For today, briefer than usual, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM

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Blinken, UK’s Lammy visit Ukraine in show of support at key juncture in war, by Daphne Psaledakis and Olena Harmash | Reuters  KYIV — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British foreign minister David Lammy arrived in Kyiv today for a series of meetings with senior Ukrainian officials. Blinken has said he wants to hear directly . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from AP and NPR.

For today, links to eight reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, Agence France-Presse, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Nader.org; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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An Israeli strike on a tent camp in a Gaza humanitarian zone killed at least 19 people, by Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Mohammad Jahjouh | AP  DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 early today, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it targeted senior Hamas . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Middle East Eye. 

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UK foreign secretary says ‘shocking’ strike in Gaza shows need for truce. From AFP. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy today voiced shock about a missile strike in a humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip, saying it showed the urgent need for a ceasefire.”We’re meeting at a critical moment . . . READ MORE . . .

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Is Israel’s prime minister being too stubborn for a cease-fire deal, hostage release? Reported by Steve Inskeep | NPR  Gal Hirsch, Israel’s coordinator for captives and the missing, is interviewed following the killings of six Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM SEPT. 9  The UN chief calls the death and destruction in Gaza the worst he’s seen, by Edith M. Lederer | AP  UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Monday that the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and demanded an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 7  Ayşenur Eygi’s family demands independent inquiry into West Bank death. From AFP. The family of a Turkish-American woman shot dead while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have demanded an independent investigation into her death. The UN rights office said Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was . . . READ MORE . . .

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Blinken says Israeli killing of U.S.-Turkish activist ‘unprovoked and unjustified.’ From AFP. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today that Israel’s military needs to make “fundamental changes” after a U.S.-Turkish activist was shot dead during a protest in the occupied West Bank last week. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 2  Israeli soldiers will soon find ways to tell their media about the terror inside Gaza, by Ralph Nader | Nader.org  Right from the start on Oct. 7, Israeli soldiers knew that the sudden collapse of Netanyahu’s state-of-the-art multi-tiered border defense system left the door open for the Hamas attack. Still denied an official investigation by . . . READ MORE . . .

For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, the Moscow Times, the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Ukraine strikes Moscow in biggest drone attack to date. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Ukraine struck the Moscow region today in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow. Russia said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack drones as . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from AP, the Moscow Times, Kyiv Post and the Kyiv Independent.

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FROM SEPT. 9  Ukraine summons Iranian diplomat as Tehran denies missile transfer to Russia. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned a senior Iranian diplomat to warn of “devastating and irreparable consequences” for bilateral relations if reports that Tehran had supplied Russia with ballistic missiles were correct. READ MORE . . .

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Russian army liberates four communities in DPR in one day. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian army has liberated Galitsynovka, Grigorovka, Krasnogorovka and Vodyanoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said today. Details of this and other combat actions . . . READ MORE . . .

Links to two news releases, from the Lawyers’ Committee for 9/11 Inquiry and Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth; other information is accessible by clicking on their abbreviated names below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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‘Crime Scene to Courtroom’ series premiers this evening. From LCfor911.org. The first episode of the planned series “Crime Scene to Courtroom” will appear online this evening, Monday, Sept. 9, at 8 p.m. EDT / 5 p.m. PDT. It features, among others, architect Richard Gage and Attorney Mick Harrison, litigation director of the Lawyers’ Committee for 9/11 Inquiry. The series is described as “a deep dive into the explosive evidence of the destruction of the three World Trade Center skyscrapers” on Sept. 11, 2001. Click HERE for news release including trailer.

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AE911Truth’s most ambitious 9/11 anniversary event a major success. From AE911Truth. People who couldn’t watch the initial broadcast on Satureday of  “The 24^th Hour: Yesterday and Tomorrow” can view the conference online. Guests included Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, comedian Jimmy Dore, Google whistleblower Zach Vorhies, bio-terrorism expert Meryl Nass, and Canadian journalist Barrie Zwicker. Throughout this week AE911Truth will release the individual interviews. Click HERE for the news release.

