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A medical evacuation plane crashes in Philadelphia an American envoy brings back six prisoners held in Venezuela and five men held in Sweden over the murder of a Koran burning activist are freed but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A LOUISIANA GRAND JURY INDICTING A DOCTOR IN NEW YORK FOR SENDING ABORTION PILLS TO A MINOR IN LOUISIANA.
THE DECISION TRIGGERING A DEFIANT RESPONSE FROM NEW YORK DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL.
HOCHUL PLEDGING NOT TO EXTRADITE DR. MARGARET CARPENTER TO LOUISIANA...BBC NEWS
AT THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT A CAREER OFFICIAL RESIGNING OVER A DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY REQUEST.
THE DOGE WANTNG ACCESS TO THE PAYMENT SYSTEM THAT DISBURSES FEDERAL FUNDS...THE HILL
The new US Department of Government Efficiency says more than one billion dollars has been saved from cancellation of 104 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion contracts...Fox News
THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FIRING FEDERAL PROSECUTORS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE JANUARY 6TH CASES.
THE PROSECUTORS INVOLVED IN THE ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF MORE THAN 1,500 PEOPLE.
SOME OF THEM JAILED WITHOUT TRIAL FOR FOUR YEARS BEFORE THEY WERE PARDONED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP...CBS NEWS USA
FBI agents who worked on the January 6th probe and other cases against President Donald Trump fired from their jobs today.
A source telling "The Hill" that agents were escorted out of the Washington DC field office today and agents in charge at five different FBI offices were also removed from their positions.
The full scope of the removal of FBI agents from their jobs today is not clear at this time...The Hill
(UPDATED) TARIFFS ON CANADA, MEXICO AND CHINA SET TO TAKE EFFECT TOMORROW.
THAT'S THE LATEST WORD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
25 PERCENT LEVIES ON CANADAIAN AND MEXICAN GOODS WITH A 10 PERCENT ONE FOR CHINESE IMPORTS.
OIL FROM CANADA WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY BE SUBJECT TO 25 PERCENT TARIFFS BUT THE TARIFF WILL BE 10 PERCENT...CBC NEWS CANADA... REBEL NEWS ONLINE "X"
The Dutch Data Protection Authority warning about the "DeepSeek" AI robot.
The public urged to avoid entering personal data and other sensitive information in "DeepSeek".
The chatbot is the latest Chinese-owned technology targeted for negative publicity in Western nations...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
(UPDATED) A LEAR JET 55 AIR AMBULANCE WITH SIX PEOPLE ON BOARD CRASHED IN NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA THIS EVENING.
ALL ON BOARD WERE KILLED.
THE PLANE THAT HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT FOR THE SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON, MISSOURI AIRPORT...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed Shows Crash Scene)...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed Shows Crash)...
CASUALTIES REPORTED AFTER THE PLANE CRASHED INTO BUILDINGS AND CARS IN THE VICINITY OF THE ROOSEVELT MALL.
SEVERAL HOMES WERE ON FIRE FOLLOWING THE CRASH...ABC 6 PHILADELPHIA (VIDEO EMBED)
In Belgium five political parties forming a new government following elections last June.
The new prime minister will be Bart De Wever of the New Flemish Alliance a 'right-wing' party...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE
(UPDATED) US ENVOY RICHARD GRENELL IN VENEZUELA TODAY DEMANDING COOPERATION ON DEPORTATIONS AND GETTING SOME AMERICANS FREED FROM CAPTIVITY.
GRENELL WARNING VENEZUELA'S RULER PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO OF CONSEQUENCES IF HE REFUSES TO ACCEPT DEPORTEES INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY...
MR. GRENELL WAS ABLE TO LEAVE VENEZUELA WITH SIX AMERICANS WHO WERE IMPRISONED BY VENEZUELA'S GOVERNMENT.
THE MEN SPOKE BY PHONE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AFTER THEY BOARDED THE PLANE...BNO NEWS (PHOTO EMBED)
"We'll make a determination on that"
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN ASKED ABOUT AN ISRAELI REPORT THAT US TROOPS ARE PULLING OUT OF SYRIA.
MR. TRUMP INSISTING THE US IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE 'MESS' IN SYRIA.
SOME 2,000 US SOLDIERS IN THE COUNTRY ON A MISSION SAID TO BE ABOUT ISLAMIC STATE BUT ALSO POSITIONED OVER SYRIA'S OIL AND NATURAL GAS FIELDS.
THE US FORCE ALSO THE DE-FACTO PROTECTORS OF SYRIA'S KURDISH MINORITY ALLIED WITH THE KURDISH 'SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES'...NEWS AGENCIES-THE NEW ARAB
(Updated) The M23 rebels backed by Rwanda continuing their advance deeper into the mineral-rich nation of Congo.
After taking the city of Goma, they are now moving towards the city of Bukavu.
A UN official says that the Rwandan-M23 forces are 60 kilometers (37 miles) away from Bukavu...(Tass)
Fierce fighting reported. The United Nations reports at least 700 dead and more than 2,800 wounded since last Sunday.
The Rwandan-backed rebels say they intend to go all the way to the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital city of Kinshasa...BBC News...Tass Russia
SWEDISH AUTHORITIES RELEASED FIVE MEN ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF KORAN BURNING ACTIVIST SALWAN MOMIKA.
THERE WASN'T ENOUGH EVIDENCE AGAINST ANY OF THEM ACCORDING TO THE SWEDISH PROSECUTION AUTHORITY.
