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SEVEN NATIONAL NEWS OPENER BRISBANE 1980'S
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN PERU TONIGHT THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OPENING A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AGAINST PRESIDENT DINA BOLUARTE AND INTERIOR MINISTER WALTER ORTIZ. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF DEACTIVATING A SPECIAL PROSECUTION TEAM.
THIS FOLLOWS THE ARREST OF THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER NICANOR BOLUARTE AND OTHERS ON CORRUPTION AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING CHARGES...BBC NEWS...RPP PERU (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
DOZENS OF PEOPLE HURT IN A TRAIN COLLISION IN BUENOS AIRES. A SEVEN-CAR PASSENGER TRAIN STRIKING AN ENGINE AND EMPTY TRAIN CAR...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE
Eight wounded in a Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Belgorod tonight. Russian air defenses downing targets over the city...TASS RUSSIA
THE PENTAGON THIS WEEK FORMALLY ORDERING ONE THOUSAND US COMBAT TROOPS OUT OF THE AFRICAN NATION OF NIGER.
LAST MONTH NIGER'S GOVERNMENT REVOKING A BASING AGREEMENT WITH THE US THEN TALKS ANNOUNCED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF US FORCES THERE.
THE US TROOP PULLOUT TO HAPPEN OVER SEVERAL MONTHS.
NIGER'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT DEVELOPING CLOSER TIES WITH RUSSIA.
RUSSIAN FORCES ARE ALREADY IN NIGER INCLUDING A CONTINGENT LIVING AT THE SAME AIR BASE AS US FORCES...POLITICO
North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un guiding live fire testing of a modernized multiple launch rocket system (MLRS).
It's the third such test in three months...NK NEWS
Police blocking an attempt by protestors to storm a Tesla factory outside Berlin.
Demonstrators concerned about the consumption of water skyrocketing from a planned expansion of the facility.
A major message of the protest is that public transportation should be used instead of privately owned cars...SKY NEWS UK
SOUTH AFRICA MAKING AN URGENT REQUEST TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FOR MEASURES AGAINST ISRAEL.
THE REQUEST BASED ON ISRAEL'S MILITARY OPERATION IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In the UN General Assembly a symbolic vote urging the UN Security Council to make Palestine a member of the United Nations.
143 nations in favor, nine including the US and Israel opposing with 25 nations abstaining...TASS RUSSIA
TONIGHT, A REPORT TO CONGRESS FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CONCERNING ISRAEL'S USE OF US SUPPLIED WEAPONS.
VERY CAREFUL WORDING IN THE REPORT THAT IT IS 'REASONABLE' TO ASSESS THAT ISRAEL USED US WEAPONS 'INCONSISTENT' WITH HUMANITARIAN LAW.
BUT THE REPORT ALSO FINDING ISRAEL'S ASSURANCES ABOUT PROPER USE OF US WEAPONS TO BE 'CREDIBLE' AND 'RELIABLE'.
AT ONE POINT THE REPORT SAYING:
"Israel has not shared complete information to verify whether US defense articles covered under NSM-20 were specifically used in actions that have been alleged as violations of IHL (International Humanitarian Law)...."...REUTERS-RADIO NEW ZEALAND...
WORD LEAKED OUT EARLY THAT THE OVERDUE REPORT ON US WEAPONS SHIPMENTS AND VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW WOULD NOT IMPLICATE ISRAEL IN ANY WRONGDOING...FREE REPUBLIC POST-REUTERS STORY-DISCUSSION
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 125.08 points.
The NASDAQ down 5.40 points.
At 707 pm New York Time the price of oil is 78 dollars 20 cents a barrel down on dollar and six cents or 1.34 percent today...MARKETWATCH
ISRAEL'S WAR CABINET DECIDING TO EXPAND MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA CITY OF RAFAH...YNET NEWS ISRAEL
(Updated) SEVEN DEAD AFTER A BUS PLUNGED INTO THE WATER IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA.
NINE PEOPLE WERE RESCUED...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...LATER TASS NEWS STORY ON SEVEN FATALITIES IN ACCIDENT
More than 30 people arrested as police in Philadelphia broke up a Pro-Palestinian protest encampment at the University of Pennsylvania.
Police moved in at 5:30 am this morning...CBS PHILADELPHIA...
Early this morning police moving in to take down a Pro-Palestinian protest encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SELECTING MIKHAIL MISHUSTIN TO CONTINUE AS PRIME MINISTER.
MISHUSTIN WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO THE POST IN JANUARY OF 2020...TASS RUSSIA
Leading Indian opposition politician Arvind Kejriwal granted temporary bail in the midst of voting in the General Election.
The Chief Minister of India's capital city Delhi arrested March 21st before voting began in the election.
Kejriwal was accused of corruption the pre-election arrest widely seen as politically motivated.
His arrest also criticized by the United States calling for due process...THE INDEPENDENT UK
THE WHITE HOUSE SPIN ON ISRAEL IS THAT THE US SUPPORTS THE DEFEAT OF HAMAS.
BUT THE US DOES NOT SUPPORT AN ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA CITY OF RAFAH...TASS RUSSIA
Amid public protests Israel and its contestant singer Eden Golan advancing to the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden....BBC NEWS
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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FOUR ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED IN GAZA FIGHTING
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
Four Israeli soldiers have been killed in the fighting in Gaza...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In other news...
The Shenandoah County, Virginia school board reversing a 2020 decision to rename two schools associated with Confederate military leaders.
The school board also approving a resolution condemning racism and supporting an 'inclusive school environment for all'...BBC NEWS
A GOVERNMENT COMMISSION IN CALIFORNIA TELLING A SURFING COMPETITION TO ADMIT A TRANGENDER CONTESTANT.
THE TRANSGENDER WOMAN CONTESTANT COMPETNG IN THE HUNTINGTON BEACH LONGBOARD PRO COMPETITION.
SASHA JANE LOWERSON APPLIED FOR THE COMPETITION AND HAD NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO COMPETE...BBC NEWS
A sudden and unexpected release of results in this week's presidential election in the African nation of Chad.
Transitional President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno declared the winner with just over 61 percent of the vote. Candidate Succes Masra in second place with over 18.5 percent of the vote...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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