For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, Wafa, National Public Radio, CNN, the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, and Middle East Monitor, and to commentary via the Financial Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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UN rights chief calls on states to challenge Israel over occupation, by Emma Farge | Reuters  GENEVA — The UN human rights chief said today that ending the nearly year-long war in Gaza is a priority and he asked countries to act on what he called Israel’s “blatant disregard” for international law in the occupied Palestinian territories. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Wafa.

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Blinken to meet with UK prime minister for talks on Ukraine and Gaza. Reported by Lauren Frayer and Steve Inskeep | NPR  Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits London today, ahead of a White House trip by new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The talks are focused on Ukraine and Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM SEPT. 8  CIA and MI6 heads discuss Gaza ceasefire efforts, Russian threat in unprecedented joint public appearance in London, by Nick Paton Walsh, Sophie Tanno and Radina Gigova | CNN  CIA chief Bill Burns said on Saturday he hoped to have a “more detailed” hostage and ceasefire proposal to put before Israel and Hamas negotiators in the coming days, but stressed that its success would come down to “political will” on their part. He spoke at an unprecedented joint public event with Richard Moore of the UK’s foreign intelligence service. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for commentary via Financial Times. 

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FROM SEPT. 8  Chased away by Israeli settlers, these Palestinians returned to a village in ruins, by Jalal Bwaitel and Julia Frankel | AP  KHIRBET ZANUTA, West Bank — An entire Palestinian community fled their tiny West Bank village last fall after repeated threats from Israeli settlers with a history of violence. Then, in a rare endorsement of Palestinian land rights . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israeli forces ‘kill a Palestinian child every two days’ in West Bank, by Katherine Hearst | Middle East Eye  A new report has detailed how more than 140 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack and the ensuing war on Gaza began. The report by Defence for Children International . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 8  Palestine sees 85% drop in illiteracy rates in last 2 decades. From Middle East Monitor. The Palestinian territories have seen an 85% drop in illiteracy rates in the last two decades, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for news release from the PCBS. 

For today, links to 10 reports: from National Public Radio, CNN, Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Independent, Reuters, the Associated Press, the Moscow Times, Tass, and the Kyiv Post, and to commentary via the Financial Times; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Blinken to meet with U.K. prime minister for talks on Ukraine and Gaza. Reported by Lauren Frayer and Steve Inskeep | NPR  Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits London today, ahead of a White House trip by new U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The talks are focused on Ukraine and Gaza. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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FROM SEPT. 8  CIA and MI6 heads discuss Gaza ceasefire efforts, Russian threat in unprecedented joint public appearance in London, by Nick Paton Walsh, Sophie Tanno and Radina Gigova | CNN  CIA chief Bill Burns and Richard Moore, head of the UK’s foreign intelligence service, speaking Saturday, stressed the importance of the two countries’ intelligence partnership at a time when the global order is under threat, particularly from Russian aggression. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for commentary via Financial Times. 

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Russia claims another village in east Ukraine, near Pokrovsk. From AFP.  Russia said today its forces had captured the east Ukrainian village of Memryk, a stepping stone to the Kyiv-held logistics hub of Pokrovsk some 20 kilometers (12 miles) away. Pokrovsk lies on the intersection . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.

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Kremlin says Germany is right to fully investigate Nord Stream pipeline blasts. From Reuters.  MOSCOW — The Kremlin said today that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was right to want a thorough investigation into a 2022 attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines despite what it said were attempts by some Western powers to hush up what really happened. Scholz said over the weekend . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 8  German Chancellor Scholz calls for faster progress toward ending Russia’s war on Ukraine. From AP. FRANKFURT, Germany — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agree that Russia should be included in a future peace conference aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine. He . . . READ MORE . . .

