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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
HALF OF THE 2,000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS DEPLOYED TO LOS ANGELES RELEASED FROM DUTY.
2,000 OTHER NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS WILL REMAIN ON A MISSION TO SUPPORT AND PROTECT FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT...AXIOS
LATE TONIGHT IN SYRIA ADDITIONAL ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS ON SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES.
"We all deserve to know what's in the Epstein files, who's implicated, and how far this goes"
CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE (R-KENTUCKY)
In Washington Republican Congressman Thomas Massie with a discharge petition seeking a US House vote on release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein...Thomas Massie "X"
US-EUROPEAN COORDINATION ON IRAN WITH AN AUGUST 29TH DEADLINE SET FOR IRANIAN COMPLIANCE ON DEMANDS RELATED TO ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SET TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON IRAN AFTER THAT DEADLINE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
ISRAEL IS SAID TO HAVE AGREED TO CEASE ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN SYRIA DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE DRUZE COMMUNITY.
THE US REQUESTING A STAND DOWN FROM ISRAEL.
THE ATTACKS WERE AIMED AT PREVENTING SYRIAN GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN FIGHTING THAT IS SAID TO HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE...TIMES OF ISRAEL
"I have asked @Israel to aggressively investigate the murder of Saif Mussallet, an American citizen who was visiting family..."
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee calling for accountability last Friday's murder in Israel of a Palestinian who has US citizenship.
Huckabee describing the killing of Saif Mussallet as a 'terrorist act'...Ambassador Mike Huckabee "X"
IN FRANCE OPPOSITION PARTIES ANGERED BY PRIME MINISTER FRANCOIS BAYROU'S BUDGET PLAN AIMED AS SAVING TENS OF BILLIONS OF EUROS.
IT FREEZES SPENDING NEXT YEAR SEEKS TO STABILIZE FRANCE'S DEBT BY 2029, INCREASES DEFENSE SPENDING AND ABOLISHES TWO PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
THE BUDGET WILL ALSO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT ON HEATHCARE IN FRANCE.
NEW TAXATION TO BE INTRODUCED FOR BOTH THE WEALTHIEST WORKING PEOPLE AND WEALTHIEST PENSIONERS IN FRANCE...LE FIGARO FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
OPPOSITION PARTIES SUGGEST THEIR MOVES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OVER THE BUDGET WILL COME THIS FALL WHEN THE BUDGET IS CONSIDERED.
THE GOVERNMENT LACKS A MAJORITY IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
China will have access to computer chips from US chipmaker Nvidia.
The US government backing down on a sales ban of H20 chips imposed several months ago.
H20 chips were designed for the Chinese market to get around a US ban on high-performance computer chips to China that might have advanced China militarily or technologically...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
ISRAEL'S DIASPORA AFFAIRS MINISTER AMICHAI CHIKLI CALLING FOR THE ELIMINATION OF SYRIA'S PRESIDENT AHMED AL-SHARAA.
CHIKLI NOTING AL-SHARAA'S AL QAEDA BACKGROUND SAYING ISRAEL CANNOT STAND BY IN THE FACE OF THE KILLINGS OF MEMBERS OF THE DRUZE MINORITY.
ISRAEL HAS BEEN ATTACKING SYRIA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS IN SUPPORT OF THE DRUZE.
MR. CHIKLI AN OUTSPOKEN MEMBER OF ISRAEL'S LIKUD PARTY LED BY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
CHIKILI NOW LEADING A COMMITTEE SEEKING TO OUST ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM OFFICE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Ministers of the European Union opting not to take action against Israel over the humanitarian situation in Gaza following Israel's cutoff of humanitarian aid provided by international agencies several months ago.
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar lobbying the EU ministers in Brussels seeking to head off any sanctions.
EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas speaking of 'positive signs' regarding good being allowed back into Gaza.
Division said to exist within the EU on any measures to force Israel to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SUSPENDING URKAINE'S PARTICIPTION IN AN ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE CONVENTION.
ZELENSKY ANNONCING THE MOVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA...TASS RUSSIA
(UPDATED) THE 'FINANCIAL TIMES' CLAIMS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP URGED URKAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY TO STRIKE TARGET DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA.
IT'S SAID TO HAVE HAPPENED DURING A JULY 4TH CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS.
TRUMP ASKING IF US PROVIDED WEAPONS WOULD HELP UKRAINE ATTACK MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURG.
THE US PRESIDENT SAID TO HAVE TOLD ZELENSKY THAT RUSSIA WOULD 'FEEL THE PAIN' FROM SUCH ATTACKS AND BE PUSHED INTO NEGOTIATIONS...DD Geopolitics "X"...
