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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN AFRICA AN EBOLA OUTBREAK REPORTED WITH 65 DEATHS IN CONGO AND ONE IN UGANDA.
THERE ARE 246 SUSPECTED CASES REPORTED IN CONGO.
EBOLA A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE THAT CAN BE CONTRACTED THROUGH BODILY FLUIDS SUCH AS BLOOD OR VOMIT...GULF NEWS UAE
US FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ATTEMPTING TO INDICT CUBAN OFFICIALS INCLUDING FORMER PRESIDENT RAUL CASTRO.
POSSIBLE CHARGES AGAINST CASTRO INCLUDE INVOLVEMENT IN THE CUBAN MILITARY SHOOTDOWN OF TWO PLANES BACK IN 1996.
THREE US NATIONALS AMONG THE FOUR KILLED IN THE ATTACK.
ITS POSSIBLE A GRAND JURY COULD INDICT MR. CASTRO IN THE COMING DAYS.
THE US GOVERNMENT IS ATTEMPTING TO PRESSURE THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT TO BOW TO ITS DEMANDS...CNN USA
An Iraqi national suspected of ordering attacks in Europe arrested in Turkey and turned over to the US FBI.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi believed to have coordinated attacks on American and Jewish targets since the beginning of the Iran War.
US authorities are alleging his involvement in planning an attack on a synagogue in New York City...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
SIX KILLED INCLUDING THREE PARADMEDICS IN AN ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.
22 OTHERS WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK ON A CIVIL DEFENSE CENTER...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL...
MORE NEWS RELATED TO LEBANON LATER IN THIS SUMMARY.
Israel says it killed a top Hamas commander linked to the October 7th, 2023 attack on Israel.
Izz al-Din al-Haddad assassinated in an air attack in Gaza today...Times Of Israel
"I'm not looking to have someone go independent, and we have to travel 9,500 to fight a war. I want Taiwan to cool down, I want China to cool down"
US President Donald Trump with a statement on Taiwan opposing Taiwan declaring independence from China.
This follows Trump's meeting with China's President Xi Jinping. China warning the US over Taiwan which it considers a province of China.
Mr. Trump evasive when asked about any new weapons sales to Taiwan.
The US and allied nations in NATO have made provocative moves against China in the past related to Taiwan with warships sailing the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and the Chines mainland...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
THE US SUPREME COURT DECIDING NOT TO OVERTURN A VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT RULING AGAINST A REFERENDUM THAT APPROVED A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAP FAVORABLE TO DEMOCRATS...THE HILL USA
In Colorado Democrat Governor Jared Polis commuting the sentence of election worker Tina Peters.
Peters charged, convicted and sent to prison for nine years after seeking to find evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election favoring Joe Biden.
Polis cutting her sentence to 4 and a half years meaning she will be freed from prison on June 1st...The Hill USA
IN NEW YORK A JUDGE DECLARING A MISTRIAL AT A SEX CRIMES TRIAL OF MOVIE MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN.
JURORS WERE UNABLE TO REACH A VERDICT IN THE CASE AFTER MORE THAN THREE DAYS OF DELIBERATIONS.
THIS IS THE SECOND MISTRIAL IN THE NEW YORK RAPE CASE INVOLVING WEINSTEIN.
AFTER HIS ORIGINAL RAPE CONVICTON IN 2020 A HIGHER COURT OVERTURNED THE CONVICTION LEADING TO THESE TWO RETRIALS THAT ENDED IN MISTRIALS.
MR. WEINSTEIN WAS FOUND GUILTY IN A NEW YORK SEXUAL ASSAULT RETRIAL LAST YEAR FOR WHICH HE FACES SENTENCING. HE WAS ALREADY CONVICTED IN CALIFORNIA FOR RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SENTENCED TO 16 YEARS IN PRISON...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
Norway cancelling an arms deal with Malaysia. The sale of missiles stopped on grounds that the weaponry can only go to NATO or NATO-partner nations...USNI News
THE LATEST ROUND OF US-LED TALKS TO ACHIEVE ISRAEL'S OBJECTIVE OF DISARMING THE HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT IN LEBANON HAVE FINISHED.
MORE TALKS INCLUDING MILITARY TALKS SET FOR THE WEEKS AHEAD. THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY ARE BEING PUSHED TO DISARM HEZBOLLAH.
