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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The US Supreme Court allowing the execution of a man in Alabama tonight.
Alan Eugene Miller convicted in a 1999 shooting spree that left three dead.
Miller's lawyers said he wanted execution by a new method and had signed a document to that effect.
Alabama's Attorney General said there is no record of a form being submitted.
Four justices voted against the State of Alabama's request to proceed with the execution Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson...AL.COM
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SPEAKING WITH SAUDI CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN BY PHONE TODAY.
SAUDI ARABIA EXPRESSING ITS WILLINGNESS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION THAT INCLUDES RUSSIA, CHINA AND INDIA AS MEMBERS.
SAUDI ARABIA NOW A DIALOGUE PARTNER IN THE SCO...TASS RUSSIA
The LGBT student group at the Orthodox Jewish Yeshiva University in New York backing down from courtroom demands so student clubs can again operate.
The "YU Pride" group had gotten a New York court to force the university to allow the group to operate as its lawsuit made its way through court.
That led the school to counter with closure of activities for all clubs...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In Mexico City today 11 police officers hurt as protesters demanded the arrest of individuals suspected in the disappearance of 43 left-wing students in 2014.
An explosion going off during the demonstration...LBC LONDON
WALL STREET IN MAINLY NEGATIVE TERRITORY TODAY WITH BOTH THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE AND THE NASDAQ DOWN AT THE CLOSE.
THE DOW DOWN 107.10 POINTS AND THE NASDAQ OFF 153.39 POINTS OR 1.37 PERCENT IN VALUE...MARKETWATCH
The search for cheaper gasoline in Europe.
Until recently the Dutch would take a drive across to Germany to fill up their gas tanks.
Germany had temporarily lowered its tax on gasoline.
Now the roles are reversed as Germans travel to the Netherlands to get lower pump prices...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
USING VLADIMIR PUTIN AS THE WHIPPING BOY, THE NEW BRITISH ENERGY MINISTER ANNOUNCING THE LIFTING OF A FRACKING BAN IN THE COUNTRY.
JACOB REES-MOGG EXPRESSING A DESIRE TO SEE THE UK BECOME A NET ENERGY EXPORTER IN THE FUTURE...TAGESSCHAU-GERMAN TV NEWS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
BANKS IN LEBANON SHUTTING DOWN INDEFINITELY CITING A LACK OF SECURITY.
THERE HAVE BEEN FREQUENT HOLD-UPS AMIDST SEVERE ECONOMIC TURMOIL SAID TO LEAVE 80 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO AFFORD FOOD OR MEDICAL CARE...BBC NEWS
"So a member of the press gallery tweets that a Conservative MP should be shot.
Where is the outrage?"
That's some of what the Opposition Leader in Canada tweeted this morning.
Pierre Polilievre noting the comments of journalist Dale Smith who works in the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Ottawa.
That journalist going after a Conservative MP critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's behavior in London where he attended the Queen's funeral...
"An 18-year old was executed in cold blood by a Democrat political terrorist because of rhetoric like this.
Democrats want Republicans dead, and they've already started the killings"
Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene on Twitter linking to political video from Joe Biden and referring to an incident in North Dakota where an 18-year was run down and killed for being a MAGA supporter of President Trump...
Politics in the US today another slew of polls.
Several of these polls worth mentioning.
The Republican Trafalgar Group polling the races in Nevada.
In the US Senate race incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto trailing Republican challenger Adam Laxalt. Laxalt up 47 to 43 percent.
In the Governor's contest incumbent Democrat Steve Sisolak trailing Republican challenger Joe Lombardo. Lombardo up 48 to 45 percent.
Getting back to the US Senate race in Nevada an Insider Advantage poll also showing a lead for Republican Adam Laxalt at 46 percent to Democrat incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto's 43 percent.
A university poll in New Hampshire in the US Senate race showing incumbent Democrat Maggie Hassan leading Republican challenger Don Bolduc 49 to 41 percent.
A "Spectrum News/Siena College" poll in Texas showing incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott ahead of Democrat challenger Beto O'Rourke 50 to 43 percent...REAL CLEAR POLITICS
The Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid drawing criticism from the opposition and inside his own government.
In line with the views of Joe Biden Lapid calling for a Palestinian state or a "two-state solution" in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL IN A HIGH STATE OF ALERT FOR POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACKS.
PUBLIC SECURITY MINISTER OMER BARLEV WARNING OF TENSIONS THAT WILL LAST FOR WEEKS.
THE HOLIDAY SEASON STARTING IN ISRAEL WITH ROSH HASHANAH SUNDAY AT SUNDOWN.
ISRAEL ALSO HEADED TOWARDS AN ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 1ST...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Iranian Chief of Staff says joint naval drills are planned this fall with China and Russia.
Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri putting out the word today saying the drills will be in the Indian Ocean with the possible involvement of Oman and Pakistan...MEHR NEWS AGENCY-IRAN...TASS RUSSIA
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC LEADER SAYS UKRAINE MAY LAUNCH OFFENSIVE IN EAST
RUSSIA SAYS ITS THWARTED UKRAINIAN ATTACK ON NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FROM TURKEY TO EUROPE
PRISONER SWAP BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
In the Donetsk Peoples Republic leader Denis Pushilin warns that Ukraine may launch an attack on Donetsk.
Pushilin says that Ukraine has massed a large force on the border opposite northern Donetsk...TASS RUSSIA
Russia's FSB says that it's thwarted an attack on a natural gas pipeline from Turkey to Europe. The attack was plotted by a Ukrainian agent working for that country's intelligence service...TASS RUSSIA
There's been a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine including members of Ukraine's notorious "Azov Battalion"...(BBC News)
In other news...
With 20 Republicans joining the Democrats the US Senate approving a treaty pledging an end to the use of hydrofluorocarbons in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration...AL JAZEERA QATAR
AN EARTHQUAKE STRUCK MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING WITH AT LEAST ONE PERSON REPORTED KILLED IN MEXICO CITY.
THE 6.8 MAGNITUDE QUAKE CENTERED IN WESTERN MEXICO NEAR WHERE ANOTHER 7.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED ON MONDAY...NEW YORK POST
And Hurricane Fiona moving in the Western Atlantic with maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour.
A Hurricane Watch in Atlantic Canada now the storm expected to impact the area Saturday...NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER LATEST
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