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The 'national security threat' clarified in the US and two special elections in the UK tonight but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT NEWSDUMP THURSDAY NIGHT:
A DEAL CUT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT IN NORTHERN BELGIUM (FLANDERS) AND FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS.
THIS FOLLOWS PROTESTS BY FARMERS.
THE GOVERNMENT AGREEING TO STOP THE PURCHASE OF FARM LAND UNTIL OCTOBER.
THE PROCESS FOR NITROGEN EMISSIONS PERMITS IS ALSO SIMPLIFIED.
FLEMISH PRESIDENT MINISTER JAN JAMBON URGING FARMERS TO STOP PROTEST ACTIONS INCLUDING BLOCKADES OF HIGHWAYS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
(Updated) Tonight in the UK results of two Special Elections for House of Commons seats in Wellingborough and Kingswood.
Both seats have been held by the governing Conservative Party.
The Labour Party taking both seats.
The Reform UK Party got 10.4 percent of the vote in the contest for the Kingswood seat and a larger share of the vote for the Wellingborough seat 13 percent.
Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will have to call a General Election in the next 11 months...
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THE DRAMA IN WASHINGTON OVER A 'NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT' NOW IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL RUSSIAN WEAPON IN SPACE CAPABLE OF DESTROYING SATELLITES.
NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY SAYING TALKS ARE TO BE SOUGHT WITH RUSSIA OVER THE MATTER...TASS RUSSIA
The US Defense Department leaking to NBC News about a cyber attack on an Iranian vessel more than a week ago.
That ship alleged to be sharing data on merchant vessels off Yemen with the Houthi forces...NBC NEWS
GREECE'S PARLIAMENT PASSING A LAW ESTABLISHING CIVIL SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
IT'S THE FIRST ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN COUNTRY TO APPROVE GAY MARRIAGE.
THE PROPOSAL BACKED BY CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS AND OPPOSED BY THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH...ASSOCIATED PRESS-EURONEWS
Pushing back on criticism from President Donald Trump, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg proclaiming a collective 2 percent spending of GDP by NATO countries.
13 of 31 NATO countries still lagging on defense spending under 2 percent of GDP...VOICE OF AMERICA
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INDICTING A FORMER FBI INFORMANT WHO ALLEGED WRONGDOING BY JOE BIDEN AND HIS SON HUNTER.
ALEXANDER SMIRNOV ARRESTED IN LAS VEGAS AS HE ARRIVED IN THE US FROM OVERSEAS.
THE BIDEN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INDICTMENT OF SMIRNOV ALLEGES HE LIED TO IMPLICATE THE BIDENS IN WRONGDOING.
THIS IS A MOVE AGAINST A SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INVOLVING MR. BIDEN...CNN
As many as 15 missiles and rockets fired into the Northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona this evening.
Power knocked out in some areas but no casualties reported.
The assault in response to yesterday's deadly Israeli strikes that reportedly killed Hezbollah leaders...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
12 women filing a lawsuit saying the FBI ignored tips regarding sex-trafficking involving the late Jeffrey Epstein.
The "Jane Does" allege that from 1996 to 2006 the bureau failed to follow up on information given to them about Epstein's activities...UPI
(Updated) In Atlanta a former employee of the District Attorney's office saying the relationship between DA Fani Willis and her Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade started back in 2019.
Mr. Wade claiming that their relationship started in 2022.
A defendant in the case being brought against President Donald Trump and others for challenging the 2020 Election results seeking dismissal of charges based on a conflict of interest in connection with the Wade-Willis relationship...INDEPENDENT-UK...
Late today Fulton County DA Fani Willis took the stand saying in part "I'm not on trial"...FREE REPUBLIC POST-BUSINESS INSIDER STORY-DISCUSSION
IN NEW YORK CITY THE BROOKLYN FIRE HEADQUARTERS AND HOMES OF FIRE CHIEFS RAIDED TODAY.
THE FBI AND NEW YORK OFFICIALS SAID TO BE PROBING ALLEGATIONS THAT FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS WERE BEING MANIPULATED BY PAYMENTS TO THE FIRE CHIEFS...NEW YORK POST
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warning that Azerbaijan is planning "Full-Scale War".
The warning comes after renewed clashes on the border with Azerbaijan that killed four Armenian soldiers...AFP FRANCE-BARRONS
AN ATTACK ON A MERCHANT VESSEL REPORTED OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF YEMEN IN THE GULF OF ADEN THIS AFTERNOON.
