NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 4/7/2025*TRUMP DEMANDS CHINA BACKDOWN ON TARIFFS*IRAN WARNS OF 'HARSH RESPONSE' TO THREATS, MAINTAINS NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY*G7 NATIONS EXRPESS CONCERN OVER CHINESE TAIWAN DRILLS*

 

                                   (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)

                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

US SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS PAUSING A LOWER COURT ORDER REQURING RETURN OF A DEPORTED SALVADORAN NATION FROM A SALVADORAN PRISON...BBC NEWS

US President Donald Trump speaking of 'direct talks' with Iran regarding its nuclear program.

This at the end of his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

A US military representative to NATO Vice-Admiral Shoshana S. Chatfield removed from her post.

Her removal linked to President Trump and the notion of loyalty to his policies in media reporting...OSINTdefender "X"

AN ATTACK ON PALESTINIANS BY JEWISH RESIDENTS IN JUDEA (WEST BANK).   FIVE PALESTINIANS WOUNDED.

DOZENS OF MASKED PEOPLE ATTACKING PALESTINIANS WITH CLUBS.   THAT GROUP SAID TO HAVE ATTEMPTED TO BREACH A FENCE AROUND A PALESTINIAN VILLAGE...TIMES OF ISRAEL

French President Emmanuel Macron organizing a phone call to President Trump involving himself and the leaders of Egypt and Jordan.

France, Egypt and Jordan seeking an immediate ceasefire in Gaza...REUTERS-AOL.COM

ISRAEL'S AIR FORCE TAKING DOWN A DRONE APPROACHING FROM THE EAST.   THE DRONE LIKELY LAUNCHED FROM YEMEN...TIMES OF ISRAEL

President Trump threatening an additional 50 percent tariff on Chinese goods.

This is Mr. Trump's response to China's retaliatory tariffs on his original 34 percent levy.

China must back down from its retaliatory tariffs by tomorrow or the additional US tariffs will be implemented on Wednesday...Donald J. Trump Truth Social

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AT THE WHITE HOUSE MEETING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF.

A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP FOLLOWING THAT MEETING...(NEWS AGENCIES)

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 349.26 points or .91 percent.

The NASDAQ up 15.48 points.

At 430 pm New York Time the price of oil at 61 dollars two cents a barrel down 97 cents or 1.56 percent...Marketwatch

BEFORE US MARKETS OPENED TODAY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AGAIN CALLED ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD TO CUT INTEREST RATES...(Truth Social-Donald J. Trump)

15 SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED IN GERMANY TODAY OVER ALLEGED 'FAR-RIGHT THREATS'.

LETTERS WITH 'FAR-RIGHT STATEMENTS' RECEIVED BY A SCHOOL BOARD OF ONE SCHOOL MENTIONING A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF DUISBURG.

MANY OF THE STUDENTS AT THOSE SCHOOLS STUDIED ONLINE TODAY WITH THE SCHOOLS TO REOPEN TOMORROW...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

(Updated with Iranian foreign ministry statement on nuclear weapons)

"We will use all our might to respond to any aggression against our country...if these threats materialize they will immediately be met with a comprehensive response...any threats against the Islamic republic will be met with a harsh response..."

The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman today.   Esmail Baghaei speaking as their are hints of impending attacks on Iran from the United States and or Israel.

He also warned neighboring nations not to become bases of operations against Iran.  Part of his message 'the nature of fire is that it spreads quickly'.

The US military has been moving additional air defense forces into Israel and the Middle East in recent days...(OSINTdefender "X")...Tass Russia...

"Iran will never, under any circumstances, take the path of developing nuclear weapons"

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman reaffirming the fatwa of its supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.  The development of nuclear weapons by Iran is not allowed.

A member of Iran's parliament had made a statement advocating for Iran to develop nuclear weapons...Tass Russia

AS THE CONFLICT CONTINUES IN GAZA BRITISH NATIONALS SERVING IN ISRAEL'S ARMY ARE ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES THERE.   

BRITISH LAWYERS COLLECTING THE EVIDENCE AND GIVING IT OVER TO SCOTLAND YARD.

A TEENAGER KILLED THROWING ROCKS AT ISRAELI SOLDIERS IN THE 'WEST BANK'.  THE 14-YEAR-OLD SAID TO BE OF AMERICAN-PALESTINIAN NATIONALITY.

AN ATTACK ON JOURNALISTS IN GAZA WITH A SLAIN JOURNALIST DESCRIBED BY ISRAEL AS A TERRORIST...NOS NETHERLANDS BLOG (LAST 24 HOURS)

The price of oil down in early New York trading dropping below 60 dollars a barrel more than 3.5 percent.

Dow and NASDAQ futures declining.

The early activity on the markets around the world declines continuing with the Hang Seng stock market in Hong Kong losing more than 10 percent of its value.

Markets declining across Asia and Europe...Marketwatch

MORE THAN 50 NATIONS SAID TO HAVE CONTACTED THE UNITED STATES REGARDING THE TARIFFS IMPOSED LAST WEEK.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE HAS SPOKEN WITH ASIAN AND EUROPEAN LEADERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE DEALS WITH US ABOUT THOSE TARIFFS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

IN WASHINGTON SUNDAY EVENING TALKING TO US COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK AND OTHER OFFICIALS ABOUT TARIFFS VISITING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)

The foreign ministers of the G7 nations expressing concern over China's recent 'provocative actions'.

The European Union representative joined in the statement that draws attention to recent Chinese military maneuvers around Taiwan which China considers to be an integral part of its territory.

The statement expressing concern about the growing frequency of 'destabilizing activities' involving China.

It says those activities pose risks to global security and prosperity...ANI News India

TENS OF THOUSANDS PROTESTING IN MOROCCO'S CAPITAL CITY OF RABAT SUNDAY EXPRESSING OUTRAGE OVER ISRAEL'S MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA.

THE PROTEST CALLED ONE OF THE LARGEST IN RECENT MONTHS ALSO CRITICAL OF US POLICY SUPPORTING ISRAEL.

DEMONSTRATORS OBJECTING TO THE NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL PURSUED BY MOROCCO'S GOVERNMENT IN RECENT YEARS.

PROTEST ORGANIZERS WARNING THAT ANGER WOULD ONLY DEEPEN IN THE REGION IF THE WAR IN GAZA CONTINUES...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

    THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

19 UKRAINIAN DRONES DOWNED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY

                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

19 Ukrainian drones downed Sunday night into Monday by Russian air defenses.  13 of the drones taken down over the Sea of Azov...Tass Russia

In other news....

New Zealand announcing a major boost in defense spending. 

Nine billion dollars (5,012,100,000 US) in additional spending tacked on in the next four years.  

New Zealand increasing its share of GDP allocated to defense from just over one percent to more than two percent in the next eight years.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon saying among other things "global tensions are increasing rapidly...our current defense spending is simply too low"...One News New Zealand

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 4/6/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*LE PEN DENOUNCES 'POLITICAL DECISION' BANNING HER FROM POLITICS*ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER CALLS IRAN 'HEAD OF THE SNAKE'*ZIMBABWE BACKS DOWN ON TARIFFS*US BUILDS UP ISRAEL AIR DEFENSE*

 

    (SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)

                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

A US federal judge with a blistering ruling Sunday against the Trump Administrations deportation of a Salvadoran to El Salvador.

