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We're watching the story of Israel's attacks on Iran tonight being spun in part as a targeted assassination of Iran's military leadership but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The price of oil surging tonight in the overnight trading in New York following Israel's attack on Iran a rise of nearly 9 percent by 1025 pm New York Time.
That rise could hit the gas pumps soon.
A US FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE RETURNING CONTROL OF CALIFORNIA'S NATIONAL GUARD TO GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM BARRING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ORDER DEPLOYING THEM IN LOS ANGELES.
JUDGE CHARLES BREYER'S ORDER DOES NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL NOON FRIDAY ALLOWING A WINDOW FOR APPEAL BY THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT...(REUTERS)...Julie Kelly "X"...
ON SOCIAL MEDIA CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM POSTING THE JUDGE'S TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER SAYING IN PART:
"it is a check on a man whose authoritarian tendencies are increasing by the day.
End the illegal militarization of Los Angeles now" ...
GAVIN NEWSOM "X"
BREAKING NEWS:
ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN...TALK OF TARGETED ASSASSINATION OF TOP IRANIAN MILITARY LEADERS...EXPLOSIONS IN TEHRAN AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY...IRAN'S CHIEF OF STAFF SEES US INVOLVEMENT
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LIVE VIDEO PRESS TV IRAN ENGLISH
A statement from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tonight saying the US was not involved in the attack on Iran by Israel and warning about any attacks on the US military near Iran.
If Iran chooses to attack Israel US military forces are on the ground staffing two air defense batteries with at least one positioned near Israel's nuclear facilities at Dimona.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei speaking of a 'severe punishment' for Israel following its attacks on Iran.
Khamanei also said in part:
"With this crime, the Zionist regime has prepared a bitter and painful fate for itself"...(Mehr News)...
On Friday morning in Tehran the Iranian Chief of Staff saying Israel's attacks on Iran were not possible without the assistance of the United States.
A 'second wave' of Israeli strikes being reported within two hours of the first attacks.
Israel attacking what are called 'nuclear sites' in Iran with explosions reported in multiple locations across the country including Natanz the site of a key nuclear facility.
Iranian media reporting fatalities in attacks on buildings in Tehran.
Video show by Iran's Press TV of an apartment complex damaged by an Israeli attack apparently the residence of an Iranian nuclear scientist.
Search and rescue operations underway in Tehran...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...
The Mehr News Agency in Iran saying there are that General Hossein Salami commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has been killed.
His deputy commander also reported killed.
Iranian media are reporting the deaths of top IRGC commanders and leading nuclear scientists in the attacks.
Earlier stories circulated that the Israeli attacks likely killed top military officers and nuclear scientists in Iran.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dubbing the attacks "Operation Rising Lion".
Netanyahu speaking of Iran 'being closer to liberation' due to Israel's attacks.
Sirens going off in the middle of the night in Israel.
The United States quick to deny any involvement in Israel's attack.
Israel closing its airspace.
Explosions and air defense activity reported over Tehran...
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It turns out that earlier news leaked out about a Sunday attack on Iran was deception.
As the talk of decapitating military leadership is confirmed Israel is spreading the notion far and wide for psychological impact.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting regime change is on the way in Iran with his talk of 'liberation' in Iran being closer in his public statement tonight.
Mehr News Agency Iran...Islamic Republic News Agency Iran...
Israel National News...Times Of Israel...Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)
ONE PERSON KILLED IN AN ISRAELI DRONE ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON. THE VICTIM WAS RIDING ON A MOTORCYCLE WHEN ATTACKED...TIMES OF ISRAEL
President Trump with a message saying he remains committed to a diplomatic solution regarding Iran but in his mix of words this operative phrase.
"but they first must completely give up hopes of obtaining a Nuclear Weapon"
Iran has maintained during the many years of anxiety and negotiations about its nuclear activities that it is not trying to build a nuclear weapon.
The Iranian government cites the fatwa of its Supreme Leader an edict against the building of nuclear weapons...Truth Social Post
AT THE NEW YORK RETRIAL OF DISGRACED MOVIE MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN A MISTRIAL ON THE FINAL CHARGE OF RAPE HE FACED.
THE FOREMAN OF THE JURY REFUSED TO PARTICPATE IN CONTINUED DELIBERATIONS LEADING THE JUDGE TO DECLARE A MISTRIAL.
WEINSTEIN ALREADY CONVICTED ON ANOTHER CHARGE IN THE RETRIAL.
