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The conflict between Israel and Hamas resumed today but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A FINNISH CABINET MINISTER SAYING ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT A CHINESE SHIP DELIBERATELY DAMAGED A GAS PIPELINE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LINK BETWEEN FINLAND AND ESTONIA.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS MINISTER ANDERS ADLERCREUTZ ADDING THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT PROBABLY KNEW ABOUT THE INCIDENT ON OCTOBER 7TH AND 8TH WHEN THE LINKS WERE DAMAGED BY THE SHIP'S ANCHOR...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
South Korea proclaiming the launch of its first spy satellite a success.
A Space X Falcon 9 rocket lifting the satellite off a lunch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Last week North Korea successfully launched its first spy satellite...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE EXTENDING ITS BOMBING CAMPAIGN INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF GAZA...TASS RUSSIA
A Pro-Palestinian protester torching herself in front of Israel's consulate in Atlanta.
The protester in critical condition.
A security guard who intervened in the situation was also burned...ANI NEWS INDIA
A FEDERAL JUDGE RULING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NO IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION FOR CHALLENGING THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS.
THE DEMOCRAT APPOINTED US DISTRICT JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN WHO'S OVERSEEING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S PROSECUTION OF TRUMP REJECTING HIS ARGUMENT TO THROW OUT THE CASE...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY...
ALSO TODAY THE US APPEALS COURT IN WASHINGTON DC SAYING THAT CIVIL LAWSUITS RELATED TO THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6TH AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN MOVE FORWARD...LBC NEWS UK
The Turkish military striking 16 targets in northern Iraq. The targets linked to Kurdish groups considered terrorists by Turkey (Türkiye).
A Ministry of Defense statement says the targets were destroyed and terrorists killed...TRT HABER TURKEY (TURKIYE) (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A former federal prison guard sentenced to more than five years in prison for sexually abusing inmates.
John Russell Bellhouse convicted earlier this year in connection with mistreatment of two women at FCI Dublin located 20 miles east of Oakland, California.
The warden of the prison and other employees there have been charged with similar conduct...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TORONTO STAR
A US BASE IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA ATTACKED. A MILITIA GROUP LINKED TO IRAN SAID IT FIRED MISSILES AT THE US BASE IN AL-SHADDADI NEAR THE AL-JEBSA OIL FIELD...TASS RUSSIA...
AN ISRAELI AIR ATTACK ON THE DAMASCUS AREA OF SYRIA EARLY SATURDAY. SYRIA SAYING MOST OF THE MISSILES WERE SHOT DOWN. SOME DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ATTACK...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE US CONTINUING TO EXPAND ITS SANCTIONS LIST AIMED AT PREVENTING THE EXPORT OF RUSSIAN OIL.
TWO SHIPPING COMPANIES IN LIBERIA AND ONE IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SANCTIONED.
THREE LIBERIAN FLAGGED OIL TANKERS ALSO SANCTIONED...TASS RUSSIA
During COVID face coverings were often mandated now Philadelphia City Council banning some face coverings citing the threat of crime.
Ski masks, hoods, balaclavas and other methods of covering faces banned.
The ban applying to face coverings designed to "intimidate or threaten" or "conceal identity on public property or private property".
Exceptions made for cold weather and religious activities...WHYY PHILADELPHIA
THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE WARNING VENEZUELA NOT TO TAKE ACTION ALTERING GUYANA'S CONTROL OVER THE OIL-RICH ESSIQUIBO REGION.
A REFERENDUM ON ANNEXATION OF THE REGION SET FOR SUNDAY IN VENEZUELA.
IT IS REPORTED THAT BRAZIL HAS INCREASED MILITARY READINESS ON ITS NORTHERN BORDER WITH GUYANA AND VENEZUELA.
THERE IS ALSO A REPORT THAT BRAZILIAN INTELLIGENCE ANTICIPATES A VENEZUELAN INVASION OF GUYANA IN COMING DAYS...AL JAZEERA QATAR
US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN WANTS A CHANGE IN THE WAY ISRAEL IS CONDUCTING THE WAR IN GAZA.
BLINKEN TELLING ISRAEL IT CANNOT CONTINUE THE CONFLICT FOR MONTHS WITHOUT LOSING 'INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT'.
BLINKEN SAYS ISRAEL CANNOT ATTACK HOSPITALS OR UN FACILITIES OR CONTINUE TO INFLICT 'MASSIVE LOSS OF CIVILIAN LIFE' IN GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 294.61 points or .82 percent.
The NASDAQ up 78.81 points or .55 percent.
At 733 pm New York Time tonight the price of oil after trading closed 74 dollars and 38 cents a barrel down one dollar and 58 cents...MARKETWATCH
A Dutch police officer who shot in the direction of a 16-year-old tractor driver last year getting an 80-hour community service sentence. The officer also received a one month suspended sentence and one year of probation. He was convicted of attempted manslaughter.
That shooting incident happened during the farmers protest against climate change cow gas rules. The tractor driving around a police blockade at a highway interchange when the officer fired pistol shots.
A bullet entered the tractor cab landing not far from the 16-year-old's head...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
DUTCH POLITICAL INTRIGUE AS WILDERS SEEKS TO FORM NEW GOVERNMENT
Ronald Plasterk sees a few weeks of work ahead assisting Party of Freedom leader Geert Wilders as his 'scout' in forming a new government.
Plasterk already meeting the leaders of 14 different parties represented in the new House of Representatives following last week's elections.
He plans more talks and expects to have a report for the House of Representatives in around two weeks.
Meanwhile the leader of the New Social Contract Party Peter Omtzigt expressing his desire to send two people to consult all the parties about what policies they agree on.