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Hundreds of Ukraine war veterans win office in Russia’s regional elections. From the Moscow Times. Over 300 Russian soldiers who fought in Moscow’s war on Ukraine and ran as candidates from the ruling United Russia party have secured political office in Russia’s 2024 regional and local elections, state media reported Monday, citing . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 8  Russian forces liberate DPR’s Novogrodovka. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia’s battlegroup Center has liberated the settlement of Novogrodovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, according to the Defense Ministry. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 8  17 IRIS-Ts will boost Ukraine’s air defenses but it’s still not enough, experts say, by Kateryna Hodunova | The Kyiv Independent  Ukraine’s continued requests to Western allies for more air defenses were answered in part this week, with the announcement that Germany has ordered an additional 17 IRIS-T air defense systems for Kyiv. The timing . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine develops its own long-range aerial glide bomb. From Kyiv Post. A video released over the weekend shows a Ukrainian Su-24 variable-wing bomber carrying what appears to be a new type of air-launched guided munition. It seems likely the video was filmed sometime in August. The post said the Su-24, with the bort number “White 09,” belongs to Ukraine’s . . . READ MORE . . .

For today. links to 10 reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Middle East Eye, Middle East Monitor, and Common Dreams; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Shooting attack at the West Bank-Jordan border crossing kills 3 Israelis, by Mahmoud Ileana and Natalie Melzer | AP  ALLENBY CROSSING, West Bank — Three Israelis were shot and killed today at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Israeli officials said, in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza. The military said the gunman . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, Middle East Eye and Middle East Monitor.

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Israeli strike kills senior rescue-service official in Gaza, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters  CAIRO — An Israeli airstrike on a house in Jabalia today killed Mohammad Morsi, deputy director of the Gaza Civil Emergency Service in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, and four of his family, health officials said. The Civil Emergency Service said in a statement that Morsi’s death raised to 83 the number of its members . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 5  Biden’s memo invoked to stop arms to Israel, by Julia Conley | Common Dreams / Consortium News  More than two dozen groups on Tuesday sent a letter to President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their foreign policy advisers saying to administration need look no further than its own . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 7  Half a million people protest against government in Israel. From Middle East Eye. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested across the country on Saturday for the eighth consecutive night with some clashes reported with the police. The demonstrations were ignited on Sunday last week after the bodies of six captives . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 7  Tens of thousands march for Palestine towards Israeli embassy in London, by Areeb Ullah | Middle East Eye  LONDON — Tens of thousands of protesters marched for Palestine in central London on Saturday as Israel continues its attacks on Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Organisers held a series of speeches at the start of the march on Regent Street before . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Common Dreams.

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FROM SEPT. 7  U.S. and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine’s ‘audacious’ Russia incursion and call for a Gaza cease-fire, by Jill Lawless | AP  LONDON — The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies said Saturday that Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding 2 1/2-year war, as they urged Kyiv’s allies not to be held back by Russian threats of escalation. READ MORE . . .

For today, links to seven reports: from Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Tass, the Associated Press, and the Kyiv Independent, and to commentary from the Kyiv Post and Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Russian military says it has captured town in eastern Ukraine. From AFP. The Russian army said today it had captured a town in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow’s forces are advancing on the strategic city of Pokrovsk. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces have “liberated the locality of Novohrodivka” in the Donetsk region, some 20 kilometers from . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Tass.

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Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of overnight air attacks on border regions. From Reuters. Ukraine and Russia accused each other of overnight air attacks on their border regions, with Ukrainian officials saying that two people died and four were injured in the Sumy region, and Russia saying three civilians were injured in Belgorod. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AFP.

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FROM SEPT. 7  U.S. and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine’s ‘audacious’ Russia incursion and call for a Gaza cease-fire, by Jill Lawless | AP  LONDON — The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies said Saturday that Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding 2 1/2-year war, as they urged Kyiv’s allies not to be held back by Russian threats of escalation. READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 7  Howitzers, missiles, armor — what Ukraine was promised in Ramstein, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent  As the allies gathered at the Ramstein Air Base for the 24th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group . . . READ MORE . . .

