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Almost three years since a supposed shared power in northern Ireland broke down, Simon Coventry, deputy prime minister of the Republic of Ireland and Julian Smith CBE, secretary of state for northern Ireland are said to have published an agreement entitled, new decade new approach. The agreement is documented to involve the UK and Irish governments and is the fruit of months of talks. According to the report the parties are to be committed to the elimination of issues that are seen to be divisive.
The as called formation agreement involves a British-irish coalition, described as intergovernmental; and the proposed formation of said to be associated councils. The agreement reports unspecified changes to the ministerial code, a document which sets out rules and standards for government ministers throughout the u.k. According to the report, dfferent rules apply to different areas. No explanation why. The agreement details special government advisors whom ministers have to be responsible for. Why is not documented. Minister’s meetings with unspecified external organisations are ordered, and discipline is mentioned as a procedure. The as called petition of concern has been reviewed under what is described as a remaining mandate. A petition of concern will not be made available, according to legislation, regarding a minister’s misconduct. Said changes to the original document will be ammended in the near future according to the text, detailed online. There is a provision for a petition of concern if 30 or more ministers agree.
According to the agreement, the parties reafirm their commitment to the good friday or Belfast agreement and successor agreements, unspecified. This is detailed in programme for government 20.
Proposed commissioners for ministerial standards will decide whether to accept a complaint involving the misconduct of ministers or other matters. Complainants must provide their name and contact details according to legislation.
Commissioners, according to documentation will be appointed by the first minister and the deputy minister for northern Ireland. The deputy minister has not been appointed according to current text.

At aproximately 1.30 am Iraq time, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles on the two supposed u.s. air bases of Al Asad and Erbil. Al Asad has been the target of former attacks, thought to be by Shia forces and resulting in the drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani.
According to media news, Donald Trump intends to withdraw u.s. troops from Iraq eventually, “but this isn’t the right point”. The 17 year u.n. presence is being thinned out according to reports. There is talk that Iraq will owe Washington for the rebuilding of damaged zones which may not be repaired yet. Said to be a similar scenario in Lebanon.
The u.s. presence in Iraq seems extensive, with a reported 27 air bases close to Iran’s border. The pentagon has confirmed the air strikes but may not admit to any casualties.

According to news, later this year Mayo Garda division is set to join a supposedly already amalgamated Longford/Roscommon division in what is believed to be radical restructuring, but what have the counties of Longford, Roscommon and Mayo in common?
The as called joint policing committee revealed by Drew Harris, former deputy chief constable of the police service northern Ireland, is apparently set to employ new staff for the purpose of freeing current gardai from administration work. It was calculated that the new proposals will result in a reduction of superintendents in the area, leading it is thought to the relocation or early retirement of current superintendents.
The new governance was discussed in a November meeting with Drew Harris OBE, QPM, the garda commissioner of Ireland since 2018, but was said to have left a lot of concerns unanswered. The new plans for reform will relieve Gardai of desk duties and it is believed new adminstrators will take over responsibilities such as discipline, complaints, internet and liasing with the courts.

Reports are that the city of Sirte is now back in Libyan hands after what is described as a well planned strike. The city is reported to be just west of Libya’s oil export terminals, said to have been reclaimed by Libyan forces in 2016.
According to the media, the western backed as called government of national accord are reported to have made Tripoli their home after displacing Islamic state in 2016. According to reports, Turkey are considering sending military advisors to back the government of national accord.

Donald Trump is standing by his decision to kill Qasem Soleimani, stating yesterday that he is guilty of numerous innitiatives against the u.s. presence in the middle east; and torture – even though the u.s. have been criticised for torture. Free Julian Assange.

There is outrage in Iran over the killing of Qasem Soleimani who may have been blamed for a wave of recent protests against the u.s. military presence in Iraq. Not well documented on mainstream media, the protests centre around the so called international zone, reported to contain various government buildings. Also said to contain many abandoned buildings, the 10 km square area has apparently been repopulated by what is described as coalition administrators. According to documentation, an estimated five thousand officials have settled in the area. The former Republican Palace has been inhabited by the head of the western reconstruction team in an area that suffered air strikes from the beginning.

The United Socialist Party of Venezuela or PSUV have installed a new legislator in Luis Parra. Troops barred the u.s. backed Guaido from entering parliament. According to the media, Trump demanded that Nicolas Maduro, who was elected democratically, leave office nearly a year ago. He has served as president of the PSUV since 2013 following the death of Hugo Chávez.
During the past twenty years of rule, the PSUV are said to have managed to take back control of the judiciary.

The republican left of Catalonia, known as e.r.c., founded in 1931 is reported to be abstaining from approving Spain’s acting prime minister for a new term.
According to the media, Spain has been racked by political uncertainty since the financial crisis of 2008. Many countries were reportedly unable to bail out their financial sectors resulting in multi billion dollar loans.
It is unknown why the e.r.c. are abstaining in the vote for Sánchez’s as called socialist workers party who took over from former prime minister Mariano Rajoy’s People’s party in 2018.

Qasem Soleimani died in a u.s. air strike in Baghdad on 3 January. President Trump accused the late Iranian general Soleimani of being instrumental in killing millions, probably wildly exaggerated. A leader of the quds, an international undercover operational group, the quds are active in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and the Gaza strip.
The purpose, according to documentation is believed to be to counteract western influence. They are thought by some to have been instrumental in backing indigenous rights in cases of exploitation.
Additional troops have been deployed to Iraq to counteract threats from the Iranian government.

No group has claimed responsibility for the Christmas eve killings of 35 civilians, most of them women. A possible explanation is the men may have been away in an area that has a history of famine, accessing clean water supplies and illegitimate debt.
President Trump is reported to be reviewing the United State’s commitment to endless wars which, it was hoped, might refer to a newly built u.s. supposed drone base in the area which constitutes the border regions of Burkino Faso, Niger and Mali.
More than 70 soldiers were killed on 12 December in a three hour attack on a French military base in the area, believed to have been locals. Many French troops are reported to be stationed in the said to be mineral rich region which has a history of many fatalities, supposedly due to famine.
Since 1983 there have been attempts to nationalise wealth, supposedly averting the power and influence of the international monetary fund and the world bank.