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Russian forces reported advancing on the southern front but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The Russian Defense Ministry spokesman says that Russian forces attacked Ukrainian forces in the Zaporozhye (Zaporzihzhia) region.
The attacks included a command post, 74 artillery locations and 119 other locations containing military personnel and equipment...TASS RUSSIA...
The German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says Germany will not block deliveries of its "Leopard 2" tanks to Ukraine by third countries...TAGGESCHAU GERMAN TV NEWS STORY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee pressuring the Biden Administration to send tanks to Ukraine.
Representative Michael McCaul of Texas saying the US should not "slow-walk the weapons"...THE HILL...
The Speaker of Russia's Parliament warning that additional weapons for Ukraine if used to threaten Russian territory will lead to a response with more powerful weapons...RUSSIA TODAY
More on Russian and Ukraine later in the summary...
A leading US Border Patrol official resigned last fall amidst allegations of sexual misconduct.
Tony Barker accused of pressuring female employees...NBC NEWS
IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF ESWATINI THAT NEIGHBORS SOUTH AFRICA AND MOZAMBIQUE A LEADING OPPOSITION POLITICIAN SHOT AND KILLED.
GUNMEN SHOT THULANI MASEKO DEAD AT HIS HOME HOURS AFTER RULING MONARCH KING MSWATI CONDEMNED OPPOSITION FORCES.
THE KING SAYING 'PEOPLE SHOULD NOT SHED TEARS AND COMPLAIN ABOUT MERCENARIES KILLING THEM'...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL
FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE SWEDISH CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL. THAT FOLLOWS THE BURNING OF THE QURAN BY A PROTESTER OUTSIDE OF THE TURKISH EMBASSY IN STOCKHOLM ON SATURDAY...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
More on this story later in the summary...
Türkiye (Turkey) will hold presidential and parliamentary elections a month early this year. The original June 18th date now backed up to May 14th.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan making a speech to young voters announcing the new date...REUTERS-US NEWS
LOS ANGELES AREA MASS MURDER ATTACK
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IN MONTEREY PARK CALIFORNIA NEAR LOS ANGELES A MASS MURDER ATTACK FOLLOWING A CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION.
TEN DEAD, TEN WOUNDED A SUSPECT AT LARGE.
A MID-DAY LOCAL TIME A STANDOFF INVOLVING THE SUSPECT IN TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA.
A MAN FOUND DEAD IN A WHITE VAN.
HE IS IDENTIFIED AS THE SUSPECT IN THE ATTACK.
ISRAELI POLITICAL TENSIONS
NATIONALISTS FIGHT BACK AGAINST NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSION OF JEWISH SETTLEMENT
NETANYAHU FORCED TO DISMISS RELIGIOUS CABINET MINISTER UNDER HIGH COURT ORDER
NEWS LEAK ABOUT NETANYAHU ASSURANCES GIVEN TO US ABOUT SOFTENING JUDICIAL REFORM
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The political tensions in Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his Sunday cabinet meeting under High Court order dismissed his Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri of Orthodox Jewish Shas Party.
It is reported that Mr. Deri will retain the title of Alternate Prime Minister (Vice-Premier)...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Nationalists in the government angered when nationalist cabinet ministers were overruled Friday and a Jewish settlement was torn down.
Nationalist cabinet minister Itamar Ben-Gvir presenting evidence of illegal Arab settlement at today's cabinet meeting...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
For a second time Jewish youth attempted to establish the settlement torn down Friday but were rebuffed by police...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
One report says that Mr. Netanyahu is maneuvering to remove nationalists from his government and entice a "mainstream" party to join his government...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS STORY
There's a report that the Attorney General may soon act against Mr. Netanyahu ordering him to take a leave of absence because his proposed judicial reform conflicts with his ongoing corruption trial.
A news leak Sunday night saying that Netanyahu told US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan that any judicial reform will be less dramatic than originally proposed...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Saturday night 100,000 protesters in Tel Aviv with additional thousands in other cities opposing the Netanyahu government...
In Brazil the Army Chief of Staff fired.
