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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

THIS EVENING SPACE X ABORTING THE LAUNCH OF A STARSHIP TEST FLIGHT.

TWO ENGINES FAILED TO IGNITE.

ELON MUSK SAYING AN NEW ATTEMPT IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK...SPACE NEWS

A speech by US President Donald Trump tonight.

The speech focused on hot button issues, economic policies and the upcoming mid-term elections.

Mr. Trump saying he has changed things for the better since he took office last year.

The President trumpeting declassification of information related to vulnerabilities in the US election process.

He mentioned China as a threat to the election process in the United States and accused China of interference in the 2020 Presidential Election.

Trump saying China was on the side of Joe Biden in that election.

The President currently advocating for his "SAFE" Act election legislation...

FULL SPEECH OF PRESIDENT TRUMP 25 MINUTES 55 SECONDS

US BOMBING ATTACKS ACROSS IRAN TONIGHT INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE BRIDGES.

THERE ARE DEAD AND WOUNDED IN THOSE US ATTACKS.

POWER OUTAGES ARE REPORTED IN SOUTHERN IRAN.

IRAN FIRING BACK WITH ATTACKS ON US BASES IN NEARBY NATIONS.

EXPLOSIONS IN QATAR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG

There have been protests across Ukraine following the forced resignation of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

Some reports suggest this was a bad move by President Volodymyr Zelensky linked to Fedorov's opposition to corrupt practices in awarding contracts...Tagesschau Germany Video Report (Translation Prompt) (German Video)

"In a democratic country, it is forbidden to silence the free press"

FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT ON THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW MEDIA REGULATION LAW

The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu passing a new media regulation bill in parliament this evening just months before the October 27th election.

The law sharply criticized by opposition parties who say the new law is designed to control media including online speech during the election.

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of the "Together" Party noting the government is 'passing absurd and dangerous laws whose only purpose is to preserve its own political survival'.

The opposition "Yisrael Beytenu (Israel Our Home)" Party says the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to neutralize both judicial and media independence along the lines of the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...Times of Israel

IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY URGING ARAB COUNTRIES TO STOP USE OF THEIR TERRITORY FOR US ATTACKS ON IRAN.

IRAN EMPHASIZING IT HARBORS 'NO ENMITY OR ILL WILL' TOWARDS NEIGHBORING NATIONS...TASS RUSSIA

A lawsuit filed in US District Court in Southern New York against Trump Administration sanctions on the International Criminal Court in The Hague, capital of the Netherlands.

The suit argues the US sanctions hinder the ICC from investigating human rights abuses and war crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians.

Two groups filing the lawsuit note their First Amendment right to file complaints with the court are violated by those sanctions...The Hill USA

15 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN ONGOING ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA DESPITE A CEASEFIRE PROCLAIMED LAST FALL BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

SOME OF THOSE KILLED IN ATTACKS TODAY, OTHERS IN RECENT DAYS. ISRAEL CLAIMING ATTACKS ARE AIMED AT TERRORISTS BUT CIVILIANS INCLUDING CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN TEN YEARS OLD HAVE BEEN KILLED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Two boats carrying more than 500 people missing off the coast of Myanmar.

They were carrying Rohingya refugees members of the Muslim minority in mainly Buddhist Myanmar.

Many Rohingya have fled conflict with the Buddhists and live in refugee camps in Bangladesh...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

ISRAELI POLITICS A PARLIAMENT MEMBER OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY, FOUNDED DECADES AGO BY FORMER PRIME MINISTER MENACHEM BEGIN, DECIDING TO RESIGN.

DAN ILLOUZ SAYS THE PARTY HAD 'BEEN HIJACKED'.

HE SAID LIKUD IS NO LONGER A PARTY HE CAN VOTE FOR.

ILLOUZ SAYING THAT MR. NETANYAHU SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED HIMSELF AND ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS FOLLOWING THE HAMAS ATTACK FROM GAZA ON OCTOBER 7TH.

MR. ILLOUZ ALSO SAYING ABOUT A THIRD OF LIKUD PARLIAMENT MEMBERS DESIRED TO REMOVE MR. NETANYAHU FOLLOWING OCTOBER 7TH...TIMES OF ISRAEL

In Russia one killed, several wounded with 375 Ukrainian drones shot down by Russian air defenses in a 24-hour period...Tass Russia...

Fatalities in Kiev last night following a Russian attack...(News Agencies)

11 killed in a fire at an orphanage in Algeria. 19 others injured. The cause of the blaze not known...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE IRAN WAR CONTINUES IRAN HITTING US BASES NEAR IRAN WHILE US ATTACKS ARE OCCURRING BEYOND SOUTHERN IRAN TO INCLUDE THE TEHRAN AREA.

THE US HITTING THE ENGINE ROOM OF A TANKER VIOLATING ITS BLOCKADE OF IRAN...

AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG

PRESS TV IRAN

In Washington an Epstein Files Transparency Act II bill introduced.

The new legislation aimed at giving state investigators full access to Department of Justice files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

This week the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York rebuffed a request from the New Mexico Department of Justice for unredacted documents related to Epstein...Rep. Thomas Massie "X"

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 105.67 points or .2 percent.

The NASDAQ declining 387.28 or 1.47 percent.

At 423 pm New York Time the price of oil 78 dollars 99 cents a barrel down 61 cents or .77 percent...Marketwatch

THE SHAKEUP IN UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK INCLUDES THE RESIGNATION OF UKRAINIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MYKHAILO FEDOROV.

FEDOROV PUSHED OUT BY PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WITH SOME SAYING HE LOST HIS JOB FOR FAILING TO AWARD CONTRACTS TO THOSE LINKED TO CORRUPTION...OSINTdefender "X"

INCREASED POWER COSTS FOR THE "PJM INTERCONNECTION" HERE IN THE EASTERN US AND NEARBY STATES WILL BE DRIVEN IN PART BY DATA CENTERS.

THE RECENT POWER AUCTION FOR THE GRID WILL ADD 16.4 BILLION DOLLARS IN COSTS FROM JUNE 2028 TILL MAY 2029.

6.3 BILLION DOLLARS OF THOSE COSTS DRIVEN BY DEMAND FOR DATA CENTERS. THAT'S 38.4 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL...THE HILL USA...PJM INTERCONNECTION WIKIPEDIA

Favorable opinion of the United States is lacking in many key nations aligned with the US militarily.

In some of those nations, public opinion of China is more favorable.

This as the military buildup in those nations demanded by US President Donald Trump would place those nations in a more favorable position to support a potential US-China conflict.

In Canada 33 percent have a favorable opinion of the US and 44 percent have a favorable opinion of China.

Favorable opinions of China and the US in the UK are about even.

Research in 36 countries and territories carried out by Pew Global Attitudes Research...Associated Press-National Public Radio USA

In New Zealand the leader of the ACT Party David Seymour pushing for a permanent scheme to allow testing of new technology.

Seymour seeking for relaxation of rules on a more regular basis so new products like driverless cars, heavy agricultural drones, cell-cultivated food and drugs could be tested more easily in New Zealand.

Mr. Seymour's party one of the partners in New Zealand's current government ahead of the country's next election on November 7th...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

Thursday, July 16, 2026

LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

THIS EVENING SPACE X ABORTING THE LAUNCH OF A STARSHIP TEST FLIGHT.

TWO ENGINES FAILED TO IGNITE.

ELON MUSK SAYING AN NEW ATTEMPT IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK...SPACE NEWS

A speech by US President Donald Trump tonight.

The speech focused on hot button issues, economic policies and the upcoming mid-term elections.

Mr. Trump saying he has changed things for the better since he took office last year.

The President trumpeting declassification of information related to vulnerabilities in the US election process.

He mentioned China as a threat to the election process in the United States and accused China of interference in the 2020 Presidential Election.

Trump saying China was on the side of Joe Biden in that election.

The President currently advocating for his "SAFE" Act election legislation...

FULL SPEECH OF PRESIDENT TRUMP 25 MINUTES 55 SECONDS

US BOMBING ATTACKS ACROSS IRAN TONIGHT INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE BRIDGES.

THERE ARE DEAD AND WOUNDED IN THOSE US ATTACKS.

POWER OUTAGES ARE REPORTED IN SOUTHERN IRAN.

IRAN FIRING BACK WITH ATTACKS ON US BASES IN NEARBY NATIONS.

EXPLOSIONS IN QATAR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG

There have been protests across Ukraine following the forced resignation of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

Some reports suggest this was a bad move by President Volodymyr Zelensky linked to Fedorov's opposition to corrupt practices in awarding contracts...Tagesschau Germany Video Report (Translation Prompt) (German Video)

"In a democratic country, it is forbidden to silence the free press"

FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT ON THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW MEDIA REGULATION LAW

The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu passing a new media regulation bill in parliament this evening just months before the October 27th election.

The law sharply criticized by opposition parties who say the new law is designed to control media including online speech during the election.

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett of the "Together" Party noting the government is 'passing absurd and dangerous laws whose only purpose is to preserve its own political survival'.

The opposition "Yisrael Beytenu (Israel Our Home)" Party says the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to neutralize both judicial and media independence along the lines of the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...Times of Israel

IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY URGING ARAB COUNTRIES TO STOP USE OF THEIR TERRITORY FOR US ATTACKS ON IRAN.

IRAN EMPHASIZING IT HARBORS 'NO ENMITY OR ILL WILL' TOWARDS NEIGHBORING NATIONS...TASS RUSSIA

A lawsuit filed in US District Court in Southern New York against Trump Administration sanctions on the International Criminal Court in The Hague, capital of the Netherlands.

