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IN THE UKRAINE WAR TONIGHT A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON RUSSIA'S LENINGRAD REGION AROUND ITS SECOND LARGEST CITY ST. PETERSBURG.
On the US House floor this evening US Representative Thomas Massie revealing names of individuals saying they should be investigated and prosecuted as accomplices of Jeffrey Epstein.
They included two French nationals connected to Epstein reported to have committed suicide.
Other names mentioned included former banking executive Jes Staley along with Leon Black, Les Wexner, Thomas Pritzker and former Prince Andrew.
Massie also seeking a discharge petition in the US House to pass an "Epstein Files Transparency Act II" bill to force release of Epstein files still redacted in spite of the first bill becoming law...Rep. Thomas Massie "X" (Video Embed)
In the Strait of Hormuz tonight an outbound tanker hit by three projectiles.
The attack off the east coast of Oman with no casualties or environmental damage reported...UKMTO "X"
THE ISRAELI ELECTION CAMPAIGN TODAY ISRAEL'S 'FAR-RIGHT' NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR APPEARED ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM.
HE OFFERED PRAYERS IN THE COMPOUND OF THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE CURRENTLY ON THE SITE.
THE NATIONALIST BEN GVIR, WHO LEADS THE OTZMA YEHUDIT (JEWISH POWER) PARTY, SPOKE OF CHANGES 'LITTLE BY LITTLE' AIMED AT BRINGING A JEWISH TEMPLE BACK TO THE SITE...AL JAZEERA QATAR
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigning. His resignation being linked to tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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A White House statement praises Driscoll's 'outstanding leadership' on issues ranging from readiness to lethality and involvement in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine...The Guardian UK
THE US SUPREME COURT ALLOWING CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BALLROOM AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO GO FORWARD.
THE DECISION DIVIDING THE COURT FIVE CONSERVATIVES IN FAVOR THREE LIBERALS AND CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS IN OPPOSITION.
THE DECISION KEEPS HUNDREDS OF WORKERS OPERATING ON A 20-HOUR SEVEN DAY A WEEK SCHEDULE TO BUILD THE BALLROOM...THE HILL
An incident involving military forces and a tanker reported in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Oman.
The incident near waters associated with the Strait of Hormuz...UKMTO "X"
INDIA REJECTING AN INTERNATIONAL COURT ORDER TO RESTORE WATER FLOW TO PAKISTAN ON THE INDUS RIVER.
THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS THE PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION BASED IN THE DUTCH CAPITAL THE HAGUE HAS NO JURISDICTION.
INDIA SUSPENDED THE INDUS WATERS TREATY OF 1960 IN THE AFTERMATH OF A DEADLY APRIL 2025 TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE DISPUTED KASHMIR REGION.
A HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL ALLOW INDIA TO BLOCK INDUS RIVER WATER FLOW TO PAKISTAN...REUTERS-AL JAZEERA QATAR
Another seizure of a Russia-linked oil tanker. 'European forces' seizing the tanker in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says it was the sixth such seizure by EU military forces in recent months...Newsweek USA
THE LATEST POLLING ON PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S POPULARITY THE 'I&I, TIPP' POLL 52 PERCENT DISAPPROVE, 38 PERCENT APPROVE.
THE 'RASMUSSEN REPORTS' POLL 56 PERCENT DISAPPROVE, 42 APPROVE.
BOTH POLLS SHOWING 14 PERCENT MORE DISAPPROVING THAN APPROVING OF THE PRESIDENT...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS
The rate of inflation in Germany 2.9 percent last month. The higher price of oil due to the Iran War a major cause.
Also driving German inflation increased shipping costs linked to low-water levels shutting down use of the Rhine River...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)
TWO KILLED, OTHERS WOUNDED IN THE LATEST ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA.
SOME WOUNDED WHEN THE ISRAELI NAVY OPENED FIRE ON FISHING BOATS OFF THE COAST...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi publicly rejecting the notion of foreign military forces of the US-led coalition remaining in Iraq country after September 30th.
He said there had been a request for some foreign forces to remain in the country but he rejected it.
Al-Zaidi speaking of talks proceeding normally towards the pullout of US and other forces in Iraq on September 30th.
ISRAEL AND GREECE SIGNING A DEFENSE AGREEMENT WORTH 3 BILLION EUROS (3.5 BILLION US DOLLARS). IT INVOLVES A MULTI-LAYERED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM.
THE DEAL DEPICTED AS ONE COUNTERING BOTH TURKEY GREECE'S TRADITIONAL ADVERSARY AND IRAN...YNET NEWS ISRAEL
"After July 30 and 31, rumors and disinformation spread on social networks, linked to Russia and Israel, and to an ultra-right international that always uses migration to attack both Spain and Europe and divide it"
SPAIN'S PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SANCHEZ SPEAKING TO 'CADENA SER' RADIO
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says networks linked to Israel and Russia were active in spreading disinformation about the influx of humanity into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta a month ago.
Sanchez says research from the European Union's "European External Action Service" (EEAS) has revealed the extent of disinformation related to migration into Europe.
The Spanish prime minister says investigations continue into criminal networks involvement in the sudden arrival of 70,000 people in Ceuta with the cooperation of Morocco...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
RESCUE AND RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE IN NEPAL FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S FLOOD DELUGE.
900 DEAD, THE MISSING MORE THAN 4,000 WITH 1,000 BELIEVED TRAPPED IN TUNNELS RELATED TO HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS...SKY NEWS UK BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 374.09 points or .7 percent.
The NASDAQ declined 31.53 points or .12 percent.
At 431 pm New York Time the price of oil 86 dollars 20 cents a barrel up two dollars 80 cents or 3.36 percent...Marketwatch
In New Zealand the government cancelling next year's gasoline tax increase.
The 12 cents (7.2 cents) per liter excise tax hike set for January 1st scrapped with proposed hikes in the future lowered.
This move coming just more than two months before New Zealand's election...One News New Zealand
AT LEAST ONE PERSON DEAD AND MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE UNACCOUNTED FOR FOLLOWING FLASH FLOODING IN THE GRAND CANYON IN NORTHERN ARIZONA.
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE REPORTS RESCUES INVOLVING DOZENS OF PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE CANYON WHEN THE FLOODING WASHED OUT TRAILS AND DESTROYED FOOTBRIDGES...FOX 10 PHOENIX
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