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Trench versus trench, drone versus drone, by Jeffrey S. Kargel | Kyiv Post  As Russia’s war against Ukraine has progressed, almost every aspect of war tactics by modern militaries has been completely disrupted by air-borne, sea-based, and increasingly surface-based drones. Both Ukraine and Russia – and by extension . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 4  Conditioning Americans for war with Russia, by Ray McGovern | Special to Consortium News / Popular Resistance  As the drums beat louder and louder about alleged threats from Russia, the Biden administration today blew perilous new life into the debunked and disgraced Russiagate disinformation operation. Russiagate seems . . . READ MORE . . .

Links to two news releases: from Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth and the International Center for 9/11 Justice; other information is accessible by clicking on their shorter names below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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AE911Truth’s 2024 anniversary event, today. From AE911Truth. A free online broadcast beginning today at 2 p.m. EDT includes interviews with nine observers including current Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and Google whistleblower Zach Vorhies, and two panel discussions. Click HERE for details.

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‘Aviation Impossibilities’ symposium Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern. From IC911. Over the past six months, the International Center for 9/11 Justice has embarked on the first stage of an in-depth study into what took place in the skies on Sept. 11, 2001. Tomorrow, Sunday, an online symposium titled “Aviation Impossibilities: Deconstructing the Official Story of the 9/11 Hijackings and Air Defense Failures” will evaluate three key claims of the government’s account. Click HERE for details.

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MAY BE CONTINUED

For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Middle East Eye, the Anadolu Agency, and the Associated Press, and to excerpts from two articles in the August-September issue of the Capitol Hill Citizen; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below or by purchasing or borrowing a copy of that issue of the Citizen. (UKRAINE entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 as UN pursues vaccinations, by Nidal Al-Mughrabi | Reuters  CAIRO — Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of 24 hours, local medics said today, as Israeli forces battled Hamas-led militants in the territory. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from | AP. 

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Satellite images show Israel paving new road along Philadelphi Corridor: report. From Middle East Eye. Israeli forces are paving a new road running the length of Gaza’s border with Egypt, known as the Philadelphi Corridor, satellite images have shown, according to a BBC report. The imagery, photographs and video . . . READ MORE . . .

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President Erdogan denounces killing of Turkish-U.S. activist by Israel, by Seda Sevencan and Muhammed Enes Calli | Anadolu Agency  ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today condemned Israel for ‘heinously’ murdering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist who was killed Friday by Israeli forces during a protest in the occupied West Bank  He said . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Monitor.

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The heads of the CIA and MI6 issue a joint call for a cease-fire in Gaza, by Jill Lawless | AP  LONDON — The heads of the American and British foreign intelligence agencies said today they are “working ceaselessly” for a cease-fire in Gaza, using a rare joint public statement to press for peace. CIA Director William Burns and MI6 Chief Richard Moore said . . . READ MORE . . .

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Gaza enters its 2nd school year without schooling. The cost could be heavy for kids’ futures, by Wafaa Shurafa and Lee Keath | AP  KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — This week, when they would normally be going back to school . . . READ MORE . . .

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Exposing the Gaza death undercount, by Ralph Nader | Capitol Hill Citizen  Probative evidence and professional assessments point to a death toll of over 300,000 Palestinians in Gaza with that number at least doubling by end of the year. Why then is the reviled Hamas’ death count now at about 41,000, accepted by the mass media and most governments? Click HERE to read beginning of article.

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In Congress, 52 standing  ovations for Netanyahu, by Linda Pentz Gunter | Capitol Hill Citizen  On July 24, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlalib, the lone Palestinian member of Congress, was also the only elected official who chose to make a visible protest against the disgraceful spectacle she was witnessing that day: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking inside the U.S Capitol to a roaring, applauding . . .Click HERE to read beginning of article.