Chinese President Xi Jinping expressing his country's support for the national sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of Belarus.
The ruler of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko meeting Mr. Xi in Beijing today.
This follows a threat from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky over support from Belarus for Russia's Ukraine War effort.
Belarus is politically and economically aligned with Russia. It borders both Russia and Ukraine...Reuters
END OF SESSION US SUPREME COURT RULINGS, MORE TO FOLLOW BY THE END OF THE WEEK
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THE US SUPREME COURT RULING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS POWER TO FIRE MEMBERS OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES BUT REJECTING HIS FIRING OF FEDERAL RESERVE COMMISSIONER LISA COOK.
THE FIRING OF COMMISSIONER COOK OVERTURNED IN A 5-4 DECISION BUT OTHER FIRINGS AFFIRMED IN A 6-3 RULING.
THE COOK RULING PUSHES BACK AT MR. TRUMP'S DESIRE TO LOWER INTEREST RATES AS A MEANS OF ECONOMIC STIMULATION...(NEWS AGENCIES)...
The US Supreme Court ruling 5-4 against the Republican National Committee's effort to overturn state laws allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received later to be counted...NBC News USA...
THE US HIGH COURT ALSO REJECTING AN APPEAL FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OF A FIVE-MILLION-DOLLAR VERDICT AGAINST HIM IN A SEXUAL MISCONDUCT-DEFAMATION CASE.
MR. TRUMP WAS FOUND LIABLE FOR HARMING E. JEAN CARROLL WHO ALLEGED RAPE BY MR. TRUMP BACK IN 1996 IN A DEPARTMENT STORE DRESSING ROOM IN NEW YORK CITY...TIMES LIVE SOUTH AFRICA
(This Story Is Updated)
Six killed, three suspects in custody following a shooting attack in Stade, Germany near Hamburg. Others were wounded.
The attack occurring at a youth welfare center where both children and mothers live.
IRAN SAYS NO 'TECHNICAL TALKS' ARE TAKING PLACE IN QATAR THIS WEEK.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT BEFORE THE STOCK MARKETS OPENED THIS MORNING SAYING IRAN HAS REQUESTED TALKS IN QATAR TOMORROW...PRESS TV IRAN
Judges at trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggest the charge of bribery be dropped.
This is the second time the judges have raised the issue of the bribery charge.
They raised it three years ago at the trial that has been stretched out due to Mr. Netanyahu's schedule complicated by the warfare Israel has been involved in for more than three-and-a-half years.
The judges say if the bribery charge remains the trial that began in 2020 will stretch into 2028.
Judges trying to add more hearing dates to the trial with a lawyer for Mr. Netanyahu comparing it to the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in the early 1960's...Times of Israel
THREE KILLED IN THE LATEST 'CEASEFIRE' AIR ATTACK BY ISRAEL IN GAZA.
ONE OF THOSE KILLED AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHILD.
TWO OTHERS WOUNDED BY ISRAELI SHELLING IN GAZA WHERE ISRAEL EXERCISES CONTROL OVER 64 PERCENT OF GAZA'S TERRITORY...AL JAZEERA QATAR
South Korea announcing the investment of hundreds of billions of dollars to produce computer chips. (570 billion US Dollars, 500 billion Euros)
The government joining chip makers Samsung and SK Hynix in the investment.
In Jerusalem Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meeting his counterpart from South Sudan James Pitia Morgan.
Mr. Sa'ar noting Israeli support for South Sudan amid the conflict in the region including the Civil War in neighboring Sudan. That conflict creating a major refugees.
In that war the Sudanese Army fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) supported by the Israel-aligned United Arab Emirates. Israel sent air defense forces to the UAE during the conflict with Iran in recent months.
Both sides speaking of their intention to cooperate more closely in the future.
South Sudan recently honoring an Israeli official who led a Mossad spy agency mission that helped South Sudan in its fight for independence from Sudan.
There has been talk of possible resettlement of Palestinians currently living in Gaza to South Sudanese territory...Times of Israel
IN NEW ZEALAND WHERE IT'S WINTER ELECTRICITY PRICES FOR MOST HOUSEHOLDS RISING EIGHT PERCENT FOR THE SECOND WINTER SEASON IN A ROW.
