Quite a late start today. Please return in an hour or so. — MCM

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For today, links to 10 reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Cradle, Middle East Eye, Antiwar.com, Anadolu Ajansi, and National Public Radio, and to commentary via Consortium News; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 9-29-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 16 as the world awaits Hamas’ response to Trump’s peace plan, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israel pressed its offensive in Gaza on today, with at least 16 Palestinians reported killed across the strip as the world awaited Hamas’ response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for . . . Click HERE to for report in English, and HERE for it in Spanish, and HERE for report from Reuters.

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Red Cross forced to halt operations as Israeli army encircles Gaza City. From the Cradle. The International Committee of the Red Cross announced today that it has been forced to halt operations due to escalating Israeli military operations in Gaza City. READ MORE . . .

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Key Middle East leaders shocked by Israeli rewrite of Gaza peace plan but still back it, by Ragip Soylu, Daniel Hilton and an unidentified correspondent | Middle East Eye  ANKARA / LONDON / LOCATION IN EGYPT  For weeks, drafts of a U.S.-backed Gaza peace plan have circulated in Middle Eastern capitals. The leaders of key regional countries felt confident about its contents even hours before it was released on Tuesday. And yet . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 30  U.S. Gaza ‘ceasefire’ plan edited by Netanyahu, by Dave DeCamp | Antiwar.com / Consortium News  The Gaza ceasefire proposal released by the White House on Monday included significant changes that were requested by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Axios reported on Tuesday. The Times of Israel also reported . . . READ MORE . . .

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Egypt livid Trump sidelined Palestinian Authority in Gaza peace plan, sources say, by Sean Mathews | Middle East Eye   Egypt is angry that the Palestinian Authority is being sidelined by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, according to one Arab official and one source briefed on the matter. Cairo said it would not send . . . READ MORE . . .

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Turkiye joins Gaza ceasefire talks as pressure builds on Hamas to accept Trump’s plan. From the Cradle. Turkiye’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin arrived in Doha on 30 September to take part in the Gaza ceasefire talks, Turkish state media reported. READ MORE . . .

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Palestinian Authority official talks about Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza. Reported by Leila Fadel | NPR  Omar Awadallah, deputy minister of Foreign Affairs in the Palestinian Authority, talks about President Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Trump wants former British prime minister Tony Blair to help govern postwar Gaza. Reported by Lauren Frayer and A Martínez | NPR  In President Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, he named former British prime minister Tony Blair for a potential role in Gaza’s postwar governance. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM SEPT. 30  Will Hamas accept Trump’s peace plan? Former Mossad chief says it should. Reported by Mary Louise Kelly, Courtney Dorning and Erika Ryan | NPR  Kelly talks with former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen about his new book, The Sword of Freedom: Israel, Mossad, and the Secret War. READ MORE . . .

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The Greater Israel cult & the U.S. alliance, by Stefan Moore | Special to Consortium News  When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recently asked on Israeli i24 TV whether he supported the idea of a Greater Israel — the biblical land that God purportedly promised to the Jewish people encompassing a major portion of the Middle East — he replied “very much.” While the interview went virtually unnoticed in the Western media . . . READ MORE . . .

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NOTE: New posts are sometimes not readily accessible to all online visitors, who may see a version that is hours or even days old depending on factors that may include what browser they are using or whether they have “refreshed” their browser. I am working on making access less chancy. If you suspect you aren’t looking at a current version even after refreshing or switching browsers, please visit later. Thanks. — MCM

For today, links to reports from the Moscow Times,  the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, and Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (UKRAINE 9-29-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Russian-installed official killed in occupied Ukraine. From the Moscow Times. A Kremlin-installed official was killed by a Ukrainian drone strike in southern Ukraine’s frontline Kherson region, pro-Russian authorities said Wednesday. READ MORE . . .

