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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
URKAINIAN DRONES ATTACKING THE PORT CITY OF SEVASTOPOL IN CRIMEA LATE TONIGHT. AT LEAST FIVE DRONES SHOT DOWN...TASS RUSSIA
"And I want to thank the Emir of Qatar"
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP UNVEILING A NEW PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT JUST OUTSIDE WASHINGTON D.C. THIS AFTERNOON.
THE 400-MILLION-DOLLAR BOEING 747 AIRLINER DONATED BY QATAR FOR USE AS 'AIR FORCE ONE'.
THE PLANE WILL BE USED UNTIL BOEING CAN MANUFACTURE A NEW PLANE FOR PRESIDENTIAL USE...
THE 65TH DEADLY US ATTACK ON A BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING.
YESTERDAY'S ATTACK IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC KILLING THREE CREW MEMBERS ACCORDING TO US SOUTHERN COMMAND...USNI NEWS
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff reported on his way to Switzerland.
That is where possible talks with Iran are to held Iran boycotting discussions over continued deadly Israeli attacks in Lebanon...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
THE NETHERLANDS MOVING AN AIR DEFENSE FRIGATE CLOSER TO THE MIDDLE EAST FOR POSSIBLE OPERATIONS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
A MINESWEEPING VESSEL ALREADY IN THE AREA.
A POSSIBLE OPERATION TO SECURE MARITIME TRAFFIC LED BY THE UK AND FRANCE IS ENVISIONED DEPENDENT ON THE COURSE OF TALKS BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD...APA NEWS AZERBAIJAN
US politics President Donald Trump endorsing both Republican candidates in a primary runoff election.
In South Carolina both Lt. Governor Pamela Evette and Attorney General Alan Wilson getting Mr. Trump's support in the contest for Governor.
In the first round of the primary Mr. Trump endorsing Lt. Gov. Evette over the other candidates...The Hill USA
Bodies of migrants washing ashore near the northern Libyan city of Tobruk.
11 dead and 40 missing after a boat carrying migrants across the Mediterranean Sea capsized last week...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN ISRAEL A MAN WITH A SUSPECTED CASE OF THE EBOLA VIRUS IS HOSPITALIZED IN HAIFA.
HE TRAVELED TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO RECENTLY...TIMES OF ISRAEL
A train driver is dead, 89 people injured 11 very seriously following a collision of two trains near Bedford, England...Sky News UK Blog
THE ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKING OF 'SERIOUS AND OFFENSIVE' COMMENTS BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
FOREIGN MINISTER ANTONIO TEJANI CANCELLING A TRIP TO THE US SET TO BEGIN SUNDAY.
IT FOLLOWS COMMENTS PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE IN AN ITALIAN TELEVISION INTERVIEW WHERE HE SAID THAT ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI WAS 'BEGGING' HIM FOR A PHOTO OF THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER.
MELONI DESCRIBING THOSE COMMENTS A 'COMPLETE FABRICIATION' ADDING THAT 'ITALY AND I DO NOT BEG'...NPR USA
In the southern African nation of Zimbabwe lawmakers approving a constitutional amendment extending the term of President Emmerson Mnangagwa from five to seven years.
The amendment also ends the direct election of presidents in Zimbabwe. The election of president will now be in the hands of parliament.
The constitutional change promoted as a means to maintain political and economic stability in the country.
Opponents say it reflects the decline of democracy in Zimbabwe under the rule of the dominant ZANU-PF Party...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE OUTGOING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD DECLASSIFYING DOCUMENTS REVEALING THAT DR. ANTHONY FAUCI RECEIVED THE PROTECTION OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FROM A WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT.
THAT COMPLAINT CENTERED ON FAUCI LYING TO CONGRESS ABOUT 'GAIN OF FUNCTION' RESEARCH AT THE WUHAN, CHINA LAB WHERE THE COVID-19 VIRUS ORIGINATED.
THE DOCUMENTS ALSO REVEAL EARLY KNOWLEDGE BY THE CIA OF THE COVID VIRUS IN THE FALL OF 2019.
DR. FAUCI RECENTLY PASSED A FIVE-YEAR DEADLINE UNDER WHICH HE COULD HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED FOR LYING TO CONGRESS...NEW YORK POST-MSN
The afternoon the claim of a ceasefire taking effect in Lebanon but fighting continuing.
The updated death toll from Israel attacks in Lebanon today is 47...
THE EUROPEAN UNION EXTENDING SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA OVER THE UKRAINE WAR.
THOSE SANCTIONS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
THERE IS TENSION REPORTED AT THE EU SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS BECAUSE REPRESENTATIVES OF EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT ANTONIO COSTA HAD SPOKEN TO RUSSIA'S GOVERNMENT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The US Department of Commerce says an advanced computer chip making machine from Dutch company ASML is in China.
ASML has been subject to US imposed export restrictions aimed at China.
IRAN DECIDING NOT TO SEND A DELEGATION TO SWITZERLAND TO TALK WITH THE US.
THE MOVE FOLLOWS ISRAELI BOMBING ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON IN WHICH AT LEAST 23 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED KILLED...TASS RUSSIA...WITH DOZENS OF OTHERS WOUNDED.
PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THEIR HOMES SAID TO HAVE BEEN AMONG THE VICTIMS...
The markets today stock markets closed for the "Juneteenth" holiday.
Trading in oil continued in New York today the price at 77 dollars 54 cents a barrel up 94 cents or 1.23 percent...Marketwatch
The Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has killed more than 200 people and is now considered the 'worst known'.
Some 900 confirmed cases with 35,000 suspected contacts linked to the Ebola outbreak...India Today...
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo updating statistics about the Ebola outbreak reporting 245 deaths and 933 cases in Congo...Tass Russia
THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GIVING A BREAK TO STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS IF THEY USE AN AUTOMATIC PAYMENT SYSTEM.
THE INTEREST RATE WILL BE REDUCED BY ONE PERCENT UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 FOR THOSE ALREADY IN THE AUTO-PAY SYSTEM AND THOSE WHO ENROLL IN IT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR...THE HILL USA