MEDIA FOCUS ON THE PROFITS OF THE ELECTRICITY GENERATORS WITH THE GENERATORS ASSOCIATION EMPHASIZING THAT PROFITS WILL BE POURED INTO NEW ELECTRICITY GENERATION CONTROLLING PRICE INCREASES...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING INTERRUPTIONS FOR PERSONAL COMMITMENTS DURING THE DAY)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
PAKISTAN ATTACKING SITES ALONG ITS BORDER WITH AFGHANISTAN KILLING 29 'TERRORISTS'.
THE PAKISTANI ATTACKS IN RESPONSE TO RECENT ATTACKS INSIDE PAKISTAN.
THEY INCLUDE THE DEADLY ATTACK ON A SINDH RANGERS PARAMILITARY FACILITY IN KARACHI REPORTED ON LATER IN THIS SUMMARY...DAWN PAKISTAN
"I would like to reiterate that the impact from terrorist attacks on our civilian facilities and infrastructure should be minimized"
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking as he held a meeting today on domestic fuel supplies in Russia following recent Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy facilities.
Pro-Ukrainian media outlets noting difficulties at gasoline stations in Russia recently...Tass Russia
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ISRAEL'S CABINET VOTING TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DURING WORLD WAR ONE.
TURKEY IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF MILLIONS OF ARMENIANS.
PRIOR TO TODAY IN THE NAME OF BETTER RELATIONS WITH TURKEY ISRAEL HAD REFRAINED FROM FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF MANY OTHER NATIONS WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE.
BUT INCREASINGLY THE NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL IS SIGNALING HOSTILITY TO TURKEY WITH ITS SUPPORTERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ECHOING THAT HOSTILITY.
TURKEY'S OFFICIAL REACTION FROM ITS VICE-PRESIDENT CEVDET YILMAZ IS THAT THE ISRAEL IS ENGAGED IN 'AN ATTEMPT TO COVER UP THEIR OWN CRIMES'.
HIS REFERENCE TO ISRAEL'S TREATMENT OF PALESTINIANS MORE THAN 73,000 KILLED IN GAZA BY ISRAEL SINCE THE HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL OF OCTOBER 7TH, 2023...UPI USA
Iran claims eight US military targets destroyed in Sunday's attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain.
Meanwhile Qatar's Interior Ministry reports one killed another wounded when shrapnel struck a vessel in the Persian Gulf off its coast...Anadolu Agency Yeni Safak Turkey (Turkiye)
AS STOCK FUTURES AND OIL MARKET TRADING RESUMED SUNDAY EVENING US TIME MESSSAGING FROM AMERICAN SOURCES THAT IRAN AND THE US HAVE AGREED TO STOP TRADING FIRE...BARAK RAVID AXIOS "X"
The conflict in Lebanon continuing with Israel saying it killed a Hezbollah member after one of its soldiers was killed...Times Of Israel
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MORE ARRESTS REPORTED IN A CRACKDOWN ON CORRUPTION IN IRAQ.
47 OFFICIALS ARRESTED IN RAIDS THIS MORNING IN BAGHDAD'S 'GREEN ZONE' AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
NEW PRIME MINISTER ALI AL-ZAIDI ORDERING THE CRACKDOWN.
AT LEAST ONE PERSON KILLED BY FALLING DRONE DEBRIS IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA.
A MASSIVE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK REPORTED IN THE KRASNODAR REGION WITH BUILDINGS ALSO DAMAGED...TASS RUSSIA
A key lawyer in the lenient 2008 plea deal for child sex trafficker-abuser Jeffrey Epstein raging against what he calls "Epstein McCarthyism".
Alan Dershowitz targeting the stories of women who said they were sexually abused by prominent men associated with Epstein often when they were girls.
He calls them "anonymous accusations" in an interview with Conservative media outlet "Newsmax".
Mr. Dershowitz set to give his version of ties to Jeffrey Epstein and the Epstein Case on July 20th before the House Government Oversight Committee...Newsmax USA-MSN
Three killed in an Israeli drone attack in Gaza on Saturday in what Israel designated as a 'safe zone'. A 15-year-old girl one of those killed according to Palestinian authorities.
