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🇧🇯❗️Gunshots were reported at Camp Guézo, near the home of President Talon, according to the French embassy in Benin. The Benin National Guard responds to the attempted coup, according to several Sputnik Africa sources The force will try to dislodge the mutineers holed up in the national television building; said the repondant.

Ongoing coup d'état reported in Benin this morning, President Patrice Talon has been deposed, soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Pascal Tigri have announced the full takeover of the country on the state TV.

🇮🇶 The Central Bank of Iraq still lists Hezbollah and Ansarullah as terrorists. The publication of the list in the official gazette has made it legally binding, and all Iraqi financial and judicial institutions are obliged to implement it. Analyst Ali Reza Majidi says the Central Bank of Iraq’s decision to list Hezbollah and Ansarullah as terrorist groups is still legally in effect. Despite officials calling it a “mistake” and forming a fact-finding committee, no formal amendment has been issued—so the listing remains valid.

🇿🇦❗️Secret Madlanga Commission witness Marius van der Merwe gunned down outside his Brakpan home less than three weeks after his testimony laid a murder cover-up plot which implicated disgraced Ekurhuleni police chief Julius Mkhwanazi. Madlanga Commission is a public inquiry commission announced in July 2025 by President Cyril Ramaphosa and headed by retired judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga to investigate allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of collusion and corruption between politicians, senior police, prosecutors, intelligence operatives and elements of the judiciary, in South Africa. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251205-witness-in-south-africa-justice-system-crimes-probe-shot-dead

🇷🇺🇮🇳 Putin to arrive in India for two day bilateral visit.

🇷🇺🇮🇱🇺🇸 Putin meets Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to discuss Ukraine. The meeting reportedly went for 4+ hours.

🇷🇺🤝🇸🇩 Military government of Sudan accepts Russian offer to build port/base at Port Sudan in exhange of arms. The agreement would see the establishment of a Russian naval base in the Red Sea's Port Sudan, or another facility, that would house 300 personnel and dock up to four naval vessels, including nuclear-powered ones, according to Sudanese officials speaking to The Wall Street Journal. From Port Sudan, Moscow would be well-placed to monitor maritime traffic to and from the Suez Canal. In exchange, the Sudanese officials said the country’s beleaguered military regime would get advanced Russian antiaircraft systems and other weaponry.

Northern #Ireland 🇮🇪: A new Armed Group “New Republican Movement” (#NRM) has emerged and threatened Local Representatives and Migrants. Members of the new group are seemingly armed with a Sawn-off (chopped) double-barrel shotgun and two Beretta 92FS pattern pistols. https://x.com/war_noir/status/1995856743427920045

White House states that Trump has "nothing burgers" on the table to address the situation in Venezuela https://elpublicotv.com/casa-blanca-afirma-que-trump-tiene-muchas-opciones-sobre-la-mesa-para-abordar-la-situacion-en-venezuela/

🇻🇪🇻🇪📞🇺🇸 — Reuters reveals Maduro's demands to step down from power during his 15-minute call with Trump on Friday, November 21: ➡️ Full amnesty for him and his family, plus the withdrawal of the case before the International Criminal Court. ➡️ He requested the removal of sanctions on about 100 people of his inner circle ➡️ He asked that Delcy Rodríguez, leader of the Socialist League (i.e. the ""moderate"" wing of the Regime) lead a transition before new elections. Trump rejected all the demands.

🇩🇪 WINNING! Germany can’t even afford Christmas lights anymore. Cities from Dresden to Stuttgart are literally switching off the holiday decorations — not because of “climate goals”, but because they’re broke. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

🚨🇸🇩⚔🇸🇩: The Sudanese Armed Forces have taken control of the Tebessa area after capturing the Qardoud Nama area from RSF This was part of a joint operation involving the 38th Infantry Brigade Command in Abu Kershola, the Abbasia Military Region, and the National Intelligence and Security Services.

🇳🇦 On a lighter note - Adolf Hitler Uunona wins local elections in northern Namibia, a former German colony. Namibian politician Adolf Hitler Uunona has won re-election in his northern constituency, according to media reports. Uunona, who has long acknowledged the controversy around his name, said he is removing “Hitler” from his official identity documents. The election took place Wednesday in the Ompundja constituency of the Oshana region, where Uunona has served as councillor since 2004. Although Namibia’s Electoral Commission has not yet released the official tally, Euronews reports he secured a wide margin of victory. “My name is not Adolf Hitler. I am Adolf Uunona,” he told The Namibian. “I have seen people calling me Adolf Hitler and trying to associate me with someone I do not even know.” Saying that his father named him without realizing the true meaning of it, since Namibia was a former German colony, a mistake he plans to ammend.

Earlier U.S president Trump and Secy. Of War Pete Hegseth announced that the Venezuelan airspace to be considered close.

🇺🇸⚡️President Trump has announced a permanent ban on immigrants from “Third World Countries” for the foreseeable future. The President also referenced the cost of Somalian legal immigrants, including Ilhan Omar, to Minnesota and suggested “reverse migration” as a solution. "Even as we have progressed technologically, immigration policy has eroded those gains and living conditions for many. I will permanently pause migration from all Third World countries to allow the U.S. systrm to fully recover."

Son of U.S. President Donald Trump, Eric Trump, has started selling vodka under brand name Trump

🇭🇰❗️Hong Kong fire tragedy reports early 300 missing as fire continues to burn. Authorities are still searching for survivors as firefighters work to put out the blaze. So far three people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

🇺🇸❗️ Two National Guard members shot in Washington DC Two West Virginia National Guard soldiers are in critical condition after they were shot near the White House. One suspect is in custody.