A 'CEASEFIRE' DURING WHICH HUNDREDS HAVE BEEN KILLED HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR 45-DAYS ACCORDING TO THE US STATE DEPARTMENT...OSINTdefender "X"...John M. Larrier "X"
IN THE PHILIPPINES SENATOR RONALD DELA ROSA HAS NOT YET BEEN ARRESTED OVER AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WARRANT FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY'S ARREST ATTEMPT AT THE PHILIPPINE SENATE.
BUT DETAILS EMERGING ABOUT WEDNESDAY'S SHOOTING INCIDENT AT THE SENATE INDICATE THAT SENATE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS MAO APLASCA FIRED A WARNING SHOT AT NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI) AGENTS.
THE PHILIPPINE OMBUDSMAN SUSPENDING MR. APLASCA FOR FIRING SHOTS WITH SENATE PRESIDENT ALAN PETER CAYETANO CALLING FOR NBI DIRECTOR MELVIN MATIBAG'S SUSPENSION OVER THE SHOOTING INCIDENT...INQUIRER PHILIPPINES...
SENATOR DELA ROSA IS ACCUSED OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CRACKDOWN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING BY FORMER PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE.
PHILIPPINE JUSTICE MINISTER FREDDERICK VIDA WARNING ANY ATTEMPT BY THE SENATOR TO LEAVE THE PHILIPPINES WILL RESULT IN HIS ARREST...INQUIRER PHILIPPINES
Democrat Congessman Steve Cohen of Tennessee retiring after 10 terms in the US House.
His retirement triggered by Tennessee Republican redistricting that saw his Memphis district cut into two pieces in order to elect another Republican to the House...The Hill USA
IN THE UK THE BRITISH LABOR PARTY STABILIZING A POLITICAL CRISIS FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S LOCAL ELECTION LOSSES.
THE PRESSURE FOR PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER TO RESIGN REPLACED BY A MOVE TO BRING A LABOR PARTY RIVAL OF STARMER INTO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THROUGH A SPECIAL ELECTION...SKY NEWS UK BLOG...
Tomorrow British Anti-Islamization Anti-Mass Immigration activist Tommy Robinson leading a major protest in the center of London.
The rally called "Unite The Kingdom And Unite The West" will be critical of the policies of the current government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer...Tommy Robinson "X"
The United States deciding not to deploy 4,000 troops to Poland. The Polish government caught by surprise.
Officials in Poland saying all is well with the Polish-American defense relationship and insisting the move does not harm the nations security...Politico EU
IN THE NATION OF MALDIVES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN FIVE ITALIAN DIVERS HAVE DIED.
AUTHORITIES HAVE FOUND ONE BODY WITH VICTIMS BELIEVED TO BE A COLLEGE PROFESSOR, HER DAUGHTER AND THREE OTHER STUDENTS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
US President Donald Trump telling Fox News China will open up to American companies in stages...Tass Russia...
No deals formally announced as the Trump-Xi talks ended in Beijing...
THREE KILLED, 12 WOUNDED IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS ON RUSSIA'S RYZAN REGION SOUTHEAST OF MOSCOW...TASS RUSSIA...
IN KIEV 21 KILLED AND 47 WOUNDED IN A RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACK YESTERDAY...(SVT SWEDEN)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 537.29 points or 1.07 percent.
The NASDAQ down 410.08 points or 1.54 percent.
The price of oil in New York closed at 105 dollars 66 cents a barrel up four dollars 49 cents or 4.44 percent...Marketwatch
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTING ECONOMIC DEALS ON HIS TRIP TO CHINA. MR. TRUMP WAS ACCOMPANIED BY 12 CORPORATE CEO'S INCLUDING ELON MUSK AND TIM COOK.
TRUMP NOTING ENERGY DEALS, AIRCRAFT DEALS AND AN AGREEMENT TO SELL US SOYBEANS TO CHINA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE US HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE PROBING REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN CHUCK EDWARDS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THE COMMITTEE REVEIWING ALLEGATIONS THAT EDWARDS MAY HAVE CREATED OR FOSTERED A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ENGAGED IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT...THE HILL USA
Air New Zealand's CEO says job cuts are on the way as the airline struggles with higher fuel costs caused by the Iran War.
Nikhil Ravishankar says losses for the company could total up to 400 million dollars (236.24 million US)...One News New Zealand
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