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Russia claims capture of another Dnipropetrovsk Oblast village, by Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent  The Russian Defense Ministry claimed today Moscow’s troops had captured the village of Verbove in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, marking further gains in the region. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine heavy lift aircraft reported loading Patriot missiles in Israel, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post  A Ukrainian An-124 Ruslan strategic heavy-lift cargo plane flew on Tuesday from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Leipzig, Germany, carrying containers outwardly identical to containers used by the Israeli military to transport Patriot interceptor missiles . . . READ MORE . . .

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EU leaders consider using seized Russian assets to fund a loan to Ukraine, by Lorne Cook | AP  COPENHAGEN — European Union leaders today weighed a new scheme to provide longer-term financial and military support to Ukraine using hundreds of billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets held in Europe. READ MORE . . .

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A link to a video from Tucker Carlson Network; other published material is accessible by clicking on its initials below. (9/11 TRUTH 9-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 30  The 9/11 Files: The cover-up commission, Episode 2. Tucker Carlson of TCN concludes, as have numerous others, that the so-called 9/11 Commission authorized by Congress was a fraud from the beginning designed to hide the truth, thanks to the machinations of its executive director Philip Zelikow. This second of five episodes stars Kristen Breitweiser, a lawyer whose husband died at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Click HERE to watch and listen.

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For now, links to 10 reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, Middle East Monitor, Reuters, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, and Anadolu Ajansi, and to commentary from AP; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 9-29-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK entry for today, so far, is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Hamas says it will study Trump’s peace plan before responding. From AP. Hamas said today it will discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza within the group and with other Palestinian factions before responding. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already thrown his support behind it, but it’s unclear whether Hamas will agree and when it will give its response. The proposal demands . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israeli forces kill at least 45 Palestinians since dawn. From Middle East Eye. Israeli forces have killed at least 45 Palestinians in attacks across Gaza since dawn, Al Jazeera is reporting, citing medical sources. READ MORE . . .

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Netanyahu confirms Israeli troops will not leave Gaza. From the Cradle. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on today that Tel Aviv’s forces will not withdraw from Gaza, despite a new U.S. “peace plan” calling for withdrawal. READ MORE . . .

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Israeli prime minister says Trump’s Gaza plan rules out establishment of Palestinian state. From Middle East Monitor. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that a Palestinian state will not be established under US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan, Anadolu reports. READ MORE . . .

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Trump says Hamas will pay in hell if they reject Gaza plan. From AFP. U.S. President Donald Trump said today that Hamas will face severe consequences if it does not accept a Gaza peace deal that call for the disarmament of the militant group. READ MORE . . .

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Trump says Hamas has ‘three or four days’ to respond to his Gaza peace plan, by Mohammed Yasin Gungor | Anadolu Ajansı  ISTANBUL – U.S. President Donald Trump said today he is giving Hamas three to four days to respond to his 20-point Gaza peace plan, warning . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 29  Trump and Netanyahu say they’ve agreed on a plan to end the Gaza war. Hamas is now reviewing it, by Adam Geller, Sam Melnick and Aamer Madhani | AP  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a 20-point proposal supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that would end the war in Gaza and free remaining hostages, leaning heavily into conditions that Hamas has previously rejected. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and NPR.

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Middle East expert shares thoughts on Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. Reported by Michel Martin | NPR  David Makovsky of the Washington Institute shares his take on President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. 

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A weakened and isolated Hamas faces pressure to accept Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, by Josef Federman | AP  JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have finally outmaneuvered Hamas. READ MORE . . .

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TO BE CONTINUED

First, a link to a report from Reuters; headlines of others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (WEST BANK 9-25-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA entry for today is HERE, or scroll up.) – MCM

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As Trump’s plan talks of building a Palestinian state, West Bank’s economy is collapsing, by Ali Sawafta | Reuters  RAMALLAH, West Bank — U.S. President Donald Trump‘s Gaza peace plan outlines a blueprint for Palestinian statehood, but in the West Bank — where this vision would be realised – the economic prospects for a viable state are being strangled. READ MORE . . .

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A NOTE about access to newer posts follows the items below.

