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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Belgium tonight four suspects in custody after six people were stabbed two critically at a Kurdish rally.
The attackers mingled in with the protest in the city of Antwerp.
The Kurds protesting the Turkish-backed Syrian government takeover of eastern Syria and the end of United States support for Syrian Kurds...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN ISRAEL FOUR ARAB PARTIES OPTING FOR A RETURN TO THEIR JOINT LIST FOR THIS OCTOBER'S ELECTION.
THE ARRANGEMENT AGREED TO AT AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE PARTIES TONIGHT.
CRIME AND POLICING ARE MAJOR ISSUES AMONG ISRAEL'S ARAB MINORITY WITH OPPOSITION TO NATIONALIST POLICIES OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S GOVERNMENT RUNNING HIGH...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The European Union's foreign policy chief says President Trump's Board of Peace must be narrowly focused on Gaza.
The board's charter speaking of a wider role for its work appears to supplant the current role of the United Nations and its Security Council in maintaining world peace...Reuters-Times of Israel
PRESIDENT TRUMP LAUNCHING A FIVE BILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST FINANCIAL GIANT JP MORGAN CHASE.
MR. TRUMP SUING IN A FLORIDA STATE COURT ALLEGING HE WAS DEBANKED FOLLOWING THE JANUARY 6TH PROTEST AT THE US CAPITOL IN 2021 FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL REASONS...THE HILL USA
THE BIDEN SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH TESTIFYING BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TODAY.
MR. SMITH DEFENDING HIS PROSECUTION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP...BBC NEWS BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 306.78 points or .63 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 211.20 points or .91 percent.
At 822 pm New York Time the price of oil at 59 dollars 63 cents a barrel up 27 cents from the day's close...Marketwatch
The French Navy seizing an oil tanker that left Russia. The seizure happened in the Mediterranean Sea.
French President Emmanuel Macron says the tanker was linked to sanctions against Russia...Tass Russia...Emmanuel Macron "X"
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING OF A 'VERY GOOD' MEETING WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY.
TRUMP SAYING HE WANTS THE UKRAINE WAR TO END.
THE US WILL MEDIATE TALKS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TOMORROW AND SATURDAY...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)
In Gaza today four Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks...Al Jazeera Qatar Blog
TRUMP BOARD OF PEACE SIGNING IN DAVOS BRINGS MANY WORLD LEADERS TOGETHER, OTHERS SKEPTICAL
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)
At the World Economic Forum in Davos US President Donald Trump hosting a ceremony to sign a charter for his "Board of Peace".
Trump sending a message to stock markets saying 'things are really calming down' in his speech.
Many Middle Eastern nations including Israel joining the board originally pitched as an institution to deal with the Gaza War.
But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed by Mr. Trump threaten to restart that war in March if Hamas does not 'disarm'.
Three Egyptian killed in one of the latest Israeli attacks in Gaza yesterday where a ceasefire is said to be in force.
Two nations have expressed firm opposition to the Board of Peace, France and Sweden.
They are concerned the board is an attempt to replace the United Nations.
Other nations like Britain and Canada skeptical citing the invitation extended to Russian President Vladimir Putin to join the board.
Mr. Trump mentioned a renewed push to end fighting in the Ukraine War as he spoke today at the ceremony...
HUNDREDS OF US ARMY MILITARY POLICE SAID TO BE ON STAND-BY TO DEPLOY TO MINNEAPOLIS.
THEY WOULD SUPPORT THE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) CRACKDOWN IN THE TWIN CITIES AREA.
EARLIER TROOPS OF THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION WERE PUT ON STANDBY FOR DEPLOYMENT...MS NOW USA
In Australia the rural National Party breaking from the Liberal Party over Liberal support for the Labor Party government "hate crimes" law.
This effecting splits the traditional coalition between the two parties in two. It's been a coalition that held up for decades.
The move comes at a time when the populist anti-Islamization One Nation Party is rising in opinion polls threatening to upend the opposition ranks in Australian politics.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, a House of Representatives member, left the National Party to join One Nation last year...Bloomberg-Straits Times Singapore*
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