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President Donald Trump delivering the State of the Union address before Congress tonight touting early achievements of his second term and outlining future actions.
Trump called for tax relief ending taxes on tips, overtime and for Social Security recipients.
Mr. Trump also planning increased domestic production of steel, aluminum, lumber and ships among other things.
He also announced that 'reciprocal tariffs' will be imposed on nations around the world beginning on April 2nd.
Mr. Trump saying that he has received a letter from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky indicating a willingness to be involved in peace talks to end the Ukraine War and to sign a rare earths mineral agreement with the US...
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(UPDATED) ARAB LEADERS MEETING IN EGYPT AGREEING TO A RECONSTRUCTION PLAN FOR GAZA.
THE 53 BILLION DOLLAR PLAN DOES NOT INCLUDE EVACUATION OF THE PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS OF GAZA AS PROPOSED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
THE PROPOSAL WELCOMED BY HAMAS SAID TO BE ONE INVOLVING 'DEMILITARIZATION' OF GAZA...REUTERS-GULF TIMES QATAR...AL JAZEERA QATAR LIVE BLOG...
A STATEMENT FROM A WHITE HOUSE AIDE TONIGHT REJECTED THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROPOSAL CITING GAZA AS BEING 'UNIHABITABLE'.
BUT THE STATEMENT ALSO APPEARS TO LEAVE THE OPEN THE DOOR FOR FURTHER TALKS WITH ARAB NATIONS...TIMES OF ISRAEL
In Florida the new Attorney General appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis, James Uthmeier, opening a criminal investigation into influencer brothers Andrew and Tristian Tate.
Romania recently allowed the brothers to leave amid an extensive sex crime investigation that never led to them being put on trial.
Mr. Uthmeier citing the disturbing allegations involving the Tate brothers in justifying his probe.
Uthmeier saying if any alleged sex crimes in Florida are linked to the brothers they will be prosecuted...The Guardian UK
US COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK SPEAKING OF A 'COMPROMISE' WITH CANADA AND MEXICO ON TARIFFS.
LUTNICK SAYS HE'S BEEN TALKING WITH OFFICIALS OF THOSE COUNTRIES.
IT'S LIKELY THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL MODIFY THOSE TARIFFS TOMORROW, ACCORDING TO MR. LUTNICK, BUT NOT REMOVE THEM...THE HILL USA
Tech giant Apple is challenging the British government's push for access to the encrypted data of its iCloud users.
The system designed so that data only be accessed by iCloud users themselves.
Apple has already stopped extra strong security on iCloud in the UK to allow authorities easier access to data.
Now Apple has filed a case with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal which will decide whether the government's action is legal...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
Asset management giant BlackRock is buying two Panama Canal ports at a price of 22.8 billion US dollars.
The American company replacing Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison as owner of the ports.
Recently President Trump objected to Chinese ownership related to the canal...CNN USA
KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SAYS HE CAN'T CONFIRM A 'BLOOMBERG' REPORT THAT PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS OFFERED HELP TO MEDIATE NUCLEAR TALKS BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN...TASS RUSSIA
Fighting and smoke bombs inside Serbia's parliament today. Opponents of democratically elected President Aleksandar Vucic unfurling a banner calling for his removal from power.
Opposition forces allege corruption in the country including some involving a Chinese construction company used to build a train station where a deadly collapse occurred last year.
Mr. Vucic says the opposition protests against his government are fueled by foreign governments...Tass Russia
AN ISRAELI ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON TODAY ASSASSINATING A HEZBOLLAH LEADER. KADIR SA'ID HASHEM A NAVAL COMMANDER WITHIN THE RADWAN FORCE OF HEZBOLLAH...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Israel's domestic spy agency Shin Bet saying the brutal October 7th Hamas attack on Israel happened amidst internal failures but there were other factors involved including issues in Israel's military.
Warning signs of an impending attack that emerged on the night of October 6th did not result in major actions being taken by Shin Bet.
The internal review of the intelligence agency points to the need for a wider state inquiry into the events of October 7th...Times of Israel
A 23-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO WANTS TO DIE TESTIFYING IN A COURTROOM IN THE CATALONIA REGION OF SPAIN.
SHE IS PARAPLEGIC FOLLOWING INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN 2022.
A EUTHANASIA BOARD IN CATALONIA SUPPORTS HER DEATH WISH BUT HER FATHER WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A CHRISTIAN LEGAL GROUP IS OPPOSING IT IN COURT...BBC NEWS
Dutch Party of Freedom leader Geert Wilders says that unless Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gets back to the table with US President Donald Trump it is pointless to talk about more European aid for Ukraine or Europe's future role.
Wilders adding that peace between Russia and Ukraine depends totally on negotiations between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zelensky.
Mr. Wilders party is the leading party in the Dutch government following last fall's election but Wilders has not been allowed to become Prime Minister. That role belongs to the Netherlands former intelligence boss Dick Schoof...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN SPITE OF A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FREEZE THE US IS ALLOWING 95 MILLION DOLLARS IN MILITARY AID TO LEBANON.
IT'S HOPED THE AID WILL STRENGTHEN THE LEBANESE ARMY AS A FORCE IN OPPOSITION TO HEZBOLLAH...LBCI LEBANON
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 670.25 points or 1.55 percent.
The NASDAQ down 65.03 points or .35 percent.
At 435 pm New York Time the price of oil at 67 dollars 74 cents a barrel down 63 cents or .92 percent...Marketwatch...
"If the United States...persists in waging a tariff war, a trade war or any other kind of war, the Chinese side will fight them to the bitter end."
The response of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian to the latest US tariffs an additional ten percent on top of a previous ten percent.
China's retaliatory moves included 10-15 percent tariffs on agricultural products.
25 US firms were placed under import and export restrictions on national security grounds. This similar to previous US moves against Chinese businesses...The Telegraph India...
25 percent tariffs also coming into force today against Canada and Mexico with an estimate that all of the new tariffs will raise 1.5 trillion dollars in revenue for the US government annually.
Prices for consumers here in the US are also expected to rise...
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IN SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC INDICATORS MOVED DOWNWARD LAST MONTH.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DROPPING 2.7 PERCENT. RETAIL SALES DECLINED .6 PERCENT.
AND FACILITY INVESTMENT SAW A MAJOR DECLINE OF 14.2 PERCENT...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reports that rapes and sexual assaults of children are occurring in the civil war in Sudan.
Children as young as one-year-old said to have been abused.
While most of the victims are girls, one-third are said to be boys.
There are 221 official reports of rape involving children since the start of last year but the true number is likely higher than that...BBC News
IN THE CONGO WAR THE RWANDAN BACKED REBELS SAID TO HAVE KIDNAPPED 130 PATIENTS FROM HOSPITALS.
THOSE PATIENTS WERE SICK AND WOUNDED MEN HOSPITALIZED IN THE CITY OF GOMA.
THE KIDNAPPED MEN WERE IN THE CONGOLESE ARMY AND A MILITIA SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Democrat Martin O'Malley, former Social Security commissioner and Maryland governor, with a dire suggestion.
O'Malley saying the Social Security system here in the United States "could" collapse in the next 30 to 90 days.
He attributes this possibility to reductions in the federal workforce associated with the Department of Government Efficiency...The Hill USA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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