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ISRAEL'S ELECTION UPDATES DURING THE DAY ARE HERE NEW COMMENT, ANALYSIS ADDED TONGHT...BREAKING NEWS ISRAEL'S ELECTION 2022
MORE NORTH KOREAN MISSILE FIRINGS THIS EVENING US TIME TOWARDS JAPAN AND BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT URGES HIS SUPPORTERS TO END ROAD BLOCKADES BUT FIRST...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A cease-fire agreement in the conflict in Ethiopia.
An agreement to end fighting between the Ethiopean government and leaders of the Tigray region.
In Idaho's panhandle a standing room only crowd to hear the Independent candidate for Governor Ammon Bundy.
Hundreds in Coeur d'Alene to listen to Bundy made his case against his leading opponent.
The Democrats with no campaign for their candidate Stephen Heidt.
That means Bundy is hammering away at the economic and social policies of incumbent Republican Governor Brad Little.
Little imposed a COVID "stay-at-home" order in 2020 that led to massive shutdowns of business and arrests of individuals including pastors of an Idaho panhandle church as violators of that order.
Little, a former Chamber of Commerce staffer, was an early advocate for gay marriage in Idaho as a state legislator almost 20 years ago...AMMON BUNDY TWITTER...
More on US politics later in the summary...
ANOTHER .75 PERCENT INTEREST RATE HIKE FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD IN THE US TODAY.
IT'S THE FOURTH SUCH INCREASE IN A ROW...
THE PRICE OF OIL CONTUINUING TO RISE IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN NEW YORK ITS AT 89 DOLLARS AND 42 CENTS A BARREL AS OF 450 PM LOCAL TIME...
STOCKS FELL UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON THEN ROSE FOLLOWING THE FED RATE HIKE AND EVENTUALLY DIPPED LOWER.
IN THE END BIG DROPS ON WALL STREET THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE OFF 505.44 POINTS OR 1.44 PERCENT IN VALUE WHILE THE NASDAQ WAS HARDEST HIT LOSING 366.05 POINTS OR 3.36 PERCENT IN VALUE...
The Dutch "Council of State" the country's highest court ruling that all construction projects must adhere to nitrogen emission rules.
The Dutch government had adopted an "exemption" to climate rules to allow construction in the country but the court says the European Union nitrogen rules must be adhered to.
Government ministers say the ruling will delay construction projects in the country and force construction to adopt practices to lower "nitrogen emissions"...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
CONTROVERSY IN AUSTRIA AS THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES A 'RENEWABLE HEAT ACT'.
THE LAW WOULD BAN THE USE OF OIL HEAT IN AUSTRIA BY 2035 AND GAS HEAT BY 2040.
THE PROPOSED LAW WILL NEED A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY IN AUSTRIA'S PARLIAMENT...ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
BRAZIL ELECTION AFTERMATH: BOLSONARO URGES OTHER MEANS OF PROTEST THAN BLOCKADES
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The aftermath of Brazil's election and the highway blockades by supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro.
150 blockades still underway on Brazilian highways earlier today following the narrow victory of "Left" candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over the incumbent President Bolsonaro.
Police in Brazil have ended 631 other blockades in the last two days.
Mr. Bolsonaro appeared in a video posted online late today urging supporters to end the blockades and find other means of protest...
ALSO TODAY IN BRAZIL THOUSANDS PROTESTING OUTSIDE ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF BRASILIA DEMANDING ARMY INTERVENTION TO PREVENT THE LEFTIST LULA FROM TAKING POWER...(SBT News Brazil-News Agencies)
SERBIA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS A COMMERCIAL DRONE WAS SHOT DOWN TODAY.
TENSIONS ARE HIGH OVER THE NEW POLICY IN NEIGHBORING KOSOVO OF FORCING SERBIAN RESIDENTS TO USE KOSOVO LICENSE PLATES...TASS RUSSIA
NORTH KOREA MISSILE FIRINGS: LATER NEWS
(UPDATED)
On Thursday morning local time Wednesday evening US Eastern Time North Korea firing multiple missiles eastwards towards Japan.
Japan's Coast Guard reporting the firing of three ballistic missiles and that all have fallen...(NHK Japan)
After South Korea fired missiles off the eastern coast of North Korea, the North responded with a second volley of missiles late in the afternoon local time.
Six missiles launched off the eastern and western coasts of North Korea.
In addition 100 artillery shells were fired into a maritime buffer zone off South Korea's eastern coast earlier in the day...
EARLIER NORTH KOREA NEWS
North Korea firing multiple missiles (at least 10 now said to be 23) eastwards into the sea today following threatening warnings aimed at US-South Korean military maneuvers.
One missile landing 57 kilometers (35.42 miles) east of the city of Sokcho on South Korea's east coast.
Other missiles landed in the sea south of the maritime border between North and South Korea with another heading for South Korea's Ulleung Island where an air raid alert was issued.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff saying today's act cannot be tolerated and that the South "will sternly respond to it in close cooperation with the U.S.".
US POLITICS-SIX DAYS TO ELECTION DAY
TWO POLLS IN NEVADA SHOWING REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER ADAM LAXALT WITH A FIVE PERCENTAGE POINT LEAD OVER DEMOCRAT US SENATOR CATHERINE CORTEZ-MASTO...
THOSE FOX NEWS POLLS THAT SEEM TO FAVOR DEMOCRATS ARE NOW SAYING THIS SIX DAYS BEFORE THE MID-TERM ELECTION.
IN WISCONSIN INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN US SENATOR RON JOHNSON AT 48 PERCENT TO DEMOCRAT CHALLENGER MANDELA BARNES AT 46 PERCENT.
IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR TIM MICHELS THE REPUBLICAN LEADS DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT TONY EVERS 48 TO 47 PERCENT.
IN ARIZONA THE US SENATE RACE THE FOX NEWS POLL PUTS DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT MARK KELLY AT 47 PERCENT TO REPUBLICAN BLAKE MASTERS WITH 46 PERCENT.
AND FOR GOVERNOR IN ARIZONA REPUBLICAN KARI LAKE LEADING DEMOCRAT KATIE HOBBS 48 TO 47 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS....
A FEDERAL JUDGE IN ARIZONA RULING THAT A CLEAN ELECTIONS GROUP MUST NOW STAY 250 FEET AWAY FROM BALLOT DROP BOXES...FREE REPUBLIC POST DISCUSSION-ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visiting China and meeting with President Xi Jinping.
The two leaders agreeing to strengthen ties including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)...TIMES OF INDIA
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
In other news...
IN FLORIDA TODAY A LIFE SENTENCE GIVEN TO NIKOLAS CRUZ CONVICTED IN THE MASS MURDER ATTACK AT A HIGH SCHOOL IN PARKLAND FLORIDA.
17 KILLED IN THE 2018 ATTACK...BBC NEWS
Two pharmacy chains cutting a deal in opioid lawsuits.
CVS and Walgreens agreeing to pay more than 10 billion US dollars...BBC NEWS
Five lions escaped from their enclosure at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia this morning.
Police called to help as staff were moved to 'safe zones'.
The lions returned to their exhibit-enclosure...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
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