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The crackdown on dissent in Germany but first....
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Israel today hundreds of Jewish residents storming into a Palestinian village killing one and wounding about 25 others.
The incident in what is commonly called "The West Bank" triggered by the disappearance of a 14-year-old Jewish boy.
Homes raided and residents shot in the Palestinian community.
Cars and homes were set on fire.
70 sheep said to have been stolen in the incident...CNN
A FEDERAL JUDGE DENYING HUNTER BIDEN'S MOTION TO DISMISS THE CASE AGAINST HIM OVER LYING ON A FEDERAL GUN PURCHASE FORM.
JOE BIDEN'S SON ALLEGING THE CASE IS VINDICTIVE AND SELECTIVE PROSECUTION...FOX NEWS
After many weeks of talk a transitional council for Haiti established. The council will pick a new Prime Minister and Cabinet for the troubled country...ASSOCIATED PRESS-GLOBAL NEWS CANADA
The Democrat Governor of Kansas Laura Kelly vetoing legislation stopping gender changing medical treatments for minors.
Kelly vetoed similar legislation last year and the Republican legislature was unable to override her veto...THE HILL
ISRAELI POLITICS THE LATEST 'LAZAR' POLL PUTS THE CENTRIST NATIONAL UNITY PARTY OF WAR CABINET MINISTER BENNY GANTZ AT 30 SEATS.
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY IS AT 19 SEATS...WIKIPEDIA ISRAELI ELECTION POLLS
"This is a sad day for America"
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE REACTS ON SEARCH WARRANT VOTE
THIS AFTERNOON IN THE US HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON BREAKING A 212-212 TIE VOTE TO REJECT THE NOTION THAT SEARCH WARRANTS MUST BE OBTAINED TO SPY ON AMERICAN CITIZENS.
THIS VOTE RELATED TO "FISA" THE LAW USED AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS AFTER TRUMP WON THE 2016 ELECTION.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY EXPRESSING HIS DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE VOTE.
MASSIE NOTING:
"This is how the Constitution dies"
...THOMAS MASSIE "X"
AT MAR-A-LAGO THIS AFTERNOON A JOINT APPEARANCE BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON EACH EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE OTHER...TRUTH SOCIAL MEDIA...
MR. TRUMP SUPPORTIVE OF JOHNSON'S NOTION THAT MORE AID TO UKRAINE IS GOING TO BE A 'LOAN' NOT A GIFT.
SEIZED RUSSIAN ASSETS LIKELY TO BE USED TO COVER THE MONEY HEADED FOR UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A barrage of rockets into northern Israel from Lebanon tonight but no damage or injuries some rockets downed, others falling short and some landing in open areas...TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE US IMPOSING A BAN ON THE IMPORT OF RUSSIAN ALUMINIUM, COPPER AND NICKEL.
THE UK JOINING THE US IN IMPOSING THE IMPORT BAN ON THOSE RUSSIAN METALS...TASS RUSSIA
In Brenham, Texas a tractor-trailer deliberately crashed into a government building as it was being chased by police.
One dead and 13 injured at Texas Department of Public Safety facility.
Yesterday the driver of the vehicle, 42-year-old Clenard Parker, was denied a renewal of his CDL license and today police say he stole the 18-wheeler leading to the chase.
After the crash police pulled Parker out of the truck and handcuffed him...KHOU HOUSTON (VIDEO EMBED)
IN GERMANY AN ELECTION WON BY A CANDIDATE FROM THE 'FAR-RIGHT' ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY PARTY DECLARED INVALID.
THE CENTRAL SAXONY DISTRICT RULING AGAINST ROLF WIEGAND'S ELECTION AS A MAYOR.
A NEW ELECTION ORDERED CITING TECHNICALITIES INCLUDING IN ONE CASE THE LACK OF A SIGNATURE...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
Meanwhile a Pro-Palestinian event called the "Palestine Congress" stormed by German police today.
Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser denouncing the event that was co-organized by Jewish activists as one spreading "Islamist propaganda" and "hatred against the Jews"...
"X" SOCIAL MEDIA POST
GLENN GREENWALD "X" SOCIAL MEDIA POST
China's trade with the US declining in the first quarter of this year.
Overall trade down four percent with exports to the US off 1.3 percent and imports to China from the US down 10.7 percent.
China exporting 36.72 billion dollars in goods to the US and importing 13.78 billion dollars in goods from the US...TASS RUSSIA
AIR RAID ALERTS ACROSS UKRAINE THIS EVENING...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps pushing use of a recently tested laser weapon in Ukraine.
Shapps saying he wants to speed up production of the "DragonFire" anti-drone laser set for rollout in 2027 so it can reach Ukraine before that. This would happen even if the weapon isn't 100 percent perfected.
