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> Swedish navy identifies ships in areas of suspected undersea cable sabotage

The Swedish navy said it had an “almost 100%” picture of the vessels at the sites of the suspected sabotage of undersea cables in the Baltic as Danish officials said the country’s navy was shadowing a Chinese cargo ship.

Denmark had earlier said it had a naval vessel next to a Chinese cargo ship, the Yi Peng 3, anchored in the Baltic between Sweden and Denmark. The ship was shadowed after it passed both the cables around the time on Sunday and Monday that each was believed severed in a suspected malicious attack.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/sweden-denmark-undersea-cable-sabotage-navy-investigation

> Death penalty for Thai woman accused of murdering 14 friends with cyanide

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jr2z9315lo

> Terrifying way Vladimir Putin could bring UK to its knees with one simple move

a former Royal Navy diving officer has told how the UK is vulnerable to a potential attack by Russia through cables and pipelines underwater.

People are now reliant on almost digital information in the world today and more than 99% of the data moving globally comes via undersea cables, said Lewis Page.

While the UK also receives 15% of our electricity from cables under the water from the Continent and 40% of the gas comes from sea pipelines.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/terrifying-way-vladimir-putin-could-34147559

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> One dead and 600,000 without power after 'bomb cyclone' hits Washington and maps show affected area

One person has died and over 600,000 Americans have been left without power after a 'bomb cyclone' swept across northwest U.S. Tuesday evening, with strong winds tearing through towns and downed trees striking homes and vehicles. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14104847/bomb-cyclone-washington-pse-outage-map-homes-power.html

> ‘We want to inflict a lot of damage’: Ukrainian troops seek revenge on Russia with Biden’s long-range missiles

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-long-range-strikes-russia-atacms-missile-damage-b2650343.html

> Palestinian olive harvest under threat from Israeli attacks and restrictions

On a Thursday afternoon towards the end of last month, a 59-year-old Palestinian woman set out to gather olives on her family’s land near the village of Faqqua, in the north of the occupied West Bank.

It was something that Hanan Abu Salameh had done for decades.

Within minutes, the mother of seven and grandmother of 14 lay dying in the dust of the olive grove, with a bullet wound in her chest - she’d been shot by an Israeli soldier.

Even though the family had co-ordinated their intention to pick olives with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), according to her son Fares and husband Hossam, the soldier fired several shots as other family members fled for cover.

The IDF says it’s investigating the incident, but Hanan’s grieving relatives have little hope or expectation that her killer will be brought to justice.

This wasn’t an isolated incident.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20gnvz1975o

> Ford to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe

https://www.ft.com/content/0df4cea9-a2e4-4f29-96d8-8d342825b4f2

> UK energy suppliers to spend £500m to cushion pain of rising bills

Suppliers will spend the money in a variety of ways, including putting credit on some customers’ bills, writing off the debts of others and putting credit on prepayment meters, according to sources familiar with the deal.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/20/energy-suppliers-spend-500m-cushion-pain-winter-fuel-payments-cut

> Surprise BlackRock ‘Tipping Point’ Predicted To Send Bitcoin Price To $200,000

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/11/20/surprise-blackrock-tipping-point-predicted-to-send-bitcoin-price-to-200000/

> Pound Sterling strengthens as UK inflation accelerates faster than expected

https://www.fxstreet.com/news/pound-sterling-jumps-as-uk-inflation-accelerates-more-than-expected-202411200747

> shoplifting in US climbs despite new surveillance

https://www.ft.com/content/7a7251e1-1938-4a0a-ac10-be576cc99848

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> Man sent £10k DWP benefits to scammer posing as favourite porn star

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/real-life/man-sent-10k-dwp-benefits-9728764

> GPs warn people to stay at home as 'highly contagious' bug sweeps UK

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1978429/Kawasaki-warning-symptoms-vomiting-bug

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its what being a useless cumbrained retard looks like too

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Nice dubs

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thanks

> Donald Trump warns of ‘hell to pay’ if Israeli hostages not released by January

https://www.ft.com/content/3a3046a8-82a2-41ea-bc79-febe986ff62d

> Huge anti-Russian protests in Tbilisi echo Ukraine’s Maidan

https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/12/02/huge-anti-russian-protests-in-tbilisi-echo-ukraines-maidan

> What is happening in north-western Syria and why now?

