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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN MIAMI A FEDERAL JUDGE WITH A REPORT INDICTING THE WIDOW OF THE ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT OF HAITI AND OTHER TOP OFFICIALS IN CONNECTION WITH JOVENEL MOISE'S DEATH.
FORMER PRIME MINISTER CLAUDE JOSEPH AND FORMER NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF LEON CHARLES ALSO ACCUSED.
CHARLES NOW HAITI'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES.
IN ALL 50 PEOPLE WERE INDICTED IN THE 122 PAGE REPORT...ASSOCIATED PRESS-VOICE OF AMERICA
A Ukrainian drone was downed over the Bryansk Region of Russia late tonight...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A US AIR FORCE DRONE CRASHED IN THE SOUTHERN RED SEA OFF YEMEN LAST NIGHT.
NO OFFICIAL CAUSE YET BUT IS BELIEVED RELATED TO A SHOOT-DOWN ATTEMPT USING A SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE...OSINT DEFENDER "X"...
MEANWHILE THE HOUTHIS IN YEMEN CLAIM TO HAVE STRUCK THE DRONE...PRESS TV...
VIDEO ALSO RELEASED BY THE HOUTHI FORCES..."X" SOCIAL MEDIA (VIDEO EMBED)
...MORE INCIDENTS REPORTED IN THE RED SEA AREA NEAR YEMEN THIS EVENING.
ONE INVOLVED THE APPROACH OF TWO DRONES TO A MERCHANT VESSEL OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN SAUDI ARABIA IN THE RED SEA...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"...
THE OTHER CALLED AN 'ATTACK' AND AN 'INCIDENT' NORTH OF DJIBOUTI IN WATER OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"...THE INCIDENT LATER DESCRIBED AS A DRONE STRIKING A SHIP WITH SUPERFICIAL DAMAGE...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"
YEMEN'S HOUTHIS CLAIMING ATTACKS ON TWO US MERCHANT VESSELS IN THE GULF OF TODAY...REUTERS-JERUSALEM POST...
A SECURITY FIRM HAS CONFIRMED THAT ONE OF THOSE VESSELS WAS ATTACKED...(News Agencies)...AN EARLIER POST FROM UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS REPORTING AN ATTACK ON ONE MERCHANT VESSEL AS WELL.
More on Yemen later in the summary...
CHINA'S COAST GUARD STEPPING UP LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY JUST OFF THE COAST OF THE MAINLAND NEAR ISLANDS MILITARIZED BY TAIWAN WITH US SPECIAL FORCES PRESENT.
A TOURIST BOAT STOPPED AND BFIEFLY BOARDED BY THE CHINESE COAST GUARD NEAR THE KINMEN ISLANDS.
CHINA ANNOUNCING A TOUGHER STANCE IN THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF TWO CHINESE FISHERMEN IN AN ALTERCATION WITH TAIWAN'S COAST GUARD LAST WEEK...FOX NEWS
ISRAELI STRIKES ON SOUTH LEBANON TODAY...HADI NASRALLAH "X" (VIDEO EMBED)
A Russian lawmaker claims bodies of soldiers fighting for Ukraine in the recently taken town of Avdiivka include NATO soldiers disguised as mercenaries.
Viktor Vodolatsky mentioning soldiers of France, Poland and Germany among other NATO countries.
He says that NATO countries send the soldiers to Ukraine to gain combat experience...TASS RUSSIA
The European Union launching a probe of Chinese owned social media app TikTok.
The EU's top internet regulating official Thierry Breton saying TikTok must comply with rules and protect children...NOS NETHERLANDS
BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA RECALLING BRAZIL'S AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL HOME FOR CONSULTATIONS.
THIS AS ISRAEL DEMANDS AN APOLOGY FROM MR. LULA AND HAS DECLARED HIM PERSONA NON GRATA IN ISRAEL.
THIS OVER THE BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS COMPARING ISRAEL'S OPERATIONS IN GAZA TO GENOCIDE AND THE ACTIONS OF ADOLF HITLER DURING WORLD WAR II...TIMES OF ISRAEL...SBT NEWS BRAZIL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
"Israel is putting itself in the conditions of increasing isolation"
Those words from a foreign policy advisor to the Brazilians President saying Mr. Lula will not apologize for his comments...TASS RUSSIA
The markets today.
At 234 pm New York Time the price of oil rising above 79 dollars and 30 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HOPING TO PROVIDE LONG RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES TO UKRAINE IF CONGRESS APPROVES MORE FUNDING.
THE ATACMS MISSILES ALREADY PROVIDED TO UKRAINE IN THEIR 'MEDIUM RANGE' FORM.
