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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR ISRAEL ORDERING EVACUATION OF THE ARAK HEAVY WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR IN IRAN.
THE REACTOR BELIEVED TO BE NON-OPERATIONAL...OSINTdefender "X"
Russian President Vladimir Putin saying his country has presented options to Iran, Israel and the US regarding their differences.
Putin telling international reporters in St. Petersburg it is possible to ensure Iran's interests in the field of peaceful nuclear energy alongside Israel's security concerns...DD Geopolitics "X" (Video Embed)
ON THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SAYING ISRAEL SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ATTACKING IRANIAN TARGETS NOT RELATED TO ITS NUCLEAR OR BALLISTIC MISSILE ACTIVITIES.
MACRON CALLING FOR A DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION REGARDING BOTH NUCLEAR AND MISSILE PROGRAMS OF IRAN.
ITS APPEARS THE FRENCH PRESIDENT IS DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM THE NOTION OF 'REGIME CHANGE' IN IRAN INCLUDED IN THE MESSAGING OF THE US AND ISRAEL ABOUT THE CONFLICT.
THE FIRST SUPREME LEADER OF IRAN'S CURRENT REGIME AYATOLLAH RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI LIVED IN EXILE IN FRANCE IN THE MONTHS BEFORE HE RETURNED TO TAKE POWER IN IRAN IN 1979...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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In Canada a missing Quebec toddler found alive and well this afternoon.
Three-year-old Claire Bell disappeared Sunday last seen in the Montreal area.
She was spotted by a drone alongside a superhighway that connects Montreal and Ottawa in a rural area near St. Albert, Ontario.
The child taken to a hospital. On Monday her mother Rachel-Ella Todd was arrested and charged with child abandonment...
CBC News Canada (Photo, Video Embeds)
In Budapest an attempt by the mayor to circumvent a law banning LGBTQ events is falling short.
The police will make the final call on the June 28th Pride March in the city.
Parliament passed a law prohibiting events like the Pride March on the basis of harming children...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
ISRAEL-IRAN WAR NEWS
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IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST THIS EVENING IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSING HIS COUNTRY'S COMMITTMENT TO DIPLOMACY.
HIS POST INCLUDING A MAP OF THE MIDDLE EAST REGION SHOWING ISRAEL POSSESSING 90 NUCLEAR WARHEADS AND OTHER NATIONS INCLUDING IRAN POSSESSING NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
ISRAEL ATTACKING TARGETS IN IRAN IRAN FIRING A FEW MISSILES AT ISRAEL.
IRAN SEEKING A MEETING OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL.
IN ITS REQUEST IRAN SPEAKING OF THE 'BRAZEN THREAT' OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO KILL ITS SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI.
IN GAZA 144 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AS ISRAEL CONTINUES MILITARY OPERATIONS...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG
"The most important thing at this point is to stop the firing, stop the hostilities"
That opinion regarding the Israel-Iran War from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He spoke with his counterparts in Oman and Egypt.
The Chinese Foreign Minister saying that China favors a 'peaceful resolution' and rejects 'the use of force or threats'...Tass Russia
The US Supreme Court ruling 6-3 in favor of a Tennessee law that prohibits sex changes (gender transition) by the medical profession.
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and five conservative justices in the majority. Three liberal justices in the minority...BBC News
THE US FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OPTING TO KEEP INTEREST RATES STEADY...(NEWS AGENCIES)
"I may do it, I may not"
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS MORNING ABOUT JOINING THE ISRAELI ATTACKS ON IRAN...BBC NEWS BLOG
RAILROAD UNIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS CALLING OFF STRIKES SO THEIR WORKERS CAN CONSIDER AN OFFER FROM THE RAILWAY COMPANY.
THE PROPOSAL RAISES PAY 4 PERCENT RETROACTIVE TO MARCH 1ST AND INCLUDES A 2.75 PERCENT PAY HIKE NEXT YEAR.
UNIONS SEEKING PAY HIKES IN THE 7-8 PERCENT RANGE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 44.14 points.
The NASDAQ up 25.18 points.
At 429 pm New York Time the price of oil at 75 dollars 11 cents a barrel up 27 cents...Marketwatch
INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI TELLING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THAT THE US DID NOT BROKER A CEASEFIRE TO END THEIR CONFLICT LAST MONTH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO SAY THE US BROKERED A CEASEFIRE AT THE TIME.
MODI SPOKE TO TRUMP FROM THE G7 SUMMIT IN CANADA AND THEIR CONVERSATION WAS DESCRIBED BY INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER VIKRAM MISRI.
HE SAID THE CEASEFIRE WAS ACHIEVED BY TALKS INVOLVING MILITARY OFFICIALS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE...
Today at the White House US President Donald Trump in a closed-door lunch with the chief of Pakistan's all-powerful military that controls the civilian government.
Pakistan borders Iran on the east and could be useful to the United States in waging war against Iran.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will also meet Field Marshal Asim Munir.
Munir, on a lengthy visit to the US, was not invited to the military parade held in Washington last Saturday...NDTV INDIA
THE MESSAGE FROM IRAN TODAY CITES A CNN INTERVIEW WITH THE UN'S ATOMIC AGENCY CHIEF.
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY DIRECTOR GENERAL RAFAEL GROSSI TOLD CNN HE HAS NO EVIDENCE OF A 'SYSTEMATIC EFFORT TO MOVE TOWARD A NUCLEAR WEAPON' BY IRAN...ECONOMIC TIMES
"This a nation that will never surrender to any form of imposition"
IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI REJECTING THE DEMAND OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOR 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER'.
AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI SPOKE IN A TELEVISED SPEECH SAYING IRAN OPPOSES BOTH 'IMPOSED WAR' AND 'IMPOSED PEACE'.
HE ALSO SAID THAT:
"The Americans must understand--any US military incursion will undoubtedly lead to irreversible consequences"...
PRESS TV IRAN
In Gaza it's reported that at least 70 were killed as Israeli forces continued to attack while people sought aid on Tuesday.
The number of wounded reported in the hundreds...Al Jazeera Qatar
(NEWS AND ANALYSIS)
THE WHITE HOUSE CONSIDERS THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS TO BE DECISIVE IN ANY DECISION BY PRESIDENT TRUMP ON INTERVENTION IN THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR.
THIS POINTS TO THE CALL BEING MADE ON US MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST IRAN IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND WHEN FINANCIAL MARKETS WHICH MIGHT REACT TO US ATTACKS WOULD BE CLOSED...ABC NEWS USA
Two Chinese aircraft carrier groups continuing to sail in the Philippine Sea on extended missions deep into the Western Pacific.
The carriers "Liaoning" and "Shandong" with accompanying warships now in waters east of the Philippines and southeast of Taiwan...USNI News
FORMER LEFT-WING ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CRISTINA KIRCHNER BEGINNING A SIX-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR FRAUD UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
ARGENTINA'S SUPREME COURT RULING TO UPHOLD HER SENTENCE LAST WEEK THEN A FEDERAL COURT DECIDING SHE COULD SERVE THE SENTENCE UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
THAT RULING CAME AMIDST PROTESTS IN THE STREETS AND CALLS FOR MAJOR PROTESTS TODAY BY THE PERONIST LEFT IN ARGENTINA...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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