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The latest on the situation in Syria but first....
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
ANOTHER ISRAELI ATTACK IN SYRIA TONIGHT THE AIR ATTACK ON THE COASTAL CITY OF JABLEH IN LATAKIA PROVINCE...DD GEOPOLITICS "X" (VIDEO EMBED)
SO FAR TONIGHT RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES TAKING DOWN THREE UKRAINIAN DRONES HEADING TOWARDS MOSCOW...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA
THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FIRING JEFFREY EPSTEIN PROSECUTOR MAUREEN COMEY DAUGHTER OF THE CONTROVERSIAL FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY.
MAUREEN COMEY INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION OF EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE GHISLAINE MAXWELL.
SHE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE RECENT PROSECUTION AND TRIAL OF SEAN 'DIDDY' COMBS...THE HILL...
MEANWHILE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLING FOR AN FBI INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HE IS CALLING THE 'EPSTEIN HOAX'...DD Geopolitics "X" (Video Embed)
The European Union out with a budget proposal. Two trillion dollars of spending over the next seven years.
Agricultural spending stressed alongside an increase in defense spending.
But agricultural interests worried that the budget really involves less attention to agriculture and more attention to supporting other sectors...Tagesschau Germany
ISRAEL'S POLITICAL TURMOIL OVER ITS MILITARY DRAFT.
THE SHAS PARTY REPRESENTING MANY ORTHODOX JEWS OUT OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S GOVERNMENT.
THEIR 11 SEATS ARE NOW PART OF THE OPPOSITION MAJORITY COMPRISING 70 OF THE 120 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
BUT THE PARTY WON'T VOTE TO BRING DOWN THE NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT AND WILL SUPPORT LEGISLATION FAVORED BY IT.
BOTH OF ISRAEL'S ORTHODOX JEWISH PARTIES NOW OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ITS REFUSAL TO EXEMPT YOUNG RELIGIOUS MEN FROM THE MILITARY DRAFT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE EUROPEAN UNION'S LATEST ROUND OF SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA RESISTED BY TWO NATIONS.
SLOVAKIA HOLDING OUT FOR CONCESSIONS ON NATURAL GAS IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA AND MALTA WORRIED ABOUT OIL SANCTIONS HARMING ITS MARITIME INTERESTS...TASS RUSSIA
News leaking out in Washington that US President Donald Trump intends to fire the Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell for refusing to lower interest rates...(News Agencies)
ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REINFORCING HIS INSISTENCE THAT DOCUMENTATION OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ILLICIT ACTIVITIES AMOUNTS TO A 'HOAX'.
HE DESCRIBES THOSE WHO TAKE THE NOTION OF SUCH DOCUMENTATION SERIOUSLY ARE 'PAST SUPPORTERS' OF HIS...GLENN GREENWALD "X"...
MR. TRUMP IN FRONT OF THE MEDIA TODAY SPEAKING OF EPSTEIN FILES AS A 'HOAX STARTED BY DEMOCRATS'...DD Geopolitics "X" (Video Embed)
THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE ORDERING THE HEIRS OF THE LATE FRENCH POLITICIAN JEAN-MARIE LE PEN TO PAY FOR ALLEGED MISUSE OF FUNDS.
THIS INVOLVES 326,000 US DOLLARS (300,000 EUROS) IN FUNDS CLAIMED AS PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES WHEN MR. LE PEN SERVED AS A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBER BETWEEN 1984 AND 2019.
AMONG THE THREE DAUGHTERS WHO ARE HIS HEIRS THE LEADING FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE 2027 ELECTION MARINE LE PEN WHO CURRENTLY LEADS THE NATIONAL RALLY IN FRANCE'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 231.49 points or .53 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 52.69 points.
At 5 pm New York Time the price of oil slightly higher at 66 dollars 62 cents a barrel...Marketwatch
IN ICELAND A VOLCANIC ERUPTION THE 12TH IN THE SAME AREA SINCE 2021.
THIS NEW ERUPTION LEADING TO EVACUATIONS IS ALSO DESCRIBED AS 'RELATIVELY SMALL'...LBC NEWS UK
At least 21 people have died in a crush at a Gaza aid site operated by the Israeli-US "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation"...Details Inside Al Jazeera Qatar Blog
THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AT HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL CUT SHORT BY ISRAELI ATTACKS IN SYRIA.
THE TRIAL ADJOURNED.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED FOR THE END OF NETANYAHU'S CORRUPTION TRIAL AS A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE SEEKS TO REMOVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PROSECUTING MR. NETANYAHU FROM OFFICE.
US AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL MIKE HUCKABEE WAS PRESENT IN THE COURTROOM TODAY...TIMES OF ISRAEL...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIAN MILITARY HEAQUARTERS AMID CONFLICT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, DRUZE MILITIAS
ISRAELI DRUZE CROSS INTO SYRIA TO JOIN THE FIGHT
SYRIA COMPLYING WITH ISRAEL'S DEMANDS TO PULL BACK FORCES
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Israel attacking the Syrian government military headquarters in Damascus.
Israel also attacking near Syria's Presidential Palace...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)...At least 15 killed in the Israeli attacks dozens of others wounded.
Israel says its military is acting decisively in Syria. Air attacks throughout the day in southern Syria.
Thousands of Druze from Israel crossing into Syria to fight with the Syrian Druze against government forces...Israel National News...
Israel also reinforcing its forces on the border with Syria in response to government attacks on Druze forces in the south...Israel National News...
In southern Syria government forces fighting what the government calls 'bandit gangs'.
Members of the Druze community in conflict with the government forces who were attacked by the Israeli military yesterday and last night.
The US asking Israel not to intervene in the situation yesterday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is protecting the Druze...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking of real de-escalation in the coming hours.
Syria pressured by the United States to comply with Israel's demands and pull back its forces...
BBC NEWS BLOG
TIMES OF ISRAEL NEWS STORY
TIMES OF ISRAEL BLOG
THE EMIR OF QATAR COMING TO THE WHITE HOUSE WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DINNER.
THIS AMID EFFORTS TO BROKER A CEASEFIRE-HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL IN GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL
"But credible information, let them give it, anything that is credible I would say let them have it"
Some of the latest comments from US President Donald Trump amid the controversy over failure to release files related to child sex abuser-child sex trafficker the late Jeffrey Epstein...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)
IN NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY WORKERS BANNED FROM USING SLEEP MEDICATIONS MELATONIN AND ZOPICLONE.
THE DECISION BY KIWIRAIL IMPACTS 2500 WORKERS IN FRONT-LINE, HIGH-RISK JOBS.
A UNION OFFICIAL SAYING MANY OF THOSE IMPACTED ARE SHIFT-WORKERS WHO RELY ON THE MEDICATIONS TO HELP THEM SLEEP...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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