An Israeli attack in southern Lebanon Saturday evening. One fatality reported...(News Agencies)
THIS WEEKEND IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ A PROJECTILE STRIKING A TANKER SAILING CLOSE TO OMAN.
NO INJURIES REPORTED BUT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE TANKER'S BRIDGE...UKMTO "X"...
THE UNITED STATES CONDUCTING ATTACKS ON IRAN IN RESPONSE. THE ATTACKS CALLED 'SELF-DEFENSE AIR STRIKES'...OSINTdefender "X"...
EARLY SUNDAY IRAN RESPONDING WITH ATTACKS ON US BASES IN BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT...(NEWS AGENCIES)
"There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable...If that happens the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist"!
Some of the social media messaging of US President Donald Trump on Saturday evening regarding the situation with Iran...OSINTdefender "X"
PRESIDENT TRUMP NAMING A NEW IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS (ICE) DIRECTOR THIS WEEKEND.
LANCE SCHROYER IS A FORMER OKLAHOMA STATE TROOPER AND US MARINE.
MR. TRUMP URGING QUICK SENATE CONFIRMATION OF MR. SCHROYER...THE HILL USA
Chinese and Russian warplanes holding joint drills in what is called 'relevant airspace'.
China and Russia conducting the air drills over both the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and the Pacific Ocean.
At one point 10 Chinese and Russian aircraft entering the air defense identification zone of South Korea.
China's defense ministry said the drills showcased the two nation's determination to uphold regional peace and stability...News Agencies TRT World Turkey (Turkiye)
THREE MEMBERS OF PAKISTAN'S PARAMILITARY 'RANGERS' KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON THEIR BASE IN KARACHI.
A VEHICLE RAMMING THE GATE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT'S COMPOUND IN CONNECTION WITH THE ASSAULT.
THREE ATTACKERS DESCRIBED AS 'TERRORISTS' WERE ALSO KILLED...DAWN PAKISTAN
1,450 confirmed fatalities in the twin earthquake disaster in Venezuela.
The Australian government moving to double the maximum fine for violating the ban on social media use by under 16-year-olds.
The fine will now be 60 million Euros or 68.298 million US Dollars.
According to authorities the new social media ban involving children in Australia has had little or no effect...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
A FEDERAL JUDGE RULING THAT A FENCE MUST BE REMOVED FROM AROUND THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN EUGENE, OREGON BY THIS COMING THURSDAY JULY 2ND.
DISTRICT JUDGE MUSTAFA KASUBHAI NOTING THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES NEXT SATURDAY AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO 'SPEAK FREELY' IN HIS RULING.
JULY 4TH WARNING: THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF AN HISTORIC ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION
On July 4th, 1976 Israel staged an operation to extract hostages held by terrorists in Entebbe, Uganda.
Killed in that raid the brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
I will be on alert next Saturday July 4th, 2026.
Maybe there will be targeted assassinations in Gaza, Lebanon or elsewhere from Israel or something worse.
One objective at this point is to stir up the Lebanese conflict where the plan is to destroy Hezbollah so Mr. Netanyahu will have something to hang his hat on for the October Election...
Please don't jump to conclusions join an angry mob but I'm stunned to realize that ten years ago Mark Levin and Glenn Beck were in the forefront of opposing Donald J. Trump as he moved towards the Republican presidential nomination.
Mark Levin and Glenn Beck outspoken supporters of Israel outspokenly opposing Trump "Never Trumpers".
The China War Update China punching back on Monday following those US designations of three major Chinese companies as 'military companies' Carl Douglas sings our theme "Kung Fu Fighting"...
"BEIJING--China on Monday (June 22) announced sanctions on 10 American military-related companies...Chinese companies would be blocked from exporting 'dual-use' items to the 10 companies, which including military drone makers and some involved in rare earth mining...
the Finance Ministry said that government entities would be prohibited from buying products from 46 American companies including multiple units of Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and General Dynamics..."
To the music this song a big hit in the summer of 1972. A trip to upstate New York the Baseball Hall of Fame among other locations that's when I recall hearing this in the car...
