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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A Ukrainian drone attack on an urban district of Moscow early Friday. One man wounded a substation knocked out power lost to 'two microdistricts'...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OFFERING BUYOUTS TO ITS FULL-TIME DRIVERS.
UPS SPEAKING OF AN 'UNPRECEDENTED BUSINESS LANDSCAPE' IN MAKING THE OFFER TO SHED FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES FROM ITS WORKFORCE.
TEAMSTERS UNION PRESIDENT SEAN O'BRIEN DESCRIBING THE MOVE AS 'AN ILLEGAL VIOLATION' OF THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT REACHED LAST YEAR WITH THE COMPANY...THE HILL USA
In a late night vote the Dutch House of Representatives approving tighter immigration laws.
The new laws will make it tougher for those seeking asylum in the Netherlands.
Two political parties switching to support the legislation with assurances that Dutch citizens choosing to offer charity to asylum seekers on religious or moral grounds would not immediately be prosecuted.
The Dutch Senate will consider the laws later this summer with ...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
200 US MARINES DEPLOYING TO FLORIDA TO SUPPORT US IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.
THOSE MARINES WILL PERFORM ADMINISTRATIVE AND LOGISTICAL FUNCTIONS FOR ICE FREEING UP ICE PERSONNEL FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
ADDITIONAL MARINES WILL BE SENT TO SUPPORT ICE IN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS IN THE FUTURE...USNI NEWS
(Updated With Visual Images Of Attacks On Kiev)
EXPLOSIONS THROUGHOUT KIEV EARLY FRIDAY MORNING DURING A MAJOR RUSSIAN ATTACK ON UKRAINE'S CAPITAL CITY...DD Geopolitics (Video, Photo Embeds)...
THE AIR RAID ALERT WENT INTO EFFECT THROUGHOUT ALL UKRAINE LATE TONIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The US Supreme Court voiding a federal district judge's injunction against deportation flights to the African nation of South Sudan.
District Judge Brian Murphy had insisted that in spite of a previous Supreme Court ruling in favor of the deportation flights his order following that ruling to ban them was in force.
In a 7-2 decision the high court saying its previous ruling in the matter stands saying 'our stay rendered the matter unenforceable'...The Hill USA
CHINA CRITICAL OF THE NEW US-VIETNAM TRADE DEAL SAYING IT HURTS CHINA.
CHINA'S SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR AGREEING TO TARIFF-FREE ACCESS FOR US GOODS IN EXCHANGE FOR A 20 PERCENT TARIFF ON GOODS EXPORTED TO THE US.
THE DEAL ALSO CREATES HIGHER TARIFFS FOR ANY CHINESE GOODS MOVED THROUGH VIETNAM TO THE UNITED STATES.
CHINA SAYING THE US-VIETNAM DEAL IS 'AT THE EXPENSE OF ITS INTERESTS' VOWING 'COUNTERMEASURES' TO 'SAFEGUARD ITS INTERESTS'...THE HILL USA
Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, testifying to a special police unit probing unlawful issuance of diplomatic passports.
Yair Netanyahu among a group of people who received the special diplomatic passports at the behest of former Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.
The police do consider him a suspect in their criminal investigation...Times of Israel
RUSSIA FORMALLY RECOGNIZING TALIBAN RULE IN AFGHANISTAN.
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNOUNCING THE 'ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN' HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THE DECISION ON ADVICE FROM RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER AND RUSSIA'S AMBASSADOR IN AFGHANISTAN...TASS RUSSIA
Amid restrictions in Iranian airspace the Russian airline Aeroflot cancelling flights to Tehran...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
(UPDATED WITH TRUMP REACTION TO HIS CONVERSATION WITH PUTIN)
AT MID-DAY US TIME A PHONE CONVERSATION UNDERWAY BETWEEN US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THAT WORD FROM KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV.
TRUMP TALKED THE 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' WITH PUTIN AND THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WISHED MR. TRUMP SUCCESS.
BOTH LEADERS PRESENTING THEIR POSITIONS ON THE UKRAINE WAR MR. TRUMP SEEKING AN END TO HOSTILITIES MR. PUTIN EMPHASIZING THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE 'ROOT CAUSES' OF THE WAR.
PUTIN AND TRUMP TALKED ABOUT IRAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST AS WELL.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON MR. TRUMP SAYING 'NO PROGRESS' WAS MADE TOWARDS HIS GOAL IN THE UKRAINE WAR.
TRUMP ALSO EXPRESSING HIS DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THAT...TASS RUSSIA UKRAINE STORY...TASS RUSSIA LATER STORY...TASS RUSSIA FIRST STORY
A hammer attack on train passengers in southern Germany. At least four hurt including the attacker identified as a 20-year-old Syrian.
Those hurt taken to a hospital. The train with 500 passengers bound from Hamburg to Vienna.
Police said to have overwhelmed the perpetrator...Bayerischer Rundfunk Germany (Translation Prompt)
THE US SUPREME COURT DECIDING TO CONSIDER STATE LAWS PROHIBITING BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM PARTICIPATING IN FEMALE SCHOOL SPORTS.
