🇨🇩🇷🇼🇧🇮⚡- BREAKING: Luvungi falls to the M23 – Uvira direction, eastern DR Congo.

🇨🇩🇷🇼🇧🇮 - Footage shows M23 well in control of the strategic Lubarika heights – Uvira direction, eastern DR Congo.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡- The Guardian reports that Israeli operatives are conducting widespread surveillance of US troops and allies at the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), which was set up as the Gaza ceasefire coordination hub.

US Commander for the CMCC, Lt Gen Patrick Frank, had summoned his Israeli counterpart at the facility to discuss the issue and stated, “Recording has to stop here.”

Staff & Diplomats from other countries have also raised concerns regarding Israeli recording within the CMCC. Some staff have been told not to share sensitive information in the facility due to concerns it could be recorded by Israel.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Israeli Defence Force has released a statement saying they are investigating an incident in the West Bank, where a unit entered an area, then shortly after left the area, leaving one of their soldiers behind. After 40 minutes alone in the West Bank, the solider was able to locate another IDF unit.

🇯🇵⚡️- A magnitude 7.6 earthquake has been reported off the coast of Japan. Tsunami warnings have been issued for the nearby areas, with waves up to 3 Metres expected.

🇺🇸⚡️- The October Producer Price Index inflation report has been cancelled. October and November PPI data has been delayed to January 14th. - Bureau of Labor Statistics.

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump Administration to announce $12 billion bailout for farmers.

🇺🇸⚡️- Supreme Court is likely to back President Trump's ability to fire Executive Agency board members.

🇪🇺⚡️- The European Union approved "The Pact on Migration and Asylum", a strengthened reform through the creation of a new unified set of rules for EU members regarding the migratory policy.

Interior Ministers of the 27 countries agreed to validate three texts from the EU Commission. Arrivals of immigrants will be more strictly controlled and the first "return hubs" outside the EU's borders will be created in order to house asylum seekers who have been denied entry.

A new distribution of asylees within the EU was approved as well to ease the tension for Greece and Italy.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump plans to launch a full scale war on state level AI regulations. Trump will sign an EO to begin overriding state level regulations and withhold Federal grants and funding from states that refuse to comply.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- President Trump says he will step in to referee the possible sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to Netflix however it appears the only reason he is doing so is the surprise attempt by Paramount to purchase them announced earlier today, which is being financed by Jared Kushner and other allies of the Trump family.

🇪🇺🇩🇰⚡️- "Three in four irregular migrants who have been issued a return decision in the EU, continue to stay here instead of returning home.
I am delighted that we have agreed on a new EU return regulation. I believe the new set of rules significantly can help improve these numbers. For the first time illegally staying third country nationals will have obligations. And member states will have a much better toolbox – for instance it will be possible to detain for a longer period and entry bans will be longer.

On top of that today’s agreement will make it possible for both the European Union and one or more member states to make an arrangement or agreement with a third country on return hubs." - Rasmus Stoklund, Minister for Immigration and Integration of Denmark.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Ellison family is expected to raise its offer to cover the $2.8 billion breakup fee that Warner Bros would have to pay to back out of the Netflix deal.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- President Trump authorizes the sale of Nvidia H200 chips to China.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: IDF airstrikes in southern Lebanon.

🇹🇭🇰🇭⚡- Thai Prime Minister Charnvirakul has given the Thai military the greenlight to "carry out full force operations" against Cambodia.

🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- DR Congo's authorities have begun evacuating civilians from the city of Uvira, eastern DR Congo, as the M23 continue to advance south.

🇷🇺🇮🇱⚡- "I believe that we have a strong relationship with a global power – Russia," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

🇷🇺🇮🇱⚡- "My conversations with Putin are absolutely clear and this relationship serves our interests, the current situation, including military actions," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

🇷🇺🇭🇺🇮🇱⚡- "In recent years, the ties between us–between Russia, Hungary and Israel–have significantly strengthened," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.