(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGJH MONDAY EVENING)
A US military buildup in the Middle East, Joe Biden talks to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the bridge attack in Russia but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Explosions in two Ukrainian cities tonight along with air raid warnings across seven Ukrainian regions...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...Also word of explosions in a third Ukrainian city Kharkov...TASS RUSSIA
More on the Ukraine War later in the summary....
IN BRUSSELS A SUMMIT MEETING BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND LATIN AMERICAN-CARRIBEAN NATIONS. THE UKRAINE WAR AND CLIMATE NAMED AS REASONS DRIVING THE MEETING...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY
US MILITARY BUILDUP IN MIDDLE EAST RELATED TO IRAN AND SYRIA
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The US expanding its military buildup in the Middle East first announced late Friday.
F-35 and F-16 warplanes joining the earlier deployment of F-16's to the region.
Concerns about Iranian military activity in the Persian Gulf against shipping and Russian military activity in Syria against drones have been cited at threats in recent weeks....AL ARABIYA SAUDI ARABIA...
The US military said today that a US spy plane in Syria had a close encounter with a Russian warplane on Sunday...ASSOCIATED PRESS-KTAR RADIO
ISRAEL TAKING SIDES IN A NORTH AFRICAN TERRITORIAL DISPUTE.
MOROCCO SAYS ISRAEL NOW RECOGNIZES ITS SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE WESTERN SAHARA TERRITORY.
SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE FORMER SPANISH COLONIAL POSSESSION HAS BEEN IN DISPUTE BETWEEN ALGERIA AND MOROCCO FOR DECADES...REUTERS-FRANCE 24
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 76.32 points.
The NASDAQ rose 131.25 points.
At 425 pm New York Time the price of oil lower at 74 dollars and 13 cents a barrel down one dollar and 29 cents...MARKETWATCH
ISRAELI POLITICAL TENSIONS:
BIDEN TALKS TO NETANYAHU BY PHONE AS ISRAELI PRESIDENT VISITS WASHINGTON AMIDST JUDICIAL REFORM CONTROVERSY
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The right-leaning 'Israel National News" reports that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received an invitation from Joe Biden for a meeting...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
The left-leaning "Times of Israel" reported before this evening's phone conversation that Biden would express concern in that phone call over the judicial reform plans Netanyahu's government intends to move forward with.
The ceremonial leader of Israel who calls for "consensus" on judicial reform, President Issac Herzog, is visiting Washington this week,
Herzog will be at the White House and make a speech to Congress on Capitol Hill...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
More on the political situation in Israel today Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking out against reservists who refuse to serve over the judicial reform proposals of his government.
Netanyahu saying that in a democracy the military is subject to the government not the other way around...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
In Israel's parliament opposition politicians submitting 27,000 amendments to delay part of the judicial reform plans...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Russia pulling out of a deal that allows Ukrainian grain exports by sea in spite of the war.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying the deal has been favorable to Ukraine but parts involving movement of products related to Russia have not been kept.
Peskov says that Russia will return to the deal if the parts regarding Russian products are fulfilled...TASS RUSSIA
CHINESE WARSHIPS HEADED FOR THE SEA OF JAPAN TO JOIN RUSSIAN NAVAL VESSELS FOR JOINT MANUEVERS.
CHINA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS THE EXERCISES ARE AIMED AT 'SAFEGUARDING STRATEGIC MARITIME ROUTES'...NEWS AGENCIES-DAWN PAKISTAN
KERCH BRIDGE INCIDENT IN RUSSIA
RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SAY UKRAINE CAUSED DAMAGE TO ROADWAY OF KERCH BRIDGE
KEY RUSSIAN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR 'FAR FROM HUMANE' RESPONSE TO TERRORISTS BEHIND ATTACK
TONIGHT ONE LANE OF CAR TRAFFIC AND RAILROAD TRAFFIC RESUMED ON THE BRIDGE
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There is damage to the roadway on the bridge between Crimea and the rest of Russia (Kerch Bridge).
Damage said to have impacted the "roadbed" on the bridge.
Two adults killed and a child wounded...(News Agencies)
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the seaborne drone attack on the bridge was carried out by Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA...Putin is promising a Russian response...TASS RUSSIA
The Russian Ministry of Transport says that 'the structures of the bridge spans are on their supports'.
Later today Russian officials said Ukraine was behind the damage to the roadway...(TASS Russia)...
Russia's former President and Prime Minister Deputy Chairman of the National Security Council Dmitry Medvedev calling for a forceful response that includes 'far from humane' measures against terrorists.
Medvedev saying that terrorists only understand the use of force and that terrorist commanders must be eliminated...TASS RUSSIA...
In addition to the roadway being closed railroad traffic across the bridge is suspended as well...TASS RUSSIA...But railway traffic is to resume this evening...(TASS Russia)
A child also reported injured in the incident...TASS RUSSIA...
Russian media today speaking about the pictures of the Crimean bridge taken by a commercial US satellite firm "Maxar" and the agreements between Ukraine and the US regarding exchange of information...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Tonight railroad traffic along with one lane of car traffic has resumed on the bridge...(TASS Russia)
In Beijing the visiting US Climate Czar John Kerry speaking with China's Climate Envoy Xie Zhenhua...CGTN CHINA...
Kerry's message is that the world's two largest economies need to 'work together' on what Kerry calls the "climate crisis"...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE (TURKEY)
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
RUSSIAN WARPLANE CRASHES IN SEA OF AZOV
A Russian warplane on a training mission crashed into the Sea of Azov the pilot killed...TASS RUSSIA
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