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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN THE US SENATE RESOLUTIONS PROPOSED BY VERMONT US SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS TO BLOCK OFFENSIVE WEAPONS SALES TO ISRAEL REJECTED.
ONE OF THEM SUPPORTED BY 18 SENATORS, THE OTHER BY 19 ALL DEMOCRATS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
An Israeli air strike late tonight in Beirut southern suburbs...LBC Lebanon
IN CANADA RANDY BOISSONNAULT RESIGNING AS A CABINET MINISTER IN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S LIBERAL PARTY GOVERNMENT.
BOISSONNAULT HAD BEEN EMBOILED IN CONTROVERSY ABOUT HIS BUSINESS DEALINGS AND HIS CLAIMS OF INDIGENOUS HERITAGE.
HE WAS THE MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGES...CBC NEWS CANADA
The Netherlands ordering all commercial poultry to be kept indoors. This is a response to recent bird flu outbreaks on Dutch farms...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
CHINA SAYING ITS SHIPS ARE ORDERED TO COMPLY STRICTLY WITH INTERNATIONAL MARITIME LAW.
A SPOKESMAN FROM CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A CHINESE MERCHANT SHIP BEING IN THE AREAS WHERE COMMUNICATIONS CABLES WERE CUT IN THE BALTIC SEA ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...(MORE ON THIS STORY LATER IN SUMMARY)
Mozambique's Attorney General filing a civil lawsuit against the leader of the opposition Venancio Mondlane.
Mondlane accused of 'inciting unrest' after an election that was disputed as unfair.
There have been demonstrations in the country with a least 30 people killed some estimates range higher...AFRICA NEWS
In Georgia 22-year-old Venezuelan defendant Jose Antonio Ibarra found guilty of the murder of University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.
Ibarra entered the US illegally.
The murder case raised the issue of people entering the United States illegally then committing crime a matter brought up during the 2024 Election campaign.
Ibarra was given a life prison sentence...BBC NEWS
(UPDATED) A DANISH WARSHIP ANCHORED IN THE VICINITY OF A CHINESE CARGO SHIP ALSO ANCHORED IN WATERS BETWEEN SWEDEN AND FINLAND.
THE CHINESE CARGO SHIP 'YI PENG 3' IS SUSPECT IN THE SEVERING OF COMMUNICATIONS CABLES IN THE BALTIC SEA.
THE VESSEL PASSED THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE FINLAND-GERMANY AND SWEDEN-LITHUANIA COMMUNICATIONS LINKS WERE CUT ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
SOME MEDIA OUTLETS IN SCANDANAVIA REPORT THE CHINESE SHIP WAS BOARDED BY AUTHORITIES BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED...SVT NEWS SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 139.53 points.
The NASDAQ down 21.32 points.
At 452 pm New York Time the price of oil lower at 68 dollars 95 cents a barrel down 44 cents...Marketwatch
AT LEAST 36 KILLED AND 50 WOUNDED IN AN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON PALMYRA IN CENTRAL SYRIA.
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT MEDIA SAYING THE ISRAELI JETS ATTACKED FROM THE SOUTH IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BORDER WITH JORDAN.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS AND AN INDUSTRIAL AREA SAID TO HAVE BEEN HIT...BBC NEWS
The United States vetoing a resolution calling for an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza.
The resolution did not mention release of the Israelis being held hostage by Hamas and its allies.
14 other members of the Security Council voted in favor of it...Israel National News
A NATIONWIDE STRIKE IN GREECE TODAY. UNIONS REPRESENTING WORKERS IN EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE AND THE GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY AMONG OTHERS ALL ON STRIKE.
THE UNIONS STAGING THE 24-HOUR WALKOUT SEEKING HIGHER WAGES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to talk about Ukraine including talks with US President-Elect Donald Trump. That message from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Peskov noting that is unrealistic to expect those talks to result in a return to Ukraine's 1991 borders to inflict a 'strategic defeat' of Russia...Tass Russia
At least 12 Pakistani soldiers killed in a suicide car bomb attack. The attack in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province carried out by a breakaway faction of Pakistan's Taliban.
Six of the attackers killed...Hindustan Times
A Ugandan opposition personality said to have been kidnapped in Kenya.
Kizza Besigye is now in a Ugandan military jail. His wife Winnie Byanyima calling on the Ugandan government to release him...BBC News
THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
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MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
LBC LEBANON
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Al Jazeera Qatar
Times of Israel
14 killed and 87 wounded in Israeli air attacks on Lebanon according to Lebanon's Health Ministry...Tass Russia
In other news....
The International Monetary Fund lowering its economic growth forecast for South Korea.
The IMF now expecting two percent economic growth in South Korea for next year.
Its .2 percent less than its previous forecast driven by rising uncertainty...Yonhap News Agency
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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