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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE OUTGOING ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF LT. GEN. HERZI HALEVI APOLOGIZING TO FEMALE SOLDIERS TAKEN CAPTIVE DURING THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK ON ISRAEL.
HALEVI SAYING IT WAS WRONG TO HAVE IGNORED THEIR WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE ATTACK ABOUT HAMAS PREPARATIONS. HE ALSO APOLOGIZED FOR THEIR ORDEAL IN CAPTIVITY.
THE YOUNG WOMEN WERE CONDUCTING VIDEO SURVEILLANCE OF THE GAZA BORDER AND REPEATEDLY REPORTED SIGNS OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY PRIOR TO THE ATTACK...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Ongoing fighting in northern Syria involving the US supported Syrian Democratic Forces and Turkish backed forces in Kurdish areas.
An SDF drone killed a Turkish militia soldier and wounded three others. Turkish warplanes and artillery attacking Kurdish villages.
More than 600 deaths reported in fighting in the region during the last two months...Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
IN BEIRUT A UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE VEHICLE TORCHED DURING A PROTEST BY SUPPORTERS OF THE HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT. AN UN FORCE COMMANDER WAS WOUNDED.
THEIR PROTEST OVER THE REFUSAL OF LEBANESE AUTHORITIES TO ALLOW AIRLINERS FROM IRAN TO LAND AT BEIRUT AIRPORT.
ISRAEL ALLEGING CASH IS BEING TRANSPORTED ON THOSE PLANES TO FUND HEZBOLLAH...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL
There's a new report from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons claiming traces of toxic agents have been found in Ukraine.
This is the second such report following the first report a Russian representative to the OPCW said the evidence gathered was fabricated using methods similar to reports alleging chemical weapons use by Syria's former government during its civil war...Tass Russia
UKRAINE REVISING A DEAL OFFERED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR USE OF UKRAINE'S CRITICAL MINERALS.
AS A RESULT, NO DEAL WAS SIGNED WHEN US VICE-PRESIDENT JD VANCE MET UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY IN MUNICH TODAY...REUTERS
President Trump signing an executive order barring federal funding for schools and other educational institutions that require COVID-19 shots for students and staff...The Hill USA
THE FIRING OF PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES AT US GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS UNDERWAY. 2,300 WORKERS BEING LET GO AT THE US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ALONE...THE HILL USA
The crew of the US Army helicopter that collided with an airliner over the Potomac River near Washington National Airport may have missed critical instruction from the airport control tower.
It's being reported that a microphone was turned on as instructions were being given from the tower for the chopper to fly behind the airliner...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
NINE DAYS BEFORE GERMANY'S ELECTION US VICE-PRESIDENT JD VANCE MEETING ALICE WEIDEL CO-LEADER OF THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY PARTY (AfD).
VANCE EARLIER WARNED THE MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE ABOUT DISCUSSION IN GERMANY OF CANCELLING ELECTIONS TO PREVENT A PARTIES LIKE THE AfD FROM WINNING.
THE VANCE SPEECH DREW A SHARP REACTION AT THE CONFERENCE FROM GERMANY'S DEFENSE MINISTER OSCAR PISTORIOUS AND A REBUKE FROM GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ ON SOCIAL MEDIA...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA...(More on the speech of Vice-President Vance later in the summary)
SIX DEAD AND 27 INJURED IN A FIRE AT A HOTEL CONSTRUCTION SITE IN BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA.
THE FIRE BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED WITH INSULATING MATERIAL LOCATED NEAR A SWIMMING POOL...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
(Update) In the Congo War the Rwandan backed M23 rebels capturing an airport near the city of Bukavu and later reported advancing into Bukavu...BBC News...
The advancing Rwandan-M23 forces are capturing a second major city since their invasion that began last month...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) (Earlier News)
IN GERMANY A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR NOW HANDLING YESTERDAY'S CAR RAMMING ATTACK IN MUNICH THAT INJURED ALMOST 40 PEOPLE.
THE ACT SUSPECTED OF BEING 'RELIGIOUSLY MOTIVATED' AND 'AN ATTACK ON THE FREE DEMOCRATIC BASIC ORDER'.
YESTERDAY'S TERRORIST ATTACK COMING 10 DAYS BEFORE GERMANY'S ELECTION A WEEK FROM SUNDAY...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The Jeff Bezos aerospace company Blue Origin cutting about 10 percent of its workforce.
