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An Israeli "decapitation" strike to kill the leader of Hezbollah follows a UN speech from Prime Minister Netanyahu but first...
LATE NEWS TONGHT:
IN NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE LT. GOV. MARK ROBINSON HOSPITALIZED AFTER AN 'INCIDENT' WHILE CAMPAIGNING.
ROBINSON BEING TREATED FOR BURNS AND SAID TO BE IN GOOD SPIRITS.
HE WAS IN MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA FOR A CAMPAIGN EVENT WHEN HE WAS HURT...CBS NEWS
Tonight, Israel's credit rating downgraded two notches by Moody's. It's the second downgrade this year.
The "A2" to "Baa1" downgrade linked to the ongoing conflict.
Moody's worried that Israel does not have an exit strategy for the conflict.
The credit agency also seeing rising government debt and domestic political turmoil...Times of Israel
THREE US WARSHIPS OFF YEMEN FOUGHT OFF A COMPLEX MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACK FROM HOUTH FORCES IN YEMEN TODAY.
THE HOUTHIS SAY THEY USED 23 MISSILES AND DRONES IN THE ATTACK.
THE US DENYING HOUTHI CLAIMS OF DIRECT HITS ON THE VESSELS...FREE REPUBLIC POST-BUSINESS INSIDER STORY-DISCUSSION
ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS ON BEIRUT LATE TONIGHT AS ISRAEL CONTINUES TO POUND HEZBOLLAH TARGETS IN THE APPARENT HOPE OF DRAWING IRAN INTO CONFLICT WITH IT...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN...
MEANWHILE IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER CONVENING AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE 'SUPREME NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL' IN RESPONSE TO ISRAEL'S MASSIVE ATTACKS IN BEIRUT TODAY.
ISRAEL BELIEVES IT KILLED HEZBOLLAH LEADER HASSAN NASRALLAH IN TODAY'S MASSIVE ATTACK ON HEZBOLLAH HEADQUARTERS IN BEIRUT.
IRANIAN SOURCES SAY NASRALLAH IS ALIVE...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ
"I'm on record as saying we need different leadership in Israel.
The current leadership should be by its own people held to account for what happened on October 7th...
FORMER US SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON IN CBC CANADA RADIO INTERVIEW (STARTING AT 14:08 INTO VIDEO)...
In an interview on CBC Radio in Canada dominated by discussion of the US Presidential Election 2016 Democrat presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton discussed the Middle East.
She said both Israel and the Palestinians both needed new leadership and when asked if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was an impediment to peace replied:
"Yes. Yes of course he is. Of course he is. I mean you know that that is you know clear he has been protested against by his own people who wanted him to do more to get the hostages home.
wanted him to pay more attention to very legitimate needs of the Israeli people"
HILLARY CLINTON AT 14:48 INTO VIDEO LINKED ABOVE
But Clinton also stressing Israel is in a wartime situation and a leadership change won't be accomplished until the conflict is over.
She also points to other Arab countries quietly wanting Hamas and Hezbollah to be eliminated as threats.
Sean "Diddy" Combs has been accused in a civil suit of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman.
The plaintiff says she became pregnant, was harassed to have an abortion and later miscarried.
Combs is in jail facing federal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking...BBC News
(UPDATED) AFTER HIS MEETING WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE WILL VISIT UKRAINE. BUT MR. TRUMP NOT SPECIFYING WHEN...TASS RUSSIA...
MR. TRUMP ALSO INDICATING HE COULD NEGOTIATE A 'GOOD DEAL' TO END THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE THAT WOULD BENEFIT BOTH SIDES...THE HILL
Election concerns in the nation of Georgia that neighbors Russia and is currently governed by a political party friendly to Russia.
Givi Makanadze from the ruling Georgia Dream party says the opposition is in disarray with foreign powers presumably the United States and allies trying to give them a boost.
Makanadze says that Georgian authorities and the Georgian people will not allow them to interfere with or influence the October 26th election...Tass Russia
THERE ARE DEATHS, INJURIES AND DAMAGE AFTER HURRICANE HELENE CAME ASHORE ON THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA.
AN AREA ACROSS MULTIPLE SOUTHEASTERN US STATES AFFECTED.
FLOODING ACROSS A WIDESPREAD AREA...BBC NEWS BLOG...WYFF GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA
NEW YORK MAYOR ERIC ADAMS ENTERING NOT GUILTY PLEAS TO FEDERAL CHARGES OF BRIBERY, WIRE FRAUD, CONSPIRACY AND SOLICITING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FOREIGN NATIONALS.
MAYOR ADAMS HAS SAID HE WILL NOT RESIGN BUT SOME FELLOW DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING ON HIM TO LEAVE...CNN
THE NETANYAHU UN SPEECH
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FULL NETANYAHU SPEECH VIDEO (37 MINUTES)
"No place in Iran where Israel's long arm can't reach"
"Well, I've come here to today to say: Enough is enough"
EXCERPTS FROM ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANAYHU AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TODAY
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an impassioned defense of his policies following the brutal October 7th attack on Israel by Hamas.
