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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Hong Kong media tycoon given a 20-year prison sentence for violating the Chinese territory's "security law".
Others in his media company given sentences for violating the same law in a Hong Kong court Monday morning...BBC News Blog
TWO EXPLOSIONS IN ODESSA, UKRAINE LATE TONIGHT. AIR RAID WARNINGS ACROSS WIDE AREAS OF UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA
The Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl 60.
ANTONIO JOSE SEGURO WINNING THE PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HE IS A FORMER SOCIALIST LEADER. SEGURO DEFEATING POPULIST ANDRE VENTURA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN THAILAND A VICTORY FOR NATIONALIST POPULIST PRIME MINISTER ANUTIN CHARNVIRAKUL IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.
HIS BHUMJAITHAI PARTY WINNING BY A WIDE MARGIN OVER PARTIES FURTHER TO THE LEFT RIDING A WAVE OF NATIONALISM FOLLOWING THE RECENT WAR WITH CAMBODIA.
THE ARMY HAS UNELECTED SEATS IN PARLIAMENT THAT WILL ADD TO THE WIDE NATIONALIST MAJORITY...REUTERS
Six people killed in the collapse of a building in Tripoli, Lebanon. Seven were injured with an unknown number of people buried in the wreckage...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff calling it quits.
Morgan McSweeney taking "full responsibility" for making Peter Mandelson Ambassador to the United States in spite of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Two acting chiefs of staff appointed to replace Mr. McSweeney...BBC News Blog
RUSSIA HAS TWO SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY IN THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A GENERAL IN MOSCOW ON FRIDAY.
ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS ARRESTED IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND TURNED OVER TO RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES.
RUSSIA LINKING THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT TO UKRAINE WITH THE UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES DENYING RESPONSIBILITY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Saudi Arabia rebuffing Israeli reporting accusing it of Antisemitism.
A Saudi source saying there is strong criticism of Israeli policy in Saudi media because of the policies of its government.
The source saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not want normal relations with Saudi Arabia that include Israeli recognition of a Palestinian state under 'minimum criteria".
Saudi clerics are preaching messages critical of Israel with the wealthy United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf described as 'enablers' of Israel...Times of Israel
SAUDI ARABIA CITING 'FOREIGN INTERFERENCE' BY 'SOME PARTIES' IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR FOLLOWING DEADLY ATTACKS ON REFUGEES BY THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF).
THE SAUDIS DID NOT NAME THE FOREIGN PARTIES INTERFERING BUT IT IS KNOWN THAT THE RSF IS SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WHO ALSO SUPPORT A FACTION OPPOSED TO THE INTERNATIONALLY BACKED GOVERNMENT IN YEMEN BACKED BY SAUDI ARABIA...AL JAZEERA QATAR...
MORE SUDAN CIVIL WAR NEWS LATER IN SUMMARY.
Eight killed in an explosion in China. It happened at a biotechnology facility in Shuozhou 400 kilometers west of Beijing.
ITS ELECTION DAY IN JAPAN WITH PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI SEEKING A MANDATE FROM VOTERS FOLLOWING HER ELECTION AS LEADER OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THE LDP WINNING A MAJORITY IN JAPAN'S LOWER HOUSE ACCORDING TO EXIT POLLING GIVING TAKAICHI A MAJOR VICTORY...NHK WORLD...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In Odessa, Ukraine explosions late Saturday night. The air raid alert was on for a Russian attack...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
IN ISRAEL A MAN ARRESTED AFTER WHAT POLICE SAY WAS AN OILY SUBSTANCE THROWN ON AN ELDERLY MAN PROTESTING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. THE MAN HURT IN THE EYE.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENING IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF BEERSHEBA WITH THE ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS SAYING GASOLINE WAS USED IN THE ATTACK.
A CAR WITH THE WRITING 'LEFTIST TRAITORS' CAME UP ON THE DEMONSTRATORS A MAN SHOUTING 'ONLY BIBI' DURING THE ATTACK...TIMES OF ISRAEL (SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO EMBEDS)
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ANNOUNCING A TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC THIS WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS IRAN WITH US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
NETANYAHU'S OFFICE SPEAKING OF THE NEED FOR US-IRAN TALKS TO ADDRESS THE 'IRANIAN AXIS' LIKE HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON AND IRAN'S CONVENTIONAL MISSILE ARSENAL ALONGSIDE ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM...TIMES OF ISRAEL
24 killed in a drone attack on refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan's Civil War.
The Rapid Support Forces fighting the Sudanese Army held responsible for the attack. The RSF is supported by the United Arab Emirates.
On Friday drone attacks on humanitarian relief convoys in Sudan the attacks condemned by the United States and United Nations...Al Jazeera Qatar
An FBI document in the Epstein Files says that Jeffrey Epstein was being trained by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak as a spy.
This appears to contradict the notion presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Friday social media post.
Netanyahu arguing Epstein's connection to his vocal political opponent Mr. Barak disproves any Epstein connection with Israel...TRT World Turkey (Türkiye)
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO ESTABLISH A CEASEFIRE IN THE UKRAINE WAR BY JUNE.
ZELENSKY MENTIONING TALKS TO ACHIEVE A CEASEFIRE IN MIAMI IN THE COMING WEEK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Under pressure from the United States, the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti installing new Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime.
The US deploying a warship and two Coast Guard vessels in recent days to waters near Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince.
Last month four members of the now dissolved Presidential Council tried to remove Mr. Fils-Aime from the council prior to his appointment. This led the US to revoke visas for those council members.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with a statement saying the new Prime Minister needs to stay in power 'to combat terrorist gangs and stabilize the island'...Al Jazeera Qatar
Pakistani authorities making four arrests in the deadly suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in Islamabad on Friday.
ISIS took responsibility for the attack in which 32 were killed and 169 wounded...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
At the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics Friday night jeers and boos from the crowd for US Vice-President JD Vance as he led the American delegation.
Israel's delegation also booed by the crowd...Middle East Monitor
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