🇦🇺 Australia investigating cybersecurity incident affecting maritime ports

🗣 "The Australian Government is responding to a nationally significant cyber incident impacting a number of maritime port facilities operated by DP World Australia. Today, I co-chaired a meeting of the National Coordination Mechanism, together with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), to consider and address impacts arising from the cyber incident," Goldie said on X.

DP World Australia has limited access to its port operations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle as part of the investigation, he said, adding that disruptions might continue for several days and would affect the movement of goods in and out of the country.

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US House Speaker Johnson Proposes Funding Government Without Aid to Ukraine and Israel

🗣 "Separating out the CR from the supplemental funding debates places our conference in the best position to fight for fiscal responsibility, oversight over Ukraine aid, and meaningful policy changes at our Southern border," Mike Johnson said in a statement on Saturday.

According to the bill, part of the government programmes also related to transport, energy and military construction will be financed by 19 January, which would be the funding deadline for some programs and agencies.

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre called the proposal "a recipe for more Republican chaos and more shutdowns", claiming that Republicans were "wasting precious time with an unserious proposal that has been panned by members of both parties".

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European countries, including those that have officially declared their refusal from Russian gas, continue to export it under existing contracts, Russian energy giant Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said on Saturday.

"In general, as regards southern, southeastern Europe, Russian gas is still being supplied there under signed contracts. That is why, Russian gas is still in the European market, and not in small volumes. I would like to stress this is still being observed even in the countries declaring that they do not have Russian gas in their own markets," Miller told Rossiya 1 reporter Pavel Zarubin.

Russia is supplying gas via Ukrainian territory to a hub in Baumgarten, Austria, through which it is being shipped to countries of the European Union, the Gazprom CEO added.

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🇨🇳🇺🇸 As US President Joe Biden is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the upcoming APEC Leaders' Summit in San Francisco next week, it remains to be seen what will come out of it.

While China seems to be expecting some “serious good faith efforts” from the US at this point, the United States instead seems determined to dish out “nice words” and play the “good cop, bad cop” game, says scholar and journalist KJ Noh.

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📹 Russian artillerymen hit the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Msta-B howitzers in the Zaporozhye area

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🇩🇪 Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling coalition agrees to double military aid to Ukraine in 2024 to 8 billion euros, Bloomberg reports

Should the bill be approved by parliament where Scholz’s coalition has a majority, the boost will be higher than the goal of 2% of GDP set by NATO members.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Israeli forces kill more than 60 members of Lebanese Hezbollah movement since beginning of hostilities in Gaza Strip, IDF says

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 The IDF has dismantled more than 150 underground tunnels and complexes in the Gaza Strip used by the Palestinian movement Hamas, spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said.

Such underground structure is a "backbone" of Hamas’ combat capabilities, as the movement uses it to hide and come out unexpectedly, he added.

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🌾 Ukraine may face new economic conflicts with EU countries that defend the interests of national producers, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak says

He adds that such conflicts are “normal” for EU countries and Kiev will have to learn to resolve them during the negotiation process.

Polish-Ukrainian relations have deteriorated significantly in recent months over an influx of Ukrainian grain into the European Union. Poland, alongside Slovakia and Hungary, unilaterally extended a ban on duty-free Ukrainian grain imports after EU-imposed curbs lapsed on September 15.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Latest updates on the Palestine-Israel conflict:

▪️Over 850 trucks with humanitarian aid have entered Gaza Strip, the IDF said

▪️The IDF killed about 20 senior Hamas members

▪️About 150 underground tunnels used by the Palestinian Hamas movement was destroyed, the IDF claims

▪️The WHO has lost communication with Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza amid ‘horrifying reports’ of the hospital facing repeated attacks

▪️The IDF killed more than 60 members of Lebanese Hezbollah movement since the beginning of hostilities in the Gaza Strip

▪️Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would not continue to build Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip

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🇷🇺🪖 Russian drone operators eliminate Ukrainian forces in concealed positions in the Zaporozhye area

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🇷🇺🪖 Russian forces wipe out group of Ukrainian servicemen in Klescheyevka area

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