Netanyahu saying Iran and those aligned to it are "The Curse" threatening not just the Middle East but the entire world.
Jews and Arabs alike will be blessed if that curse is removed according to Mr. Netanyahu.
He said that Israel will continue to degrade Hezbollah until Israelis near the northern border can return to their homes.
Mr. Netanyahu stating that Israel is winning with its military actions.
To punctuate his message there was a devastating Israeli strike on Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut right after he spoke.
It is being said the attack was designed to kill the leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah.
Nasrallah reported safe according to Hezbollah sources...Israel National News...Reuters...Press TV Iran
DUTCH POLITICS POLLING DATA SHOWS FLUCTUATION AMONG THE FOUR PARTIES SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER AND FORMER INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DICK SCHOOF IN THE 150-SEAT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THE IPSOS POLL SHOWING MORE SUPPORT FOR THE PARTY OF FREEDOM LED BY GEERT WILDERS. WILDERS PARTY GAINING 40 TO 44 SEATS INSTEAD OF THE 37 WON IN LAST YEAR'S ELECTION.
THE LIBERAL PARTY LOSING SUPPORT FROM THE 24 SEATS IT WON LAST YEAR DOWN TO BETWEEN 21 AND 23 SEATS. THE FARMERS AND CITIZENS PARTY SUPPORT IS STEADY BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT SEATS.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN A SHARP DROP IN SUPPORT FOR THE NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT PARTY THAT WON 20 SEATS. NOW THE NSC WOULD ONLY THREE AND FIVE SEATS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 137.89 points today.
The NASDAQ down 70.70 points.
The price of oil tonight slightly higher at 68 dollars 64 cents a barrel...Marketwatch
At least 15 dead and dozens of others missing in a landslide at an illegal gold mine in western Indonesia.
Heavy rains occurred before the landslide Wednesday night...AFP France-The Peninsula Qatar
The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah continued today Israel striking in Lebanon.
Israel striking Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut this evening right after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations.
The headquarters underground with the buildings on top of it turned into rubble.
The attack touted as one to kill the leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah.
Hezbollah launched rockets at the port city of Haifa...BBC News Live Blog
Pope Francis told by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander DeCroo that more needs to be done regarding sexual abuse involving clergy.
The Pope visiting Belgium.
Controversy about the sexual abuse raging in the country...Politico EU
IN JAPAN FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER SHIGERU ISHIBA IS SET TO BECOME THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER.
ISHIBA WINNING THE RUNOFF VOTE FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE RULING LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY 215-194.
ISHIBA DEFEATING ECONOMIC SECURITY MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI WHO WAS SEEKING TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN.
TAKAICHI WAS AN ALLY OF THE ASSASSINATED FORMER PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE...KYODO JAPAN-BERNAMA MALAYSIA
An open house at an asylum seekers center in the town of Velp in the Netherlands cancelled due to rising tensions in the community.
Two asylum seekers in that Dutch town were breaking into cars. They were moved to another town.
Residents of the town on social media speaking of thefts, threats and intimidation. Police patrols have been increased...NOS Netherlands
THE UNITED STATES LEAKING A STORY THAT CHINA'S NEWEST NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE SANK EARLIER THIS YEAR.
AN UNNAMED PENTAGON SPOKESPERSON MAKING THAT CLAIM.
THE NARRATIVE ACCOMPANYING THE CLAIM IS THAT THERE IS CORRUPTION IN CHINA'S DEFENSE INDUSTRY...THE JAPAN TIMES
THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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SIX KILLED IN ISRAELI SHELLING ATTACKS IN GAZA
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
Six dead in Israeli shelling attacks in Gaza today...Syrian Arab News Agency (Translation Prompt)
In other news...
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT WITH A 20 MILLION DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF AN IRANIAN SUSPECT.
SHAHRAM POURSAFI ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO ASSASSINATE THE FORMER US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JOHN BOLTON...THE NEW ARAB
In Pakistan a government official says a doctor accused of blasphemy was lured into trap by police who then killed him.
Shah Nawaz turning himself into police with assurances he would be able to prove his innocence.
An investigation determined that police then staged a fake 'shootout' incident with armed men that resulted in Nawaz being killed.
Later his body snatched by a mob after it was given to the family and burned.
The father of Nawaz wants the police who killed him to face justice...Times of India
THE US AIR FORCE FIRING THE TOP ENLISTED OFFICER AT A MAJOR TRAINING BASE.
CHIEF MASTER SGT. MICHAEL VENNING WAS TEMPORARILY RELIEVED FROM HIS ROLE AS COMMAND CHIEF AT KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE IN MISSISSIPPI ON JULY 30TH.
AFTER AN INVESTIGATION HE IS NOW PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM HIS JOB.
OFFICIALS AT THE BASE NOT REVEALING THE NATURE OF THE PROBE...TASK AND PURPOSE
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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