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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
VOTES ARE STILL REPORTED FROM THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN ARIZONA.
TODAY REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED COUNTIES OUTSIDE OF PHOENIX AND TUCSON RELEASED ALMOST ALL OF THEIR REMAINING VOTES BRINGING THEMSELVES UP TO PARITY WITH COUNTIES CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS.
AS OF 1015 PM EASTERN US TIME, 815 PM ARIZONA TIME 98.90 PERCENT OF THE VOTE STATEWIDE SAID TO HAVE BEEN COUNTED FOR GOVERNOR.
IN THAT RACE DEMOCRAT KATIE HOBBS AT 1,276,937 VOTES OR 50.3 PERCENT WITH REPUBLICAN KARI LAKE AT 1,259,688 VOTES OR 49.7 PERCENT.
MUCH TIGHTER IS THE RACE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARIZONA WHERE 99 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IS SAID TO BE COUNTED.
DEMOCRAT KRIS MAYES WITH 1,244,026 VOTES AND REPUBLICAN ABE HAMADEH WITH 1,243,255 VOTES. ONLY 771 VOTES SEPARATING THEM...ARIZONA CENTRAL ELECTION RESULTS...
More on politics in Arizona later in the summary...
"I am announcing my candidacy for President of the United States"
"This will be our campaign"
"The Washington Establishment wants to silence us"
Tonight President Trump making the announcement that he will run for the White House in 2024.
Trump spoke in the ballroom at his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida.
Trump citing his record as President:
"We built the greatest economy in the world"
"Inflation was non-existent"
"I kept my promises"
Since he left office Mr. Trump cited:
"A nation in decline"
"Pain, hardship, anxiety and despair"
Joe Biden as Trump sees it is:
"Leading us to the brink of nuclear war"...
Trump also urging support for Herschel Walker in the US Senate runoff election on December 6th...
Ahead of the announcement Florida Governor Ron DeSantis making comments seen as disparaging of President Trump and Mr. Trump responding with a social media message noting that DeSantis once used a campaign commercial with his child in clothing labeled 'MAGA'...
OTHER LATE NEWS:
IN LOS ANGELES INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT COUNTY SHERIFF ALEX VILLANUEVA CONCEDING TO DEMOCRAT-ESTABLISHMENT BACKED ROBERT LUNA.
EVEN BEFORE MORE VOTES WERE COUNTED TODAY LUNA HAD AROUND 60 PERCENT OF THE VOTE...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES
A not guilty plea to federal charges from David De Pape.
He is accused in connection with the incident involving Paul Pelosi the husband of House Speaker Paul Pelosi.
De Pape has also pled not guilty to state charges.
The federal charges include one of attempting to kidnap Nancy Pelosi...SKY NEWS UK
RUSSIAN MISSILE BARRAGE IN UKRAINE IMPACTS THREE COUNTRIES
MISSILES REPORTED TO HAVE LANDED IN POLAND WITH TWO DEAD
BIDEN SPEAKS TO POLISH PRESIDENT
(UPDATED)
EMERGENCY POWER CUTS ACROSS UKRAINE TODAY AND AIR RAID WARNINGS IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY...TASS RUSSIA....
UKRAINE STRUCK BY A BARRAGE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES SAID TO BE GREATEST YET IN THE CONFLICT.
AND IN THE NEIGHBORING NATION OF MOLDOVA POWER OUTAGES DUE TO A RUSSIAN ATTACK THAT TOOK OUT A UKRAINIAN POWER LINE...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TIMES OF ISRAEL...
AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL SAYS THAT RUSSIAN MISSILES CROSSED INTO POLAND KILLING TWO PEOPLE...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NAVY TIMES...
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POLISH GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT PRIME MINISTER MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI URGENTLY CONVENED A MEETING OF DEFENSE AND SECURITY MINISTERS THIS EVENING.
ALSO AN EMERGENCY CABINET MEETING TONIGHT IN POLAND...(TVP Poland)...TVP POLAND (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
JOE BIDEN HAS SPOKEN TO THE PRESIDENT OF POLAND AMID SPECULATION ABOUT WHAT STEPS WILL BE TAKEN NEXT...TVP POLAND (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY TONIGHT CALLING THE REPORT OF RUSSIAN MISSILES LANDING IN POLAND A 'DELIBERATE PROVOCATION'...(BBC News)...