AN EXPLOSION REPORTED CLOSE TO THE VESSEL...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS
US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS THAT A US COAST GUARD CUTTER INTERCEPTED A SHIP CARRYING ARMS BOUND FOR YEMEN.
THE ARMS SHIPMENT FOR THE HOUTHI FORCES SAID TO ORIGINATE IN IRAN...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 348.85 points or .91 percent.
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The NASDAQ rose 47.03 points.
In New York Time the price of oil rising closing 78 dollars and seven cents a barrel up one dollars 43 cents or 1.87 percent...MARKETWATCH
The French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire says France is falling into line after the European Union reduced the economic growth projection for Europe to .8 percent this year.
The current economic growth projection for France will be lowered from 1.4 percent in the coming days. One report says that the new projection will be .9 percent...BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)
ITS NOW OFFICIAL THAT THE BRITISH ECONOMY IS IN RECESSION.
THE UK'S ECONOMY SHIRINKING .3 PERCENT IN THE OCTOBER TO DECEMBER QUARTER.
THIS FOLLOWS ECONOMIC SHIRNKAGE FOR THE QUARTER FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER OF 2023.
TWO QUARTERS IN A ROW OF ECONOMIC SHRINKAGE IS CONSIDERED TO BE EVIDENCE OF A RECESSION...BBC NEWS STORY...
THIS NEWS COMES ON A DAY WHEN SPECIAL ELECTIONS ARE BEING HELD FOR TWO PARLIAMENTARY SEATS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD BY THE GOVERNING CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
Two Chinese fishermen have died in an incident involving Taiwan's Coast Guard.
China says Taiwan authorities acted in a "rough and dangerous" manner towards the speedboat carrying the four fishermen.
The boat then overturned.
Taiwan saying the speedboat sped away from it Coast Guard vessel.
The incident in the Kinmen-Matsu island region where Taiwan has stationed military forces within sight (hundreds of yards) of China's mainland...REUTERS-VOICE OF AMERICA
(UPDATED) SEVEN KILLED AND 19 WOUNDED IN A UKRANIAN ATTACK ON THE CITY OF BELGOROD IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA...TASS RUSSIA...UPDATED TASS NEWS STORY...(TASS RUSSIA)
Unemployment in Australia rose to 4.1 percent last month. Only 500 jobs created across the country according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Higher interest rates said to be behind the cooling of the job market...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
NEW GOVERNMENT STATISTICS REVEALED A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEAVING NEW ZEALAND LAST YEAR.
NET MIGRATION INTO NEW ZEALAND FOR 2023 126,000.
THERE WERE 173,000 FOREIGN NATIONALS COMING IN AND 47,000 NEW ZEALANDERS OPTING TO LEAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER EVER.
FOLLOWING THE END OF COVID RESTRICTIONS A MAJOR INFLUX OF FOREIGNERS INTO NEW ZEALAND LED BY PEOPLE FROM INDIA, THE PHILIPPINES, CHINA, FIJI AND SOUTH AFRICA.
WITH A POPULATION OF AROUND FIVE MILLION THE 126,000 NET MIGRATION FIGURE EQUALS AT 2.5 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION.
THAT WOULD BE EQUIVALENT BASED ON THE UNITED STATES POPULATION OF 336 MILLION TO 6.72 MILLION PEOPLE ENTERING THE US IN A YEAR...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
In Australia's parliament a motion calling for the release of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange passing 86 to 42.
The motion from an Independent MP Andrew Wilkie was supported by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the ruling Labor Party...REUTERS-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE (CLICK PAST AD)
"We urge the Israeli government not to go down this path"
That's part of a joint statement from the Prime Ministers of Australia, Canada and New Zealand regarding a planned Israeli military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Anthony Albanese, Justin Trudeau and Christopher Luxon condemned the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel and called for actions including release of hostages and a "sustainable cease-fire"...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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ISRAEL SAYS HAMAS COMMANDER KILLED
ISRAEL RAIDS HOSPITAL LOOKING FOR HOSTAGE REMAINS
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israel says the commander of a Hamas battalion who participated in the attacks of October 7th has been killed...TASS RUSSIA
The Israeli military raiding a hospital in Khan Younis in Gaza today looking for remains of hostages...TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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