🇮🇹 Georgia Meloni Imposes Full Arms Embargo on Israel

The embargo includes blocking all contracts signed after October 7, with existing licenses being reviewed on a case-by-case basis to assess any potential risks of military materials being used in the conflict.

The Italian PM emphasised that the restrictions are more stringent than ones currently imposed by France and the UK - which have not enacted widespread bans.

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🇺🇦 Due to a shortage of experienced Ukrainian pilots with English language skills, the U.S. plans to train young cadets on F-16s, according to The Wall Street Journal citing sources.

Americans believe that young cadets will be more receptive to learning in the Western style.

This could significantly extend the timeline for Ukraine to receive a full squadron of 20 Western aircraft and 40 pilots, likely not happening before spring-summer 2025.

The newcomers will need to spend a year training in the UK and France before moving on to practical training on F-16s in Arizona and Romania. Experienced pilots may skip the basic flight training.

According to the publication, the American training course has recently been a subject of discussion, especially after the loss of an F-16 in August.

Ukrainian trainees have struggled with some aspects of training and the English language.

Additionally, some Ukrainian pilots with combat experience on Soviet MiGs have resisted American training methods. Tensions have arisen because NATO instructors have established ways of operating, while Ukrainians often have more combat experience.

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🇭🇺 Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said that during the EU summit he would call on the French president and German chancellor to start negotiations with Russia on behalf of the EU to resolve the Ukrainian conflict

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😳 DPRK Declares South Korea “Hostile State”

The change is an "inevitable and legitimate measure,” at a time when tensions between the Koreas are at their highest point in years, North newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported.

The North blew up roads and railways connecting it to South Korea on Tuesday - a move which local media described as ‘part of the step-by-step implementation to thoroughly separate the two countries.’

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⚡️ BREAKING: Dozens killed, injured in Israeli strikes on tents in school sheltering displaced people in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp

Initial reports suggest at least 19 people have been killed in the attacks.

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❓ NATO Sec Gen Rutte Predicts Ukraine Will Be 33rd or 34th Member

"As of now, it looks like Ukraine will be the 33rd member. But someone else might step in before them. Still, Ukraine will be a NATO member in the future. That’s something we decided in Washington," Rutte claimed at a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels Thursday.

"So, if the specific question is ‘When?’, I can’t answer that right now,” Rutte noted.

His comments come after Zelensky demanded membership immediately as part of his “victory plan” - Rutte did not comment on whether this changed the position of member countries regarding Ukraine’s invitation to join the Alliance.

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⚡️ NEW: Central Beirut Building Housing Norwegian Embassy and Al Jazeera Offices Evacuated Following “Bomb Threat” - Oslo

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⚡️ UPDATE: IDF Actively Investigating Possibility of Slain Body Found in Gaza Being Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar - KAN News

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❗️NEW: Chances Sinwar Has Been Eliminated “High” – Final Confirmation in Next Few Hours (KAN Citing Security Sources)

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⚡️ UPDATE: Sinwar Killed in Rafah – Sky News Arabia Citing Sources

Expect Netanyahu to ramp up the rhetoric now.

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⚡️ BREAKING: Israeli officials confirm after receiving DNA results Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed - KA

Reports suggest the IDF had no idea it was the Hamas leader until after the event.

Troops spotted several fighters enter a building and a strike was ordered against it, which collapsed the structure.

Only after Israeli soldiers arrived to inspect the damage did they realize that one of the dead strongly resembled Sinwar.

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⚠️ Israel Stops Processing Key Commercial Food Imports to Gaza

Gaza-based traders - who were importing food from Israel and the West Bank - have lost access to a system since Oct 11 that was introduced by Cogat, the Israeli govt body that oversees aid and commercial shipments and have received no reply to attempts to contact the agency. (Reuters citing sources)

The shift has driven the flow of goods arriving in Gaza to its lowest level since the start of the war, a Reuters analysis of official Israeli data show.

Cogat did not respond to Reuters' questions about commercial food imports and aid to Gaza.

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⚠️ Netherlands Considers Plan to Send Rejected Asylum Seekers to Uganda

The Netherlands could use the African country as a temporary ‘return hub’ for migrants refused refugee status before deporting them back to their country of origin.

“We are open to any discussions,” Jeje Odongo, Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister, told the Dutch broadcaster NOS.

A total of 484,000 non-EU citizens were ordered to leave the bloc last year, of whom only about 91,500, less than 20%, were effectively returned, according to the Eurostat agency.

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