"SATURDAY IN THE PARK"-CHICAGO
"TURN, TURN, TURN"-THE BYRDS
"THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO"-DALE EVANS
There's a hit song from 1955 I was reminded of it when I saw a video this week...
WHERE ARE YOU PLACING YOUR HOPE AS YOU LOOK TOWARDS ETERNITY?-JONI EARECKSON TADA VIDEO
"So now faith, hope and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love"
I CORINTHIANS 13:13 ESV BIBLE
Next week the 250th Anniversary of the United States a Declaration of Independence signed in Philadelphia July 4th, 1776.
Plenty of drama out there in many of the headlines and podcast videos, social media posts etc. and who do those podcasters, posters ultimately work for?
And what about the quiet ones who bored their way into the USA looking 'normal' and 'mainstream' even "Christian" and "Conservative".
REPUBLICAN, BAPTIST, COMMUNIST
"Wakefield was a gerrymandered district, they said, controlled by the Republicans. There was no Democratic organization in the town.
'It will be best for you to register as a Republican. Whatever you will say will carry much more weight if you are speaking as a Republican'.
I inquired about my activity in the Baptist Church, somewhat apprehensive that they might direct me to stay out of it.
'By all means get yourself firmly established in the church' Alice Gordon said. 'Never separate yourself from your normal contacts with the masses. A good Communist is a leader of the people...'"
FROM PAGE 63 OF 'I LED THREE LIVES' THE ACCOUNT OF FBI 'COUNTERSPY' HERBERT PHILBRICK WHO WORKED IN AMERICA'S COMMUNIST PARTY UNDERGROUND IN THE 1940'S
A lot of noise this week about "Communists" in connection with elections but consider the not so high-profile folks as well and their legacy of influence on us.
JOIN ME SUPPORTING FREE REPUBLIC AS THE QUARTERLY FREEPATHON NEARS ITS END
The critics make their noise but I keep posting on Free Republic and I provide financial support contributing twice in this quarter my latest donation this weekend...
"The big thing is that Jesus is going to be so revealed in beauty and glory in and through us his saints the whole universe is going to stand and marvel that Christ could do such a thing by his death and resurrection.
That he could take sinners like you and me who are opposed to God who break his laws, who disobey him every day and he's going to take us and make us into what he plans for the future..."
DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 10:10 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW...
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
(VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED IN VIDEO)
This week President Emmanuel Macron spoke with the top leaders of Lebanon a nation formerly under French colonial rule.
The Christian President Joseph Aoun, the Sunni Muslim Prime Minister Nawar Salam and the Shia Muslim Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri involved in the phone meeting their positions reserved for their communities that comprise various portions of the Lebanese population.
Following the meeting Macron calling on social media for a 'solid ceasefire regime' that would include withdrawal of the Israeli military from southern Lebanon and strengthening the Lebanese Army so it could be the only force with the exclusive right to use lethal force.
This would appear to be a policy reducing the role of Hezbollah in Lebanon with its military capabilities to attack Israel....
The US brokered plan signed by Israel and Lebanon on Friday drives the notion of the removal of the Iran-aligned Hezbollah forces from southern Lebanon.
MR. MACRON HAS MET ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI WITH BOTH COUNTRIES SEEKING TO LEAD A NEW INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN LEBANON.
"piracy"
Russian reaction to the latest French seizure of an oil tanker linked to Russia under Ukraine War sanctions.
It happened on Tuesday off the coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea.
But French President Emmanuel Macron did not make a public announcement about it until Thursday.
The tanker "Deliver" arriving in the French port city of Marseille yesterday (Friday).
France, the UK and other European nations have been involved in a series of seizures of Russian oil tankers...
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
As the vote count in Peru's Presidential Runoff Election nears its conclusion word that a top election official was ousted.
This evening it was revealed that the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) dismissed Secretary General Elar Bolanos Llanos Tuesday after Llanos submitted his resignation.
Mr. Llanos's resignation letter citing the altering of his computer systems with information he did not generate...RPP Peru (Translation Prompt)...