He appears to be moving against the wishes of both Wilders party and the Farmer-Citizen Party (BBB) who would like Mr. Omtzigt's party to be part of a new four party coalition government...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS OF NEW YORK EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSE.
THE DEMOCRATS JOINED BY 105 REPUBLICANS IN THE EXPULSION VOTE.
SANTOS UNDER FEDERAL INDICTMENT AND AN ETHICS COMMITTEE PROBE.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE BEEN EXPELLED IN THE PAST BUT ONLY AFTER THEY HAD BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR IN THE CASE OF SOME SUPPORTED THE CONFEDERACY DURING THE CIVIL WAR...(NEWS AGENCIES)
"The United States is the largest economy but not the only one"
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reacting to the statement of an American official that the US has a goal of cutting Russia's oil revenues in half...TASS RUSSIA
THE COP28 CLIMATE CONFERENCE WITH VARIOUS LEADERS SPEAKING TO THE MEETING.
INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI SPEAKING OF THE NEED TO BALANCE 'ECOLOGY' AND 'ECONOMY'.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRESIDENT MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED (MBZ) ANNOUNCING 30 BILLION DOLLAR FUND FOR 'GLOBAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS'
BRITISH KING CHARLES III SAYING 'WE REMAIN SO DREADFULLY FAR OFF TRACK' REGARDING CLIMATE.
IRAN'S DELEGATION WALKING OUT OF THE MEETING DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF ISRAEL...(AL JAZEERA QATAR)...
BBC NEWS COP 28 CLIMATE CONFERENCE BLOG
A law passed in Montana to ban the social media app TikTok ruled unconstitutional by a federal district judge.
Federal District Judge Donald Molloy saying the law "violates the Constitution in more ways than one" and "oversteps state power".
TikTok targeted over its Chinese ownership said to be linked to its government.
The TikTok ban legislation passed in May just months after an alleged Chinese spy balloon flew over the state of Montana.
It was set to take effect on January 1st...BBC NEWS
A leak of information about increased death rates in New Zealand following the massive COVID vaccination campaign there that saw more than 90 percent of the population getting jabs.
The data says that this year there are many days in New Zealand when excess deaths are comparable to or higher than those recorded when dozens were killed at two mosques in Christchurch on March 15, 2019.
A video featuring a New Zealand Health employee and New Zealand Loyal Party leader Liz Gunn circulated this week not drawing a connection between COVID jabs and the deaths but simply asking why there are so many deaths...
NEW ZEALAND LOYAL "X" SOCIAL MEDIA...
The New Zealand Health employee in the video now under investigation by his employer...(One News New Zealand)
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING ISRAELI OFFICIALS HAD INTELLIGENCE POINTING TO A 'WIDE-RANGING ATTACK' BY HAMAS.
THE REPORT SAYING THAT THE INTELLIGENCE WAS DISMISSED...AFP FRANCE-MALAY MAIL...
ISRAEL'S HAARETZ NEWSPAPER REPORTING THAT FEMALE ISRAELI SOLDIERS SPOTTING ON THE GAZA BORDER SAW SIGNS OF UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN THE YEAR LEADING UP TO OCTOBER 7TH.
THEIR WARNINGS SAID TO HAVE BEEN INGORED BY THEIR MALE SUPERIORS...HAARETZ ISRAEL
The United States military releasing photos of US chemical-biological-radiation troops conducting exercises in South Korea near the North Korean border.
They were training with South Korean troops with the US military speaking of an effort to "bolster the combined defense posture"...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
POLICE IN FLORIDA CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN CHRISTIAN ZIEGLER.
AN ACCUSATION AGAINST ZIEGLER FROM A WOMEN WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN IN A THREE-WAY SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ZIEGLER AND HIS WIFE BRIDGET.
BRIDGET ZIEGLER A CO-FOUNDER OF THE MOMS FOR LIBERTY GROUP.
THE WOMAN ALLEGES SEXUAL BATTERY BY MR. ZIEGLER ON OCTOBER 2ND OF THIS YEAR...NEW YORK POST
THE NEW PRIME MINISTER IN NEW ZEALAND CHRISTOPHER LUXON APPEARING AT AN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL TODAY TO PROMOTE HIS EDUCATION AGENDA.
ONE ITEM AT THE TOP OF THE LIST IS A BAN ON PHONES IN NEW ZEALAND SCHOOLS.
LUXON'S EDUCATION MINISTER ERICA STANFORD SPEAKING ABOUT A CLEAR-KNOLWEDGE BASED CURRICULUM FOCUSED ON MEETING BASIC LITERACY AND MATH STANDARDS...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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FIVE ISRAELI SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL
HEZBOLLAH ATTACKS ISRAELI MILITARY OUTPOST ON NORTHERN BORDER
CONFLICT RESUMES IN GAZA WITH ROCKETS FIRED INTO ISRAEL
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG
Five Israeli soldiers wounded when a mortar landed in southern Israel...(Israel National News)
Hezbollah striking an Israeli military post on the northern border with Lebanon today...(TASS Russia)...TASS
Rocket fire into southern Israel this morning fighting resuming in Gaza...(Israel National News)
In other news...
The British Culture and Media Secretary intervening to investigate the sale of "The Daily Telegraph" newspaper and "Spectator" magazine.
A firm backed by the royal family of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates is buying the media outlets currently controlled by Lloyds Bank over unpaid debt.
Involved in the takeover consortium "RedBird IMI" is former CNN President Jeff Zucker.
Zucker is denying that editorial independence of the newspaper-magazine would be compromised by Gulf Arab ownership...BBC NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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