UK - Prime Minister Boris Johnson will make it illegal for parliament to force the British government to extend the transition period beyond December 31st, 2020. The move pre-empts efforts by Remainer activists and parliamentarians — the latter however now in the minority — from forcing the Conservative government to accept another Brexit delay if negotiators do not agree on a deal on the future relationship with the EU by the end of the 11-month transition period. A Downing Street source told The Times: “Last week the public voted for a government that would get Brexit done and move this country forward — and that’s exactly what we intend to do, starting this week. Our manifesto made clear that we will not extend the implementation period and the new withdrawal agreement bill will legally prohibit government from agreeing to any extension.”

UK - Prince Charles is planning to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories next month, the future British king’s office announced on Wednesday. The trip, which comes amid the UK’s efforts to leave the European Union and sign bilateral trade agreements with other countries as well as an ongoing controversy over anti-Semitism in the UK Labour party, will be only the second official visit to Israel by a member of the royal family since the State of Israel was founded in 1948. Charles, known formally as His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, is scheduled to attend the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem (to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp) on January 23, 2020.

CHINA - If you are not familiar with the bank, it’s one of the largest banks in China, a “big 4” State Owned Enterprise (SOE) bank and the bank has a market cap similar in size to Wells Fargo around $200 billion dollars. However, many of the people, thousands of people according to the Asian source who follows the Chinese economy closely and sent me the 15 second video, were arrested by police for trying to take out too much Chinese Yuan out of their accounts. So far news of this bank run was kept quiet by the Chinese government controlled state run media in mainland China. There seem to be very large and growing problems in the last 12 months with Japanese, Chinese, European and now American banks with Repo Madness.

USA - The government is ratcheting up its efforts to convince Americans to get flu shots. “You can’t walk into a pharmacy without seeing lines, and the government is now telling preachers to tell their congregations to get flu shots,” says Dr Russell Blaylock, renowned neurosurgeon and editor of the Blaylock Wellness Report. “I’ve never seen anything like it.” The incidence of flu across the United States is extremely low — there are virtually no outbreaks — and not a single child has died.

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, said Monday he looks forward to congratulating Pope Francis personally for his important work in environmentalism, multilateralism, and immigration. In an interview with the Italian daily La Stampa, Guterres, who has been described as the Vatican’s “ally” at the United Nations, reiterated his opposition to the pro-sovereignty movement as well as his shared world-view with Pope Francis. “I wanted to meet with the (Pope) to express my appreciation for his work,” said Guterres, who will soon visit the Pope. “He is a strong voice on the climate crisis, on poverty and inequality, on multilateralism, on the protection of refugees and migrants, on disarmament and many other important issues. Through his work, the Pope is contributing to reaching many of our objectives, including the Sustainable Development Goals, combating climate change and promoting a culture of peace,” he added. We need a universal system that respects international law and is organized around strong multilateral institutions.

VATICAN - The deputy director of the Vatican’s communications office declared this week that the UN's COP25 climate change convention had “ended in failure” as world leaders reached no agreement regarding a global carbon market. Speaking in Madrid at the book launch of A Great Hope: The Custody of Creation, a collection of writings by Pope Francis on the environment, Alessandro Gisotti said Monday that while “it is true that the summit has ended in failure” there is, at least, greater consciousness of the problem of climate change.

ISRAEL - Three Jewish Israelis have been indicted for praying at Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem, violating a ban on Jewish prayer at the holy site. The three men, two of whom are IDF soldiers, were caught reciting the “Shema,” Judaism’s most famous prayer, in front of the Dome of the Rock in September 2018. The ban on non-Muslim prayer at the Temple Mount is the result of a decades-long agreement with Jordan’s Islamic Waqf, which administers the site. Muslims can pray on the mount unrestrictedly. Jordan and the Palestinian Authority deny any Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, despite archaeological proof that it once housed the two Jewish temples. Moshe Polsky, a lawyer for another of the defendants, called the indictment “outrageous.” “It is unthinkable that in the State of Israel saying ‘Shema Yisrael’ is deemed a criminal offense,” he said.

LEBANON - The report by the pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen features details that starkly contradict the limited information the administration has released about the plan, and that stand at sharp odds with known US and Israeli positions, casting considerable doubt on the credibility of the report. The report claimed the United States would end its economic support for Israel if the Jewish state rejects the deal, which reportedly provides for establishing a Palestinian state in Gaza and parts of the West Bank to be called “New Palestine.”

USA - The bitter feud between President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has just gone to an entirely new level. On the brink of being impeached, Trump sent an absolutely scathing letter to Pelosi on Tuesday in which he accused her of “declaring open war on American Democracy”, “breaking your allegiance to the Constitution” and “interfering in America’s elections”. This is the culmination of a long crusade by the left to try to take Trump out, but of course if Trump wins again in November 2020 there will be more attempts in the future. The visceral hatred that they feel toward Trump comes out in everything that they do, and they are never going to stop until they are finally able to get rid of him.

GERMANY - German President Steinmeier has warned against forgetting the lessons learned from "unbridled nationalism." at the 75th anniversary of the pivotal Battle of the Bulge. "A united and peaceful Europe — that is the lesson we Europeans have learned from unbridled nationalism and racism, from the war of annihilation," said Steinmeier. "Please don't let us forget that, especially at a moment when nationalism and ethnocentric thinking are again regaining their allure."

TURKEY - Turkey could shut down its Incirlik air base, which hosts US nuclear warheads, in response to threats of US sanctions and a separate US Senate resolution that recognized mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.

AUSTRALIA - Australian firefighters have been tackling a massive wildfire which has sparked out of control, damaging buildings and cutting off major roads. Australian authorities have issued warnings about a “mega blaze” which has spread outside its containment lines and razed 20 homes near Sydney. The unruly fires have burned more than 400,000 hectares and moved into a popular tourist area. Forecasters have warned an intense and unrelenting heatwave is due to strike in the region, with record-breaking temperatures predicted to hit. Since September, wild blazes across Australia caused the deaths of six people. The bushfire crisis which has gripped the eastern states of New South Wales and Queensland has destroyed more than 700 homes and blanketed towns and cities in smoke. Firefighters in these regions have been battling more than 100 fires this week as they prepared for the intense heatwave to hit.

USA - Americans are dying because of the enormous greed of the pharmaceutical industry. We have got to end their greed!

Canada: Insulin manufactured for around $6

USA: Insulin manufactured for around $6

Canada: Insulin costs $32

USA: Insulin costs $300

USA - I probably had less than 10 vaccines as a kid. There is a risk where children are being subjected to even 70 vaccines that a combination may be lethal to a child even if each separately are ok. This is just too many vaccines and the combinations of 72 possible reactions are off the charts. This is why we so desperately need reform. There should be NO AMENDMENTS to any bill that is not dealing with the subject matter of the bill. This is a rule in Congress because such things would NEVER be debated in open session for the people would then know what corrupt politicians are doing. New Jersey will probably pass that law today and this will be the confirmation that politics in New Jersey is just too far gone to be a viable state to live in going forward. Just get the hell out. The lives of your children and grandchildren are being threatened by untested drugs protected by politicians. The politicians no longer represent the people – only their own greed.

ISRAEL - Jerusalem will remain united under mostly Israeli control with some responsibilities shared with a Palestinian state including the West Bank and Gaza, according to a purported draft copy of US President Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" peace plan for the Middle East published by the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen TV channel on Monday. The reported draft details the timetable and methods of the plan. The report is unconfirmed.