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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In March of 2019 following the second deadly crash involving a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft some engineers at the Seattle FAA office wanted to ground the planes.
But they were overruled by top officials of the FAA.
That word in a report from the Inspector General of the US Department of Transportation.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, saying Joe Biden is senile in making his threat this week to end North Korea's regime if nuclear weapons are used against the US and its allies.
She denounced this week's South Korea-US summit in Washington for promoting a "hostile policy"...NK NEWS...TASS RUSSIA
TONIGHT A SOURCE SAYING THAT THE US GOVERNMENT'S FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION IS GETTING READY TO PUT THE TROUBLED FIRST REPUBLIC BANK INTO RECEIVERSHIP...REUTERS
An Israeli air strike in Syria tonight. The attack nears Homs with the Syrian military saying some of the missiles fired by the warplanes were intercepted.
The anti-government Syrian Observatory for Human Rights saying an ammunition dump of the Lebanese group Hezbollah backed by Iran was the target. The ammo dump located at the airport.
Explosions and fires reported following the attack.
THE US ARMY GROUNDING ITS HELICOPTER FLEET WITH A MANDATORY SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PILOTS.
THIS FOLLOWS THE MID-AIR COLLISION OF TWO APACHE HELICOPTERS IN ALASKA YESTERDAY THAT KILLED THREE SOLDIERS AND INJURED ANOTHER.
NINE OTHER SOLDIERS DIED IN A COLLISION OF TWO BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS IN KENTUCKY LAST MONTH.
BOTH ACCIDENTS HAPPENED DURING TRAINING MISSIONS...MILITARY TIMES
A Dutch police officer who shot at a tractor during the farmers protest against climate change cow gas rules last July is being prosecuted.
The Public Prosecution Service in the Netherlands says that the officer will be charged with attempted manslaughter.
A 16-year-old driver behind the wheel of the tractor at the time of the incident...
In the UK four unions representing teachers in England deciding to coordinate strike actions. At present only one union has authorized strike action.
If other unions authorize strike action this could lead to a total shutdown of schools on designated strike days this fall.
The teacher unions seeking higher pay amidst ten percent plus inflation in the UK...BBC NEWS
THE MARKETS TODAY.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 272 POINTS.
THE NASDAQ GOING UP 84.35 POINTS.
AT 435 PM NEW YORK TIME THE PRICE OF OIL RISING MORE THAN TWO PERCENT UP TWO DOLLARS A BARREL AT 76 DOLLARS AND 76 CENTS...MARKETWATCH
"America and Europe gave them instructions to depose Tayyip Erdogan, to remove Tayyip Erdogan from office. Why Tayyip Erodgan? Because America does not want him..."
Turkish politics and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu saying that the US and allied European nations are using the political opposition to remove incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from power...TASS RUSSIA...
His comments came just ahead of today's announcement by Kurdish and Leftist opposition forces in Türkiye throwing their support behind the main opposition Presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
That move just weeks ahead of the first round voting in the Turkish Presidential Election on May 14th...AL JAZEERA QATAR
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BBC RESIGNING AT THE END OF JUNE.
RICHARD SHARP WAS THE SUBJECT OF A REPORT PUBLISHED TODAY SAYING THERE WERE TWO 'POTENTIAL PERCEIVED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST' IN HIS APPOINTMENT TO THE POST IN FEBRUARY OF 2021.
SHARP SAYS HIS ACTIONS WERE 'INADVERTANT AND NOT MATERIAL'.
ONE MATTER THAT GOT MASSIVE ATTENTION WAS SHARP'S INTRODUCTION OF A FINANCER TO THE CABINET SECRETARY.
FINANCIER SAM BLYTH INVOLVED IN A LOAN TO THEN PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON...POLITICO EU
The Biden Administration setting up migrant processing centers in Guatemala in Central America and Colombia in South America to process people seeking to enter the United States.
The plan includes diverting some of those seeking entry to the US into Canada and Spain those nations are willing to accept some of the migrants...BBC NEWS...
(COMMENT) The Trudeau government has committed to importing 1.5 million more people into Canada by 2025. This will help Joe Biden deal with the migration issue as he tries to win re-election next year.
SUDAN CONFLICT
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A Turkish evacuation plane fired on today in the conflict.
Thousands of foreign nationals have been evacuated from the country.
Both the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces accusing each other of violating the ceasefire both agreed to continue...AL JAZEERA BLOG
Brazil's leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recognizing six Indigenous reservations. This reverses the policy of former rightist President Jair Bolsonaro...AL JAZEERA QATAR
IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF BURKINA FASO ANOTHER DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK.
DOZENS OF SOLDIERS KILLED IN A JIHADIST ATTACK ON A MILITARY BASE.
JIHADIST ACTIVITY ON THE RISE IN THE COUNTRY AS ITS MILITARY GOVERNMENT DISTANCES ITSELF FROM WESTERN NATIONS AND MORE CLOSELY ALIGNS ITSELF WITH RUSSIA...REUTERS-FRANCE 24
China giving an official protest to South Korea over a joint statement at the US-South Korea summit in Washington this week.
The statement spoke in opposition to "any unilateral attempts to change the status quo in the Indo-Pacific".
China reminding South Korea to adhere to the "One China" principle traditionally held by nations with diplomatic relations with China including the US.
"One China" means that Taiwan is part of China...KBS WORLD SOUTH KOREA
INDIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS THAT BETTER RELATIONS WITH CHINA DEPEND ON 'PEACE AND TRANQUILITY' ON THE BORDER.
DEFENSE RAJNATH SINGH MEETING HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART LI SHANGFU IN NEW DELHI AHEAD OF A MEETING OF DEFENSE MINISTERS OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION...DAWN PAKISTAN...
ALSO ON THE SIDELINES OF THAT DEFENSE MINISTERS CONFERENCE IN INDIA TALKS BETWEEN CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER LI SHANGFU AND HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART SERGEY SHOIGU....TASS RUSSIA
The Russian Embassy in France sending a protest note to the French Foreign Ministry a few weeks ago.
The protest after a French law enforcement helicopter circled over the Russian diplomatic compound in Paris.
The Russian Embassy saying that it has no received a clear explanation from French authorities about the helicopter incident...TASS RUSSIA
THE UKRAINE WAR
AT LEAST NINE DEAD FOLLOWING URKAINIAN SHELLING IN DONETSK
CASUALTIES REPORTED IN EARLY MORNING RUSSIAN STRIKES
Russian authorities say that at least nine are dead following Ukrainian artillery shelling of the city of Donetsk...TASS RUSSIA
Ukraine says that at least 25 people were killed in early morning strikes by Russia. Ukraine also saying that 21 of the 23 missiles and drones used in the attacks were shot down...BBC NEWS
In other news...
SINGER KATY PERRY LOSING A TRADEMARK FIGHT IN AN AUSTRALIAN COURT WITH AN AUSTRALIAN FASHION DESIGNER NAMED KATIE PERRY.
THE DISPUTE DATING BACK TO A 2014 TOUR OF AUSTRALIA BY THE SINGER.
NO PERSONAL DAMAGE DONE TO THE AUSTRALIAN FASHIONER DESIGNER BY SINGER KATY PERRY BUT HER BUSINESS CONCERN MUST PAY TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT DAMAGES TO FASHION DESIGNER KATIE PERRY....BBC NEWS
Vice Media announcing cuts in staff and programming.
The youth-oriented media company citing 'market conditions' and 'business realities'.
The program "Vice News Tonight" cancelled as part of the cutbacks...AL JAZEERA QATAR
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