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388 episodes
President Trump: US Preparing for Land Operations Against Narcotics Manufacturers in Venezuela + US - Russian Talks in Moscow "Useful & Constructive" - But No Concrete Deal + Arrow 3 AD Systems Arrive in Germany
For review:1. President Trump: US is Preparing for Land Operations Against Narcotics Manufacturers in Venezuela.2. US - Russian Talks in Moscow "Useful & Constructive" - But No Concrete Deal.3. The Israel Ministry...
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Episode 573
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25:48
President Trump Discusses Venezuela with Key Advisors + US & Ukraine Negotiators Discuss Border at Sunday Meeting + US Cautions Iraq Against Support to Hezbollah + Taiwan Funds Island-Wide AD System + More
For review:1. President Trump Discusses Venezuela with Key Advisors.2. Pope Leo XIV arrived Sunday in Lebanon from Turkey, where he opened his first trip as Pope. He is set to wrap up his visit on Tuesday with a prayer at the site...
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Episode 572
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15:40
President Trump: Airspace Above Venezuela Considered To Be Closed In Its Entirety + President Zelensky's Chief of Staff Resigns From Corruption Scandal + US Navy Cancels Constellation Frigate Program; Will Keep 2 Vessels Currently Under Construction
For review:1. President Trump: Airspace Above Venezuela Considered To Be Closed In Its Entirety. “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO B...
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Episode 571
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26:59
US Sec of State: Security Guarantees to Ukraine After Ceasefire + Report: Iran Continuing to Fund Hezbollah in Lebanon + Poland to Procure Saab A26 Submarines + US Army Developing New 155mm Cluster Munition + More
For review:1. US Sec of State: Security Guarantees to Ukraine After Ceasefire.2. The body of Mr. Dror Or was returned to Israel from Gaza by Palestinian terror groups on Tuesday evening, Israeli authorities announced Wednesday mor...
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Episode 570
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27:25
US Official: Ukraine Agrees with Revised 19-Point Peace Deal; President Trump Dispatches Steve Witkoff to Meet With Russian President + IDF Military Drill Evaluates Readiness After Strike on Senior Hezbollah Official + More
For review:1. US Official: Ukraine Agrees with Revised 19-Point Peace Deal; President Trump Dispatches Steve Witkoff to Meet With Russian President.2. European Union lawmakers voted on Tuesday to deepen integration of the bloc’s d...
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Episode 569
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26:22
Europe Preparing Counterproposal to President Trump's 28 Point Russia - Ukraine Peace Plan; Talks Occurring in Switzerland & Angola + Israel Eliminates Hezbollah's Second-in-Command in Beirut Missile Strike + More
For review:1. Europe Preparing Counterproposal to President Trump's 28 Point Russia - Ukraine Peace Plan; Talks Occurring in Switzerland & Angola.2. Estonia still wants to buy six additional M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket...
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Episode 568
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24:44
President Trump 28 Point Peace Plan for Russia & Ukraine Released + Initial Reaction
For review:1. President Trump 28 Point Peace Plan for Russia & Ukraine Released.2. Initial Reaction
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Episode 567
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21:17
US Draft 28-Point Plan to End Russia-Ukraine War + IDF-Hamas Combat Along Gaza Strip Yellow Line + Armor Not Dead: New Leopard 2A8 Main Battle Tank + More
For review:1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that there will not be a Palestinian state, even at the cost of normalization with Saudi Arabia.2. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that US Secretary of St...
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Episode 566
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25:53
Saudi Arabia to Procure F-35 Fighters & M1 Tanks from US + UN Security Council Passes US-Sponsored Gaza Resolution + Ukraine to Purchase French Rafale Warplanes + More
For review:1. UN Security Council Passes US-Sponsored Gaza Resolution. (Russia & China Abstain)2. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Tuesday during his White House meeting with US President Donald Tr...
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Episode 565
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18:25
UNSC Vote Expected Monday on Gaza Peace Plan Resolution + Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald Ford (CVN-78) Enters Caribbean Sea + Russia & Ukraine Negotiating Prisoner Exchange + More
For review:1. US Defense Secretary Hegseth announced a new military and surveillance campaign in the Western Hemisphere on Thursday, dubbed “Operation Southern Spear,” to pummel “narco-terrorists.”2. US SOUTHCOM Release: On Nov. 1...
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Episode 564
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22:32
President Trump Considers F-35 Warplanes for Saudi Arabia + US Secretary of State Optimistic About Gaza International Stabilization Force + Russian Intel Ship Operated Near Hawaii Last Month + More
For review:1. The body of slain hostage Israeli Meny Godard was returned to Israel by Hamas on Thursday night, officials confirmed. The bodies of three slain hostages now remain held in the Strip — two Israelis and one Thai national....
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20:08
Houthis Indicate a Halt to Military Operations Against Israel and Red Sea Shipping + Dense Fog Enables Russian Forces Entry into Pokrovsk + US Envoys Visit Israel to Discuss Hamas Fighters Trapped in Rafah Tunnels + More
For review:1. US Envoys Visit Israel to Discuss Hamas Fighters Trapped in Rafah Tunnels.2. France hosted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris for a meeting on Tuesday, during which French President Emmanuel Macro...
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Episode 562
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24:48
IDF Officer's Body Returned After More Than 11 Years in Hamas Captivity; 4 Hostages Remain + Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Ready to Meet with US Sec of State Rubio to Discuss Ukraine + German Armed Forces counter-Drone Munition + More
For review:1. Pakistan said Sunday it was committed to “dialogue” with Afghanistan despite peace talks ending after deadly violence, with Islamabad stressing its security concerns persist.2. IDF Officer's Body Returned After More ...
