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News of the Iran War but first....
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A UNITED METHODIST PASTOR IN MISSOURI SUSPENDED FOR A PROBE OF HER TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
REV. STEPHANIE REMINGTON SERVED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR EPSTEIN AND A PROPERTY MANAGER FOR EPSTEIN'S LITTLE SAINT JAMES ISLAND.
REMINGTON ACKNOWLEDGING SHE KNEW EPSTEIN WAS A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER.
SHE SAYS SHE SAW NOTHING WHILE WORKING FOR EPSTEIN FROM AUGUST 2018 TO MAY 2019 JUST MONTHS BEFORE EPSTEIN'S SECOND ARREST AND DEATH IN PRISON...THE HILL USA
The Greek newspaper "Kathimerini" says the probe of a fire on the USS "Gerald R. Ford" includes suspicion of arson by crew members.
The crew members have been on a long deployment now lasting more than 10 months.
The carrier in the Red Sea participating in the Iran War when the laundry room fire broke out last Thursday it took 30 hours to extinguish.
600 sailors displaced from their living quarters by the blaze.
FOUR KILLED IN THE COLLAPSE OF SCAFFOLDING AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN VIENNA.
WORKERS DOING CONCRETE WORK IN THE COURTYARD OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says that neighboring Ecuador is behind recent bombing attacks that killed 27 people.
The attacks linked to coca leaf planting in southern Colombia.
Ecuador is waging a campaign against drug trafficking backed by the US military.
Mr. Petro saying he has reached out to US President Donald Trump over the deadly bombing.
Pro-US Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa denying his country is involved...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
IRAN WAR DAY 18 FINAL UPDATE
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DEBRIS FROM IRANIAN MISSILES FALLING ON DUBAI WEDNESDAY MORNING.
AN ATTACK ON A PRO-IRANIAN MILITIA BASE IN KIRKUK, IRAQ LATE TONIGHT.
ISRAEL ORDERING EVACUATION OF THE SOUTHERN LEBANESE CITY OF TYRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING REFUGEE CAMPS.
IRAN CONFIRMING THE DEATH OF ITS SECURITY CHIEF ALI LARIJANI IN AN ISRAELI ASSASSINATION ATTACK EARLIER TODAY.
THE US USING 5,000 POUND BOMBS TO STRIKE IRANIAN SITES DEEP UNDERGROUND AROUND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
TWO KILLED IN AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK ON CENTRAL ISRAEL TONIGHT FATALLY WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL THAT ENTERED THEIR APARTMENT.
THE IRANIAN ATTACK LEADING TO A SUSPENSION OF TRAIN SERVICE IN THE TEL AVIV AREA DUE TO DAMAGE AT A TRAIN STATION...
"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
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
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.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 46.85 points or .1 percent. The NASDAQ up 105.35 points or .47 percent.
At 442 pm New York Time the price of oil 96 dollars 13 cents a barrel up two dollars 63 cents or 2.81 percent...
"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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