For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and the Cradle, and to articles of commentary from Craig.Murray.org.uk and Caitlin’s Newsletter, both via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 9-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE entry for today is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israeli forces advance ahead of Trump-Netanyahu Gaza war talks, by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell | Reuters  CAIRO / JERUSALEM — Israeli tanks thrust closer to the heart of Gaza City today, pressing a ground offensive hours before talks between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump, who . . . READ MORE . . .

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Netanyahu and Trump are set to meet as pressure mounts to end war in Gaza, by Adam Geller and Sam Mednick | AP  Days after his defiant speech at the United Nations rejecting demands to end the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to confer with his most important supporter. But today’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington . . . READ MORE . . .

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Trump and Netanyahu to meet amid mounting pressure to end war in Gaza. Reported by Daniel Estrin and A Martínez | NPR  President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are scheduled to meet today, just days Netanyahu’s speech at the U.N. rejecting calls to end the war in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read, and HERE for Sept. 28 report from NPR.

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Trump looks to ‘squeeze’ Netanyahu on new 21-point Gaza plan: report. From the Cradle. U.S. President Donald Trump is looking to “squeeze” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into accepting Washington’s 21-point plan for the Gaza Strip, Axios reported today, ahead of talks between the two — expected to focus on Gaza. READ MORE . . .

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Former Palestinian peace negotiator on Trump meeting with Israel’s prime minister. Reported by Michel Martin | NPR  President Trump says a deal to end the war in Gaza is “very close.” Former Palestinian peace negotiator Diana Buttu talks about Trump’s meeting with Israel’s prime minister today. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Netanyahu says Israel working on ceasefire plan on eve of Trump meeting. Gaza death toll tops 66,000, by Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman and Giovanna Dell’Orto | AP  TEL AVIV — On the eve of meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is working on a new ceasefire plan with the White House, but details are still being sorted out. READ MORE . . .

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What fresh hell is this? by Craig Murray | Craig.Murray.org.uk / Consortium News  Friday saw two announcements: Keir Starmer is to introduce compulsory digital ID cards in the U.K., and Tony Blair was put forward by the White House to be the colonial administrator of Gaza for five years. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 26  A liberal fantasy of Palestine, by Caitlin Johnstone | Caitlin’s Newsletter / Consortium News  The Bernie Sanders-style framing of the nightmare in Palestine as a Netanyahu problem which can be remedied in short order by a two-state solution is a fairy tale that western liberals tell each other so . . . READ MORE . . .

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NOTE: New posts are sometimes not readily accessible to all online visitors, who may see a version that is hours or even days old depending on factors that may include what browser they are using or whether they have “refreshed” their browser. I am working on making access less chancy. If you suspect you aren’t looking at a current version even after refreshing or switching browsers, please visit later. Thanks. — MCM

A NOTE about access to newer posts follows the items below.

For today, links to four reports: from the Moscow Times, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, and Anadolu Ajansi; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE 9-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA entry for today is HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Ukrainian drone attack kills 2 in Moscow region. From the Moscow Times. A fire sparked by a Ukrainian drone strike killed a child and his grandmother in a town outside Moscow overnight, regional authorities said today. READ MORE . . .

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Russian attacks kill 3, injure 76 in Ukraine over past day, by Kateryna Hodunova | The Kyiv Independent  Russian attacks against Ukraine killed at least three civilians and injured at least 76 others over the past day, regional authorities said today. READ MORE . . .

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Russian troops liberate Shandrigolovo community in Donetsk region over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops liberated the community of Shandrigolovo in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .

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Kremlin blames Kyiv for stalled talks, warns against possible U.S. missile supply to Ukraine, by Alperen Aktaş | Anadolu Ajansi  ISTANBUL — The pause in peace negotiations with Ukraine arose from Kyiv’s unwillingness to continue dialogue, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, also warning against the possible delivery of U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. READ MORE . . .

