Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/20/2026*NETANYAHU TALKS IRAN GOV'T ELIMINATION*YEMEN WAR*IRAN CLAIMS TANKER, DRONE HITS*CALL TO ARREST ISRAELI COMMANDER IN US*GAZA FOOD AID CUT*US ENVOY UKRAINE TALKS*
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(SERVICE SUSPENDED DUE TO PERSONAL COMMITMENTS WILL RESUME WEDESDAY)
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS HE TOLD US PRESIDENT TRUMP OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ELIMINATING IRAN'S CURRENT GOVERNMENT.
HE SPOKE OF IT AS A 'TERRORIST REGIME'.
NETANYAHU SPEAKING ONE WEEK BEFORE ISRAEL'S ELECTION...(NEWS AGENCIES)
(Updated) In the Yemen War two explosions heard in Riyadh Saudi Arabia's capital.
The Saudis say one Houthi missile was shot down.
Later the downing of a drone was reported in Riyadh.
The Yemeni government aligned with Saudi Arabia says a Houthi attack on besieged city of Taiz was repelled...
FULL DAWN PAKISTAN MID-EAST WAR BLOG
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IRAN SAYS TWO TANKERS ARE 'ABLAZE' AND HAVE BEEN STOPPED IN THE SOUTHERN STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
THIS IS LINKED TO THE VESSEL HITTING MINES PLANTED BY IRANIAN FORCES...TASNIM NEWS AGENCY IRAN
IRAN ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE SHOT DOWN A US MQ-9 REAPER DRONE OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IRAN SAYING THIS IS THE 54TH SUCH DRONE IT DESTROYED IN THE IRAN WAR...FARS IRAN-DAWN PAKISTAN WAR BLOG
Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan calling for the arrest of an Israeli soldier reportedly in the United States over war crime allegations.
Sean Glass, now reported in the US, was commander of a unit that shot and killed five-year-old Hind Rajab, then killed medics trying to rescue her.
The child spoke by cell phone from the vehicle she was in after her family members died and before her own death on January 29, 2024.
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filing an emergency appeal to the US Justice Department to arrest Glass.
Congresswoman Tlaib notes that as a party to the Genocide Convention and Geneva Convention the US is obliged to arrest and investigate him for war crimes and genocide...Al Jazeera Qatar
FOOD AID FOR RESIDENTS OF GAZA IS BEING CUT BACK DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDS.
THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) SAYS IT RECEIVED LESS THAN HALF ITS FUNDING THIS YEAR THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AS A RESULT FOOD AID IS ENDING FOR 500,000 GAZA RESIDENTS.
AND THE FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR 1.1 MILLION OTHER RESIDENTS IS BEING REDUCED IN SCOPE.
THE WFP SEEKING 450 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING TO MAINTAIN CRITICAL OPERATIONS IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS...AL JAZEERA QATAR
US envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo, Norway today talking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and representatives of the NATO nations supporting Ukraine.
Witkoff then expected to visit Russia and meet President Vladimir Putin...
Barak Ravid "X"
The markets today.
The Dow rising 529.85 points or 1.02 percent.
The NASDAQ down 6.07 points.
At 430 pm in New York the price of oil down two dollars 57 cents or 2.48 percent...Marketwatch
INTERNATIONAL GROCERY RETAILER AHOLD DALHAIZE REPORTING A CYBER ATTACK TO DUTCH AUTHORITIES JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER IT HAPPENED.
THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE IN THE NETHERLANDS APPEALED TO THE COMPANY TO FILE A REPORT.
THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS BEEN STRUGGLING DUE TO 'MALICIOUS ACTION BY THIRD PARTIES'.
VARIOUS AHOLD DALHAIZE BRANDS ARE IMPACTED INCLUDING 'ALBERT HEIJN' STORES IN THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM AND 'GIANT FOOD STORES' IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
ONLINE SHOPPING REMAINS DISRUPTED BY THE CYBER ATTACK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Monday, October 19, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 10/19/2026*HEGSETH-NETANYAHU MEETING*ALBERTA REFERENDUM*CURFEWS IN FRANCE*PAK MILITARY CHIEF VISITING IRAN MEDIATION WITH US*FLORIDA MURDER CHARGES RAUL CASTRO*ISRAELI POLICE DETAIN ATTACK SUSPECTS*YEMEN WAR*RUSSIAN FM MEETS IRAN PRES*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Sudan's civil war more than 160 people killed in drone attacks in recent days.
Both sides the Sudanese Army and the United Arab Emirates backed Rapid Support Forces are held accountable for the attacks by groups monitoring the war...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
US DEFENSE (WAR) SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH MEETING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AT AN AIR BASE IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL.
THEIR MEETING EIGHT DAYS BEFORE ISRAEL'S ELECTION AT THE OVDA AIR BASE IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL WHERE US WARPLANES AND REFUELING PLANES ARE BASED.
HEGSETH ALSO MEETING US MILITARY PERSONNEL DURING HIS VISIT.
HIS VISIT ONE DAY AFTER US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT OF NETANYAHU IN ISRAEL'S ELECTION NEXT WEEK.
THE VISIT AMID DISCUSSIONS OF RESUMING WARFARE AGAINST IRAN POSSIBLY BEFORE THE ISRAELI AND US ELECTIONS...JERUSALEM POST ISRAEL
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In the western Canadian province of Alberta, a referendum question described as an 'independence question' and framed as 'breaking away' from Canada.
The question offered by Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith was one that if approved would have set the stage for negotiations and an actual vote on independence from Canada.
