Five officers in Brazil are arrested over an alleged 2022 Lula assassination plot, almost 100 aid trucks in Gaza are looted by armed men, Putin revises Russia’s nuclear doctrine as Moscow says US-supplied missiles hit its territory, sabotage fears abound after two undersea cables are severed in the Baltic Sea, Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists for subversion, Pres.-elect Trump and Elon Musk attend a high-profile SpaceX launch, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court blocks the counting of undated mail-in ballots, Sam Altman joins the San Francisco Mayor-elect's transition team, over 10K people attend a farmers' inheritance tax protest in London, and Ecuador declares a 60-day emergency over droughts and wildfires. Sources: https://www.verity.news/