For today, links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters, and to commentary from ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Israel broadens its evacuation orders after deadly strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early today after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according to . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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FROM AUG. 10  Israel runs the U.S. No, the U.S. runs Israel. No, wait . . . by Patrick Lawrence | Original to ScheerPost  That deranged speech Bibi Netanyahu delivered to a joint session of Congress last month: I cannot get it entirely out of my mind. It did not change anything — neither the . . . READ MORE . . .