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US President Donald Trump saying Hamas has 'three or four days' to respond to his plan for Gaza or else.
Mr. Trump saying there is very little room to change the plan saying that if Hamas does not go along with the plan for Gaza 'it will be a very sad end'...Times Of Israel
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LATE TONIGHT WORD OF ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION AIMED AT THE 40 PLUS RELIEF SHIP FLOTILLA APPROACHING GAZA.
THE SHIP 'ALMA' THE FIRST SHIP SAID TO HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY AN ISRAELI SURFACE VESSEL.
THIS FOLLOWS DRONE ACTIVITY LATE TONIGHT OVER THE RELIEF FLOTILLA SEEKING TO REACH GAZA.
ISRAELI MEDIA SPEAKING OF A COMPLEX INTERCEPTION PLAN FOR ITS NAVY WITH 600 POLICE TO BE INVOLVED IN DETAINING AND DEPORTING THE HUNDREDS OF ACTIVISTS ON BOARD THE SHIPS...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)...
GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA COMMENTARY "X"
Dutch police made six arrests tonight during a protest opposing an asylum seekers center in the city of Amersfoort. 150 opponents protesting.
100 counter protesters also appeared. Some arrests for throwing fireworks others for insulting police officers...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
EXPLOSIONS IN THE UKRAINIAN CITY OF KHARKOV LATE TONIGHT. THIS FOLLOWED AN AIR RAID WARNING FOR A RUSSIAN ATTACK...TASS RUSSIA
"The Constitution, our civil laws, regulations, mores, customs, practices, courtesies--all of it; the President simply ignores it all when he takes it into his head to act"
THOSE WORDS FROM US DISTRICT JUDGE WILLIAM YOUNG AS HE RULED AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
HIS RULING REGARDING THE DEPORTATION OF NON-CITIZENS INVOLVED IN PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
JUDGE YOUNG SAYING THAT THE DEPORTATIONS WERE LINKED TO THE EXERCISE OF PROTECTED POLITICAL SPEECH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE US CONSTITUTION.
THE JUDGE ALSO QUOTED HIS WIFE IN THE RULING SAYING REGARDING PRESIDENT TRUMP:
"He seems to be winning. He ignores everything and keeps bullying ahead."
...THE HILL USA
In Washington DC competing bills offered by Democrats and Republicans to maintain federal government spending for the next two months failed in the US Senate...(News Agencies)
A 6.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK THE CENTRAL PHILIPPINES.
AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE WERE KILLED ON THE ISLAND OF CEBU...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24
"You kill people and break things for a living. You are not politically correct..."
THAT'S SOME OF THE MESSAGE FROM US SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH AS HE SPOKE TO TOP US MILITARY COMMANDERS IN QUANTICO, VIRGINIA TODAY.
HEGSETH SENDING A MESSAGE OF A NEW WARRIOR ETHOS REVERSING POLICIES OF RECENT DECADES.
MR. HEGSETH SAYS THOSE POLICIES PRESENTED A BARRIER TO THE US MILITARY ACCOMPLISHING ITS MISSION...THE HILL USA...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed Of Hegseth Remarks)
ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI ORDERING THE STANDOWN OF AN ITALIAN NAVAL VESSEL PROTECTING THE GAZA RELIEF FLOTILLA.
SHE'S CALLING ON THE FLOTILLA TO TURN BACK CLAIMING IT THREATENS THE POSSIBILITY OF 'PEACE' IN GAZA.
THE FLOTILLA OF 40 PLUS SHIPS EXPECTED TO BE INTERCEPTED BY ISRAEL'S MILITARY IN THE COMING HOURS.
A SPANISH NAVAL VESSEL IS REPORTEDLY OFFERING ASSISTANCE TO THE FLOTILLA...DD GEOPOLITICS "X"....
LIVE VIDEO STREAM GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
The Houthi movement in Yemen says it will target US oil exporters.
Companies including Chevron, Exxon and Mobil on the Houthi target list.
Earlier this year following a 40-day US bombing campaign in Yemen the Houthis agreed not to attack US-linked shipping...News Agencies-Times Of Israel
IN WASHINGTON REPUBLICANS PUTTING THE ONUS ON DEMOCRATS TO PROVIDE CONGRESSIONAL VOTES TO KEEP THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING MONEY.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING OF 'IRREVERSIBLE FIRINGS' IF THE DEMOCRATS DON'T GO ALONG BEFORE THE MIDNIGHT DEADLINE.
A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WILL HAPPEN IF THE A DEAL IS NOT REACHED...BBC NEWS BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 81.82 points.
The NASDAQ rose 68.86 points.
At 450 pm New York Time the price of oil at 62 dollars 53 cents a barrel down 92 cents or 1.45 percent...Marketwatch
In Afghanistan the Taliban government shutting down the Internet. It follows a shutdown in parts of the country.
"Immorality" cited in connection with the total disconnection of Afghanistan from the internet...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
AT LEAST THREE DEAD WITH OTHERS FEARED TRAPPED UNDER RUBBLE FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF A SCHOOL BUILDING IN INDONESIA.
STUDENTS MOSTLY BOYS IN A PRAYER ROOM CAUGHT IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE BUILDING AFTER A CONCRETE FLOOR HAD BEEN POURED ON THE NEW FLOORS BEING BUILT ABOVE THEM.
THE SCHOOL IS SAID TO HAVE LACKED A PERMIT FOR THE NEW CONSTRUCTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN ISRAEL A RAUCOUS PARLIAMENTARY HEARING WITH GOVERNMENT MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SLAMMING ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARA.
SHE WAS SLAMMED ON THE MATTER OF A PANEL ON ORGANIZED CRIME.
BUT SHE WAS ALSO ATTACKED FOR INVESTIGATING ISRAELI SOLDIERS ACCUSED OF ABUSING PALESTINIAN PRISONERS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE ALLEGATION OF RAPE.
THE HEARING COMES AMIDST A BATTLE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SEEKING TO FIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
BAHARAV-MIARA OVERSEEING THE CURRENT CORRUPTION PROSECUTION OF MR. NETANYAHU AT HIS ONGOING CORRUPTION TRIAL.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS CALLED FOR THAT PROSECUTION TO END.
SHE IS INVOLVED IN OTHER CRIMINAL CASES LINKED TO THE PRIME MINISTER INCLUDING THE 'QATARGATE' CASE INVOLVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GIVEN BY QATAR TO AIDES OF NETANYAHU...TIMES OF ISRAEL
South Korea's National Security Adviser not optimistic about a currency swap arrangement sought with the United States to safeguard 350 billion dollars of investment in the US.
That investment demanded by President Trump as a major condition for the US to drop high tariffs on South Korea.
Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac saying that South Korea's currency swap proposal to the US will be difficult to pull off to achieve a trade deal with the US.
Wi noting other conditions will need to be met for a trade deal but he is not 'that pessimistic'...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
135-THOUSAND RUSSIANS AGED 18 TO 30 BEING DRAFTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE BETWEEN OCTOBER 1ST AND DECEMBER 31ST.
A CONSCRIPTION ORDER SIGNED BY RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER ANDREI BOLOUSOV...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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