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT SPEAKING OF THE PRESIDENT ASKING QUESTIONS IN THAT CONVERSATION NOT SEEKING MORE KILLING IN THE UKRAINE WAR...TASS RUSSIA...
MR. TRUMP APPEARED BEFORE THE MEDIA THIS AFTERNOON SAYING 'NO HE SHOULDN'T TARGET MOSCOW' IN RESPONSE TO A REPORTER'S QUESTION.
In Israel a crackdown on deserters and draft dodgers amidst the conflict in Gaza.
Police increasing enforcement operations at Ben Gurion Airport and other exit points from Israel.
The major issue facing authorities is widespread defiance of draft notices sent to Ultra-Orthodox men by order of Israel's High Court and Attorney General.
On the spot arrests of deserters part of the crackdown...Israel National News
AT LEAST 12 KILLED IN ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN NORTHERN LEBANON TODAY.
EIGHT OTHERS WOUNDED.
ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS ON OTHER TARGETS IN LEBANON EARLIER IN THE DAY WOUNDED SIX PEOPLE...TASS RUSSIA
Inflation in the US higher last month the Consumer Price Index rising to 2.7 percent.
That's up from 2.4 percent the month before and above the Federal Reserve's target of 2 percent...THE HILL USA
CHINA'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWING AT 5.2 PERCENT FOR THE LAST QUARTER, DOWN FROM 5.4 PERCENT IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
GROWTH EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS IN THE MIDST OF CHINA'S TRADE CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES.
CHINESE BUSINESS SHIPPING GOODS OUT AHEAD OF TARIFFS IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES. THERE ARE EXPECTATIONS OF SLOWER ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CHINA LATER THIS YEAR...THE GUARDIAN UK
In Sudan's civil war 300 civilians killed in several villages with children and pregnant women among the dead.
Local activists and human rights organizations say the civilians were killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 436.36 points or .98 percent.
The NASDAQ up 37.47 points.
At 432 pm New York Time the price of oil at 66 dollars 66 cents a barrel down 32 cents...Marketwatch
AN AMERICAN COMPANY FORCED TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS AT A NORTHERN IRAQI OIL FIELD FOLLOWING A DRONE ATTACK.
THE ATTACK IGNITED A FIRE BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
THERE HAVE BEEN A SERIES OF DRONE ATTACKS ON ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN IRAQ'S KURDISTAN REGION....AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israeli air attacks in southern Syria aimed at protecting the Druze community.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Syrian government forces are banned from the Suweida Region south of Damascus.
The wave of air strikes called 'exceptionally large'...Israel National News
11 people missing after a boat capsized traveling between Indonesian islands. Seven others onboard were rescued...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN BEIJING RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV MEETING CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING...TASS RUSSIA
"These actions are a direct and intentional threat to our local community...but also to the historic and religious heritage"
GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM THEOPHILOS III
CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN ISRAEL SAY JEWISH RESIDENTS OF JUDEA AND SAMARIA (WEST BANK) HAVE ATTACKED SACRED SITES.
THE GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM SAYS THE JEWISH SETTLERS (RESIDENTS) STARTED A FIRE NEAR A CEMETERY AND A FIFTH CENTURY CHURCH IN THE CHRISTIAN TOWN OF TABYEH.
THE CHRISTIAN CLERICS CALLED FOR AN 'IMMEDIATE AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATION ON WHY THE ISRAELI POLICE DID NOT RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS' FROM LOCAL CHRISTIAN RESIDENTS...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE...
In Israel a CNN news crew attacked by Jewish residents (settlers) in the West Bank. The rear windshield of their vehicle smashed.
The crew covering recent deadly violence involving some Jewish residents when two Palestinians were killed...Jeremy Diamond CNN "X"
ICE CREAM MAKERS IN THE US ANNOUNCING REMOVAL OF ARTIFICIAL DYES FROM THEIR PRODUCTS BY THE END OF 2027.
THIS IS THE LATEST MOVE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY LINING UP WITH SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ROBERT F. KENNEDY'S PLAN TO ELIMINATE THE DYES FROM FOOD PRODUCTS...THE HILL USA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
DOZENS HURT IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON RUSSIA
27 people hurt with 14 needing hospitalization following a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Voronezh Region...Tass Russia...
Earlier it was reported that several people injured when an attacking Ukrainian drone was shot down in Voronezh, Russia...Tass Russia
In other news...
Pastor and Bible teacher John MacArthur dead at the age of 86.
MacArthur known for his defense of traditional Christian theology and traditional moral values.
In more recent times he was known for opposition to COVID-19 lockdowns his church holding services in defiance of government orders...Free Republic Post-Christian Post Story-Discussion
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