The referendum question stirred emotions with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney using it to drive home his differences on tariffs and trade with US President Donald Trump.
Just two days before the vote there was a fiery disaster at a Canadian military base in Wainwright, Alberta with four soldiers killed and 39 wounded.
106 polling stations got off to a slow start this morning meaning they were kept open late.
The non-binding question on moving towards an independence referendum was defeated...
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CURFEWS IN SOME FRENCH CITIES TONIGHT INCLUDING A GENERAL CURFEW IN CERTAIN PARTS OF PARIS BETWEEN 11 PM AND 6 AM.
BUT IN THE NORTHERN CITY OF LILLE AND THE SOUTHERN CITY OF NICE CURFEWS INVOLVING MINORS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED.
THIS FOLLOWS ISOLATED ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND LOOTING ON THE SIDELINES OF RECENT STUDENT PROTESTS OVER SCHOOL CONDITIONS AND GENERAL PROTESTS OVER THE COST OF LIVING.
DURING THE DAY A BAN ON PROTESTS AND GATHERINGS IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF MARSEILLE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"hundreds of thousands of shekels"
Those words from Jonatan Urich an aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describing the money he received from Qatar between 2021 and 2024.
Mr. Urich speaking those words under interrogation by Israeli police probing the "Qatargate" scandal in which aides to Mr. Netanyahu received cash to help improve the image of Qatar.
Urich's work continued even after the Hamas attack on Israel in October of 2023 by the Qatari-financed Hamas organization based in Gaza.
Mr. Urich has been indicted in another scandal involving the leaking of classified information to the German newsmagazine "Bild".
The revelation of Mr. Urich's interrogation in Israeli media coming days before Israel's election...Times Of Israel
PAKISTAN'S MILITARY CHIEF VISITING IRAN TOMORROW. THIS ACCORDING TO IRANIAN MEDIA.
FIELD MARSHAL ASIM MUNIR IS THE POWER BEHIND PAKISTAN'S CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT AND CONNECTED TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
MUNIR'S VISIT LINKED TO MEDIATION OF THE IRAN WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES...TASNIM NEWS AGENCY IRAN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IRAN'S NAVY SAYS THE US ATTACKED A BASE ON THE SOUTHEASTRN COAST OF IRAN THIS MORNING.
TWO WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK...AL-JAZEERA-DAWN PAKISTAN
A Florida state court issuing an arrest warrant for former Cuban President and Defense Minister Raul Castro.
Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier says that Castro is charged with conspiracy to commit first degree murder.
Mr. Castro already facing a federal indictment in the US for the 1996 shoot down of two aircraft that killed four men in waters between Cuba and the United States.
The "Brothers to the Rescue" aircraft were seeking to assist Cubans in boats trying to reach the United States...NBC Miami
UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS THERE WAS NO EARLY WARNING FROM NATIONS SUPPORTING UKRAINE WHEN 16 RUSSIAN MISSILES HIT KIEV THIS MORNING.
ONE PERSON KILLED IN THE ATTACK WITH POWER KNOCKED OUT TO MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.
RUSSIA CHARACTERIZING ITS ATTACKS ON UKRAINE EARLY TODAY AS 'MASSIVE' AND VERY SUCCESSFUL...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
In Israel police detained 10 suspects in the nationalist attacks on a Washington Post photojournalist and European Union officials in the "West Bank".
Evidence linking them to the attacks was found. Police also seized vehicles...Times Of Israel
At least 12 migrants have died in two separate incidents in the Aegean Sea.
Greek authorities speak of one incident where six people were killed when a migrant speedboat collided with a police patrol boat.
Six others died when their boat capsized.
22 people rescued from both incidents. A 37-year-old Turkish man arrested as a suspected migrant smuggler...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
(UPDATED) IN THE YEMEN WAR 50 KILLED IN A HOUTHI ATTACK ON A GOVERNMENT MILITARY CAMP.
THERE WAS AN ATTACK ALERT IN SAUDI ARABIA THIS AFTERNOON.
SAUDI AUTHORITIES WARNING THE PUBLIC NOT TO POST VIDEOS RELATED TO THE ALERT...DAWN PAKISTAN MIDDLE EAST WAR BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 36.38 points.
The NASDAQ rising 290.85 points or 1.11 percent.
At 443 pm New York Time the price of oil 103 dollars 89 cents a barrel up two dollars 48 cents or 2.45 percent...Marketwatch
IN TEHRAN TODAY IRAN'S PRESIDENT RECEIVING RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER.
MASOUD PEZESHKIAN MEETING SERGEI LAVROV AMID THE US-IRAN WAR STALEMATE.
THE MEETING ALSO TAKING PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF APPARENT US OVERTURES TO RUSSIA RELATED TO THE UKRAINE WAR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DEFERRING HARSH SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA AND THIRD COUNTRIES WHILE STARLINK SATELLITE SERVICES ASSISTING UKRAINE'S WAR EFFORT WERE SLOWED DOWN FOR A WHILE LAST WEEK...TASS RUSSIA
Sunday, October 18, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 10/18/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*UKRAINE APOLOGY DRONE INCIDENT*YEMEN WAR*LE PEN SEES GOV'T 'IMPOTENCE'*JANUARY 6TH, MACRON, THE LEFT, FRENCH PROTESTS*4 KILLED CANADA MILITARY BASE*EURO OFFICIALS ATTACKED WEST BANK CHRISTIAN VILLAGE*ISRAELI SETTLER ATTACKS*EURO ECONOMIC PROTESTS CLASHES*UKRAINE WAR*
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We are watching the latest developments in France, Canada and Israel as able but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The "Wall Street Journal" reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin is proposing a three-way meeting to discuss the Ukraine War.
