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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
AT LEAST TWO DEATHS REPORTED FOLLOWING A 6.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO TODAY. THE QUAKE CENTERED NEAR THE RESORT CITY OF ACAPULCO...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Media in Iran tonight reporting small groups of rioters in some cities totaling 100 or fewer people.
They were shouting slogans against the current government and supporting the return of the monarchy according to the Tansim News Agency...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)....
"President Trump continues to demonstrate historic leadership on Iran"
FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR JEB BUSH ONETIME RIVAL OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PRAISING MR. TRUMP'S SUPPORT FOR DEMONSTRATIONS ON IRAN'S STREETS IN RECENT DAYS...JEB BUSH "X"...
(MORE ON THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY)
At least one Palestinian hurt in Israeli nationalist (settler) attacks tonight.
Attacks by the Israelis on Palestinian communities in Judea and Samaria ("The West Bank") are a regular Friday occurrence.
The issue brought up by President Trump during his meeting this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida...Times Of Israel
A helicopter with four people on board crashing in a mountainous part of Arizona. Crews are working to reach the crash site...ABC News USA
NORTH KOREAN MEDIA SHOWING THE TEENAGE DAUGHTER OF RULER KIM JONG-UN IN A PROMINENT POSITION.
JU AE APPEARING IN THE FRONT ROW OF THOSE BEHIND KIM AT THE NEW YEARS DAY PILGRIMAGE TO THE KUMSUSAN PALACE OF THE SUN.
THAT IS WHERE THE ENBALMED REMAINS OF NORTH KOREA'S FIRST COMMUNIST RULERS KIM IL SUNG AND KIM JONG IL ARE HOUSED.
HER APPEARANCE AT THE SPECIAL CEREMONY FUELING THE NOTION THAT JU AE IS DESIGNED TO SUCCEED KIM JONG-UN AS NORTH KOREAN RULER...THE DONG-A ILBO SOUTH KOREA
Chinese automaker BYD taking the worldwide lead in electric car sales pushing Tesla into second place.
BYD selling 2.26 million cars last year up 28 percent from 2024.
Tesla experienced a nine percent decline delivering 1.64 million cars in 2025...The Hill USA
THE US NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS RULING A CALIFORNIA LAW BANNING OPEN CARRY OF FIREARMS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE 2-1 MAJORITY DECIDING THE LAW BANNING OPEN DISPLAY OF FIREARMS IN COUNTIES OVER 200,000 IN POPULATION IS A VIOLATION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION...THE HILL USA
(UPDATED) IN THE CONFLICT IN YEMEN THE SOUTHERN SEPARATIST MOVEMENT PROCLAIMING AN INDEPENDENT 'SOUTH ARABIA' AND CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM...SKY NEWS UK...
MEANWHILE 20 FIGHTERS OF THE 'SOUTHERN TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL' WERE KILLED IN THE SAUDI AIRSTRIKES ON TWO OF THEIR BASES.
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-BACKED GROUP ATTACKED OVER ITS RECENT ADVANCES TO AREAS NEAR THE SAUDI BORDER...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL...(EARLIER NEWS LATER IN SUMMARY ON THIS STORY)
Ukraine's intelligence chief Kirill Budanov named President Volodymyr Zelensky's new chief of staff.
He replaces Andrey Yermak who was fired in connection with a major corruption investigation...Tass Russia
IN SWITZERLAND INVESTIGATORS LOOKING AT SPARKLERS ON CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEADLY NEW YEARS EVE FIRE DISASTER.
THE SPARKLERS ENDED UP BEING HELD TOO CLOSE TO THE CEILING LEADING TO THE INFERNO THAT SWEPT THROUGH A BAR IN CRANS MONTANA.
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 319.28 points or .66 percent. The NASDAQ down 6.36 points.
At 403 pm New York Time the price of oil 57 dollars 27 cents a barrel down 15 cents...Marketwatch
ON SOCIAL MEDIA US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENING US INTEVENTION IN THE CIVIL UNREST REPORTED IN IRAN.
TRUMP SPEAKING OF 'COMING TO THE RESCUE' OF PROTESTERS IF THEY ARE SHOT AT BY IRANIAN AUTHORITIES.
IRAN REACTING QUICKLY TO MR. TRUMP'S THREAT WARNING OF CONSEQUENCES FOR US MILITARY FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE WARNING FROM IRAN'S TOP SECURITY OFFICIAL ALI LARIJANI.
HE ALSO NOTES PROVOCATIVE ISRAELI STATEMENTS ABOUT THE UNREST...PRESS TV IRAN
SAUDI AIRSTRIKES IN YEMEN TARGETING UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BACKED FORCES FIGHTING THE YEMENI GOVERNMENT.
FORCES OF THE 'SOUTHERN TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL' HAVE BEEN ADVANCING TOWARDS SAUDI ARABIA'S BORDER WITH YEMEN...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
Back in his prison cell at a federal police station the former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro.
Mr. Bolsonaro taken to a hospital recently in order to undergo double hernia surgery.
He is serving a 27-year prison sentence after being convicted in connection with January 6th style charges following violence in Brazil's capital city of Brasilia on January 8th, 2023...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO SAYS HE IS WILLING TO DISCUSS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES TO FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKING.
MADURO ALSO SAYING HE IS WILLING TO REACH AGREEMENT WITH THE US ON AMERICAN INVESTMENT IN VENEZUELA'S OIL INDUSTRY.
THE US TARGETING MR. MADURO WITH A BOUNTY OVER ALLEGED 'NARCOTERRORISM' AND DRAMATICALLY INCREASING MILITARY ACTIVITY AROUND VENEZUELA IN RECENT MONTHS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN RECENT MONTHS FIVE AMERICANS DETAINED BY AUTHORITIES IN VENEZUELA.
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT PROBING THEIR CASES AMID SUSPICION THEY WERE DETAINED FOR USE AS LEVERAGE AMID TENSIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES...CNN USA
"We urge Beijing to exercise restraint, cease its military pressure against Taiwan, and instead engage in meaningful dialogue"
The United States with a New Year's Day message to China regarding its military drills near Taiwan this week.
State Department Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott saying China's military activities in relation to Taiwan and other nations in the region 'increase tensions unnecessarily'.
China's maneuvers a direct reaction to the US announcement right before Christmas that more than 11 billion dollars worth of US arms are being sold to Taiwan...South China Morning Post
THE US SANCTIONING FOUR HONG KONG AND CHINA BUSINESSES OVER OIL TRADING WITH VENEZUELA.
THOSE SANCTIONS INCLUDE FOUR OIL TANKERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUSINESSES.
CHINA IS VENEZUELA'S LEADING CUSTOMER FOR OIL EXPORTS.
THE US MOVE AGAINST CHINESE BUSINESSES MAY BE A SIGNAL TO CHINA TO STEER CLEAR OF THE US-VENEZUELA CONFRONTATION...BLOOMBERG-SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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