Judge Paula Xinis ordering the Department of Homeland Security and Homeland Security Seretary Kristi Noem to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States...The Hill USA

US HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON REACHING AN UNDERSTANDING WITH REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN ANNA PAULINA LUNA OF FLORIDA.

THEY WERE DISPUTING VOTING PRIVILEGES FOR HOUSE MEMBERS WHO ARE PARENTS OF NEWBORN CHILDREN.

A VOTE PAIRING SYSTEM SAID TO BE INVOLVED IN THE RESOLUTION A PARENT OF A NEWBORN UNABLE TO VOTE PAIRING THEIR VOTE WITH SOMEONE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ISSUE BEING VOTED ON...THE HILL USA

SYRIA'S NEW PRESIDENT AHMED AL-SHARAA VISITING THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES THIS WEEK.   NEXT WEEK AL-SHARAA SET TO VISIT HIS CLOSE ALLY TURKEY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTER IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TONIGHT.    GIDEON SA'AR SPOKE WITH THE UAE'S FOREIGN MINISTER...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz calling for wider military action in Gaza after rockets were fired at Israel tonight.  Israel already on the offensive with ground and air attacks there...Times of Israel

AT LEAST 22 KILLED IN FLOODING IN KINSHASA THE CAPITAL CITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.

HEAVY RAINS LED TO LANDLSIDES AND FLOODING IN THE CITY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

A second Israeli businessman was questioned by police in the "Qatargate' scandal. 

David Saig's name cleared for publication after a court gag order was lifted.   Saig does business in the Persian Gulf but his lawyer says he has nothing to with the allegations raised in the probe.

Qatar is alleged to have funneled money to two close aides of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The aides then sought out Israeli journalists to plant positive stories in Israel media about Qatar a major backer of the Hamas movement in Gaza that attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023...Times of Israel

ROCKETS FIRED AT ISRAEL FROM GAZA THIS EVENING.   ONE ROCKET LANDED ON THE GROUND DAMAGING CARS WITH OTHERS SHOT DOWN BY AIR DEFENSES...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)

Russian forward Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitols breaking a National Hockey League record held by Wayne Gretzky.

Ovechkin scoring his 895th goal in an away game against the New York Islanders...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

"This is not a court decision, it is a political decision"

MARINE LE PEN SPEAKING TO THOUSANDS OF HER SUPPORTERS IN PARIS FOLLOWING A COURT SENTENCE OF TWO YEARS IMPRISONMENT AND A FIVE-YEAR BAN FROM POLITICS.

LE PEN, WHO LEADS POLLING FOR THE 2027 PRESIDENT ELECTION, SAYING THE ASSERTION OF THE COURT THAT SHE IS A 'PUBLIC DISTURBANCE TO THE DEMOCRATIC ORDER' WAS AN IDEA 'INVENTED FOR THE OCCASION'.

LE PEN TOLD HER SUPPORTERS:

                         "I will not give up"

SHE ALSO INVOKED THE AMERCIAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SAYING:

                  "Our struggle will be peaceful"

                 BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)...

THOUSANDS OF LEFTISTS MARCHED IN PARIS TO OPPOSE MARINE LE PEN AND THE 'FAR-RIGHT' TODAY INCLUDING LEFTIST LEADER JEAN-LUC MELENCHON....

                 "Iran is the head of the snake"

Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz touting a document that he says proves Iran's support for the brutal October 7th attacks by Hamas on southern Israel.

Hamas said to have asked the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps for 500 million dollars and the IRGC agreed to the request.

Mr. Katz saying that any Iranian denials of links to October 7th are lies and that Iran is 'the head of the snake' that 'advances terror on all fronts' from points inside Israel and without including Lebanon and Yemen...Israel National News

A LEADING IRANIAN GENERAL SAYING HIS COUNTRY 'IS NOT A WARMONGER, BUT IT DOES NOT ACCEPT BULLYING'.

MAJOR GENERAL MOHAMMAD BAQERI CHAIRS THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF OF IRAN'S ARMED FORCES.

BAQERI SPEAKING OF AN 'APPROPRIATE' RESPONSE BY SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMANEI TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S LETTER DEMANDING TALKS...PRESS TV IRAN 

A member of Iran's parliament says his country must have nuclear weapons to negotiate with Western nations on equal terms.

Mohammad Qasim Osmani saying in part 'global arrogance has left us no other way'...Tass Russia...

More on Iran later in this summary.

US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO REVOKING VISAS FOR SOUTH SUDANESE NATIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES.

THIS IS BECAUSE SOUTH SUDAN IS REFUSING TO ACCEPT ITS CITIZENS DEPORTED BY THE UNITED STATES...BBC NEWS

"Direct negotiations would be meaningless with a party that constantly threatens to resort to force..."

The Iranian Foreign Minister rejecting the notion of any direct talks with the United States.     Abbas Araghchi also saying various US officials send out contradictory messages...Tass Russia

THE PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE BACKING DOWN IN THE TARIFF WAR.

EMERSON MNANGAGWA SAYING HIS NATION IS SUSPENDING ALL DUTIES ON GOODS FROM THE UNITED STATES...TASS RUSSIA

"While the hostages are undergoing a Holocaust and drinking water from toilets...Netanyahu is on a luxury vacation in Europe"

Israeli hostage mother Vicki Cohen speaking at a Saturday evening rally in Tel Aviv as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a visit to Hungary that began several days ago.

Hostage families in Israel calling on President Trump to intervene and get a deal with Hamas to bring those captives out of Gaza...Times of Israel...

HAMAS RELEASING A NEW VIDEO OF TWO HOSTAGES THIS WEEKEND. THEY SPOKE OF MINOR INJURIES CAUSED BY ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA...TASS RUSSIA

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU LEAVING HUNGARY HEADED TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON MONDAY.

A TARIFF DEAL WITH THE US ANTICIPATED BUT OTHER TOPICS LIKE GAZA AND IRAN ON THE AGENDA.

THE SUDDENLY ANNOUNCED TRIP TO WASHINGTON WILL KEEP MR. NETANYAHU OUT OF THE COURTROOM TO TESTIFY AT HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL.

Leaders of Egypt, Jordan and France holding a summit in Cairo on Monday to discuss ways to achieve an immediate ceasefire in Gaza...Israel National News

AFTER A NEW VIDEO WAS RELEASED ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAYING IT WAS WRONG TO SAY THAT AMBULANCES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE NOT OPERATING THEIR LIGHTS WHEN ISRAELI FORCES OPENED FIRE LAST MONTH KILLING 15 PALESTINIAN EMERGENCY WORKERS IN GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 15 AID WORKERS AT THE HANDS OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY IS WIDELY PERCEIVED AS A WAR CRIME...GLENN GREENWALD "X"...

