Netanyahu:

It was clear to me that we were not only fighting Hamas — we were fighting Hezbollah, we were fighting the Assad regime, we were fighting the militias in Iraq, we were fighting the Houthis, we were fighting Iran.

And we did. We won this war. We won this war, but it’s never-ending. It’s like, you know, if you have cancer and you take it out, it can still come back — certain types of cancer — but if you don’t take it out, you die. So we took it out.

Macron’s visit to China aims to convince Beijing to invest more in France and share its advanced technologies, helping French industry catch up.

After decades in which Europe transferred technology to China, the situation has reversed.

China now leads in areas such as batteries, solar power, and electric vehicles.

Source: BFMTV

At least two Ukrainian children abducted by Russian forces were forcibly transferred to a camp in North Korea, legal expert Kateryna Rashevska told a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Dec. 3.

She said a 12-year-old boy from occupied Donetsk and a 16-year-old girl from Simferopol were taken to the Songdowon camp, 9,000 km from home, where they were exposed to militarized training and propaganda.

India will pay about $2 billion to lease a nuclear-powered attack submarine from Russia, finalizing a pact after a decade of stalled talks.

Indian officials visited a Russian shipyard in November, and the vessel is expected to be delivered within two years, though delays are possible.

The leased vessel—larger than India’s current nuclear attack subs—will be used only for training, not wartime operations, and will stay with the Navy for 10 years.

A previous Russian-leased submarine was returned in 2021.

Source: Bloomberg

Namibia: The African Development Bank plans to provide about $1.78 billion over the coming years to support transport, energy and water projects, according to a bank spokesperson.

Sudan: Doctors Without Borders says 10,000 people fleeing mass violence in and around El Fasher have taken refuge in the town of Tawila seeking safety.

Russia has imposed new limits on Apple’s FaceTime video-calling service.

Netanyahu announced that he has decided to appoint Major General Roman Gofman, his military secretary, as the next head of the Mossad.

Gofman will assume his position in June 2026, when Dedi Barnea completes his five-year term.

Mali: Russia’s cultural diplomacy agency Rossotrudnichestvo said work is underway to open a Russian Science and Culture Centre in the country.

Indians are getting ready to welcome Putin.

He appears to be quite popular in the country.

BREAKING: Yasser Abu Shabab, the commander of the Gaza militia east of Rafah — who had cooperated with Israel in recent months and heads an organization calling itself the Popular Forces — was killed by assassins.

NEW: French President Macron warned that the U.S. might “betray” Ukraine in ongoing peace talks with Moscow, according to a leaked trannoscript reported by Der Spiegel.

During a call with European leaders — including Germany’s Friedrich Merz, NATO’s Mark Rutte, Finland’s Alexander Stubb and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky — several participants voiced concern that U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were pushing a peace plan too favorable to Russia.

Macron allegedly said Washington could compromise Ukrainian territory without firm security guarantees, though the Élysée later denied he used the word “betray.”

Merz and Stubb urged caution, saying Europe must not leave Zelensky “alone with these guys,” a sentiment echoed by Rutte.

Admiral Frank M. Bradley will tell lawmakers Thursday that two survivors of a September 2 U.S. strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean were lawful targets for a second attack because the vessel was still believed to contain narcotics.

Bradley, then head of Joint Special Operations Command and now commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, is expected to defend the decision in a classified briefing alongside Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine.

Source: Reuters

Sudan Doctors Network:

9 killed in an attack by the Rapid Support Forces and their allies on a kindergarten in South Kordofan.

Trump:

I’m dealing with, THE POISONING OF AMERICA!

A new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) concludes that the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan was fundamentally doomed, plagued by corruption, unrealistic goals, and up to $29.2 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse.

Over 20 years, Congress spent about $144.7 billion trying to build Afghanistan’s government and military—an effort SIGAR officials now describe as a “white collar criminal enterprise.”

The report cites 1,327 cases of misuse of funds, including unused aircraft and buildings, massive contractor kickbacks, and bribery schemes involving both Americans and Afghans.

Some suspects were considered off-limits because they worked with U.S. intelligence agencies.

Despite $38.6 billion spent on Afghan military equipment, the force collapsed within days of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal, leaving $7.1 billion in weapons behind for the Taliban.

SIGAR also found the U.S. tolerated alliances with abusive warlords and ignored widespread corruption for over a decade.

Source: USA Today

NOW: Putin arrives in India.

Modi welcomes him.

South Korea has launched a $296 million project to develop short-range air-to-air missiles for its KF-21 fighter jets.

The missiles are to be completed by 2032, aiming to expand weapons options for the jets and boost defense exports.

Source: Yonhap

Visa said it will begin operating in Syria after agreeing with the country’s central bank on a roadmap to build a digital payments system.

The company plans to work with licensed financial institutions to issue payment cards and enable digital wallets.

The UN General Assembly passed a resolution Wednesday calling on Russia to immediately return all Ukrainian children it has “forcibly transferred or deported,” saying the actions violate international law.

The measure was adopted with 91 votes in favor, 12 against, and 57 abstentions during the Emergency Special Session on Ukraine.

A new report from Israel’s Public Defender’s Office says conditions for Palestinian security prisoners have sharply worsened since October 7, 2023.

The Israel Prison Service cut food rations, causing severe hunger, major weight loss, fainting, and restricted access to water.

Overcrowding also spiked after mass arrests: 90% of security prisoners lived in spaces under 3 square meters, and thousands had no bed, sleeping on floors in dark, poorly ventilated cells with almost no personal belongings.

Source: Haaretz