Tuesday, October 15, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/15/2024*HEZBOLLAH SAYS ITS RECOVERED FROM ISRAELI STRIKES ON LEADERS*ISRAEL RESPONDS TO KAMALA HARRIS PRESSURE*

 


                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)





                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



An Israeli air attack on the city of Qana in southern Lebanon with ten reported killed and others wounded...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




US TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT FLYING FROM AN AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BASE IN TEXAS HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF ISRAEL TODAY.



THIS APPARENTLY MARKS THE ARRIVAL OF THE THAAD AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT ISRAEL DURING ITS UPCOMING ATTACK ON IRAN...OSINTdefender "X"




THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCING A CHANGE OF STATUS FOR 800 VETERANS OVER THEIR HOMOSEXUALITY RELATED DISCHARGES.



THOSE 800 GETTING 'HONORABLE DISCHARGES' AFTER A REVIEW OF THE 'DON'T ASK DON'T TELL' POLICY REGARDING HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE US MILITARY FROM 1994 TO 2011...BBC NEWS



In Lebanon Hezbollah says it has recovered from the serial assassination of its leadership by Israel.


Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem saying that the movement influential in the Lebanese government has been able to "reestablish governance"...Tass Russia...



Qassem further saying a ceasefire with Israel is linked to a ceasefire in Gaza...Times of Israel



ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR CITING PRIVATE GUN OWNERSHIP AS A FACTOR IN PREVENTING A MORE SERIOUS TERRORIST ATTACK TODAY.



A POLICEMAN KILLED AND FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WOUNDED ON A HIGHWAY NEAR ASHDOD.



A VOLUNTEER MEDIC WHO OWNED A FIREARM KILLED THE ATTACKER...TIMES OF ISRAEL



SAUDI ARABIA'S CROWN PRINCE AND DE-FACTO RULER MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN VISITING EGYPT.


SPECULATION SURROUNDING POSSIBLE SAUDI INVESTMENT THERE. 


THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES INVOLVED IN A 35 BILLION DOLLAR DEAL WITH EGYPT EARLIER THIS YEAR.


ALSO, DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE CROWN PRINCE AND EGYPTIAN LEADERS ON THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST BEWEEN ISRAEL AND ITS ENEMIES...THE NEW ARAB




In the Netherlands the value of chip maker ASML's stock down 15 percent today. 


 Figures about the company's sales released a day early and they show and sharp drop in orders.  ASML is being forced to comply with US sanctions on dealings with China...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



Sharp declines in the markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 324.80 or .75 percent.




The NASDAQ dropped 187.10 points or 1.01 percent.


At 410 pm New York Time the price of oil 70 dollars 92 cents a barrel a price a decline of two dollars 91 cents or 3.94 percent...Marketwatch



European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to create 'return hubs' for migrants outside the European Union.



She also outlined new EU legislation to facilitate the easier removal of illegal immigrants.



Von der Leyen echoing policy already adopted by Italy which established centers to house migrants in Albania which opened in recent days.




She suggests such a policy would help migrants seeking asylum in Europe avoid dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean.



Australia has also adopted policies that end up housing migrants on offshore locations in the South Pacific.



Such policies comply with UN rules regarding how immigrants should be treated...BRUSSELS SIGNAL



THE NORTH KOREAN MILITARY BLOWING UP PORTIONS OF ROADS CONNECTING NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA TODAY.



THE NORTH HAD ANNOUNCED ITS PLANS TO CUT OFF BORDER ACCESS BY RAIL AND ROAD LAST WEEK.


SOUTH KOREA'S MILITARY FIRED WARNING ON ITS SIDE OF THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE SEPARATING THE TWO COUNTRIES...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



In Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad the two-day summit meeting of the Chinese-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization underway with heavy security.


There have been terrorist attacks on Chinese workers in Pakistan helping to develop economic projects associated with China's "Belt and Road" initiative...Outlook India




ISRAEL ALLOWING 30 TRUCKLOADS OF AID INTO NORTHERN GAZA MONDAY.


