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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The US Senate confirming former personal lawyer for President Trump Emil Bove to US Third Circuit Court of appeals.
The vote 50-49 with two Republican senators joining Democrats in opposition...The Hill USA
(UPDATED) AN 8.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST...(TASS RUSSIA)
A TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED FOLLOWING THE QUAKE OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF RUSSIA.
THE QUAKE CENTERED IN AN ISLAND REGION NORTHEAST OF JAPAN...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
A TSUNAMI WARNING FOR THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS OF ALASKA.
A TSUNAMI ADVISORY FOR JAPAN'S EASTERN COAST FOLLOWING THE QUAKE...(NHK JAPAN)...
TSUINAMI WATCHES ALONG THE WESTERN COAST OF THE USA AND CANADA DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL AMERICA INTO SOUTH AMERICA...(NEWS AGENCIES)
The US Senate Minority leader Democrat Chuck Schumer says the FBI should conduct a 'threat assessment' on the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Schumer saying President Donald Trump 'does not want to touch this issue with a ten-foot pole'.
Senator Schumer suggesting information in the Department of Justice Epstein files might be used by foreign powers for blackmailing top officials in general.
He cited China, Russia and North Korea as examples...The Hill USA...
(COMMENT)
Senator Schumer certainly spoke for the Democrats today, but did he fully speak for the interests of the United States and its people.
The question in many minds is what connections Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell have to US and or foreign intelligence agencies in the first place?
That begs a second question were they involved in a scheme to blackmail top leaders inside and outside of the US government?
A Houthi missile intercepted and downed by Israeli air defenses this evening...Israel National News
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE HAS NO OPINION ON THE NOTION OF RECOGNIZING A PALESTINIAN STATE ADVOCATED BY THE FRENCH AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS.
TRUMP SAYING THE US 'IS NOT IN THE CAMP' OF THOSE PUTTING PRESSURE ON ISRAEL SAYING ANY PRESSURE REWARDS HAMAS....BARAK RAVID AXIOS "X"
"We are not letting up. We will continue to do everything we can--by one path or another"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas is standing in the way of a ceasefire in the Gaza War.
Netanyahu saying Israel will move forward in Gaza saying he wants to get the hostages held by Hamas freed...Times Of Israel
BLOOMBERG REPORTING THAT US AND CHINA HAVE EXTENDED THEIR TRUCE ON TARIFFS FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS.
THIS FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S US-CHINA TRADE TALKS IN STOCKHOLM...DD Geopolitics "X"
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 204.57 points or .46 percent.
The NASDAQ down 80.29 points of .38 percent.
At 406 pm New York Time the price of oil at 69 dollars 34 cents a barrel up two dollars 63 cents or 3.94 percent...Marketwatch
RUSSIA HANDING A NOTE OF PROTEST TO NORWAY OVER TREATMENT OF ITS FISHING VESSELS.
NORWAY RESTRICTING RUSSIAN SHIPS THAT NORMALLY FISH IN ITS EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE UNDER A 1976 BILATERAL AGREEMENT...TASS RUSSIA
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying the UK will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes certain steps.
Starmer demanding that Israel 'take substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza'...BBC News Live Blog...
France says it will carry out airdrops of humanitarian aid in Gaza in the coming days.
There are plans to send in aid by land using trucks assuming Israel will allow the trucks to enter Gaza.
France joining the UK in pushing the notion of a ceasefire...BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)...
Germany is also sending two aircraft to drop aid into Gaza. The German planes will fly from Jordan to carry out the airdrops...Tagesschau Germany
THE KREMLIN IS TAKING NOTE OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SHORTENED DEADLINE FOR ACTION ON HIS AGENDA FOR THE UKRAINE WAR (10-12 DAYS).
SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV AVOIDING FURTHER COMMENT ABOUT MR. TRUMP'S STATEMENT EXPRESSING DISSAPOINTMENT WITH PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
TRUMP SEEKS A CEASEFIRE IN UKRAINE WITH RUSSIA DESIRING A PERMANENT SETTLEMENT WITH A DISARMING OF UKRAINE SO NO FURTHER ATTACKS ON RUSSIA BACKED BY THE US AND NATO CAN CONTINUE...TASS RUSSIA
The United Nations food watchdog the IPC saying one in three people in Gaza are going without food for days.
The report cites growing evidence of deaths related to the lack of food.
The World Health Organization traces the shortage to Israel's cutoffs and delaying of food supplies for Gaza from international relief organizations...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE THAI ARMY SAYS THAT CAMBODIA FIRED ON MANY LOCATIONS IN THAILAND AFTER A CEASEFIRE TOOK EFFECT EARLY THIS MORNING...BANGKOK POST THAILAND
Heavy rains and flooding in northern China with at least 30 dead in Beijing. Relief supplies being sent to areas cut off by flooding in some cases drones are being used to carry them...BBC News Live Blog
THE EUROPEAN UNION CLAIMING CHINESE ONLINE RETAILER 'TEMU' IS SELLING 'ILLEGAL' GOODS.
ITEMS LIKE ELECTRONICS AND BABY TOYS NOT COMPLIANT WITH EUROPEAN RULES CITED AS EXAMPLES.
THE EU IS MOVING TOWARDS ENFORCEMENT OF ITS 'DIGITAL SERVICES ACT' AGAINST TEMU WHICH COULD LEAD TO A FINE OF SIX PERCENT OF TEMU'S WORLDWIDE TURNOVER...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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