Links to five reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Cradle, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for this date’s IRAN, YEMEN and ALL OF IT so far, and for UKRAINE 10-17-26.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 19  Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes, as relations between Trump and Zelenskyy sour. Reported by Charles Maynes and Michel Martin | NPR  Ukraine carried out a massive drone strikes on Russia, which launched deadly attacks on its smaller neighbor over the weekend. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM OCT. 19  Putin proposes three-way summit with Xi, Trump to end Ukraine war: report. From the Cradle. Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed holding a summit next month with U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine on terms favorable to Moscow, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing informed sources. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE to report from Reuters.

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FROM OCT. 19  Kremlin hawks savour Trump-Zelenskiy rift — if it lasts, by Andrew Osborn | Reuters  MOSCOW — Kremlin hawks are savouring a public rift between Donald ⁠Trump ⁠and Volodymyr Zelenskiy after a damaging week for ⁠Ukraine’s president and a beneficial one for Russia, but the champagne is still on ice in Moscow. READ MORE . . .

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Links to three reports: from the Cradle and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for this date’s YEMEN and ALL OF IT, and down for IRAN 10-15-26.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 19  Lavrov lands in Tehran, meets top Iranian officials for talks on ‘de-escalation.’ From the Cradle. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Tehran on Monday for a visit aimed at “de-escalation,” coinciding with mounting U.S. threats against Iran and a vow by the Islamic Republic to retaliate much more forcefully to any new attack. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 19  UAE government-linked jet lands in Tehran as regional tensions rise. From Middle East Eye. A Boeing jet known to carry senior UAE officials landed in Tehran on Monday for the second time in a few days, amid fears that the US could resume attacking Iran and spark new strikes on Gulf states. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 18  Iran appoints veteran arms industry chief as defense minister, vows major military expansion. From the Cradle. Tehran appointed a new Defense Minister, military industry veteran Mehrdad Akhlaghi, on Saturday during a vote of confidence at an open session of the Iranian parliament. READ MORE . . .

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Links to reports from the Associated Press and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down this date’s UKRAINE, IRAN and ALL OF IT so far, and down for YEMEN 10-15-26.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 19  Houthi rebels strike Yemen’s government forces, killing at least 53, by Samy Magdy | AP  CAIRO — Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck Yemeni government forces with ballistic missiles on Monday, killing at least 53 soldiers at a military camp in one of the deadliest attacks since a resurgence in fighting this summer, Yemeni military officials said. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Cradle.

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A link to a report from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for this date’s UKRAINE, IRAN and YEMEN so far, and down for ALL OF IT 10-19-26.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 19  French President Macron decries violent protests in nationwide address. Reported by Eleanor Beardsley and Michel Martin | NPR  French President Emmanuel Macron denounced this weekend’s violence in a nationwide address after protests over rising living costs and poor school conditions turned violent. Click HERE to listen and read.

The only entry for this date, ALL OF IT, contains just two links. The first is to a discussion from Consortium News that was livestreamable beginning on Sunday morning at 9 EDT; the second is a panel discussion from the All In conference held 25 months ago. (Scroll down for ALL OF IT 10-16-26.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 18  The World This Week — Trump, the deep state, and the possibility of a dictatorship in the United States. Joe Lauria of CN again hosts former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps counterintelligence officer Scott Ritter. What is different about this TWTW is that so much of the two hours is devoted to what an unpredictable and narcissistic President Trump could do this fall through an executive order giving himself dictatorial powers to thwart entrenched opposition within the federal bureaucracy to his orders. Ritter sees in a worst-case scenario “the end of America.” Click HERE for subtitled video.

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FROM SEPTEMBER 2024  Deep state, hegemony & U.S. foreign policy: Mearsheimer vs. Sachs. The University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer and the Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs agree in opposing U.S. support for Ukraine against Russia but disagree on other aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Click HERE for YouTube video of a panel discussion. (I found it subtitled on Mozilla Firefox but not subtitled on Safari.)

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A link to a report from National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for ALL OF IT 10-17-26.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 17  Student protests widen into greater social unrest in France. Reported by Eleanor Beardsley and Joel Rose | NPR  Hundreds of protests took place in cities across France. Most of them were peaceful but some turned chaotic and violent. Click HERE to listen and read.

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