AN ISRAELI OPPOSITION MP GILAD KARIV OF 'THE DEMOCRATS' SAYING THE SHOOTING OF THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES CONVOY AND SUBSUQUENT EXPLANATIONS FOR IT ARE THE RESULT OF GOVERNMENT RHETORIC THAT THERE ARE NO INNOCENTS IN GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL

The US building up air defenses in Israel.   Two Patriot missile batteries and a Thermal High Altitude Air Defense system moved there this weekend according to "Al Arabiya"...OSINTdefender "X"

Two British MP's detained when they attempted to enter Israel this weekend.  Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang are Labor Party members.  

Foreign Minister David Lammy calling their detention 'unacceptable'.   Israel's Interior Minister Moshe Arbel denying the MP's and their aides entry following an interrogation...BBC News

In the UK Labor Party MP Dan Norris arrested suspected of rape and child sex offenses.

Police raiding the home of Norris who was formerly a teacher and child protection officer.

The Labor Party suspending Norris.

Many of the allegations are around 20 years old but one is more recent..."X" Trending...BBC News

MASS PROTESTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES CALLED 'HANDS OFF'.

THEY WERE PROTESTS OPPOSING THE POLICIES OF PRESIDENT TRUMP RANGING FROM TARIFFS TO IMMIGRATION TO UKRAINE...BBC News

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

AIR RAID ALERTS IN KIEV AND OTHER PARTS OF UKRAINE

UKRIANIAN DRONES DOWNED IN ROSTOV REGION

                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Two air raids alerts in Kiev along with alerts in other parts of Ukraine overnight into Sunday...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Russian air defenses downing Ukrainian drones in the Rostov Region of Russia...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*REVOLUTION, REFORMATION OR BOTH?*TRUMP'S 40 YEAR VISION REALIZED WITH TARIFFS*CHINA BEHIND SOUTH KOREA'S TURMOIL?*BIBI IS 'STAYIN ALIVE'*WAR WITH IRAN?*

 

                             (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)

"Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.  So be earnest and repent.   

Here I am!  I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,  I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.

To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches"

                            Revelation 3:19-22 NIV Bible

I have this last year to rejoice friends and I will take that.

              Revolution Or Reformation...

"The Revolution Will (Still) Not Be Televised"-Douglas Wilson

Back in the 1980's more than once I found myself in the room with Mylon LeFevre those were the days...

                                         "MORE"-MYLON LEFEVRE AND BROKEN HEART

                                                "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT"-KEITH GREEN

                                                "WILD FRONTIER"-RANDY STONEHILL

"The President's been talking about this for four decades"

US TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSANT SPEAKING WITH TUCKER CARSLON AT :32 INTO INTERVIEW LINKED BELOW...

"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant explains the administration's new tariffs, and why we had to do something to stop the slide"-Tucker Carlson "X" (Video Embed)

Let's go to the "China Update" Carl Douglas...

The tariffs hurled back and forth this week but there's more.

Was this week's ouster of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol when the Constitutional Court upheld his impeachment a culmination of Chinese efforts to expand influence in South Korea?

"Fox News" published this story just hours ago...

South Korea presidential ouster part of Chinese strategy to 'expand its regional influence,' expert says"-Fox News

That 'expert' represents the Middle East Media Research Institute an outfit one associates with carrying Israel's message in the Middle East.   That group now gets into matters related to China and that should tell us all something.

                NEWSDUMP UPDATE:

The "Benjamin Netanyahu Update" why not skip testifying at your corruption trial to talk with the President of the United States at the White House.   

That is the scene laid out before us this weekend.

The Bee Gees got the music "Stayin Alive" a video shot in Gaza???

Gaza, Iran, the Tariffs on Israel all issues enabling Mr. Netanyahu to walk away from the mess at home from his trial to the new "Qatargate" allegations...

...the tentative nature of these plans, as hearings for the prime minister's ongoing corruption trial would have to be postponed for the meet to happen"-OSINTdefender "X"

Back in Israel the High Court in the next week considering whether Netanyahu can fire his "Shin Bet" domestic spy chief Ronen Bar.

Bar telling the court in a letter that Mr. Netanyahu wanted him to make an excuse to keep the Prime Minister from testifying at his corruption trial...

"Shin Bet chief says PM urged him to tell trial judges it wasn't safe for him to testify"-Times of Israel

The "Qatargate" scandal in Israel continued to unfold on Friday here is the headline there regarding those aides to Benjamin Netanyahu suspected of being on the Qatari take...

"Qatargate: Judge says PM's aide Urich stays in detention, Feldstein released to house arrest"-Times of Israel

As Benjamin Netanyahu is 'staying alive' with his visit to Hungary since Wednesday demonstrating an International Criminal Court warrant against him for 'war crimes' is worthless we get this shocking story from Gaza...

"Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings"-BBC News (Disturbing Video Embed)

A British intelligence oriented social media page came out with a message to challenge the Trump-Netanyahu Alliance as you would expect a British page to do in the present circumstances Ukraine, tariffs etc. the message about what happened in Gaza last month clear...

                    "A clear war crime"-ELINT News "X"

And journalist Glenn Greenwald up this morning with his point of view on what happened and online discussion...

"Israel supporters will justify having IDF use US weapons and systematically execute aid workers..."-Glenn Greenwald "X"

In Israel a Gaza hostage deal rally this Saturday night and the story from there:

"A year ago we stood here and declared that Netanyahu is the obstacle to a deal.   We were right!"

VICKI COHEN MOTHER OF GAZA HOSTAGE NIMROD COHEN-SATURDAY APRIL 5, 2025...

"Hostage soldiers mom says captives 'undergoing Holocaust while Netanyahu is on a luxury vacation'"-Times of Israel

The former Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett expected to run next year in the 2026 election to get that office back saying these three things about "Qatargate":

"1. Qatar is the main driving force powering Hamas.

  2.  The PM's advisers worked for it and not for us.

  3.  All this happened during a war our children are fighting"...

      "Bennett on Qatargate: Netanyahu's 'closest aides worked for Hamas's driving force, it's insane"-Times of Israel

                                                   Time for some music on a Saturday evening...

                                                 "BIG YELLOW TAXI"-JONI MITCHELL

                                                    "DANNY'S SONG"-ANNE MURRAY

                                                   "MONKEES THEME"-THE MONKEES

                           SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA

Driving around in my 2025 model car with a dashboard display that ends up looking like a smartphone screen that's the world we live in.   Yeah folks I still use a 'dumb phone'.

60 YEARS AGO IN LOS ANGELES A NEW SOUND ON THE RADIO 'BOSS RADIO' 93 KHJ

Here is what it sounded like on the radio back in April of 1965 as the new sound of "boss radio' came to Los Angeles the Top 30 hits rolling out to dominate and medicate the audience. 

The news pushed to the side as "20/20 News"...

Helping to get things started at 93 KHJ back then Promotion Director Clancy Imislund who would later become the Executive Director of the Venice Rescue Mission we lost Clancy during COVID...

                        93/KHJ Boss Radio-Ken DeVaney and Clancy Imislund

In the Alcoholics Anonymous movement where folks are supposed to be anonymous Clancy Imislund had a rather high profile in his day speaking locally and in cities around the world.

He talks about the "Grace of God" in this video below the audio of one of his AA speaker appearances...