"DragonFire" was successfully test fired in January striking an aerial target...BBC NEWS
"While the PVV fights for the Netherlands, the billions fly abroad on a Friday afternoon"
DUTCH PARTY OF FREEDOM LEADER GEERT WILDERS REACTS TO THE OUTGOING GOVERNMENTS NEW PLEDGES OF AID TO UKRAINE
THE OUTGOING GOVERNMENT OF DUTCH PRIME MINISTER MARK RUTTE SENDING ONE BILLION EUROS (1.06 BILLION US DOLLARS) MORE TO UKRAINE.
THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE THIS YEAR TO THREE BILLION EUROS (3.18 BILLIONS).
EVEN MORE MILITARY AND ECONOMIC AID FOR URKAINE IS PLEDGED FOR NEXT YEAR.
BOTH THE PVV PARTY OF FREEDOM LED BY GEERT WILDERS AND THE FARMERS PARTY (BBB) WERE SHARPLY CRITICIAL OF THE DECISION.
THOSE TWO PARTIES EXPECTED TO PLAY A ROLE IN AN EVENTUAL NEW DUTCH GOVERNMENT BUT TALKS ON FORMATION DRAG ON...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Big drops on the markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 475.84 points or 1.24 percent.
The NASDAQ off 267.10 points or 1.62 percent.
The price of oil rising to 85 dollars 45 cents a barrel today up 43 cents...MARKETWATCH
Germany's parliament voting to make it easier to make name and gender changes to official records.
The "self-determination law" fulfills a promise the now highly unpopular three-party coalition government made when it took office almost two and a half years ago...NBC NEWS
US POLITICS JOE BIDEN WITH AN ELECTION YEAR ANNOUNCEMENT THAT 277,000 STUDENT LOANS WORTH 7.4 BILLION DOLLARS ARE BEING CANCELLED.
BIDEN WORKING AROUND LAST YEAR'S US SUPREME COURT RULING THAT STOPPED HIM FROM ERASING STUDENT DEBTS FOR 20 MILLION PEOPLE...BBC NEWS
IN HUNGARY POLITICIAN PETER MAGYAR CHALLENGING PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN'S PARTY IN THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS IN JUNE.
MAGYAR GAINING NOTORIETY FOR RECORDING A CONVERSATION WITH HIS WIFE THE FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER SUGGESTING GOVERNMENT INVTERVENTION IN A GRAFT CASE...REUTERS-BRUSSELS SIGNAL
"The United States defense commitments to Japan and to the Philippines are ironclad"
"Any attack on Philippine aircraft, vessels or armed forces in the South China Sea would invoke our mutual defense treaty"
That's Joe Biden speaking as he hosted a joint summit with Japan and the Philippines nations close to China.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida present...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)
SECRET TALKS BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND THE US IN MEXICO CITY THIS WEEK.
CONDITIONS FOR ELECTIONS IN VENEZUELA DISCUSSED.
THERE HAVE BEEN ACTIONS BY VENEZUELA'S LEFTIST GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE OPPOSITION IN RECENT MONTHS.
THE US SUGGESTING SANCTIONS INCLUDING SOME RELATED TO THE OIL INDUSTRY IN VENEZUELA MAY BE REIMPOSED...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A 15 percent pay increase for enlisted pay and more private barracks among the steps called for in a US House report.
The bipartisan report from the Armed Services Committee saying in part:
"we must address these issues if we are to sustain the All-Volunteer Force"...
TASK AND PURPOSE
THE AMPHIBIOUS WARSHIP "USS BOXER" SUFFERING RUDDER DAMAGE OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.
THE SHIP RETURNING TO SAN DIEGO FOR REPAIRS AFTER RECERTIFYING MV-22 OSPREY PILOTS FOLLOWING A RECENTLY LIFTED SAFETY GROUNDING.
THE NAVY SAYING THE 'BOXER' WILL RESUME ITS 'INDO-PACIFIC' DEPLOYMENT 'IN THE NEAR FUTURE'...USNI NEWS
China saying its being smeared in Washington where the US and Japan held talks aimed at strengthening defense ties.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning saying China maintains a minimum level of nuclear capabilities.
In a joint statement the US and Japan alleged a Chinese nuclear buildup without transparency or meaningful dialogue.
China's spokesperson saying it has a 'no first use' of nuclear weapons policy plus a commitment not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear countries or in nuclear-weapon-free zones...XINHUA NEWS AGENCY CHINA
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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ATTACK ON BUILDING IN GAZA KILLS AT LEAST 25
ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA KILL DOZENS
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
At least 25 people reported dead after an Israeli attack on a residential building in Gaza...TASS RUSSIA
Palestinian media tally 63 dead and 45 others hurt in Israeli attacks in Gaza in the past day...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
DROUGHT CONDITIONS FORCING WATER RATIONING IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
THE CITY DIVIDED INTO NINE AREAS.
A ROTATING SHUT OFF OF WATER IN EACH ZONE FOR 24 HOURS...BBC NEWS
iPhone users in 92 countries notified of extremely advanced cyberattacks likely by 'state actors'.
Apple putting out the notion that 'mercenary attacks' are underway aimed at high profile people like diplomats, journalists and politicians...HINDUSTAN TIMES
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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