The vote count in the Presidential Runoff tonight at 98.899 percent of the total with Rightist candidate Keiko Fujimori leading Leftist Robert Sanchez by nearly 46,000 votes.
The Sanchez Camp filing a formal complaint alleging electoral irregularities particularly with votes of Peruvians living in foreign countries.
The complaint names current President Jose Maria Balcazar and Keiko Fujimori among others...RPP Peru (Translation Prompt)
Three killed in an Israeli drone attack in Gaza. Others wounded in the attack.
Those killed identified as police officers.
1,031 killed in Israeli attacks since US President Donald Trump.
The total number of those killed in the conflict in Gaza over the last two and half years is more than 73,000...Al Jazeera Qatar...
In Gaza today an event promoted in Israeli media in recent days a protest demonstration opposing the rule of Hamas in Gaza.
The event taking place amid Israeli control of around 60 percent of Gaza's territory.
Media reports from Israel speak of people demonstrating in spite of threats from Hamas...Times of Israel
A DEAL REGARDING LEBANON TODAY IT'S INCREMENTAL CALLED 'THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING' BY US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO
THE US BROKERED AGREEMENT SIGNED BY LEBANESE AND ISRAELI REPRESENTATIVES LAYS OUT A PATHWAY TO ACHEIVE ISRAEL'S GOAL OF REMOVING THE IRANIAN ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH FORCES FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON...AL JAZEERA QATAR...
MORE NEWS RELATED TO LEBANON LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
MORE US ATTACKS ON IRAN TONIGHT.
THE ATTACKS ON RADAR SITES AND DRONE STORAGE FACILITIES LINKED TO YESTERDAY'S IRANIAN ATTACK THAT DAMAGED A MERCHANT VESSEL...AL JAZEERA QATAR
(This Story Is Updated Expanded)
Jeffrey Epstein associate billionaire investor Leon Black refusing answers to questions regarding Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA's).
It happened during his testimony before the House Government Oversight Committee regarding his connections to Epstein.
This led the committee to issue subpoenas related to the NDA's with Committee Chairman James Comer wanting to know if Epstein was involved in any of them.
Black and his legal team emphasizing that Mr. Black never abused any woman and was not involved with any underage woman or sex trafficking...
LEBANESE PRESIDENT JOSEPH AOUN WELCOMING A FRENCH-ITALIAN INITIATIVE TO CREATE A NEW INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN LEBANON.
THE MANDATE OF THE CURRENT UN FORCE CONCLUDES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
YESTERDAY FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI MET.
MR. MACRON SAYING THE TWO NATIONS WANTED TO LAUNCH A COALITION TO PREVENT LEBANON FROM BEING A SOURCE OF INSTABILITY IN THE FUTURE...AFP FRANCE-ARAB NEWS
An Iranian statement says US military bases in the Persian Gulf are a source of insecurity.
The statement follows US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's trip to the region which led to a joint statement denounced by Iran as containing "interventionist, irresponsible and provocative positions".
Iran also says it should control the Strait of Hormuz jointly with Oman...Reuters-Times of Israel
SOUTH KOREA'S FORMER FIRST LADY SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR BRIBERY.
KIM KEON HEE IS SAID TO HAVE TAKEN GIFTS INCLUDING A TWO CHANEL BAGS AND A DIAMOND NECKLACE IN EXCHANGE FOR FAVORS.
THE WIFE OF THE FORMER CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA YOON SUK YEOL WAS ACQUITTED OF CHARGES INVOLVING STOCK FRAUD AND CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
HER HUSBAND MR. YOON WITH MULTIPLE SENTENCES PILED ON HIM INCLUDING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR INSURRECTION IN CONNECTION WITH MARTIAL LAW HE DECLARED IN DECEMBER OF 2024.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 44.51 points.
The NASDAQ declined 60.99 points or .24 percent.
The price of oil closed in New York at 70 dollars 24 cents a barrel down one dollar 68 cents or 2.34 percent...Marketwatch
In Russia a decision to ban cryptocurrency mining in the Moscow area and certain parts of the Kursk Region.
The ban to take effect next Wednesday July 1st and be in effect until the end of 2032.
