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The French regional elections including comment and analysis but first...
RUSSIAN WORKERS WHO DO NOT GET VACCINATED CAN BE SUSPENDED FROM WORK. THAT'S THE WORD FROM RUSSIA'S LABOR AND SOCIAL PROTECTION MINISTER.
SOME CATEGORIES OF WORKERS IN RUSSIA'S REGIONS ARE UNDER MANDATORY VACCINATION ORDERS...TASS
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES REPORTED IN RUSSIA TODAY 17,600 WITH LARGE NUMBERS IN THE TWO LARGEST CITIES MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURG....TASS
MOSCOW MAYOR SERGEI SOBYANIN SAYS SOME WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED HAVE DEVELOPED THE 'DELTA VARIANT' OF COVID-19...BNO NEWSROOM
In Israel that "Delta Variant" being cited in connection with a school outbreak of the coronavirus. The vaccination rates for COVID-19 in Israel 59.05 percent "partially vaccinated" and 55.37 percent "fully vaccinated"....BNO NEWSROOM
A MEMBER OF UGANDA'S OLYMPIC TEAM TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 UPON ARRIVAL IN TOKYO FOR THE SUMMER OLYMPICS. THE OLYMPICS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH AFTER BEING POSTPONED LAST YEAR DUE TO THE CORONAVURS...AFP-NEWS 24-SPORT 24 SOUTH AFRICA
The latest data on side effects recorded after vaccination in the US through Friday June 11th showing a total 358,739 "adverse events" in the US including 5,993 deaths. 39 percent of the deaths occurring within 48 hours of vaccination....THE DEFENDER
(STORY UPDATED) ARMENIA'S ELECTION TODAY WITH A CONTEST BETWEEN ACTING PRESIDENT NIKOL PASHINYAN'S PARTY AND THE PARTY OF FORMER PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARYAN.
PASHINYAN RESIGNED THE PRESIDENCY EARLIER THIS YEAR AMIDST DICONTENT OVER HIS HANDLING OF THE CONFLICT WITH NEIGHBORING AZERBAIJAN....NEWS AM ARMENIAN NEWS WEBSITE-ENGLISH....MR. PASHINYAN IS CLAIMING VICTORY IN THE ELECTION.
FRENCH REGIONAL ELECTIONS
(STORY UPDATED) LOW VOTER PARTICPATION REPORTED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF FRENCH REGIONAL ELECTIONS TODAY.
CONTROL OF 13 REGIONS BEING CONTESTED WITH A DECIDING SECOND ROUND OF VOTING INVOLVING TOP FINISHING PARTIES NEXT SUNDAY.
THE NEWS TONIGHT AS REPORTED BY MAJOR MEDIA IS THAT "LES REPUBLICANS" (LR) THE TRADITIONAL PARTY OF THE "RIGHT" RAN STRONG.
ITS ALSO REPORTED THAT PRESIDENT MACRON'S PARTY "LA REPUBLIQUE EN MARCHE" (LaREM) FARED POORLY.
AND IT IS BEING REPORTED THAT THE NATIONAL RALLY (RN) OF MARINE LE PEN UNDERPERFORMED IN THE RESULTS.
BUT THE RN LED THE VOTE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PROVENCE ALPES COTE D'AZUR REGION GIVING IT A SHOT A POWER IN THE RUNOFF ROUND OF VOTING NEXT SUNDAY.
JORDAN BARDELLA, WHO LED THE RN IN THE PARIS REGION, SEES A GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN TO LOWER TURNOUT WINNING THE DAY SINCE ONLY 31.5 PERCENT OF FRENCH VOTERS SHOWED UP TODAY...REUTERS-METRO US
(COMMENT-ANALYSIS)
IN RECENT WEEKS MAINSTREAM MEDIA IN FRANCE HAVE POINTED TO THE BEST POSSIBLE SCENARIO (BASED ON EXTENSIVE POLLING) TO DECISIVELY PREVENT MARINE LE PEN FROM WINNING THE PRESIDENCY NEXT YEAR.
