Links to three reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s ALL OF IT and YEMEN, and down for UKRAINE 10-8-26.) — MCM
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Links to a discussion from Consortium News, a program from 21st Century Wire, and a report from the Associated Press; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s ALL OF IT 10-7-26.) — MCM
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The World This Week – ‘Russia to the rescue?’ Joe Lauria of CN hosts former CIA analyst Joe McGovern and Patrick Hennigsen of 21st Century Wire for two-hours of talk on topics including * Columbus Day 1983, * President Trump’s state of mind, * the Europeans, * a geopolitical “isosceles triangle, * the 2014 Maidan coup, * Minsk accords 1 and 2 in 2014 and 2015, * nuclear threats and the paradox of international law, * Presidents Trump and Netanyahu at the UN, * the Israel lobby in the United States, * “our mainstream press,” * Netanyahu in extremis, * the Epstein files, * the Ivania Trump / Jared Kushner marriage, * the U.S. weapons inventory, * Nobel Peace Prize to jurist Navi Pillay of South Africa, * public executions in the U.S., * “Where the hell is the Church?” * Tulsi Gabbard, * Joe Kent, * U.S. consulting firms and the French government, * Spain and Pedro Sanchez, and * Russia and “the long game.” Click HERE for subtitled video, print intro and comments.
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Sunday Wire Episode 616 — Zelensky’s diesel downfall + Hegseth’s ‘holy war’ firing squad. From 21st Century Wire. Patrick Henningsen reviews and comments on some of the events of last week in a 90-minute monologue, followed by other material. Click HERE for three-hour video.
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FROM OCT. 8 Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be live-streamed, by Konstantin Toropin, Eric Trucker and Claudia Lauer | AP WASHINGTON — The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for the first military execution in more than 65 years after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had described it as being “public.” Click HERE for report including photos.
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First, links to reports from National Public Radio and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s UKRAINE and GAZA so far, and for ALL OF IT 10-6-26.) — MCM
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Thousands protest in France to support students calling for more resources in schools. Reported by Eleanor Beardsley and Michel Martin | NPR In France, hundreds of thousands rallied nationwide on Tuesday to support high school students demanding more education funding. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. Click HERE and HERE for a second NPR report and Oct. 6 video from AP.
Links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s ALL OF IT and UKRAINE so far, and down for GAZA 10-6-26.) — MCM
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First, belatedly, a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s ALL OF IT, GAZA and YEMEN so far, and down for UKRAINE 10-5-26.) — MCM
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Links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for today’s ALL OF IT, UKRAINE and GAZA so far, and down for YEMEN 10-5-26.) — MCM
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Fighting in Yemen escalates as U.S.-Iran tensions remain high, by Samy Magdy, Fatma Khaled and Munir Ahmed | AP CAIRO — Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s government have launched a military campaign to drive Iran-backed Houthi rebels from the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a critical trade route for oil and other goods. Click HERE for report including video and photos.
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Who is fighting in Yemen? From Reuters. DUBAI — Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have staged a counteroffensive to retake the coast around the Bab el-Mandeb shipping route and other strategic territory seized last month by the Iran-aligned Houthis, in a complex conflict with shifting alliances. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same report in Italian.
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For now, links to two reports from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s SYRIA, YEMEN, GAZA, IRAN and ALL OF IT so far, and down for UKRAINE 9-28-26.) — MCM
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Russian attacks kill 6 in Ukraine and damage Kyiv’s Northern Bridge. From AP. KYIV — Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least six people and damaged Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, suspending traffic and causing tailbacks for a third day in Moscow’s latest effort to disrupt life in the Ukrainian capital. Click HERE for report including photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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For now, links to six reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Cradle, and Time Magazine; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s SYRIA, YEMEN, GAZA, UKRAINE and IRAN so far, and down for ALL OF IT 10-4-26.) — MCM
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A look at what’s being said on the FlyDubai attack on an Israel-bound plane, by Melanie Lidman, Aamer Madhani and Samy Magdy | AP JERUSALEM — The investigation into the thwarted FlyDubai cockpit attack last week has turned into a wide security and intelligence probe spanning from the Middle East to New Zealand as authorities try to figure out how the suspect, previously flagged for extremist views in Oman, was cleared to fly an Israel-bound flight. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and the Cradle.
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FROM OCT. 4 U.S. Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack, by Konstantin Toropin | AP WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base. Click HERE for report including brief video. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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FROM OCT. 1 ‘What Trump Has Built’ interview transcript. From Time Magazine. President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Time at the White House on Sept. 28. Click HERE for a transcript, a link to the article, and a link to Time’s fact check.
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