PROSECUTORS READY TO RETRY MR. WEINSTEIN OF THAT FINAL RAPE CHARGE A FORMER ACTOR JESSICA MANN...NBC NEWS USA
In Los Angeles US Senator Democrat Alex Padilla of California detained and handcuffed. He tried to speak as US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was talking to the news media...
THE ISRAELI MILITARY ORDERING MORE CIVILIAN EVACUATIONS IN SOUTHERN GAZA.
THIS EXPANDS AN EXISTING 'NO-GO ZONE'.
THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES SPOKESMAN SPEAKING OF ISRAEL'S MILITARY 'OPERATING WITH GREAT FORCE IN THE AREAS WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED'...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Polls here in the USA regarding President Donald Trump. The different polls with three different results.
One side a Quinnipiac Poll 54-38 percent disapproving.
The Daily Mail with a poll 52-48 percent disapproving.
But on the other side a Rasmussen Poll 53 to 45 percent approving President Trump's performance...Real Clear Polling Latest Polls
GERMANY POURING BILLIONS MORE INTO THE UKRAINE WAR.
DEFENSE MINISTER OSCAR PISTORIUS IN KIEV ANNOUNCING 1.9 BILLION EUROS (2.197 BILLION USD) IN ADDITIONAL MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE.
PART OF THE ASSISTANCE FUNDING LONG-RANGE WEAPONS SYSTEMS BEING MANUFACTURED IN UKRAINE...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY
"Americans don't want to bomb Iran because the secular government of Israel says that Iran is on the verge of developing a nuclear bomb any day now.
We've been told that for the past 20 years"
Some of the comments from Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia regarding the situation in Iran...Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene "X"
OPINIONS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES NEGATIVE ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER.
SURVEYS DONE IN MORE THAN 20 COUNTRIES INCLUDING CANADA, FRANCE, GERMANY, SOUTH AFRICA, NIGERIA AND TURKEY.
SOME 80 PERCENT PINNING THE TAG 'ARROGANT' ON MR. TRUMP AND 65 PERCENT GIVING HIM THE LABEL 'DANGEROUS'.
ABOUT 60 PERCENT OR MORE EXPRESSING 'NO CONFIDENCE' IN TRUMP'S ABILITY TO TACKLE A LIST OF ISSUES RANGING FROM CHINA TO THE UKRAINE WAR AS WELL AS ISRAEL AND CLIMATE CHANGE...THE HILL USA
The US Central Intelligence Agency releasing more than 1,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
One of the new documents is an account of a conversation between then CBS News Reporter Dan Rather, CBS News Producer Les Midgley and CIA Director William Colby in 1975.
They were discussing the three 1960's assassinations including RFK as well as the attempt to kill Alabama Governor George Wallace in 1972...The Hill USA...National Archives-RFK Assassination Page...CIA Document Referenced
AS THE TENSIONS WITH IRAN RATCHET UP ISRAEL'S INTERNAL POLITICAL CONFLICT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NOW ALLOWING THE NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT TO APPOINT A TEMPORARY CHIEF OF DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE (SHIN BET).
THE PERSON IDENTIFIED AS "S" WILL HOLD THE POST FOR ONE MONTH.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU SEEKING TO APPOINT MAJOR GENERAL DAVID ZINI TO LEAD SHIN BET BUT THE INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARA RULING HE LACKS AUTHORITY.
A PROCESS IS NOW IN MOTION USING A COMMITTEE OF CABINET MINISTERS TO REMOVE THE AG FROM HER POST. BAHARAV-MIARA CALLED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Syria condemning an Israeli military incursion in southern Syria.
The Israelis attacking near Damascus with one person killed.
Seven others taken away by the Israeli forces in what Syrian authorities call a kidnapping...Syrian Arab News Agency (Translation Prompt)
US AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL MIKE HUCKABEE WELCOMING 'FAR-RIGHT' ISRAELI CABINET MINISTERS TODAY.
NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR AND FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH SANCTIONED BY FIVE NATIONS ALLIED WITH THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING THE BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
AMBASSADOR HUCKABEE SAYING HE WAS 'GLAD' TO MEET THEM AT THE US EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM DESCRIBING THE SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON BEN GVIR AND SMOTRICH AS 'OUTRAGEOUS HYPOCRISY'...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 101.85 points.
The NASDAQ rising 46.61 points.
At 535 pm the price of oil in New York 68 dollars 86 cents a barrel up 71 cents or 1.04 percent.
...Marketwatch
DOZENS OF DUTCH NATIONALS SEEKING TO WALK THROUGH EGYPT TO GAZA IN PROTEST OF ISRAEL'S MILITARY OPERATIONS STOPPED BY EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES.
