(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
"Ukraine and Europe must be part of all negotiations"
A GROUP OF NATIONS INCLUDING UKRAINE, POLAND, THE UK AND EU DEMANDING A PLACE AT THE TABLE WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AS THEY SEEK TO END THE UKRAINE WAR.
THEY ISSUED THEIR DEMAND IN A JOINT STATEMENT LATE TONIGHT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
12 people have been hurt in a grenade attack on a bar in Grenoble, France. Two were seriously wounded. An investigation underway.
The attacker entered the bar threw a grenade and left. Police said he also carried an assault rifle of the Kalashnikov type...Israel National News...(Additional Info From AFP France-BFM-TV France)
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUING NEW YORK STATE AND TOP OFFICIALS INCLUDING GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL, ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES AND DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES CHIEF MARK SCHROEDER.
IT'S OVER NEW YORK STATE'S POLICIES REGARDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN PARTICULAR 'SANCTUARY' POLICIES.
US ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI ANNOUNCED THE LAWSUIT AT A WHITE HOUSE NEWS CONFERENCE FLANKED BY MEMBERS OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...NEW YORK POST
A federal judge ending his pause on the Trump Administration buyout program for federal employees.
District Judge George O'Toole ruling that federal employee unions suing over the buyout did not have standing in the case.
He said they were suing over a program aimed at Executive Branch employees of the federal government...The Hill
BRITISH POLITICS THE LATEST 'YOU GOV' POLL PUTS REFORM UK AT 26 PERCENT, LABOR AT 25 PERCENT AND THE CONSERVATIVES DOWN AT 21 PERCENT.
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS GET 14 PERCENT AND THE GREENS ARE AT 9 PERCENT...OPINION POLLING FOR THE NEXT UNITED KINGDOM GENERAL ELECTION
IN UKRAINE US TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSANT HAS GIVEN UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY THE AGREEMENT THAT WILL GIVE THE UNITED STATES USE OF ITS RARE MINERALS.
THE DEAL A KEY PART OF THE TRUMP ADMINSTRATION'S FUTURE PLANS FOR UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA
A US military plane crashing in the water off San Diego with both pilots rescued. The crash in San Diego Bay near Shelter Island...NBC 7 San Diego
AN AMERICAN AND TWO OTHERS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN BELARUS. BELARUS A NEIGHBORING NATION ALIGNED WITH RUSSIA...FOX NEWS
THE US AND RUSSIA ARE STARTING NEGOTIATIONS TO END THE UKRAINE WAR.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY...BBC NEWS LIVE BLOG...
"Putin and Trump also agreed to maintain personal contact and hold an in-person meeting"
KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV DESCRIBING THE RESULTS OF THAT PHONE CALL INVOLVING PRESIDENT TRUMP AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN...Tass Russia
(Updated) The US Senate confirming former Democrat Congresswoman and US Army National Guard officer Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence.
The vote 52-48 all Democrats and former GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell in the minority.
Gabbard was sworn in this afternoon...(News Agencies)
IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN ACCUSING THE UNITED STATES OF WAGING A CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAN.
HE SAYS IT INCLUDES INDUCING ISRAEL TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK ON IRAN.
AND PEZESHKIAN ALSO SAYS THE US IS BEHIND EFFORTS TO SOW INTERNAL DISCORD IN IRAN...TASS RUSSIA
AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT FORMATION TALKS BREAK DOWN
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Talks to form a new government in Austria have failed. The 'Conservative' People's Party (OVP) unable to reach agreement with the "Far-Right" Freedom Party (FPO).
Austria's President had given the FPO the responsibility to form a government after the previous government involving the OVP and Social Democrats collapsed.
OVP leader Christian Stocker blaming the FPO.
Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl is calling for new elections.
Austria's president will consider various options in the coming days including a possible minority government, a government of 'experts' or more talks to form a new government.
