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Later the death of a Brazilian musical legend but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
US Central Command reporting destruction of a Houthi drone and support vehicle in Yemen in the last 24 hours...US Central Command "X"
IRAN'S MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS DENYING REPORTING BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA OUTLETS ABOUT TRANSFER OF IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILES TO RUSSIA.
TRANSFER OF THE MISSILES LINKED TO THEIR USE IN THE WAR WITH UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
Italy's Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano quitting after a controversy involving a consultancy for his former mistress.
Sanguiuliano's earlier resignation had been rejected by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
But today he said it was 'necessary for the institutions and for myself to hand in my resignation"...Reuters-Radio New Zealand
BRAZIL'S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SILVIO ALMEIDA FIRED BY PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA OVER ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL WRONGDOING.
INAPPROPRIATE KISSING AND TOUCHING IS ALLEGED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE US NAVY SECRETARY CARLOS DEL TORO VIOLATED THE 'HATCH ACT' WHEN HE PRAISED JOE BIDEN AND SLAMMED DONALD TRUMP IN LONDON LAST YEAR.
THIS IS THE RESULT OF A PROBE BY THE US OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.
THE 'HATCH ACT' PROHIBITS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FROM ENGAGING IN POLITICAL ACITIVITY WHILE ON DUTY...TASK AND PURPOSE
More talk about the 14-year-old suspect in the attack at a Georgia high school yesterday.
Colt Gray said by his father to have been bullied in school as "gay".
Law enforcement sources telling mainstream media that he expressed frustration online regarding 'trans acceptance' in connection with his plans for the attack...Free Republic Post-Discussion
THE TROUBLED BOEING STARLINER SPACECRAFT RETURNING TO EARTH WITHOUT ANY CREW.
THE CRAFT RETURNING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITHOUT ASTRONAUTS BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI WILLIAMS.
THEY WILL BE RETURNED TO EARTH ON A SPACE X CREW DRAGON NEXT FEBRUARY...BBC NEWS
Citing increased Anti-Semitism London Mayor Sadiq Khan starting direct bus service between Jewish neighborhoods.
The direct service replaces service involving a bus transfer in a predominately Muslim neighborhood...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
A Pakistani national living in Canada arrested near the US border in Quebec Wednesday evening.
The US Justice Department alleging that Muhammad Shahzeb Khan was plotting a 'mass shooting' at a Jewish center in Brooklyn on October 7th.
Khan had conversations with undercover law enforcement officers about his attempt to create a cell of Islamic State supporters...REUTERS-VOICE OF AMERICA...CBC NEWS CANADA
NEW YORK JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN OPTING TO DELAY SENTENCING OF DONALD TRUMP UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
THE ORIGINAL SEPTEMBER 18TH SENTENCING DATE MOVED TO NOVEMBER 26TH...BBC NEWS
A bomb threat forcing an airliner flying from India to Germany to land in Turkey.
The emergency landing of the Vistara flight from Mumbai to Frankfurt resulting from a passenger finding a piece of paper mentioning a bomb threat.
A search carried out on the plane at the Erzurum airport in Turkey...ANI NEWS INDIA
ALMOST 150 PROTEST EVENTS PLANNED IN FRANCE TOMORROW OPPOSING THE NEW PRIME MINISTER MICHEL BARNIER.
BARNIER'S APPOINTMENT BY PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SEEN AS A SLAP IN THE FACE OF THE NEW POPULAR FRONT THAT WON THE MOST VOTES AND SEATS IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN JULY...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
PUBLIC OPINION POLLING IN FRANCE SHOWING THAT MR. BARNIER'S APPOINTMENT IS ONLY SUPPORTED BY 40 PERCENT OF THOSE POLLED.
"Sorry to have survived but I'm back"
SLOVAK PRIME MINISTER ROBERT FICO ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY
THE SLOVAK PRIME MINISTER ROBERT FICO RETURNED TO THE CITY WHERE HE WAS SHOT AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED BACK IN MAY.
FICO NOTING THAT POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND MEDIA ARE STOKING TENSIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO A REPITITION OF THE ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE US UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINED FROM 4.3 TO 4.2 PERCENT...(NEWS AGENCIES)
The markets today.
Sharp drops the Dow Jones Industial Average fell 410.34 points or 1.01 percent.
The NASDAQ sliding 436.83 points or 2.55 percent.
A sharp drop in the price of oil to 68 dollars 16 cents down 99 cents or 1.43 percent...Marketwatch
A PRO-PALESTINIAN WOMAN ACTIVIST SHOT DEAD BY ISRAELI TROOPS.
DUAL AMERICAN-TURKISH CITIZEN AYSENUR EZGI EYGI WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD.
SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ANTI-ISRAEL PROTEST OPPOSING EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS IN THE 'WEST BANK' (JUDEA AND SAMARIA)...NEWS AGENCIES-TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Dutch computer chip maker ASML ordered to follow a tighter policy on export of high-end chip making machines.
Any exports outside the European Union will require a permit.
The US has already imposed such a policy to keep the high-end chip making machines from reaching China citing national security concerns...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
At least 17 killed in a fire in at a school dormitory in Kenya. 13 other students seriously burned...Associated Press-NPR USA
US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IN HAITI TO OFFER US SUPPORT TO THE MULTINATIONAL MISSION DESIGNED TO POLICE GANG VIOLENCE.
400 KENYAN POLICE LEADING THE MISSION TO SUPPORT HAITI'S LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THIS WEEK A US STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL SPEAKING OF A UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATION TO BRING IN MORE MONEY AND RESOURCES...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS ONLINE
South Korea deploying an anti-drone system seeking to counter North Korea's drone threat.
The integrated system of radar and drone signal jammers being placed at key locations.
This move follows the flight of five North Korean drones into South Korea back in December of 2022 with one of them flying over the capital city of Seoul...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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18 KILLED IN ISRAELI AIR STRIKES IN CENTRAL GAZA
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
18 Palestinians killed four of them children in Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza. The attacks on what were described as 'displaced persons tents'...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye))
In other news...
The Japanese company that owns the 7-Eleven convenience store chain rejecting a takeover bid from the Canadian conglomerate that owns Circle K.
The 38 billion dollar offer described as a gross undervaluing of 7-Eleven that faces regulatory challenges.
The current 7-Eleven owner willing to continue talks about a takeover deal...BBC News
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE WOULD RECRUIT ELON MUSK TO HELP MAKE THE US GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT.
SPEAKING TO THE ECONOMIC CLUB OF NEW YORK, MR. TRUMP SPEAKING OF A GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND MAJOR REFORMS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
MR. MUSK HAS SPOKEN OF 'SERVING AMERICA IF THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES'...BBC NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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