This is the latest move by President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva following the recent January 6th style incident in capital city of Brasilia...BBC NEWS
IN FRANCE PROTESTS CONTINUING AGAINST PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S PENSION REFORM PLAN.
MACRON NOW WITH A 65 PERCENT DISAPPROVAL RATING FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCMENT OF A PLAN RAISING THE RETIREMENT AGE FROM 62 TO 64 IN 2030 WITH CHANGES IN PENSION BENEFITS...(BFM-TV France)
A MASS PROTEST IN MADRID THIS WEEKEND OPPOSING SPAIN'S SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT.
30,000 GATHERED ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SOME 700,000 ACCORDING TO THE ORGANIZERS.
CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION FORCES ANGERED BY THE SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO DOWNGRADE THE CRIME OF SEDITION USED TO CONVICT CATALONIAN LEADERS AS WELL AS NEW LAWS REGARDING SEXUALITY AND THE DEFINITION OF SEX CRIMES....MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN
TURKEY CANCELLING TALKS WITH SWEDEN ABOUT NATO MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE OF A PROTEST OUTSIDE TURKEY'S EMBASSY IN STOCKHOLM SATURDAY.
THE AFRICAN NATION OF BURKINA FASO TELLING FRANCE TO PULL ITS TROOPS OUT OF THE COUNTRY WITHIN A MONTH.
THE FRENCH THERE TO OSTENSIBLY HELP FIGHT JIHADISTS BUT THE NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO END A MILITARY COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE THAT SAW 400 FRENCH TROOPS STATIONED THERE.
THE BURKINABE GOVERNMENT REPORTED SEEKING CLOSER TIES WITH RUSSIA...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24
POLITICS IN THE USA SIX MORE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FOUND AT JOE BIDEN'S WILMINGTON, DELAWARE HOME FRIDAY.
A SEARCH SAID TO HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY 'DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICIALS'.
A LAWYER'S STATEMENT LATER EXPANDED ON THAT SAYING FBI AGENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH...THE HILL...
(UPDATED) ITS ALSO REPORTED THIS WEEKEND THAT WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF RON KLAIN MAY SOON BE LEAVING HIS POST...AFP FRANCE-AL ARABIYA...
KLAIN'S REPLACEMENT EXPECTED TO BE JEFF ZIENTS. ZIENTS HAS BEEN THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE COORDINATOR...FREE REPUBLIC POST-THE HILL STORY-DISCUSSION
US AFRICA COMMAND SAYS THAT AROUND 30 AL SHABAAB JIHADISTS WERE KILLED IN AN AIR STRIKE FRIDAY.
THE AIR STRIKE IN THE SOMALI TOWN OF GALCAD WHERE HEAVY FIGHTNG BETWEEN THE JIHADISTS AND SOMALI TROOPS WAS UNDERWAY...ANI NEWS INDIA
"Dear Mr. Kirby, Could you please clarify what crime was committed by PMC Wagner?"
Yevgeny Prigozhin of the Russia's Wagner Group writing to US National Security Official John Kirby at the White House.
Prigozhin responding to Kirby's announcement that Wagner is now considered a "transnational criminal organization"...TASS RUSSIA
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
RUSSIAN FORCES GOING ON OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN REGION
RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSE DRILL THIS WEEKEND IN MOSCOW REGION AIMED AT REPELLING ATTACKS
Russian forces reported advancing on the southern front in the Zaporizhzhia region pushing back Ukrainian forces...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
This weekend Russian air defense forces held a military exercise in the Moscow region aimed at repelling attacks...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY
In other news...
Elon Musk talking about "major side effects" from a COVID booster shot.
Musk saying he "felt like dying" after the vaccine dose also saying a cousin has myocarditis following a COVID jab...
The "Sunday Times" of London reporting that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was helped in getting a loan from the man his government appointed to head the BBC.
The opposition Labor Party calling for a probe into allegations about Conservative Party donor Richard Sharp assisting Mr. Johnson in getting an 800,000 pound (991,440 US dollar) loan...BBC NEWS....
Today Mr. Johnson making a trip to Ukraine...BBC NEWS
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