Tags: Middle East Crisis
Karah Rucker: GOOD MORNING. I’M KARAH RUCKER WITH STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS. HERE ARE THE DAY’S TOP STORIES.
21 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND AT LEAST 33 OTHERS HURT IN LAST NIGHT’S BOMBING AT A MOSQUE IN KABUL
THE ATTACK COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE TALIBAN MARKED A YEAR IN POWER FOLLOWING AMERICA’S WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN.
WHILE NO ONE INITIALLY CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK — ISIS HAS STEPPED UP ATTACKS TARGETING THE TALIBAN IN THE PAST YEAR.
THE U-S AND TAIWAN HAVE AGREED TO BEGIN TRADE TALKS THIS FALL.
THE NEWS — CRITICIZED BY CHINA — CLAIMING THAT TAIWAN HAS NO RIGHT TO FOREIGN RELATIONS.
CHINA’S LATEST WARNING COMES AS TAIWAN’S MILITARY HELD A DRILL WITH MISSILES AND CANNONS — SIMULATING A RESPONSE TO A CHINESE MISSILE ATTACK.
HAPPENING TODAY — FORMER TRUMP ORGANIZATION C-F-O ALLEN WEISSELBERG IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO TAX VIOLATIONS.
IT’S A PART OF A DEAL THAT WOULD REPORTEDLY REQUIRE HIM TO TESTIFY ABOUT ALLEGED ILLICIT BUSINESS PRACTICES AT THE ORGANIZATION.
IN A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION — A JUDGE WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS TODAY ON WHETHER TO UNSEAL THE AFFIDAVIT USED IN LAST WEEK’S F-B-I RAID OF TRUMP’S MAR-A-LAGO RESIDENCE.
