Landslide claims 9 lives and leaves over 80 missing in West Bandung, Indonesia

"Heavy rainfall over the past several days triggered a major landslide in Pasir Langu village in
the West Bandung District, of West Java Province. At least 9 people were found dead, while over 80 remained missing after the landslide buried more than 30 homes under mud and debris.
Emergency teams were deployed to the site, but rescue efforts were hindered by thick mud, unstable terrain, and continuing rain." W

Trump Says U.S. ‘Armada’ Is Bearing Down on Iran

"President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that an “armada” of American warships is heading for Iran and implied that military force could be on the table if the regime in Tehran continues murdering its own people to stay in power.

“We have a big flotilla going in that direction. We have a big force going toward Iran. I’d rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely,” Trump said.
Two U.S. officials told Reuters on Thursday that the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and its battle group will arrive in the Middle East within the next few days.
Mohammad Javad Haji Ali Akbari, the cleric holding the prestigious position of Friday prayer leader in Tehran this week, mocked Trump as a “yellow-faced, yellow-haired, and disgraced man,” a “dog that only barks,” and threatened reprisals against Americans in the region if Trump takes action against the Iranian regime." 

Breitbart

Iran Crackdown Among Deadliest in Modern Times 36,000+ Dead, Hospital Executions, Stuffed Alive in Body Bags

"A two-day crackdown that new reporting says killed as many as 36,500 Iranians — a death
toll placing it among the deadliest short-term mass killings documented in modern history — followed an order by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to mercilessly crush nationwide protests “by any means necessary,” including accounts of wounded civilians executed inside hospitals, living victims stuffed in body bags, and a surgeon who described the scenes as a “nightmare” unlike anything he had seen." Breitbart

Czech PM has ruled out L-159 aircraft sale to Ukraine: issue closed

"Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has definitively ruled out the issue of selling L-159 aircraft to Ukraine, describing the matter as "closed".
Defense Minister Jaromír Zůna also said that the aircraft are needed by Czech forces – a point the government used to justify its refusal to sell them to Kyiv." Pravada

5.4 Earthquake - Banda Sea, 110 km northwest of Pulau Molu Island, Maluku, Indonesia

"A strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred in the Banda Sea 109 km (68 mi) from
Indonesia in the early afternoon at 3.22 pm local time (GMT +9). The quake had a moderate depth of 136 km (85 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD

UK delays Chagos Islands debate after Trump pressure

"The British government has indefinitely postponed debate on a bill enshrining into law the UK’s cession of the Chagos archipelago in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, local media has reported.
The move comes after US President Donald Trump called the UK’s decision an act of “great stupidity” and “total weakness,” accusing it of giving away “extremely important land” that hosts a “vital US military base.”

Labour government decided that the Chagos Islands agreement would not be debated in the House of Lords on Monday as planned. The upper house will take up the issue at an unspecified later date, BBC reported.
Earlier in the day, the Conservatives called for a pause, claiming the bill violates a 1996 agreement between Britain and the US, which states that the Indian Ocean territory must remain under UK sovereignty to be available to both countries for security purposes.
According to the Telegraph, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch discussed the Chagos issue with US House speaker Mike Johnson when he visited the British parliament on Monday.
Starmer’s agreement with Mauritius allows the US and UK to retain control of a joint military base on archipelago’s largest island Diego Garcia for an initial period of 99 years at a reported total value of $3.9 billion." 

RT

66 clashes on frontline

"Since the start of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces have recorded 66 clashes with Russian invaders.
Russian troops used artillery to strike the areas of Karpovychi, Zaliznyi Mist, Leonivka in the Chernihiv region; Bila Bereza, Kucherivka, Rohizne, Volfyne, Studenok, Brusky, Budky, Havrylova Sloboda, Bezsalivka, and Bachivsk in the Sumy region. Kucherivka in the Sumy was also hit by an airstrike.

In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, the enemy made one attempted advance, carried out two airstrikes dropping three bombs, and conducted 45 shelling attacks on settlements and Ukrainian positions.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Russian forces attacked three times near Prylipky, Starytsia, and toward Izbytske.
In the Kupiansk sector, Russian troops attempted advances toward Pishchane and Petropavlivka, resulting in four clashes, one of which is ongoing.
In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled ten enemy attacks near Serhiivka, Drobysheve, Kolodiazi, Novoselivka, and Zarichne; one clash is ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk sector, fighting continues near Orikhovo-Vasylivka.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian forces carried out six attacks near Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk, Shcherbynivka, and toward Kostiantynivka and Sofiivka; one attack is ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian troops tried 24 times to advance on Ukrainian positions near Shakhove, Dorozhnie, Rodynske, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, and toward Filiia and Novopavlivka.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, four enemy attacks were recorded near Zelenyi Hai, Verbove, Krasnohirske, and toward Nove Zaporizhzhia.
In the Huliaipole sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine Russian attacks near Solodke, Huliaipole, Dorozhnianka, as well as toward Varvarivka, Zelene, and Pryluky; enemy aviation also struck Zelene, Rizdvianka, Nove Pole, and Zirnytsia.
In the Orikhiv sector, Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions near Plavni and Stepove; fighting continues.
In the Prydneprovske sector, Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian attack toward the Antonivskyi Bridge." 