Multiple departments involved in the job reductions that include management. About 1,000 people expected to lose their jobs...The Hill USA
POPE FRANCIS ADMITTED TO A ROME HOSPITAL WITH BRONCHITIS.
THE PONITFF HAS BEEN HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING AND SPEAKING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 165.35 points.
The NASDAQ rose 81.13 points.
The price of oil lower closing at 70 dollars 57 cents a barrel down 72 cents or 1.01 percent...Marketwatch
A US judge imposing a two-and a half-year prison sentence for Dutch tax adviser Frank Butselaar. He was convicted of tax fraud.
Butselaar has already been in prison in the US for 21 months and he got credit for time served as part of his sentence...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
HAMAS NAMING THREE OF ITS CAPTIVES WHO WILL BE RELEASED TOMORROW IN A PRISONER EXCHANGE WITH ISRAEL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD WARNED HAMAS ABOUT RELEASING ALL HOSTAGES BY TOMORROW OR 'ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE'...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
VANCE SLAMS UK, EUROPE OVER RESPECT FOR FREE SPEECH, DEMOCRACY, THREAT OF MASS MIGRATION
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AT THE MUNICH SECURITY SUMMIT US VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT A LACK OF FREE SPEECH IN THE UK AND EUROPE.
VANCE NOTING A 'THREAT FROM WITHIN' AND URGING A STRONG RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGE OF MASS MIGRATION.
IN DISCUSSING FREE SPEECH MR. VANCE CITED EXAMPLES INVOLVING GERMANS POSTING AGAINST FEMINISM ON SOCIAL MEDIA, A SWEDISH CHRISTIAN CONVICTED OF QURAN BURNING AND A MAN FINED IN THE UK FOR PRAYING OUTSIDE AN ABORTION CLINIC.
THE VICE-PRESIDENT ALSO SPOKE OF EUROPEAN COURTS 'CANCELLING ELECTIONS' A REFERENCE TO A ROMANIAN COURT ANNULLING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTON WHERE A POPULIST CANDIDATE WAS LED POLLS.
VANCE ALSO CITING A GERMAN OFFICIAL SPEAKING OF CANCELLING ELECTIONS IN GERMANY.
SPEAKING TO THE CONFERENCE LATER GERMANY'S DEFENSE MINISTER OSCAR PISTORIUS ATTACKED MR. VANCE OVER HIS REMARKS SAYING:
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is not acceptable"...(ARD Germany)
GREG PRICE "X" (VIDEO EMBED)
GLENN GREENWALD "X" (VIDEO EMBED)
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A vehicle bombing in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province killing at least 11 people and wounding six others.
The vehicle came under attack as it was taking workers to a coal mine.
A separatist movement conducts frequent attacks in the region where Pakistan is pursuing economic development projects backed by Chinese financing...News Agencies-TRT World
PRESIDENT TRUMP AGREEING TO EXTRADITE A PAKISTANI NATIONAL TO INDIA ON TERRORISM CHARGES.
TAHAWWUR RANA ACCUSED BY INDIA IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEADLY 2008 MUMBAI ATTACKS.
THE DEAL ANNOUNCED BY MR. TRUMP AND VISITING INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI AT THE WHITE HOUSE...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKEY)
TikTok has returned to Google and Apple app stores in the United States.
President Trump has postponed a ban on TikTok in the US pushed by Democrats and Republicans in Congress and former President Joe Biden...BBC News
President Trump has signed an order to develop reciprocal tariffs for various countries around the world.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick speaking of plans developing specific tariffs for each nation by April 1st...BBC News
IN THE AUSTRALIAN ISLAND STATE OF TASMANIA A FIGHT AGAINST WILDFIRES.
MANY OF THE FIRES IN REMOTE AREAS WITH SOME FIRES THREATENING POPULATED AREAS ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE ISLAND...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS RUSSIA BACK IN THE G7 GROUP OF NATIONS.
MR. TRUMP SAYS SUCH A MOVE WOULD BE HELPFUL IN COUNTERING CHINA..ITV UK
President Trump says he would like to talk with Russia and China about imposing limits on nuclear arsenals.
Trump believes that denuclearization would be a goal in his second term...Reuters-Asia One Singapore
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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