(SERIVCE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING IN THE 8-11 PM EASTERN US TIME PERIOD EXPECTING POSTING TO END AROUND 11 PM)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
An internet outage in parts of New Zealand earlier this week caused by an Australian warship.
The flagship of the Australian Navy the Landing Helicopter Dock ship "Canberra" sailing into Wellington, New Zealand when the crew discovered its navigational radar was stepping on wi-fi frequencies.
The crew corrected the problem...One News New Zealand
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)
"They won't be enriching"
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING ABOUT A POSSIBLE NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN.
NEWS STORIES IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA KEEP POPPING UP ABOUT IRAN BEING ALLOWED TO ENRICH URANIUM.
THOSE STORIES MAY BE LEAKS DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE THE FINAL OUTCOME OF THE TALKS POSSIBLY ORIGINATING FROM ISRAEL...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Elon Musk on "X" tonight touting "The America Party".
80 percent of those responding to his online poll supporting a new political party.
Musk saying the party is needed to represent the "80 percent in the middle"...Elon Musk "X"
ABOUT 1.7 MILLION WINDOW AIR CONDITIONERS RECALLED AFTER 17 CUSTOMERS WERE SICKENED BY MOLD GROWTH.
THE MIDEA U AND U+ AIR CONDITIONERS MAY FAIL TO DRAIN QUICKLY CAUSING POTENTIALLY HARMFUL MOLD GROWTH...THE HILL USA
An internet outage in North Korea where it's now Saturday. A researcher in the UK who monitors the internet suggesting the outage is internal and not the result of any cyberattack...Reuters-Asia One Singapore
FOUR UKRAINIAN DRONES ATTEMPTING TO ATTACK MOSCOW TAKEN DOWN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
At the request of Israel, the United States considering pumping 500 million dollars into the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation".
The GHF an Israeli-US operation designed to bring food into Gaza without the involvement of the Hamas organization...Times of Israel
A US DELEGATION WILL TALK TO CHINESE OFFICIALS IN LONDON ON MONDAY. THESE TALKS RELATED TO THE ONGOING ECONOMIC CONFLICT BETWEEN THE US AND CHINA...OSINTdefender "X"
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOUTING THE WORDS OF ATTORNEY DAVID SCHOEN WHO SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING INCRIMINATING MR. TRUMP RELATED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN...TRUTH SOCIAL POST...
SCHOEN, WHO DEFENDED PRESIDENT TRUMP DURING HIS SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, HIRED TO DEFEND EPSTEIN NINE DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH.
MR. SCHOEN ALSO A LAWYER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FORMER ADVISOR STEVE BANNON AND PRO-TRUMP REPUBLICAN OPERATIVE ROGER STONE...DAVID SCHOEN WIKIPEDIA...
MEANWHILE LEGAL SCHOLAR ALAN DERSHOWITZ, THE ACHITECT OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S 2007 FEDERAL PLEA DEAL FOLLOWING HIS FIRST INDICTMENT ON SEX-TRAFFICKING CHARGES, SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF A PARDON FOR GHISLAINE MAXWELL.
MAXWELL SERVING A 20-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE AS AN ACCOMPLICE OF EPSTEIN BUT DERSHOWITZ SAYING:
"Certainly she should get a commutation. The sentence was way, way, way in excess of anything she was alleged to have done.
She was in part a victim of Epstein.
The fact that Epstein died made her a primary target and caused an excessive sentence to her.
Some executive clemency is very much warranted in her case"...
DAILY MAIL UK
"There was hostages in this country"
Those words from "Proud Boys" leader Enrique Tarrio as he and four other leaders of the group filed suit in federal court.
They allege their constitutional rights were violated in their prosecution by the US Justice Department over January 6th.
Arrest without probable cause, fake incriminating evidence, pretrial detention without bail often in solitary confinement mentioned in the lawsuit.
Damages of least 100 million dollars being sought with additional unspecified damages mentioned in the court filing...Associated Press USA
Russian air defenses taking down 82 Ukrainian drones during the afternoon and evening hours.