   AA Speaker Clancy I -The Grace of God (Warning Language May Be Disturbing Or Offensive)

   Clancy says a lot of very practical things in that speech about having to grow up.

         Drunks like me can be so emotional and childish our reality gets distorted.

Towards the end of his speech (55 minutes in) Clancy talks about breaking away from medications prescribed by psychiatrists and working the program of AA instead.

WELL, HERE WE GO IS WAR WITH IRAN IN THE GRAND SCHEME FOR NETANYAHU AND TRUMP A WAY TO KEEP ISRAEL DISTRACTED FROM THE 'QATARGATE' SCANDAL AND KEEP MR. NETANYAHU'S CORRUPTION TRIAL ON HOLD?

THE TWO LEADERS SET TO MEET AT THE WHITE HOUSE MONDAY A GREAT PR STUNT TRUMP AND NETANYAHU WILL REACH A DEAL ON TARIFFS BUT GAZA AND IRAN WILL BE TALKED ABOUT.

The 'OSINTdefender' social media page I read suggesting Iran is jamming US aircraft GPS over the Persian Gulf this weekend...OSINTdefender "X" Post

          THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.

The story from France this week Marine Le Pen dominating it our weekly post about France...

France Yellow Vests Week 332*Le Pen Calls Her Conviction "Atomic Bomb"*Trump, His Supporters, Israel Supporters Denounce Le Pen Conviction*Paris Protests*Le Pen Still Leads In 2027 First Round Vote*

                                                                Good Night.  God Bless.

                                      "SWEET SONG OF SALVATION"-LARRY NORMAN

                                      "HEALER OF MY SOUL"-JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT

                                                     "EL SHADDAI"-MICHAEL CARD    

                           

      

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 332*LE PEN CALLS HER CONVICTION 'ATOMIC BOMB'*TRUMP, HIS SUPPORTERS, ISRAEL SUPPORTERS DENOUNCE LE PEN CONVICTION*PARIS PROTESTS*LE PEN STILL LEADS IN 2027 FIRST ROUND VOTE*

 

             (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

The big news story this week the conviction of the leading presidential candidate in the 2027 election Marine Le Pen of the National Rally (RN).

Her conviction alongside two dozen other RN defendants accused of using European Parliament funds for political purposes roundly denounced as 'political' by many in France.

Le Pen herself describing what happened as an 'atomic bomb'.

Many in the ranks of nationalistic European parties with ties to Israel calling out the conviction.

Personalities ranging from Geert Wilders in the Netherlands to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban expressing their dismay. 

In the UK Nigel Farage condemning the prosecution of Le Pen as political.

And most importantly in the United States individuals close to President Donald Trump including his son Donald Trump Jr. and Elon Musk expressing their outrage.

On Friday Mr. Trump himself weighed in on social media saying in part:

"The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech, and censor their Political Opponent..."

Trump comparing Le Pen's prosecution to his own experience leading up to the 2024 presidential election in the United States...

                          Donald J. Trump Truth Social

For Marine Le Pen an expedited appeals process with a decision in the summer of 2026 was suggested in the aftermath of the verdict something she said is 'very good news'.

This weekend protest planned both by the National Rally and the Left in France the RN seeking a well-managed event amid warnings from authorities about 'threats' to magistrates...

"Up to 10,000 participants? How the RN is organizing its 'meeting of support' for Marine Le Pen"-BFM TV France (Translation Prompt)

The Left wanting to protest to demonstrate a notion that it respects 'the rule of law' and opposes the 'far right' that doesn't. Greens and ecologists will demonstrate tomorrow.

But some major left-wing forces including the Socialist and Communist parties opting not to protest tomorrow instead calling for a 'rule of law' protest next Saturday in Paris.

THE NOTION OF EUROPE 'TALKING TO PUTIN' THIS WEEK IT CAME FROM THE PRESIDENT OF FINLAND ALEXANDER STUBB.

STUBB PLAYED GOLF LAST WEEKEND WITH US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN A FOURSOME THAT INCLUDED US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND FORMER SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN TREY GOWDY...OSINTdefender "X" (Photo Embeds).

STUBB RECENTLY VISITED UKRAINE AND SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY.

BY THE END OF THE WEEK 'THE TELEGRAPH' NEWSPAPER IN THE UK SAYING THAT FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON IS WILLING TO TAKE ON THE ROLE 'WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT'...TASS RUSSIA

From Paris this afternoon the "Reservoir Apps" video a lot of interviews as people gather to protest...

Paris Yellow Vests Week 332 Saturday April 5, 2025 Video Stream

The protest captured on this video stream one of opposition to bias in media.   A small rally with speakers held outside the "Radio France" building headquarters to government owned media outlets.

A protest march making its way through the streets of Paris this afternoon...

Paris Yellow Vests Protest Week 332 Video Stream Saturday April 5, 2025

This protest billed as one for 'fiscal and social justice'.

It's been a while since public opinion polling has been conducted but following Marine Le Pen's conviction new polling is out.

It shows Le Pen as the first-round winner the same outcome if Jordan Bardella became the RN's 2027 presidential standard bearer.

The Macronists would place second led by former premiers Edouard Philippe or Gabriel Attal with the Left lagging further behind... 

"2027 Presidential Poll: RN far ahead..."-BFM-TV (Translation Prompt)

                                                  That's the story from France for this week. 

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 4/4/2025*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*SCANDAL AND WAR IN ISRAEL*CHINA HITS BACK WITH MATCHING TARIFF*TURKEY SAYS ISRAEL 'FEEDS' ON CONFLICT*'HUMAN ERRORS' NEW ZEALAND NAVAL ACCIDENT*

 

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A deal to sell TikTok to new owners on hold an emergency US Supreme Court ruling favorable to President Trump and the President urging Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to cut interest rates but first...

                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

US politics an appeals court in North Carolina ruling in favor of the Republican candidate in last fall's Supreme Court election in that state.

65,000 thousand votes ruled invalid in the contest where Democrat incumbent Allison Riggs led Republican Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes.

The case now moves to the state's Supreme Court and may end up in federal court...CNN USA

THE US GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY FOR WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS UNDER MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AS PROPOSED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES OPTING NOT TO FINALIZE A RULE THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED AN ESTIMATED SEVEN MILLION PLUS PEOPLE ACCESS TO THE 'GLP-1' WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS...THE HILL USA

In Israel an autopsy on a 17-year-old Palestinian prisoner who collapsed and died last week showing signs of starvation and medical neglect.

There have been complaints about conditions at the Megiddo Prison related to a bacterial infection causing diarrhea and vomiting...Associated Press USA-Times of Israel

IN THE UK A PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST ORDERED TO PAY 20,000 POUNDS IN COURT COSTS (26,000 US DOLLARS).

THE VERDICT AGAINST LIVIA TOSSICI-BOLT WAS OVER A SIGN SHE HELD NEAR AN ABORTION CLINIC IN BOURNEMOUTH.

THE SIGN READING 'HERE TO TALK IF YOU WANT'.

SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATING A 'PUBLIC SPACES PROTECTION ORDER'.

THE US STATE DEPARTMENT MONITORING THE CASE AS A 'VIOLATION OF FREE SPEECH'.

