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The earthquake in Myanmar but first...
US President Donald Trump saying he is serious about trying for a third term as President.
Trump sees the 22nd Amendment which reads that no one can be "elected more than twice" at President as an obstacle that can be overcome.
He acknowledged that Vice-President JD Vance could be elected President in 2028 then hand power over to Mr. Trump in 2029.
Then Mr. Trump said there are other ways to do but he did not elaborate.
Mr. Trump's comments part of his phone interview with NBC News...The New Daily Australia
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU MEETING HIS GREEK COUNTERPART IN JERUSALEM THIS EVENING.
NETANYAHU TELLING PRIME MINISTER KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS ABOUT ISRAEL AND GREECE REPRESENTING 'TWO ANCIENT PEOPLES'.
HE SAID THE TWO LEADERS WOULD DISCUSS 'SECURITY CHALLENGES' AND 'ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES'.
AND NETANYAHU SPOKE OF 'WAYS THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR A LASTING PEACE IN OUR REGION'...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TRUMP MAKES WEEKEND PHONE CALL TO NBC NEWS 'MEET THE PRESS' SAYS HE WILL SOON TALK TO PUTIN
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US President Donald Trump tells NBC News that he will speak to Russian President Putin in the coming days...Tass Russia...
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE'S 'VERY ANGRY' THAT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS PROPOSED AN ALTERNATIVE GOVERNMENT IN UKRAINE.
IN HIS PHONE INTERVIEW WITH NBC NEWS MR. TRUMP SPEAKING OF SECONDARY TARIFFS ON RUSSIAN OIL EXPORTS...BBC News...
"If they don't make a deal there will be bombing"
US President Donald Trump also speaking about Iran to NBC News in that phone interview.
Mr. Trump also warning of secondary tariffs on Iran unless they agree to his demand for a nuclear agreement.
In recent days an official Iranian response to President Trump's demand for talks the Associated Press reporting Iran has rejected Trump...Reuters...
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Very strange indeed President Trump seeking to use NBC News as a vehicle to spread his message this weekend or perhaps to distract from other stories out there in the media.
Why not Fox News or online influencers-podcasters?
KURDISH LEADERS IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA REJECTING THE NEW GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IN DAMASCUS BY INTERIM PRESIDENT AHMED AL-SHARAA.
THEY SAY THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT REFLECT THE 'DIVERSITY AND PLURALTY' OF THE COUNTRY...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
LOUISIANA BALLOT MEASURES GO DOWN
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IN LOUISIANA FOUR BALLOT MEASURES SUPPORTED BY REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR JEFF LANDRY FAILED BY A WIDE MARGIN.
THE NEARLY 2-1 MARGINS ATTRIBUTED TO HIGH DEMOCRAT-LEFT VOTER TURNOUT.
GOVERNOR LANDRY BLAMED 'THE LEFT' AND 'GEORGE SOROS' FOR THEIR DEFEAT
HOWEVER, LOUISIANA'S POLITICAL HISTORY IS OF BEING A SOFTER RED-STATE THAN ITS SOUTHERN STATE NEIGHBORS.
LOUISIANA HAS A POPULIST POLITICAL HERITAGE THAT MAKES ITS POPULATION SUSPICIOUS OF BUSINESS INTERESTS.
AMENDMENT 2 INVOLVING RESTRUCTURING OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND TAXATION BACKED BY PRO-BUSINESS INTERESTS.
BUT IN THE END EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS-CONSERVATIVES OPPOSED IT NOTING ITS THREAT TO TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FOR CHURCHES AND NONPROFITS.
(Updated) In the South Pacific a 7.1 magnitude earthquake near the island nation of Tonga. A tsunami warning for the area triggered but later cancelled...(ABC News Australia)
ANOTHER HOUTHI MISSILE SUCCESSFULLY FROM YEMEN INTERCEPTED BEFORE REACHING ISRAEL TODAY...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embeds)
IN SOUTH KOREA AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED A MAN SUSPECTED OF CAUSING MASSIVE WILDFIRES THAT KILLED 30 PEOPLE.
A 56-YEAR-OLD MAN SAID TO HAVE PERFORMED A RITUAL AT A FAMILY GRAVE USING A LIGHTER TO BURN THREE BRANCHES OF A TREE.
THE FIRE THEN BURNED OUT OF CONTROL DRIVEN BY HIGH WINDS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu questioning funding of public broadcasting and pushing media reorganization.
Comments leaked out of Israel's cabinet meeting this morning carry a tone similar to those made in US politics regarding the Public Broadcasting Service.
Israel's Prime Minister speaking of funding for "Kan" as a big waste of money.
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli saying left-of-center Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" is involved in 'incitement'.
Mr. Netanyahu advocating for the sale of Israel Defense Forces radio stations to private companies...Times of Israel
AMERICAN CITIZEN FAYE HALL RELEASED BY THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN THIS WEEKEND.
SHE WAS HELD FOR TWO MONTHS. HALL IS THE FOURTH AMERICAN CITIZEN RELEASED SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK OFFICE.