Ukrin

4.9 quake triggers 4 aftershocks across Southern California

"A magnitude 4.9 earthquake jolted Southern California, shaking 20+ million residents from the desert to the coast....over 250 aftershocks rattled the region, including a powerful 4.2 magnitude quake that struck before dawn. No major damage or injuries emerged, yet the sequence reignited urgent conversations about California's seismic future. It started with the first jolt near Indio." msn

Belgorod under heavy fire in 'most massive' attack, Russian governor claims

"The Russian city of Belgorod was hit by what regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov

described as "the most massive" strike on the city, allegedly involving HIMARS.
According to preliminary information, there are no casualties, Gladkov wrote, adding that there was damage to energy infrastructure and that emergency crews had been dispatched to assess the situation.
Gladkov added that a utility outbuilding caught fire and that falling debris also sparked a blaze in one of the city’s courtyards, while debris damaged the roofs of two homes in the village of Tavrovo." KI

New Round of Purges Wrack the Chinese People's Liberation Army and Defense Establishment

"Chinese dictator Xi Jinping has removed China’s most senior general and the chief of combat planning and operations amid allegations of corruption and “violation of party discipline.”
General Zhang Youxia, the senior of the two vice chairmen overseeing China’s approximate

equivalent of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Central Military Commission, and a longtime Xi ally, was abruptly removed from his post Saturday and accused of unspecified corruption.
Zhang, who is also a member of the party’s elite Politburo, has been a close ally of Xi. Both men are “princelings,” as the descendants of revolutionary elders and high-ranking party officials are known.
Zhang is the son of a Communist revolutionary who fought alongside Xi’s father during the Chinese civil war, which culminated in Mao Zedong’s forces seizing power in 1949. Zhang’s father later became a three-star general, while Xi’s father went on to hold senior roles in the party, government and legislature." 

RedState

80% of Ukraine faces emergency power cuts following Russia's overnight aerial attack, focused on Kyiv

"One person was killed and four others were injured in Kyiv as Russia launched a mass attack on the capital overnight.
Explosions were first heard at 1:20 a.m. local time, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground, who continued to report blasts throughout the night, including the interception of a ballistic missile.
The Ukrainian Air Force tallied 396 aerial weapons, including 21 missiles and 375 drones. The Air Force mentioned hypersonic "Tsirkon" missiles, ballistic Iskander missiles and Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles.
The attacks continued Russia's targeting of Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which has resulted in an ongoing winter energy crisis following similar mass attacks." KI

5.3 Earthquake - 45 km E of Adak, Alaska

"A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred in the Bering Sea near Omak Island island, USA, in the morning at 11.25 am local time (America/Adak GMT -10). The quake had a shallow depth of 69 km (43 mi) and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter." VD

Avalanche claims 9 lives in Pakistan’s Chitral District

"An avalanche claimed nine lives and injured a 9-year-old child of the same family in
Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. In Murree, approximately 60 km (37 miles) northeast of Islamabad, authorities closed access roads to prevent vehicles from getting stranded. The Islamabad district administration and PDMA instructed travelers to avoid mountain routes and mobilized machinery to clear accumulated snow from key highways."W

Iran's Khamenei Reportedly Burrowing Underground in Terror of Trump Airstrikes

"Word out of Iran

has been scarce over the last few days. The regime has engaged in hideous
repression of the uprising Iranian people, and the internet, and thus the flow of information out of the country has all but ceased. 

That's disconcerting, but in a bit of interesting news, there are now reports that the Supreme Leader himself, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that savage barbarian theocrat out of another century, has gone underground." 

RS

119 clashes on frontline

"A total of 119 combat clashes were recorded along the frontline.
According to the General Staff, in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, the enemy carried out two airstrikes, dropping seven guided aerial bombs, and conducted 82 shelling attacks on the positions of Ukrainian forces and settlements, two of which involved multiple launch rocket systems.
Today, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders six times in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, in the areas of the settlements of Starytsia, Vovchanski Khutory, Fyholivka, and toward the settlements of Kruhle and Chuhunivka.
In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy attempted to break through Ukrainian defenses, launching an attack toward Pishchane.

In the Lyman sector, Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled six enemy assault actions near Drobysheve, Zarichne, Torske, and toward Druzheliubivka. One clash is still ongoing.
In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy attacked near Zvanivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy attempted to advance twice near Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Markove; one combat engagement is ongoing.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, 12 combat clashes occurred today. The enemy assaulted the positions of Ukrainian units in the areas of Kostiantynivka, Kleban-Byk, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka, and toward Novopavlivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, since the beginning of the day, the enemy launched 42 attacks near Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, Rodynske, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiia, and toward the settlements of Bilytske, Dorozhnie, Shevchenko, Hryshyne, and Ivanivka.
In this sector alone, according to preliminary data, 113 invaders were neutralized, 70 of them irreversibly. In addition, Ukrainian forces destroyed one vehicle and five pieces of special equipment, one motorcycle, 13 UAVs, and four enemy personnel shelters. Ukrainian defenders also damaged one artillery system, nine vehicles, one piece of special equipment, and 16 enemy personnel shelters.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zelenyi Hai and Zlahoda.
In the Huliaipole sector, Russian invaders attempted to advance on Ukrainian positions 14 times in the areas of Huliaipole, Myrne, and toward Nove Zaporizhzhia, Dobropillia, Zelene, Varvarivka, and Zaliznychne. Two clashes are ongoing. Airstrikes targeted Zirnytsia, Liubytske, Vozdvyzhivka, Zaliznychne, and Verkhnia Tersa. Fighting continues in some locations.
In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled an enemy attack in the areas of Plavni and Prymorske. The enemy carried out an airstrike on Preobrazhenka.
In the Prydniprovske sector, the enemy made one unsuccessful attempt to attack the positions of Ukrainian defenders." Ukrin