bring you from reuters news agency related to those explosions earlier this week in iran. iranian security forces saying they have detained 11 people suspected of links to those attacks earlier this week. we reported here those bombings around 84 people. on wednesday s attacks in southern iran marking the anniversary of the death of a senior revolutionary guard commander, so that happened on wednesday, authorities telling us they have detained 11 people suspected of links to those attacks. that is coming in from reuters news agency and if we have any more detail we will bring you up to date. let s return to events in ukraine. russia s defence ministry said its forces have repelled a ukrainian attack over crimea, shooting down 36 drones over the peninsula annexed in 2014. russian occupation authorities called it the biggest attack on sevastopol since the beginning of the russian invasion of ukraine. the ukrainian army has confirmed the attack. 0lga malchevska has been follow
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right now with connell mcshane. the consumer is really feeling it. not in a good way. in a perfect world, americans would have slowly built confidence back post pandemic. there s now the new signs where actually that we re going back in time instead of moving forward. look at this chart. today s reading on consumer confidence, the lowest since february of last year. mostly because people continue to say their present situation, how they are right now, is getting worse, thanks in large part to inflation. too much of a hassle. we have two kids, both work. drive to a different supermarket, go somewhere else or look for savings. we re biting the bullet. everything is more expensive. supplies for him. i spend a lot of money on blackberries and cherries. so i m cutting back on my fancy fruits. for those worried about recession, walmart s profit forecast didn t help. gigantic retailer that is the largest private employer in the country cut its outlook. saying consumers are
democrat dechlic precinctses. the plan as outlined by a republican national committee staffer in michigan includes utilizing rules to provide political balance among poll workers to install party-trained volunteers prepared to challenge voters at democratic majority polling places to connect a website in establishing a network of party-friendly district attorneys who can intervene to block vote counts at certain precincts. here is a clip of an rnc official in michigan making his pitch to potential recruits in october 2021. that is what we are here tonight for. to show the program that we are creating to create that safety net on the polls before election day, after election day to make sure that fraud does not happen again. i understand that we are upset with the 2020 result, but we cannot just look at the 2020 results or else the exact same thing will happen in 2022. we need volunteers on the ground on election day ahead of election day working so that that fraud does not
bring you from reuters news agency related to those explosions earlier this week in iran. iranian security forces saying they have detained 11 people suspected of links to those attacks earlier this week. we reported here those bombings around 84 people. on wednesday s attacks in southern iran marking the anniversary of the death of a senior revolutionary guard commander, so that happened on wednesday, authorities telling us they have detained 11 people suspected of links to those attacks. that is coming in from reuters news agency and if we have any more detail we will bring you up to date. let s return to events in ukraine. russia s defence ministry said its forces have repelled a ukrainian attack over crimea, shooting down 36 drones over the peninsula annexed in 2014.