US plans latest arms sale to Taiwan, ‘PLA will be ready’

The US is planning the sale of a battlefield communications system to Taiwan island, marking the sixth US arms sale to the island this year, as the Taiwan authorities claimed on Tuesday such exchanges have become “routine.”

By deploying this system, the island’s military will become fully reliant on the US, and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will be ready if the island resists reunification by force, Chinese mainland military experts said on Tuesday.

The US State Department has approved a possible sale of a Field Information Communications System and related equipment to the island of Taiwan for an estimated cost of $280 million, with the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notifying the US Congress of this possible sale on Monday, according to a statement the DSCA released on its website. Source Global Times

Marseille: A police patrol attacked with a Molotov cocktail by about fifteen individuals

A police crew was the victim of a violent attack in Marseille this Saturday. The police were targeted by about fifteen individuals and targeted by a Molotov cocktail which caught fire on their vehicle. Source Actu17

Libya: Turkey condemns seizure of vessel by Hifter forces

Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) have accused Turkey of continuing to supply the GNA with arms and fighters. Its forces seized a Turkish container ship in the Mediterranean. The Turkish foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned the seizure of a Turkish cargo ship in the Mediterranean by Libya’s eastern-based forces. Source Deutsche Welle

Greece wants arms embargo on Turkey

Greece will insist in this week’s European Council on a European Union embargo on selling arms to Turkey. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is also expected to tell his counterparts that the arms they sell to Turkey could be used against EU member-states. Source Ekathimerini

Hundreds of ‘threats & terrorism justification’ reported in France during month of tributes to beheaded teacher

Tributes to slain teacher, Samuel Paty, have been marred by nearly 800 incidents ranging from threats to the outright justification of terrorism, the French education ministry has said.

The murder of the schoolteacher continues to send shockwaves through France. The killing that took place in mid-October has given rise to a whole series of disturbing incidents in various French education facilities throughout November, the nation’s education ministry revealed in a recent report. Source RT

Nord Stream 2: US lawmakers agree to widen sanctions on Russian-German pipeline

The measures are included in the final draft of the 2021 defense policy bill. Work on the €9.5 billion pipeline, which has been halted for a year because of the threat of sanctions, is scheduled to restart on Saturday. Source Deutsche Welle

Environmental groups take Shell to court over climate change

Judges in The Hague will on Tuesday start hearing claims that oil giant Shell has not done enough to combat climate change in a case brought by environmental groups and supported by over 17,000 private individuals. Source Dutch News