A VIRAL VIDEO TONIGHT OF BRITISH POLICE ARRESTING A MAN AFTER HE POSTED A VIDEO OF HIMSELF ON FACEBOOK CRITICIZING THE DISPLAY OF PALESTINIAN FLAGS IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD BY MIGRANTS...VISEGRAD 24 "X" SOCIAL MEDIA
Police in Berlin with an apology of sorts after they removed posters of hostages being held in Gaza.
The German police saying their action was related to the legality of the posters being put up at their locations.
But they acknowledge their action caused distress for many people and they regret that...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCING SANCTIONS ON A DOZEN GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF INTERFERING WITH THE TRANSFER OF POWER TO A LEFTIST PRESIDENT.
THE PULLING OF VISAS ON THE OFFICIALS AND THEIR FAMILIES RELATED TO ACTIONS FOLLOWING THE ELECTION VICTORY OF LEFTIST BERNARDO AREVALO.
THE ACTIONS APPEAR AIMED AT PREVENTING AREVALO FROM ASSUMING OFFICE...REUTERS-NEWSMAX
Israel shooting down an aerial threat aimed at the southern city of Eilat early Wednesday morning the threat apparently originated in Yemen...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
THE US SENDING 300 MORE MILITARY PERSONNEL TO THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE PENTAGON DESCRIBING THE FORCES DEPLOYING AS SOLDIERS INVOLVED IN EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL, COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.
THIS MOVE FOLLOWS DOZENS OF ATTACKS IN RECENT WEEKS RELATED TO THE WAR IN ISRAEL BY IRAN-AFFILIATED MILITIAS AIMED AT US BASES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE (TURKEY)
Russian aerospace forces in Syria striking three jihadist targets.
Two underground hideouts along with a warehouse housing drones targeted.
A Syrian soldier wounded in today's fighting between government forces and the jihadists.
The Russian military in Syria says that 14 British, French and United States warplanes along with a coalition drone violated Syrian airspace today...TASS RUSSIA
"Want humanitarian? Let them release the abductees, and until then, no equipment is allowed into Gaza?"
Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaking at the scene of a rocket strike on the city of Ashod today.
The so-called "Far-Right" Israeli politician already the target of an active boycott by the Biden Administration over his previously expressed views...
A woman who shouted "Allahu Akbar" and "You are all going to die" on a train bound for Paris shot and seriously wounded by police.
The police isolated the woman at a Paris train station but they say she would not obey their orders.
Fearing for their safety one of the officers fired one shot at the woman.
The latest word from the authorities suggest the woman suffers from mental illness no weapons or explosives were found in her possession...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"Ceasefire Now"
Leftist protesters shouting about the fighting in Gaza as Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 123.91 points.
The NASDAQ 61.75 points higher.
At 422 pm New York Time the price of oil is 81 dollars and 33 cents a barrel down 98 cents...MARKETWATCH
THE US MILITARY IN JAPAN DECIDING TO BUY JAPANESE SEAFOOD AFTER CHINA BANNED IMPORTS.
THE US CONSIDERING OTHER MEASURES TO HELP JAPAN'S SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.
CHINA IMPOSED THE SEAFOOD IMPORT BAN OVER THE RELEASE OF TREATED WATER INTO THE SEA FROM THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DISASTER IN FUKUSHIMA ...BBC NEWS
Police in Japan arresting a gunman who held two people hostage at a post office. The incident followed a shooting at a hospital that wounded two people in a nearby city...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER
The Pentagon says that US bases in Iraq and Syria have been attacked with drones or rockets 24 times in recent days including three times on Monday...(Later 27 such attacks reported).
Five of the attacks since last Friday when US forces struck two facilities in eastern Syria linked to Iran and affiliated militias.
An Israeli air strike said to have killed dozens at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
AFP News Agency has observed dozens of bodies at the site...(BBC News)
The Israeli military spokesman says a leader of Hamas's brutal attack on Israel on October 7th was killed in the strike...(Israel National News)
Israel reports fierce ground fighting with Hamas in Gaza today. Tanks have made deep advances into the territory...(Times of Israel)
Two Israeli soldiers killed and two seriously wounded in the Gaza fighting...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Israel downing a projectile over the Red Sea as it approached southern city of Eilat. It was launched by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
THE WAR IN UKRAINE AGAINST RUSSIA
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN CRIMEA ON FORMER UKRAINE PARLIAMENT MEMBER
An assassination attempt on a former member of Ukraine's parliament in Crimea. Russian authorities say Ukraine's secret service was behind the attempt...TASS RUSSIA
One civilian killed and four wounded in Ukrainian shelling of Russia's Kherson Region...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
A crew of three Chinese astronauts (taikonauts) returned to Earth today following a 154-day mission onboard China's space station...CGTN CHINA
Russian President Vladimir Putin puts the blame for the Anti-Semitic riot in Dagestan squarely on Ukraine and Western intelligence agencies but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
SPEAKING AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING DISCUSSING ISRAEL'S MILITARY ACTIONS IN GAZA ISRAELI AMBASSADOR GILAD ERDAN REFERENCING THE HOLOCAUST AND SAYING:
"Some member states have learned nothing in the last 80 years. Some of you have forgotten why this body was established.