TOSSICI-BOLT SPOKE AFTER THE VERDICT SAYING:

"I was not protesting and did not harass or obstruct anyone.  The US State Department was right to be concerned about this case as it has serious implications for the entire Western world"...LIFE NEWS

Ukranian officials say at least 18 were killed in a missile attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih.

A missile said to have hit a residential area with nine children among the dead.

President Volodymyr Zelensky saying the attack is proof Russia does not want a ceasefire.

Russia describing a 'high precision missile strike' aimed at 'unit commanders and Western instructors'...BBC News

'AXIOS' REPORTS THAT ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WILL BE AT THE WHITE HOUSE MONDAY.

MR. NETANYAHU'S TALKS WITH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PROVIDING A SHOWCASE TO QUICKLY DEAL WITH TARIFFS MR. TRUMP IMPOSED ON ISRAEL THIS WEEK.

THE CONFLICT IN GAZA AND IRAN ALSO SAID TO BE ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS.

NETANYAHU VISITING HUNGARY UNTIL SUNDAY.

BUT THE MEETING IS SAID TO BE DEPENDENT ON CANCELLATION OF MR. NETANYAHU'S TESTIMONY AT HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL...TIMES OF ISRAEL...(OSINTdefender "X"-Axios)

THE ISRAELI DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE CHIEF RONEN BAR SAYS THAT PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WANTED HIM TO TELL A COURT IT WOULD BE UNSAFE FOR MR. NETANYAHU TO TESTIFY AT HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL.

BAR SUBMITTING A LETTER TO ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT AHEAD OF A HEARING NEXT WEEK ON NETANYAHU'S ATTEMPT TO FIRE HIM AS OF NEXT THURSDAY (APRIL 10TH)...TIMES OF ISRAEL

A HOUTHI DRONE TAKEN DOWN BY ISRAEL OVER THE RED SEA THIS EVENING.   THE HOUTHIS SAY THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO ATTACK A 'MILITARY TARGET' IN THE TEL AVIV AREA...TIMES OF ISRAEL

(Updated) President Trump signing an order allowing TikTok to operate in the United States for another 75 days.

Mr. Trump saying more work needs to be done on securing new ownership for the social media app...Tass Russia...

China said to have balked at a deal right now due to the tariffs imposed on it by Mr. Trump this week...Reuters-Radio New Zealand

THE US SUPREME COURT GIVING PRESIDENT TRUMP A VICTORY.  THE COURT'S EMERGENCY 5-4 RULING ALLOWING THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO BLOCK TEACHER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

THERE WAS CONCERN THAT THE 65 MILLION DOLLARS WAS BEING SPENT ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION POLICIES CONSIDERED DISCRIMINATORY

FIVE 'CONSERVATIVE' JUSTICES IN THE MAJORITY WITH CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND THREE 'LIBERAL' JUSTICES IN THE MINORITY.

THIS RULING STOPS A LOWER COURT ORDER TO SPEND THE GRANT MONEY...THE HILL USA

DEFROCKED ROMAN CATHOLIC CARDINAL THEODORE MCCARRICK IS DEAD AT THE AGE OF 94.

MCCARRICK WAS A FORMER ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON DC DESCRIBED AS A MODERATE.

HE WAS REMOVED FROM MINISTRY AND DEFROCKED OVER ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT INVOLVING CHILDREN AND ADULTS.

IN 2023 A SECULAR COURT JUDGE IN BOSTON RULING THAT MCCARRICK COULD NOT STAND TRIAL BECAUSE HE SUFFERED FROM DEMENTIA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...WIKIPEDIA-THEODORE MCCARRICK

Russia supplying Cuba with 100,000 metric tons of oil.   The supply of oil on February 19th in line with the 'state loan framework' according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.  

He said that Russia will continue to support Cuba with economic aid and humanitarian assistance using various channels...Tass Russia

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP URGING FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD CHARIMAN JEROME POWELL TO LOWER INTEREST RATES.

TRUMP SLAMMING POWELL FOR REFUSING TO LOWER THEM SAYING HE IS ACTING POLITICALLY AGAINST HIM...THE HILL USA

In Israel's "Qatargate" scandal one aide of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept in  detention another released to house arrest.

Police appealed to a second judge who allowed them to keep Jonatan Urich in custody while another aide Eli Feldestein was put under house arrest.

The aides accused of helping Qatar to plant stories in Israeli media favorable to its image during hostage release talks with Hamas which has close ties to Qatar...Times of Israel

THE ISRAELI MILITARY ASSAULT IN GAZA CONTINUES.    MANY KILLED AS AIR STRIKES CONTUINUE AND FORCES ADVANCE ON THE GROUND.

ISRAEL SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A 'SECURITY ZONE' ORDERING THE CIVILIAN POPULATION OF THAT AREA OUT.

ISRAEL SEEKING TO PRESSURE THE HOSTAGE HOLDING HAMAS FORCES INTO CAPITULATION TO ISRAELS DESIRE TO HAVE FULL CONTROL OF GAZA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

China responding to President Trump's 34 percent tariff with its own 34 percent levy on US imports.

US agricultural goods hit hard by China's move.   

Recently a Chinese spokesman said that his country was ready for any kind of 'war' trade or otherwise the US wished to wage against it...BBC News

ON SOCIAL MEDIA US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DECRYING THE PROSECUTION AND CONVICTION OF FRANCE'S MARINE LE PEN.

LE PEN'S CONVICTION COMING AS SHE LED POLLING FOR THE 2027 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

MR. TRUMP COMPARING HER PROSECUTION TO THE EFFORTS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO PROSECUTE HIM PRIOR TO THE LAST YEAR'S ELECTION HERE IN THE UNITED STATES...DONALD J. TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL

The markets today sharp declines continue.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2,232.07 points or 5.5 percent.   The Dow closing at 38.314.86.

The NASDAQ dropped 962.82 points or 5.82 percent closing at 15,587.79.

The price of oil in New York at the close 62 dollars 32 cents a barrel down four dollars 63 cents or 6.92 percent...Marketwatch

MORE JOBS ADDED IN THE US LAST MONTH WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISING TO 4.2 PERCENT...YAHOO FINANCE

The Metropolitan Police in London accusing comedian Russell Brand of rape and other 'sexual offences'.

The allegations dating back to between 1999 and 2005.

In recent years Brand was known as an opponent of COVID vaccines and COVID lockdowns in the UK and around the world...AFP France-Gulf News...

Responding by video Mr. Brand questioning the legitimacy of the British government and legal system then describing his early as one marked by drug addiction and sex addiction.

He said he is 'not a rapist' and did not engage in non-consensual activity...Russell Brand "X" (Video Embed)

OPERTATIONS OF AUTO MAKER STELLANTIS PAUSED AT FACTORIES IN CANADA AND MEXICO IN RESPONSE TO THE NEW US TARIFFS.

THE WINDSOR, ONTARIO FACTORY EMPLOYING 4,500 PEOPLE GOING INTO A TEMPORARY SHUT DOWN...BBC NEWS

Turkey (Türkiye) says that Israel is a threat to regional peace and stability and 'feeds' on conflict.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry draws attention to Israeli military actions in Syria and Lebanon.