OFFICIALS TELLING NBC NEWS US ALLIES MAY BE USED TO SEND THE LONG-RANGE ATACMS MISSILES TO UKRAINE...NBC NEWS
AN ATTACK ON A MERCHANT VESSEL IN THE GULF OF ADEN OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN TODAY.
TWO EXPLOSIONS REPORTED CLOSE TO THE VESSEL...ROYAL NAVAL UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"
FRENCH FARMERS PROTEST IN MARSEILLE TODAY 2/19/2024
In Marseille French farmers continuing their protests for more support from the government including a cutback on cheap foreign imports of agricultural products.
The government of President Emmauel Macron made promises several weeks ago, but the protesters want to see action in connection with those promises ahead of a major agricultural show in France this coming weekend...(Information from BFM-TV used in connection with this story)
AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE HAGUE THE HEARINGS ON ISRAELI POLICY REGARDING THE PALESTINIANS BEGAN TODAY.
THE PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYING THE COURT MUST RULE AGAINST ISRAELI RULE IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK) AND GAZA.
THIS CASE STARTED BEFORE THE CURRENT CONFLICT BEGAN AND IS NOT RELATED TO THE GENOCIDE ACCUSATION BEFORE THE COURT IN CONNECTION WITH THE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA FOLLOWING THE BRUTAL HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL LAST OCTOBER 7TH...FOX NEWS
The "Washington Post" reporting that Iran is urging its allies in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon not to provoke the US and Israel to escalation of the conflict in the Middle East...TASS RUSSIA
DEADLINE FOR ISRAELI OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN GAZA CONICIDES WITH RAMADAN RESTRICTIONS THAT MAY INCITE MUSLIM VIOLENCE
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)
ISRAELI WAR CABINET MINISTER BENNY GANTZ SETTING A MARCH 10TH DEADLINE FOR RELEASE OF HOSTAGES IN GAZA.
GANTZ SAYING THERE WILL BE AN OFFENSIVE INTO THE SOUTHERN GAZA CITY OF RAFAH IF THEY ARE NOT FREED...BBC NEWS...
ON SUNDAY NEWS LEAKED OUT SAYING THAT ON MARCH 10TH WHEN THE HOLY MONTH RAMADAN BEGINS ACCESS TO THE TEMPLE MOUNT (AL AQSA MOSQUE) IN JERUSALEM WOULD BE RESTRICTED.
ISRAEL ONLY ALLOWING PALESTINIAN MUSLIMS OVER THE AGE OF 60 AND UNDER THE AGE OF 10 TO ENTER.
RESTRICTIONS ALSO SAID TO BE APPLYING TO ARAB CITIZENS OF ISRAEL CAUSING A POLITICAL CONTROVERSY INSIDE ISRAEL.
THE RESTRICTIONS LIKELY TO RAISE TENSIONS AND INCITE VIOLENCE AGAINST ISRAEL FROM ITS ENEMIES.
VIOLENCE THAT COULD SERVE TO TRIGGER A WIDER WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST...
TIMES OF ISRAEL NEWS STORY
A DUTCH ACADEMIC CALLING FOR A PROBE AFTER WEEKEND RIOTING IN THE HAGUE INVOLVING SUPPORTERS AND OPPONENTS OF THE ERITREAN GOVERNMENT.
EIGHT POLICE OFFICERS HURT WITH 13 ARRESTS MADE.
PROFESSOR MIRJAM VAN REISEN IS AN EXPERT ON THE NORTHEASTERN AFRICAN NATION OF ERITREA.
VAN REISEN SUGGESTS THE DICTATORSHIP RULING ERITREA MAY BE STAGING VIOLENCE AT CULTURAL EVENTS OVERSEAS SO OPPONENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE DEPORTED BACK HOME.
RIOTING HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH CULTURAL EVENTS INVOLVING ERITREANS ALL OVER THE WORLD IN THE LAST YEAR IN CANADA, ISRAEL AND SWEDEN AMONG OTHER PLACES.
THERE WAS ALSO VIOLENCE SURROUNDING AN ERITREAN CULTURAL EVENT IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA ON SATURDAY. EIGHT WERE ARRESTED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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70 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
70 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks early Monday morning in Gaza...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
New Zealand's Prime Minister Chrstopher Luxon of the National Party forced to flee the "Big Gay Out" Festival in Auckland Sunday.
Luxon confronted by protesters both Transgender Rights activists and supporters of the Palestinians.
At one point Luxon had a protester shouting into his face.
He was heckled with "Free Palestine" and "Blood on your hands".
Mr. Luxon's government slammed because one of its junior partners the populist New Zealand First party was able to get "gender ideology" out of school curriculum...ONE NEW ZEALAND
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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