THIS FOLLOWED CRITICISM AND PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




THE ISRAEL-HAMAS-HEZBOLLAH-IRAN CONFLICT

                                                    (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



           MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



            LBCI LEBANON (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                               ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                     AL JAZEERA QATAR



                                       TIMES OF ISRAEL





In other news...








     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                            TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Monday, October 14, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 10/14/2024*MIGRANTS ENTERING ITALY MOVED TO ALBANIA*CANADA-INDIA EXPEL DIPOMATS IN SIKH ASSASSINATION CONTROVERSY*CHINESE MILITARY EXERCISES AROUND TAIWAN*

 


                                  (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)





                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





THE PERSON ARRESTED WITH FIREARMS NEAR DONALD TRUMP'S CALIFORNIA RALLY IN WHAT WAS CALLED A 'THIRD ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT' RECENTLY IN NEVADA AT BUNDY RANCH.



'VEM MILLER' PRODUCED A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT MATTERS RELEATED TO RANCHER CLIVEN BUNDY AND HIS FAMILY'S CONFLICT WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES THE OVER USE OF LAND AROUND BUNDY RANCH.


CLIVEN'S SON AMMON BUNDY RECALLS MEETING MILLER AND THE STORY SURROUNDING HIM...





               FIVE MINUTE 20 SECOND VIDEO FROM AMMON BUNDY...


(COMMENT)  IN MY EXPEIRENCE SOME GOOD HONEST FOLKS SHOW UP AROUND THE BUNDY'S BUT ALSO SHOWING UP OPERATIVES FOR THE FBI AND OR CRAZY PEOPLE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TO FILL A VOID IN THEIR LIVES.


AND GOD BLESS EVERYONE...


Down in the area devastated by Hurricane Helene stories of threats made to federal emergency management employees.    


One individual arrested over the weekend saying in a email to BBC News that the US government is a 'terrorist organization'...BBC News 



The situation in Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying the Indian government was supporting criminal activities including murder and extortion against Canadian citizens on Canadian soil.



This follows earlier word that Indian diplomats were involved in a criminal investigation leading to tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats involving India and Canada...(See earlier story in summary)



Allegations laid out by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police point to Indian diplomats spearheading criminal actions against Sikh separatists in Canada...CBC News (Video Embed)...



Mr. Trudeau made a tough public statement before the media regarding the Indian government's alleged criminal activities amidst intense domestic political pressure.



More than 30 Liberal Members of Parliament are now involved in an effort to remove him from leadership.



Trudeau deflecting a question about that situation during his media appearance today saying his focus is on the 'safety and well-being of Canadians'...Efrain Flores Monsanto Rebel News (Video Embed)




ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID TO HAVE TOLD JOE BIDEN THAT ISRAEL WILL STRIKE ONLY MILITARY TARGETS IN IRAN.

THIS REPORTEDLY MEANS THAT OIL FACILITIES AND NUCLEAR FACILITIES WILL NOT BE TARGETED...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Italy starting to move migrants to two new detention centers in Albania.   There is room for three thousand people with hopes of eventually housing 36,000 in the centers.


The migrants will await decisions regarding their asylum requests in the Albanian facilities operating under Italian law.



Migrants from countries considered 'safe' will be housed in Albania while those from 'unsafe' countries will be kept in Italy pending their asylum request decisions.


Albania is being given 600 million euros (653.82 million US dollars) in rent for use of the facilities over a five-year period...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




THE CONFLICT CONTINUING IN THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY ISRAEL STRIKING NORTHERN LEBANON WITH AT LEAST 21 REPORTED DEAD.


ISRAEL'S WARNING THAT LAST NIGHT'S DEADLY HEZBOLLAH ATTACK ON A MILITARY BASE WILL BE STRONGLY RESPONDED TO.


ROCKETS FIRED INTO ISRAEL FROM LEBANON TODAY...BBC NEWS





IRAN SAYS ITS SUSPENDED INDIRECT DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE NATION OF OMAN.


IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER CITING THE PRESENT SITUATION SAYS 'WE DON'T SEE ANY BASIS FOR TALKS'...TASS RUSSIA



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 201.36 points or .47 percent.




The NASDAQ rose 159.75 points or .87 percent.


At 429 pm New York Time the price of oil declining to 74 dollars one cent a barrel down one dollar 55 cents or 2.05 percent...Marketwatch



(Updated) India and Canada each expelled six diplomats from the other country today...Associated Press-USA...



India is angered over Canada's diplomatic note stating its ambassador and other diplomats based in Canada are part of a criminal investigation.


India's foreign ministry saying it 'strongly rejects these preposterous imputations'.



Last year's statement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may be implicated in the murder of a Sikh activist led to expulsion of Canadian diplomats from India...BBC News



DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA HARRIS SAYS THAT ISRAEL SHOULD INCREASE EFFORTS TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA.



HARRIS NOTING THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S STATEMENT THAT NO AID HAS REACHED GAZA IN NEARLY TWO WEEKS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



China's military launching drills in the waters surrounding Taiwan.



Chinese air and sea forces approaching Taiwan in a show of force.



The "Joint Sword-2024B" exercise described as a 'stern warning' to those advocating for Taiwan's independence.


Last week Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te made a speech saying he would resist annexation or encroachment on the mainland which considers Taiwan a part of China...Tass Russia...Al Jazeera Qatar





THE ISRAEL-HAMAS-HEZBOLLAH-IRAN CONFLICT

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




      DEADLY ISRAELI SHELLING ATTACKS IN GAZA




           MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


            LBCI LEBANON (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                             ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


                                   AL JAZEERA QATAR



Palestinian sources report 22 killed in Israeli shelling attacks in Gaza...BBC News...20 of those killed at UN school...Tass Russia




In other news...








   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






In other news....





The Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to three economists.



Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson recognized for their work linking the notion of 'institutions' to 'prosperity'.



The three have found that the 'rule of law' and 'institutions' that do not exploit populations lay a foundation for long-term economic success...ANI News India














Sunday, October 13, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 10/13/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*DEADLY DRONE ATTACK ON ISRAELI MILITARY BASE*ISRAELI TANKS BLAST INTO UN FORCE COMPOUND INNJURIES REPORTED*NETANYAHU ORDERS UN FORCE OUT OF SOUTHERN LEBANON*

 


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


Late tonight Israel admitting fatalities in a drone strike on a military base but first...


                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





11 people injured in a fire at a haunted house in the German town of Leer.   Three of them taken to hospital.  The fire extinguished quickly.   Its cause not known...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




"We probably stopped another assassination attempt"

          RIVERSIDE COUNTY CALIFORNIA SHERIFF CHAD BIANCO



IT'S BEING CALLED A THIRD ATTEMPT TO KILL DONALD TRUMP DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN.



AN ARMED MAN DETAINED BY POLICE OUTSIDE MR. TRUMP'S RALLY IN COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY.



HE WAS CARRYING FALSE VIP IDENTIFICATION FOR THE RALLY...NEW YORK POST






Israeli media report that Israel has refrained from attacking Beirut in recent days.  This follows a request from Joe Biden to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call...Times of Israel






23 KILLED AND 40 WOUNDED IN SUDANESE ARMY AIR STRIKES ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF KHARTOUM.


KILLED AND WOUNDED AT THE CITY'S CENTRAL MARKET AS THE AIRSTIKES TARGETED A CAMP OF THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES.



THE RSF AND THE SUDANESE ARMY INVOLVED IN AN ONGOING CIVIL WAR...BBC NEWS






The French government spokesperson says that a new immigration law will be proposed early next year.



Maud Bregeon pointing to the notion that a new law could extend the period of detention for illegal immigrants deemed dangerous.



Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau wants the detention period increased from 90 days to 210 days.