The drones taken down in the Moscow Region and six other regions of Russia...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
A FORMER POLICE CHIEF WHO ESCAPED FROM AN ARKSANAS PRISON IS BACK IN CUSTODY.
GRANT HARDIN, CONVICTED OF RAPE AND MURDER, RECAPTURED JUST A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE PRISON HE ESCAPED FROM ON MAY 25TH.
TRACKING DOGS PICKED UP HARDIN'S SCENT JUST BEFORE HE WAS CAPTURED...BBC NEWS
There's been a federal appeals court ruling in favor of the White House and against the Associated Press.
The White House banning the AP from access to President Trump's activities over the news agency's refusal to rename the "Gulf of Mexico" the "Gulf of America".
President Trump on social media calling the ruling a "Big WIN"...TRUTH SOCIAL POST
TWO EMERGENCY RULINGS FROM THE US SUPREME COURT IN FAVOR OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY CASES.
THE FIRST RULING ALLOWS THE "DOGE" ACCESS TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
THE SECOND RULING REVERSES A LOWER COURT RULING ALLOWING A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACCESS LAWSUIT AGAINST "DOGE" TO PROCEED FORWARD...THE HILL USA
Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the United States from a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Garcia's case a major political matter his deportation in spite of a federal judge's ruling against.
His return follows a federal indictment against him for smuggling illegal immigrants into the US.
Garcia now facing trial in this country...SKY NEWS UK
IN GERMANY FIVE PEOPLE INJURED WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY AN SUV. NONE OF THE INJURIES LIFE THREATENING.
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE INCIDENT IN THE TOWN FRIEDRICHSTADT WAS AN ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE SAID TO HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
British politics the Chairman of Reform UK Zia Yusuf resigned yesterday.
His shock resignation it came a day after he distanced himself from Reform MP Sarah Pochin.
Pochin asked Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Parliament about a ban on the burka.
Yusuf, who is Muslim, called the question a 'dumb' thing to ask in a social media post.
In his resignation Mr. Yusuf saying serving as Reform UK chair would no longer be a 'good use of my time'.
Some inside the party telling the media he was sick of 'online abuse'...SKY NEWS UK
IN SPAIN'S CANARY ISLANDS A CRACKDOWN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING.
RAIDS CONDUCTED ON AN OPERATION THAT SMUGGLED COCAINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA BY SPEEDBOAT.
48 ARRESTS ALONG WITH THE SEIZURE OF NEARLY FOUR TONS OF COCAINE.
THE CRIMINAL GANG SAID TO HAVE USED 11 SPEEDBOATS IN ITS OPERATION...BBC NEWS
Four Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip. Five other soldiers wounded when a bomb exploded inside a building...Israel National News
THE ISRAELI NAVY GEARING UP TO STOP THE SHIP 'MADLEEN' OF THE LEFT-WING 'GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA'
THE SHIP'S EFFORT TO REACH GAZA INCLUDES CELEBRITY PASSENGERS MOST NOTABLY THE CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT REJECTING AN ISRAEL REQUEST TO STOP THE BRITISH FLAGGED VESSEL.
ONE ISRAELI OFFICIAL DISSING THE PROTEST OF ITS WAR POLICIES IN GAZA AS 'THE SELFIE FLOTILLA'.
AT MIDDAY EASTERN US TIME THE 'MADLEEN' WAS NORTH OF THE COAST OF EGYPT EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT IT WILL REACH GAZA TOMORROW...TIMES OF ISRAEL...Freedom Flotilla Coalition "X"
IS THE US POKING IRAN AND CHINA?
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)
A NEW SET OF US SANCTIONS ON IRAN.
THEY COME AS US-IRAN TALKS ARE UNDERWAY TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE OVER ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
THE MOVE COULD BE INTERPRETED BY IRAN AS A PROVOCATION AN ATTEMPT TO GET IRAN TO PULL OUT OF THE NUCLEAR TALKS.
NEWS LEAKED OUT FROM ISRAEL IN THE LAST 24 HOURS STRESSING ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN WOULD HAPPEN IF THE US-IRAN TALKS FAIL.