The meeting would involve Mr. Putin, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The three leaders could meet on November 18th and 19th on the sidelines of a economic summit in China...OSINTdefender "X"
IRAN SAYS THAT AN OIL TANKER HIT A MINE IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND IS ON FIRE.
THE TANKER USING THE 'SOUTHERN ROUTE' WHERE THE US MILITARY OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO MERCHANT VESSELS USING THE STRAIT...AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN
UKRAINE APOLOGIZING AFTER DRONE DEBRIS DAMAGED A MOVING CAR IN NORTHERN LITHUANIA.
UKRAINE SUGGESTING RUSSIAN JAMMING OF ATTACKING DRONES LED TO THE INCIDENT.
WARPLANES SCRAMBLED IN RESPONSE TO THE DRONE THREAT...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE...
(Updated) Nine days before Israel's election US President Donald Trump endorsing the re-election of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mr. Trump characterizing Netanyahu as 'Strong...Brave...Brilliant"...Al Jazeera Qatar...
Mr. Netanyahu saying that following Israel's election both he and Trump will eliminate the Iranian 'threat'.
The European Union demanding 'full accountability' from Israel following yesterday's attack on diplomats from Belgium, France and Poland by Israeli nationalist settlers.
The EU foreign policy spokesperson also called for 'effective measures' to prevent nationalists from attacking Palestinians as has been the case in recent weeks during the olive harvest season...Times Of Israel
The Yemen War today the Houthis report nine killed in Saudi attacks with the Saudis saying six were wounded in a Houthi attack on Najran in southern Saudi Arabia...DAWN PAKISTAN MID-EAST WAR BLOG...
More Yemen War developments later in the summary.
FRANCE PROTEST TURMOIL
MACRON DECRIES VIOLENCE, SUPPORTS LOCAL OFFICIALS ACTING TO BAN PROTESTS AMID WIDESPREAD STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN RECENT WEEKS
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FOLLOWING PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S SPEECH TONIGHT WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM OPPOSITION POLITICIANS.
SOME NOTED HE DID NOT ADDRESS CONCERNS OF THOSE PROTESTING YESTERDAY REGARDING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
MACRON DECRYING INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE SEEN ALONGSIDE MANY PEACEFUL PROTESTS THIS WEEKEND.
MR. MACRON SPEAKING OF 'FULL TRANSPARENCY' IN MAINTAINING ORDER SAYING THAT LOCAL OFFICIALS SHOULD MAKE DECISIONS TO BAN PROTESTS DEEMED DANGEROUS OR THREATENING.
THIS APPEARS TO GIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PRETEXT TO SHUT DOWN STUDENT-LED DEMONSTRATIONS OUTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES IN RECENT WEEKS.
"an exhausted disoriented Macronist power, which now seems incapable of doing anything other than commenting on its own impotence.
We are experiencing a deep crisis of confidence, of authority that poses a threat to democracy.
The observation should alert us: our country is trapped, even hostage, between violence and powerlessness."
LEADING 2027 FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARINE LE PEN ON THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS IN FRANCE
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FRANCE FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S PROTESTS WITH ISOLATED BUT DRAMATIC INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE AND LOOTING IN THE JANUARY 6TH VEIN.
THE CENTRIST GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON POINTING A FINGER AT LEFTISTS FOR THE VIOLENCE.
THE NUMBER OF THOSE ARRESTED REVISED ABOVE 2,000.
HIS CENTIST POLITICAL FACTION NOW IN THIRD PLACE FOR NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL BEHIND MARINE LE PEN AND LEFTIST JEAN-LUC MELENCHON.
THE ONLY WAY FOR MACRON'S CENTRIST CANDIDATE LE HAVRE MAYOR EDOUARD PHILIPPE TO FACE MARINE LE PEN IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE 2027 ELECTION IS TO DIMINISH SUPPORT FOR THE LEFT.
MR. PHILIPPE THIS AFTERNOON CALLED FOR A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE EVENTS OF OCTOBER 17TH.
PHILIPPE DECRYING 'THE DIVISION THAT IS HITTING THE COUNTRY'.
MEANWHILE THE PRESIDENT OF MARINE LE PEN'S POLITICAL PARTY THE NATIONAL RALLY (RN) JORDAN BARDELLA SAID:
"order no longer exists in France today"
MR. BARDELLA APPEARED BEFORE THE MEDIA OUTSIDE A POLICE STATION.
HE SPOKE OF THE NOTION OF PRESIDENT MACRON RESIGNING.
THIS AFTERNOON A PROTEST CALLED AT THE PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE IN PARIS A SCENE OF CONFRONTATION YESTERDAY.
POLICE DEPLOYED IN RESPONSE TO THE SUDDENLY ANNOUNCED DEMONSTRATION...
BFM-TV FRANCE BLOG TODAY OCTOBER 18TH (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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EARLIER DEVELOPMENTS LATER IN SUMMARY.
(UPDATED) IN THE UKRAINE WAR RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES DOWNING 126 ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG.
AT LEAST ONE FATALITY NOW REPORTED IN THE ATTACK FIVE OTHERS WERE WOUNDED...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)
THE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK TARGETING AN OIL TERMINAL AND DATA CENTER.