Rebel forces have launched their largest offensive against the Syrian government in years.

They have captured a swathe of land across the north-west of the country, including most of the second city of Aleppo, after the Syrian military rapidly withdrew its troops.

The rebels are now battling the military near the central city of Hama, while the government’s key ally Russia is carrying out air strikes against them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99x0l1d432o

> Nato chief warns Donald Trump of ‘dire threat’ to US if Ukraine pushed into bad peace deal

Nato’s new secretary-general has warned Donald Trump that the US would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran and North Korea if Ukraine is pushed to sign a peace deal on terms that are favourable to Moscow.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Mark Rutte said deepening ties between US adversaries endangered America as he made a pitch to the president-elect to stick with Nato and continue to support Ukraine.

Rutte noted the risks from Russia supplying missile technology to North Korea and cash to Iran. In an apparent reference to Taiwan, he said that Chinese President Xi Jinping “might get thoughts about something else in the future if there is not a good deal [for Ukraine]”.

https://www.ft.com/content/8a80fa59-c658-4f83-b133-bb0364ce8913

> White House defends pardon of Hunter Biden amid backlash

The White House has defended President Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter, after repeatedly insisting he had no plans to grant such executive clemency.

The press secretary said Biden had pardoned his son, who was facing sentencing later this month in two federal cases, to shield him from potential persecution by the outgoing president's political foes.

The sweeping pardon covers any potential federal crimes that 54-year-old Hunter may have committed over the course of a decade.

Republicans have lambasted the move, with President-elect Donald Trump calling it "an abuse and miscarriage of justice".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl92p0yjw7o

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> Israel threatens to 'respond with force' after Hezbollah fires towards IDF in 'ceasefire violation'

The Hezbollah fire comes after four people have been killed in recent days by Israeli strikes, as Lebanon accused the country of violating the ceasefire more than 50 times.

Two projectiles fell in open areas and no injuries were reported.

https://news.sky.com/story/israel-threatens-harsh-response-after-hezbollah-fires-at-idf-in-ceasefire-violation-13265494

> Russian troops fighting behind established Ukrainian defences, MoD warns

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/02/russia-troops-attacking-behind-ukrainian-defences-mod-warns/

> Australian police seize record 2.3 tonnes of cocaine after Comancheros biker gang's fishing boat breaks down

The haul, worth around $760m Australian dollars, was found on board after police acted on a tip-off that the gang was planning a multi-tonne smuggling operation.

https://news.sky.com/story/australian-police-seize-record-2-3-tonnes-of-cocaine-after-comancheros-biker-gangs-fishing-boat-breaks-down-13265335

> Vladimir Putin to reject Donald Trump’s opening peace offer, says Russian tycoon

https://www.ft.com/content/ac39b604-ef6d-41cb-bb8c-0eb76e002176

> US hits China’s chip industry with new export controls

The US has introduced new export controls in an effort to curtail China’s ability to create an advanced semiconductor industry and to slow its development of artificial intelligence with military applications.

The restrictions on the export of critical semiconductor manufacturing tools will affect both US companies and foreign firms that use American technology in their chipmaking equipment. The US will also prevent the export of advanced high bandwidth memory (HBM), a crucial component in AI chips, to China.

https://www.ft.com/content/2334d3d9-d744-4d1f-94cc-e328968b41ce

> Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies, aged 56

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/10/former-youtube-ceo-susan-wojcick-dies-aged-56

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> World’s first nuclear-powered diamond battery with 5,700-year lifespan unveiled by UK

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-first-carbon-14-diamond-battery

> Google's new quantum chip has solved a problem the best supercomputer would have taken a quadrillion times the age of the universe to crack

https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/google-willow-quantum-computing-chip-solved-a-problem-the-best-supercomputer-taken-a-quadrillion-times-age-of-the-universe-to-crack

> Experts pinpoint chemical in breakfast favourite that could trigger heart attack and stroke

