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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Around the city of Kolomna some 70 miles southeast of Moscow late tonight a loud whiz, a blast, smoke and glow.
It's being investigated authorities stressing no signs of an explosion according to the RIA Novosti news agency.
Meanwhile the TASS news agency quoting a law enforcement spokesman as saying the blast occurred in the air and may have been caused by a drone...
Russian authorities say they pushed Ukrainian operatives who entered Russia's Bryansk Region today back across the border and hit them with a 'massive artillery strike'
Two civilians killed with another, a ten-year-old child, wounded by the Ukrainians.
Russian President Vladimir Putin calling the Ukrainian activity a 'terrorist attack'...RUSSIA TODAY...
Tomorrow Putin will chair a meeting of Russia's National Security Council...(Tagesschau German TV News)
More on the earlier details of this story later in the summary...
IN GISBORNE, NEW ZEALAND A SUSPICIOUS FIRE AT A GRAIN PROCESSING FACILITY THIS EVENING.
THE MILLING SECTION OF THE GRANARY DESTROYED IN THE BLAZE.
THE FACILITY PROCESSES GRAIN FOR CEREAL AND ANIMAL FEED...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
RUSSIA SAYS THAT THE GRAIN DEAL IN CONNECTION WITH THE UKRAINE WAR IS NOT WORKING OUT FOR PROVIDING POOR COUNTRIES WITH HUMANITARIAN AID.
THE WESTERN NATIONS INSTEAD DUMP THE GRAIN IN EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES AT LOW PRICES FOR ANIMAL FEED ACCORDING TO RUSSIA.
THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY ALSO SAYS THAT UKRAINE HAS NOT ALLOWED AN AMMONIA PIPELINE FROM TOGLIATTI IN RUSSIA TO ODESSA IN UKRAINE TO OPERATE.
THAT WAS ALSO A PROVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRAIN AGREEMENT...TASS RUSSIA
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordering two Jews, one of them a minor, detained for four months after they and six others were freed by a civilian court.
All eight freed for a lack of evidence in connection with the attack on a Palestinian town last Sunday night.
Gallant taking action based on recommendations from the "Shin Bet" security agency.
His action denounced by Public Safety Minister Itamar Ben Gvir as 'anti-democratic'.
The Biden Administration is demanding punishment for Jews following the incident...
The latest Twitter Files revelations from journalist Matt Taibbi focus on the "Global Engagement Center" housed at the US State Department.
When the GEC began it involved multiple government agencies ostensibly fighting the influence of international terrorism online.
But the GEC became a vehicle for official state blacklisting that disproportionately impacted conservative activity on the internet...MATT TAIBBI TWITTER POST...FULL MAITT TAIBBI TWITTER FEED
AT THE G20 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING HELD IN INDIA NO FINAL STATEMENT DUE TO DIFFERENCES OVER THE UKRAINE WAR.
THE US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV DURING THE MEETING...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...
ALSO AT THE G20 ARGENTINA BACKING OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UK OVER THE STATUS OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS.
ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER SANTIAGO CAFIERO TELLING THE BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY JAMES CLEVERLY THAT THE 'FORADORI-DUNCAN' TREATY OF 2016 IS TERMINATING.
HE CALLED FOR NEW TALKS WITH THE UK OVER THE STATUS OF THE FALKLANDS WHICH BOTH ARGENTINA AND THE UK CONSIDER TO BE THEIR TERRITORY. THEY ARE NAMED THE MALVINAS ISLANDS BY ARGENTINA...BUENOS AIRES HERALD
FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON SAYING HE WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO SUPPORT THE DEAL PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK CUT WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION.
THE DEAL IS SUPPOSED TO SETTLE THE MOVEMENT OF COMMERCE ON BORDER BETWEEN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND FOLLOW BRITAIN'S EXIT FROM THE EU...PRESS TRUST OF INDIA-INDIA TODAY
In the Netherlands hospital staff planning a March 16th strike.
The one-day walkout will make exceptions for emergency care at the 64 hospitals involved.
The union representing the hospital staff say they are facing the loss of purchasing power in the coming years and are under the burden of a heavy workload and difficult schedules...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE MARKETS TODAY MOVING UP.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 341.73 POINTS OR 1.05 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE NASDAQ UP 83.50 POINTS.
AT 413 PM NEW YORK TIME THE PRICE OF OIL 77 DOLLARS AND 97 CENTS A BARREL UP 28 CENTS...MARKETWATCH
IN THE UK BRITISH INTELLIGENCE AGENCY MI-5 IS TRUMPETING AN APOLOGY OVER THE DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK IN MANCHESTER IN 2017.
22 KILLED IN THE BOMBING AT THE MANCHESTER ARENA WHERE A CONCERT BY ARIANA GRANDE WAS TAKING PLACE.
AN INQUIRY CONCLUDING THAT MI-5 SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE TO PREVENT THE BOMBING AMONG OTHER FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...BBC BLOG
LAWYERS FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJMIN NETANYAHU WITH WRITTEN ARGUMENTS FOR ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT.
THEY CONTEST AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT HE SHOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE MOVEMENT OF A JUDICIAL REFORM BILL BECAUSE OF HIS ONGOING CORRUPTION TRIAL.
NETANYAHU'S LAWYERS NOTE SOME OPPOSITION POLITICIANS ACTIVELY SEEK HIS INVOLVEMENT IN DIALOGUE ON THE LEGISLATION...TIMES OF ISRAEL
"This is sexualization of children, you should arrest them"
A protester speaking to police outside a library in Auckland, New Zealand today.
A group of three protesters showed up in opposition to a "drag storytime" event at the library.
The library closing down for the day over the protest with storyteller escorted away by police...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
IN A MOVE AIMED AT CHINA THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTING FOR LEGISLATION TO GIVE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THE AUTHORITY TO BAN THE VIDEO APP TIKTOK...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Meanwhile the embattled Chinese-owned video app TikTok deciding to create a 60-minute time limit for users under the age of 18.
Users of the platform will have to be at least 13 years old.
There will be a passcode for young users to override the 60-minute time limit...BBC NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE DURING THE DAY)
UKRAINIAN ATTACK IN RUSSIAN REGION LEADS TO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, RUSSIA CALLS IT "TERRORIST ATTACK"
PUTIN CALLS THE ATTACK IN BRYANSK REGION AN 'ACT OF TERROR'
RUSSIAN CIVILIAN CASUALTIES FROM UKRAINIAN SHELLING
Russia says that Ukrainian infiltrators in the Bryansk region opened fire on a civilian car killing two and wounding a child...LATEST TASS REPORT...TASS RUSSIA...The Kremlin says this was a "terrorist attack"...TASS RUSSIA...
More details related to the attack from Russian media including the story of the wounded boy rescuing other children during the attack...TASS RUSSIA...
Russian President Vladimir Putin characterizing the attack as an "act of terror"...TASS RUSSIA
One civilian killed, another wounded in Ukrainian shelling of the Kursk region of Russia...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
THERE HAS BEEN A GUILTY VERDICT IN SOUTH CAROLINA AT THE MURDER TRIAL OF ATTORNEY ALEX MURDAUGH.
MURDAUGH ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND YOUNGEST SON...BBC NEWS BLOG
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