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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

Links to two interviews, one real and one imaginary, from Tucker Carlson Network and from a guest on TCN; others or copies of the second interview are accessible by clicking on the network’s initials below or typing the titles into a search engine. (9/11 TRUTH 9-25-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 28 Charlie Sheen’s craziest Hollywood stories and why he refuses to believe the official story of 9/11. Tucker Carlson of TCN talks with the actor for half an hour (in a longer interview) about why Sheen disbelieves the government line about the murderous Sept. 11, 2001, events. Click HERE for video and advance to about one hour in.

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FROM SEPT. 9, 2009  ‘Twenty Minutes with the President,’ by Charlie Sheen. Transcript of a fictional chat at the White House during which Sheen hands President Barack Obama folder after folder of evidence and asks him to “create a truly comprehensive and open Congressional investigation of 9/11 and its aftermath.” Click HERE to read it.

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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, requiring time-consuming workarounds to put together these entries and delaying their publication. As a result they’ll all be late today. — MCM

For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (GAZA 9-26-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE 9-26-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Russian foreign minister: Any aggression against our country will be met with a ‘decisive response,‘ by Jennifer Peltz and  Edith M. Lederer | AP  UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, insisted to world leaders today that his nation has no intention of attacking Europe, but any aggression against his country “will be met with a decisive response.” READ MORE . . .

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Russia launches 115 drones, strikes critical infrastructure in Vinnytsia. From Kyiv Post. Russian forces launched a massive overnight drone attack today, striking a critical infrastructure facility in Vinnytsia region, regional and military officials said. READ MORE . . .

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Oil pumping station in Russia’s Chuvashia Republic suspends operations after drone attack, SBU source says, by Yuliia Taradiuk | The Kyiv Independent  The attack at the Tynogovato oil pumping station is alleged to have occurred overnight, Ukrainian and Russian sources said today. READ MORE . . .

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For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Cradle, Middle East Eye, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 9-26-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Airstrikes and shooting kill at least 44 people in Gaza as Israel ignores demands for a ceasefire, by Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 44 people across Gaza, health officials said today, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire but Israel’s leader remains defiant about continuing the war. Among the dead . . .  READ MORE . . .

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Hamas says it has not received Trump plan as Israel expands Gaza City assault, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and May Angel | Reuters  CAIRO / RAMALLAH  Hamas has not received U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan, the Palestinian group which runs the enclave said today as Israeli forces expanded their assault on Gaza City – this after Israeli newspaper Haaretz cited sources . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 26  Tony Blair in talks to lead U.S.-backed ‘supreme authority’ for Gaza: report. From the Cradle. Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who led the UK to illegally invade Iraq, is seeking a “senior role” in running postwar Gaza under a plan being proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people briefed on the proposal. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 26  Netanyahu says all Israelis reject Palestinian state, denounces Gaza genocide as ‘blood libel,’ by Sean Mathews | Middle East Eye  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a combative speech to a nearly empty UN General Assembly hall on Friday, where he portrayed himself as the standard-bearer of mainstream Israel in rejecting the creation of a Palestinian state and denouncing Israel’s genocide in Gaza as “a joke.” He criticized . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM EARLIER ON SEPT. 26  At the UN, Prime Minister Netanyahu is defiant as Israel’s isolation grows. Reported by Jackie Northam | NPR  Outcry over the war in Gaza leaves Israel diplomatically isolated as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to address the U.N. Click HERE to listen and read.

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NOTE:  Please see a note about access, following the links below.

For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, the Cradle, Middle East Eye, National Public Radio, and NPR affiliate American University Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their shorter names below.  (GAZA 9-25-25 is HERE , or scroll down.  LEBANON entry for this date is HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Visual evidence overthrows Israel’s official story for deadly attack on Gaza hospital. From Reuters. A Reuters analysis of visual evidence and other information about the Israeli attack on a Gaza hospital last month contradicts Israel’s explanation of what happened in the deadly strike. The Aug. 25 attack on Nasser Hospital killed 22, including five journalists. READ MORE . . .

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At UN, amid jeers and cheers, Netanyahu says Israel ‘must finish the job’ against Hamas in Gaza, by Jennifer Peltz, Adam Geller and Farnush Amiri | AP  UNITED NATIONS — Encircled by critics and protesters at the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders today . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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Netanyahu orders loudspeakers into Gaza to blast UN speech. From the Cradle. The Israeli army prepared in advance to broadcast Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech today at the UN via loudspeaker throughout the Gaza Strip, Haaretz reported, citing two army sources. READ MORE . . .

