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Protests against governments friendly to Russia, the civil war in Sudan and President Trump taking a soft stance on tariffs with the nation holding the biggest chunk of the US national debt but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES COLLEEN SHOGAN FIRED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE ARCHIVES MADE A REQUEST TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN 2022 LEADING TO THE CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST MR. TRUMP OVER 'CLASSFIED DOCUMENTS' BEING IN MR. TRUMP'S POSSESSION...THE HILL USA
Ukrainian drone attacks in the Rostov Region of Russia late tonight. Damage reported to buildings and cars...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING AN ORDER FREEZING US AID PROGRAMS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
MR. TRUMP CITING A LAND LAW IN THE COUNTRY CRITICIZED BY THE CLOSE SOUTH AFRICAN BORN ASSOCIATE OF MR. TRUMP ELON MUSK. MUSK CALLING THE LAW RACIST FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST WHITES.
SOUTH AFRICA ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CASE AGAINST ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OVER ALLEGED WAR CRIMES IN GAZA.
MR. TRUMP ALSO SANCTIONED THE ICC THIS WEEK...BBC NEWS
Democrat Attorney Generals from 19 states suing over Department of Government Efficiency access to payment systems at the US Treasury Department.
The lawsuit framed as a personal challenge to Elon Musk leads the DOGE...The Hill USA
NEXT WEEK THREE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS LEADING A MAJOR NAVAL EXERCISE IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC.
THE FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'CHARLES DE GAULLE' OPERATING WITH THE US CARRIER 'CARL VINSON' AND JAPAN'S DESTROYER-CARRIER 'KAGA' IN THE 'EXERCISE PACIFIC STELLAR 2025'.
THIS FRENCH-HOSTED OPERATION IN THE PART OF THE WORLD DESIGNATED THE 'INDO-PACIFIC' BY THE US REPRESENTS A SHOW OF MILITARY FORCE NEAR CHINA...USNI NEWS
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT NOTIFYING CONGRESS OF A 7.4 BILLION DOLLAR ARMS SALE TO ISRAEL...NEWS AGENCIES-TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DEMANDING THAT APPLE ALLOW IT TO SPY ON USERS ENCRYPTED DATA.
THIS REPRESENTS A MAJOR CHALLENGE TO THE TECH GIANT'S POLICY OF USER PRIVACY...THE GUARDIAN UK
The missing plane in Alaska has been found with all ten on board confirmed dead.
The plane crashed 34 miles southeast of its destination Nome.
The Bering Air flight was reported missing yesterday afternoon...Daily Mail UK...
(This replaces a story that had been published in this summary when the plane went missing)
PRESIDENT TRUMP EXPECTING TO MEET UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY NEXT WEEK.
MR. TRUMP INDICATING HE WILL PROBABLY BE TALKING TO RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AS WELL...TASS RUSSIA...
PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETING WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHIGERU ISHIBA AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
JAPAN IS THE LEADING HOLDER OF THE US NATIONAL DEBT WITH ASSETS IN EXCESS OF 1.1 TRILLION DOLLARS.
MR. TRUMP SAYING HE BELIEVES THE TRADE IMBALANCE BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE US CAN BE RESOLVED WITHOUT RESORTING TO TARIFFS... ASSOCIATED PRESS USA
A Second Amendment executive order from President Trump. It directs a review across the federal government to determine any infringements on the right to keep and bear arms...White House
A US federal judge with what he's calling a 'very limited' order regarding USAID government employees.
District Judge Carl Nichols saying he is reversing a decision to put 2200 of the agency's 10,000 employees on 'administrative leave'...The Hill USA
IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR THE SUDANESE ARMY MAKING MAJOR GAINS IN THE FIGHT FOR THE CAPITAL CITY OF KHARTOUM.
BUT THE OPPOSING RAPID SUPPORT FORCES ARE STILL IN CONTROL OF THE HEART OF THE CITY...BBC NEWS
President Trump removing board members from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Trump saying cultural events like drag shows for children will stop at the center...Donald J. Trump Truth Social
PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKING AWAY THE SECURITY CLEARANCE OF HIS PREDECESSOR JOE BIDEN.
TRUMP POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN PART 'JOE YOU'RE FIRED MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"...DONALD J. TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL
Elon Musk rehiring a Department of Government Efficiency aide who resigned over a past social media account with racist posts.
Musk posting "To err is human to forgive is divine"...BBC News
ANOTHER FRIDAY NIGHT OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN SLOVAKIA.
THAT'S A COUNTRY THAT NEIGHBORS UKRAINE BUT WHOSE PRIME MINISTER ROBERT FICO IS CONSIDERED 'PRO-RUSSIAN'.
