(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)
News of the Iran War but first....
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
"We can't lose focus on what's going on in Ukraine and the need for our support"
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking alongside the visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky's visit in the midst of the Iran War with Starmer driving home an anti-Russia message in front of the media.
Mr. Starmer saying "Putin can't be the one who benefits from the conflict in Iran" emphasizing the need for 'resolve' in supporting Ukraine...EURONEWS
China announcing humanitarian aid for nations in the Middle East impacted by the Iran War. They include Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaking of 'grave humanitarian catastrophes' caused by the war in multiple countries...AFP France-Dawn Pakistan
The UK, Netherlands and Finland joining together to finance purchases of defense equipment and supplies.
The Multilateral Defense Mechanism set to launch next year is also rooted in the notion that other nations with good credit ratings will join the transnational financial institution...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER JOE KENT RESIGNING.
KENT SAYING A CAMPAIGN OF MISINFORMATION ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL'S INTERESTS LED TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DECIDING TO GO TO WAR WITH IRAN.
MR. KENT APPOINTED TO HIS POSITION BY PRESIDENT TRUMP...AL JAZEERA QATAR
Deadly bombing attacks in northeastern Nigeria last night.
At least 23 killed and more than 100 wounded in three suicide attacks in the city of Maiduguri.
These bombings appear to be linked to the Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IRAN WAR DAY 18
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IRAN SAYS AN 'ENEMY PROJECTILE' HIT NEAR ITS BUSHEHR NUCLEAR REACTOR.
IRAN CONFIRMING THE DEATH OF THE COMMANDER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS 'BASIJ' UNIT...ISRAEL SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)
ROCKET AND DRONE ATTACKS AGAINST THE US EMBASSY COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD THIS EVENING.
THEY ARE IN RESPONSE TO US ATTACKS ON MILITIAS AFFILIATED WITH IRAN IN IRAQ.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EXPRESSING ANGER WITH NATO ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR REFUSING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WAR USING THEIR NAVAL FORCES IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
BUT SPEAKING TO REPORTERS MR. TRUMP SAYING 'WE DON'T NEED ANY HELP'.
FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SAYING HIS COUNTRY IS 'NOT PARTY TO THE CONFLICT' WHEN SPEAKING OF NON-PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY ACTIONS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
THE DEATH TOLL FROM ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON NOW 912 ACCORDING TO THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT.
ISRAEL CLAIMING THE ASSASSINATION OF IRAN'S SECURITY CHIEF ALI LARIJANI.
ISRAEL ALSO CLAIMS THE ASSASSINATION OF GHOLAMREZA SOLEIMANI LEADER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS BASIJ FORCE.
EXPLOSIONS IN FOUR MAJOR IRANIAN CITIES AS ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE.
ISRAEL CONTINUING AIR ATTACKS ON LEBANON.
The markets today...
"Any claim to the contrary appears geared solely to mislead oil traders and the public"
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denying any channel of communication between him and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.
Araghchi linking reporting about such a channel of communication as an attempt to rig oil prices to a lower level...BARAK RAVID AXIOS-ISRAEL CHANNEL 12 "X"
In South Korea President Lee Jae Myung calling for measures to meet the worst-case scenario if the Iran War drags on.
IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN VOTERS APPROVING A NEW CONSTITUTION.
90 PERCENT OF THE VOTES IN FAVOR OF IT WITH A 70 PERCENT VOTER TURNOUT.
THE DOCUMENT STRENGTHENS THE POWER OF PRESIDENT KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV.
IT ALSO CREATES A NEW POSITION OF VICE-PRESIDENT AND CHANGES THE COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT AMONG OTHER PROVISIONS...EURONEWS
A Palestinian woman released from a US immigration detention center after being held for more than a year.
Leqaa Kordia's arrest followed her participation in protests opposing Israel's military offensive in Gaza staged at Columbia University.
Kordia's release comes in response to a third ruling in favor of her release by a federal judge the two previous orders contested in appeals courts...NBC News USA
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