The French president should focus on Ukraine instead of commenting on Georgia’s affairs, Irakli Kobakhidze has said | Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said claims by French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia meddled in Georgia’s recent election are “lies.” ● On Monday, Macron declared that “Russia has increased its aggression and shifted the nature of its hostility toward Europe and other regions” by, among other things, “destabilizing electoral processes and manipulating ballot boxes” during the October election in Georgia. He did not provide evidence to back his allegation. ● Kobakhidze was asked about Macron’s claim by journalists on Tuesday, and responded: 💬 “I cannot comment on lies. I am commenting on the problem that everyone faces today, which is a devastated Ukraine.” “The French president should better follow the events in Ukraine, which has been sacrificed with the aim of destroying it,” the prime minister stressed. The parliamentary election, held on October 26, ended with the ruling Georgian Dream party winning 53.93% of the ballot and taking 89 out of 150 seats in the legislature.

■ Death toll from Tibet earthquake rises to 126 (TASS)

Ukraine has attacked the Zaporozhe and Energodar Nuclear Power Plant in an effort to create a nuclear catastrophe! | On January 5, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched eight (8) aircraft-type drones at the plant and at the city. All of them were intercepted by Russian air defenses. One (1) of the drones fell on the roof of the Zaporozhe Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) TRAINING CENTER where it caught fire, and exploded. There were no injuries, and the staff continues to work normally.

■ Mike Yeadon, PhD on this blog
■ Silver Bullet (Dr. Mike Yeadon )(Substack)(VIDEO)

Katherine Watt | PDF compilations of Bailiwick News posts from January 2022 to September 2024 are linked below, for readers who want to save the material offline and/or print.

■ 2022 Bailiwick News Volume 6 Jan. to Dec. (950 pages, 16.5 MB)
■ 2023 Bailiwick News Volume 7 Jan. to Dec. (785 pages, 9.5 MB)
■ 2024 Bailiwick News Volume 8 Jan. to Sept. (712 pages, 15.1 MB)

The files compile three years of legal research and published writing supporting the conclusion that, for more than a century, all branches of the US Government (federal and state, legislative, executive and judicial) have been intentionally and methodically deceiving, sickening and killing people in the United States and worldwide, through vaccination programs, also known as communicable disease control, public health emergency and pandemic preparedness and response programs.

The infant's grieving mother describes the unbearable conditions her family faces, borrowing bedding and blankets from other displaced families who are themselves struggling to keep their children warm. | An infant has died from hypothermia in the besieged Gaza Strip where the Israeli occupation pursues its genocidal campaign against Palestinians. ● In a heart-wrenching video shared by a Palestinian journalist on social media, the grieving mother, overcome with tears, described finding her child frozen, saying, "It was as if he had been placed in a freezer." ● The death of Ali Youssef Ahmed Kloub marks the eighth infant to succumb to hypothermia in the besieged Gaza Strip this winter. Ali, whose family was living in a makeshift tent on a beach, died as displaced Palestinians continue to endure dire winter conditions, including freezing temperatures amid the absence of adequate shelter or resources. ● Ali's grieving mother described the unbearable conditions her family faces, borrowing bedding and blankets from other displaced families who are themselves struggling to keep their children warm. Health officials reported that infants and children are particularly vulnerable, with several deaths already recorded this winter due to exposure to the extreme cold.

■ Israeli Attacks Kill 88 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours (Antiwar)

At the time, Shadi al-Waisi was enforcing Sharia law in areas controlled by al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda affiliate that was a predecessor to HTS | Videos have surfaced online of Syria’s new justice minister, Shadi al-Waisi, overseeing the execution of two women in 2015 over charges of adultery and prostitution. ● Al-Waisi is part of the new Syrian government led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which took power after ousting former President Bashar al-Assad on December 8. ● Verify-Sy, a fact-checking organization, confirmed that it was al-Waisi in the two videos that emerged online. In one video, al-Waisi is seen reading a ruling that the woman was found guilty of “corruption and prostitution” and sentencing her to death. ● In the other video, al-Waisi appears to be carrying a gun and tells a woman to sit down as she’s pleading for her life. Once she moves down, another armed man shoots her in the head. ● At the time, al-Waisi was working as a “judge” enforcing Sharia law in areas of Syria’s northwest Idlib province that were under the control of the al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria that merged with other Islamist groups in 2017 to form HTS.

