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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Haiti at least 40 people killed in a massacre at a church housing displaced persons. The attack attributed to gang members.
TONIGHT OFF THE COAST OF OMAN IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AN OIL TANKER DISABLED AFTER BEING HIT IN ITS ENGINE ROOM...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
The US Supreme Court ruling that the President Trump's mail-in ballot executive order can go through.
It was a 6-3 decision with Liberal justices dissenting.
The majority holding that Democrat controlled states sued too early against the executive order before the US Postal Service formally issued a mail-in ballot policy which it intends to do later this week...The Hill USA
US TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSANT WAITING UNTIL MARKETS CLOSED IN THE UNITED STATES TO ANNOUNCE US ECONOMIC WARFARE SANCTIONS ON IRAN.
THIRD PARTY NATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH THE US SANCTIONS WHICH INLCUDE IMMEDIATE SANCTIONS ON 60 ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALS AND VESSELS.
THE NEW SANCTIONS OFFENSIVE LABELED 'OPERATION ECONOMIC OUTCAST'...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
"Why would I want to blow up the global financial system?"
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's answer when asked why he isn't following through on threats against countries that do business with Iran.
Bessent threatening to deny countries doing business with Iran access to the US dollar...Tass Russia
On October 27th Israel's election and with just over two months to go a contentious chapter of Israel's early days revived.
Nationalists revealing the discovery of a ship sunk off Israel's coast in 1948 that carried arms to support a nationalist coup against Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion.
Current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denouncing Ben Gurion's decision to attack the "Altalena"...
IN THE UK THERE HAVE BEEN 12 ARRESTS SINCE THE DEADLY HEAD-ON CRASH INVOLVING A WRONG-WAY CAR AND A POLICE CAR.
AUTHORITIES SPEAKING OF ORGANIZED CRIME ACTIVITY.
POLICE SAYING THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS INVOLVING WRONG-WAY DRIVING IN CONNECTION WITH THE CRASH THAT KILLED SEVEN PEOPLE...SKY NEWS UK BLOG
President Trump upping the rhetoric in the trade dispute with Canada threatening a set of 50 percent tariffs on January 1st involving cars, trucks and steel...CBC News Canada Blog
IN THE NORTH AFRICAN NATION OF TUNISIA PROTESTS LAST WEEK BY OPPONENTS OF AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT KAIS SAIED.
THERE WAS ALSO A PROTEST DEMONSTRATION IN A COASTAL CITY OVER THE WEEKEND DEMANDING SPEEDED UP SEARCH OPERATIONS AFTER A MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZED OFF THE COAST.
11 PEOPLE KILLED WITH ONE SURVIVOR AND THREE OTHERS STILL MISSING FROM THE MIGRANT BOAT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
New political polling in France puts National Rally (RN) candidate Marine Le Pen in the lead.
She gains 38 percent of the vote in the first round with leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon at 16-17 percent.
Centrist Edouard Philippe is in the third place at 14 percent.
This sets up a second round contest where Le Pen defeats Melenchon 64-36 percent according to the poll done for French media outlets "M6" and "RTL".
The French Presidential Election set for April 18th and May 2nd, 2027...Reuters-MSN
THE UNITED STATES RAMPING UP ECONOMIC WARFARE ON IRAN TODAY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA BROADSIDE CLAIMING IN HIS WORDS:
"IRAN IS COMPLETELY COLLAPSING!!!"
In Kenya four arrests following the death of 18 elephants. The elephants were poisoned. A fifth suspect is being sought.
Cyanide was responsible for the elephant's death authorities considering the possibilities of pesticide spraying or poaching activity.
Farmers in the area sometimes find their tomato crops destroyed by elephants...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SIGNING A DECREE ON SECURITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS FOLLOWS A SERIES OF ATTACKS BY UKRAINE ON OIL REFINERIES AND ONLINE DISTRIBUTION WAREHOUSES.
IT PROVIDES FOR GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITES TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY AND SECURITY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 140.15 points or .26 percent.
The NASDAQ declined 200.26 points or .76 percent.
In New York at 441 pm the price of oil 84 dollars 93 cents a barrel down two dollars 13 cents or 2.45 percent...Marketwatch
US EDUCATION SECRETARY LINDA MCMAHON PROMISING A CRACKDOWN ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
INTERVIEWED BY CNN, MCMAHON EXPRESSING HER OPPOSITION TO SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES OF REASSIGNING TEACHERS PROVEN TO BE IN SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS OR SEXUALLY HARASSING STUDENTS.
ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH SUCH A POLICY IS THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ITS POLICY IN LINE WITH A TEACHER UNION CONTRACT.
SECRETARY MCMAHON SAYS THERE IS RESEARCH INDICATING THAT ONE IN TEN STUDENTS WILL BE SEXUALLY MOLESTED BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL...THE HILL USA
"Yes. indeed, there are certain inconveniences for people, but the government, of course, must keep this under control"
Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledging problems for Russians at the gas pumps due to Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries...Tass Russia...
Putin, interviewed on Russian television, also said the fight against Ukraine is a fight against "Neo-Nazism". He stressed the Neo-Nazi ideology's presence in Ukrainian nationalism in general and the present government of Ukraine...Tass Russia
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