🇺🇸⚡️- The Speaker vote is currently down to two potential candidates.

🔵 Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)
🔴 Mike Johnson (R-LA)

At this time, it's currently tied up, however it's highly likely that Johnson will be re-elected.

🇺🇸⚡️- Al Green (D-TX) attempted to make a semi-speech in casting his vote for Jeffries. He was laughed at and called to order for disruption of the vote.

🇺🇸⚡️- Incumbent Johnson in the lead against Jeffries, 90 to 82.

🇺🇸⚡️- Thunderous applauses from opposing sides of the aisle as each respective candidate casted their vote for themselves.

🇺🇸⚡️- Thomas Massie (R-KY) cast a protest vote against Mike Johnson.

🇺🇸⚡️- Ralph Norman (R-SC) cast a protest vote for Jim Jordan.

🇺🇸⚡️- Mike Johnson failed to acquire enough votes to be elected Speaker of the House. Second vote for speaker expected.

🇬🇱🇩🇰⚡- "Greenland's Prime Minister emphasised his desire to pursue independence from Denmark during his New Year speech," - Reuters.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- Large-scale Turkish airstrikes against SDF positions near the Tishrin Dam, Manbij direction.
Footage from SDF-controlled town of Meskene.

🇸🇾🇹🇷⚡- Turkish jets flying low over Ain al-Arab, SDF-controlled northern Syria.

🇺🇸⚡️- Mike Johnson has been elected Speaker of the House

🇺🇸🇬🇧⚡️- Nigel Farage and Reform UK leadership are reportedly angry at Elon Musk over his support for Stephen Yaxley (aka Tommy Robinson) and are directly telling GOP leadership, including Musk, why Yaxley is not actually a political prisoner and shouldn't be supported.

This comes as a member of Keir Starmer's inner circle says that Elon cannot maintain support for the AFD in Germany and Reform UK while part of the Trump Administration saying that doing so is "in effect declaring war on the main US allies in Europe".

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Israeli airstrikes against Latakia, western Syria.

🇱🇾 a military operation was launched in Zawiya and the western coast of Libya

🇱🇾⚡- The Tripoli-based Unity Government's military (NUG), led by Salaheddin al-Namroush, are cleaning the city of Az-Zawiyah and the region of Warshefana. The Warshefana region has always been outside of NUG control, mostly ran by local militias and armed groups.

Reports of NUG launching a military operation against Khalifa Haftar are untrue. Warshefana has never been under the Tobruk-based 'House of Representatives' (GNS) control.

🇾🇪⚡- Violent clashes in al-Amur, east of Taizz city, Yemen, after Ansarullah launched an attack on the Southern Transitional Council controlled town.

🇺🇸⚡️- Shooting reported in Washington DC, 4 victims so far. Details to follow.

🇺🇸⚡️- Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has joined the choir of tech oligarchs supporting the incoming Trump administration, pledging $1 million for Trump's inauguration.