A FIRE REPORTED AT THE ST. PETERSBURG OIL TERMINAL...TASS RUSSIA...
MORE UKRAINE WAR NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
A TUG STRUCK BY TWO PROJECTILES OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. NO INJURIES REPORTED...UKMTO 'X'
IN KOLKATA, INDIA 19 KILLED IN A STAMPEDE AT A FESTIVAL.
A MISLEADING ANNOUNCEMENT IS SAID TO HAVE LED TO THE STAMPEDE.
POLICE MAKING SEVEN ARRESTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DISASTER...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...
15 DEATHS REPORTED IN A TRUCK ACCIDENT IN MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA.
THE TRUCK RAN OVER DEVOTEES GATHERED NEAR A TEMPLE IN GWAILOR.
OTHERS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT...NDTV INDIA
In the Yemen War an attack alert in the Saudi capital Riyadh Sunday morning.
Two Houthi missiles intercepted and destroyed by air defenses in southwestern Saudi Arabia...Dawn Pakistan Middle East War Blog...
More Yemen War news later in the summary.
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FOUR KILLED IN A FIERY DISASTER AT A CANADIAN MILITARY BASE IN ALBERTA.
PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY SAYS NEXT OF KIN HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
39 OTHERS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
LAST NIGHT ALBERTA'S PREMIER DANIELLE SMITH SPOKE OF A 'SIGNIFICANT AND TRAGIC FIRE' AT CFB WAINWRIGHT.
HOSPITALS IN THE CITY OF EDMONTON WENT ON 'CODE ORANGE' TO ACCEPT MASS CASUALTIES.
A FIRE TRIGGERED BY THE DISASTER SPREAD BEYOND THE BOUDARIES OF THE MILITARY BASE BUT HAS BEEN CONTAINED.
A RESIDENT OF THE AREA SAID HE HEARD A BIG BANG, THEN LATER SAW SMOKE AND FIRE....
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There is condemnation from Israeli officials following the attack on European diplomats and officials visiting the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh near Ramallah in the "West Bank".
But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office expressed doubt about the authenticity of the attack.
Video of the attack has been posted online including French mayor Bernard Baudoux lying on the ground...Ynet News Israel (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)...
Mayor Baudoux put on a French tricolor sash to identify himself as the attackers arrived but they beat him anyway...Associated Press-MSN USA...
French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot demanding that Israel arrest those responsible for attacking the mayor and bring them to justice...AFP France-The Hindu India...
The group attacked included diplomats from European countries and representatives of the Roman Catholic Church.
Meanwhile six Palestinians injured in a nationalist settler attack on residents of the village of Ma'in south of Hebron.
There were other incidents including the wounding of two Palestinians by settler gunfire in a village west of Ramallah...Al Jazeera Qatar...
The tensions just days before Israelis vote on October 27th...
"I probably would have been dead"
Heidi Levine, a photojournalist for the "Washington Post", thanking Palestinians who intervened when she was attacked by Israeli nationalist settlers on Friday in the "West Bank".
Levine beaten for ten minutes by the settlers ending up with one finger almost severed.
She is being treated at a hospital in Israel saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's denial that she was attacked is 'such a lie and the biggest insult'...Times of Israel
A NATIONWIDE DAY OF PROTEST BRINGING MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ONTO THE STREETS OF FRANCE SATURDAY INCLUDING MORE THAN 100,000 IN PARIS.
THE STUDENT PROTEST MOVEMENT THAT SWEPT HIGH SCHOOLS AND SOME UNIVERSITIES MERGING WITH PROTESTERS OBJECTING TO THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
LEFT-WING POLITICAL LEADERS IN FRANCE SUPPORTING THE PROTESTS WITH THE CENTRIST GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND PRIME MINISTER SEBASTIEN LECORNU DECRYING VIOLENT INCIDENTS ON THE FRINGES OF THE PROTEST.
THEY SUGGEST AN EXTREME THREAT TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
ON SATURDAY EVENING AN INCIDENT INVOLVING THE TORCHING OF THE TOWN HALL IN LIMOGES...
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 411 INCLUDES COVERAGE OF PROTESTS
BESIDES THE DEMONSTRATIONS IN FRANCE, THERE WERE SIMILAR PROTESTS IN NEIGHBORING BELGIUM AS WELL AS ITALY AND PORTUGAL.
THEY ALL FOCUSED ON THE HIGH COST OF LIVING DRIVEN IN LARGE PART BY ENERGY PRICES DRIVEN UP BY THE UKRAINE, IRAN AND YEMEN WARS.
CLASHES WITH POLICE REPORTED AT THE DEMONSTRATIONS...AL JAZEERA QATAR...
Injuries reported as protesters took to the streets of Albania's capital city of Tirana for a fifth straight day.
Water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets used by police.
The demonstrators led by students demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
They object to corruption and economic conditions in Albania...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The Yemen War this weekend Saudi officials say four attacking Houthi drones were shot down over Saudi Arabia...(News Agencies)...
The Yemen government backed by the Saudis claiming more than 1,400 attacks on the Houthis.
The Houthis report 12 deaths in attacks by Saudi warplanes...Dawn Pakistan Blog Iran-Yemen Wars...
Meanwhile Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaking of his country's willingness to defend Saudi Arabia if asked...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
IN THE UKRAINE WAR UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS ON MOSCOW FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY INCLUDING A 75-DRONE ATTACK SATURDAY MORNING.
THE ATTACKING DRONES DOWNED BY AIR DEFENSES.
EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO SITES WHERE DRONE DEBRIS FELL...TASS RUSSIA...
