France OKs Rafale Missiles For Ukraine; Germany Rejects Arming Kyiv With Long-Range Taurus ALCMs (www.eurasiantimes.com)
'Died Heroically'! Shot Down By Ukraine, Russia's Il-22M Pilot Dead; Co-Pilot Lands 'Beyond Repair' Aircraft - Reports (www.eurasiantimes.com)
UK sends UN experts photographs of North Korean shipments to Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Two of the three ships were also identified in a recent report by the Royal United Services Institute thinktank. It showed a growth in transshipments from North Korea to Russia that “reveal that Russia has likely begun shipping North Korean munitions at scale”. A third was identified by NK News, an independent news website...
Iran is 'directly involved' in Yemen Houthi rebel ship attacks, US Navy's Mideast chief tells AP (apnews.com)
Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the U.S. Navy’s top Mideast commander told The Associated Press on Monday....
Exploring a vast Hamas tunnel complex where hostages were reportedly held captive: Reporter's notebook (abcnews.go.com)
There were multiple tunnel off-shoots, with one of them leading us to a large room with a vaulted ceiling plastered white, walls colored with tiled walls and carpeted with artificial grass. The soldiers said they believed it was used to hold women and children hostages, showing us a child’s drawing they said a 5-year-old...
CNN reporter crawls over 60 feet underground to visit tunnels IDF says were used by Hamas (edition.cnn.com)
CNN international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson joined the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to tour what IDF alleges are tunnels used by Hamas under Khan Younis in southern Gaza....
Alliance must stop aggressive rhetoric and actions against Belarus if it wants to cooperate / The New Voice of Ukraine (english.nv.ua)
Germany: Citizenship law could prompt 50,000 Turks to apply (www.dw.com)
German lawmakers have endorsed a new path to citizenship, allowing more people to gain dual nationality. A representative of Germany’s Turkish community warns that officials might struggle to process all the applicants....
Zelenskiy slams Trump’s rhetoric on stopping the war as ‘very dangerous’ | Volodymyr Zelenskiy (www.theguardian.com)
Israel says it is exhuming bodies in Gaza to determine if they’re hostages (edition.cnn.com)
Gazans tried to sell fallen IDF soldier's head for $10,000 says soldier's father. In his memory, his family wants to start a center in his name to help at-risk youth in Jerusalem, they have also begun (www.jpost.com)
India to ‘commission a nuclear power reactor every year’: NPCIL chief , An interview with B.C. Pathak on India’s nuclear power plans and strategy (www.thehindu.com)
Pakistan launches strikes into Iran two days after missile strike (www.bbc.com)
Pakistan has launched retaliatory missile strikes into neighbouring Iran, two days after an Iranian attack inflamed relations between the two states....
EU bans ‘misleading’ environmental claims that rely on offsetting (www.theguardian.com)
On Wednesday, members of the European parliament [MEPs] voted to outlaw the use of terms such as “environmentally friendly”, “natural”, “biodegradable”, “climate neutral” or “eco” without evidence, while introducing a total ban on using carbon offsetting schemes to substantiate the claims.
Education Ministry Withdraws Funding of Jewish Event Over Arab Israeli Host (www.haaretz.com)
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Shell to sell big piece of its Nigeria oil business, but activists want pollution cleaned up first (apnews.com)
Shell said Tuesday it agreed to sell its onshore business in Nigeria’s Niger Delta to a consortium of companies in a deal worth $2.4 billion, the latest move by the energy company to limit its exposure in the West African nation amid long-running complaints of environmental pollution caused by the oil industry....
Yemeni gov't blames Houthis for "dragging country into confrontation" (english.news.cn)
Analysis: $88 trillion in debt and a wave of elections. World leaders are hamstrung (edition.cnn.com)
Ecuador : All 178 prison officials taken hostage by inmates in Ecuador have been freed, the prisons authority on Saturday, amid a deteriorating security situation in the South American country (www.dw.com)
Israel must act now to let aid through and save lives in Gaza. Britain has a plan to help that happen: article by the Foreign Secretary (www.gov.uk)
It was heartbreaking to read the latest independent assessment of hunger in Gaza. The situation is desperate – and projected to get worse. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), 9 out of every 10 Palestinians in northern Gaza may be eating less than 1 meal a day....
Chinese firm launches world’s most powerful solid-fuel rocket in coup for private aerospace sector (www.scmp.com)
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Belarus sends children from occupied Ukraine for training with Belarusian army (apnews.com)
1.4 million of people visited orthodox church in Russia during Christmas (www.kommersant.ru)
Counted by russian police, they are present during such events....
Saudi Arabia interested in Israel normalisation deal after war (www.bbc.com)
Meloni urged to ban neofascist groups after crowds filmed saluting in Rome (www.theguardian.com)