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Episode 561
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21:14
Secretary of War Hegseth Speech to Defense Industry Leaders + US to Establish Presence at Airbase in Syria + B-52 Warplanes Fly Along Venezuelan Coast + More
For review:1. Secretary of War Hegseth Speech to Defense Industry Leaders.2. Ukrainian forces continue to stubbornly defend the pocket around Pokrovsk despite relentless Russian assaults, leading to an ever-increasing threat of en...
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Episode 560
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27:01
Saudi Arabia Requests Purchase of F-35 Fighters from US + Ukraine General Staff: No Encirclement of Units & Divisions in Pokrovsk + Hamas & PA Agree on Temporary Committee to Manage Gaza + More
For review:1. Hamas & PA Agree on Temporary Committee to Manage Gaza.2. Saudi Arabia Requests Purchase of F-35 Fighters from US. The Trump administration is considering a Saudi Arabian request to buy as many as 48 ...
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Episode 559
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17:50
US Draft UNSC Resolution to Establish Gaza International Stabilization Force + IRGC Says Precision Missile Killed Hamas Leader Haniyeh; Not Remote Bomb + Australian Navy Receives First Ghost Shark AUV + More
For review:1. US Draft UNSC Resolution to Establish Gaza International Stabilization Force.International Stabilization Force will be in charge of securing the borders with Israel and Egypt, ensuring the safety of civilians and hum...
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Episode 558
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23:25
President Trump Directs Department of War to Prepare for Action in Nigeria + Kyiv Closes Embassy in Havana; Cuban Citizens Fighting Alongside Russia in Ukraine + Secretary of War to Give Speech to Top Defense Industry Leaders on 07 Nov + More
For review:1. President Trump said Friday he is not considering strikes on Venezuela, which fears that a major US military buildup in the region is aimed at regime change in Caracas.2. President Trump Directs Department of War to ...
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Episode 557
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28:54
President Trump Meets Chinese President in S. Korea; Discusses Ukraine + President Trump Directs Renewed Nuclear Testing + IAEA Estimates Iran Still Has 400kg of 60% Enriched Uranium + US Senate Confirms New USAF Chief of Staff + More
For review:1. President Trump Meets Chinese President in S. Korea; Discusses Ukraine.2. President Trump Directs Renewed Nuclear Testing.3. Qatari Prime Minister al-Thani indicated on Wednesday that Hamas violated the US-bro...
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Episode 556
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24:52
President Trump Meets Japan's Prime Minister; On to S. Korea for Meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping + Gaza Ceasefire Holding Despite Violations & Reprisals + UK & Turkey Agree to Eurofighter Deal Worth $11 Billion + More
For review:1. President Trump Meets Japan's Prime Minister; On to S. Korea for Meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.2. Russian President Vladimir Putin received North Korea's top diplomat at the Kremlin on October 27.N...
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Episode 555
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21:59
While in Malaysia - President Trump Oversees Peace Agreement Between Thailand & Cambodia; Next Stop Japan + Russia Tests Nuclear-Powered Skyfall Cruise Missile + Israel Allows Egyptian & Hamas Search Teams Access Beyond the Yellow Line + More
For review:1. While in Malaysia - President Trump Oversees Peace Agreement Between Thailand & Cambodia; Next Stop Japan.2. Israel Allows Egyptian & Hamas Search Teams Access Beyond the Yellow Line.3. Kirill Dmitriev...
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Episode 554
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22:50
US Secretary of State Visits Israel + Russia Exercises Nuclear Triad + IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon + Latest in US Army Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization
For review:1. US Secretary of State Visits Israel.2. IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in Lebanon.3. Russia Exercises Nuclear Triad.4. Latest in US Army Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization.
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Episode 553
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23:25
US Sanctions Russian Oil Companies; President Trump and Putin Meeting in Budapest Cancelled + US Secretary of State Travels to Israel; Far East + IDF Strikes Hezbollah Targets in S. Lebanon + More
For review:1. US Secretary of State Travels to Israel; Far East this week.2. United States Vice President JD Vance projected confidence on Tuesday that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was going to last as he paid a visit to a new ...
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Episode 552
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33:05
Vice President Vance Travels to Israel to Shore Ceasefire Agreement + Ceasefire Status Returns After Two IDF Soldiers Killed in Rafah Leads to Israeli Retaliation + More
For review:1. Vice President Vance Travels to Israel to Shore Ceasefire Agreement.2. Ceasefire Status Returns After Two IDF Soldiers Killed in Rafah Leads to Israeli Retaliation.3. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamen...
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Episode 551
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21:29
President Trump to Ukraine: No Tomahawks - At least For Now + Pakistan & Afghanistan Agree to Ceasefire + US Army Considers CCA Capability + More
For review:1. Pakistan & Afghanistan Agree to Ceasefire.Security issues are at the heart of the tensions, with Pakistan accusing Afghanistan of harboring militant groups led by the Pakistani Taliban on its soil- a claim Kabul ...
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Episode 550
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21:26
President Trump and Russian President to Meet in Budapest within Two Weeks + US-Led Gaza Coordination Center Operational in Days + First US Army Hypersonic Battery Fully Equipped in December + More
For review:1. The military commander of the Houthi rebels in Yemen, Muhammad al-Ghamari, has died, the Iran-backed group announced Thursday afternoon. The Israel Defense Forces later confirmed that al-Ghamari had been killed ...
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Episode 549
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23:28