IN THE BLACK SEA NEAR UKRAINE ROMANIAN WARPLANES SHOT DOWN TWO DRONES.
THERE HAVE BEEN DRONE ATTACKS IN RECENT WEEKS ON MERCHANT SHIPPING OFF THE COASTS OF BULGARIA AND ROMANIA...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY...
MEANWHILE UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WARNING THAT RUSSIA IS SEEKING TO TAKE DOWN HIS COUNTRY'S ENERGY GRID.
MR. ZELENSKY SAID THAT RUSSIA SEEKS TO KEEP RESIDENTS OF UKRAINE IN THE COLD THIS COMING WINTER.
REPORTS FROM UKRAINE OF INTENSIFIED RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY...
MEANWHILE THE 'FINANCIAL TIMES' IN THE UK SAYS THAT PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS TELLING REPORTERS ON 'WHATS APP' THAT THE 'STARLINK' SATELLITE SYSTEMS ARE STILL OPERATING AT SLOW SPEED.
HE SPOKE OF A 'PLANNED OPERATION' TO KEEP STARLINK SLOWED DOWN IN UKRAINE.
THERE ARE MEDIA REPORTS THAT STARLINK OWNER ELON MUSK PROPOSED THE STARLINK SLOWDOWN TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP...OSINTdefender "X"
(Updated) Two killed, 11 injured when a black truck drove into a crowd in Wichita, Kansas.
It happened in a field at the Stryker Sports Complex during a soccer game.
The driver of the truck a 34-year-old woman taken into custody with two girls said to have been inside the truck.
The incident being called a 'tragedy'...
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POPE LEO XIV DISCHARGED FROM THE GEMELLI HOSPITAL IN ROME SATURDAY FOLLOWING LUNG CANCER SURGERY.
HE SPOKE TO PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE THE HOPSITAL AS HE LEFT.
THE PONTIFF IS ALLOWED TO RESUME HIS NORMAL DUTIES...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)
Saturday, October 17, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*ISRAEL NATIONALISTS ATTACK EURO OFFICIALS*TANKER ATTACKS OFF SAUDI ARABIA*FRENCH PROTESTS*IRAN GETS THE INITIATIVE*HOPELESS YET THERE IS HOPE*
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There will be a Sunday News Summary starting at Midnight Eastern US Time tonight...LINK
NEWDUMP ALERT: ISRAELI NATIONALIST ATTACK ON EUROPEAN OFFICIALS, DIPLOMATS IN WEST BANK VILLAGE DENOUNCED BY ISRAELI OFFICIALS BUT DOUBTED BY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU...
Ynet News Israel Story (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)
NEWSDUMP ALERT: HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PROTEST HIGH PRICES, SCHOOL CONDITIONS IN FRANCE...
France Yellow Vests Post Including Details
NEWSDUMP ALERT: TWO TANKER ATTACKS OFF SAUDI ARABIA
Two tankers attacked off the coast of Saudi Arabia...
UKMTO Attack Warning One
UKMTO Attack Warning Two
ISRAEL USED TO DO THE SATURDAY ATTACKS ON ITS ENEMIES INCLUDING THE ASSASSINATION OF IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENI EARLIER THIS YEAR.
NOW IRAN HAS THE SATURDAY ATTACK INITIATIVE.
The music this week and instrumental music in the 1960's the 'easy listening' sound parents enjoyed like this hit from Bert Kaempfert...
"AFRICAN BEAT"-BERT KAEMPFERT
'FUN, FUN, FUN"-THE BEACH BOYS (LIVE FRANCE 1964)
"CELEBRATE THIS HEARTBEAT"-RANDY STONEHILL
"I'm a little bit like Jeremiah my wife calls me Jeremiah sometimes.
Because you know Jeremiah watched for 40 years the deterioration of his country.
He saw his country captured. He saw the city of Jerusalem destroyed."
DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 1:50 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW...
Dr. Billy Graham-"Hopeless Yet There Is Hope"
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FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 411**HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PROTEST WITH CONFRONTATONS*FORMER PM SEES 'CIVIL WAR' FANTASY INCITEMENT*DUTCH-FRENCH NUKE WEAPONS TALKS*LE PEN POLLING FIRST, MELENCHON SECOND*FM OUTRAGED ISRAELI SETTLER ATTACK FRENCH MAYOR*
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
(ADDITIONAL MATERIAL WILL BE ADDED DURING THE DAY AS PROTESTS UNFOLD)
On Wednesday Dutch officials in Paris discussing the Netherlands participation in France's nuclear deterrence.
Conventional defense cooperation also on the agenda but now the Netherlands is responding to French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to European nations to come under France's nuclear umbrella.
The UK, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Greece, Sweden and Denmark also offered positive responses to Mr. Macron's initiative.
One potential outcome of Dutch-French nuclear weapons talks could be the deployment of French nuclear weapons in the Netherlands.
While the British nuclear deterrent is dependent on use of American systems in missile-launching submarines France maintains its own sovereign nuclear deterrence including four submarines with 48 missiles each containing five warheads.
In addition, France has 50 nuclear tipped cruise missiles that can be launched from Rafale warplanes.
When President Macron extended his invitation for European countries to join France's nuclear deterrence earlier this year he announced that France will increase the number of its nuclear warheads...
