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The spin war over the FBI Raid on President Trump's home in full swing but first....
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A state of emergency in Ecuador's largest city Guayaquil following a deadly bomb blast.
At least five dead and 26 injured in what is believed to a gang related act of violence...BBC NEWS
In Mexico President Manuel Lopez Obrador is trying to strengthen the role of the army in law and order as gang violence including arson and shooting attacks impacts several Mexican cities.
He wants the country's National Guard to come under military as opposed to civilian direction to combat the violence...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS NEWSHOUR
"I might start begging in the streets"
That's what the driver of a vegetable truck is saying in Bangladesh.
Fuel prices have risen in that country some 50 percent during one week.
The usual reasons given like the war in Ukraine.
Thousands taking to the streets in protest...BBC NEWS
THE FBI RAID ON PRESIDENT TRUMP
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"It is so out of control, great simmering anger!"
"The RAID was politics, the Midterm Elections, and 2024. It's another form of Election CHEATING..."
POLITICS HERE IN THE USA FULL THROTTLE POLITICS OVER THE FBI RAID LAST MONDAY EVENING AT MAR-A-LAGO.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING POLITICS IS BEHIND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-FBI ACTIONS AGAINST HIM.
MEANWHILE DEMOCRAT SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR OF MINNESOTA CLAIMING THE RAID WAS 'BEYOND POLITICS'
KLOBUCHAR ALSO CLAIMING THAT CRITICISM OF THE FBI OVER THE RAID IS 'DANGEROUS TO OUR COUNTRY'...THE HILL
At least 41 are dead following a fire at a Coptic Christian church in Egypt.
There was a stampede after the fire broke out...BBC NEWS
IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF ARMENIA YEREVAN AN EXPLOSION AT A MARKET. DOZENS ARE HURT WITH AT LEAST TWO DEAD (TASS RUSSIA)...TASS RUSSIA...FIREWORKS SAID TO BE INVOLVED IN THE BLAST.
AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE SUNDAY EVENING HITTING TARGETS BETWEEN THE SYRIAN COASTAL CITY OF TARTUS AND THE CAPITAL CITY DAMASCUS.
THE SAUDI BASED AL ARABIYA CHANNEL SAYS THE ATTACKING AIRCRAFT CAME UP THE LEBANESE COAST CITING ANOTHER SOURCE...TIMES OF ISRAEL
SYRIAN STATE MEDIA REPORTS THE ATTACKING MISSILES LAUNCHED BY PLANES SOUTHEAST OF BEIRUT.
SYRIAN STATE MEDIA ALSO SAYS AIR DEFENSES IN TARTUS HAVE CONFRONTED 'HOSTILE TARGETS' WITH THREE SOLDIERS KILLED AND THREE WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK...(SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY)...SANA SYRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A shooting attack in Jerusalem in the early hours of Sunday morning with eight people hurt...(Haaretz Israel)
The suspected terrorist attack near the Western Wall in the Old City.
The attacker opening fire as passengers boarded a bus...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
The attacked turned himself in at a police station hours after the incident...TIMES OF ISRAEL
A DEADLY INCIDENT NEAR THE US CAPITOL AT 4 AM THIS MORNING.
A CAR CRASHING INTO A BARRICADE WITH A MAN EXITING THE VEHICLE, FIRING SHOTS INTO THE AIR AND SHOOTING HIMSELF DEAD.
THE KENYA VOTE COUNT
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Tension building this weekend in Kenya as the election counting process dragged on with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga pulling ahead during the weekend in the official vote count of the country's official election organization...REUTERS
Media organizations had a different vote count based on their information from individual polling stations.
That count more favorable to Deputy President William Ruto the other major presidential candidate...BBC NEWS STORY....
Now the late word Sunday evening local time from the electoral commission is that Mr. Ruto is in the lead...TASS RUSSIA
AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE IS NOW OFF A VENTILATOR AND CAN TALK FOLLOWING THE FRIDAY STABBING ATTACK AT THE CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION IN NEW YORK.
HIS ACCUSED ATTACKER, HADI MATAR, ENTERING A NOT GUILTY PLEA TO ATTEMPTED MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES IN COURT SATURDAY...ANI NEWS INDIA...
HADI MATAR HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A SYMPATHIZER OF THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT.
THE ATTACK ON RUSHDIE CAME DECADES AFTER AN IRANIAN FATWA CALLING FOR RUSHDIE'S DEATH ON THE BASIS OF BLASHPHEMY AGAINST ISLAM.
THE ATTACK COMES WITH IRAN CLOSE TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES THAT WOULD BRING THE US BACK INTO THE 2015 JCPOA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.
THAT IS A SENSITIVE ISSUE FOR ISRAEL'S SECURITY.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YAIR LAPID SAYING SATURDAY NIGHT THAT THE ATTACK IS:
"the result of decades of incitement led by the extremist regime in Tehran"...
The US Justice Department targeting the Southern Baptist Convention.
The probe follows revelations about a list maintained by the Southern Baptists related to sexual abuse allegations in the church.
The list is being described as an attempt to cover up sexual misconduct...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE HIT AND RUN INCIDENT THAT KILLED TWO ISRAELIS AND INJURED THREE LAST WEDNESDAY IN THE UK.
POLICE CHARGING NITESH BISSENDARY IN CONNECTION WITH INCIDENT.
POLICE ACCUSE HIM OF BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS, REFUSING TO PROVIDE A SAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS AND FAILING TO STOP AS THE SCENE OF A CRASH ALONG WITH MORE SERIOUS CHARGES...TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE US MISSION IN TAIWAN ANNOUNCING A VISIT TODAY AND TOMORROW BY A CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION LED BY DEMOCRAT US SENATOR ED MARKEY OF MASSACHSETTS.
THREE DEMOCRAT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE ACCOMPANYING MARKEY ALONG WITH THE REPUBLICAN NON-VOTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM THE TERRITORY OF AMERICAN SAMOA...CNN
The government of economically troubled Sri Lanka granting permission for a Chinese ship to dock this weekend.
The Chinese vessel "Yuan Wang-5" has been tagged as a spy ship by India.
Indian objections led to a delay in the planned docking of the ship in Sri Lanka last Thursday August 11th.
The ship will now dock this coming Tuesday August 16th...ANI NEWS INDIA
A RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL CONFIRMING PRISONER EXCHANGE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE US AND RUSSIA.
THE OFFICIAL SAYS THAT RUSSIAN VIKTOR BOUT ALONG WITH AMERICANS PAUL WHELAN AND BRITTNEY GRINER ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT...TASS RUSSIA
RUSSIA UKRAINE DRAMA
In other news...
Record oil prices driving record profits for Saudi oil giant Aramco.
The second quarter profit 48.4 billion US Dollars...BBC NEWS
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