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14185029/breakfast-favourite-trigger-heart-attack-stroke.html

> Russia and Ukraine swap at least 300 prisoners in exchange deal

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/30/russia-ukraine-swap-prisoners-exchange-deal

> Sixty-mile drag mark found near damaged Baltic Sea cable, says Finland

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/30/finnish-investigators-into-suspected-sabotage-find-100km-trail-on-baltic-sea-bed

> Elon Musk trying to influence upcoming German election, Berlin says

https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-interferes-german-election-berlin-says-afd-tech-billionaire/

> Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies aged 100

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/12/29/jimmy-carter-dead-100-years-old/

> Russia shot down Azerbaijan Airlines jet, attempted cover-up, Azerbaijan president charges

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-shot-down-azerbaijan-airlines-plane-attempt-cover-up-ilham-aliyev/

> Israeli forces ‘sexually assaulted, beat and insulted women’ during Gaza hospital raid

Israeli forces sexually assaulted Palestinian women and executed unarmed civilians during the Friday raid on Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, witnesses have said in a new report.

The violence against women included stripping off their clothes, touching them under the threat of violence, beating them and hurling sexual insults at them.

In one incident, a soldier tore the clothes of a woman, exposing her chest, after she refused to remove her hijab, or headscarf.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-sexually-assaulted-beat-insulted-women-during-gaza-hospital-raid

> Jewellery worth £10.4m stolen from London home in one of Britain’s biggest burglaries

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/30/jewellery-worth-104m-stolen-from-london-home-in-one-of-britains-biggest-burglaries

> Boy, 16, fighting for life after being sprayed with 'unknown substance'

police received reports that three males entered a home on Harrow Road and sprayed an unknown substance at the victim.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/boy-16-fighting-life-after-30681358

> More people driving the wrong way down motorways - and blaming their sat navs

https://news.sky.com/iframe/widget/video/6788026

https://news.sky.com/story/more-people-driving-the-wrong-way-down-motorways-and-blaming-their-sat-navs-13281672

> Why are Nordic companies so successful?

https://www.economist.com/business/2024/12/30/why-are-nordic-companies-so-successful

> Over 200,000 shops to close in 2025 as retail ‘permacrisis’ takes hold

Over 17,000 retail jobs are set to disappear next year, along with over 200,000 stores, as the sector’s decade-long crisis continues, according to a top retail body.

Online shopping, a Covid-19 hangover and high taxes are compounding a problem that began with the financial crisis in 2008, according to the Centre for Retail Research (CRR)

https://www.cityam.com/over-200000-shops-to-close-in-2025-as-retail-permacrisis-takes-hold/

> Number of pubs in England and Wales falls below 39,000 for first time

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/30/number-of-pubs-in-england-and-wales-falls-below-39000-for-first-time

> Rise in talk about killing in films raises health concerns, researchers say

Study finds small but significant increase in characters talking about murder or killing over past 50 years

“The surprising thing is the increase occurs not just for crime genres, which you would expect because they’re violent, but also for non-crime genres,” said Brad Bushman, a professor of communication at Ohio State University, who co-authored the study.

The team suggested the rise may indicate an increase in violent behaviour in movies, and called for a promotion of “mindful consumption and media literacy” to protect vulnerable groups, especially children.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/30/rise-in-talk-about-killing-in-films-raises-health-concerns-researchers-say

> California firefighters battling wildfire sweeping exclusive Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity homes


https://news.sky.com/story/california-firefighters-battling-wildfire-sweeping-exclusive-los-angeles-hillside-dotted-with-celebrity-homes-13285270

> Greenland ‘not for sale’, says Danish PM after Donald Trump call for US to buy it


https://www.ft.com/content/e6c351ab-b41e-4e53-b6db-18d6c3e9ab4c

> NATO sends a fleet to guard Baltic Sea cables


https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-fleet-guard-baltic-sea-cables-finnish-ships-russia-moscow-estonia-mark-rutte/

> EU considers legal action against Musk over election interference


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/07/eu-considers-legal-action-against-musk-over-election-interf/

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