"The Netherlands and France are talking for the first time about cooperation on nuclear weapons"-NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THIS WEEK A NEW ODOXA POLL IN THE APRIL 2027 FIRST ROUND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOWING THE TOP TWO FINISHERS TO BE MARINE LE PEN OF THE NATIONAL RALLY AND JEAN-LUC MELENCHON OF LA FRANCE INSOUMISE (LFI).
LE PEN AT 37-38 PERCENT SUPPORT, MELENCHON AT 18-18.5 PERCENT SUPPORT.
CENTIST CANDIDATE LE HAVRE MAYOR EDOUARD PHILIPPE GAINING 17 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN THE FIRST ROUND.
IF LE PEN FACED MELENCHON IN THE SECOND-ROUND VOTE ON MAY 2ND SHE WOULD WIN A MAJOR LANDSLIDE VICTORY.
HER MARGIN OF VICTORY OVER MR. PHILIPPE IN A SECOND ROUND VOTE WOULD BE NARROWER BUT SIGNIFICANT...
"Le Pen and Mélenchon gain momentum ahead of French 2027 election, poll shows"-Reuters
On Tuesday the high school student protest movement again took to the streets of France 480,000 demonstrators across the country according to the organizers with the government estimate 161,500.
University students joining in swelling protest ranks compared to the previous Thursday.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg appeared in Paris in support of the demonstrations...
France 24 Tuesday October 13 Protest Blog
Another day of street protests on Thursday with Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaking of the student protests as a 'movement of urban violence'.
Today a nationwide day of protest with demonstrations banned in some areas of the center of Paris.
Today's demonstrations encompass the students demanding more money be spent on schools along with public frustration at the increasingly high cost of living driven by energy shortages linked to the Ukraine, Iran and Yemen wars...
Protest Video Nimes France Today 10/17/2026
Demonstrations nationwide tens of thousands in Paris hundreds of thousands protesting nationwide today.
THE CGT TRADE UNION FEDERATION ESTIMATING MORE THAN 500,000 PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS TODAY EARLIER IN THE DAY BUT TONIGHT ORGANIZERS ESTIMATED 800,000 DEMONSTRATING ACROSS FRANCE.
THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF PROTESTERS TONIGHT 550,000 INCLUDING 110,000 IN PARIS.
BY COMPARISON THESE NUMBERS FALL SUBSTAINTIALLY SHORT OF THE MILLIONS THAT FLOODED FRENCH STREETS AT THE HEIGHT OF THE YELLOW VESTS MOVEMENT ALMOST EIGHT YEARS AGO.
DOZENS REPORTED INJURED WITH 1,200 ARRESTS ACROSS FRANCE.
Many peaceful protests but much media attention given over to violent elements that manifest themselves in the midst of the demonstrations and give government officials reason to ban protests in certain locations in Paris as is the case today.
The ultimate origin of those extreme elements is something worth more investigation.
In the midst of the mass demonstrations protesters wearing Yellow Vests.
There were confrontational scenes with police at Place de la Republique in Paris. There police used tear gas...VIDEO
Green Party National Assembly member Sandrine Rousseau condemning police actions speaking of:
"scenes that are unacceptable in a democracy"
Rousseau calling on Interior Minister Laurent Nunez to:
"calm down his policemen"
At one point demonstrators entered city halls in Lille and Marseille.
Some incidents involving fires or vandalism reported particularly in Marseille where shops were looted.
Hundreds of arrests were made by police.
Leftist Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon participating in the Paris protest today said:
"Wherever there are no police, there is calm and good humor"
Marching in Paris this afternoon Green Party Presidential Candidate Marine Tondelier says the government's characterization of the student protests as 'ultra-violent' is a means of creating antagonism and stirring up conflict.
She also said:
"I'm fed up with the doctrine of maintaining order in this country"
There was an emergency government meeting at 6 pm with President Emmanuel Macron on social media saying in part:
"There is no place for violence in our Republic. We will stand together against the sowers of chaos..."
In the aftermath of Mr. Macron's comments a former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin saying that "France is giving in to the fascination of violence" adding that the country:
"fantasizes about civil war to point of risking making it happen"
AND LATE TONIGHT ANOTHER ISOLATED BUT DRAMATIC VISUAL INCIDENT THE TORCHING OF THE CITY HALL IN THE CITY OF LIMOGES...
PROTEST PROCESSION IN PARIS TODAY
THREE HOUR LIVE VIDEO PARIS PROTEST SATURDAY OCTOBER 17TH, 2026
BFM-TV Blog (Translation Prompt)
"The Israeli authorities must arrest those responsible for these revolting acts and take them to justice"
Tonight the French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot outraged by the Israeli nationalist settler attack on a group of European diplomats in the Christian village of Taybeh.
78-year-old Mayor Bernaud Baudoux of the town of Aulnoye-Aymeries in northern France donned a French tricolor sash when attackers approached but he was beaten anyway...Associated Press-MSN USA...
Representatives of the Roman Catholic Church were also part of the group.
In his statement Mr. Barrot denounced in general nationalist settler violence in Judea and Samaria "("The West Bank") saying that Israeli authorities:
"must urgently halt this criminal violence and guarantee the safety of civilian populations, as they are compelled to do under international law"...
"France demands that Israel act after 'criminal violence' against visiting mayor"-AFP France-The Hindu India
For now that's news from France.
Friday, October 16, 2026
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE 'DUTCH CLOUD COMMUNITY' ASKING POLICE IN THE NETHERLANDS TO EXPLAIN WHY A SERVER WAS SEZIED AT THE REQUEST OF US AUTHORITIES WITHOUT DUTCH LEGAL PROCESS BEING FOLLOWED.
