🇷🇺🇺🇦🇲🇱⚡- "Terrorists in northern Mali have confirmed their cooperation with Ukraine, which is a cause for serious concern," - Mali's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇲🇱⚡- Terrorists, with the support of Ukraine and other countries, would like to change the regime in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso," - Abdoulaye Diop, Malian Foreign Minister.

🇪🇸🇲🇦🇮🇱⚡- Morocco allowed Maersk Denver to dock at its ports after Spain refused. Maersk Denver is carrying military cargo heading to Israel.

🇺🇸⚡- "US President-elect Trump has begun to influence international relations even before taking office," - Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇾🇪⚡- Joint US-UK airstrikes against Sana'a, Yemen - Ansarullah-controlled territory.

🇱🇧🇮🇱❗️ Israel Hayom, citing a political official: There is talk of a very good agreement for Israel that optimally meets its interests in Lebanon.

🇨🇴⚡️- Bomb attack in Jamundi, Colombia. 15 casualties are reported.

⚡️🇶🇦🇵🇸 - An official statement was issued by the Qatari Foreign Ministry denying the rumors regarding the closure of the Hamas office, as well as Qatar’s complete withdrawal from the mediation.

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump’s campaign released an official statement today ruling out Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley as potential cabinet personnel.

🇨🇦🦠⚡️- Canada has reported the first human case of H5 bird flu. A teenager has been hospitalized.

🇺🇸⚡️- CNN has called Arizona for Trump, officially ending the 2024 United States presidential elections. Trump won all 7 swing states.

🇮🇹🇮🇱⚡️- Italy's largest air carrier, ITA, has cancelled all flights to and from Israel until January 12th, 2025.

🇺🇸🇹🇷⚡- Turkish President Erdogan to discuss US troop withdrawal from northern Syria with US President-elect Trump.

🇺🇸🇹🇷⚡- Turkish President Erdogan says he has no problems working with US President-elect Trump, as they had "no problems during the previous term".

🇧🇷🇮🇱⚡- An Israeli tourist will be deported back to Israel after being arrested 3 days ago on Boipeba Island, Bahia in Brazil. The tourist allegedly called two black workers "monkeys" while they were transporting his luggage.

🇮🇷🇸🇦⚡- Saudi Chief of Staff Fayyadh al-Ruwaili arrives in Iran.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇪🇺⚡- "After Donald Trump won the US Presidential elections, Europe is preparing for a new life at a greater distance from the United States than at any time since ... 1941," - Bloomberg.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Scenes from 'Private Sector', southeast Moscow, Russia.

This morning saw the largest attack on Moscow since the Second World War. Over 40 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow alone, 32 were shot down by air defenses. Only one injury reported, a 52 year old local. Several dozen Ukrainian drones targeted other regions of Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Scenes in Volchans'k, northern Kharkov direction. Video from a Ukrainian soldier.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Putin will retain control over 20% of Ukraine's territory, but Ukraine will join the EU and in 3-5 years will receive a pass to NATO," - James Stavridis, former Senior NATO Commander.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The deal will include some kind of demilitarized zone between the two sides, like in Korea, which will be patrolled by European NATO soldiers and not American soldiers," - James Stavridis, former Senior NATO Commander.