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ISSUES ARE UNRESOLVED AFTER TODAY'S US-URKAINE TALKS LIKE THE NOTION OF 'SECURITY GUARANTEES' FOR UKRAINE FROM THE US AND OTHER NATIONS.
THIS ACCORDING TO THE 'WALL STREET JOURNAL' QUOTING A SENIOR US OFFICIAL...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"Governor Walz? You mean, the incompetent governor? So, if they want to release it, it's okay with me to release it."
President Trump on social media this evening answering Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's challenge to release MRI test results involving Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump started the back and forth with an earlier holiday weekend social media attack on Governor Walz over crime and Somali immigrants.
In that post Trump described Mr. Walz as 'retarded'...
THE HILL USA
POPE LEO BEGINNING A VISIT TO LEBANON TODAY. THE PONTIFF MEETING POLITICAL LEADERSHIP THEN VISITING NUNS AS A MONASTERY...CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Tens of thousands protesting in Madrid today demanding an end to the government led by Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
The protest organized by the main opposition Peoples Party focusing on corruption linked to Mr. Sanchez...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN SWITERLAND VOTERS GIVING THE THUMBS DOWN ON TWO ISSUES.
ONE REFERENDUM INVOLVED DRAFTING WOMEN FOR MILITARY SERVICE. 84 PERCENT VOTED NO.
MEN ARE CURRENTLY OBLIGED TO DO MILITARY SERVICE. FOR WOMEN IT IS VOLUNTARY.
THE OTHER ISSUE INVOLVED TAXATION OF INHERITANCES AND GIFTS EXCEEDING 50 MILLION SWISS FRANCS (62.15 MILLLION US DOLLARS) AT A 50 PERCENT RATE.
THAT PROPOSAL RECEIVED A 78 PERCENT NO VOTE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
NETANYAHU PARDON REQUEST UPDATE
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Inside Israel tonight the public debate over the pardon request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
One common thread in the debate and news leaks that may come from Mr. Netanyahu's camp itself talk of a compromise or a conditional pardon.
The rules regarding a pardon by President Issac Herzog say that the person seeking a pardon must admit their guilt among other things...
Times Of Israel Blog
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet President Vladimir Putin this week. This will follow a meeting with Ukrainian officials in the United States that included Mr. Witkoff...Tass Russia
THE DUTCH INTERIOR MINISTER IN THE OUTGOING GOVERNMENT CRITICAL OF THE TONE OF PARTY OF FREEDOM LEADER GEERT WILDERS.
INTERIOR MINISTER FRANK RIJKAART SAYS THAT THE PRO-ISRAEL, ANTI-MASS IMMIGRATION POLITICIAN IS MAKING 'VERY CRUDE STATEMENTS' THAT 'RUB AGAINST THE EDGES' OF WHAT IT IS ACCPETABLE TO SAY.
WILDERS HAS PROMOTED COMMUNITY OPPOSITION ACROSS THE NETHERLANDS TO ASYLUM SEEKERS CENTERS.
MR, RIJKAART SAYS THAT LOCAL OFFICIALS MAKING DECISIONS ON ASYLUM SEEKERS CENTERS INCREASINGLY FACE THREATS AND INTIMIDATION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally requesting a pardon from Israel's President Issac Herzog.
Weeks ago US President Donald Trump wrote President Herzog to request a pardon.
The normal procedure for pardon requests is for the person wanting to be pardoned or their family members to request it.
The 111-page pardon request comes amidst a lengthy corruption trial involving Mr. Netanyahu.
The trial delayed by constant warfare even after a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict.
It is argued in the pardon request that Mr. Netanyahu needs to devote his full energy and attention to "Israel's progress in these critical times"...
NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
TIMES OF ISRAEL
IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA FOUR KILLED AND 10 OTHERS WOUNDED IN A MASS SHOOTING ATTACK.
IT HAPPENED AT A BANQUET HALL DURING A CHILD'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.
THE SUSPECT HAS NOT BEEN CAPTURED YET...KCRA 3 (VIDEO EMBED)
In Gaza three killed by Israeli forces including two children.
Two brothers 8 and 11 years old said to be collecting firewood when they crossed the Yellow Line between Hamas and Israeli control.
The two boys defined as 'suspects' by Israel's military who also reporting killing a third individual identified as a terrorist.
The official Israeli statement saying the airstrike that killed the two boys was carried out due to 'suspicious activity in the ground' the activity said to be 'in a way that posed an immediate threat'.
The story from the Palestinian side is that they were collecting firewood for their wheelchair bound father...News Agencies-Times of Israel
Venezuela rebuffing US President Donald Trump's social media message this weekend declaring airspace 'above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety'.
Trump's message called a 'colonialist threat' and described as 'extravagant, illegal and unjustified aggression against the Venezuelan people'.
This latest message from Mr. Trump comes amid a US military buildup near Venezuela and weeks of deadly attacks on boats linked to drug trafficking.
The "New York Times" reporting on a phone conversation in recent days between Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and President Trump...
The "Wall Street Journal" reporting this weekend that Trump told Maduro in that phone call that the Venezuelan president must leave office.
If he doesn't US will consider other options...AFP France-France 24...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
Violence in the town of Giessen, Germany as thousands of left-wing demonstrators sought to disrupt the organization of a new youth wing for the Alternative for Germany Party.
The AfD, commonly called far-right, forced to create a new youth group after its former youth organization was declared an 'extremist group' by Germany's domestic intelligence agency...TRT World Turkey (Türkiye)
TODAY A UKRAINIAN DELEGATION IN MIAMI TO DISCUSS ENDING THE FIGHTING IN THE UKRAINE WAR.
THEY ARE MEETING US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO ALONG WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF AND MR. TRUMP'S SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Belgium is resisting European Union efforts to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine.
Prime Minister Bart de Wever saying the proposal is 'fundamentally wrong'. He also said it violates international law and would lead to uncertainty and fear in financial markets.
Belgium holds the largest amount of frozen Russian assets in Europe 183 billion euros (212.19 billion US dollars).
The European Union seeks to use frozen Russian assets in Europe as collateral for a 140 billion euro loan to Ukraine (162.33 billion US dollars)...The Guardian UK The Guardian UK
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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