So I will remind you from this day on each time you look at me you will remember what staying silent in the face of evil means.
Just like my grandparents and the grandparents of millions of Jews from now on my team will wear Yellow Stars"...
VIDEO OF AMBASSADOR EDRAN WEARING YELLOW STAR SPEAKING
EARLIER IN HIS REMARKS AMBASSADOR ERDAN REFERENCE MODERN DAY NAZIS IN THE ACTIONS OF HAMAS AND SAYING THE ADOLF HITLER BEHIND THEM IS THE SUPREME LEADER OF IRAN AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMANEI....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
RUSSIA'S UN AMBASSADOR VASILY NEBENZYA SAID IN HIS REMARKS REGARDING THE SITUATION IN ISRAEL AND GAZA:
"It's time to call it what it is: a humanitarian catastrophe on a Biblical-scale is unfolding on occupied Palestinian territory, in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip.
According to information received, the number of fatalities in the enclave has surpassed 8,000 people, half of whom are women and children.
Over 2,000 people remain under the rubble, more than 21,000 sustained wounds while internally displaced people are numbering 1.6 million"...TASS RUSSIA...(Mr. Nebenzya speaks at 56:40 into the video linked above)...
More on the War In Israel later in the summary...
The new government in Slovakia deploying police and soldiers to the Hungarian border to deal with migrants.
Prime Minister Robert Fico keeping his campaign pledge to deal with illegal immigration that has seen 46,000 enter Slovakia this year a 700 percent increase from last year...REMIX NEWS
AUTHORITIES IN COLORADO SAY A HEAVILY ARMED MAN KILLED HIMSELF INSTEAD OF STAGING A MASS MURDER ATTACK ON AN AMUSEMENT PARK.
A 20-YEAR OLD MAN FOUND DEAD AT GLENWOOD CAVERNS ADVENTURE PARK SATURDAY MORNING WITH FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES DRESSED IN BODY ARMOR...NEW YORK POST
The Labour Party in the UK suspending an MP who spoke at a Pro-Palestinian rally last weekend.
Andy McDonald used the phrase "from the river to the sea" in his speech which is a reference to Palestinian sovereignty over all the existing territory of Israel...BBC NEWS
CANADA ORDERING A BAN ON THE CHINESE APP WE CHAT ON GOVERNMENT DEVICES. A BAN ALSO IMPOSED ON RUSSIAN CYBER-SECURITY APP KASPERSKY...BBC NEWS
The United Auto Workers and General Motors reaching a tentative agreement.
This paves the way to the end of a six-week strike as major car manufacturers in the United States...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL
A Hezbollah affiliated media outlet reports four explosions at the US Ain-al-Asad base in Iraq this evening...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN...
The Hezbollah affiliated Al-Mayadeen News also reports 15 missiles hit the US base at the Al-Omar oil field in northeastern Syria.
The missile attack followed US air strikes on 'civilian trucks' in the area...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ...
Defense sources tell the Voice of America that there were three attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria today with no casualties...(Voice of America)
THREE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS KILLED WITH ONE OR MAYBE TWO MISSING WHEN AN EIGHT-STORY HIGH SECTION OF SCAFFOLDING COLLAPSED IN HAMBURG, GERMANY TODAY...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow up 511.37 points or 1.58 percent.
The NASDAQ up 146.47 points or 1.16 percent.
At 439 pm New York Time the price of oil at 82 dollars and 53 cents a barrel down three dollars and one cent...MARKETWATCH
In Louisville, Kentucky jury selection in the federal civil rights trial of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison.
Hankison accused in the death of Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid in 2020.
The federal charges carry the possibility of life imprisonment for Hankison.
