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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
PROTESTERS STORMED THE MEXICAN SENATE AHEAD OF A CONTROVERSIAL VOTE ON JUDICIAL REFORM OPPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
THE INCIDENT FORCED THE SENATE SESSION TO END BUT THE SENATE DID GO INTO SESSION LATER TODAY.
A VOTE EXPECTED TOMORROW. THE REFORM PLAN ALREADY APPROVED BY THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The National Hurricane Center is tracking Hurricane Francine in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm headed for landfall late tomorrow on the southern coast of Louisiana...National Hurricane Center Latest Advisory
TWO ROCKETS FELL NEAR THE US BASE NEXT TO BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
MATERIAL DAMAGE REPORTED WITH NO CASUALTIES.
A PRO-IRANIAN FACTION SEES THE ATTACK AS AN ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT TOMORROW'S VISIT TO IRAQ BY IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN...REUTERS-JERUSALEM POST
US POLITICS THE DEBATE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND KAMALA HARRIS THE MAJOR PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES...Free Republic Post-Discussion
Joe Biden says the US is considering allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons to attack Russia.
Biden's comments follow those of Secretary of State Antony Blinken suggesting use of American ATACMS missiles for deep strikes into Russia...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
SOME CRITICISM OF GERMANY'S NEW BORDER CONTROL RESTRICTIONS IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.
POLISH PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK CALLING THEM 'UNACCEPTABLE'.
DUTCH COMMUNITIES ON THE BORDER WITH GERMANY SAYING THE DECISION WAS A 'PANIC REACTION'.
GERMANY'S LEADING OPPOSITION PARTY THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION PULLING OUT OF TALKS ON MIGRATION POLICY TODAY.
THE CDU SAYING THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT WILLING TO GO FAR ENOUGH IN KEEPING ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM ENTERING GERMANY...BBC NEWS
The US imposing sanctions on two Russian shipping companies and nine vessels...Tass Russia
THE CAPTAIN OF A MIGRANT BOAT THAT CAPSIZED OFF THE COAST OF SENEGAL IN WEST AFRICA TURNING HIMSELF IN.
26 WERE KILLED IN THE DISASTER ON SUNDAY THE BOAT CAPSIZING JUST AFTER LEAVING SENEGAL BOUND FOR EUROPE MOST LIKELY SPAIN'S CANARY ISLANDS OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AFRICA...INDEPENDENT UK
(Story Updated with Israeli response)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying the Israeli killing of a US-Turkish national during a protest last Friday was "unprovoked and unjustified".
Blinken calling for fundamental changes in Israel's rules of engagement for protests...News Agencies-TRT World...
Israel's response is that 26 year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was shot 'indirectly and unintentionally'...Associated Press-PBS Online USA
THE US, UK, FRANCE AND GERMANY IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON IRAN TODAY.
THOSE SANCTIONS LINKED TO THE NOTION THAT IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILES HAVE BEEN SENT TO RUSSIA.
THE SANCTIONS WILL INVOLVE INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES AS WELL AS AIRLINE TRAFFIC INVOLVING IRAN.
IRAN DENIES THIS HAS HAPPENED...SHAFAQ NEWS
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 92.63 points.
The NASDAQ 141.28 points or .84 percent.
At 443 pm New York Time the price of oil down sharply at 66 dollars 41 cents a barrel down two dollars 30 cents or 3.35 percent...Marketwatch
The European Court of Justice ruling that Ireland must collect more than 13 billion euros (14.3 billion dollars) in back taxes from Apple.
Ireland and Apple battled the European Commission which said Ireland was too generous with tax benefits for Apple...Press Association-Belfast Telegraph
ISRAEL SAID TO HAVE USED DRONES TO FOLLOW ITS AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA SUNDAY NIGHT CAUSING 18 DEATHS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Chinese and Russian warships meeting in Peter the Great Gulf near Vladivostok in Russia's Far East for a joint exercise.
The Ocean 2024 exercise training to defend maritime communications and maritime economic activity in the area...Tass Russia
THE TOP US AND CHINESE COMMANDERS IN THE 'INDO-PACIFIC' REGION CONDUCTING A VIDEO CALL WITH EACH OTHER.
ADMIRAL SAM PAPARO OF US INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND TALKING WITH GENERAL WU YANAN OF THE SOUTHERN THEATER COMMAND OF THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY.
THEIR CONVERSATION SAID TO BE AN 'IN DEPTH EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN'.
THE VIDEO CALL INVOLVING TOP MILITARY COMMANDERS FOLLOWS THE RECENT VISIT TO CHINA BY US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN...REUTERS-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE (CLICK PAST ANY ADS)...
THE PHILIPPINES SAYS 203 CHINESE MILITIA AND MILITARY VESSELS OPERATED IN WATERS IT CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THE WEEK BETWEEN AUGUST 27TH AND SEPTEMBER 2ND...SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un vowing exponential growth in nuclear weapons and combat capabilities.
Speaking on the 76th anniversary of North Korea's founding Kim saying his country faces an expanding "nuclear-based military block" led by the United States...Bloomberg-Hindustan Times
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
In other news...
The European Union's top court ordering Google to pay a 2.4 billion euro (2.64 billion dollar) fine.
The fine first imposed in 2017 over Google abusing the market dominance of its online shopping service...BBC News
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ORDERING AFGHANISTAN'S EMBASSY IN LONDON TO SHUT DOWN.
EMBASSIES REPRESENTING AFGHANISTAN IN DOZENS OF COUNTRIES ARE RUN BY DIPLOMATS AFFILIATED WITH THE PRE-TALIBAN GOVERNMENT.
THE TALIBAN GOVERNMENT NOW TELLING NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD THAT SERVICES PROVIDED BY THOSE EMBASSIES ARE INVALID...THE NEW ARAB
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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