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Developments related to the coup and threat of foreign military intervention in Niger but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES ACTIVE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN CRIMEA.
Two US Navy sailors arrested accused of providing sensitive information to China.
Jinchao Wei and Wenhang Zhao both accused of receiving money in exchange for providing information on warships and weapons used by the Navy among other things to Chinese agents...BBC NEWS
THE UNITED STATES SAID TO BE CONSIDERING PUTTING ARMED TROOPS ON COMMERCIAL SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
THEIR DEPLOYMENT TO PREVENT IRAN FROM SEIZING THE VESSELS.
NO FINAL DECISION YET ON THE MATTER.
"This is a very sad day for America"
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING IN WASHINGTON D.C. LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
TRUMP SPOKE AFTER APPEARING IN FEDERAL COURT TO FACE A NEW SET OF CHARGES BROUGHT BY BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL PROSECUTOR JACK SMITH...
In Sweden mass arrests with 55 injured including three police officers.
It happened during violent disturbances at an Eritrean cultural festival in Stockholm. Stones thrown and cars set on fire during those disturbances...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (SWEDISH VIDEO EMBED)
EXPLOSIONS REPORTED NEAR A US MILITARY BASE IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA...TASS RUSSIA...
ALSO IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA FIVE CIVILIANS WOUNDED DURING TURKISH SHELLING IN KURDISH AREAS. THAT ACCORDING TO THE SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS...KURDISTAN 24...
MEANWHILE TURKISH FORCES KILLING THREE KURDISH MILITANTS OF THE US BACKED AND TRAINED SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES IN A DRONE ATTACK...TASS RUSSIA...
THE RUSSIAN MILITARY MISSION IN SYRIA SAYS THAT US COALITION DRONES AND WARPLANES VIOLATED SYRIAN AIRSPACE 14 TIMES TODAY...TASS RUSSIA
In South Korea a mass attack by a man driving a vehicle onto a pedestrian walkway and then stabbing people.
The attack south of Seoul with four hurt by the vehicle and nine stabbed...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
In Argentina the slide of the peso now at 570 to the US dollar on the 'unofficial market' that's 10 pesos more than yesterday...TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA
AT THE GAS PUMPS HERE IN THE YORK, PENNSYLVANIA AREA A NEW PRICE 399.9 A GALLON FOR GASOLINE AS THE PRICE OF OIL CONTINUES TO RISE...
SAUDI ARABIA ANNOUNCING AN EXTENSION OF OIL PRODUCTION CUTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER...TASS RUSSIA...LBC NEWS UK...
(ANALYSIS) LAST WEEKEND TOP BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS LED BY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN CONDUCTED NEGOIATIONS WITH THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT OVER A MAJOR DEAL TO ESTABLISH RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND ISRAEL.
THESE TALKS FOLLOW CHINA'S INVERVENTION THAT RESTORED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN.
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 66.63 points.
The NASDAQ down 13.73 points.
The price of oil at 540 pm New York Time 81 dollars and 72 cents a barrel up two dollars and 23 cents...MARKETWATCH
The Bank of England raising the prime lending rate to 5.25 percent up from 5 percent even...BBC NEWS
REGARDING THE COUP IN NIGER AND THE THREAT OF FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION.
IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF NIAMEY TODAY PROTESTERS SUPPORTING THE MILITARY RULERS ON THE STREETS.
ON NIGER'S INDEPENDENCE DAY THIS DEMONSTRATION HELD BY PEOPLE WHO WERE WAVING NIGER'S FLAG AS WELL AS THE RUSSIAN FLAG.
DEMONSTRATORS SHOUTING SLOGANS OPPOSING FRANCE, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND AFRICAN NATIONS THREATENING MILITARY ACTION.
SLOGANS SUPPORTING BOTH RUSSIA AND THE NEIGHBORING NATIONS OF MALI AND BURKINA FASO WERE ALSO USED BY PROTESTERS...PRESS TV IRAN
A VISITING DIPLOMATIC DELEGATION IN NIGER FROM OTHER WEST AFRICAN NATIONS...(News Agencies)...
JOE BIDEN CALLING FOR RELEASE OF THE DEPOSED CIVILIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMED BAZOUM...(ABC News USA)...
IN NIGERIA THE DEFENSE LEADERS OF WEST AFRICAN NATIONS (ECOWAS) HAVE FINISHED A MEETING REGARDING LAST WEEK'S COUP IN NIGER.
BY SATURDAY ECOWAS DEMANDS THE RETURN OF CIVILIAN PRESIDENT MOHAMED BAZOUM TO OFFICE...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE
The High Court in Israel holding a hearing about a law passed earlier this year preventing the court from removing a Prime Minister from office.
The law keeps removal of a Prime Minister from office in the hands of 75 percent of cabinet ministers and 2/3 of parliament members on medical grounds...TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE UNITED STATES PUTTING TWO CHINESE FIRMS ON A BLACKLIST.
THE CHINESE COMPANIES LINKED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO ALLEGED FORCED LABOR INVOLVING UYGHUR MUSLIMS IN WESTERN CHINA.
THE US WILL PROBHIBIT IMPORT OF PRODUCTS MADE BY THE TWO COMPANIES...ANI NEWS INDIA
The United States is continuing to express its opposition to a new counterespionage law and counterespionage policies of China's government.
China is encouraging its citizens to step up participation in watching the activities of other Chinese citizens and foreign nationals...VOICE OF AMERICA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
DRONES SHOT DOWN IN REGION SOUTHWEST OF MOSCOW
As of early this afternoon seven drones shot down by air defenses in the Kaluga Region just southwest of Moscow...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
A federal search warrant executed at the home of World Wrestling Entertainment official Vince McMahon last month.
McMahon was also subpoenaed by US federal authorities...REUTERS-ASIA ONE
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