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The US military pulling personnel out of Israel but first.....
Two members of the legislative assembly in Canada's Alberta province booted from the caucus of the ruling "United Conservative Party" tonight.
They were opponents of the restrictive COVID-19 policies of Premier Jason Kenney with one of them coming out this morning calling on Kenney to resign as Premier...EDMONTON JOURNAL
CONFLICT IN ISRAEL: MILITARY REINFORCEMENTS TO GAZA BORDER AND RIOT AREAS, SITUATION ENDS ATTEMPT TO FORM ANTI-NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL
Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordering Border Police units deployed to deal with unrest across Israel that engulfed many cities last night as mobs of Jews and Arabs fought each other.
Those units and other police overwhelmed in rioting today and tonight...YNET NEWS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considering arresting people seen rioting and jailing them without appearing before a judge or being charged with a crime ("administrative detentions").
Israel's military saying it has been surprised by the rate of rocket fire coming from Gaza in recent days.
Alert sirens sounding across central and southern Israel today as rockets were fired from Gaza. Israeli air strikes in response on Gaza.
The rocket barrages continued throughout the evening and into the night aimed at central and southern Israel.
A major political change today as conservative politician Naftali Bennett walks back from forming a government with Anti-Netanyahu parties that would have needed support from Arab politicians in Israel.
Live Updates....HAARETZ
BBC News Blog.....LINK
Some 120 US military members and civilian defense employees pulled out of Israel by the Pentagon amid concern about Israeli ground operations in Gaza....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
(Story Updated) FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER GERALD DARMANIN ASKING THE PREFECT OF POLICE IN PARIS TO BAN A PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST SET FOR SATURDAY. DARMANIN CITING SERIOUS DISTURBANCES DURING SIMILAR PROTESTS IN 2014 WHEN MISSILES FROM GAZA WERE BEING FIRED INTO ISRAEL.
THE BAN ON THE PROTEST ANNOUNCED LATE TODAY...(BFM-TV Google Translation)
BLOOMBERG REPORTING THAT COLONIAL PIPELINE PAID A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR RANSOM TO HACKERS TO GET BACK INTO OPERATION....AL JAZEERA-BLOOMBERG
THE GASOLINE SITUATION HERE IN THE US GAS PRICES EASING AS CONFIDENCE IS BEING BUILT BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE COLONIAL PIPELINE IS RESUMING OPERATIONS FOLLOWING THE CYBER ATTACK.
BUT FACTS ON THE GROUND INDICATE MAJOR GAS SHORTAGES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WITH OFFICIALS ADMITTING IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR FUEL TO AGAIN MOVE THROUGH THE PIPELINE.
TONIGHT GASBUDDY INDICATING HALF THE GAS STATIONS IN VIRGINIA HAVE NO GAS....OTHER PLACES WASHINGTON DC 75 PERCENT OUT OF GAS, MARYLAND 39 PERCENT AND NORTH CAROLINA 69 PERCENT...NBC 29 CHARLOTTESVILLE VIRGINIA
AGAIN BLOOMBERG REPORTING THAT COLONIAL PIPEPINE PAID A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR RANSOM TO GET THE PIPELINE BACK IN OPERATION.
A pro-Chinese government Islamic group blasting the United States for trying to drive a wedge between China and Islamic countries. The statement from an Islamic Association President in western China comes as the BBC has published the latest in a continuing series of stories about persecution of Uighur Muslims in Xiniang...TASS....BBC NEWS
Citing environmental concerns ("climate"), Elon Musk says Tesla will no longer accept bitcoin for transactions...BBC NEWS
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ORDERING A TIGHTENING OF RULES FOR CIVILIAN GUN OWNERSHIP IN RUSSIA. THIS FOLLOWS THE ATTACK ON A SCHOOL IN WHICH NINE WERE KILLED AND OTHERS WOUNDED....TASS
Coronavirus stats for today from Worldometers showing 39,825 new positive tests in the US and 743,191 Worldwide.
That compares with 47,819 and 844,974 last Thursday.
India reporting 343,288 new positive tests today compared to 414,433 last Thursday.
Canada with 6,644 new positive tests today compared to 7,992 last Thursday.
Japan reporting 7,058 new positive tests today.
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