PEOPLE FROM THE NETHERLANDS AND OTHER COUNTRIES PREVENTED FROM ENTERING EGYPT TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL PROTEST BEING PLANNED IN THE COMING DAYS.
PHONES AND PASSPORTS SEIZED BY THE EGYPTIAN SECURITY FORCES AND IN SOME CASES DEPORTATIONS.
A GROUP WAS PUT ON A PLANE TO TURKEY WITH THE TURKS HELPING THOSE PEOPLE TO GET HOME...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
DEADLY INDIAN AIRLINER DISASTER
AIR INDIA BOEING 787 DREAMLINER INVOLVED
AROUND 300 BELIEVED DEAD
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INJURED PASSENGER WALKS AWAY FROM DEADLY CRASH TO AMBULANCE
An Air India flight crashed just after takeoff from an airport in India. The crash was in a residential neighborhood.
The plane bound for London with 242 people on board. It was leaving Ahmedabad in Gujarat state.
The aircraft identified as a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
The death toll reported around 300. More than 200 bodies said to have been recovered earlier.
Indian media report deaths on the ground Air India saying all but one of those on board the airliner were killed.
American and British plane crash investigators offering assistance to India...
RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)
NDTV India
BBC News Blog
IRAN RESPONDS TO PRESSURE OVER ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM PROMISES 'SURPRISE' IF IT COMES UNDER ATTACK
(UPDATED NEWS ON IRAN IN THIS SECTION)
THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) PASSING A RESOLUTION SAYING IRAN IS NOT FULFILLING INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.
IRAN HAS A LARGE STOCKPILE OF ENRICHED URANIUM BUT IS SUBJECT TO STRICT SANCTIONS LED BY THE UNITED STATES.
THOSE SANCTIONS INHIBIT IRAN'S ABILITY TO DISPOSE OF THE URANIUM THAT HAS POTENTIAL USE FOR MAKING NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
DIVISIONS AMONG MAJOR POWERS EVIDENT WITH CHINA AND RUSSIA OPPOSING THE RESOLUTION BACKED BY THE US AND NATIONS ALIGNED WITH IT...BBC NEWS...
IN RESPONSE TO THE RESOLUTION IRAN ANNOUNCING A NEW URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
MEANWHILE A SENIOR IRANIAN SECURITY OFFICIAL SAYS IRAN WILL 'SURPRISE' ISRAEL AND OR THE US IF IT COMES UNDER ATTACK.
THE UNNAMED OFFICIAL SAYING IN PART:
"Iran is currently at its highest level of military readiness, and if the United States or the Zionist regime attempts any act of aggression, they will be caught by surprise."...
PRESS TV IRAN
(THIS STORY IS UPDATED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SOCIAL MEDIA STATEMENT)
"I just find this incredibly petty"
"the level of immaturity is beyond words"
REACTION FROM US SENATOR RAND PAUL TO HIS EXCLUSION FROM TODAY'S WHITE HOUSE PICNIC
REPUBLICAN US SENATOR RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY TOLD YESTERDAY HE WAS UNINVITED TO TODAY'S WHITE HOUSE PICNIC.
HE WAS SET TO ATTEND WITH HIS WIFE, SON, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AND SIX-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON.
PAUL HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF THE MASSIVE NATIONAL DEBT INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' BUDGET PLAN.
IN RESPONSE SENATOR PAUL SAYING AMONG THINGS THE DECSION IS CAUSING HIM TO LOSE RESPECT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP...THE HILL USA...
THIS MORNING PRESIDENT TRUMP ON TRUTH SOCIAL WITH A DIFFERENT MESSAGE REGARDING THE INVITATION TO SENATOR PAUL AND HIS FAMILY SAYING IN PART:
"Of course, Senator Rand Paul and his beautiful wife and family are invited to the BIG White House Party tonight..."...
TRUTH SOCIAL DONALD J. TRUMP
THERE IS A NEWS REPORT SAYING THAT US ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF IS MEETING IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ABBAS ARAGCHI ON SUNDAY IN OMAN.
THIS FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S REPORT THAT ANY MORE NUCLEAR TALKS WITH IRAN WERE BECOMING INCREASINGLY UNLIKELY...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
An attempt to bring down Israel's government led by opposition parties failed early today.
It was rejected 61-53.
One of the religious factions that normally support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supported ending the government but others stayed loyal.
Those factions given promises regarding the contentious issue of drafting religious men for military service...Israel National News
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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