Now in Asia, too: the island's communication cable with the west coast of the United States has been cut off off the coast of Taiwan. The Financial Times writes that an underwater communication cable has been severed | The Financial Times writes that an underwater communication cable has been severed off the coast of Taiwan, similar to those that have already occurred several times in the Baltic. ● It is reported that the incident occurred near the port of Keelung on the northern coast of Taiwan. The Taiwanese authorities accused the Shunxing39 vessel (flag of Cameroon), which belongs to the company Jie Yang Trading Limited, registered in Hong Kong with the director of the Chinese citizen Guo Wenjie, of it. ● The ship's automatic identification system and satellite data showed that Shunxing39 was pulling the anchor along the bottom at the point where the rupture occurred. However, it was not possible to detain the ship due to bad weather. Taiwan's Coast Guard conducted only an external inspection of the vessel and established radio contact with the captain. ● Representatives of the Taiwanese telecom operator Chunghwa Telecom and the government of Taiwan reported that the damaged infrastructure was part of the Trans-Pacific Express system, and the cable connected Taiwan to the west coast of the United States.

The court hearing on January 6 will be held upon an address of the EU office of prosecutor | The court of the Belgian city of Liege will hold a session to consider whether President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen has legal immunity against charges on corruption when procuring COVID-19 vaccines to the amount over 35 bln euro, Frederic Baldan, the plaintiff, told TASS. 💬 "The court hearing on January 6 will be held upon an address of the EU office of prosecutor that should investigate acts of corruption in EU institutions but which is de facto acting to defend von der Leyen now. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office sent an address to the court, stating that von der Leyen has the immunity against court prosecution on charges of corruption when buying COVID-19 vaccines that did not pass clinical trials," Baldan said.

■ Pfizergate: What is EC Chief Von Der Leyen Accused of? (Sputnik)

Announcement met with outrage: Elon Musk called it a 'travesty' that George Soros is being honored, another commenter said that Soros 'deserves life in prison, not a medal,' and another called it Biden's 'final middle finger to the USA.' | The White House announced today that as one of his final official acts, President Joe Biden will award the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 19 people, some of whom are arguably “the worst people on Earth,” including billionaire George Soros and Hillary Clinton. ● An early morning press release states that the top honor is given “to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors.” ● “These nineteen individuals are great leaders who have made America and the world a better place,” the White House statement claims. “They are great leaders because they are good people who have made extraordinary contributions to their country and the world.”

On Saturday, January 4, 2025, Day 456 of its brutal and protracted military onslaught against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military continued its genocidal bombing campaign in various regions, killing and injuring dozens of Palestinians. | Israeli forces killed at least 73 Palestinians in continuous air strikes on the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours. A number of Palestinian citizens were killed and injured on Saturday evening in the ongoing Israeli shelling of several areas in the Gaza Strip. ● A Wafa news correspondent reported that 5 Palestinian citizens were killed and others were injured in an artillery attack by the Israeli occupation forces on a gathering of citizens in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip. ● In addition, four Palestinians were killed and others were injured in a bombing of the Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City, and that a Palestinian was killed and others were injured in a bombing around Palestine Stadium to the west. ● In Rafah city, a young man was killed as a result of the Israeli occupation’s bombing of the Araba area north of the city, while rescue crews recovered the body of a Palestinian near the Al-Firdaws area west of the city.

■ Number of Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 2023 surpasses 45,800 (TASS)
■ Israeli MKs call for escalating devastating campaign in Gaza (Days of Palestine)

On New Year's Day, Russian gas stopped flowing through Ukraine to Europe. Kyiv is calling it a "historic" moment because the refusal to extend the transit contract with Russia's Gazprom has stopped the flow of money financing the invasion of Ukraine. | In Transnistria, a separatist region in eastern Moldova loyal to Moscow, the year began with only hospitals and key infrastructure having heating, while homes remained without heating. Transnistria broke away from the rest of Moldova in a short war after the collapse of the Soviet Union. There are still Russian troops on its territory, and they are completely dependent on Russian gas, for which the authorities in Tiraspol do not pay anything. "They simply keep track of the debt every month," explains Jakub Pieńkoski of the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). "But Russia is not interested in collecting that money."

The latest Ukrainian attack on Belgorod Region will elicit an appropriate response, the Russian Defense Ministry has said | Ukrainian forces have carried out a new long-range attack on Belgorod Region using eight US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, all of which were shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday. ● The incoming munitions were repelled by Russia’s S-400 and Pantsir-SM air defense systems, the military said. The ministry did not provide any information about the exact target of the attack or about any damage or casualties that may have been inflicted.

■ All Ukrainian ATACMS missiles fired at Belgorod Region downed — top brass (TASS)
■ US ‘quietly’ supplied weapons to Ukraine before Russia’s operation started, Blinken says (TASS)

Maria Zakharova urged Annalena Baerbock to address the US presence in her own country after the latter called for a Russian withdrawal from Syria | Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has criticized German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock for her demand that Russia withdraw its military bases from Syria. Zakharova, speaking on her Telegram channel on Friday, has urged Baerbock to instead address the presence of US military bases in Germany. 💬 “This is being said by the foreign minister of a country that hosts US military bases. I have a question: when will the German foreign minister say something similar to Washington?” Zakharova wrote in response to Baerbock’s statement. Baerbock’s remarks followed her visit to Damascus on Friday, where she and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot became the first EU ministers to visit Syria since President Bashar Assad was overthrown.