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NOTE: New posts are sometimes not readily accessible to all online visitors, who may see a version that is hours or even days old depending on factors that may include what browser they are using or whether they have “refreshed” their browser. I am working on making access less chancy. If you suspect you aren’t looking at a current version even after refreshing or switching browsers, please visit later. Thanks. — MCM

For today,* links to eight reports: from Reuters, Anadolu Ajansi, the Associated Press, the Cradle, National Public Radio, and the Times of Israel, and to commentary from Jonathan.Cook.net via Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA 9-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this day are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Hamas says it lost contact with two hostages as tanks thrust deeper into Gaza City. From Reuters. The military wing of Hamas said today it had lost contact with two Israeli hostages held in Gaza City, and called on Israel to pull troops back and suspend air strikes for 24 hours so fighters could retrieve the captives. The fate of the two . . . READ MORE . . .

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Trump says ‘we will get it done’ in the Middle East ahead of talks with Netanyahu, by Steve Holland and Brendan O’Brien | Reuters   WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism today about reaching a deal to end the war in Gaza, saying there is “a real chance for greatness in the Middle East,” ahead of talks on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Anadolu Ajansi.

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Mideast nations confront chaos in their region, which Egypt warns ‘is at a point of implosion,‘ by Edith M. Lederer | AP  UNITED NATIONS — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — all nations in the thick of the unrest that has pervaded the Middle East — confronted the crisis in the region at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, with Egypt’s top diplomat warning that the Mideast “is at a point of implosion.” READ MORE . . . 

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Israel killing prominent Gaza families for refusing collaboration. From the Cradle. Israel has targetedand killed members of prominent families in the Gaza Strip for refusing to cooperate with Tel Aviv’s plan to create clan-based governing bodies aimed at replacing Hamas, according toa report by Asharq al-Awsat. READ MORE . . .

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Ahead of Trump-Netanyahu meeting, a look at Israel’s shifting goalposts in the war. Reported by Carrie Kahn | NPR  Israel’s Prime Minister says that Gaza City must be cleared to defeat Hamas, but the target to finish off Hamas keeps moving, with larger displacement of Palestinians. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM SEPT. 27  U.S. presents 21-point plan for Gaza takeover after genocide ends. From the Cradle. The U.S. has presented a 21-point proposal for ending Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which encourages Palestinians to remain in the strip and claims to provide for the creation of a pathway to a future Palestinian state, the Times of Israel reported on Saturday. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Times of Israel.

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Recognition of Palestine is a repeat of the West’s Oslo ‘peace’ fraud, by Jonathan Cook | Jonathan-Cook.net / Middle East Eye  The reluctant recognition of Palestinian statehood by Britain, France, Australia, and Canada this week is a con — it is the same switch and bait that has been blocking the creation of a Palestinian state for three decades now. READ MORE . . .

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* NOTE: Sometimes out of the blue the space bar on the computer I use doesn’t work right and pressing it can do annoying, discombobulating things, or scrolling capability is intermittently disabled — all requiring time-consuming workarounds to put together these entries and delaying their publication. As a result they’re all late today. — MCM

For today,* links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (UKRAINE 9-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll.) — MCM

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Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 4 and injures at least 10, as other regions hit too, by Derek Gatpoulos, Illia Novikov and Elise Morton | AP   KYIV  — Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into today, killing at least four people, with Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault – in the first major bombardment since . . . READ MORE  . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from Kyiv Post and the Kyiv Independent.

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Forty-one Ukrainian drones destroyed in Russian regions over night. From Tass. Forty-one Ukrainian drones destroyed in Russian regions over night. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed forty-one Ukrainian drones over the past night, the Russian Ministry of Defense said today in a statement. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 27  Ukrainians react to President Trump’s new stance on the war with Russia. Reported by Avery Keatley and Andrew Limbong | NPR  Olga Rudenko, chief editor of the Kyiv Independent, talks about how Ukrainians view President Trump’s shift from praising Vladimir Putin to backing Ukraine’s full territorial recovery, and what it could mean for the war. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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* NOTE: Sometimes out of the blue the space bar on the computer I use doesn’t work right and pressing it can do annoying, discombobulating things, or scrolling capability is intermittently disabled — all requiring time-consuming workarounds to put together these entries and delaying their publication. As a result they’re all late today. — MCM