The trial will be underway during the General Election where incumbent Democrat Governor Steve Beshear faces Republican Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
Cameron declining to file murder charges against Hankison in the incident...BBC NEWS
ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENT IN MUSLIM REGION OF RUSSIA
UKRAINE LINKED TO INCIDENT BY RUSSIAN SPOKESWOMAN
PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE AND WESTERN INTELLIGENCE BEAR RESPONSIBILITY
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)
SPEAKING IN MOSCOW RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA'S ENEMIES WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN LAST NIGHT'S ANTI-SEMITIC RIOT IN MAKHACHKALA, DAGESTAN...
"Last but not least from the territory of Ukraine. By the hands of agents of Western intelligence services...
KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SAYS OUTSIDE PROVOCATEURS WERE LARGELY INVOLVED IN LAST NIGHT'S ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENT AT AN AIRPORT IN A MUSLIM REGION NEAR THE BORDER WITH THE TURKISH-ALIGNED NATION OF AZERBAIJAN.
PESKOV SPOKE OF ONLINE IMAGES OF VIOLENCE BY ISRAELI FORCES IN GAZA ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCIDENT WHICH RESULTS IN MORE THAN 20 ARRESTS AND DOZENS OF ARRESTS BY AUTHORITIES...TASS RUSSIA...THE LATEST WORD MORE THAN 80 ARRESTED.
POLICE ARE NOW PROTECTING SYNAGOGUES IN THE DAGESTAN REGION...TASS RUSSIA...
THE LEADER OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH RECOGNIZED BY RUSSIA'S GOVERNMENT AND SUPPORTIVE OF IT PATRIARCH KIRILL DENOUNCING THE INCIDENT AS AN ATTEMPT TO SOW DISCORD AMONG MUSLIMS AND JEWS.
HE SAID THERE WAS:
"no moral justification for those who planned to attack innocent people"...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN MARIA ZAKHAROVA SAID THAT UKRAINE PLAYED A KEY ROLE.
SHE NOTED THE QUICK RESPONSE OF UKRAINE AND PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY TO THE RIOTING INDICATED THE INVOLVEMENT OF URKAINIAN SPECIAL SERVICES...TASS RUSSIA
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visiting Beijing speaking at a defense forum.
Shoigu says Russia is ready to talk about 'post-conflict resolution' of the "Ukraine crisis" and 'further co-existence with the West...TASS RUSSIA...
Meanwhile Shoigu speaks of an increasing NATO threat in the Asia-Pacific region aimed at China and Russia with Japan and South Korea joining the US as the vanguard of NATO.
Shoigu speaking of US related biological labs in Cambodia, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand in connection with the NATO buildup...TASS RUSSIA
IN BANGLADESH THE OPPOSITION LEADER AND DOZENS OF MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY ARRESTED AFTER VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL CITY.
THE ARRESTS SAID TO BE LINKED TO THE KILLING OF A POLICE OFFICER IN A SATURDAY DEMONSTRATION WITH SOME REPORTS CLAIMING THE ARRESTS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF AN ATTACK ON THE HOME OF THE COUNTRY'S CHIEF JUSTICE.
PROTESTERS DEMANDING THE RESIGNATION OF PRIME MINISTER SHEIKH HASSINA SAYING UPCOMING ELECTIONS CANNOT BE FAIR IF SHE REMAINS IN POWER...BBC NEWS
ROCKETS FIRED INTO ISRAEL FROM BOTH GAZA AND LEBANON TODAY TARGETING VARIOUS REGIONS INCLUDING JERUSALEM
HAMAS SAYS ITS FIGHTING ISRAELI FORCES IN NORTHWESTERN GAZA
HAMAS ACCUSED OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TERRORISM
STABBING ATTACK IN JERUSALEM
ONE GAZA HOSTAGE NOW CONFIRMED DEAD BY ISRAEL
Israel says it rescued a soldier from captivity in Gaza. Private Ori Megadish now reunited with her family...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Rockets fired into Israel today from both Gaza and Lebanon by Hamas and Hezbollah. Rockets targeting various regions including Central and Southern Israel, Galilee in the North and Jerusalem...(Israel National News)
Hamas says its fighting Israeli troops on the ground in northwestern Gaza. Anti-tank weapons are being used against the Israelis...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Hamas has released a video of hostages held in Gaza where they offer criticism of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying he abandoned them.
In Jerusalem a border policeman stabbed and seriously hurt. The terrorist attacker killed...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Israeli authorities now say that a woman previously believed to be held captive in Gaza following her abduction from a rave in southern Israel is dead...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
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A federal judge puts a gag order on President Trump but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The European Union's point man for internet censorship Thierry Breton talking about a six percent tax on revenues of social media companies as punishment.
Breton interviewed by France's BFM-TV says the EU will insist on "hateful content" being removed by social media platforms...(BFM-TV France)
TONIGHT US FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN IMPOSING A GAG ORDER ON PRESIDENT TRUMP.
