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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE 17TH US ATTACK ON A BOAT LINKED TO NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING. THREE KILLED IN TODAY'S ATTACK IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
US SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH DESCRIBING THE ATTACK AS A 'LETHAL KINETIC STRIKE' ON A 'VESSEL OPERATED BY A DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATION'...CNN USA
Cuts in airline flights starting tomorrow at 40 major US airports.
The initial cuts four percent gradually increasing to 10 percent by the end of next week.
The cuts necessitated by the federal government shutdown with air traffic controllers forced to work without pay and in some instances calling out sick more often.
Delays in flights have been recorded at airports across the country in recent days...USA TODAY
TONIGHT, THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT DENYING A REPORT FROM REUTERS THAT THE US WILL DEPLOY TROOPS TO AN AIRBASE NEAR DAMASCUS.
THE US DEPLOYMENT SAID TO BE PART OF A SECURITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SYRIA.
THE BASE BEING TOUTED AS A PLACE FOR THE US MILITARY TO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE, REFUELLING AND HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS.
SYRIA'S NEW PRESIDENT FORMER JIHADIST LEADER AHMED AL-SHARAA SET TO MEET US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE MONDAY...THE TELEGRAPH UK-YAHOO NEWS
A 51-49 vote in the US Senate rejecting a resolution against the use of US military force in Venezuela.
All 47 Democrats in favor with Republicans Rand Paul of Kentucky and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joining the 49 YES votes. The other 51 Republicans were the NO votes...(News Agencies)
ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL AND JUSTICE MINISTER IN CONFLICT OVER THE JUSTICE MINISTER'S APPOINTMENT OF A JUDGE TO OVERSEE A MAJOR LEAK CASE.
THE AG ACCUSING THE MINISTER OF ABUSING HIS AUTHORITY.
THE LEAK IS IN INVESTIGATION OF FIVE ISRAELI SOLDIERS ACCUSED OF ABUSING A PALESTINIAN PRISONER WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SIMULATION OF RAPE.
THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN WANTS ITS JUDGE TO HANDLE THE CASE WHILE THE INDEPENDENT ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS IT IS HER RIGHT TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT.
THE JUSTICE MINISTER ADAMANTLY REJECTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPPOSITION TO HIS APPOINTMENT OF THE JUDGE...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The return of three Chinese astronauts from the "Tiangong" space station delayed.
Their spacecraft may have been damaged by space debris.
A thorough check of the craft will be needed before any return of the crew that manned the space station before the recent arrival of a new crew...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE ORDERING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE FULL 'SNAP' FOOD BENEFIT PAYMENTS.
JUDGE JOHN MCCONNELL REJECTING THE ADMINISTRATION PLAN FOR PARTIAL PAYMENTS USING EMERGENCY FUNDS THIS MONTH...THE HILL USA
Air traffic suspended at the Landvetter Airport in Goteburg, Sweden this evening when one or more drones were sighted...SVT Sweden (Translation Prompt)
A JURY IN WASHINGTON DC FINDING A MAN ACCUSED OF THROWING A HOAGIE SANDWICH AT A FEDERAL AGENT NOT GUILTY OF MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT.
THE CASE INVOLVED FORMER DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL SEAN DUNN.
DUNN EXPRESSED HIS DISGUST FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CRACKDOWN ON CRIME BY THROWING THE SANDWICH...THE HILL USA
President Trump announcing a deal with drug makers regarding the price of GLP-1 weight-reducing drugs.
The deal involving drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound will put their costs at between 50 and 350 dollars a month depending on insurance coverage.
Under the deal the price of the drugs to the US government is being reduced allowing for a 50 dollar Medicare copay for them...NBC News USA
Israeli military escalation in southern Lebanon.
A wave of attacks aimed at Hezbollah forces in Lebanon aligned with Iran.
For its part Hezbollah said it has a 'legitimate right to defend ourselves against an enemy that imposes war on our country'...Al Jazeera Qatar...
Israel and the United States pressuring Lebanon to move forward with disarmament of Hezbollah.
Speaking to top Israeli military commanders in September Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying 'we need to destroy the Iranian axis...this is what stands before us in the coming year...'.
Hezbollah considered part of that "Iranian axis"...Jerusalem Post September Story
SUDAN'S MILITARY LEADER GENERAL ABDEL FATTAH AL BURHAN VOWING 'REVENGE' AND 'VICTORY' AGAINST THE RIVAL RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF) IN THE COUNTRY'S CIVIL WAR.
THIS FOLLOWING THE RSF TAKEOVER OF THE SOUTHERN CITY OF AL FASHER AND OTHER AREAS.
ATROCITIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED THERE INCLUDING MASS MURDERS AND RAPE...TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)
Off the coast of Somalia a pirate attack on a tanker.
Pirates boarding the vessel in the Indian Ocean amid renewed pirate activity in the area.
In recent days an Iranian fishing vessel seized nearby to be used as a base of operations for piracy according to a British security firm...The Independent UK
THE FBI MAKING TWO MORE ARRESTS IN A TERRORISM INVESTIGATION THAT STARTED WITH ARRESTS IN MICHIGAN RELATED TO A 'POTENTIAL TERRORIST ATTACK'.
THE SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN NEW JERSEY AND WASHINGTON STATE...THE HILL USA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 398.70 points or .84 percent.
The NASDAQ fell 445.80 points or 1.9 percent.
At 439 pm New York Time the oil price at 59 dollars 54 cents a barrel down six cents...MARKETWATCH
Israel's Channel 12 reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing forward with a law to soften requirements for Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to serve in Israel's military.
This is being done to cement support for Netanyahu's government from the religious parties.
Israel's High Court has ruled that the Ultra-Orthodox must be drafted and the Attorney General has prodded the government to act.
Draft notices have led to mass protests in Israel and some acts of violence...Times of Israel
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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