(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE IRAN-ISRAEL SITUATION
(NEWS AND ANALYSIS UPDATED)
THE MESSAGING FROM MEDIA IN ISRAEL AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA IN THE US TONIGHT POINTS TO SOME SORT OF CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN IN THE COMING HOURS AND DAYS.
IRAN EXPECTED TO RESPOND TO THE ATTACK BY ISRAEL ON ITS EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS, SYRIA THAT KILLED SEVEN MILITARY AND MILITIA LEADERS.
WHILE THIS MESSAGING IS OUT THERE A CRITIC OF ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT LEFTIST JOURNALIST SEYMOUR HERSH SPEAKING.
HE SAYS THERE IS BELIEF AMONG SOME THAT PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS 'WILLING TO RISK WAR WITH IRAN' TO REMAIN IN OFFICE...TASS RUSSIA...
MEANWHILE FORMER UN WEAPONS INSPECTOR AND US MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE OFFICER SCOTT RITTER SAYING IRAN SHOULD WITHHOLD FIRE.
IRAN GETTING INTO A WAR WITH ISRAEL WOULD CHANGE THE SUBJECT FROM THE WAR IN GAZA WHERE ISRAEL HAS LOST PUBLIC OPINION AROUND THE WORLD.
RITTER BELIEVES MR. NETANYAHU IS DESPERATE TO SPARK A WAR WITH IRAN AND ITS PROXIES TO REMAIN IN POWER AND HOLD A DIVIDED ISRAEL TOGETHER...
ONE KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN A KNIFE ATTACK IN BORDEAUX, FRANCE TONIGHT.
THE ATTACKER KILLED BY POLICE
THE VICTIMS SAID TO BE ALGERIAN NATIONALS...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Three people shot and five taken into custody following a shooting incident in Philadelphia.
A gunfight involving two factions breaking out at a celebration of the end of Islam's Holy Month of Ramadan Eid al-Fitr...6 ABC PHILADELPHIA
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appearing before an inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian politics.
His testimony focused on defending his government's record on dealing with foreign involvement in Canada's political system.
Much of the inquiry has laid out a narrative that China has been very involved with the various political parties in Canada including Trudeau's own Liberals...CTV NEWS CANADA
CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI JINPING AND FORMER TAIWAN PRESIDENT MA YING-JEOU REAFFIRMING THEIR COMMITTMENT FOR PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION INVOLVING THE CHINESE MAINLAND AND TAIWAN...VOA NEWS USA...
More news related to Taiwan later in the summary.
IN THE FACE OF RISING PUBLIC SENTIMENT AND JUNE ELECTIONS THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OPTING TO CHANGE ASYLUM RULES.
TODAY'S VOTE ESTABLISHING WHAT ARE SAID TO BE STRICTER RULES.
BUT POLITICAL PARTIES MOST CONCERNED ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION INTO EUROPE SAYING THE NEW RULES ARE NOT STRICT ENOUGH...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Joe Biden says he is considering dropping the federal charges against journalist and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Biden responding to a request from Australia where both Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and a majority of parliament members have expressed support for such a move.
Assange in the British prison for terrorists and murderers (Belmarsh) awaiting extradition to the US.
He is accused leaking information about possible war crimes by US military forces in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11...BBC NEWS
THE RATE OF INFLATION IN RUSSIA MEASURED WEEKLY IS ACCELERATING. FOR APRIL 2-8 THE ANNUAL RATE AT 7.79 PERCENT...TASS RUSSIA
INFLATION IS HOT IN THE UNITED STATES A .4 PERCENT RATE LAST MONTH WITH AN ANNUAL RATE OF 3.5 PERCENT...(News Agencies)
The markets today reacting negatively to the inflation news.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 422.16 points or 1.09 percent.
The NASDAQ down 136.28 points or .84 percent.
At 614 pm New York Time the price of oil at 86 dollars 30 cents a barrel up nine cents...MARKETWATCH
38 migrants dead after a boat sank off the coast of the nation of Djibouti in the Horn of Africa across from Yemen.
The International Organization for Migration says there are 22 survivors with six others missing and presumed dead...ANADOLU AGENCY-YENI SAFAK TURKEY (TURKIYE)
RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES IN SYRIA STRIKING FIVE JIHADIST BASES IN HOMS PROVINCE.
THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IN SYRIA SAYS THAT THE JIHADISTS LEFT THE US CONTROLLED AL-TANF REGION TO ENTER THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION.
US COALITION FORCES ALSO REPORTED VIOLATNG SYRIAN AIRSPACE WITH FLIGHTS BY AIRCRAFT AND DRONES...TASS RUSSIA
"Taiwan Navy Commander Admiral Tang Hua said during a trip to Maryland that the self-governing island wants more cooperation with the U.S. and other countries amid military pressure from China"
That's the first sentence of a carefully worded story published by US government media outlet "Voice of America" regarding the trip of Taiwan's navy chief to the US.
Admiral Tang visiting booths of major US defense contractors at a Sea-Air-Space Conference at National Harbor just outside Washington DC...VOICE OF AMERICA
THE US GOVERNMENT SET TO ORDER AMERICANS NOT TO USE SOFWARE FROM RUSSIA'S KASPERSKY LAB.
THE UNPRECEDENTED ORDER BASED ON NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS...TASS RUSSIA
In the Netherlands the outgoing government remains in power following last fall's election.
Negotiations to form a new government underway but Geert Wilders is already ruled out as Prime Minister what is likely to emerge as bureaucratic cabinet of unelected officials.
The new Parliament meanwhile debating "climate" policy that threatens to drive farmers out of business.
In spite of the opposition of the Farmers and Citizens Party (BBB) the push is on for manure restricting policies that will reduce the number of cows in the Netherlands.
Major political parties in the Netherlands seem to be working towards compromise include a buyout of Dutch farmers that will downsize the agriculture industry even as some express concern about the country's "food security"...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
FAMILY OF HAMAS LEADER KILLED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE IN GAZA
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killing three children along with grandchildren of Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
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