TODAY ON X 29 December, 2024
Turkey plans record military budget in 2025 to build 'Steel Dome' system.
Turkey has announced it will break its record in military spending in 2025 with a USD 47 billion defense budget. Announcing the budget, the Minister of Finance Mehmet Şimşek said Turkey will start building its 'Steel Dome' national air defense system. He added that the Turkish 5th generation Kaan fighter jet will also need a lot of money, as Turkey wants to start building domestic engines for it
Giorgia Meloni recognized as most influential person in EU by Politico.
Reaching the top in politics usually takes a long time. In the case of Giorgia Meloni, she started out in 1992 aged 15. Politico just picked her as the most influential person in the EU in 2024. This video is from when she became head of her party’s youth wing at the age of 19
Jimmy Carter, former U.S. President, passes away at age 100.
BREAKING: President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100
Russian vessel 'Eagle S' boarded by Finnish forces after damaging cables.
Picture of Finnish special forces storming a Vessel of the Russian shadow fleet. Eagle S was boarded and confiscated by the Finns for destroying undersea power cables and telecommunications cables. The Russians are now upset, calling the Finns ‘pirates’
Russian FM Lavrov rejects Trump's peace plan involving NATO and Ukraine.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that Russia won't accept Trump's peace plan which was based on postponing Ukraine's NATO membership for 20 years and deploying European peacekeeping forces in a demilitarized zone between the Russian and Ukrainian Armies. 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺
Poland to finalize border wall with Belarus to curb illegal migration.
Poland announces it will complete its border wall with Belarus next year to completely stop illegal migration from Africa and the Middle East. Deputy Interior Minister Duszczyk says the 5.5 m high & 187 km long wall will be reinforced & get more night vision and thermal cameras
Poland offers to send extra electricity to Ukraine amid Russian gas transit row.
BREAKING: Poland is ready to increase electricity production & send more electricity to Ukraine if Slovak PM Fico follows through with his threat to stop sending Ukraine electricity in response to Kyiv’s decision not to allow Russian gas transit West through Ukraine from Jan. 1
Taliban issues decree banning Afghan women from having visible windows in homes.
The Taliban have decreed that Afghan women are forbidden to: Go to high school or university Work in the civil service Attend a protest Go abroad Drive a car Travel alone Ride in a taxi Speak in public Speak loudly inside your house Sing Read the Quran aloud in public Speak to a male doctor Play sport Go to the gym Go to the park Wear bright clothes Wear high heels Look at men they don’t know Show their faces in public Own a smartphone
Danish and Baltic countries express concerns over Georgia's political situation.
The Foreign Ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries have issued a joint statement on the situation in Georgia: ’We are seriously concerned about the situation in Georgia. We have called for a thorough and impartial investigation into the irregularities reported ahead of and during the parliamentary elections on 26 October. We have condemned violence and intimidation against peaceful protesters, politicians and media representatives; and we deplore the threats directed towards President Zourabishvili. As long-standing friends of Georgia, and supporters of the European aspirations of the Georgian people, we are alarmed by the country’s path toward deeper polarisation and crisis. Georgia urgently needs a way out of the crisis, and to restore public trust in its democratic institutions. We urge the Georgian authorities to take immediate steps in this direction, including by implementing OSCE electoral recommendations and by considering the possibility of new elections based on these recommendations.’
Taliban authorities ban women from being visible through windows at home.
The Afghan Taliban have decided to ban women from being visible in the windows of their homes. The Taliban authorities deemed it problematic that so many women could be seen by outsiders when they were cooking in their homes.
Finnish authorities seize Russian vessel allegedly involved in cutting undersea cables.
Finland has confiscated 'Eagle S', the vessel of the Russian shadow fleet that is suspected of cutting undersea cables near Finland. It has been towed to a Finnish port. 🇫🇮🇷🇺
Israeli forces destroy Hamas terror tunnel in Jabaliya, Gaza.
Another Hamas terror tunnel in Jabaliya, Gaza has been blown up by the Israeli Army
A massive blackout strikes Greenland, leaving the majority of the country including the capital, Nuuk, without electricity.
BREAKING: Major blackout leaves most of Greenland without electricity, including its capital city Nuuk 🇬🇱🇩🇰
Israel successfully arrests Hamas Colonel and hospital director Abu Safiya, capturing over 240 alleged terrorists.
Israel has arrested the Hamas Colonel and Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Abu Safiya. More than 240 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists have been arrested at the hospital. Major success for Israel.
IDF captures key members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in raid at a Gaza hospital.
Israel has arrested the Hamas Colonel and Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Abu Safiya. More than 240 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists have been arrested at the hospital. Major success for Israel.
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