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Singer Billy Joel announcing he has a brain disorder.
News spun of failure of US-Iran nuclear talks in Rome maybe signalling an Israeli attack based on recent news leaks.
And a major attack on Ukraine's capital city early Saturday morning but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCING HIS APPROVAL OF THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN JAPAN'S NIPPON STEEL AND US STEEL.
MR. TRUMP HAD PREVIOUSLY OPPOSED SUCH A DEAL AND THE UNITED STEELWORKERS UNION REMAINS SKPETICAL ABOUT IT...THE INDEPENDENT UK...
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JAPAN IS THE TOP FOREIGN NATION HOLDING US TREASURY SECURITIES IN EXCESS OF ONE BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF THEM.
Reports from Russia on Saturday morning of drone attack alerts in multiple regions with the airport in Kaluga shut down. Kaluga 93 miles southeast of Moscow...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
Chaotic scenes in Gaza as local residents seek to obtain the limited amount of food Israel has allowed into the war-torn territory.
Looters said to have attacked some aid trucks Israel attacking Hamas forces intervening to deal with the looting.
No food aid has reached the northern part of Gaza.
Israel cut off food and other humanitarian aid to Gaza back on March 2nd and under international pressure this week allowed a limited amount of food aid to enter.
As reported later in this summary dozens of deaths of the elderly and children in Gaza are now linked to starvation...BBC News
ISRAEL'S LEFT-LEANING 'DEMOCRATS' LEADER YAIR GOLAN GAINING MORE VOTERS THAN HE LOST FOLLOWING CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS THIS WEEK.
THE FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES SAID EARLIE THIS WEEK THE GOVERNMENT IS KILLING BABIES IN GAZA AS A 'HOBBY'.
FIVE PERCENT OF THE ELECTORATE DECIDING AGAINST SUPPORTING HIS PARTY OVER THAT COMMENT BUT SEVEN PERCENT DECIDING IN FAVOR...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
MOST ISRAELIS POLLED THINK PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS MORE INTERESTED IN STAYING IN POWER THAN FREEING HOSTAGES HELD IN GAZA.
55 PERCENT SAID STAYING IN POWER IS FIRST WHILE 36 PERCENT SAID FREEING THE HOSTAGES WITH 9 PERCENT UNSURE.
THE POLLING DONE FOR ISRAEL'S CHANNEL 12...TIMES OF ISRAEL
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A large-scale Russian drone and missile attack reported on Kiev late tonight. This follows two nights of Ukrainian drone incursions in Russia including the Moscow area...Associated Press-CBS News USA...
Missiles striking buildings in Ukraine's capital city...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...
Large fires visible in Kiev following the attack...OSINTdefender "X" (Photo Embed)
US CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS ORDERING THE PROCESS OF DISCOVERY HALTED IN A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE US DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.
ROBERTS ACTING ON A REQUEST FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO STOP A LOWER JUDGE'S ORDER ALLOWING DISCOVERY.
THAT DISCOVERY REGARDS THE STATUS OF "DOGE" AS TO WHETHER IT IS AN OFFICIAL AGENCY OF GOVERNMENT SUBJECTING IT TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS...THE HILL USA
(UPDATED) 18 PEOPLE HURT IN A KNIFE ATTACK AT THE HAMBURG CENTRAL TRAIN STATION IN GERMANY.
FOUR OF THEM WOUNDED CRITICALLY, SIX SERIOUSLY AND EIGHT SLIGHTLY.
A SUSPECT ARRESTED BY POLICE.
THE SUSPECT IS A 39-YEAR-OLD WOMAN. SHE IS DESCRIBED AS A GERMAN NATIONAL.
THE SUSPECT SAID TO HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED BY PEOPLE NEARBY AFTER LAUNCHING THE ATTACK.
KNIVES ARE FORBIDDEN IN THE TRAIN STATION ...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In South Africa 260 miners trapped yesterday when an elevator shaft was damaged by an open door. Food sent down to the miners with efforts underway to create safe conditions for their return to the surface today...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
AUTHORITIES IN VIETNAM ORDERING THE MESSAGING APP TELEGRAM TO BE BLOCKED.
THEY TELEGRAM IS UNWILLING TO COOPERATE IN DEALING WITH ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES ON THE PLATFORM...TASS RUSSIA
PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNING THE EUROPEAN UNION OF 50 PERCENT TARIFFS.
TRUMP SAYS TRADE TALKS WITH THE EU ARE 'GOING NOWHERE'.
HE ALSO SPOKE OF A 25 PERCENT TARIFF ON 'iPhones' BEING IMPORTED IN THE US...BBC NEWS
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 256.02 points or .61 percent.
The NASDAQ fell 188.53 points or one percent.
Tonight, the price of oil in New York at 61 dollars 76 cents a barrel up 59 cents or .92 percent...Marketwatch
Existing home sales in the US declined .5 percent last month. Sales two percent lower than a year ago.
The number of unsold homes rose 9 percent by the end of April. That's the equivalent of 4.4 months supply at the current rate of sale.