IT INVOLVES THE FEDERAL CASE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM BY A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL PROSECUTOR OVER MR. TRUMP'S CHALLENGE TO THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NEWSMAX STORY-DISCUSSION...
REACTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING:
"The corrupt Biden Administration just took away my First Amendment Right To Free Speech. NOT CONSTITUTIONAL! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN...."...
(Updated) The tarmac at the airport in Makhachkala in the Muslim Russian Region of Dagestan rushed by a mob this evening as an airliner from Dubai landed.
Another report says the angry crowd was waiting for a flight from Israel in order to harm Israeli passengers...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
Russian authorities warning against any actions by unauthorized protesters saying they will identify those who rioted this evening...(RIA Novosti Russia)...
The airport is closed until November 6th...TASS RUSSIA...
The Muslim Spiritual Directorate of Russia urging Russian Muslims not to participate in any Anti-Semitic activities...TASS RUSSIA...
More than 20 people were injured in the incident...TASS RUSSIA
There have been explosions in the disputed territory of Western Sahara in northwestern Africa.
One dead and three injured in the blasts that damaged two houses.
Western Sahara is currently run by Morocco but the Polisario Front Group backed by Algeria has been fighting for an independent state in the region...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL
IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI SAYS THAT ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE 'CROSSED THE RED LINES'.
RAISI OFFERED THESE COMMENTS ON "X" SOCIAL MEDIA:
"Zionist regime's crimes have crossed the red lines, which may force everyone to take action.
Washington asks us to not do anything, but they keep giving widespread support to Israel.
The US sent messages to the Axis of Resistance but received a clear response on the battlefield."...
Many of the deaths associated with the initial clinical trials of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine back in 2020 were not revealed until after Emergency Use Authorization for the jabs was given by the Food and Drug Administration...CHILDRENS HEALTH DEFENSE
CITING NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS THE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE LIMITING EXPORTS OF CIVILIAN FIREARMS FOR 90 DAYS.
THERE'S A BAN ON EXPORT TO MOST NATIONS WITH NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS INCLUDING ISRAEL AND UKRAINE...FOX BUSINESS
The United Auto Workers reaching a deal with automaker Stellantis. This a few days after an agreement was reported between Ford and the UAW....NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Protesters on the streets of Ukrainian cities demanding a cap on the length of military service.
Wives, Mothers, Children and Relatives of those serving in the War Against Russia wanting an 18-month limit on military service similar to what existed before the war began 20 months ago...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND...
More on the war in Ukraine later in the summary...
JOINT MANEUVERS THIS WEEKEND INVOLVING US AND SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS.
DRONES AND LASER SENSORS AMONG THE MODERN GEAR USED BY THE SOLDIERS TO DRILL IN COMBAT SCENARIOS...REUTERS
At least 32 people killed in a multi-vehicle accident on a highway between Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt.
More than 60 people reported injured.
The accident started when a passenger bus crashed into a parked vehicle during foggy conditions...AL JAZEERA QATAR
AT LEAST 32 DEATHS IN A MINE FIRE IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN...BBC NEWS...LATE WORD 35 ARE DEAD WITH 11 MISSING...TASS RUSSIA...THE DEATH TOLL NOW 42...(News Agencies)
Seven thousand Pro-Palestinian protesters marched in New York City on Saturday they marched through Brooklyn and crossed the Brooklyn Bridge...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NY POST STORY-DISCUSSION
ON SATURDAY IN LONDON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS IN THE STREETS.
BRITISH POLICE OPERATING UNDER NEW SPECIAL POWERS TO DEAL WITH PROTESTS.
POLICE ABLE TO ORDER ANYONE TO REMOVE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT FACIAL RECOGNITION OF PROTESTERS.
OFFICERS UNDER ORDERS TO INTERVENE WITH THE WORD 'JIHAD' WAS USED IN ANY PROTESTS...BBC NEWS
"Do You Want To Start Crescent-Crusader Conflict Again"
The Turkish leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivering a powerful speech critical of Israel and the US and those nations aligned with Israel.
Erdogan speaking to a Pro-Palestinian rally attended by 1.5 million people in Istanbul.
He said Israel was acting like a "war criminal".