THE SERVER OF AN ITALIAN ANTI-FASCIST, ANTI-CAPITALIST INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER "AUTISTICI/INVENTATI" (A/I) WAS TAKEN BY DUTCH POLICE IN AMSTERDAM EAST THIS WEEK.
THE DUTCH CLOUD COMMUNITY GROUP WARNING THAT WHILE CRIME SHOULD BE FOUGHT POLITICAL EXPRESSION SHOULD NOT BE SUPPRESSED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In the Strait of Hormuz today an oil tanker hit by a projectile.
The 'MT ST 3' tanker was carrying a crew of 15 Indian sailors and none of them were hurt...Tass Russia
TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAIVING NEW TOUGHER SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA PROVIDED FOR IN THE LAW HE SIGNED BEARING THE NAME OF THE LATE US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
MR. TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER STATING THAT IT IS NOT IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED RUSSIA AND NATIONS IMPORTING RUSSIAN OIL OR NATURAL GAS LIKE INDIA.
THAT NATION AMONG OTHER WOULD HAVE FACED 100 US PERCENT TARIFFS ON ITS GOODS...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA
In Bend, Oregon 36-year-old carpenter Kaylub Giamanco being hailed as a hero for entering an elementary school to take down the shooter who killed four and seriously wounded two others.
Giamanco, a concealed weapons permit holder, saw 16-year-old Griffin J. John II entering the school after hearing gunshots.
Mr. Giamanco, whose two daughters attend the school, then went inside to kill the shooter...NBC News USA
17 DAYS UNTIL MID-TERM ELECTION DAY IN THE UNITED STATES. A TINY SAMPLING OF POLLS TODAY.
FIRST IN OHIO THE BOWLING GREEN/YOU GOV POLL SHOWING DEMOCRAT SHERROD BROWN LEADING REPUBLICAN JON HUSTED 48-42 PERCENT IN A US SENATE RACE.
IN THE OHIO GOVERNOR'S RACE DEMOCRAT AMY ACTON LEADING REPUBLICAN VIVEK RAMASWATHY 50-44 PERCENT.
THE RASMUSSEN REPORTS POLL FOR MICHIGAN'S US SENATE RACE SHOWING DEMOCRAT ABDUL EL-SAYED LEADING REPUBLICAN MIKE ROGERS 46-44 PERCENT.
IN ARKANSAS A TALK BUSINESS/HENDRIX COLLEGE POLL SHOWS INCUMBENT US SENATOR REPUBLICAN TOM COTTON WITH 50 PERCENT OF THE VOTE FACING TWO OPPONENTS WHO COMBINED HAVE 46 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.
IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA US SENATOR TOMMY TUBERVILLE THE REPUBLICAN LEADING DEMOCRAT DOUG JONES 50-37 PERCENT ACCORDING TO A RMG RESEARCH POLL.
AND TWO POLLS OUT TODAY REGARDING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S POPULARITY.
THE RASMUSSEN REPORTS POLL 56-43 PERCENT DISAPPROVING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PERFORMANCE WITH THE RMG RESEARCH POLL SHOWING 58-41 PERCENT DISAPPROVAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP...
REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS
North Korea says it tested a new precision-guided torpedo underwater using Artificial Intelligence to assist target detection and guidance function.
The test described as 'a great success foreseeing a significant change in the actual development of the Navy'...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
CBS NEWS REPORTING THAT US ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL RANDY GEORGE WARNED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR OF A CRITICAL SHORTAGE IN MISSILE DEFENSE INTERCEPTORS.
GENERAL GEORGE SPEAKING OF A SHORTAGE LASTING UNTIL 2030 WITH REDUCED INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY CITED AS ONE REASON.
MULTIPLE OFFICIALS ARE SOURCES FOR THE STORY.
GENERAL GEORGE DECLINED COMMENT WITH THE PENTAGON SAYING THAT MUNITIONS SHORTAGE CLAIMS ARE FALSE...OSINTdefender "X"
In New Mexico a judge tossing the child sexual abuse indictment of actor Timothy Busfield.
A defense motion to dismiss charges granted with Judge Joseph Montano citing prosecutorial misconduct and errors that undermined the grand jury process...CBS News USA
IN ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER EBIY AHMED APPOINTING AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT IN THE REBELLIOUS TIGRAY REGION.
MR. AHMED SPEAKING OF 'FREE AND FAIR' ELECTIONS BEING HELD IN THE REGION WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION FOLLOWS WEEKS OF FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT FORCES AND REBELS IN TIGRAY....NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE
Pope Leo XIV recovering from lung cancer surgery calling Russian President Vladimir Putin today.
The pontiff asking Mr. Putin for a ceasefire in a town on the Ukraine War battlefront.
He spoke of a grave humanitarian situation in the city of Oleshky asking for humanitarian aid and a voluntary civilian evacuation...EURONEWS...
Meanwhile Pope Leo celebrated Mass at a makeshift chapel in the Gemelli Hospital in Rome...Fox News-Yahoo
THE STREET PROTESTS AGAINST GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION CONTINUIE IN TIRANA, ALBANIA TONIGHT.
DEMONSTRATORS DEMANDING THE RESIGNATION OF PRIME MINISTER EDI RAMA.
POLICE FIGHTING WITH THE PROTESTERS INCLUDING THE USE OF TEAR GAS AND WATER CANNON...LIVE VIDEO FEED CNBC 18 INDIA
(Updated) The Yemen War tonight two Houthi missiles striking the Aden International Airport on Yemen's southern coast.