The suit argues the US sanctions hinder the ICC from investigating human rights abuses and war crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians.

Two groups filing the lawsuit note their First Amendment right to file complaints with the court are violated by those sanctions...The Hill USA

15 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN ONGOING ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA DESPITE A CEASEFIRE PROCLAIMED LAST FALL BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

SOME OF THOSE KILLED IN ATTACKS TODAY, OTHERS IN RECENT DAYS. ISRAEL CLAIMING ATTACKS ARE AIMED AT TERRORISTS BUT CIVILIANS INCLUDING CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN TEN YEARS OLD HAVE BEEN KILLED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Two boats carrying more than 500 people missing off the coast of Myanmar.

They were carrying Rohingya refugees members of the Muslim minority in mainly Buddhist Myanmar.

Many Rohingya have fled conflict with the Buddhists and live in refugee camps in Bangladesh...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

ISRAELI POLITICS A PARLIAMENT MEMBER OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY, FOUNDED DECADES AGO BY FORMER PRIME MINISTER MENACHEM BEGIN, DECIDING TO RESIGN.

DAN ILLOUZ SAYS THE PARTY HAD 'BEEN HIJACKED'.

HE SAID LIKUD IS NO LONGER A PARTY HE CAN VOTE FOR.

ILLOUZ SAYING THAT MR. NETANYAHU SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED HIMSELF AND ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS FOLLOWING THE HAMAS ATTACK FROM GAZA ON OCTOBER 7TH.

MR. ILLOUZ ALSO SAYING ABOUT A THIRD OF LIKUD PARLIAMENT MEMBERS DESIRED TO REMOVE MR. NETANYAHU FOLLOWING OCTOBER 7TH...TIMES OF ISRAEL

In Russia one killed, several wounded with 375 Ukrainian drones shot down by Russian air defenses in a 24-hour period...Tass Russia...

Fatalities in Kiev last night following a Russian attack...(News Agencies)

11 killed in a fire at an orphanage in Algeria. 19 others injured. The cause of the blaze not known...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE IRAN WAR CONTINUES IRAN HITTING US BASES NEAR IRAN WHILE US ATTACKS ARE OCCURRING BEYOND SOUTHERN IRAN TO INCLUDE THE TEHRAN AREA.

THE US HITTING THE ENGINE ROOM OF A TANKER VIOLATING ITS BLOCKADE OF IRAN...

AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG

PRESS TV IRAN

In Washington an Epstein Files Transparency Act II bill introduced.

The new legislation aimed at giving state investigators full access to Department of Justice files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

This week the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York rebuffed a request from the New Mexico Department of Justice for unredacted documents related to Epstein...Rep. Thomas Massie "X"

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 105.67 points or .2 percent.

The NASDAQ declining 387.28 or 1.47 percent.

At 423 pm New York Time the price of oil 78 dollars 99 cents a barrel down 61 cents or .77 percent...Marketwatch

THE SHAKEUP IN UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK INCLUDES THE RESIGNATION OF UKRAINIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MYKHAILO FEDOROV.

FEDOROV PUSHED OUT BY PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WITH SOME SAYING HE LOST HIS JOB FOR FAILING TO AWARD CONTRACTS TO THOSE LINKED TO CORRUPTION...OSINTdefender "X"

INCREASED POWER COSTS FOR THE "PJM INTERCONNECTION" HERE IN THE EASTERN US AND NEARBY STATES WILL BE DRIVEN IN PART BY DATA CENTERS.

THE RECENT POWER AUCTION FOR THE GRID WILL ADD 16.4 BILLION DOLLARS IN COSTS FROM JUNE 2028 TILL MAY 2029.

6.3 BILLION DOLLARS OF THOSE COSTS DRIVEN BY DEMAND FOR DATA CENTERS. THAT'S 38.4 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL...THE HILL USA...PJM INTERCONNECTION WIKIPEDIA

Favorable opinion of the United States is lacking in many key nations aligned with the US militarily.

In some of those nations, public opinion of China is more favorable.

This as the military buildup in those nations demanded by US President Donald Trump would place those nations in a more favorable position to support a potential US-China conflict.

In Canada 33 percent have a favorable opinion of the US and 44 percent have a favorable opinion of China.

Favorable opinions of China and the US in the UK are about even.

Research in 36 countries and territories carried out by Pew Global Attitudes Research...Associated Press-National Public Radio USA

In New Zealand the leader of the ACT Party David Seymour pushing for a permanent scheme to allow testing of new technology.

Seymour seeking for relaxation of rules on a more regular basis so new products like driverless cars, heavy agricultural drones, cell-cultivated food and drugs could be tested more easily in New Zealand.

Mr. Seymour's party one of the partners in New Zealand's current government ahead of the country's next election on November 7th...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

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