FICO CRITICALLY WOUNDED IN AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT LAST YEAR.
THE MASS PROTESTS DEMANDING THAT MR. FICO RESIGN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In Sweden the right-leaning government including Christian Democrats and the Sweden Democrats talking new gun laws.
This follows the mass murder attack at an adult education center that killed 11 people.
Measures to increase school security also planned...Reuters-Radio New Zealand
SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER MILOS VUCEVIC SAYS A EUROPEAN UNION REPRESENTATIVE IS STIRRING UP PROTESTS IN THE COUNTRY WHOSE GOVERNMENT IS FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA.
THE FINGER POINTED AT TONIO PICULA THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RAPPORTEUR. VUCEVIC SAYING PICULA'S ACTIONS ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
MASS PROTESTS IN SERBIA REPEATEDLY ACCUSE THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT OF CORRUPTION OVER THE DEADLY COLLAPSE OF A ROOF AT A TRAIN STATION IN NOVI SAD.
ALSO FIGURING IN THE DEMONSTRATIONS THE INVOLVEMENT OF A CHINESE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN BUILDING THE ROOF OF THE STATION...TASS RUSSIA
Live poultry markets in the Greater New York City area closed. This after seven cases of avian flu were found at markets in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx last week...The Hill
THE SYRIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS THE FUTURE OF RUSSIAN MILTIARY BASES IN SYRIA IS BASED ON WHETHER SYRIA BENEFITS FROM THEM.
DIALOGUE CONTINUES ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE BASES AT LATAKIA AND TARTUS WITH AN AGREEMENT FOR RUSSIA TO OPERATE THE PORT OF TARTUS TERMINATED BY THE NEW JIHADIST GOVERNMENT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The new jihadist government in Syria warning media in that country not to publish statements by people linked to the former government...Syrian Arab News Agency (Translation Prompt)
IN FRANCE FORMER PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY FITTED WITH AN ELECTRONIC BRACELET.
SARKOZY GIVEN A ONE-YEAR HOUSE ARREST SENTENCE AFTER A CORRUPTION CONVICTION...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Sharp declines on the markets.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 444.23 points or .99 percent.
The NASDAQ down 268.59 points or 1.36 percent.
The price of oil higher at 71 dollars six cents a barrel up 45 cents or .64 percent...Marketwatch
Executives at retail giant Costco getting big bonuses on the basis of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals and environmental metrics.
Those bonuses handed out between 2021 and 2024. Costco CEO Ron Vachris getting at 93,333 bonus last year...Fox Business
THE US UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED TO 4.0 PERCENT LAST MONTH. 143,000 JOBS WERE ADDED FEWER THAN EXPECTED...REUTERS
President Trump's push for a US takeover of Gaza helped Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in political polling.
A poll done by Israeli's "Maariv" newspaper booting the governing coalition four seats from a previous poll taken before Mr. Trump's Gaza comments...Israel National News
The International Criminal Court defending itself and vowing to continue its work.
A statement issued in response to US President Donald Trump's executive order sanctioning the ICC and its staff working on war crimes allegations involving Israel and the United States.
The statement describes the work of the ICC as "impartial".
In addition to arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant, the court recently issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the leader of the military government in Myanmar and Taliban leaders in Afghanistan...BBC News...
Meanwhile 79 nations have issued a joint statement in support of the ICC including the Prime Minister of the Netherlands where the court is headquartered...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
PRESIDENT TRUMP REMOVING ELLEN WEINTRAUB AS CHAIR OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.
WEINTRAUB FIRST APPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION BY THEN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IN 2002 FOR A FIVE-YEAR TERM.
SHE SERVED PAST THE END OF THAT TERM WHEN NO SUCCESSOR WAS APPOINTED TO REPLACE HER...THE HILL USA
In the South Pacific the Cook Islands a self-governing territory near New Zealand backing away from plans for its own passport but getting closer to China.
New Zealand objected to the passport plan which Prime Minister Mark Brown says is on the back-burner for now.
Meanwhile '1News' in New Zealand reporting that Mr. Brown is headed for Beijing to sign a comprehensive strategic partnership with China.
Such a deal being criticized by New Zealand officials as a possible breach of the relationship between the islands and New Zealand...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND...
Mr. Brown says that New Zealand's understandings with China have not been detailed out to him.
He rejected a New Zealand request for deep detail on the Cook Islands relationship with China in the agreement to be signed next week as sought by its government.
Brown saying there is: "No need for New Zealand to sit in the room"...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
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