Trump reportedly warned Putin against escalation in Ukraine during an interview. According to information from Washington Post, the Republican would have had his first telephone conversation with the Kremlin on Thursday since he won the presidential election. According to anonymous sources close to the matter, he “advised the Russian president not to escalate the war in Ukraine and reminded him that Washington has a significant military presence in Europe.” They also reportedly discussed the goal of peace on the European continent and Trump said he hoped to have follow-up conversations to discuss “resolution of the war in Ukraine soon”. Questioned by AFP, the Republican's entourage did not confirm this information. THE Washington Post recalls that in private, Trump “would support an agreement under which Russia would retain part of the territories taken” to Ukraine. In an interview Sunday with CBS, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the Biden administration plans to spend the remaining $6 billion earmarked for kyiv before Trump arrives at the White House.
Netanyahu admits having given the green light to the pager attack against Hezbollah. Speaking on Sunday during the weekly Council of Ministers, the Israeli Prime Minister said he had authorized this operation which had not until then been claimed, indicated his spokesperson Omer Dostri, confirming information published in Israeli media. Booby-trapped transmission devices – beepers, walkie-talkies – used by Hezbollah members exploded on September 17 and 18 in the southern suburbs of Beirut as well as in the south and east of Lebanon, killing 39 people and nearly 3 000 injured. According to the Times of Israel, Netanyahu claimed Sunday that the operation against Hezbollah was carried out despite opposition from military and senior political officials in the Defense Ministry, a comment “clearly targeting former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, recently fired.”
Amsterdam: dozens of arrests during a banned pro-Palestinian demonstration. Police in riot gear intervened on Sunday after several hundred people took to Dam Square holding signs reading: “Give us back our streets” or “Free Palestine”. These arrests come following the confirmation by the Dutch courts of the ban, wanted by the Amsterdam town hall, of this demonstration, after violence three days ago on the sidelines of a match between Ajax of Amsterdam at Maccabi Tel Aviv. During the night from Thursday to Friday, supporters of the Israeli football club were violently attacked by groups of individuals in the streets of Amsterdam. Diplomats from several Western countries have expressed their concerns to Ha'Aretz, after this incident. According to the Israeli newspaper, they fear that “Similar, organized attacks are carried out with the aim of harming Israelis or Jews during major events such as football matches, performances, cultural events or Jewish holidays.” On Sunday, Israeli authorities called on Israeli supporters to avoid going to the France-Israel match next Thursday in Paris, which is being prepared under high tension.
Germany: Scholz says he is ready for a vote of confidence before Christmas. “I’m not clinging to my position”said the German Chancellor on Sunday, in an interview with the television channel ARD. “It’s not a problem for me to ask the question of trust before Christmas” in the Bundestag, if the ruling Social Democratic Party and the conservative opposition agree on this, he added. Since the explosion on Wednesday of the government coalition initially formed by Olaf Scholz's social democrats, environmentalists and liberals, due to deep disagreements over economic policy, pressure has been mounting on the chancellor to quickly organize elections. anticipated. On Wednesday, he mentioned the date of January 15 to raise the question of confidence with legislative elections at the end of March. But calls have multiplied for the vote to be held as soon as possible, while the challenges are numerous for the largest European economy, on the verge of recession and which fears the consequences of Trump's return to the head of the United States .
In fuel shortage, Iran is rationing its electricity. The country announced daily blackouts starting Monday in Tehran and other provinces. Iran may well have “the world’s third largest oil reserves and the second largest natural gas”he suffers from “energy supply crisis”summarizes it Financial Times. “As temperatures drop in winter, Iran's natural gas supply is insufficient to meet growing electricity demand, so its power plants are forced to rely on fuel oil as a feedstock.” But on Wednesday, the government ordered a halt to the use of the substance in three power plants in Arak and Isfahan in the center and Karaj to the west of Tehran to “ensure health” of the nation. In recent years, many major cities in Iran have been hit by pollution, which experts say is caused by the use of poor quality fuel oil in power plants.
