All of it, 10-20-26

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Links to six reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE, IRAN and YEMEN so far, and for ALL OF IT 10-19-26.) — MCM

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Giant heat storms are scorching the earth. This is the story of the biggest one on record. Reported by Maurice Tamman, Ben Welsh, Pete Mckenzie, Charlie Szymanski , Delgerzaya Delgerjargal , Robbie Corey-Boulet, Loucoumane Coulibaly , Jeff Horwitz and Joan Faus | Reuters  In less than a lifetime, about six and a half decades, heat waves have evolved from sporadic, isolated episodes to massive, cascading weather events that can blanket vast swaths of the planet for months or even years at a time. Click HERE for report with photos, and related Reuters report with video. 

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From France to Albania, social unrest is setting Europe’s streets ablaze, by Teresa Medrano and Suman Naishadham | AP  MADRID — Rising fuel costs, discontent with the state of schools, declining public services and a housing crisis are fueling an autumn of protests in Europe. Click HERE for report with video, HERE for it in Spanish, and HERE for others from AP in Spanish. Click HERE and HERE for second report from AP in English and Spanish, and HERE and HERE for third AP report.

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FROM OCT. 19  French President Macron decries violent protests in nationwide address. Reported by 

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Ukraine, 10-20-26

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

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Russian aerial blitz kills 9 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy meets with U.S. and European officials in Norway, by Hanna Arhirova and Barry Hatton | AP  KYIV — Russia unleashed another missile and drone blitz of civilian areas in Ukraine, killing at least nine people, officials said Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought more American and European help during a visit to Norway. Click HERE for report with video, HERE for it in Spanish, and HERE for others from AP in Spanish. 

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FROM OCT. 19  Zelenskyy says Ukraine got no early warning from Partners as Russia hits the power grid again, by Samya Kullab and Barry Hatton | AP  KYIV — Russia launched new attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure using ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, adding that Kyiv again received no early warning of the attack from partner countries that previously shared their intelligence. Report with video and photos is HERE. Click HERE for same HERE report in Spanish, and HERE for others. 

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FROM OCT. 19  Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes, as relations between Trump and Zelenskyy sour. Reported by

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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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Iran, 10-20-26

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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 today’s ALL OF IT, UKRAINE and YEMEN, 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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Yemen, 10-20-26

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

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Houthis attack city in Yemen that UN says is at ‘grave risk,‘ by Samy Magdy and Sarah El Deeb | AP  CAIRO — Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck a residential area in Yemen’s third-largest city today, killing two teenage girls and renewing attention on the dangers faced by civilians in Taiz, which has been under attack and siege during the country’s escalating conflict. Click HERE for report with video, HERE for it in Spanish, and HERE for others from AP in Spanish. 

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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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FROM OCT. 12  Who are the Houthis? From Middle East Eye. Officially known as Ansar Allah, or “helpers of God,” the movement emerged in Yemen’s far north in the 1990s. The Houthis have sought greater autonomy for the north and, increasingly, recognition as the country’s governing authority. Click HERE for report with locator map.

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All of it, 10-19-26

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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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All of it, 10-18-26

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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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West Bank, 10-17-26

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Links to reports from Reuters and Middle East Eye; headlines of others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE and ALL OF IT, and for WEST BANK 10-16-26.) — MCM

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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, European diplomats in West Bank, Belgium says, by Ali Sawafta and Mohammed Torokman | Reuters  Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian civilians, European diplomats and a French mayor in the occupied West Bank today, Belgium’s foreign minister said, a day after settlers beat an American photojournalist. READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.

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Ukraine, 10-17-26

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Links to five reports: from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s WEST BANK and ALL OF IT so far, and down for UKRAINE 10-16-26.) — MCM

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Zelenskyy’s challenges. Reported by Joanna Kakissis and Scott Simon | NPR  Kakissis, NPR’s correspondent in Ukraine, reflects on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s tough week and her interview with him about his relationship with Trump, Washington’s dealings with Russia, and the future of his leadership. Click HERE to listen and read. Click HERE and HERE for reports from the Associated Press and Reuters.

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Ukrainian foreign minister says Russian-held town is a ‘death trap’ with starving residents. From Reuters. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said today that Russian occupying forces were turning the Ukrainian town of Oleshky into a “death trap” gripped by starvation, and urged international organisations to help evacuate its residents. READ MORE . . .

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Trump’s decision to waive Russian sanctions outrages Congress, by Lisa Mascaro | AP  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia days before they were to take effect drew outrage today from members of Congress, which had overwhelmingly passed the legislation in a bipartisan display of American support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. Report with photos is HERE. 

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All of it, 10-17-26

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A link to an advisory from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for today’s WEST BANK and UKRAINE, and down for ALL OF IT 10-13-26.) — MCM

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ADVISORY  Watch: The World This Week — ‘Trump v. Zelensky.’ Joe Lauria, editor-in chief of CN, will talk with former CIA analyst Joe McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter at around 9 a.m. EDT tomorrow (Sunday) about some of this week’s events including, from CN, “Trump tells Ukraine stop hitting Russia; says Zelensky must go; exempts Russia from sanctions; orders Musk to stop aiding Ukraine. Yemen roars, Saudis recoil.” Click HERE at 9 Sunday morning EDT to livestream discussion of probably two hours, and later for video.

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West Bank, 10-16-26

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First, a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE so far, and for WEST BANK 10-9-26.) — MCM

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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during olive harvest, and other Middle East news. From AP. Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in towns across the occupied West Bank during the olive harvest Friday, setting fire to cars and trees. Meanwhile, Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked the palace compound used by the country’s internationally recognized government, killing five people and wounding more than a dozen others. Report with video and photos is HERE; click HERE for it in Spanish. Other AP Middle East coverage is HERE.
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