THE COURT RESPONDING TO APPEALS FROM IDAHO AND WEST VIRGINIA WHOSE LAWS WERE SHUT DOWN BY COURTS AFTER BEING SIGNED INTO LAW.
A SUPREME COURT DECISION EXPECTED WITHIN A YEAR...THE HILL USA
The markets today.
Stock markets closed early today with the Dow up 344.11 points or .77 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 207.92 points or 1.02 percent.
At 416 pm New York Time the price of oil at 67 dollars 19 cents a barrel down 26 cents...Marketwatch
Great jobs numbers for the US economy last month. Unemployment down a tenth of a percent to 4.1 percent in June. 147,000 new jobs added more than expected...CNN USA
Kilmar Abrego Garcia said to have been beaten and tortured when he was deported to El Salvador.
Abrego Garcia was at the center of a controversy over his deportation when was brought back to the US to face immigration charges in federal court.
He has pled not guilty to those charges...BBC News
THE DEPUTY COMMANDER OF RUSSIA'S NAVY KILLED IN COMBAT IN THE KURSK REGION BORDERING UKRAINE.
MIKHAIL GUDKOV HAD COMMANDED RUSSIA'S MARINE CORPS (NAVAL INFANTRY) BEFORE ASSUMING HIS POST.
GUDKOV CONTINUED TO VISIT NAVAL INFANTRY UNITS FOLLOWING HIS PROMOTION TO LEADERSHIP IN RUSSIA'S NAVY...TASS RUSSIA
DEMOCRAT US HOUSE LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES MAKING A MARATHON SPEECH TO DELAY FINAL PASSAGE OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL 'BIG' BEAUTIFUL BILL'.
BUT IN THE END THE LEGISLATION PASSED 218-214 AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL SIGN IT IN A JULY 4TH CEREMONY...BBC NEWS BLOG
AN ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN LEBANON.
THE ATTACK ON A VEHICLE IN SOUTHERN BEIRUT WITH ISRAEL SAYING A TERRORIST ASSOCIATED WITH IRAN WAS KILLED...ARAB NEWS
Israel says it has conducted 150 air attacks on targets linked to terrorism in Gaza in the last 24 hours.
Israeli troops also continue operations on the ground...Tass Russia...
Meanwhile authorities in Gaza saying that dozens of people seeking aid in the territory at US-Israeli aid centers have been killed in recent hours.
Israel media outlet "Haaretz" reporting last week that Israeli soldiers were shooting at the Palestinian aid seekers.
Now the Associated Press in the United States reporting that US military contractors assisting the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation have opened fire on people lined up to receive food as well...Al Jazeera Qatar
IN THE DUTCH CITY OF COEVORDEN EMERGENCY MEASURES IMPOSED OVER PUBLIC PROTESTS OPPOSING THE PRESENCE OF MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM.
OPEN FIRES BANNED ALONG WITH ANY OBJECTS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED WEAPONS.
A GROUP OF UNDERAGE IMMIGRANT GIRLS SAID BY AUTHORITIES TO HAVE MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY TRIGGERING THE DEMONSTRATIONS.
PROTESTERS CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. THEY ALSO CITE A HOUSING SHORTAGE IN THE COMMUNITY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE CONTROVERSIAL 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR SPENDING PLAN APPROVED BY THE US HOUSE.
A FLOOR VOTE THAT STARTED THURSDAY EVENING EXTENDED SIX HOURS INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING WITH THE MEMBERS WHO WAITED LATE INTO THE NIGHT TO CAST THEIR VOTES...THE HILL USA BLOG
Six (Updated) are dead dozens of others missing following a ferry boat accident off the Indonesian island of Bali.
The ferry travelling between islands carrying 65 passengers and 22 vehicles. More than 20 survivors pulled from the water...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN THE UK TERRORISM CHARGES INVOLVING FOUR PEOPLE WHO SPRAY PAINTED TWO MILITARY PLANES AT AN AIR BASE.
DAMAGE TO THE PLANES ESTIMATED AT 7 MILLION POUNDS (9.54 MILLION US DOLLARS).
THE FOUR BROKE INTO THE BRIZE NORTON AIR BASE ON JUNE 20TH.
THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OPPOSITION TO BRITISH SUPPORT OF ISRAEL RELATED TO THE RECENT WAR WITH IRAN.
THE TERRORISM CHARGES COME AS THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT MOVED TO BAN ORGANIZATIONS PROTESTING IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIANS AND OPPOSING ISRAEL'S WAR IN GAZA DEFINING THEM AT 'TERRORIST'...BBC NEWS
THE US DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF THE US AIR ATTACKS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAYING THE ATTACKS SET BACK IRANIAN NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES ONE TO TWO YEARS...AL JAZEERA QATAR
A lawsuit involving a photographer who recorded an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on a Home Depot store.
Job Garcia saying he was exercising his own rights and informing others of theirs when he recorded the raid telling a truck driver he did not have to exit his vehicle for ICE.
The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund suing on Garcia's behalf for one million dollars...The Hill USA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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