The new jihadist government in Syria has close ties to Turkey.

The statement calling for the international community to curb Israel's 'increasingly brazen aggression'...Daily Sabah Turkey (Türkiye)

THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER 'THE TELEGRAPH' REPORTING THAT IRAN HAS REMOVED MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM YEMEN.

AN ANONYMOUS IRANIAN OFFICIAL IS CITED IN THE REPORT.

THIS IS SAID TO BE LINKED TO FEAR OF DIRECT CONFRONTATION WITH THE UNITED STATES AS THE US CONTINUES DAILY AIR ATTACKS ON THE COUNTRY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

                  "A series of human errors"

In New Zealand an official board of inquiry reporting on the sinking of a New Zealand naval vessel in Samoan waters last October 5th.

Errors cited in the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui started with the ship being steered towards land and left on its autopilot.

Key personnel involved in the grounding of the ship that led to its sinking found to have had deficiencies in qualifications and endorsements...One News New Zealand

US AND CHINESE MILITARY OFFICIALS TALKING IN SHANGHAI THIS WEEK.

THE TALKS AIMED AT KEEPING MILITARY ENCOUNTERS IN THE AIR AND AT SEA FROM BECOMING UNSAFE.

BOTH SIDES EXPRESSING CONCERNS OVER THE ACTIONS OF THE OTHER SIDES MILITARY FORCES IN AREAS NEAR MAINLAND CHINA AND TAIWAN...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER

US House Speaker Mike Johnson talking with Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna of Florida.

This follows President Trump's endorsement of proxy voting for new parents of House members.

Johnson shutting down all House business to prevent a floor vote on a discharge petition to allow proxy voting mostly backed by Democrats along with Luna and eight other Republicans.

Speaker Johnson broaching the notion of making the proposal to allow proxy voting to apply to new mothers who are House members only...The Hill USA

OPINION POLLING FROM REUTERS/IPSOS ON US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SHOWS AT 43 PERCENT OVERALL APPROVAL RATING.

IT'S A TWO PERCENT DECLINE FROM LAST MONTH.   WHEN HE TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY MR. TRUMP HAD A 47 PERCENT APPROVAL RATING ACCORDING TO REUTERS/IPSOS.

MR. TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATING FOR HIS HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY LOWER AT 37 PERCENT...THE HILL USA

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Russia's military said to be blocking Ukrainian seaports in the Mykolaiv Region along the Black Sea.    Russian forces on the Kinburn Peninsula blocking the ports just west of the Kherson Region...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

In other news...

A federal lawsuit filed against President Donald Trump's tariffs imposed on China.

The suit filed on behalf of a Florida business "Simplified" that currently conducts business with China.

The suit argues the law Mr. Trump is using to impose the tariffs was designed for emergency situations not to implement a broad-ranging domestic policy...The Hill USA

A US NAVY COMMANDER IN COLORADO RELIEVED OF COMMAND.

COMMANDER CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON RELIEVED AS COMMANDER OF THE NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS CENTER.

A 'LOSS OF CONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITY TO COMMAND' CITED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DECISION...TASK AND PURPOSE

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 4/3/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*CANADIAN FREEDOM CONVOY LEADERS FOUND GUILTY*TRUMP DECLARES ECONOMIC STATE OF EMERGENCY*MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND DEAD IN MYANMAR QUAKE*SYRIAN GOV'T SAYS ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS DESIGNED TO 'DESTABILIZE'*"IRAN WILL DISAPPEAR BY SEPTEMBER"*

 

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                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

Top leadership of the US National Security Agency removed from their posts.

This includes Director General Timothy D. Haugh removed from his NSA post and other positions as well as Deputy Director Wendy Noble who was reassigned to a post at the Pentagon...OSINTdefender "X"

ITS FRIDAY IN SOUTH KOREA THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECIDING THAT THE IMPEACHEMENT OF PRESIDENT YOON SUK-YEOL IS VALID.

YOON REMOVED FROM OFFICE AND A NEW PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MANDATED IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS...

                             BBC NEWS BLOG

In Sidon, Lebanon late tonight an Israeli air attack killing one person and wounding another.   The attack on a residential building likely aimed at a Palestinian official...Israel National News

15 DEMOCRAT US SENATORS SUPPORTING RESOLUTIONS OFFERED BY US SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS OF VERMONT HALTING US ARMS SUPPLIES TO ISRAEL.

THE RESOLUTIONS DEFEATED 82-15 AND 83-15 IN SENATE FLOOR VOTES...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

US air attacks on numerous targets in Yemen tonight.  The attacks in the northwestern part of the country aimed at Houthi forces...News Agencies-Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)

RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES DOWNING A URKAINIAN DRONE HEADED FOR MOSCOW.  WRECKAGE ON THE GROUND ACCORDING TO MOSCOW'S MAYOR.

TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS WERE IN PLACE AS MOSCOW'S AIRPORTS AS THE DRONE APPROACHED THE CITY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Special Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev speaking of 'three steps forward' following two days of talks in Washington.

Dmitriev speaking of resumption of dialog with the United States disrupted by the Ukraine War.

He invited US representatives to visit Russia and said more talks will be held in the future...Tass Russia

AT LEAST SIX DEAD IN BOLIVIA OTHERS MISSING AFTER A DISPUTE BETWEEN RIVAL GROUPS OF MINERS. 

THEIR DISPUTE OVER ACCESS TO A GOLD MINE.

ONE GROUP USING DYNAMITE TO BLOW UP THE OTHER GROUP'S CAMP DESTROYING MACHINES AND A DIESEL TANK.  BODIES RECOVERED FROM UNDER THE RUBBLE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In Canada guilty verdicts in the trial of Freedom Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber.

They were accused of 'mischief' in connection with the protest in Ottawa back in 2022 opposing COVID vaccine mandates and other COVID rules and restrictions in Canada..."X" Trending

(UPDATED) ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU MAY VISIT THE UNITED STATES NEXT WEEK.

THAT WORD FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

BOTH MR. TRUMP AND MR. NETANYAHU'S OFFICE SAID THAT THE PRESIDENT SPOKE WITH NETANYAHU AND HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN TODAY.

NETANYAHU ON A VISIT TO HUNGARY THROUGH SUNDAY THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE THREE LEADERS INVOLVED HUNGARY'S DECISION TO PULL OUT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THE ICC HAS AN INTERNATIONAL ARREST WARRANT OUT ON MR. NETANYAHU OVER ALLEGED WAR CRIMES IN GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

LATER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAYING MR. NETANYAHU'S VISIT MAY BE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

At least 80 killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza.   At least 31 killed in an air attack on a school according to media outlet "Al Hadath"...Tass Russia

THE US MILITARY INTERCEPTING A MISSILE FIRED FROM YEMEN OVER SAUDI ARABIA...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

(UPDATED) AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY THE FIRING OF THREE SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY STAFFERS.

THE THREE FIRED STAFFERS LINKED TO THE CONTROVERSY OVER A SIGNAL CHAT GROUP ON POLICY IN YEMEN.