If a new election is called opinion polls show the FPO with a leading position obtaining more seats than it gained in the last election...ORF Austria Live Blog (Translation Prompt) (Live Video Embed In German)
US INFLATION AT A THREE PERCENT ANNUAL RATE LAST MONTH. THE INCREASE DESCRIBED AS UNEXPECTED.
THE RATE OF PRICE INCREASES IN JANUARY .5 PERCENT WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS RISING AT A 15.2 PERCENT RATE FOR THE MONTH AND A 53 PERCENT ANNUAL RATE...FINANCIAL TIMES UK...CNN
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 225.09 points or .5 percent.
The NASDAQ up 6.09 points.
At 418 pm New York Time the price of oil falling to 71 dollars 26 cents a barrel down two dollars six cents or 2.81 percent...Marketwatch
US DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH LAYING OUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION APPROACH TO NATIONAL DEFENSE AT A NATO MEETING.
HEGSETH SAYING THE UKRAINE WAR MUST END WITH EUROPEAN FORCES KEY TO FUTURE SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE.
HE STRESSED US DEFENSE PRIORITIES ON ITS OWN BORDERS AND IN THE 'INDO-PACIFIC' FACING CHINA.
MR. HEGSETH ALSO NOTING ANY RETURN TO UKRAINE'S PRE-2014 BORDERS IS UNREALISTIC IN ANY SETTLMENT OF THE WAR...FOX NEWS
In the UK controversy surrounding internal security agency MI5 and a "violent Neo-Nazi spy".
The agency lying in court when one of its informants with a Neo-Nazi profile was accused of attacking his girlfriend with a machete.
In addition, MI5 sought to keep the BBC from reporting on the attack.
The BBC banned from disclosing the name of the foreign national who acted as "Neo-Nazi" informant.
The case of the woman attacked by the agent is now back in court with the security agency now apologizing to the court and the BBC...BBC News
RUSSIAN MISSILE ATTACKS ACROSS UKRAINE THIS MORNING.
DRONE MAKING FACILITIES AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO UKRAINE'S MILITARY HIT ACCORDING TO THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES SAY ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND FOUR WOUNDED IN KIEV DURING THE ATTACKS...BBC NEWS
800 more South African soldiers in Congo where troops from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi were caught up in the recent invasion by Rwanda and its M23 rebel allies.
It's reported those peacekeeping troops are to be withdrawn from Congo.
But the withdrawal is dependent on a joint decision by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) nations...Tass Russia
In the Philippines a sedition charge filed against the impeached Vice-President Sara Duterte.
The incitement to sedition charge follows her impeachment stemming from comments made last November.
Duterte said that if she were killed President Ferdinand Marcos, his wife and the Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives would be killed.
Her impeachment trial is scheduled for July...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
TWO US NAVY SHIPS TRANSITING THE TAIWAN STRAIT BETWEEN TAIWAN AND MAINLAND CHINA.
THE DESTROYER USS RALPH JOHNSON AND THE SURVEY SHIP USS BOWDITCH ENDING THEIR TRANSIT OF THE STRAIT TODAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TRANSIT OF THE STRAIT BY US NAVY SHIPS SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK OFFICE LAST MONTH.
THE US MILITARY DESCRIBING THE TRANSIT AS LEGAL UNDER INTERNTIONAL LAW WITH CHINA SAYING IT 'SENDS THE WRONG SIGNALS AND INCREASES SECURITY RISKS'.
CHINA'S MILITARY WATCHING THE PASSAGE OF THE SHIPS...POLITIKO PHILIPPINES
Another Anti-Israel Antisemitic type incident in Australia in the months leading up to the May 2025 election.
This involves online video comments by two Australian nurses speaking about the notion of killing Israelis and not providing them medical treatment.
An Israeli man online struck up a video conversation with the two nurses leading to the comments.
The two people suspended from their nursing jobs. They are now under investigation.
There have been numerous graffiti and or vandalism incidents surrounding Jewish institutions in and around Australia's largest city Sydney in recent months.
Australia's Labor Party Prime Minister Anthony Albanese seeking re-election in May has a background of support for Palestinians...ABC News Australia
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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