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Some elite Israeli military reservists threaten not to show up for duty and China releasing its plan for a solution to the conflict in Ukraine but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Pakistan's Prime Minister saying his country is bowing to global bankers and will comply with strict terms in order to get loan money released.
Speaking at a meeting of top security officials today Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif indicating that a deal with International Monetary Fund is coming within 10 days.
The Pakistani government has already brought in new taxes on fuel and electricity and cut subsidies to bring its budget into balance...REUTERS-VOICE OF AMERICA...
Meanwhile Pakistan announcing a 700 million dollar cash infusion from China...PRESS TRUST OF INDIA-ONE INDIA
IN EL SALVADOR TODAY TWO THOUSAND INMATES SUSPECTED OF GANG ACTIVITY MOVED INTO A SUPER PRISON.
THE FACILITY NAMED THE 'CENTER FOR THE CONFINEMENT OF TERRORISM' IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMODATE MORE THAN 40,000 PRISONERS.
ITS PART OF A CRACKDOWN BY THE EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENT NAYIB BUKELE THAT HAS LED TO THE DETENTION OF 63,000 SUSPECTED GANG MEMBERS...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE
Tonight Peruvian President Dina Boluarte announcing the downgrading of diplomatic relations with Mexico.
Boluarte saying the relations will now involve a charge d'affairs instead of an ambassador.
She cited negative comments from Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Mexico has been critical of the December ouster of former Leftist President Pedro Castillo and recently decided not to hand over the chair of the "Pacific Alliance" to Peru because of the crackdown on protesters opposing Boluarte in recent months...
INTENSE TALKS BETWEEN BRITISH PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK AND NORTHERN IRELAND'S POLITICAL LEADERS THIS WEEKEND.
SUNAK TRYING TO FORGE A DEAL ON NORTHERN IRELAND'S BORDER WITH THE SOUTH OF IRELAND IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BREXIT DEAL THAT PULLED THE UK OUT OF THE EU.
THERE MAY BE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A DEAL IN THE COMING HOURS DURING A VISIT BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN TO THE UK...BBC NEWS
In France the Authority for High Health recommending vaccination campaigns for COVID-19 booster jabs and flu shots this fall.
Those 'at risk' to be targeted in the COVID vaccine campaign named as people having 'comorbidities regardless of age' those ages 65 and over and pregnant women...(BFM-TV France)
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT BIRD FLU SPREADING AMONG HUMANS.
THIS FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD CAMBODIAN GIRL FROM BIRD FLU AND A POSITIVE TEST FOR HER FATHER...AFP FRANCE-THE JAPAN TIMES
At least 10 killed and 23 injured in a bus crash in Algeria.
The bus headed for a popular ski resort when it overturned and fell 150 meters in a mountainous region...NOS NETHERLANDS-AFP FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
AFTER DISAGREEMENTS IN ITS RANKS THE EUROPEAN UNION AGREEING TO A NEW SET OF SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA LATE TONIGHT.
120 INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES ALONG WITH THREE RUSSIAN BANKS LISTED IN THE NEW SANCTIONS...(AFP France)...PRESS TV IRAN
Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Ukraine said to have been on their agenda including the Istanbul agreements to allow the flow of grain to world markets in spite of the conflict...TASS RUSSIA
THE UNITED STATES IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN OPERATORS OF THE ZAPOROZHYE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN THE FRONT LINE OF THE BATTLES INVOLVING RUSSIAN AND URKAINIAN FORCES...TASS RUSSIA
THE UNITED STATES ALSO IMPOSING NEW SANCTIONS ON VARIOUS RUSSIAN BUSINESSES AND BANKS AND INCREASING TARIFFS ON RUSSIAN GOODS...(TASS Russia)...
THE UNITED STATES TAKING ACTIONS AGAINST SOME 200 INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES RANGING FROM RUSSIAN ONES TO OTHERS IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD SAID TO BE ASSISTING RUSSIA...CNN...
AND RUSSIA SUSPENDED FROM THE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE ACCUSED OF ACTIONS CONTRARY TO THE SAFETY, SECURITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE:
"global financial system"...
IN THE UK MORE THAN A MILLION OF THE LOWEST PAID LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS ARE BEING OFFERED A NINE PERCENT PAY INCREASE.
