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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTING TWO HOUTHI RADAR SITES DESTROYED IN YEMEN. TWO DRONE BOATS ALSO DESTROYED IN THE RED SEA...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"
A senior Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli strike.
Hezbollah launching more than 100 rockets into Israel in retaliation...BBC News
SECURITY AT SOME US MILITARY BASES IN EUROPE ADJUSTED AFTER THE RAISED LEVEL OF ALERT IN RECENT DAYS.
WHILE BASES IN GERMANY HAVE DECIDED TO REDUCE THE ALERT LEVEL TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE, BASES IN ITALY REMAIN ON THAT HEIGHTENED ALERT STATUS.
EVENTS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN INVOLVING ISRAEL AND LEBANON CITED...OSINTdefender "X"
The Commandant of the United States Marine Corps General Eric Smith says the Marines aim to shut down the sea lanes coming out of China in any conflict.
Smith says this will be accomplished by dispersal of forces from the islands south of Japan to Australia.
He also says the efforts of Marines will be in conjunction with other branches of the US military.
Those forces will use rocket systems to prevent China from using the seas beyond its territory...USNI News...
(Comment) This points to the US need to prevent China from using the sea lanes to sustain its economy through trade with other nations.
The US wants to build a force in the "Indo-Pacific" that will have the sea lane cutoff capability to counter any Chinese notion of using force to unify economically powerful Taiwan with the mainland.
Two injured, one missing in an explosion at a munitions factory in Camden, Arkansas.
Explosives were involved in the blast.
A local official told the "Arkansas Democrat-Gazette" earlier today shortly after the explosion that first responders were not being allowed onto the facility.
The General Dynamics factory said to make 105 and 155 millimeter ammunition...Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...Tass Russia
PLENTY OF TALK THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT JOE BIDEN AND WHETHER HE WILL CONTINUE TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.
BUT A DEFIANT BIDEN SAID TO HAVE TOLD HIS CAMPAIGN STAFF:
"I am running...no one's pushing me out. I'm not leaving..."
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The British Election tomorrow a poll done for GB News by "People Polling" showing Reform UK at 20 percent to the Conservatives 16 percent with the Labor Party leading at 36 percent.
Expectations are of a major Labor victory tomorrow with an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons.
The scene this evening in Clacton where Reform leader Nigel Farage made his final speech of the campaign.
Farage brought into the crowd in an armored vehicle from which he spoke...
NIGEL FARAGE APPEARS AND SPEAKS 6:15 INTO THE VIDEO
(UPDATED) IN THE CARRIBEAN SEA HURRICANE BERYL PASSING CLOSE TO THE SOUTH COAST OF JAMAICA.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 130 MILES PER HOUR TONIGHT AS THE STORM TAKES AIM IN THE DIRECTION OF MEXICO'S YUCUTAN PENINSULA...LATEST NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ADVISORY...BBC NEWS BLOG
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and associates acquitted in a case relating to protests in 2022 against the country's electoral commission.
The jailed Mr. Khan and key associates still face numerous other charges brought against them...ANI News India
IN CENTRAL ASIA CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING MEETING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THEIR MEETING ON THE SIDELINES OF THE CHINESE-LED SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT IN KAZAKHSTAN...TASS RUSSIA
US politics Democrat governors meeting Joe Biden at the White House.
Concerns being expressed by them about Mr. Biden's debate performance last week and whether he is up to the job of running for re-election...(News Agencies)...
But the governors said after they meeting they remain supportive of Mr. Biden.
US political polling new polls from CBS News, Yahoo News and Economist/You Gov all giving Donald Trump the lead over Joe Biden in various scenarios by anywhere from two to four percentage points...REAL CLEAR POLLING
CANADIAN POLITICS PRESSURE ON PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU FOLLOWING THE BY-ELECTION LOSS IN TORONTO MORE THAN A WEEK AGO.
EIGHT LIBERAL MP'S CALLING FOR AN URGENT CAUCUS MEETING TO DISCUSS THE LOSS OF A 'SAFE SEAT' TO THE OPPOSITION CONCERVATIVES.
ONE CURRENT MP AND A FORMER CABINET MINISTER HAVE CALLED ON MR. TRUDEAU TO STEP DOWN...(CBC RADIO ONE NEWS 1 PM TODAY EASTERN)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 23.85 points.
The NASDAQ up 159.54 points or .88 percent.
At 453 pm New York Time the price of oil 83 dollars 63 cents up 82 cents or .99 percent for today...MARKETWATCH
IN JAPAN A FORCED STERILIZATION LAW RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE RULING BY JAPAN'S TOP COURT INVOLVES A LAW UNDER WHICH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE FORCIBLY STERILIZED BETWEEN 1948 AND 1996.
THE COURT RULING ALSO CLEARS THE WAY FOR VICTIMS TO MAKE COMPENSATION CLAIMS AGAINST THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT...AFP FRANCE-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE
A Taiwanese fishing vessel seized by Chinese authorities in the area of the Kinmen Islands just off the coast of China.
The fishing vessel operating during what is considered a no-fishing period...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY
THE US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVING A NEW DRUG TO TREAT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
'KISULNA', PRODUCED BY ELI LILY, DETERMINED TO MODESTLY SLOW THE PROGRESS OF ALZHEIMER'S.
IT CAN BE USED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE DISEASE TO DELAY THE DISEASE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS.
THE BENEFIT OF THE DRUG WILL HAVE TO WEIGHED AGAINST OTHER FACTORS INCLUDING THE NEED FOR REGULAR IV INFUSIONS AND POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS LIKE BRAIN SWELLING...CBC NEWS CANADA
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER TO ATTEND NATO SUMMIT NEXT WEEK
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New Zealand not officially a member of NATO but Prime Minister Christopher Luxon going to Washington DC next week for the 75th Anniversary NATO Summit.
He'll be meeting with leaders from other nations not normally associated with NATO including Australia, Japan and South Korea.
It's a sign that NATO is moving towards becoming bigger and setting itself up to be an alliance against not just Russia, but China and North Korea...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
THE AFRICAN NATION OF SIERRA LEONE IMPOSING A NEW LAW ESTABLISHING THE AGE OF MARRIAGE AS 18.
THERE ARE CRIMINAL PENALTIES INCLUDING AT LEAST 15 YEARS IN JAIL AND FINES EXCEEDING TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THIS MOVE PUTS SIERRA LEONE IN LINE WITH LAWS PASSED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD TO STANDARDIZE MARRIAGE AT THE AGE OF 18...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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