In the Moscow region the ban is linked to electricity usage by data centers. Russian authorities have imposed crypto mining bans in other parts of the country some of them linked to months where there is peak use of electricity...Tass Russia
FOUR ISRAELI SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN A HEZBOLLAH GRENADE ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON...TIMES OF ISRAEL
FORMER WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JOHN BOLTON ENTERING A GUILTY PLEA IN A CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE.
BOLTON, AN ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN CRITIC OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, TARGETED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OVER PERSONAL USE OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.
BOLTON'S GUILTY PLEA INCLUDES NO PRISON TIME, BUT INVOLVES A FINE OF 2.25 MILLION DOLLARS AND 100 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE...AP-Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar
In New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers is under investigation.
The probe relates to allegations made about Chambers conduct towards women on two occasions since last November.
Chambers says he "strongly rejects the claims that have been made". He says he is not required to leave his post at this time...One News New Zealand
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTING THAT THE US IS CONSIDERING RELOCATING MIDDLE EAST BASES FURTHER AWAY FROM IRAN.
THIS FOLLOWS DAMAGE INFLICTED ON THEM DURING THE IRAN WAR.
A federal judge ordering redacted parts of the Justice Department's Jeffrey Epstein Files to be revealed.
District Judge Emmet Sullivan also giving the DOJ the option of explaining why they can't reveal the files setting a deadline of next Thursday July 2nd.
His ruling in response to a lawsuit by journalist and legal commentator Katie Phang.
One blacked out name in an email is the recipient of an email from convicted sex offender Epstein referring to a 'torture video'...CBS News USA
(UPDATED) AT LEAST 18 ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN APPROACHING MOSCOW LATE TONIGHT.
DEBRIS FELL IN AT LEAST ONE LOCATION...TASS RUSSIA...
The government of President William Ruto cracking down on protesters remembering demonstrators killed by government security forces two years ago today.
At least 60 people killed in the protests which included the breaching of the grounds of Kenya's parliament.
Demonstrators opposed tax increases imposed by the government...Al Jazeera Qatar
THE US SUPREME COURT RULING THAT LAWSUITS CANNOT BE ALLOWED UNDER FEDERAL LAW AGAINST PESTICIDE MAKER 'MONSANTO'.
A MISSOURI JURY HAD ALREADY RULED IN FAVOR OF PLANTIFF JOHN DURNELL IN HIS LAWSUIT LINKED TO CANCER CAUSED BY THE 'ROUNDUP' WEED KILLER.
THE COURT'S 7-2 RULING SAW LIBERTARIAN-LEANING JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH AND LIBERAL JUSTICE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON IN THE MINORITY.
THE CASE WATCHED BY MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN (MAHA) DISTURBED OVER LINKAGE BETWEEN 'ROUNDUP' AND CANCER...NPR USA...
MORE NEWS OF US SUPREME COURT RULINGS LATER IN THIS SUMMARY.
In Gaza and the "West Bank" at least two Palestinians killed in Israeli shooting attacks...Al Jazeera Qatar...
Three killed in the latest Israeli air attack in southern Lebanon. They were the occupants of a car in which another occupant was wounded...AFP France-Al Jazeera Qatar
A PROJECTILE STRIKING A CARGO VESSEL OFF THE COAST OF OMAN NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. NO CASUALTIES REPORTED...UKMTO "X"...
US OFFICIALS LATER TOLD THE 'WALL STREET JOURNAL' IRAN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK.
THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION SUSPENDING AN OPERATION TO MOVE MERCHANT VESSELS OUT OF THE PERSIAN GULF.
IRAN HAD WARNED ABOUT VESSELS TRANSITING THE AREA WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION...OSINTdefender "X"
(This Story Is Updated With Russian Reaction)
The European countries continuing their escalating sanctions enforcement against Russia in connection with the Ukraine War.
The French military seizing a Russian linked oil tanker off the coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea.
RULINGS FROM US SUPREME COURT AS ITS SESSION COMES TO AN END.
FIRST THE HIGH COURT RULING THAT MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM MUST ENTER THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THEY CAN APPLY FOR ASYLUM
THE RULING 6-3 CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS AND CONSERVATIVES IN THE MAJORITY LIBERALS IN THE MINORITY...BBC UK-MSN...