UNIONS NOW CONSIDERING THE PROPOSAL. THE INFLATION RATE IN THE UK NOW IN EXCESS OF 10 PERCENT...BBC NEWS
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for reform of the World Bank.
Speaking to the G20 finance ministers meeting in Bengaluru, India Modi that worldwide lenders like the World Bank need to deal with matters like 'climate change' and 'high debt levels'...EASTERN EYE
SHARP DECLINES ON THE MARKETS TODAY.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE FELL 336.99 POINTS OR 1.02 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE NASDAQ DECLINED 195.46 POINTS OR 1.69 PERCENT IN VALUE.
AT 747 PM NEW YORK TIME THE PRICE OF OIL AT 76 DOLLARS AND 45 CENTS A BARREL DOWN ONE DOLLARS AND SIX CENTS...MARKETWATCH
Elite Israeli reservists in the Special Operations Division of Military Intelligence threatening not to report for duty over the judicial reform plan now under consideration in the Knesset (Parliament).
The group of more than 100 people joining other groups of elite reservists in all branches of the Israeli military who have signed similar letters in recent weeks...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak says citizens may need to disobey leaders as he predicted a dictatorship in Israel.
His speech clearly directed at the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Barak citing the judicial reform legislation currently under consideration...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
Barak won election and became Prime Minister in the late 1990's with help of US President Bill Clinton's political apparatus and has been linked convicted child sex offender and accused child sex trafficker the late Jeffrey Epstein.
TWO PAKISTANI MEN SENT HOME FOLLOWING 20 YEARS OF DETENTION WITHOUT CHARGES AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.
GUANTANAMO WAS USED AS DETENTION CENTER FOLLOWING 9/11 FOR THOSE SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM.
IT ONCE HELD 600 DETAINEES. NOW IT ONLY HOLDS 32...THE NEW ARAB
North Korea test firing four long-range cruise missiles.
It's being called a test to demonstrate North Korea's ability to launch a nuclear counterattack against enemy forces...INDIA TODAY
THE TARGETING OF HIGH PROFILE CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY TIK TOK UNDERWAY IN CANADA.
FOUR DIFFERENT CANADIAN REGULATORY AGENCIES AT THE FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL LEVELS LOOKING INTO ALLEGATIONS THAT TIK TOK VIOLATES PRIVACY OF ITS USERS...CBC NEWS CANADA
The European Union telling its employees to remove TikTok from their phones.
It's another example of government entities in the US and US aligned nations cracking down on the Chinese owned social media giant by ordering it off devices...(BFM-TV France)...
China releasing a 12-point position paper on the first anniversary of the conflict in Ukraine.
It's China's plan for resolving the conflict.
China speaking of respect to the sovereignty of all countries, a cease-fire and peace talks. China also opposing unilateral sanctions not authorized by the UN Security Council...
In a response the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is speaking of his desire to meet the Chinese President Xi Jinping...BBC NEWS
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
POLAND DELIVERS FIRST TANKS TO UKRAINE
SWEDEN PLEDGES TEN TANKS FOR UKRAINE
ZELENSKY 'PEACE FORMULA' ONLY BASIS FOR TALKS ACCORDING TO HIGH-RANKING US NEOCONSERVATIVE
In an interview with the Russian news agency TASS US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, a leading Neoconservative, says only the 10 points for a 'just peace' proposed by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky can be the basis for any negotiations...TASS RUSSIA
The first anniversary of Russian military operations marked by ceremonies and announcements of new sanctions by the US and nations aligned with the US and new weapons shipments to Ukraine.
Poland says the first Leopard tanks have been given to Ukraine...BBC NEWS BLOG...
Sweden pledging to send Ukraine up to 10 Leopard tanks...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
More than two million air fryers in the US, Canada and Mexico recalled.
The Cosori air fryers sold from June 2018 to December 2022 could overheat due to a wire connection issue.
More than 200 incidents reported involving the fryers that included some burn injuries and property damage...BBC NEWS
STREAMING SERVICE NETFLIX CUTTING PRICES IN MORE THAN 30 COUNTRIES. COMPETITION AND INFLATION RAGING IN POORER NATONS...BBC NEWS
A space capsule launched from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station to replace a damaged capsule.
This will enable the return to Earth of three astronauts at the station later this year...BBC NEWS (VIDEO EMBED)
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