He said Western nations were "shedding tears" over civilian deaths in Ukraine while turning a blind eye to Palestinian civilians dying in Gaza...AFP FRANCE-NDTV INDIA
ISRAEL ORDERS EVACUATION OF HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN GAZA
HAMAS SAYS IT HIT ISRAELI TANKS IN GAZA
ISRAEL RESUMES WATER SUPPLIES IN GAZA
NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS TO FREE HOSTAGES
MUSK OFFERS STARLINK SERVICE TO AID ORGANIZATIONS IN GAZA
Israel striking targets in southern Syria tonight following rocket fire directed at the Golan Heights from Syrian territory...MAARIV-JERUSALEM POST ISRAEL
239 hostages now estimated by the Israel Defense Forces...(Times Of Israel)
Dozens of missiles fired into northern Israel this evening from Lebanon...(Maariv Israel)
The Israeli military reported shelling the Al-Quds Hospital in northern Gaza...TASS RUSSIA
Earlier Israel ordered the evacuation of the Al-Quds Hospital in northern Gaza with World Health Organization President Tedros Ghebreyesus saying no such evacuation could take place without lives being placed in danger...(BBC News)
Hamas says it set two Israel tanks on fire during fighting in Gaza today...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN
Israel is restoring partial supply of water to Gaza...TASS RUSSIA...Ten more aid trucks allowed into Gaza today...(News Agencies)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met hostages families Saturday evening saying Israel will exhaust all options to get them back...(Times Of Israel)...
Elon Musk offered Starlink service for the UN and other internationally recognized relief organizations in Gaza following the disruption of communications by Israel...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE (TURKEY)...
Following criticism from Israel Mr. Musk noted that security issues will be dealt with before any links are opened up from Gaza...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Russia's Ministry of Defense says that two unmanned boats were detected and destroyed early Monday morning in the Black Sea...TASS RUSSIA
The governor of Russia's Rostov Region says that an aerial target was shot down today...TASS RUSSIA
Russia says that its air defenses took down 36 Ukrainian drones flying over the Black Sea and northwestern Crimea early Sunday...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Russia downing six Ukrainian drone this weekend in the Tula and Oryol regions between Ukraine and Moscow. No damage or injuries reported...TASS RUSSIA
(MORE MATERIAL WILL BE ADDED DURING THE DAY IN AND AROUND THE POST)
"YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE"-DEBBY BOONE
"HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE USA"-DONNA FARGO
"BANG-A-BOOMERANG"-ABBA
"THE ADDAMS FAMILY TV THEME"-1964
Heck it's Halloween and what does one do I see some folks with massive displays on their front lawns 12-foot-high skeletons and eight-foot-high wolves that howl and so on.
How about a giant Joe Biden on the lawn sniffing a little girl's hair and saying "you want to take a shower with me" that sounds scary not to mention creepy.
The China Update the Chinese Foreign Minister in Washington and let's bring in Randy Stonehill to sing "China"...
First let's consider two things to remember about The Great Depression:
1. It took war to end it.
2. Economic restrictions (tariffs) made it worse.
And so here we are the US Department of Commerce ordering an embargo on high-end computer chip exports to China.
Those chips linked to Artificial Intelligence and you've been duly scared about that is the fear campaign linked to these economic sanctions?...
The tech-linked NASDAQ stocks hit hard again this week.
The NASDAQ down 287.84 points or 2.23 percent for the week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 575.43 points this week or 1.74 percent.
So the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets top officials including Joe Biden in the last few days.
Now talk of a Biden-Xi Jinping meeting on the sidelines of the APEC meeting in San Francisco next month the White House-Drive By Media trying to bill it as a 'summit' distracting from the economic warfare now underway.
"THE THIRD MAN THEME"-ANTON KARAS
"CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE"-PEREZ PRADO
"(I'LL BE WITH YOU) IN APPLE BLOSSOM TIME"-THE ANDREWS SISTERS
The Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Theme and here to introduce it are the Smothers Brothers...
"President Biden's policies are turning every city in this country into a border town..."...
ROBERT F. KENENDY JR. CAMPAIGN VIDEO
The Neo Con Game after 9/11 was to go into countries that border Iran on the East (Afghanistan) and the West (Iraq).
And forgetting the very wealthy country 15 of the 19 9/11 perps came from Saudi Arabia.
After 10/7 in Israel its time to go after Iran again and seek that $$$$ deal with the Saudis.
Here's what RFK Jr. is saying...
"It didn't take long for the neocons in Washington to spin the Hamas terror attacks to advance their own notion of war against Iran.
If President Biden doesn't resist them, they might get their wish"...
IN EL RUSHBO'S DAY "THE KENNEDY'S" MEANT TALKING ABOUT 'UNCLE TED' DRIVING OFF THE BRIDGE WITH MARY JO KOPECHNE BACK IN 1969.
