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The farmers protests in Brussels and across France today but first....
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THERE'S BEEN A MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN NAIROBI, KENYA LATE TONIGHT WITH DEATHS AND INJURIES REPORTED.
FEARS THAT SCORES OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION AT A NATURAL GAS PLANT...DAILY NATION KENYA
US military action in the Middle East aimed at groups attacking US bases appears to be on hold tonight and is likely delayed for at least 24 hours.
Any retaliation against groups linked to Iran operating in Arab countries likely delayed so Joe Biden can seek Arab-American votes in Michigan.
President Donald Trump won Michigan on his way to the White House in 2016 and leads in the polls there now Democrats divided over the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza.
Biden has hoped for some photo op linked to Arab Americans he was given the cold shoulder instead meeting with United Auto Workers in a union hall in Warren, Michigan.
Outside a crowd of Pro-Palestinian demonstrators held back by police...
TWO MORE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POLLS OUT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LEADING JOE BIDEN IN BOTH THE CNN POLL AND YAHOO POLL.
BY THE WAY BOTH POLLS DID MATCHUPS INVOLVING JOE BIDEN AND NIKKI HALEY CNN CLAIMING A 13 PERCENT LEAD FOR HALEY OVER BIDEN YAHOO ON THE OTHER HAND SHOWING JOE BIDEN AHEAD BY FIVE PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS
Farmers in the Netherlands protesting tonight in solidarity with the protests today in Brussels against European Union agricultural policies designed to limit farmers ability to use land...
NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)
A US military base at the Al Omar oil field in eastern Syria attacked today.
Three drones used in the attack according to the Hezbollah affiliated media outlet "Al Mayadeen"...TASS RUSSIA
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANITS ANNOUNCING THAT ABOUT ONE THOUSAND MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD ARE GOING TO TEXAS TO HELP WITH US BORDER SECURITY.
THEY WILL BE ASSISTED BY MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA STATE GUARD....RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE OREGON SUPREME COURT RULING THAT TEN STATE SENATORS (NINE REPUBLICAN AND ONE INDEPENDENT) CANNOT RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.
THOSE LAWMAKERS WALKED OUT TO STOP LIBERAL LEGISLATION FROM MOVING IN OREGON'S STATE SENATE...OREGON LIVE-PORTLAND OREGONIAN
US Central Command reports a Yemeni (Houthi) drone shot down in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen's south coast early this morning.
Later in the morning a Yemeni drone boat was destroyed in the Red Sea...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"...
The Royal Navy's UK Maritime Trade Operations reporting an explosion near a merchant vessel off the west coast of Yemen in the Red Sea...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"...US Central Command in its statement said there were two explosions recorded near that merchant vessel Liberian flagged and Bermudian owned.
FARMERS PROTEST IN BRUSSELS THURSDAY 2/1/2024
There have been clashes and arrests in Brussels as farmers from across Europe held a protest in the center of the city.
They are demanding that the European Union, currently holding a summit, take action to stop cheap imports and allow farmers to use more land for production...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
More on the farmers protest in France later in this summary.
JOE BIDEN SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TARGETING JEWS WHO LIVE IN THE ISRAELI REGIONS OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA.
AT ISSUE ALLEGED ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST PALESTINIANS.
THE BIDEN ORDER WILL ALLOW US SANCTIONS ON ISRAELI RESIDENTS (SETTLERS) IN THE AREA COMMONLY CALLED THE WEST BANK...AXIOS...
FOUR PEOPLE ARE BEING SPECIFICALLY SANCTIONED...BBC NEWS...
NEWS LEAKING OUT THAT BIDEN CONSIDERED SANCTIONS ON SO-CALLED 'FAR-RIGHT' CABINET MINISTERS IN ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT.
ONE OF THEM NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN-GVIR SAID IN PART REGARDING THE BIDEN SANCTIONS:
"President Biden is wrong when it comes to the heroic citizens of Israel and the residents of Judea and Samaria"...
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE NAMED SAYING IN PART:
"With God's help, I will continue to act fearlessly in order to promote Jewish life in all parts of the Land of Israel..."...
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 369.54 points or .97 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 197.63 or 1.3 percent.
After the close in New York the price of oil lower 73 dollars and 92 cents a barrel down one dollar 93 cents or 2.54 percent...MARKETWATCH
33 Chinese warplanes and six Chinese warships approaching Taiwan in the 24-hour period ending at 6 am local time today...TASS RUSSIA
THE EUROPEAN UNION AGREEING TO A 50 BILLION EURO (55 BILLION US DOLLAR) AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE...BBC NEWS
A mother and toddler with 'potentially life-changing" injuries following last evening's acid attack in London. 11 people including police officers who responded to the attack were hurt.
The suspect is believed to have known the mother...PRESS ASSOCIATION-IRISH EXAMINER
FRENCH FARMERS PROTEST CONTINUES WITH HUNDREDS OF BLOCKADES
SIGNS THAT MANY BLOCKADES WILL END TOMORROW
BUT FARMERS CONFEDERATION GROUP REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE PROTEST
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LIVE VIDEO STREAM A6 HIGHWAY PROTEST BLOCKADE NEAR PARIS
TODAY THE FRENCH FARMERS PROTEST CONTINUING WITH 10,000 PROTESTERS AND 200 BLOCKADES ESTIMATED AS OF 6 PM.
MANY BLOCKADES MAY END TOMORROW AS SOME FARMERS GROUPS HAVE REACTED POSITIVELY TO THE LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
BUT THE FARMERS CONFEDERATION REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE PROTEST TONIGHT.
TODAY STRONGER POLICE PRESENCE IN PARIS THE AUTHORITIES WANTING TO PROTECT AN OUTDOOR PRODUCE MARKET (RUNGIS) THAT SELLS CHEAP FOREIGN PRODUCTS.
DOZENS OF ARRESTS YESTERDAY IN PARIS AND OTHER PARTS OF FRANCE POLICE STILL NOT USING THEIR FULL FORCE AGAINST THE FARMERS.
SIX IN TEN FRENCH POLLED SAY THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT GONE ENOUGHT TO MEET FARMERS DEMANDS FOR PROTECTION FROM CHEAP IMPORTS AND RULES THAT PREVENT THEM FROM USING MORE LAND IMPOSED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION.
SOME FARMERS ARE PROTESTING AT THE EU SUMMIT MEETING IN BRUSSELS WHERE FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON IS DISCUSSING EU FARMING REGULATIONS WITH EU LEADERS...
BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Mainstream Media in New Zealand focusing on Associate Health Minister Casey Costello from the New Zealand First party.
Costello said to have been jotting down notes about a freeze in New Zealand's tobacco tax to the Health Ministry and tax changes for certain types of tobacco.
Costello denying that she wrote the things she is alleged to have written by Radio New Zealand...ONE NEW ZEALAND NEWS
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
In other news...
(EDITORIAL NOTE: LINK TO THE TASS NEWS STORY ON THIS STORY IS BEING BLOCKED BY GOOGLE)
"The US side is jumping to conclusions, making groundless accusations and slandering China..."
Wang Wenbin Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman reacting to allegations of Chinese involvement in cyber attacks in the United States...TASS RUSSIA...(NOTE: LINK TO THIS STORY IS BLOCKED ON GOOGLE)
Yesterday FBI Director Christopher Wray said that a Chinese state hacker group was seeking to get into key US infrastructure.
Wray saying the FBI broke up efforts by the "Volt Typhoon" group to carry out the hacking...BBC NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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