The US Supreme Court also ruling that Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Haitians and 6.100 Syrians can be terminated.
This will allow the United States to deport the Haitian and Syrian migrants.
The ruling 6-3 with Chief Justice John Roberts and five conservatives in the majority the three liberals in the minority.
In the majority opinion Justice Samuel Alito noting that the lower courts who overturned the TPS decisions acted beyond their authority...Reuters-Telegraph India...
Another 6-3 majority ruling from the US high court struck down an Hawaii law that banned firearms on private property unless authorized by the owner....CNN USA
FIVE PEOPLE IN ISOLATION IN FRANCE OVER CONTACT WITH A MAN WHO IS CONFIRMED TO HAVE THE EBOLA VIRUS.
THEY WERE ON AN AIR FRANCE FLIGHT FROM CONGO THAT LANDED NEAR PARIS ON TUESDAY.
IN CONGO 1118 CASES OF EBOLA NOW CONFIRMED ALONG WITH AT LEAST 267 DEATHS DUE TO THE OUTBREAK.
Judges of the International Criminal Court suing in US Federal Court over sanctions imposed by the Trump Administration.
The sanctions linked to the war crimes arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over war crimes in Gaza.
More than 70,000 people killed more than 170,000 wounded in the two-and-a-half-year conflict still underway in spite of a ceasefire proclaimed by Mr. Trump last fall.
The ICC based in the The Hague in the Netherlands also opened a probe into alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan...Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar
Iran's Foreign Ministry says European countries who supported the Iran War should be held accountable.
Both Italy and Romania named as nations who helped the US-Israeli war effort by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte...Press TV Iran
(UPDATED) AT LEAST 235 KILLED (ASSOCIATED PRESS) IN THE TWO BACK-TO-BACK EARTHQUAKES IN VENEZUELA LAST EVENING.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 71.72 points or .14 percent.
The NASDAQ declined 118.03 points or .46 percent.
At 446 pm the price of oil in New York 71 dollars 66 cents a barrel up one dollar 32 cents or 1.88 percent...Marketwatch
The cost of the Iran War totaled for Congress the Trump Administration requesting 87.6 billion dollars in additional funding...The Hill USA
TWO TOP DUTCH OFFICIALS VISITING SYRIA WITH MIGRANTS ON THEIR MIND.
THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IN CHARGE OF MIGRATION AND THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS LOBBYING THE NEW SYRIAN JIHADIST GOVERNMENT TO TAKE BACK MIGRANTS FROM THE NETHERLANDS.
THEY ENVISION FORCED RETURN OF SOME SYRIANS NOW IN THE NETHERLANDS.
THE NETHERLANDS IS PROVIDING SYRIA WITH ASSISTANCE FOR RECONSTRUCTION FOLLOWING THE CIVIL WAR WON BY THE WESTERN BACKED JIHADIST FORCES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
There is controversy here in the United States over eight federal terrorism sentences handed out to opponents of President Trump's illegal immigration crackdown.
A 100-year sentence given to Benjamin Song who shot a police office in the neck in a confrontation outside of an ICE facility in Texas.
The others defined as accomplices and given lengthy sentences.
Australian "Today" show host Karl Stefanovic being forced out after he did a podcast interview with British Anti-Mass Immigration, Islamization activist Tommy Robinson.
Channel Nine holding 'crisis meetings' following the podcast which was promoted with both men holding their arms around each other.
Mr. Stefanovic has called himself "Joe Bogan" comparing himself to American podcaster "Joe Rogan".
Quick to support Stefanovic Senator Pauline Hanson leader of Australia's rising "One Nation Party" speaking of him as her 'close friend'...ABC News Australia
TWO POWERFUL EARTHQUAKES IN SUCCESSION THIS EVENING IN VENEZUELA.
THEY WERE 7.1 AND 7.5 IN MAGNITUDE CENTERED IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL INTERIOR OF THE COUNTRY WEST OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF CARACAS AND EAST OF THE PORT CITY OF MARACAIBO.
