September 2020 – Page 81 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Shows

Were Israel & Hezbollah on brink of war post-blast? (Full show)

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020By Editor

A new report alleges that Hezbollah scrambled to prepare an attack on Israel in the aftermath of the devastating explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, nearly sending the entire region into a spiral of armed conflict. … Read More >Were Israel & Hezbollah on brink of war post-blast? (Full show)

Japan’s ruling party sets schedule to elect PM Abe’s successor – media

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020By Editor

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is to elect a new leader – who will serve as the country’s next PM – in less than two weeks, it emerged. Shinzo Abe, the outgoing premier, resigned recently citing declining health. … Read More >Japan’s ruling party sets schedule to elect PM Abe’s successor – media

USA

Media offers new weapon to protect Biden: Suggesting his mental health is failing means you’re part of a Russian conspiracy

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020By Editor

The US Department of Homeland Security reportedly blocked the distribution of a July intelligence bulletin warning of a Russian plot to promote “misinformation” that the Democratic presidential candidate is in poor mental health. … Read More >Media offers new weapon to protect Biden: Suggesting his mental health is failing means you’re part of a Russian conspiracy

USA

Snowden did nothing wrong? Court rules NSA spying on Americans’ phones was illegal all along

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020By Editor

A federal appeals court has ruled that the telephone metadata collection program used by the National Security Agency to spy on Americans was illegal, just as NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden said seven years ago. … Read More >Snowden did nothing wrong? Court rules NSA spying on Americans’ phones was illegal all along

‘We are not a vassal state’: Philippines’s Duterte won’t stop infrastructure projects with US-sanctioned Chinese firms

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020By Editor

The Philippines will not be cowed by a US blacklist on Chinese companies and will continue doing business with the sanctioned firms, a spokesman for President Rodrigo Duterte said, insisting Manila will not bow to a foreign power. … Read More >‘We are not a vassal state’: Philippines’s Duterte won’t stop infrastructure projects with US-sanctioned Chinese firms

World

‘Unacceptable’ interference: International Criminal Court objects to US sanctions prompted by war crimes investigation

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020By Editor

The US blacklisting of International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda amounts to an “unacceptable attempt to interfere with the rule of law,” the ICC said after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the sanctions. … Read More >‘Unacceptable’ interference: International Criminal Court objects to US sanctions prompted by war crimes investigation

Russia

Germany’s allegations about Navalny could be justification for pre-planned anti-Russian ‘response’ – Russian Foreign Ministry

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020By Editor

Moscow says it’s witnessing yet another instance of Western politicians preferring “loud public statements” instead of evidence and facts when it comes to the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny. … Read More >Germany’s allegations about Navalny could be justification for pre-planned anti-Russian ‘response’ – Russian Foreign Ministry

EU

Former Italian PM Berlusconi tests positive for coronavirus

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020By Editor

Silvio Berlusconi, MEP and former Italian prime minister, is isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, according to his office, but continues to work from home. … Read More >Former Italian PM Berlusconi tests positive for coronavirus

EU

‘Practically all children’ will get infected, Madrid leader admits as schools plan to reopen amid spike in Covid-19 cases

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020By Editor

As the number of coronavirus cases rose in Spain and Madrid in particular, the capital’s premier argued that children will likely get infected at home or elsewhere, but that schools will be safe once they reopen. … Read More >‘Practically all children’ will get infected, Madrid leader admits as schools plan to reopen amid spike in Covid-19 cases

EU

Trial of Paris attack accomplices begins as Macron says Charlie Hebdo had right to publish Prophet Mohammed cartoons

Posted on September 4, 2020September 4, 2020By Editor

Macron says France’s freedom of speech gives people the right to blaspheme, as the trial of 13 men and a woman accused of assisting the Islamist gunmen who launched the deadly 2015 Paris attacks begins under enhanced security. … Read More >Trial of Paris attack accomplices begins as Macron says Charlie Hebdo had right to publish Prophet Mohammed cartoons