diff --git a/src/core/migrations/versions/57d784d699d9_news_item_cascade_delete.py b/src/core/migrations/versions/57d784d699d9_news_item_cascade_delete.py
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+"""add cascade delete to NEWS_ITEM releated tables
+
+Revision ID: 57d784d699d9
+Revises: f0a4860000ff
+Create Date: 2024-05-07 10:06:33.066000
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '57d784d699d9'
+down_revision = 'f0a4860000ff'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    delete_previous()
+    # news_item_attribute
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_data_news_item_attribute_news_item_attribute_id_fkey',  'news_item_data_news_item_attribute',      'news_item_attribute', ['news_item_attribute_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_aggregate_news_item_attri_news_item_attribute_id_fkey', 'news_item_aggregate_news_item_attribute', 'news_item_attribute', ['news_item_attribute_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+    # news_item_data  -   manual delete in Taranis keeps DATA tree records (to not crawl again?)
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_data_news_item_attribute_news_item_data_id_fkey', 'news_item_data_news_item_attribute', 'news_item_data', ['news_item_data_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_news_item_data_id_fkey',                          'news_item',                          'news_item_data', ['news_item_data_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+    # news_item_aggregate
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_aggregate_news_item_attri_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey', 'news_item_aggregate_news_item_attribute', 'news_item_aggregate', ['news_item_aggregate_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+    op.create_foreign_key('report_item_news_item_aggregate_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey',     'report_item_news_item_aggregate',         'news_item_aggregate', ['news_item_aggregate_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_aggregate_search_index_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey',    'news_item_aggregate_search_index',        'news_item_aggregate', ['news_item_aggregate_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey',                           'news_item',                               'news_item_aggregate', ['news_item_aggregate_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+    # news_item
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_vote_news_item_id_fkey', 'news_item_vote', 'news_item', ['news_item_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+
+def downgrade():
+    delete_previous()
+    # news_item_attribute
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_data_news_item_attribute_news_item_attribute_id_fkey',  'news_item_data_news_item_attribute',      'news_item_attribute', ['news_item_attribute_id'], ['id'])
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_aggregate_news_item_attri_news_item_attribute_id_fkey', 'news_item_aggregate_news_item_attribute', 'news_item_attribute', ['news_item_attribute_id'], ['id'])
+    # news_item_data
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_data_news_item_attribute_news_item_data_id_fkey', 'news_item_data_news_item_attribute', 'news_item_data', ['news_item_data_id'], ['id'])
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_news_item_data_id_fkey',                          'news_item',                          'news_item_data', ['news_item_data_id'], ['id'])
+    # news_item_aggregate
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_aggregate_news_item_attri_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey', 'news_item_aggregate_news_item_attribute', 'news_item_aggregate', ['news_item_aggregate_id'], ['id'])
+    op.create_foreign_key('report_item_news_item_aggregate_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey',     'report_item_news_item_aggregate',         'news_item_aggregate', ['news_item_aggregate_id'], ['id'])
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_aggregate_search_index_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey',    'news_item_aggregate_search_index',        'news_item_aggregate', ['news_item_aggregate_id'], ['id'])
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey',                           'news_item',                               'news_item_aggregate', ['news_item_aggregate_id'], ['id'])
+    # news_item
+    op.create_foreign_key('news_item_vote_news_item_id_fkey', 'news_item_vote', 'news_item', ['news_item_id'], ['id'], ondelete='CASCADE')
+
+def delete_previous():
+    print("deleting previous objects...", flush=True)
+    # news_item_attribute
+    op.drop_constraint('news_item_data_news_item_attribute_news_item_attribute_id_fkey',  'news_item_data_news_item_attribute', type_='foreignkey')
+    op.drop_constraint('news_item_aggregate_news_item_attri_news_item_attribute_id_fkey', 'news_item_aggregate_news_item_attribute', type_='foreignkey')
+    # news_item_data
+    op.drop_constraint('news_item_data_news_item_attribute_news_item_data_id_fkey', 'news_item_data_news_item_attribute', type_='foreignkey')
+    op.drop_constraint('news_item_news_item_data_id_fkey',                          'news_item', type_='foreignkey')
+    # news_item_aggregate
+    op.drop_constraint('news_item_aggregate_news_item_attri_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey', 'news_item_aggregate_news_item_attribute', type_='foreignkey')
+    op.drop_constraint('report_item_news_item_aggregate_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey',     'report_item_news_item_aggregate', type_='foreignkey')
+    op.drop_constraint('news_item_aggregate_search_index_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey',    'news_item_aggregate_search_index', type_='foreignkey')
+    op.drop_constraint('news_item_news_item_aggregate_id_fkey',                           'news_item', type_='foreignkey')
+    # news_item
+    op.drop_constraint('news_item_vote_news_item_id_fkey', 'news_item_vote', type_='foreignkey')
+