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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTING DESTRUCTION OF TWO AERIAL DRONES AND ONE DRONE BOAT IN THE RED SEA OFF YEMEN...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"
The first day of the involuntary manslaughter trial of actor Alec Baldwin in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
A prosecutor saying Baldwin skipped safety checks and recklessly handled a revolver.
Baldwin's defense lawyer Alex Spiro saying he was just being an actor on a movie set in a gunfight scene...Associated Press-Hindustan Times India
Massive explosions reported tonight in Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza as Israeli forces continue military action...OSINTdefender "X"
"....if the extreme right came out on top in the first round with nearly 11 million votes, you clearly refused to let it enter the Government. Finally, no one won..."
FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON OFFERING HIS TAKE FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN A LETTER TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE THIS EVENING.
MACRON EXPRESSING HIS HOPE THAT A BROAD COALITION CAN GOVERN AND THAT WILL LEAD HIS ULTIMATE DECISION ON A NEW PRIME MINISTER...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
(COMMENT-ANALYSIS)
MR. MACRON REMAINS A PRESIDENT WHO IS COMMITTED TO FREE-MARKET ECONOMICS (CAPTIALISM).
FORCES TO HIS LEFT THAT ARE TOO RADICAL AND EXTREME WHO WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY WILL NOT DELIVER THE AGENDA MR. MACRON ULTIMATELY BELIEVES IN.
MACRON CANNOT LET FAR-LEFT ANTI-ISRAEL FORCES ANY DECISION-MAKING POWER AS WELL.
THE FORCES TO MR. MACRON'S RIGHT INCLUDING THE 'FAR-RIGHT' ARE MORE FRIENDLY TO BOTH AGENDAS.
FOR NOW, THE FRENCH PRESIDENT WILL STAGE A POLITICAL DANCE BUT HE RETAINS STRONG POWERS TO PASS HIS OWN LAWS BY DECREE AND DISMISS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AT HIS WHIM.
A LAWSUIT BY FORMER TWITTER (NOW "X") EMPLOYEES SEEKING SEVERANCE PAY HAS BEEN DISMISSED.
US DISTRICT JUDGE TRINA THOMPSON SAYING THEY HAD FAILED TO PROVE THEIR CLAIMS WERE COVERED BY FEDERAL LAW...BBC NEWS
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington.
Blinken speaking about the notion of a peace agreement between the two countries being close. He also stressed the strong desire of the US for such an agreement.
Armenia traditionally close to Russia with Azerbaijan being a nation bordering Iran on the north...Anadolu Agency-TRT World Turkey (Turkiye)
AN EXPLOSION CLOSE TO A MERCHANT VESSEL OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN EARLY THIS MORNING. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES REPORTED...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"
The former Democrat US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a less than full endorsement of Joe Biden.
Pelosi saying MSNBC 'it's up to the president to decide' if he's still running.
She also said:
"We're all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short"...
News Agencies-The New Arab
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 409.39 points or 1.09 percent.
The NASDAQ up 218.16 points or 1.18 percent.
At 447 pm New York Time the price of oil is higher at 82 dollars 40 cents a barrel up 99 cents or 1.22 percent...Marketwatch
(UPDATED) POLICE IN THE UK CONDUCTED A MANHUNT AFTER THE WIFE AND DAUGHTERS OF BBC RADIO RACING COMMENTATORJOHN HUNT WERE MURDERED.
CAROL, HANNAH AND LOUISE HUNT FOUND BY POLICE LAST EVENING.
THE SUSPECT IN THE MURDERS IS 26-YEAR-OLD KYLE CLIFFORD TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THIS AFTERNOON...BBC NEWS BLOG
"I'm also pleased to announce that as we speak, the transfer of F-16 jets is underway, coming from Denmark, coming from the Netherlands"
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking about warplanes for Ukraine as the NATO summit is underway in Washington.
Blinken noting those aircraft will be operational over Ukraine this summer...News Agencies-TRT World Turkey (Turkiye)
A STRIKE BY WORKERS AT SAMSUNG IN SOUTH KOREA EXTENDED INDEFINITELY.
UNIONIZED WORKERS WALKED OFF THE JOB MONDAY.
NOW THE UNION SAYS THAT MANAGEMENT'S REFUSAL TO TALK IS LEADING TO AN EXTENSION OF THE WALKOUT...UPI
A British court kept from holding a hearing on a British territory occupied by the US military.
The hearing in the British Indian Ocean Territory was to concern migrants who arrived on the island in 2021.
The presence of the court and its entourage including media was deemed a threat to security at the American "Diego Garcia" base.
A virtual court hearing was held in lieu of the court's actual presence on the island...BBC News
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
In other news...
People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers with 85,600 New Zealand citizens departing in the year ending in May of this year.
Meanwhile some 143,000 thousand people from outside New Zealand entered the country.
Stats New Zealand also reporting a net migration loss of 27,000 people to Australia last year. That represents almost double the amount in 2022...One News New Zealand
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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