Police in Aden said there were no casualties...Tass Russia...
The Yemeni government claimed advances in the northern Marib region against the Houthis...(Anadolu Agency Turkey (Turkiye)).
More on the Yemen War later in the summary.
President Trump says he is asking the new White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia to reconsider her role. Media reports point to Zacharia leaving her role...(News Agencies)
FRANCE AND GERMANY ANNOUNCING A DEAL AIMED AT BOOSTING EUROPEAN ELECTRIC CAR PRODUCTION.
THE AGREEMENT DESIGNED TO COUNTER CHINA'S SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING OF LOW-COST ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO THE EUROPEAN MARKET.
RECENTLY THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CHINA CONCLUDED A DEAL TO GRADUALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CHINESE ELECTRIC CARS BEING EXPORTED TO EUROPE.
FRANCE AND GERMANY HOPE TO BRING OTHER EU COUNTRIES INTO THE DEAL AND EVEN THE UNITED KINGDOM...RFI FRANCE
In the Yemen War Saudi Arabia says it intercepted an incoming salvo of drones and missiles this evening.
Yemeni government forces said to have repelled Houthi attacks on two fronts near the besieged city of Taiz...
DAWN PAKISTAN MIDDLE EAST WAR BLOG
AT THE EUROPEAN UNION SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS A PLEDGE OF SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE FROM EU LEADERS.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN SAYING 'WE WILL NOT LIFT ANY SANCTIONS UNLESS RUSSIA STOPS THIS WAR'.
UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY APPEARED AT THE SUMMIT TODAY ON A WEEK WHEN US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLED FOR NEW LEADERSHIP IN UKRAINE...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
Palestinians and an American journalist attacked by masked Israeli nationalist settlers today.
The Palestinians were harvesting olives near the village of Abu Falah in the "West Bank" when they were descended upon.
Slingshots used by the settlers to launch stones during the attack. Olive trees were torched.
Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine knocked to the ground during the attack. She was kicked her cameras and phone taken from her.
Israeli troops in the area firing tear gas with Palestinians picking up stones to fight back...CBC News Canada...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)
AIR TRAFFIC OVER ITALY DISRUPTED TODAY. TAKE-OFFS, LANDINGS AND OVERFLIGHTS IMPACTED.
THE PROBLEM IS DESCRIBED AS TECHNICAL. AUTHORITIES SAY NO HACKING OR SABOTAGE IS SUSPECTED.
ONLY HALF OF THE USUSAL NUMBER OF AIRLINE FLIGHTS CAN BE HANDLED BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN ITALY TODAY...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The "Washington Post" publishing a list of donors for the controversial White House ballroom.
They include major tech companies like "Nvidia" and "Apple" with 25-million-dollar pledges.
Google donating 22 million dollars. Microsoft and defense contractor Lockheed Martin with 10 million dollar commitments.
Amazon commiting to five million dollars.
A fund of the late Pro-Israel Republican donor Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Adelson putting 25 million dollars into the ballroom.
Also, on the list the US Ambassador to the Netherlands Joe Popolo. Popolo and his wife donating one million dollars two months after he was appointed to his ambassadorship last year...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN NEW DELHI THOUSANDS OF POLICE DEPLOYED TO PREVENT NEW PROTESTS BY OPPONENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
STUDENT PROTEST FOUNDER ABHIJEET DIPKE AND OTHER PROTEST LEADERS DETAINED BY INDIAN POLICE.
A DEMONSTRATION CALLED OVER FIVE-DAY JAIL SENTENCES FOR LEADERS OF THE 'COCKROACH JANATA PARTY' YOUTH PROTEST MOVEMENT.
THOSE LEADERS INVOLVED IN DEMONSTRATIONS CALLED TO DEMAND REPLCEMENT OF INDIA'S ELECTION CHIEF OVER REMOVAL OF MILLIONS OF NAMES FROM VOTING LISTS...NEWS AGENCIES-REUTERS
Two Democrat US senators raising objections to US President Donald Trump's proposed nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia.
Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Ed Markey of Massachusetts sponsoring a resolution to block the deal.
The Senators speaking of a need for guardrails to prevent a civilian nuclear energy program from evolving into a military one.
Israel known to be concerned about a US-Saudi nuclear deal but President Trump countering that Saudi participation in the program will be contingent on Saudi Arabia committing itself to the "Abraham Accords" to cement Israeli economic ties with the Saudis...The Hill USA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 175.28 points or .34 percent.
The NASDAQ sharply lower down 572.99 points or 2.14 percent.
In New York tonight the price of oil 101 dollars 84 cents a barrel closing up three dollars 87 cents or 3.95 percent...Marketwatch
JAPANESE COMPANIES INVESTING IN TWO NEW COMPUTER CHIP PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
ITS PART OF A DEAL BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ALLOWING LOWER TARIFFS TO JAPANESE GOODS IN EXCHANGE FOR JAPANESE INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN ALL 550 BILLION DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT PROMISED BY JAPAN UNDER THE DEAL.
CONSTRUCTION ON THE FIRST CHIP FACTORY UNDER THE DEAL STARTING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR WITH A DECISION ON CONSTUCTION OF THE SECOND FACTORY TO BE MADE AT THE END OF 2028...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Brazilian politics polling data showing a tight race between incumbent Leftist President Lula da Silva and Rightist Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.
A new Quaest poll shows Bolsonaro at 46 percent and Lula at 44 percent.
The runoff election set for nine days from today on Sunday October 25th...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
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