BUT NOWADAYS FOLKS WE GOT 'UNCLE JOE BIDEN' DRIVING OUR ENTIRE NATION AND THE WORLD OFF THE BRIDGE.
Is there a Speaker in the House?
Religious Conservative Mike Johnson is in the chair and he's already asking me to send money to him before he tells me if he's sending any more money to Ukraine.
NOT ONE DAMN DIME MORE FOR UKRAINE GET IT MIKE!
God Bless Mike Johnson I wish him the best.
Getting back to Ukraine Ukraine abstained in the anti-Israel resolution that passed the UN General Assembly yesterday 120-14 with 45 abstentions.
In the "immediate cease-fire" Yes 120 nation Anti-Israel column Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye (Turkey), Uganda and Zimbabwe among others.
In the 45 abstentions the Not Sure on Israel column Albania, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Lativa, Lithuania, the Netherlands, the Philippines, South Korea, Serbia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Ukraine among others.
Israel and 13 other nations rejected this resolution in the Pro-Israel column they are Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Fiji, Guatemala, Hungary, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga and the United States....
For a lot of folks out there it's just a weekend I'm taking a nap...
"TURN DOWN DAY"-THE CYRKLE
"SPANISH FLEA"-HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS
"BABY ELEPHANT WALK"-LAWRENCE WELK
SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA
Dinner for four tonight 101 dollars with the tip. I had Fish and Chips with Cole Slaw in a bowl part of the meal. That was 14.99. The drink for me some flavored lemonade one of us had an adult beverage not myself.
"I was an idiot sex pervert"
JESSE L SPEAKS STARTNG AT 3:08 INTO THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW
"Lust is wanting anything else than what life is putting before me right now"
JESSE L SPEAKS STARTING AT 4:07 INTO THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW...
Newsdump Alert: "Friends" Star Matthew Perry dead in drowning incident...
Perry described in media reports as battling addiction for decades apparently drowned in his hot tub.
60 YEARS AGO: THE CIA BACKED COUP IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT NGO DINH DIEM
Just weeks before John F. Kennedy met his fate the President of South Vietnam and his brother were assassinated during a coup that began Friday November 1st and continued into Saturday November 2nd, 1963.
CBS News broadcast this "Extra" regarding the coup...
France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announcing Thursday 719 Anti-Semitic incidents and 389 arrests in France since the Hamas attack on Israel ignited the War In Israel and surrounding areas on October 7th.
"a crime against people and peace and must be unreservedly condemned"
"The Israeli state has a duty to defend itself"
"France is paying for its diplomacy of denial"
"Security will require a Palestinian state"
National Rally leader in France's National Assembly Marine LePen speaking during a debate regarding Middle East events that started with the brutal Hamas attack on Israel October 7th.
In response to Le Pen, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne defining French foreign policy in the situation surrounding Israel:
"We talk to everyone and we are not aligned with anyone"
The response of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to Le Pen's statement.
FRANCE WAS ONE OF 120 NATIONS THAT VOTED FOR THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA.
THE RESOLUTION CONDEMNED BY ISRAEL AS UNACCEPTABLE.
The French Navy assault carrier "Tonnerre" in the Eastern Mediterranean with two guided missile frigates.
The government speaking of a 'humanitarian mission" related to Gaza when it comes to presence of the large amphibious ship.
750 EURO (790 DOLLAR) FINES TO BE IMPOSED FOR YOUTH VIOLATING CURFEWS IN FRANCE A 500 PERCENT INCREASE.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THURSDAY FROM PRIME MINISTER ELISABETH BORNE PART OF A PACKAGE OF MEASURES DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THE 'RIOTS' ON FRANCE'S STREETS BACK IN JUNE.
HER PLAN INCLUDES A CRACK DOWN ON PARENTS OF VIOLENT YOUTH.
BY THE END OF THE YEAR THE 'REPUBLICAN ACTION FORCE' WILL BECOME ACTIVE IN THREE FRENCH COMMUNITIES INVOLVING THE POLICE, COURTS AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
THIS IS IN LINE WITH PLANS ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING THE VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN JUNE.
And on Saturday afternoon in Paris the Yellow Vests protest...
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING AROUND 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)
Heavy Israeli strikes in Gaza tonight with an 'expansion of ground operations' announced and Hamas saying it's fighting Israel on the ground and the Chinese Foreign Minister meets top US officials in Washington but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN MAINE TONIGHT WORD THAT ROBERT CARD IS DEAD.
POLICE SAY CARD SHOT HIMSELF.
