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There's word that the entire team of IRS agents working on a long-running investigation of Hunter Biden, Joe Biden's son, have been removed from the probe.
This came on orders of the US Justice Department...NEW YORK POST
A DEADLY ATTACK IN FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO TODAY WITH THREE DEAD AND NINE WOUNDED INCLUDING TWO POLICE OFFICERS.
AN 18-YEAR OLD SUSPECT CONFRONTED AND SHOT DEAD BY POLICE...KOAT ALBUQUERQUE
In Tunisia opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi sentenced to one year in prison. Ghannouchi is the leader of the Ennahda Party.
He was arrested last month.
Since 2021 President Kais Saied has been running the country he shut down the country's parliament and created a rubber-stamp assembly as a replacement also rewriting the country's constitution...MIDDLE EAST EYE
POLITICS IN THE US AND THE REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL JOHN DURHAM.
DURHAM LOOKED INTO THAT PROBE INTO PRESIDENT TRUMP ALLEGING 'RUSSIAN COLLUSION'.
DURHAM SAYS THAT THE FBI WAS BIASED AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP IN ITS PROBE. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE PROBE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN OPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE...
Israeli parliament member Simcha Rothman says some bills related to judicial reform will be advanced even if there is no deal with the opposition.
Rothman says that the proposed law to allow the elected government select judges instead of unelected legal bodies is one law that may move forward.
Israel's President Issac Herzog currently mediating between the government and opposition over judicial reform.
Rothman says the opposition is using the talks as a stalling tactic...TIMES OF ISRAEL
"The whistleblower that led us to the evidence of crimes directly implicating Joe Biden is safe, but does fear for his life"
That message on social media this afternoon from Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia. She also posted a video from a "War Room" interview on the matter...MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE TWITTER (VIDEO EMBED)
In Israel the Consumer Price Index rose .8 percent in April. It was more than expected.
Israel's annual inflation rate now pegged by five percent...TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE MARKETS TODAY.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ROSE 47.98 POINTS.
THE NASDAQ RISING 80.47 POINTS.
THE PRICE OF OIL UP ONE DOLLAR AND 28 CENTS A BARREL AT 71 DOLLARS AND 32 CENTS A BARREL...MARKETWATCH
In Turkey there will be second round of the presidential election as incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fell short of 50 percent plus one in the first round.
99.87 percent of the vote counted with Erdogan at 49.5 percent of the vote and his main challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu has 44.89 percent.
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES REPORTEDLY INVITING SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD TO THE COP 28 CLIMATE SUMMIT LATER THIS YEAR.
US-ALIGNED NATIONS HAVE IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON SYRIA...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
A South African military delegation visiting Russia. They are discussing military cooperation and projects with the their Russian counterparts...TASS RUSSIA
A PALESTINIAN MAN REPORTED KILLED IN A CLASH WITH ISRAELI FORCES EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
ISRAELI FORCES ENTERING A REFUGEE CAMP NEAR NABLUS...TIMES OF ISRAEL
A Russian fighter jet escorting two NATO surveillance planes away from Russian territory. The incident in the Baltic Sea...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
Meanwhile the US says that six Russian aircraft were intercepted near Alaska last week...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY
THE UKRAINE WAR
ZELENSKY VISITS UK, GETS MORE MISSILES AND DRONES
UKRAINE ON THE ATTACK IN THE LUGANSK REGION
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in the UK meeting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The British government sending more air defense missiles and drones to Ukraine after announcing last week that long-range "Storm Shadow" missiles were on their way to Ukraine...BBC NEWS...
Ukraine attacking the Lugansk Region of Russia annexed during the war with long range "Storm Shadow" missiles provided by the UK.
Two fired today.
Later in the day an explosion in the center of Lugansk City near the main government building.
In other news...
IN MOSCOW A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE US EMBASSY ARRESTED ON A CONSPIRACY CHARGE.
ROBERT SHONOV ACCUSED OF CONFIDENTIAL COLLABORATION WITH A FOREIGN STATE OR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION...TASS RUSSIA
The "Philadelphia Inquirer" newspaper hit by a cyber attack over the weekend.
It prevented a Sunday print edition from being published.
It also caused delays on the newspaper's web site as well.
The newspaper investigating the attack and contacting the FBI...THE INDEPENDENT UK
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