Tuesday, August 1, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 8/1/2023 UNITED STATES CREDIT RATING DOWNGRADED, NEW CHARGES AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE NIGER COUP CRISIS, RECORD NUMBER OF MIGRANTS MOVING NORTH FROM SOUTH AMERICA

 



                         (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




              LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




TONIGHT AIR RAID WARNINGS IN KIEV AND EIGHT REGIONS OF UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



POLAND SAYS THAT HELICOPTERS FROM BELARUS VIOLATED ITS AIRSPACE.



THE POLISH DEFENSE MINISTRY ANNOUNCING MILITARY REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE COUNTRY'S BORDER WITH BELARUS...TASS RUSSIA




Elon Musk's social media company "X" formerly called Twitter suing the group "Center for Countering Digital Hate".



"X" says its lost millions of dollars of advertising revenue from the allegations of increased hate speech on the platform...LBC NEWS UK





THE CREDIT RATING OF THE UNITED STATES DOWNGRADED FROM AAA TO AA+.


CONCERN EXPRESSED BY RATINGS AGENCY FITCH ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S FINANCES AND IT'S DEBT BURDEN...BBC NEWS






The Biden Administration Special Prosecutor Jack Smith getting four new charges against President Trump from a Washington DC federal grand jury.


These charges relate to President Trump's political activities following the 2020 Presidential election.


Six other individuals are accused and their names are being kept under seal...





                     ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





                                 TASS RUSSIA






                            BBC NEWS BLOG





The United States turning the screws on a visa waiver system when it comes to Hungary.


The visa waiver system is currently in effect for dozens of nations without issues.


But the US claiming there are security breaches when it comes to the waiver system with Hungary...BBC NEWS



IN ARGENTINA THE UNOFFICIAL 'BLUE DOLLAR' NOW UP TO 558 PESOS...TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today.





The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 71.15 points.





The NASDAQ down 62.11 points.


At 426 pm New York Time the price of oil 81 dollars and 69 cents a barrel down 11 cents...MARKETWATCH



              THE MALI COUP CRISIS

                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



France has begun to evacuate French civilians from Mali.  


Other foreign nationals evacuating as well.


  There have been protests against French influence in the country since last week's coup.    Demonstrators waving Russian flags.


A threat of military intervention against the new government in Niger if it does not relinquish power by Friday...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



The French Chief of Staff says that withdrawal of French military forces from Niger is not on the agenda.    Niger rich in uranium that is used to power France's extensive system of nuclear power facilities...(BFM-TV France)...



The Army Chief of Staff from the country that neighbors Niger on the north, Algeria, in Moscow today meeting Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu...TASS RUSSIA...



General Said Chengriha saying that Algeria is strengthening its military to face challenges and dangers that he says are "fueled by the West's destructive behavior...TASS RUSSIA...



Meanwhile the official position of the Algerian government is that the ousted President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum is the country's legitimate ruler.    However, Algeria expressing its concern that foreign military intervention would 'complicate and exacerbate the current crisis'...TASS RUSSIA






Six Israelis wounded in a terrorist attack today.  The shooting at a hamburger restaurant.


The attacker shot dead by an off-duty police officer...TIMES OF ISRAEL




MORE ON THAT SHOOTING INCIDENT OUTSIDE A JEWISH SCHOOL IN MEMPHIS YESTERDAY.


THE SUSPECT, WHO WAS LATER SHOT BY POLICE, SAID TO BE A FORMER STUDENT WHO TRIED TO BREAK INTO THE BUILDING...TIMES OF ISRAEL...


MEMPHIS POLICE SAID YESTERDAY THAT A MASS SHOOTING INCIDENT WAS PREVENTED AT THE SCHOOL.





Record numbers of migrants crossing into Panama from Colombia.    


Officials in Panama estimate 248,901 people have walked through the "Darien Gap" since the beginning of the year.    


The number is a little more than the number estimated to have crossed for all of last year...REUTERS




Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen saying Israel is close to a deal with Saudi Arabia.


His comments follow talks last weekend in Saudi Arabia involving US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and top Saudi leaders.


Concern that such a deal would shut down or reverse Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank)...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



THE UNITED STATES HAS HELD TALKS WITH THE TALIBAN IN QATAR.


THE US CALLING FOR 'HUMAN RIGHTS' TO BE RESPECTED IN AFGHANISTAN.AND FOR RELEASE OF US CITIZENS.    



THE TALIBAN CALLING FOR AN END TO THE FREEZE ON AFGHANISTAN'S ASSETS...BBC NEWS




  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA



       DRONE ATTACK ON MOSCOW NO CASUALTIES



RUSSIAN SPOKESWOMAN SPEAKS OF TERRORIST METHOD OF ATTACKING OFFICE TOWERS




               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




    RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



For the second time in two days a drone attack aimed at Moscow.   


There was some glass shattered at a 50-story skyscraper in the city the same one that sustained glass damage in the previous attack...TASS RUSSIA...


Concerning the Ukrainian attacks Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says the choice of an office tower to attack is reminiscent of 9/11...TASS RUSSIA




In other news...




The military government in Myanmar (formerly Burma) announcing there will be no election as promised this month following the 2021 military coup.


The state of emergency in the country extended by another six months...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL...



The military government in Myanmar also partially reducing the jail sentences of former civilian leader Nobel Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint...BBC NEWS

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