THE INVESTIGATION INTO MOMIKA'S MURDER CONTINUES...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"It was far above the 200-foot limit"
US President Donald Trump says the army helicopter involved in the mid-air collision near Washington's National Airport Wednesday night was flying too high...Truth Social Post
AMIDST GERMANY'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN LEGISLATION TO RESTRICT IMMIGRATION REJECTED BY A NARROW MARGIN.
THE PROPOSAL BACKED BY THE OPPOSITION CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS AND ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY GOT 338 VOTES. THERE 349 VOTES AGAINST THE BILL. FIVE PARLIAMENT MEMBERS ABSTAINED.
ANOTHER 41 PARLIAMENT MEMBERS DID NOT VOTE ON THE LEGISLATION...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE NEW JIHADIST GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA ARRESTING A COUSIN OF FORMER RULER BASHAR AL-ASSAD.
THE COUSIN ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH A CRACKDOWN ON THE JIHADIST REBELLION IN THE EARLY DAYS OF SYRIA'S CIVIL WAR IN 2011...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Emails from Britain's Prince Andrew show apparent contact with Jeffrey Epstein in February of 2011.
The Duke of York has stated he broke off contact with the convicted child sex abuser and accused child sex trafficker in December of 2010.
The emails revealed in a case involving banker Jes Staley who was banned by British authorities from prominent banking positions over lack of disclosure regarding connections to Epstein...BBC News
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 337.47 points or .75 percent.
The NASDAQ 54.31 points.
Tonight the price of oil in New York higher 73 dollars 81 cents up one dollar eight cents or 1.48 percent...Marketwatch
ANOTHER SEIZURE OF A SHIP LINKED TO RUSSIA IN THE BALTIC SEA AREA
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)
NORWEGIAN POLICE SEIZING A NOREWEGIAN SHIP CREWED BY RUSSIANS. THE 'SILVER DANIA' SEIZED AS IT WAS HEADED TO THE RUSSIAN PORT OF ST. PETERSBURG.
THE PRETEXT FOR CONFISCATING THE VESSEL DAMAGE TO A FIBER OPTIC CABLE BETWEEN LATVIA AND SWEDEN.
SWEDEN POLICE HAVE ALREADY SEIZED ANOTHER VESSEL LINKED TO RUSSIA OVER THAT DAMAGE FIRST REPORTED LAST SUNDAY.
TENSIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH IN THE BALTIC WITH SWEDISH AND FINNISH PRIME MINISTERS SPEAKING OF THEIR NATIONS BEING IN A SEMI-WAR STATUS.
NATO IS INCREASING ITS MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE BALTIC SEA AREA WHICH INCLUDES RUSSIAN PORT CITIES LIKE ST. PETERSBURG AND KALNINIGRAD.
RUSSIAN EXPERTS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT NATO MAY BE MOVING TOWARDS A BALTIC SEA BLOCKADE OF RUSSIA AN ESCALATION THAT COULD LEAD TO OPEN WARFARE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The latest messaging from mainstream media is that North Korean troops have 'vanished' from the front lines of the Ukraine War.
Months ago, it was reported that 10,000 or more North Korean troops had been placed into battle in Russia's Kursk Region.
More recently it was reported that North Korean soldiers were killed, wounded and in a few cases even captured in the fighting.
It was said that North Korean troops had suffered thousands of casualties and that thousands more North Korean soldiers were being readied to be sent to Russia.
The spin from the latest version of events is that North Korea and Russia have somehow suffered a great defeat in the war...Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty USA
THE RULING MILITARY JUNTA IN MYANMAR (FORMER BURMA) CONTINUING THE COUNTRY'S STATE OF EMERGENCY.
TOMORROW IS THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MILITARY COUP THAT OVERTHREW THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT.
INTENSE FIGHTING UNDERWAY IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. VARIOUS FACTIONS FIGHTING AGAINST MILITARY RULE...ANI NEWS INDIA
Dow Chemical cutting its worldwide workforce by four percent (1500 employees). There is concern in the Netherlands where ten percent of company's workforce is employed...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The rate of unemployment in Germany at 6.4 percent in January.
Nearly three million Germans registered as unemployed.
187,000 more Germans are unemployed this year compared to January of last year...Tagesschau Germany
HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN SAYS HE THINKS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS SEEKING PEACE IN UKRAINE.
NOTING COMMENTS OF SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO, ORBAN SAYS THE US IF FOLLOWING THE LOGIC OF PEACE.
ON THE OTHER HANDHE SAYS THE EUROPEAN UNION SEEKS MORE SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA AND IS FOLLOWING THE LOGIC OF WAR...TASS RUSSIA
US President Donald Trump promising 100 percent tariffs on the BRICS countries unless they pledge not to replace the US dollar or promote any other currency as its replacement for international trade.
In a social media post Trump said in part:
"There is no chance that BRICS will replace the US Dollar in Innternational Trade, or anywhere else, and any country that tries should say hello to Tariffs and goodbye to America!"...
Donald Trump Truth Social
US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS IT KILLED A SENIOR OPERATIVE OF A TERRORIST GROUP IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA.
A 'PRECISION STRIKE' SAID TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT TO KILL MUHAMMAD SALAH AL-ZA'BIR OF AN AL-QAEDA AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION CALLED "Hurras al-Din"...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"
South Korea's Samsung Electronics reporting 20 percent profit growth in the fourth quarter.
The earnings exceeding market expectations...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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