QATAR HAS BEEN ACTING AS A MEDIATOR TO OBTAIN THE RELEASE OF THE AMERICANS...BBC NEWS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will spend four days in Hungary starting on Wednesday.
He will meet Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Hungary a close ally of Israel with Mr. Orban rejecting the International Criminal Court arrest warrant against Mr. Netanyahu...Times of Israel
THIS WEEKEND US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PLAYING GOLF WITH FINLAND'S PRESIDENT ALEXANDER STUBB.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA MR. TRUMP SPEAKING OF BOTH MEN WANTING A STRONGER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEIR TWO COUNTRIES.
THIS INCLUDES BUYING AND DEVELOPING ICEBREAKERS FOR USE BY THE UNITED STATES...THE HILL USA
Another Saturday night mass protest in Tel Aviv calling for a deal to release the Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed as it continues to wage warfare there.
Matan Zangauker is the mother of one hostage and she says that Mr. Netanyahu's offensive military actions in Gaza amount to a 'targeted assassination' of her son.
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to bomb Matan instead of saving him and bringing him home"
After the mass rally police were seen dragging some demonstrators saying they were an unlawful assembly...Times of Israel
ISRAEL EXTENDING ITS MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN GAZA THIS WEEKEND.
DOZENS OF AIR STRIKES AND EXPANSION OF A BUFFER ZONE ON THE EDGES OF SOUTHERN GAZA.
MORTARS FIRED AT ISRAELI TROOPS A MINE EXPLODING NEAR AN ARMORED BULLDOZER NO ISRAELI SOLIDERS HURT...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
HAMAS AGREEING TO A GAZA CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL RECEIVED FROM MEDIATING NATIONS EGYPT AND QATAR.
HAMAS SAYING THEY HOPE THE ISRAELI GOV'T WILL NOT TRY TO UNDERMINE IT...THE NEW ARAB
IN MYANMAR RELIEF EFFORTS UNDERWAY WITH AT LEAST 1700 REPORTED DEAD FROM THE MASSIVE 7.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE FRIDAY.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS INJURED. AT LEAST 18 REPORTED KILLED IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
RUSSIAN, CHINESE AND AMERICAN RESCUE TEAMS HAVE DEPLOYED TO MYANMAR WITH ASSISTANCE ARRIVING FROM OTHER NATIONS INCLUDING INDIA...
BBC NEWS BLOG
We now know that the suspect who stabbed five people in Amsterdam last Thursday was a 30-year-old Ukrainian national-migrant.
He is being called "Roman D".
Authorities still uncertain over a motive for the attack.
Dutch Party of Freedom leader Geert Wilders noting when learning of the suspect's migrant status commented "And we keep paying".
We have also learned that a British tourist intervened to tackle the suspect.
The Mayor of Amsterdam honored the Briton who chose to remain anonymous with a thank you and an award.
Femke Halsema saying he showed 'exceptional' instinct in his response to the stabbing attack.
Video shows the man kneeling on the suspect's back and twisting his arm until police arrived.
Earlier authorities in the Netherlands said they did not know the identity of the suspect who was carrying multiple forms of identification...BBC News Story...Free Republic Post-Breitbart Post-Discussion
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL INCIDENTS IN WASHINGTON DC IN RECENT DAYS.
ON THURSDAY NIGHT A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO ON-DUTY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AT REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT.
A PUNCH THROWN AND BLOOD SPILLED IN THE INCIDENT...DAILY MAIL UK...
THEN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE NEAR MISS OF A DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT AND US AIR FORCE T-38 TRAINING AIRCRAFT.
THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER AIRBUS A 319 AIRLINER TOOK OFF WITH 136 PEOPLE ON BOARD FROM REAGAN NATIONAL.
FOUR T-38'S WERE HEADING TOWARDS ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY FOR A FLY OVER.
ONE OF THOSE T-38'S CAME WITHIN ABOUT 150 METERS OF THE AIRLINER. THE AIRLINER'S ALARM TIGGERED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REDIRECTING THE PLANES.
THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INVESTIGATING...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
More than two million protesters on the streets of the city of Istanbul demanding the release of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
Imamoglu accused of corruption and supporting terrorism by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he was being selected as a presidential candidate in the 2028 election.
Authorities have arrested some 1,900 people since Imamoglu's March 19th arrest.
Imamoglu's lawyer was detained and released...UPI...
Commenting on the situation in Turkey (Türkiye) Dutch Party of Freedom leader Geert Wilders saying:
"Freedom and a secular state is what Türkiye needs NOW!"...Geert Wilders "X" Post
A NEW GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IN SYRIA BY INTERIM JIHADIST PRESIDENT AHMED AL-SHARAA.
AL-SHARAA REMAINS AT THE TOP OF THE 23 MEMBER CABINET.
THERE ARE DRUZE AND ALAWITE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET ALONG WITH ONE WOMAN.
HIND KABAWAT DESCRIBED AS A CHRISTIAN WHO OPPOSED THE FORMER BASHAR AL-ASSAD GOVERNMENT AND A SUPPORTER OF WOMENS RIGHTS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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