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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Texas tonight an execution. Brent Brewer put to death by lethal injection.
The 53-year old Brewer serving more than 30 years on death row for a murder he committed when he was 19 years old during a robbery...AFP FRANCE-MALAY MAIL
The Islamic Jihad group in Gaza releasing a video showing two hostages being held there.
They were said to be a woman in her 70's and a 13-year old boy.
The video saying the hostages will be released if Israel shuts down its military action in Gaza.
Israel calling the video "psychological terrorism"....AFP FRANCE-MALAY MAIL
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN VISITING SOUTHERN MILITARY DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS IN ROSTOV-ON-DON.
PUTIN SHOWN HOW NEW MILITARY EQUIPMENT OPERATES AND UPDATED ON MILITARY OPERATIONS IN UKRAINE BEING DIRECTED FROM THE HEADQUARTERS...TASS RUSSIA
A 34-year-old Macon, Georgia man arrested after a phone threat was made against Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Sean Patrick Cirillo identified as the man arrested who made an expletive laden phone call to Congresswoman Greene's office saying he intended to kill her...FREE REPUBLIC POST-WSB-TV STORY-DISCUSSION
THE SYRIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS THAT GOVERNMENT FORCES SUPPORTED BY THE RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES HAVE ATTACKED JIHADIST POSITIONS.
THE ATTACKS ON ANTI-GOVERNMENT JIHADISTS CARRIED OUT IN THE NORTHWESTERN IDLIB REGION AND IN THE DESERT REGIONS OF SYRIA...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa dissolving Parliament setting the stage for a new election on March 10th.
His announcement follows this week's resignation of Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa whose government was tainted by corruption scandal related to "Green" mineral and hydrogen projects...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS USA
US POLITICS MAINSTREAM POLLSTER EMERSON OUT WITH A 'BATTLEGROUND STATES' POLL SHOWING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP A WINNER IN FOUR OF THE SIX STATES EXECEPT MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN...REAL CLEAR POLITICS-LATEST POLLS
DEMOCRAT US SENATOR JOE MANCHIN OF WEST VIRGINIA WILL NOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2024.
MANCHIN, PEGGED AS A 'CENTRIST', APPEARED EARLIER THIS YEAR AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS ALONGSIDE DEMOCRAT TURNED INDEPENDENT SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA OF ARIZONA...FREE REPUBLIC POST-THE INSIDER PAPER "X" POST-DISCUSSION
US TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN HOLDING TWO DAYS OF TALKS WITH CHINESE VICE-PREMIER HE LIFENG.
THEY ARE BEING DESCRIBED AS A PRELUDE TO NEXT WEEK'S APEC SUMMIT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
A MEETING THERE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING BEING HYPED AS A SIGN OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE US AND CHINA.
THIS AMIDST US ECONOMIC WARFARE BANNING HIGH-END COMPUTER CHIPS FOR CHINA AND OTHERWISE TARGETING CHINESE TECH COMPANIES.
CHINA RETALIATING WITH RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT OF MINERALS NEEDED FOR MANUFACTURING IN THE US AND WESTERN NATIONS INCLUDING PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC CAR BATTERIES...VOICE OF AMERICA
In Colombia the Leftist ELN group freeing Luis Manuel Diaz, the father of Liverpool football (soccer) star Luis Diaz.
The elder Diaz held for 12 days before he was handed over to a humanitarian delegation...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 220.33 points.
The NASDAQ fell 128.97 points or .94 percent.
At 549 pm New York Time the price of oil stands at 75 dollars and 58 cents a barrel up 25 cents for the day...MARKETWATCH
Political controversy in the UK over a planned Pro-Palestinian demonstration in London Saturday.
Saturday is Armistice Day commemorating the end of World War I in 1918.
Conservative Party Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who is responsible for policing in the UK, joining a chorus of criticism aimed at London's Metropolitan Police for their decision to allow the demonstration.
Braverman calling for an aggressive approach by police to "hate marchers".
Braverman saying the police have a 'double standard' when it comes to Pro-Palestinian protests as opposed to "far-right" protests.
Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer of the Labor Party claiming that Braverman is "out of control"...PRESS TRUST OF INDIA-INDIA TODAY...BBC NEWS...
(Editorial Note: Suella Braverman has the power to overrule the Metropolitan Police and ban this protest if she so chooses.
For the moment she chooses political speech as opposed to exercising the power of her office.
Her Indian ancestry reminds us that India is a nation whose nationalist leaders have a track record of suppressing Muslim activities in general and those with violent links in particular.
Let's also note the Indian ancestry of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak himself.)
The European Union is putting pressure on Spain's socialist government over its planned amnesty for Catalan independence supporters.
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders directing letters to Spanish officials expressing "serious concerns".
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has secured the support of Catalan parliament members in order to govern Spain.
Legislation expected in the coming days to provide amnesty for those prosecuted and convicted of involvement in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum...POLITICO EU...
Meanwhile Conservative politicians of the opposition have expressed their disagreement with the amnesty.
Supporters of the nationalist VOX Party have held mass protests some of which have been violently suppressed by police...BBC NEWS
US CIA CHIEF WILLIAM BURNS, ISRAELI MOSSAD HEAD DAVID BARNEA AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF QATAR MEETING OVER THE HOSTAGES IN GAZA.
THEY DISCUSSED DETAILS OF A DEAL TO RELEASE HOSTAGES AND PAUSE THE FIGHTING IN GAZA...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
As the US and other nations experience inflation China is moving into deflation.
The Consumer Price Index in China declined .2 percent last month. This followed a flat rate of inflation for September.
Food prices down four percent last month compared to the year before with non-food prices rising .7 percent...SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
ON TUESDAY FEDERAL PROSEUCTORS CHARGED THREE PEOPLE FOR RUNNING A HIGH-END SEX TRAFFICKING OPERATION LINKED TO POLITICAL AND BUSINESS CLIENTS.
THE OPERATION BASED IN BOTH THE BOSTON AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AREAS.
CUSTOMERS PAYING UP TO 600 US DOLLARS AN HOUR FOR SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS INVOLVING MAINLY ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN.
THOSE CUSTOMERS SID TO INCLUDE ELECTED OFFICIALS, TECH AND PHARMA EXECUTIVES, LAWYERS, COLLEGE PROFESSORS AND MILITARY OFFICERS...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL.
Activity at America's only nuclear aircraft carrier shipyard in Virginia is at its highest level in 40 years.
Newport News Shipbuilding now working on 20 different warships either building new ones or refurbishing existing ones.
25,000 workers engaged in those projects.
Some of the work done by Newport News is being farmed out to another shipyard (Fairlead) in Norfolk...USNI NEWS
WAR IN ISRAEL
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