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UN General Assembly 2025: Diplomats storm out as Netanyahu takes podium, by Maysa Mustafa| Middle East Eye  UNITED NATIONS — Scores of diplomats walked out of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly today, to protest the ongoing genocide in Gaza and Israel’s repeated attacks against several countries across the Middle East — replicating an act of protest carried out last year. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 25  What the recognition of a Palestinian state means to Palestinians. Reported by Ari Shapiro, Linah Mohammad and John Ketchum | NPR  Shapiro speaks with Noura Erakat of Rutgers University about what more countries recently announcing moves to recognize Palestinian statehood means practically to Palestinians. Click HERE to listen and read. 

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FROM SEPT. 24  Multiple countries have recognized Palestine. What does that mean? Jenn White of WAMU talks with former American negotiator and Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the significance of recognition of Palestine by 157 of the 193 United Nations members — not including the United States. Click HERE to listen.

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NOTE: Some visitors to this website are seeing this page for the first time at about 1 p.m. EDT or later. Entries and additions to entries I posted yesterday evening and this morning were apparently not accessible to people visiting after that, until this afternoon. Visitors who wish to read material posted here — mostly links to reporting and commentary from elsewhere — may wish to visit again soon. (Some unwanted delays are caused by increased computer irregularities, others by factors unknown to me.) Thanks for your interest. And please keep trying to check in. — MCM

NOTE:  Please see a note about access, following the links below.

For today, links to reports from the Cradle and Agence France-Presse; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (LEBANON 8-7-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israeli raids hit east Lebanon ahead of first anniversary of Nasrallah assassination. From the Cradle. The Israeli army carried out several airstrikes on east Lebanon this morning, a day ahead of the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 9  Blast at Hezbollah site in Lebanon kills 6 soldiers. From AFP.  BEIRUT — Lebanon’s army said a blast at a weapons depot near the Israeli border today killed six soldiers as a military source said troops were removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility. READ MORE . . .

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NOTE: Some visitors to this website are seeing this page for the first time at about 1 p.m. EDT or later. Entries and additions to entries I posted yesterday evening and this morning were apparently not accessible to people visiting after that, until this afternoon. Visitors who wish to read material posted here — mostly links to reporting and commentary from elsewhere — may wish to visit again soon. (Some unwanted delays are caused by increased computer irregularities, others by factors unknown to me.) Thanks for your interest. And please keep trying to check in. — MCM

For today, links to four reports: from Kyiv Post, Tass, the Associated Press, and Agence France-Presse; others or just headlines are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. (LEBANON 8-7-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and LEBANON entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Ukraine strikes Afipsky refinery again as Syrsky declares ‘fuel crisis’ in Russia, by Julia Struck | Kyiv Post  Ukrainian drones have struck the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region overnight on Friday, once again targeting one of Moscow’s key fuel suppliers. READ MORE . . .

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Russian forces liberate four settlements in special op zone over week – top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian servicemen liberated four settlements in the special military operation zone, including Yunakovka in the Sumy Region, over the week, the Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine’s front line grows bigger as Russia shifts tactics, top commander says, by Hanna Arhirova and Barry Hatton | AP  KYIV — The front line on the battlefield in Ukraine has grown in length to nearly 1,250 kilometers (800 miles), stretching Kyiv’s defenses, while Russian forces employ a new tactic of sending swarms of small assault groups to infiltrate Ukrainian lines, Ukraine’s top military commander says. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from AFP.

For today, links to five reports: from Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, Reuters, Politico, and Antiwar.com, and to complete audio and at least some working video of United Nations general debate via Consortium News. others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA 9-24-25 is HERE, or scroll down. WEST BANK, UKRAINE, IRAN, SYRIA and 9/11 TRUTH entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israeli forces kill 43 Palestinians since dawn. From Middle East Eye. Israeli forces have killed at least 43 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn today, Al Jazeera Arabic reported, quoting medical sources. At least four were aid seekers in the south of the enclave. The latest deadly assaults . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 24  Trump promises Arab, Muslim leaders he won’t let Israel annex the West Bank, by Felicia Schwartz, Eli Stokols, Nicholas Vinocur and Hans von der Burchard | Politico  UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump promised Arab and Muslim leaders during a meeting Tuesday that he would not allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank, according to six people familiar with the discussion. READ MORE . . .

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At least 17 killed in Gaza Strip as leaders ramp up pressure for a ceasefire, by Wafaa Shurafa, David Rising and Kareem Chehayeb | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — At least 17 people werekilled today in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, according to local health officials, as international pressure for a ceasefire continued to grow. On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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FROM SEPT. 24  Trump promises Arab, Muslim leaders he won’t let Israel annex the West Bank, by Felicia Schwartz, Eli Stokols, Nicholas Vinocur and Hans von der Burchard | Politico  UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump promised Arab and Muslim leaders during a meeting Tuesday that he would not allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex the West Bank, according to six people familiar with the discussion. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 23  Watch: The 80th UN general debate. Via Consortium News. Heads of government and state from around the world, including U.S. President Donald Trump, addressed the first day of the 80th general debate of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday. Click HERE for video, or at least audio.

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