"Police have confirmed that the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, Australia, is being treated as aterrorist attack.
At least 12 people have died, with one gunman also killed, during celebrations on the first day of Hanukkah. A further 29 people have been taken to various hospitals around Sydney, including a child.
The other gunman is in serious condition. NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed they will "make sure no stone is left unturned" in regards to a potential third gunman, adding police are investigating "thoroughly" of any other people linked to the shooting.
Premier Chris Minns said the attack was "designed to target Sydney's Jewish community"." GBN
"Belarus freed 123 political prisoners, including 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and a number of American citizens, after the U.S. agreed to lift some trade sanctions on the state.
The release of the prisoners came after John Coale, President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, met Friday and Saturday with Belarus’s autocratic president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, at his palace in Minsk, The New York Times reported. A catalyst for the diplomatic breakthrough was the U.S. government’s agreeing to remove sanctions on potash, according to BBC News. Potash is an important ingredient used for fertilizer and also a key export for the Russia-aligned Belarus, according to the outlet."
DC
"The discovery of 86,276 previously undetected earthquakes beneath Yellowstone has reignited public anxiety about the park’s vast supervolcano and what it might be quietly preparing underground. The figure is startling, but the real story is how artificial intelligence, long-term monitoring and decades of geologic research are reshaping what I can reasonably say about risk, secrecy and the line between scientific caution and public fear." msn
"Russia launched over 450 strike drones and 30 missiles overnight into Saturday, targeting various areas across Ukraine, killing at least three people and injuring 10 others.One person was killed in the settlement of Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka in the eastern Donbas region, one of the most active frontlines in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, well into its fourth year.
In the nearby city of Kostiantynivka, two other people were killed in Russian attacks, as the Kremlin pummelled the Donbas with over 17 attacks on various settlements over the past 24-hours. Six people were also injured in strikes targeting Druzhkivka.
The southern port city of Odesa sustained major damage, after a second consecutive night of strikes targeting what officials called civilian areas and infrastructure." msn
"Explosions were reported at an oil depot near Simferopol in occupied Crimea, a chemical plant in the Russian city of Veliky Novgorod, and several energy sites.
Russian authorities reported 41 drones over the territory of occupied Crimea amid the reported explosions at an oil depot near Simferopol." KI
"A strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred in the South Atlantic Ocean near Bristol Island island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, around noon at 12.04 pm local time (GMT -2). The quake had a moderate depth of 75 km (46 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
"Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 154 combat clashes with Russian troops along the frontline.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, there were two clashes; the enemy conducted two airstrikes, dropped four glide bombs, and launched 135 artillery strikes (including two with MLRS).
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Ukrainian forces repelled nine Russian attacks near Prylipka, Vovchansk, and toward Synelnykove and Vilcha.In the Kupiansk sector, two enemy attacks were repelled near Pishchane and Monachynivka.
In the Lyman sector, the Russians carried out 12 attacks, attempting to breach defenses near Serednie and toward Novyi Myr, Novoselivka, Drobysheve, and Zarichne.
In the Sloviansk sector, seven enemy attacks were repelled near Yampil, Serebrianka, and toward Platonivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, no Russian offensive actions were reported.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, there were 19 attacks near Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Bik, Rusyn Yar, and toward Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, and Novopavlivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders stopped 44 assaults near Udachne, Kotlyne, Novomykolaivka, Dachne, and toward Sofiivka, Kucherov Yar, Novo-Shakhove, Sukhetske, Bilytske, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Hryshyne, Molodetske, and Novopavlivka.
In the Oleksandrohrad sector, Russian forces launched 16 attacks near Verbove, Krasnohirsk, Pryvilne, and toward Oleksandrohrad, Oleksiivka, and Rybne.
In the Huliaipole sector, Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled 19 attacks toward Rybne, Dobropillia, and Huliaipole.
In the Orikhiv sector, there were two failed Russian attempts to attack near Plavni and toward Stepnohirsk." Ukrin