THEY ARE DESCRIBED AS 'PRO-WAR' MEMBERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MIKE WALTZ'S STAFF.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTS LINKING THE FIRINGS TO THE ACTIVITIES OF PRO-PRESIDENT TRUMP ONLINE ACTIVIST LAURA LOOMER.

LATER REPORTS SAY OTHER LOWER RANKING OFFICIALS AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WERE ALSO FIRED...GLENN GREENWALD "X"

Vice-President JD Vance says a deal to create new ownership for TikTok should be finished before Saturday's deadline.

Chinese owner ByteDance given an extension by President Trump to work out a deal on bringing new ownership into the popular social media video app...The Hill USA

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE DECLARATION LINKED TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND THE TRADE DEFICIT WITH OTHER NATIONS...TASS RUSSIA

The markets today stocks sharply lower following yesterday's tariff announcements by President Trump.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1,679.39 points or 3.98 percent.

The NASDAQ fell 1,050.44 points or 5.97 percent.

At 434 pm New York Time the price of oil 66 dollars 60 cents a barrel down five dollars 11 cents or 7.13 percent...Marketwatch

A CAR EXPLODED IN DAM SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AMSTERDAM TODAY.    THE DRIVER OF THE CAR EMERGED HIMSELF ON FIRE.

THE 50-YEAR-OLD MAN DESCRIBED AS HAVING DUTCH NATIONALITY NOW HOSPITALIZED IN SERIOUS CONDITION.   POLICE HAVE 'STRONG SUSPICIONS' THE DRIVER WAS TRYING TO KILL HIMSELF...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

We are being told that yesterday's Israeli air attacks on Syrian airbases were to prevent a "Turkish takeover".

Prior to the attacks the "OSINTdefender" social media page on "X" said that Turkey had deployed military assets to the bases...Israel National News

THREE ISRAELI JOURNALISTS QUESTIONED BY POLICE TODAY IN CONNECTION WITH 'QATARGATE'.

THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CASE IN WHICH KEY AIDES TO PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ARE ACCUSED OF TAKING MONEY FROM THE NATION OF QATAR.

IN RETURN THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE PLANTED POSITIVE STORIES ABOUT QATAR IN ISRAELI MEDIA DURING THE HOSTAGE-CEASEFIRE TALKS INCLUDING QATAR, EGYPT AND THE HAMAS ORGANIZATION CLOSELY LINKED TO QATAR...TIMES OF ISRAEL

The death toll in the Myanmar earthquake now exceeds three thousand.

4,715 people reported injured and 341 others missing.

Buildings collapsed, roads destroyed and bridges taken down across the country...ABC News USA

NATO OFFICIALS SAYING THEY ARE 'READY FOR ANYTHING' AT THE NATO SUMMIT.

THE UNITED STATES IS REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Hungary making official its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court.

The office of Prime Minister Viktor Orban making the announcement as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the country.

Netanyahu wanted on an international criminal warrant over alleged war crimes in the conflict in Gaza that followed the October 7th, 2023 attack on Israel...Tass Russia...BBC News

MORE ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN SYRIA LAST NIGHT.   AT LEAST TEN KILLED IN THE ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN DARAA PROVINCE.  DOZENS ALSO WOUNDED IN THH CITY OF NAWA.

ISRAEL MEDIA HAD REPORTED GROUND CLASHES IN THE AREA.

EARLIER YESTERDAY THERE WERE ATTACKS REPORTED IN DAMASCUS AND AT TWO MILITARY BASES IN CENTRAL SYRIA...TASS RUSSIA...

"This unjustified escalation is a deliberate attempt to destabilize Syria and exacerbate the suffering of its people"

The new jihadist-led government in Syria says Israel's air attacks during the day yesterday are part of a strategy to 'normalize violence in the country'...AFP France-Times Of Israel

 THE UK'S 'DAILY EXPRESS' REPORTS THAT THE UNITED STATES INTENDS TO DEAL WITH IRAN MILITARILY BY SEPTEMBER IF DOES NOT AGREE TO A DEAL ON ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

A SOURCE SAYING:

         "Iran will disappear by September"...

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

GREECE SAYS IT'S SPENDING 25 BILLION EUROS (27.28 BILLION US DOLLARS) MORE OVER THE NEXT 12 YEARS ON DEFENSE.

ITS A PLAN TO DRASTICALLY TRANSFORM THE GREEK ARMED FORCES.

PRIME MINISTER KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS SPEAKING OF THE WORLD 'CHANGING AT AN UNPREDICTABLE PACE'.

ADVANCED DEFENSE TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDING ROBOTIC VEHICLES AND DRONES PART OF THE PLAN ALONG WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE GREEK DEFENSE INDUSTRY...POLITICO EU

     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying President Trump's new tariffs are leading him to seek resolution including use of 'dispute resolution mechanisms' in the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States.

Mr. Albanese in the midst of an election campaign with the vote scheduled for May 3rd...ABC News Australia...

The US tariff regime sets a ten percent rate for New Zealand.   Trade Minister Todd McClay sees opportunities in the US market in spite of the new tariffs.

He noted that the 10 percent rate for his country will have an impact but many other countries around the world face stiffer tariffs...

NEW ZEALAND TRADE MINISTER TODD MCCLAY REPLIES TO NEW US TARIFFS (18 MINUTE VIDEO)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 4/2/2025*TRUMP TARIFFS UK LESS, EU MORE TALKS 'LEGAL IMMIGRATION'*ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN SYRIA*TESLA SALES DROP GETS POLITICAL SPIN FROM MAINSTREAM MEDIA*US REINFORCING DEFENSES IN PERSIAN GULF*

 

                                (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)

                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking of Qatar as 'a complex country' and not an enemy state.

That's part of his response to an ongoing probe by Israeli police and security forces into ties between two of his key aides and Qatar.

Qatar linked to the Hamas movement behind the brutal October 7th attack on southern Israel from Gaza.

Mr. Netanyahu slamming political opponents for praising Qatar and having ties to it...Times of Israel

LATE TONIGHT REPORTS OF EXCHANGES OF GUNFIRE BETWEEN ISRAELI FORCES AND TERRORISTS ALSO IDENTIFIED AS LOCAL RESIDENTS OF THE DARAA REGION OF SOUTHERN SYRIA...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

                             (More news on Syria later in the summary)

                         "do not retaliate"

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant advising countries around the world not to counter the US with tariffs of their own.

Bessant saying 'there will be escalation' against any country that chooses to retaliate...AFP France-Times of Israel

ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI, WHO IS CLOSE TO EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN, CALLING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS ON THE EU 'WRONG'.

MELONI SAYING SHE WILL WORK TO PREVENT A TRADE WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES...BBC NEWS

Clashes in Syria between supporters of former President Bashar Al-Assad and security forces of the new jihadist government. 

The fighting reported in the Aleppo governate...Tass Russia...

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reporting a gunman killed and weapons taken from the new government's security forces in the fighting at a Palestinian refugee camp...Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

THIS EVENING IN THE DUTCH MUNICPALITY OF BEST DISTURBANCES AS A PUBLIC MEETING WAS TO BE HELD ON AN ASYLUM SEEKERS CENTER.

FIRECRACKERS SET OFF OUTSIDE A HALL WHERE FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE HAD GATHERED.