10 INDIVIDUALS AND 27 ENTITIES NAMED IN THE SANCTIONS AIMED AT CUTTING OFF IRAN'S EXPORT OF OIL TO OTHER NATIONS PARTICULARLY CHINA.
CHINA COULD INTERPRET THESE SANCTIONS AS PROVOCATIVE AS WELL...TIMES OF ISRAEL
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE US REMAINED AT 4.2 PERCENT LAST MONTH WITH 139,000 NEW JOBS ADDED. JOB GROWTH IN THE PREVIOUS TWO MONTHS WAS REVISED DOWNWARD BY 95,000 JOBS...BLOOMBERG-YAHOO
Russia's Central Bank lowering the key lending rate for the first time in three years. The new rate a one percent to 20 percent...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 443.13 points or 1.05 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 231.50 points or 1.2 percent.
Tonight the price of oil in New York closed at 64 dollars 77 cents a barrel up one dollar 40 cents or 2.21 percent...Marketwatch
PROSECUTORS IN PARIS ACCUSING THREE SERBS OF VANDALIZING THREE JEWISH SITES LAST FRIDAY NIGHT WITH PAINT.
THE VANDALS ARE SAID TO HAVE ACTED ON BEHALF OF A FOREIGN POWER.
A SOURCE LEAKING TO THE MEDIA THAT RUSSIA IS THE NATION SUSPECTED...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
IN UKRAINE THREE KILLED (NEWS AGENCIES) IN RUSSIAN ATTACKS LAST NIGHT.
PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WANTS MORE PRESSURE ON RUSSIA FROM FOREIGN NATIONS.
ZELENSKY SAYS THAT MORE THAN 400 DRONES AND 40 MISSILES WERE USED IN THE ATTACKS. HE ADMITS THAT NOT ALL OF THEM WERE SHOT DOWN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In Gaza the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" shutting down food distribution at its food distributing facility.
The US-Israeli backed group citing safety concerns.
The UN says that 2,700 children in Gaza are now suffering from what it describes as "acute malnutrition".
Israeli currently block international relief agencies from bringing food into Gaza...Al Jazeera Qatar Blog
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CONFIRMING SUPPORT FOR A JIHADIST GROUP IN GAZA.
NETANYAHU SAYING SUPPORT FOR ABU SHABAB CLAN SAVES THE LIVES OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND PUBLICIZING ISRAELI SUPPORT FOR IT HELPS HAMAS.
FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER AVIGDOR LIBERMAN SAYS THE GROUP IS A CRIMINAL GANG LINKED TO ISLAMIC STATE (DAESH).
THE ABU SHABAB FORCES BEING USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE US-ISRAELI 'GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION' EFFORT TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD AID...BBC NEWS
The "Wall Street Journal" putting out a news story about Iran saying that Iran is involved in chemical purchases from China. Those chemical purchases linked to possible use in missiles...Laurence Norman "X"
NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL FORMER DUTCH PRIME MINISTER MARK RUTTE SAYING MOST NATO COUNTRIES ARE READY TO ACCEPT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DEFENSE SPENDING DEMAND.
TRUMP HAS CALLED ON NATO NATIONS TO SPEND FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR GDP ON DEFENSE.
MR. RUTTE SPEAKING OF 'BROAD SUPPORT' ADDING 'WE ARE REALLY CLOSE' WHEN IT COMES TO MR. TRUMP DEFENSE SPENDING TARGET.
IN LESS THAN THREE WEEKS THE NATO SUMMIT IS BEING HELD IN THE NETHERLANDS AND RUTTE IS CONFIDENT AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED BY THEN...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS USA
NORTH KOREA ABLE TO RAISE A CAPSIZED WARSHIP THAT WENT UNDERWATER DURING A FAILED LAUNCH ATTEMPT.
STATE MEDIA SAYING THE SHIP IS NOW MOORED TO A PIER. PLANS ARE TO FULLY RESTORE THE WARSHIP IN THE WEEKS AHEAD...Al Jazeera Qatar
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