IT INVOLVES THE TRADITIONAL 'RIGHT' IN FRANCE RESURGING AS IN 'LES REPUBLICANS' UNITING BEHIND THE PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL IN HAUTS DE FRANCE IN THE NORTH XAVIER BERTRAND.
BERTRAND WOULD SUPPLANT INCUMBENT EMMANUEL MACRON IN THE FIRST ROUND TO BE THE PRESIDENT CANDIDATE FACING LE PEN IN THE SECOND ROUND.
THEN MARINE LE PEN WOULD LOSE FOR CERTAIN.
BFM TV FRANCE LIVE (FRENCH)
FRANCE 24 LIVE ENGLISH
POLITICS HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA WITH KEY REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR DAVE ARGALL SAYING HE FAVORS AN AUDIT OF BALLOTS IN PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE 2020 ELECTION.
ARGALL'S COMMENTS FOLLOW PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CALL ON KEY STATE SENATORS TO TAKE ACTION ON AN AUDIT...SPOTLIGHT PA-ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL (FULL VIDEO INTERVIEW EMBEDDED)
Mark McCloskey says he's buying another AR-15 after the state takes his current one.
McCloskey and his wife Patricia pled guilty to misdemeanor charges Friday in St. Louis.
They were accused in connection with their display of weapons in front of their home during the rioting-protests in the aftermath of George Floyd's death last year.
Part of the plea deal involves the couple turning the weapons they displayed over to the state.
McCloskey spoke to "Newsmax". Earlier this year he announced a run for US Senate next year in Missouri...NTD NEWS
The Iranian judge Ebrahim Raeisi the winner of the Presidential election in Iran by a wide margin. The US concerned that the process was not "free and fair"...AFP-NDTV INDIA
Raeisi is considered to be a "Hardliner" labeled a "Conservative" or even "Ultraconservative" by various worldwide media.
From Israel the opinion that Raeisi's election will stall the talks between Iran, the US and other world powers to restart the JCPOA nuclear agreement....TIMES OF ISRAEL
TODAY ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT SAID THAT A:
"regime of brutal hangmen must never be allowed to have weapons of mass destruction"
BENNETT DESCRIBED THE ELECTION OF RAISI AS IRAN'S PRESIDENT:
"the last chance for the world powers to wake up before returning to the nuclear agreement "...YNET NEWS ISRAEL
IN MOSCOW TODAY 150 CHURCHES AND TEMPLES RECEIVED BOMB THREATS. NO EXPLOSIVES FOUND....TASS
(STORY UPDATED) ONE DEAD AND ONE INJURED WHEN A TRUCK RAN OVER PEDESTRIANS AT THE GAY PRIDE PARADE IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA SATURDAY EVENING. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK IN CUSTODY. FT. LAUDERDALE MAYOR DEAN TRANTALIS SAID HE TRIED TO FLEE THE SCENE.
JUSTIN KNIGHT OF THE FORT LAUDERDALE GAY MENS CHORUS SAID CHORUS MEMBERS WERE VICTIMS AND THE DRIVER WAS PART OF THE 'FAMILY' OF THE CHORUS. HE DOES NOT SEE THE INCIDENT AS AN ATTAC ON THE GAY COMMUNITY...WSVN NEWS MIAMI
The Biden Administration announcing that the Department of Veterans Affairs will offer gender changing surgery to veterans....BBC NEWS
Australia going to the World Trade Organization over Chinese tariffs. The Chinese tariffs following tensions with Australia over Australian objections to China's human rights record....BBC NEWS
CORONAVIRUS STATS VIA WORLDOMTERS 4,422 NEW POSITIVE TESTS IN THE US TODAY AND 295,761 WORLDWIDE.
5,220 AND 297,606 THE NUMBERS LAST SUNDAY.
INDIA REPORTING 53,009 NEW POSITIVE TESTS. 67,290 A WEEK AGO TODAY.
OTHER NATIONS BRAZIL 44,178, COLOMBIA 27,818 AND THE UK 9,284.
JAPAN REPORTING 1,519. THAT COMPARES TO 1,944 LAST SUNDAY.
CANADA REPORTING 713. 1,122 A WEEK AGO TODAY.
That's the way it really is Sunday June 20th, 2021 Day 461 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 461 of America and the World held hostage...
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