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Late tonight two explosions reported by a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman. The crew and ship reported safe...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization "X"
NEW MEXICO'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SUING THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OVER IT'S REFUSAL TO PROVIDE JEFFREY EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS TO ASSIST ITS INVESTIGATION INTO EPSTEIN'S ZORRO RANCH.
AG RAUL TORREZ'S LAWSUIT ALLEGES STONEWALLING BY THE DOJ 'ACTIVELY HARMS VICTIMS AND UNDERMINES THE PUBLIC INTEREST'.
THE SUIT NOTES FEDERAL AUTHORITIES DID NOT CARRY OUT ANY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN NEW MEXICO RELATED TO EPSTEIN LIKE IT DID IN NEW YORK, FLORIDA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CONTENDS IT HAS TO PROTECT SOME VICTIM'S NAMES BECAUSE OF COURT ORDERS AND CANNOT PROVIDE THOSE DOCUMENTS TO NEW MEXICO AUTHORITIES...ASSOCIATED PRESS NBC NEWS USA
REPUBLICANS TRYING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR CONGRESSMAN CHUCK EDWARDS OF NORTH CAROLINA WHO'S DROPPED OUT OF HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
EDWARDS ABANDONING HIS CAMPAIGN AFTER A HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE REPORT RECOMMENDED HIS CENSURE FOR VIOLATING HOUSE SEXUAL HARASSMENT RULES INVOLVING TWO FEMALE EMPLOYEES...AXIOS USA
In Russia the CEO of a company that produces drones seriously wounded while his security guard was killed in a bomb blast.
Ukraine has routinely carried out bombing attacks to kill high profile business and military leaders in Russia during the Ukraine War...Tass Russia
THE SPANISH NORTH AFRICAN TERRITORY OF CEUTA SAYS THAT THERE ARE 2500 PEOPLE STILL THERE FOLLOWING THE MASS INFLUX OF 72,000 PEOPLE LATE LAST WEEK WHO CROSSED THE BORDER FROM MOROCCO.
AT LEAST 72 PEOPLE DIED DURING THE MASS BORDER CROSSING.
BUT THE CHALLENGE NOW IS THAT 1100 OF THOSE LEFT BEHIND ARE UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. THERE ARE ONLY ACCOMODATIONS FOR 90 MINORS.
(This Story Is Updated)
The Houthis in Yemen say they attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden. The attacked linked to Saudi attacks on the Houthis and their blockade of Houthi territory in Yemen...Press TV Iran...
Earlier the Master of a tanker reported a loud explosion near the vessel sailing in waters between Yemen and the northern Somali coast.
CLAIMING CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS ISRAEL LAUNCHING ATTACKS IN LEBANON TODAY.
AT LEAST ONE PERSON KILLED IN THE ATTACKS.
TALKS MEDIATED BY THE US BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON CONTINUED IN ROME TODAY...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina says she is returning home from India where she has lived in exile.
A new Pro-Western government now in power after her ouster following violent student protests.
Hasina saying she will announce the specific date of her return later but she hopes it will happen in December.
The 78-year-old Hasina sentenced to death for her crackdown on those student protests in 2024.
Hasina has made allegations that prior to her ouster the United States was pressuring her to use an island located near the neighboring nation of Myanmar...Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar
GERMAN SECURITY OFFICIALS MAKING ACCUSATIONS OF RUSSIAN ELECTION INTERFERNCE THROUGH LEAKS TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
THE ELECTION INTERFERNCE INVOLVES STATE ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH IN SAXONY-ANHALT, MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN AND THE ELECTION IN THE CITY OF BERLIN.
ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AGAINST CANDIDATES POSTED ONLINE ARE BEING LINKED TO RUSSIA BY THE UNNAMED SECURITY OFFICIALS.
THE POLITICIANS SAID TO BE TARGETED BY RUSSIA ARE FROM PARTIES OTHER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY (AfD) PARTY.
THE AfD NOW LEADS POLLING IN THE TWO GERMANY STATES AND IS TIED FOR THE LEAD IN BERLIN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Iran and Oman have reached agreement on how shipping traffic will use the Strait of Hormuz.
That word from Iran's foreign ministry.
Spokesman Esmail Baghaei says it's up to the United States to go along with the deal...Tass Russia
ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT AGREEING WITH OPPOSITION PARTIES ISSUING A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION FREEZING SOME GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWISH GROUPS.
THE FREEZE WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL JUSTICES CAN HOLD A HEARING AND RULE ON THE MATTER.
OPPOSITION PARTIES ARGUE A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARING TO APPROVE THE FUNDING AHEAD OF ADJOURNMENT FOR ISRAEL'S ELECTION WAS FLAWED...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly denying any Israeli agreement with the Board of Peace plan to disarm Hamas in Gaza.
He also says there will be no pullback of Israeli forces in Gaza until there is full disarmament by Hamas.
Israel is now in the midst of an election campaign with voters going to the polls on October 27th.
As reported in yesterday's summary (Israel National News Story) Israel's government has decided to tighten its policies on killing people with targeted assassinations in response to the disarmament deal.
Such killings will now require the approval of Israel's Chief of Staff...Times of Israel
17 KILLED IN RUSSIAN ATTACKS IN AN AROUND KIEV OVERNIGHT. 28 MISSILES AND 115 DRONES USED IN THE ATTACK.
NO MISSILES DOWNED BY UKRAINIAN DEFENSES.
WAREHOUSES TARGETS OF THE ATTACKS. UKRAINE HAS HIT RUSSIAN WAREHOUSES LINKED TO ONLINE RETAILER 'WILDBERRIES' IN RECENT WEEKS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
MORE UKRAINE NEWS LATER IN SUMMARY.
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 263.24 points or .49 percent.
The NASDAQ down 221.55 points or .83 percent.
At 440 pm New York Time the price of oil 75 dollars eight cents a barrel down 69 cents or .91 percent..Marketwatch
CNN REPORTING THAT THE US IS RUNNING LOW ON INTECEPTOR MISSILES USING HALF OF ITS PATRIOT INTERCEPTORS AND 80 PERCENT OF ITS THAAD INTERCEPTORS IN THE IRAN WAR...OSINTdefender "X"
MEANWHILE UKRAINE IS SAID TO HAVE JUST ONE PATRIOT MISSILE INTERCEPTOR AND TO BE IN DESPERATE NEED OF MORE.
BOTH THE US AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES LACK ADDITIONAL INTERECEPTORS TO PROVIDE TO UKRAINE.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS SAID TO HAVE REJECTED A REQUEST FROM UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY FOR EMERGENCY DELIVERY OF 300 OF THE PATRIOT INTERCEPTORS...BERLINER ZEITUNG GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In Switzerland authorities investigating 24 Swiss nationals suspected of fighting for Ukraine in the war against Russia. 10 of those investigations completed the rest ongoing.
It is against Swiss law for its citizens to fight in foreign wars.
Russia kept statistics on foreigners fighting for Ukraine up through March of 2024 indicating 13,387 mercenaries arrived in Ukraine with 5,962 killed...Tass Russia
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NEW ZEALAND RISING TO 5.6 PERCENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING IN JUNE.
THAT'S UP FROM 5.4 PERCENT IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
IT'S THE HIGHEST RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT RECORDED IN 11 YEARS...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
Longtime Canadian news anchor Lloyd Robertson is dead at the age of 92.
Robertson anchored for two major networks, CBC and CTV, starting in 1970 before retiring from full-time work in 2011.
He was the recipient of numerous honors including the "Order of Canada" and the "Gordon Sinclair Award"...CBC News Video Report...Lloyd Robertson Wikipedia
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