🇺🇸 The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in space

ORLANDO, Florida—Earlier this year, officials at US Space Command released a list of priorities and needs, and among the routine recitation of things like cyber defense, communications, and surveillance was a relatively new term: "integrated space fires."

This is a new phrase in the esoteric terminology the military uses to describe its activities. Essentially, "fires" are offensive or defensive actions against an adversary. The Army defines fires as "the use of weapon systems to create specific lethal and nonlethal effects on a target."

The inclusion of this term in a Space Command planning document was another signal that Pentagon leaders, long hesitant to even mention the possibility of putting offensive weapons in space for fear of stirring up a cosmic arms race, see the taboo of talking about space warfare as a thing of the past.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/12/the-us-military-is-now-talking-openly-about-going-on-the-attack-in-space/

🇺🇸⚠️⁉️ #BREAKING: Mysterious drones are now being reported over the US Capitol in Washington D.C.

Video shared on social media from the last hours shows unidentified flying objects, presumably drones, hovering over the US Capitol.

—> The man in the video even compares regular planes passing by to the mysterious drones almost standing still over the government building.

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🇩🇪🇷🇴🇻🇪 Why Venezuela cancelling their own presidential elections is bad and why Romania doing the same is good according to the spokesman of the German Foreign Office:

German journalist:

”In Romania, the Constitutional Court has annulled the first round of presidential elections following complaints based on intelligence regarding alleged Russian influence through TikTok videos, which have so far been almost impossible to verify. Elena Lasconi, who is considered pro-European and came 2nd, called the decision illegal. The winner of the first round, Georgescu, spoke of a coup. The information published so far does not even mention Russia as an actor. In this context, I would be interested to find out what is the political assessment of the German government regarding the cancellation of an election with reference to a TikTok campaign, given the upcoming parliamentary elections?”

Spokesman Sebastian Fischer:

“It would be difficult for me to comment from here on the constitutional order of Romania. There was a decision of the Constitutional Court, which, like all decisions of the constitutional courts, must be respected. In this respect, the Romanian judiciary came to the conclusion that there was electoral interference in the first round of voting and took the necessary decisions from its point of view”.

The German journalist:

“Our colleagues at Deutsche Welle describe the Constitutional Court of Romania as an extension of the political establishment, while Deutschlandfunk describes it as a servant of the Social Democratic Party, and it is already clear that there have been a number of political problems and interference. I have been in BPK (German media organization) long enough to remember that you have taken a very clear stance on the power dispute between Maduro and Guaidó, including on the decisions of the Constitutional Court in Caracas. Therefore, I do not see why it should be so different now in the case of Bucharest. Will the German government have formed an opinion on this truly unique act of annulment of the elections with reference to several thousand TikTok accounts – which many call a historic act?”

Sebastian Fischer:

“Romania is a constitutional state and a democracy. This is in contrast to the situation we are seeing in Venezuela.”

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🇹🇷🇮🇷🇷🇺🇸🇾 Turkey Says Told Russia, Iran Not To Intervene Militarily In Syria Rebel Push

Turkey said Friday it had urged Russia and Iran not to intervene militarily to support Bashar al-Assad's forces as Islamist-led rebels mounted their lightning advance on Damascus that ended with the Syrian strongman's ouster.

"The most important thing was to talk to the Russians and Iranians to ensure that they didn't enter the equation militarily. We had meetings with (them) and they understood," Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Turkey's private NTV television.

"If Assad had received support, the opposition could have achieved victory with their determination, but it would have taken a long time and could have been bloody," he said.

Turkey's aim was to "hold focused talks with the two important power players to ensure minimum loss of life," Fidan said.

They quickly realised the game was up, that Assad "was no longer someone to invest in" and "there was no point anymore", the Turkish minister added.

🔗 https://www.barrons.com/news/turkey-says-it-told-russia-iran-not-to-intervene-militarily-in-syria-rebel-push-3c3e5168

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🇩🇪🗳❗️ — Germany's Social-Democrat chancellor Scholz loses parliamentary confidence vote, paving way for snap elections to be held in February 2025.

🇸🇾 🇸🇾 - JUST IN: Ex-President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, issues statement on his loss in the Syrian Civil War and flight to Russia.

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🇷🇺❌🌐 Russia must be ready to fight NATO in Europe in next decade, Russian minister says

🇺🇸📱 TikTok files emergency appeal with Supreme Court to block a US ban unless it's sold.

— AP

🇺🇸📱 Trump is set to meet with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew at Mar-a-Lago Club today.

— CNN

🇨🇦 - 60 liberals MPs sign a letter urging Trudeau to resign.

🇧🇴⛓🛠 — A prosecutor in Bolivia has confirmed the existence of an arrest warrant against former socialist president Evo Morales on charges of human trafficking.

🇻🇺📈 - A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu.

A precautionary tsunami warning is issued.

The earthquake in Vanuatu caused severe damage to the United States Embassy in Port Vila.

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺❗️ — The head of Russia’s nuclear defense forces has been killed by an explosive device planted close to a residential apartment block in Moscow!