THE BBC DEFENSE CORRESPONDENT FRANK GARDNER SAYING THE INCIDENT IN POLAND DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A DELIBERATE ATTACK...(BBC News)...
ISRAEL ABSTAINED ON A PRO-UKRAINE UN RESOLUTION CALLING FOR RUSSIAN REPARATIONS FOR UKRAINE.
THIS FOLLOWS UKRAINE'S SUPPORT FOR AN INTERNATIONAL COURT OPINION ON ISRAEL'S 'OCCUPATION' IN RELATION TO THE PALESTINIANS.
ONE ISRAELI OFFICIAL SAID THE TWO MATTERS WERE NOT RELATED....AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
More on Russia and Ukraine later in the summary...
THE MARKETS UP TODAY BOTH THE DOW AND NASDAQ RISING AT MID-DAY...MARKETWATCH
FBI PROBE OF ISRAELI MILITARY DRAWS SHARP REBUKES FROM ISRAEL
(UPDATED)
"Our soldiers will not be investigated by the FBI or by any other foreign entity"
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid defending Israel's military as moral and ethical rejecting an FBI probe into the killing of a journalist during an Israeli-Palestinian firefight last May...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
"a grave mistake"
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz responded to the Biden Administration's decision to launch an FBI investigation into the death of a Palestinian-American reporter who was shot as the Israeli military battled Palestinians back in May.
Israel will not cooperate in the FBI probe of the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, a reporter for the Qatar based Al Jazeera.
It is widely believed she was shot by an Israeli soldier but an Israeli probe says it was a mistake if that did happen...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Three Israelis killed and three others wounded in a terrorist attack in Ariel.
The attacker stabbing the victims.
The attacker was 'neutralized'...YNET NEWS ISRAEL
THE PRO-GOVERNMENT 'YENI SAFAK' NEWSPAPER IN TURKEY (TURKIYE) SAYS THAT THE KURDISH SUSPECT IN SUNDAY'S TERRORIST ATTACK IN ISTANBUL WAS TRAINED BY INSTRUCTORS FROM THE UNITED STATES...
At the G20 Summit in Indonesia a meeting between Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Biden saying the US continues to support the "potential sale" of F-16 fighter jets to Turkiye (Turkey).
The two nations remain at odds on a number of issues including US support for Kurdish forces in Syria that Turkey considers to be terrorists involved in attacks like the one two days ago in Istanbul...YENI SAFAK TURKEY
POLITICS IN THE USA: THE ARIZONA ELECTION COUNT
"We will not go down without a fight. Watch the rural counties"
That is a post in the conservative web world from an elected official in a Republican controlled county in Arizona.
It came as the vote count coming out of Maricopa County was steering the vote total towards a loss for Republican candidate for Governor Kari Lake.
Mainstream media called the race for Democrat Katie Hobbs late Monday evening...(Nextrush Exclusive)
FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN'S PARTY CONTINUING THE 'LONG MARCH' PROTEST.
MR. KHAN TAKING HEAT FOR ACCUSING THE UNITED STATES OF OUSTING HIM EARLIER THIS YEAR...
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
SITUATION IN UKRAINE CALLED 'CRITICAL' FOLLOWING LATEST RUSSIAN STRIKES ON ELECTRICITY GRID
Today's Russian strikes on Ukraine's electricity grid called "the largest" since the conflict began in February.
At least 100 missiles said to have been used...(TVP Poland)
The strikes follow a virtual speech to the G20 summit in Indonesia by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...(Links Above)
Russia says that two were killed and three wounded in Ukrainian shelling of Russia's Belgorod region...TASS RUSSIA...
Also Ukraine cutting off the flow of Russian oil for Hungary today saying it is temporary. Hungary calling an emergency meeting of its Defense Council tonight in light of that and the report of Russian missiles landing in Poland.
In other news...
The "climate talks" will resume between the United States and China. That's the word following the meeting between Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Those talks suspended by China when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan earlier this year...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NBC NEWS
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