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The story of Israel's assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Iran announcing closure of its airspace for four hours during the early morning hours of Thursday...News Agencies-Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)
US FEDERAL PROSECUTORS CUTTING A PLEA DEAL WITH THE MAN CONSIDERED THE MASTERMIND OF 9/11.
KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO AVOID A DEATH PENALTY TRIAL.
TWO OTHERS ENTERING A SIMILAR PLEA DEAL...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
Terrorism arrests in the Toronto area.
Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi and his son Mostafa Eldidi facing nine charges.
They were arrested Sunday in a hotel room in Richmond Hill.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police providing incomplete information including their intended target but linking the two men to the Islamic State terrorist organization...CBC News Canada
THREE PRISONERS KILLED IN A FIGHT AT NEVADA'S ELY STATE PRISON.
TWO OF THE PRISONERS NOW IDENTIFIED...NEWS 3 LAS VEGAS
(Updated) In the government quarter of London (Westminster) this evening hundreds protesting over the stabbing attack in Southport, England on Wednesday that killed three and wounded eight others... Video...
Clashes between police and protesters.
The protesters demanding an end to illegal immigration...Live Video Stream...
GB NEWS VIDEO REPORT
More than 100 arrests made by police at the protest...(BBC News)
POLITICAL POLLING IN THE US KAMALA HARRIS GIVEN A 46 TO 44 PERCENT LEAD OVER DONALD TRUMP IN A POLL DONE BY THE ECONOMIST AND YOU GOV...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS...
ALSO IN US POLITICS KAMALA HARRIS SAYING SHE WILL CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK IN BATTLEGROUND STATES WITH HER RUNNING MATE. THAT TOUR SET TO START IN PHILADELPHIA...(NEWS AGENCIES)
(UPDATED) THE FIRST US F-16 WARPLANES HAVE ARRIVED IN UKRAINE. THIS ACCORDING TO BLOOMBERG NEWS.
THE NUMBER OF JETS SAID TO BE 'SMALL'...TASS RUSSIA...LATER MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING SAYS SIX OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE DELIVERED TO UKRAINE...(NEWS AGENCIES)
IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR MILITARY COMMANDER GENERAL ABDEL-FATTAH BURHAN SURVIVING A DRONE ATTACK ON A MILITARY GRADUATION CEREMONY.
FIVE WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK BY TWO DRONES IN THE TOWN OF GEBELT.
THE SUDANESE MILITARY LOCKED IN A CONFLICT INVOLVING THE SUDANESE MILITARY AND THE PARAMILITARY RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF).
THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT COMING AHEAD OF CEASE-FIRE TALKS IN THE COMING WEEKS BROKERED BY SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED STATES...ASSOCIATED PRESS-AFRICA NEWS
The US and Philippine navies conducting a joint drill in the South China Sea.
The exercises took place in waters west of the island of Palawan inside the Philippines exclusive economic zone.
The US warship involved the modern USS Mobile littoral combat ship...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye))
THE US FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SIGNALING A SEPTEMBER INTEREST RATE CUT TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION...(NEWS AGENCIES)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 99.46 points.
The NASDAQ rose 451.98 points or 2.64 percent.
At 419 pm New York Time the price of oil 5.03 percent higher at 78 dollars 49 cents a barrel...Marketwatch
THE FORMER BBC NEWS ANCHOR HUW EDWARDS PLED GUILTY TO THREE CHARGES OF PRODUCING INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN.
EDWARDS APPEARED IN A LONDON COURTROOM ADMITTING HE RECEIVED 41 INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN SENT TO HIM BY A CONVICTED PHAEDOPHILE.
SOME OF THE EXPLICIT IMAGES INVOLVING A CHILD BETWEEN THE AGES OF SEVEN AND NINE.
MR. EDWARDS WILL BE SENTENCED ON SEPTEMBER 16TH...BBC NEWS
HAMAS LEADER ASSASSINATED BY ISRAEL IN IRAN
NETANYAHU SPEAKS OF THREATS TO ISRAEL FOLLOWING ASASSINATIONS OF HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH LEADERS
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In Israel this evening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before the media saying Israel has attacked its various enemies Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
Netanyahu proclaiming the delivery of "crushing blows" against Israel's enemies.
Mr. Netanyahu not making any direct reference to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh...Israel National News...
Mr. Netanyahu speaking of 'challenging days ahead' and 'threats from all directions'...(BBC News)...
The Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated by Israel in an early morning strike on Iran.
Iran vowing a response to the Israeli strike.
The killing of Haniyeh a disruptor of cease-fire and hostage release talks that have been going on between Israel and Hamas.
Egypt condemned the assassinations of Haniyeh and Hezbollah No. 2 Fuad Shukr in Lebanon last evening saying their undermine efforts to 'stop the war' in Gaza...Times of Israel...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying Hamas is responsible for the war and that a ceasefire deal needs to be reached...(BBC News)...
Russia saying this puts the Middle East on the brink of a major conflict...Tass Russia...
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan describing Israel's action as a 'treacherous assassination'.
Erdogan adding that "Zionist barbarism will once again fail to achieve its goals"...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye))
...BBC News Blog
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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TWO AL-JAZEERA JOURNALISTS KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACK
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Qatar-based Al Jazeera media outlet reporting two of its journalists were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza...The New Arab
In other news...
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission targeting online retail giant Amazon over it recall policies.
The regulatory agency saying Amazon must take responsibility for recalls and improve its recall process...BBC News
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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