(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
POLITICS IN THE US AND ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR., SON OF FORMER US SENATOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT F. KENNEDY AND NEPHEW OF FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, FILING PAPERWORK TO RUN AS A DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT CHALLENGING JOE BIDEN.
KENNEDY KNOWN AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER AND MOST RECENTLY FOR HIS WORK WITH CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE.
KENNEDY CHALLENGING THE ASSUMPTIONS OF THE PHARMA INDUSTRY ON VARIOUS ISSUES INCLUDING COVID VACCINES...FOX NEWS...BBC NEWS
As Passover began in Israel more clashes at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem between Israeli police and militant Muslims.
Two rockets also fired from Gaza tonight into Israel...TIMES OF ISRAEL
US HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY MEETING WITH TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT AT THE REAGAN LIBRARY IN SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA TODAY.
CHINA HAS WARNED OF CONSEQUENCES THAT WILL RESULT FROM THE MEETING BETWEEN MCCARTHY AND PRESIDENT TSAI ING-WEN...AL JAZEERA QATAR
EXPLOSIONS AND GUNFIRE IN THE WESTERN AFGHAN CITY OF HERAT THIS EVENING.
FIGHTING BETWEEN THE TALIBAN AND ISLAMIC STATE REPORTED.
ISIS HAS BECOME ACTIVE IN AFGHANISTAN SINCE THE UNITED STATES PULLED ITS FORCES OUT AND THE TALIBAN TOOK POWER...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN
AT LEAST FIVE DEAD AND OTHERS INJURED FOLLOWING THE TOUCHDOWN OF A TORNADO IN BOLLINGER COUNTY, MISSOURI AT AROUND 4 AM THIS MORNING.
President Trump calling on Republicans in Congress to defund the Department of Justice and FBI.
Trump saying that both agencies need to:
'COME TO THEIR SENSES'
He says both agencies are being used by Democrats who have "weaponized law enforcement" and are "viciously using this abuse of power" as a means of election interference...
The markets the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 80.34 points and the NASDAQ falling 129.47 points or 1.07 percent in value.
At 511 pm New York time the price of oil down 36 cents at 80 dollars and 35 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH
FOUR CHILDREN KILLED AT A KINDERGARTEN IN BRAZIL THIS MORNING WHEN A MAN WIELDING A HATCHET ATTACKED THEM. FOUR OTHER CHILDREN WOUNDED.
THE SUSPECT TURNED HIMSELF IN AT A POLICE STATION...BBC NEWS
Iran says its thwarted a drone attack on a military site in Isfahan.
The Iranians say a single drone was downed as it neared what was called a 'military workshop'...PRESS TV
ISRAELI AIR STRIKES IN GAZA FOLLOWING EARLY MORNING ROCKET LAUNCHES INTO ISRAEL.
POLICE MADE 350 ARRESTS FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT'S CLASHES AT AL AQSA MOSQUE IN JERUSALEM...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
The Arab League calling an emergency meeting following the Al Aqsa clashes Tuesday night. The meeting "strongly condemning" Israeli police actions there...PRESS TV IRAN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is committed to reducing tensions and maintaining the status quo on the sacred ground where Jewish visitors come to the Temple Mount.
Netanyahu noting that extremists were causing the problems that required Israeli police action last night...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
French President Emmanuel Macron visiting China. Macron's three day-visit includes meetings with top Chinese officials.
The Ukraine War will be discussed along with closer economic cooperation between China and France...TASS RUSSIA...
Meanwhile in Paris French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne receiving top union leaders demanding a back-down from President Macron's imposition of pension reform without a legislative vote.
Union leaders describe the talks which lasted about an hour as a 'failure' with the Prime Minister sticking to her position.
She also claims she wants to "move forward" with the unions.
Tomorrow another day of nationwide strikes and protest in France over the pension reform issue...(Information from BFM-TV France)...
POLITICS IN FRANCE IF A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY MARINE LE PEN OF THE NATIONAL RALLY WOULD LEAD PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON IN A FIRST ROUND VOTE AND DEFEAT HIM 55-45 PERCENT IN THE DECISIVE SECOND ROUND.
THE POLL CONDUCTED BY THE POLLING FIRM ELABE...(Information from BFM-TV France)
The price of eggs on the rise in the US and around the world this Easter.
Egg prices 55 percent higher than last year in the US and 30 percent higher in the European Union.
Bird flu and higher chicken feed prices cited as driving forces behind the price increases...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
CHINA'S CURRENCY THE YUAN USED MORE OFTEN AS THE SETTLEMENT CURRENCY IN WORLD TRADE.
A UK BASED INDEX SHOWING THE YUAN USED 26.6 PERCENT MORE IN 2022. THAT FOLLOWS AN 18.5 GROWTH RATE IN 2021...THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Corporate giant Johnson and Johnson making a 9 billion dollar offer to settle claims over a link between the company's talc powder and cancer...BBC NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR
RUSSIA DETAINS UKRANIAN PILOT WHOSE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY
Russian authorities have detained a Ukrainian pilot after the pilot's light aircraft came down in the Bryansk Region of Russia...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
TURKIYE CLOSING ITS AIRSPACE TO FLIGHTS FROM AN AIRPORT IN KURDISH CONTROLLED NORTHERN IRAQ.
THE TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN TANJU BILGIC SAYS INCREASED ACTIVITY FROM KURDISH GROUPS CONSIDERED TERRORISTS IN THE AREA LED TO THE DECISION.
Russian naval ships making a port call in Saudi Arabia.
It's the first time Russia's navy has visited Saudi Arabia in ten years.
The Russians vessels taking on food, fuel and water during their stay in the port of Jeddah...TASS RUSSIA
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