IN THE END THE MEETING CALLED OFF WITH POLICE ESCORTING PEOPLE OUT OF THE MEETING HALL...

NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)

        TRUMP TARIFF ANNOUNCEMENT

                                                        (UPDATED)

From the White House US President Donald Trump with his announcement regarding tariffs.

He announced ten percent tariffs on the UK and 20 percent tariffs on the EU.

Mr. Trump also announcing a 25 percent tariff on foreign made vehicles.

He said there is a baseline 10 percent tariff on foreign countries.

Various tariff rates some countries like Singapore and Chile at the 10 percent baseline with China facing 34 percent tariffs for its goods.

Towards the end of his announcement Mr. Trump speaking of the need for 'legal immigration' to fill jobs at new factories to be built in the United States...BBC News Blog

(UPDATED) AN ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN DAMASCUS THIS EVENING.  SYRIAN GOVERNMENT MEDIA SAYS THE ATTACK WAS AROUND A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BUILDING...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...

 ISRAEL CONFIRMING ATTACKS ON BASES OUTSIDE DAMASCUS INCLUDING THE T4 SITE ALONG WITH STRIKES IN THE DAMASCUS AREA.

A HUGE EXPLOSION ACCOMPANIED THE ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN DAMASCUS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...TASS RUSSIA...

THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT TONIGHT SAYING THAT ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ARE AN ATTEMPT TO 'DESTABILIZE' THE COUNTRY...(AFP FRANCE)

The corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams has been dismissed.   A federal judge agreeing to the US Justice Department's request for dismissal...NBC News

ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN-GVIR VISITING THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM (AL-AQSA MOSQUE COMPOUND).

HIS VISIT CONDEMNED BY JORDAN, HAMAS IN GAZA AND LATER BY SAUDI ARABIA. 

THE SAUDI STATEMENT OFFERING 'DENUNCIATION OF THE CONTINUED BLATANT ISRAELI ATTACKS ON THE SANCTITY OF AL-AQSA MOSQUE'.

TODAY'S TRIP BY BEN-GVIR THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF SUCH VISITS...AL ARABIYA SAUDI ARABIA

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 235.56 points or .56 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 151.16 points or .87 percent.

At 450 pm New York Time the price of oil was sliding after being above 72 dollars a barrel just minutes before.

The price 70 dollars 94 cents a barrel down 26 cents...Marketwatch

RUSSIAN NATIONALS AND COMPANIES ON A NEW SANCTIONS LIST FROM THE UNITED STATES.

THE SANCTIONS LINKED TO TERRORISM WITH ONE AFGHAN NATIONAL AND A DUAL AFGHAN-RUSSIAN NATIONAL ON THE LIST...TASS RUSSIA

TESLA EXPERIENCED A 13 PERCENT SALES DROP IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.

OVERALL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS COULD EASILY EXPLAIN THE DECLINE BUT MAINSTREAM MEDIA ARE FINDING A POLITICAL ANGLE.

THEY CITE CEO ELON MUSK'S INOVLEMENT WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND POLITICS AS AN EXPLANATION...BBC NEWS...

MEANWHILE WORD LEAKING OUT THAT MR. MUSK WILL STEP AWAY FROM HIS CLOSE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN THE COMING DAYS.

The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo commuting death sentences for three Americans convicted over a failed coup plot last year.

The three now sentenced to life imprisonment.

US State Department officials are set to visit Congo in the coming days as a ceasefire is now in force in a conflict with rebels backed by the neighboring nation of Rwanda...Anadolu Agency Turkey

UNDER COURT ORDER NOT TO FIRE DOMESTIC SECURITY AGENCY CHIEF RONEN BAR, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU APPOINTING THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE AGENCY TO RUN IT.

NETANYAHU CONTINUING TO INVERVIEW REPLACEMENTS SAYING A NEW CHIEF WILL BE IN PLACE BY APRIL 10TH.

THE 'SHIN BET' AGENCY INVOLVED IN PROBING ALLEGED TIES BETWEEN AIDES TO MR. NETANAYHU AND QATAR...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Bakeries in Gaza supported by the UN World Food Program shut down.   No fuel and flour available after Israel cut off aid supplies...Anadolu Agency Turkey

HUNGARY PULLING AWAY FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT HOURS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.

NETANYAHU TO VISIT HUNGARY THROUGH SUNDAY.    HE IS WANTED BY THE ICC UNDER AN INTERNATIONAL ARREST WARRANT.      THE US HAS IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON THE COURT OVER THAT WARRANT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...(MORE ON NETANYAHU VISIT LATER IN SUMMARY)

Details emerging of a US military buildup in the Persian Gulf region near Iran.

NBC News reporting the relocation of Patriot missile batteries and Thermal High Altitude Aerial Defense missile units from South Korea.

Also, some US B-2 bombers have deployed to the Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group is approaching the area from the Pacific.

In recent weeks US President Donald Trump has warned Iran of 'bad things' happening if it does not seek talks on its nuclear program with the United States...OSINT defender "X"

CHINESE MILITARY EXERCISES CONTINUING NEAR TAIWAN.

THE 'STRAIT THUNDER-2025A' DRILL FOCUSING ON CONTROL OF THE AIR AND SEA SPACE AROUND TAIWAN.

CHINA'S MILITARY FORCES PRACTICING 'IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION, WARNING AN EXPULSION, INTERCEPTION AND DETENTION'...CNA ENGLISH NEWS TAIWAN

Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton of the Liberal-National coalition says he's willing to take on US President Donald Trump if it's in Australia's interest.

The election campaign ahead of the May 3rd vote in full swing down under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of the Labor Party trying to stay in power.

Mr. Albanese saying his government is ready to respond to Mr. Trump's tariffs however they come out in the end...ABC News Australia

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ISRAEL'S MILITARY LAUNCHING A GROUND OPERATION IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF GAZA OVERNIGHT.  

THE GROUND ASSAULT FOLLOWING AIR ATTACKS OVERNIGHT IN RAFAH...Israel National News...

ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER ISRAEL KATZ PROCLAIMING A MAJOR OPERATION TO TAKE CONTROL OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF TERRITORY...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)...

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL IS TAKING CONTROL OF THE 'MORAG CORRIDOR' IN GAZA...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

A LIMITED ITINERARY RELEASED FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S TRIP TO HUNGARY.

NETANYAHU TO ARRIVE THERE LATE TONIGHT.

HE WILL MEET HUNGARIAN LEADERS INCLUDING PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN AND PRESIDENT TAMAS ZULYOK ON THURSDAY.

THE REST OF HIS ITINERARY NOT CLEAR.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA STRESSING TAXPAYER EXPENSE FOR THE LENGTH OF NETANYAHU'S HUNGARIAN TRIP THROUGH THE JEWISH SABBATH INTO SUNDAY...TIMES OF ISRAEL

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

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                             TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

On the campaign trail for local government elections in the UK next month Reform UK leader Nigel Farage with a first.

Farage dropping into a tattoo studio and getting his first tattoo.

A British bulldog image with the message "Vote Reform" underneath it...

                       NIGEL FARAGE "X" (VIDEO EMBED)