■ Diplomat calls on top German diplomat to stop speculating about Russian bases in Syria (TASS)
■ Syria's new leadership asserts strategic alliance with Russia (Al Mayadeen)

Greenland's strategic significance and economic importance took center stage following President-elect Donald Trump's 'quiet part out loud' comments online last month declaring the need for the United States to take control of the vast Arctic island. | t's time for Greenlanders to “take a step and reshape our future,” including “who our trading partners will be,” Prime Minister Mute Egede said in a New Year’s address in which he reiterated his government's intention to pursue independence from Denmark. ● Greenlanders are set to go to the polls for parliamentary elections in April, although a referendum is currently not on the agenda. A plebiscite on the island’s status was made possible in 2008 after a referendum on self-government, which was overwhelmingly approved. [...] Polling suggests as many as two in three Greenlanders support independence from Denmark, with grievances ranging from economic disparities to general disaffection with the Danish government and monarchy, with pro-independence sentiments buoyed by potential large-scale reserves of rare earth minerals, the mining of which has been made possible by climate change.

■ Múte B. Egede varsler store skridt om selvstændighed i nytårstale (DR)
■ Could the US Grab Greenland? (Sputnik News)

Washington will provide Israel with air-to-air missiles for fighter jets and attack helicopters, artillery shells, small-diameter bombs, additional JDAM ammunition kits, 500-pound bombs, and other munitions, Axios reported | The outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden intends to "sell" [they'll never pay for it] an $8 billion arms package to Israel, Axios reported, citing sources. ● According to the news outlet, the US State Department has informally notified the Congress of its intention to conclude a deal with Israel under which the country will receive weapons and ammunition from the US. Specifically, Washington will provide Israel with air-to-air missiles for fighter jets and attack helicopters, artillery shells, small-diameter bombs, additional JDAM ammunition kits, 500-pound (about 227 kilogram) bombs, and other munitions.

■ Israel kills nearly 60 Palestinians across Gaza in 24 hours, many still uncounted for (PressTV)
■ Biden admin. plans $8bln military package for 'Israel' (Al Mayadeen)

(They're trying THAT again?) | China has another disease outbreak. Yes, China. Again. America won't buy-into-it this time and wreck our economy like we did with COVID, for China's sake. China has declared a State of Emergency as "Epidemics" once again are said to be "overwhelming hospitals and Crematoriums."  ● Multiple viruses, including Influenza A, HMPV, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and COVID-19, are spreading rapidly across China. Videos are already starting to emerge showing what we are supposed to believe are jammed hospital emergency rooms and panicked people...just like they did when "COVID" started. ● It is clear they're trying to scare the hell out of people - again. Not this time!

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 45,541 Palestinians and wounded 108,338 since October 7, 2023.

Israel’s war on Gaza has left a trail of devastation with the lives of more than two million Palestinians severely disrupted.

Long lines of people waiting for food aid have become a common sight. In hospitals, the situation is dire with wounded civilians flooding emergency rooms. Entire families have been wiped out in bombings, leaving behind only grief and despair.

Homes – once symbols of stability – have been reduced to rubble, displacing hundreds of thousands who now seek shelter in overcrowded refugee camps or makeshift accommodations.

These images from the past year capture only a fraction of the suffering endured by the Palestinians of Gaza.

● At least 22 Palestinians, including children, are killed throughout Gaza on New Year’s Day in Israeli attacks in northern Jabalia, the central Bureij refugee camp, and southern Khan Younis.
● Days of heavy rain have flooded hundreds of makeshift shelters across the Strip, piling more misery on displaced Palestinians as Israel continues to restrict the entry of humanitarian aid.
● The United Nations says Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s hospitals have pushed its healthcare system to “the brink of total collapse”, and Israeli justifications that Palestinian armed groups use the facilities are “vague, broad” and “contradicted by publicly available information”.
● Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 45,553 Palestinians and wounded 108,379 since October 7, 2023. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks that day, and more than 200 taken captive.

■ Day 453 of Israeli genocide in Gaza: 45,553 killed, 108,379 injured (Al Mayadeen)
■ Shocking Statistics on Day 450 of the Israeli Genocide in Gaza (IMEMC News)
■ Gaza’s Population Drops by 6 Percent Due to Israeli Genocide: Report (Quds News Network)