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In Israel today video of masked Israeli nationalist settlers attacking Palestinians.  One person hurt in the attack according to Palestinian sources...Times of Israel



AN ISRAELI ATTACK IN LEBANON TODAY.  ISRAEL SAYS THE TARGETED ASSASSINATION KILLED A TOP COMMANDER IN THE ELITE 'QUDS FORCE' OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS...TIMES OF ISRAEL


"How then can we not think of the tents in Gaza, exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold"


Part of Pope Leo XIV's homily (sermon) for Christmas Mass. 


The pontiff speaking of the birth of Jesus in a stable as the pitching of a 'fragile tent' by God.  Then he noted conditions in Gaza.


Pope Leo also noting the plight of the homeless and wars raging around the world.


He also spoke of the 'fragile minds of young people' sent to fight wars who 'feel the senselessness of what is asked of them and the falsehoods that fill the pompous speeches of those who send them to their deaths'....Reuters-Times of Israel



THE ISRAELI MILITARY CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN SYRIA TODAY.   SUSPECTS BEING ROUNDED UP DURING RAIDS IN VILLAGES NEAR ISRAEL'S EXPANDED BUFFER ZONE...TASS RUSSIA



The electoral commission of Bosnia declaring last month's special election in the Serbian part of the country to be 'partially invalid'.


136 polling stations involved in an election that was won 50.4 percent to 48.2 percent by the nationalist faction.


The election forced by a criminal case from the central government that convicted Serbian nationalist President Milorad Dodik.


Dodik saying the electoral commission's decision 'undermines confidence in the electoral system'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SAYS RUSSIA HAS SENT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP A CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAM FOR CHRISTMAS...TASS RUSSIA



The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemning the Pentagon report on China's military released this week.


Spokesman Lin Jian saying it 'distorts China's defense policy, sows discord with other nations and provides pretexts for maintaining American military hegemony'.


The report pointed to a major Chinese buildup along with the notion China intends to 'win a war' to seize control of Taiwan in 2027...Tass Russia



THERE WAS ONLY 15 MINUTES OF ACTUAL TESTMONY BY ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION AT HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL YESTERDAY.


AT ONE POINT DEFENSE ATTORNEY AMIT HADAD SHOUTED AT JUDGE RIVKA FRIEDMAN-FELDMAN.



THIS CAUSED A 50 MINUTE RECESS IN THE TRIAL...BARUCH KIRA CHANNEL 13 ISRAEL "X"



IN THE NETHERLANDS 100,000 LAYING HENS SLAUGHTERED FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF BIRD FLU.


THIS FOLLOWS ANOTHER CULL OF ANIMALS IN THE LIMBURG REGION WHEN A TURKEY FARMER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BIRD FLU...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Russian air defenses downing 141 attacking Ukrainian drones during the overnight hours into Thursday.  62 of them over the Bryansk Region on the border with Ukraine and nine in the Moscow Region...Tass Russia

No comments:

Post a Comment