An economist for the National Association of Realtors says that a 'meaningful decline in mortgage rates' will help to increase home sales...National Association of Realtors
IN ROME TALKS BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN OVER ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM HELD TODAY. THE TALKS LASTED THREE HOURS...(AXIOS)...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
SPIN LEAKING OUT VIA THE PRO-ISRAEL 'OSINTdefender' SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE PAINT A PICTURE OF 'BROKEN DOWN' TALKS.
NEWS STORIES LEAKED IN RECENT DAYS SPOKE OF QUICK ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION TO FOLLOW ANY FAILURE OF THE TALKS...OSINTdefender "X"...
MEANWHILE IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ABBAS ARAGHCHI TOLD IRANIAN MEDIA THAT OMAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER MADE PROPOSALS TO REMOVE OBSTACLES TO TALKS.
ARAGHCHI EXPRESSING HIS HOPE THAT FUTURE ROUNDS OF TALKS WITH THE US WILL LEAD TO 'SOLUTIONS THAT CAN MOVE THE TALKS FORWARD'...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN...
AND THE OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS 'SOME PROGRESS' WAS MADE AT THE TALKS ADDING THAT THE PROGRESS WAS 'NOT CONCLUSIVE'...TIMES OF ISRAEL
A prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine underway.
Today's exchange the first step with each side eventually releasing 1,000 prisoners of war.
390 soldiers and civilians said to be among those released by Ukraine to Russia today...RIA Novosti Russia...A similar number released by Russia.
THE EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION WILL CONDUCT A PROBE INTO HOW PUBLIC VOTING AT THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST LAST WEEK SKEWED TOWARDS ISRAEL.
ISRAELI SINGER YUVAL RAPHAEL ONLY GOT ENOUGH VOTES FROM JUDGES TO BE 14TH IN COMPETITON WHILE THE PUBLIC VOTE PROPELLED HER TO SECOND PLACE BEHIND CONTEST WINNER 'JJ' OF AUSTRIA.
THE PROBE WAS REQUESTED BY SPANISH PUBLIC BROADCASTER RTVE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ACCUSING BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER, FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY OF BEING ON WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.
NETANYAHU ACCUSING THEM OF SUPPORTING 'MASS MURDERERS, RAPISTS, BABY KILLERS AND KIDNAPPERS'.
THIS FOLLOWS THEIR CALL EARLIER THIS WEEK FOR AN END TO ISRAEL'S MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA ALONG WITH THE FEEDING OF THE TWO MILLION PEOPLE LIVING THERE FOLLOWING ISRAEL'S HUMANITARIAN AID CUTOFF OF MARCH 2ND...BBC NEWS...
(MORE GAZA NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY)
The Wall Street Journal reporting that the Pentagon has been asked to draw up a plan redeploying 4,500 US troops from South Korea to other areas of the "Indo-Pacific" including Guam.
It's being suggested that such a move would be harmful to US defense posture in the region and cause fear among US allies like South Korea, Japan and the Philippines...OSINTdefender "X"
THE UNITED STATES IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON SUDAN. ONLY LIMITED EXPORTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUDAN STARTING ON JUNE 6TH.
THIS IS BECAUSE SUDAN'S MILITARY IS SAID TO HAVE USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN THE ONGOING CIVIL WAR WITH THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES.
US SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON LEADERS OF BOTH SIDES ACCUSED OF VARIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IS SUPPORTING THE RSF IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST THE SUDANESE MILITARY. US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP VISITED THE UAE LAST WEEK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
As the Israeli military offensive continues in Gaza criticism of Israeli military operations from the United Nations.
The UN saying that Israel is engaging in an 'escalating pattern' of strikes on hospitals, crowded tents and residential building.
Officials in Gaza reporting deaths from military action and at least 29 deaths of children and the elderly linked to starvation...Al Jazeera Qatar Blog
AT LEAST FOUR DEAD AND ANOTHER PERSON MISSING AS HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING ENGULF PARTS OF EASTERN AUSTRALIA.
WATER RESCUES WERE UNDERWAY IN FLOODED AREAS WITH RAINS MOVING TOWARDS MAJOR CITIES NEWCASTLE AND SYDNEY...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA LIVE BLOG
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ENDS FOREIGN STUDENT ENROLMENT AT HARVARD, JUDGE RULES AGAINST IT
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The Trump Administration ending Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign students.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying the decision related to Harvard's 'failure to adhere to the law'.
Noem saying the decision should 'serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country'.
Harvard saying the move is 'unlawful' and retaliatory the university has resisted Trump Administration probes of foreign students and its attempt to impose new policies regarding "Antisemitism" on the university...BBC News...
Today Harvard announcing a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security calling the Trump's Administration move to ban foreign students a 'blatant violation' of the law...BBC News...
And Boston US District Judge Allison Burroughs granting a temporary injunction blocking the DHS. She will hold a hearing next week on whether to grant a more permanent injunction...The Hill USA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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