Tuesday, February 18, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 2/18/2025*UGANDAN TROOPS ENTER CONGO WAR*GEERT WILDERS OPPOSES TROOPS FOR UKRAINE IN DUTCH PARLIAMENT*US-RUSSIA HOLD TALKS IN SAUDI ARABIA*

 


                              (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)



                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



IN THE CONGO WAR UGANDAN TROOPS HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER INTO NORTHERN CONGO.


THEY ARE DEPLOYED TO PROTECT THE CITY OF BUNIA FROM RWANDAN FORCES AND THEIR M23 REBEL ALLIES.


THE INVADING RWANDAN-REBEL FORCES HAVE TAKEN TWO MAJOR CITIES IN EASTERN CONGO SINCE THEIR OFFENSIVE BEGAN LAST MONTH...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Rap star "A$AP Rocky" found not guilty in Los Angeles of felony assault charges.  

A former friend said that the star, legally known as Rakim Myers. shot at him in November of 2021...BBC News




  LATE TONIGHT EXPLOSIONS IN UKRAINE FIRST IN ODESSA WHICH IS SAID TO HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK FROM 150 DRONES (OSINTdefender).    A MAJOR POWER OUTAGE REPORTED.


THEN THE AIR RAID WARNING AND EXPLOSIONS IN KIEV...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



"I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining "Biden Era" US Attorneys..."


Part of a social media post this evening from President Trump speaking of the need to 'clean house' at the US Justice Department.     Trump posting about a 'fair justice system'.


The President's social media announcement follows resignations of federal prosecutors in New York and Washington objecting to decisions either to prosecute or not prosecute particular cases...Donald J. Trump Truth Social




IN WASHINGTON DC A FEDERAL JUDGE DECLINING TO BLOCK DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY ACCESS TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.



DISTRICT JUDGE TANYA CHUTKAN CONTINUING TO HEAR THE LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST DOGE BY 14 DEMOCRAT STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS.



THE JUDGE IS QUESTIONING WHAT SHE IS BEING TOLD ABOUT DOGE OPERATIONS AND MAY YET ISSUE SOME KIND OF RESTRICTIVE RULING...THE HILL USA



In the Dutch parliament division over sending troops to Ukraine.


The leader of the Pro-Israel and Anti-Mass Immigration Party of Freedom Geert Wilders saying his party is opposed to the idea of Dutch troops deploying to Ukraine for 'peacekeeping'.


For starters, Wilders says the many thousands of Ukrainians who fled to the Netherlands and other European countries during the war need to return home.



Mr. Wilders is willing to provide financial support and other resources for troops from other countries to deploy to Ukraine.



His Party of Freedom provides the largest number of seats in parliament and fills cabinet posts in a government led by the former Dutch intelligence chief Dick Schoof...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



The Vatican says that Pope Francis has pneumonia in both of his lungs and in a 'complex' medical condition.


Francis has been hospitalized in Rome since last Friday...BBC News



A TOP FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN WASHINGTON DC RESIGNING OVER ORDERS TO PROBE ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.


PROSECUTOR DENISE CHEUNG CLAIMING SUCH A PROBE IS PREMATURE...THE HILL USA



PAKISTAN'S ARMY SAYS IT KILLED AT LEAST 30 SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN A REGION BORDERING AFGHANISTAN...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)



CNN reports that the CIA has been conducting drone surveillance flights over Mexico.   The drones are tracking the activities of drug cartels...OSINTdefender "X" 


A BRITISH COUPLE DETAINED IN IRAN CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE.  CRAIG AND LINDSAY ARRESTED IN THE CITY OF KERMAN LAST MONTH...BBC NEWS


The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10.26 points.



The NASDAQ up 14.49 points.


At 442 pm New York Time the price of oil higher at 71 dollars 82 cents a barrel up one dollar eight cents or 1.53 percent...Marketwatch



In Canada inflation last month measured at 1.9 percent annually.  The rate held down by a temporary national sales tax holiday that ended this month...CBC News Canada


                         (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)


IN SAUDI ARABIA TALKS BETWEEN THE US AND RUSSIA LED BY SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



THE TWO SIDES AGREEING ON MATTERS INCLUDING HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATIONS TO DISCUSS ENDING THE UKRAINE WAR...TASS RUSSIA...


AFTER THE TALKS RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV SAYING THE NOTION OF ANY NATO TROOPS IN UKRAINE AS UNACCEPTABLE...TASS RUSSIA




French President Emmanuel Macron making phone calls to US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.


Macron saying he wants 'lasting peace' in Ukraine and an end to "Russian aggression".


His calls follow an 'emergency summit' of the UK and European leaders regarding Ukraine held to counter the dialogue by the US and Russia seeking an end to the Ukraine War...Outlook India




A CHINESE HELICOPTER FLEW WITHIN 10 FEET OF A PHILIPPINE PATROL PLANE OPERATING OVER DISPUTED WATERS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.


THE HELICOPTER TRYING TO FORCE THE PLANE OUT OF THE DISPUTED AREA...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA



The Reserve Bank of Australia cutting the interest rate to 4.1 percent from 4.35 percent.  This follows 13 consecutive interest rate hikes.


The rate cut decision coming less than three months before Australia's national election in May...ABC News Australia



200 MIGRANTS FROM INDIA AND CENTRAL ASIA BEING DEPORTED TO THE CENTRAL AMERICAN NATION OF COSTA RICA THIS WEEK.


THE US PAYING COSTA RICA A FEE TO ACCEPT THE DEPORTEES WHO WILL BE RETURNED TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES AT A LATER DATE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



ISRAEL SAYS IT IS GETTING READY FOR THE RETURN OF THE BODIES OF FOUR HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS IN GAZA.


THREE LIVING HOSTAGES TO BE FREED THIS COMING SATURDAY WITH FOUR MORE HOSTAGE BODIES SET FOR RETURN NEXT WEEK...TIMES OF ISRAEL




      THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



66 DRONES USED IN ATTACKS ON RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION


                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



66 drones and other weapons were used in Ukrainian attacks on Russia's Belgorod Region...Tass Russia

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