CARD THE SUSPECT IN TWO MASS MURDER ATTACKS IN LEWISTON ON WEDNESDAY EVENING THAT KILLED 18 PEOPLE...WMTW-TV PORTLAND
A resolution approved by the United Nations General Assembly calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.
"We reject outright the UN General Assembly despicable call for a ceasefire. Israel intends to eliminate Hamas just as the world dealt with the Nazis and ISIS"...TASS RUSSIA
A class-action lawsuit against Abercrombie and Fitch alleging funding of sex-trafficking.
This suit follows investigative reporting linking former CEO Mike Jeffries to allegations of sexual exploitation of men...BBC NEWS
FOUR ISRAELI HOSPITALS ALERTED TO PREPARE FOR RELEASED HOSTAGES FROM GAZA. NO CONCRETE INFO ON AN IMMINENT RELEASE IN THIS REPORT...TIMES OF ISRAEL
More on the war in Israel later in the summary....
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 366.71 points or 1.12 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 47.41 points.
At 832 pm New York Time the price of oil 85 dollars and 16 cents a barrel up one dollar and 95 cents...MARKETWATCH
A NEW GALLUP POLL WITH JOE BIDEN'S FAVORABLE RATING DOWN TO 37 PERCENT. 59 PERCENT GIVING BIDEN AN UNFAVORABLE RATING...REAL CLEAR POLITICS...
Democrat Congressman Dean Phillips of Minnesota entering the New Hampshire Democrat Primary to challenge Joe Biden.
Phillips calls himself a "Moderate" and says he is concerned about Biden's ability to defeat Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential Election...BBC NEWS
POLITICS IN GERMANY A NEW POLL TODAY THAT MEASURES FOR THE FIRST TIME SUPPORT FOR THE POLITICAL PARTY OF SAHRA WAGENKNECHT.
THE 'FOR REASON AND JUSTICE' MOVEMENT OF THE FORMER "LEFT" LEADER PEGGED AT 13 PERCENT SUPPORT.
THIS POLLS SHOWS THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY DOWN BELOW 20 PERCENT TO 18 PERCENT.
THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS LEAD THIS POLL AT 26.5 PERCENT WITH THE THREE PARTIES CURRENTLY IN GOVERNMENT (SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, GREENS AND FREE DEMOCRATS) COMBINED AT 33.5 PERCENT...WIKIPEDIA-GERMAN ELECTION POLLS
At the Democrat driven fraud trial of President Trump in New York Judge Arthur Engoron says that Ivanka Trump must testify in person.
Lawyers for both argued against Mr. Trump's daughter being forced to testify at the trial...NEW YORK POST
THIERRY BAUDET LEADER OF THE DUTCH ANTI-COVID RESTRICTION FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY PARTY HIT BY AN UMBRELLA.
BAUDET TAKING A FEW DAYS OFF AFTER THE INCIDENT IN BELGIUM.
HIS EUROSKEPTIC POLITICAL PARTY NOW SEEKING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HIS SECURITY. BAUDET'S PARTY HAS BEEN ATTACKED FOR SUPPORTING ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE PAST...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN THE UK THE LABOUR PARTY MAYOR OF LONDON SADIQ KHAN CALLING FOR A CEASE-FIRE IN THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS IN GAZA.
KHAN JOINED IN THE CALL BY THE LEADER OF THE LABOR PARTY IN SCOTLAND ANAS SARWAR.
THIS PUTS BOTH AT ODDS WITH LABOR PARTY LEADER SIR KEIR STARMER WHO IS TAKING THE 'ESTABLISHMENT' POSITION OF US-ALIGNED NATIONS THAT 'HUMANITARIAN PAUSES' SHOULD OCCUR IN ISRAEL'S MILITARY ACTIONS IN GAZA...BBC NEWS
Russia explaining the visit of a Hamas leader to Moscow.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying the presence of Abu Marzouk reflects Russia's desire to maintain contacts with all parties in the conflict.
Peskov emphasizing that Moscow will also continue its contacts with Israel...TASS RUSSIA
THE BANK OF RUSSIA RAISING THE COUNTRY'S KEY INTEREST RATE FROM 13 TO 15 PERCENT. THE BANK WARNING OF INFLATION.
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ELVIRA NABIULLINA DOES NOT RULE OUT AN ADDITIONAL RATE HIKE BEFORE YEAR'S END...AFP FRANCE-BARRONS...TASS RUSSIA
PAKISTAN'S IMPRISONED FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN DENIED BAIL AND CANCELLATION OF A CASE ALLEGING HE REVEALED THE CONTENTS OF A DIPLOMATIC CABLE.