20 ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN APPROACHING MOSCOW DURING THE DAY...TASS RUSSIA...
245 ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN BY RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES TODAY...(TASS RUSSIA)
In Gaza today a 12-year-old child killed in an Israeli drone attack in Gaza.
Others wounded in the attack.
1,027 deaths in Israeli attacks since a cease fire was proclaimed last fall in Gaza with 3,280 wounded. Five Israeli soldiers killed, others wounded as well...Al Jazeera Qatar...
Palestinian media reporting a man killed in an Israeli raid in the city of Jenin in the "West Bank".
(UPDATE) IN WASHINGTON PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING NOISE ABOUT NOT SIGNING A HOUSING BILL PASSED BY CONGRRESS.
A SIGNING CEREMONY FOR THE BILL ABRUPTLY CANCELLED.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA MR. TRUMP STRESSING THE NEED TO PASS HIS ELECTION RELATED LEGISLATION THE 'SAVE ACT'.
THE LEGISLATION CAN BECOME LAW WITHOUT MR. TRUMP'S SIGNATURE UNLESS HE CHOOSES TO VETO IT...THE HILL USA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu completing his trial testimony after 18 months on the stand in his on again, off again corruption trial.
The ongoing trial has lasted six years so far heavily disrupted by the conflicts Israel has been involved in during the last two and one-half years.
Netanyahu's defense lawyer called him back to the stand after cross-examination by prosecutors.
In his final testimony Mr. Netanyahu describing his prosecution as a political vendetta leading to '10 years of hell' for him...Times of Israel
TWO KILLED IN AN ISRAELI DRONE STRIKE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.
THE US-IRAN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MoU) CALLS FOR A CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON.
ISRAEL DESCRIBING THE ATTACK AS A STRIKE ON OPERATIVES OF THE IRAN-ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT...AL JAZEERA QATAR
The transcript of billionaire Bill Gates testimony released by the House Government Oversight Committee.
Mr. Gates acknowledging he may have been in the presence of women and girls sexually abused by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
But Gates says he did not interact with them...CNN "X"
ONE KILLED, SIX WOUNDED IN UKRAINIAN ATTACKS IN THE BELGOROD REGION ON THE BORDER WITH UKRAINE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...TASS RUSSIA
The first case of infection by the Ebola virus confirmed in France. It's linked to the outbreak in Congo and Uganda.
The French Ebola case involves a doctor who recently returned to France from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He is now being treated in isolation with an investigation underway into those the doctor was in contact with...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...
At the end of last week Israeli authorities reported that a man was hospitalized in isolation in Haifa because of a suspected case of Ebola after return from Congo.
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 182.06 points or .35 percent.
The NASDAQ down 110.40 points or .43 percent.
At 450 pm New York Time the price of oil 69 dollars 85 cents a barrel down three dollars 36 cents or 4.59 percent...Marketwatch
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MOVING TO SUPPORT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED ELECTRICITY DEMAND DRIVEN BY TECHNOLOGY.
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BACKING 17.5 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF LOANS TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION OF 10 LARGE-SCALE NUCLEAR PLANTS.
IT IS HOPED THOSE PLANTS WILL BE IN OPERATION BY THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT DECADE...The Hill USA-MSN
The return of migrants to Afghanistan part of the talks going on in Brussels between a Taliban delegation and European Union officials.
Diplomatic services also a topic of discussion but the desire of European countries to send migrants back to Afghanistan including those who commit crimes and lose appeals for asylum of greater concern.
Rights groups say the EU should be demanding that the Taliban respect human rights...India Today
IN ISRAEL CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE 'SHIN BET' DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
NEW SHIN BET CHIEF DAVID ZINI CANCELLED AN AGENCY 'PRIDE MONTH' CELEBRATION.
OTHER ACTIONS TAKEN INCLUDED THE REMOVAL OF FUNDING FOR THE AGENCY'S LGBTQ GROUP...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Inflation in Australia eased slightly in one category but rose in another. Consumer prices rose 4 percent in May down from 4.2 percent in April.
But the underlying inflation rate went higher last month to 3.6 percent from 3.4 percent in April...ABC News Australia