Sunday, January 4, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 1/4/2026*SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT'S CHINA VISIT*CUBANS KILLED, US MILITARY HURT IN VENEZUELA OPERATION*VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS URGE RETURN TO NORMALITY*NETANYAHU HINTS AT IRAN REGIME CHANGE*BRITISH-FRENCH AIR ATTACKS SYRIA*FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE SAYS 'ONE MAN' RULES IN ISRAEL*

 


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                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





Air raid alerts for Russian attacks across all of Ukraine tonight...(News Agencies)...DD Geopolitics (Video Embeds)



TONIGHT, THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING THE DEATHS OF 32 CUBANS IN THE US ATTACK ON VENEZUELA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.


THOSE KILLED WERE INVOLVED IN PROVIDING SECURITY FOR VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





South Korea's left-of-center President Lee Jae Myung visiting China on a four-day state visit.


Lee will hold talks with China's President Xi Jinping.


Their discussion will focus on cultural exchanges, economic ties and North Korea...Yonhap News Agency South Korea



MORE SAUDI AIR STRIKES REPORTED IN YEMEN ON THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BACKED SOUTHERN TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL.

THIS AMID EFFORTS TO START TALKS ON THE CONFLICT IN YEMEN...TASS RUSSIA



At least 30 killed when gunmen on motorcycles attacked a village in Nigeria.


Kidnappings and theft of food also reported in the attack on the village of Demo in Niger state...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



THE WHITE HOUSE ACKNOWLEDGING INJURIES TO US MILITARY MEMBERS IN THE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING MILITARY OPERATION THAT SEIZED VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO AND HIS WIFE.


THOSE WOUNDED SAID TO BE IN 'GOOD AND STABLE CONDITION'...OSINTdefender "X"...




IN VENEZUELA TODAY OFFICIALS URGING A RETURN TO NORMALITY.


DEFENSE MINISTER VLADIMIR PADRINO SAYING THE MILITARY RECOGNIZES VICE-PRESIDENT DELCY RODRIGUEZ AS ACTING PRESIDENT.



THE UNITED STATES WANTS RODRIGUEZ TO TAKE ACTIONS IT DEMANDS FOLLOWING ITS SEIZURE OF PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO AND HIS WIFE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF SATURDAY...BBC NEWS BLOG...GLOBOVISION VENEZUELA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



"we identify with the struggle of the Iranian people, with their aspirations for freedom, liberty and justice"


Those comments from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid reports of protests and some deaths on the streets of Iran in recent days.


Mr. Netanyahu hinting at the notion that Iranians may rise up and overthrow the present government.


Netanyahu also emphasizing the notion that Hamas needs to 'disarm' in Gaza...Times of Israel




Four people killed in a hippo attack in Kenya.  It happened when a group of 14 men were fishing illegally on the shore of Lake Naivasha...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




AUTHORITIES IN BERLIN RECEIVING A LETTER AFTER POWER WAS KNOCKED OUT TO 45,000 RESIDENTS. 


TWO THOUSAND COMPANIES ALSO SAID TO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.


THE LETTER ABOUT THE OUTAGE IS FROM THE 'VOLCANO GROUP' IDENTIFIED AS 'FAR-LEFT, ANARCHIST, ENVIRONMENTALISTS'


A BRIDGE WITH CABLES NEAR A POWER PLANT CAUGHT FIRE LEADING TO THE OUTAGE.



EMERGENCY SHELTERS HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHORHOOD OF THE POWER FALURE THAT MAY BE NOT BE FULLY REPAIRED UNTIL THURSDAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




There have been joint British-French air attacks in Syria Saturday night.    The attacks on an ISIS underground complex north of Palmyra.


The British Defense Ministry saying the attacks were designed to prevent ISIS from rebuilding...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



AN UNIDENTIFIED MISSILE STRIKING THE MILITARY AIRPORT OF MEZZEH IN DAMASCUS ON SATURDAY.


SYRIAN GOVERNMENT MEDIA REPORTING NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES SAYING AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY...NEWS AGENCIES-THE NEW ARAB



"Our system of governance is a rule of one political branch, which is in practice controlled by one man...the prime minister"


Those words spoken by Israel's former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak.


Barak's recorded message for the Saturday night rally opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rule in Israel saying a 'withering attack' in recent years has weakened 'essential aspects of Israeli democracy'...Times of Israel...Bar Peleg "X"




ON SATURDAY RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES DOWNED 103 ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES OVER NUMEROUS REGIONS.

THIS INCLUDED 18 OVER THE MOSCOW REGION...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



North Korea conducting a test of missiles early Sunday.   They were fired eastwards towards Japan.   They traveled a distance of 900 kilometers.


But they landed outside of Japan's "Exclusive Economic Zone"...Yonhap News Agency South Korea













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