KHAN AND FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER SHAH MAHMOOD QURESHI INDICTED MONDAY IN THE ALLEGED LEAK OF A DIPLOMATIC CABLE FROM PAKISTAN'S EMBASSY IN THE UNITED STATES....OUTLOOK INDIA
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visiting Washington holding talks with top US officials.
Joe Biden telling Wang that the US and China should communicate and cooperate in responding to "global challenges"...TASS RUSSIA...
Tonight a US official says that there are efforts underway to set up a meeting between Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in San Francisco next month...THE JAPAN TIMES...
35 Chinese warplanes and 15 Chinese warships recorded approaching Taiwan the largest display in more than a month...TASS RUSSIA
On a visit to Washington DC Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken to Joe Biden about the case of Julian Assange.
The Wikileaks founded jailed in the UK awaiting extradition to the US to face charges related to the leaking of classified information showing possible atrocities and violations of international law by the US military in the post 9/11 conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq...DPA GERMANY-BERNAMA MALAYSIA
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TIKTOK AND META CLAIM THEY ARE NOT CENSORING CONTENT OVER THE CONFLICT BETWEEN PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS.
MALAYSIA WARNING THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES OVER BLOCKING PRO-PALESTINIAN CONTENT.
THE COMPANIES SAY THEY ARE BLOCKING CONTENT PRAISING HAMAS BECAUSE IT IS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION...IRISH INDEPENDENT
Claiming that the strikes are not related to the conflict going on in and around Israel the US military attacking two Iranian related facilities in Syria.
Joe Biden ordering the strikes after the Pentagon described 16 attacks on US bases in Syria and Iraq.
Iran has been critical of US support for Israel in the conflict and strikes are considered an Iranian response to that...ANI NEWS INDIA
WAR IN ISRAEL
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HAMAS SAYS IT IS FIGHTING ISRAELI FORCES TONIGHT ON THE GROUND IN GAZA
ISRAEL ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF GROUND OPERATIONS
HEAVY ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA TONIGHT DISRUPTING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
ROCKET BARRAGES ON ISRAEL FROM GAZA CONTINUE, INJURIES REPORTED
NUMBER OF HOSTAGES NOW ESTIMATED AT 229
ISRAELI MILITARY INTECEPTED ROCKETS LAUNCHED FROM YEMEN IN RED SEA
EGYPTIAN HEALTH FACILITY ATTACKED WITH ROCKET INTENDED FOR ISRAELI TERRITORY
Hamas says it is fighting Israeli ground forces tonight in the northern and eastern parts of Gaza...(BBC News)
Tonight Israel announcing an expansion of ground operations in Gaza...(BBC News)
Israeli airstrikes tonight disrupting communications including internet connectivity in Gaza...(Times Of Israel)...
Massive explosions seen this evening during intense Israeli strikes...(BBC News)
Public opinion divided in Israel when it comes to the notion of an "immediate ground invasion" of Gaza some 49 percent said to be against it. 29 percent favor an immediate offensive into Gaza.
The polling data published by "Maariv" in Israel today...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Four wounded in Tel Aviv as the rocket barrages from Gaza continue against Israel...(BBC News)
The Israel Defense Forces now estimate the number of hostages held in Gaza at 229...(Israel National News)
Israeli warplanes intercepted hostile targets aimed at Israel from Yemen this morning...TIMES OF ISRAEL
An explosion at a medical facility in Taba, Egypt near the Israeli city of Eilat. Six wounded. Two hits now reported in Egypt from missiles fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen aimed at Israel...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Another Israeli raid into Gaza. Israel saying the raid targeted facilities of Hamas...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In the civil war in Sudan the Rapid Support Forces have taken control of the country's second largest city of Nyala from the army...BBC NEWS
A court in Stockholm acquitting a Swedish citizen of passing technology to Russia.
Sergei Skvortsov was born in Russia and operated import-export companies.
Skvortsov says he is innocent. Prosecutors have three weeks to appeal the decision...BBC NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
KURSK REGION NUKE PLANT OPERATING NORMALLY AFTER UKAINIAN ATTACK ATTEMPT
Russian says its Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is operating normally following an attempted attack by three Ukrainian drones...TASS RUSSIA
In other news....
Special prosecutors in Switzerland opting not to prosecute the president of the world football (soccer) federation Gianni Infantino.
They targeted meetings between Infantino and former Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber. Those meetings took place in 2016 and 2017 as the US Department of Justice was involved in an investigation of FIFA that followed FIFA's awarding of the 2018 World Cup soccer event to Russia....AFRICA NEWS
And former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host and produce programs for the "GB News". Johnson will also act as a commentator...BBC NEWS