Meanwhile undocumented workers would be regularized in professions where there is a shortage of workers...BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)



HEZBOLLAH DRONE ATTACK ON ISRAELI MILITARY BASE KILLS FOUR, WOUNDS DOZENS OF OTHERS

                                                               (Updated) 



 67 WERE REPORTED WOUNDED IN A DRONE ATTACK ON THE ISRAELI TOWN OF BINYAMINA SOUTH OF HAIFA.


THE TARGET OF THE HEZBOLLAH DRONE A DINING AREA AT A MILITARY BASE.


FOUR OF THOSE HURT IN CRITICAL CONDITION.



LATE TONIGHT THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE ACKNOWLEDGING FOUR DEATHS IN THE ATTACK...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...



THERE WAS NO ADVANCE WARNING OF THE ATTACK...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...OSINTdefender "X"...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)




"We are ready for war and we are ready for peace"


Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke in Baghdad during a visit there recently.

He said Iran is ready for any eventuality...RIA Novosti Russia





Pro-Israel alternative media personalities Ezra Levant and Avi Yemeni on the ground to cover the US election.    They met up in San Francisco this weekend and will be traveling across the United States in the lead-up to Election Day...Rebel News Online "X" (Video Embed)






    15 UN PEACEKEEPERS WOUNDED BY SMOKE DURING AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON THEIR COMPOUND IN SOUTH LEBANON.


THEY WERE SICKENED AFTER ISRAEL TANKS FIRED SMOKE SHELLS.


A GATE WAS BLOWN AWAY AS TWO ISRAELI TANKS FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE UN FACILITY....(BBC NEWS)...BBC News Story



Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon should withdraw immediately.


Mr. Netanyahu describing the UN force as 'hostages' and 'human shields' for Hezbollah forces in the area...BBC NEWS BLOG...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


(THIS STORY UPDATED TO REFLECT US DECISION TO SEND AIR DEFENSE BATTERIES TO ISRAEL)


A US AIR DEFENSE BATTERY SAID TO HAVE ARRIVED THIS WEEKEND TO ASSIST ISRAELI DEFENSE OF STRATEGIC SITES.


THE THAAD SYSTEM DESIGNED TO INTERCEPT BALLISTIC MISSILES OF VARIOUS RANGES...OSINTdefender "X"...THE STORY DISSEMINATED ONLINE IS THAT US TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ARRIVED IN JORDAN THIS WEEKEND...OSINTdefender "X"...



MEANWHILE THE PENTAGON OFFICIALLY SAYING NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT THE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM IN ISRAEL YET ON SATURDAY...TASS RUSSIA...


BUT ON SUNDAY A PENTAGON SOURCE TELLING CBS NEWS THAT THE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM IS GOING TO ISRAEL...(BBC NEWS)


Canadian politics 20 or more Liberal Party Members of Parliament signed on to a pledge to challenge the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.


The challenge emerging following a string of defeats for the Liberals in special elections and the party's lackluster performance in public opinion polls...CBC News...Opinion Polls for the 45th Canadian federal election-Wikipedia





ISRAELI POLITICS A NEW PUBLIC OPINION POLL DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD SHOWS THE PARTIES CURRENTLY IN GOVERNMENT LAGGING.



THE LAZAR POLL SAYS THEY WOULD ONLY GAIN 52 SEATS IF AN ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY INSTEAD OF THE 64 SEATS THEY WON IN THE LAST ELECTION FOR THE 120 SEATS IN PARLIAMENT.


OPPOSITION PARTIES GAINING 63 SEATS AND THE ARAB ISRAELI HADASH PARTY HAS FIVE SEATS.



PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY STANDS AT 24 SEATS IN THIS POLL INSTEAD OF THE 32 THEY WON IN THE 2021 ELECTION...OPINION POLLING FOR THE NEXT ISRAELI LEGISLATIVE ELECTION-WIKIPEDIA





THE ISRAEL-HAMAS-HEZBOLLAH-IRAN CONFLICT

                                                   (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



        MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



          LBCI LEBANON (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                          ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                               AL JAZEERA QATAR



                                 TIMES OF ISRAEL




Hundreds of projectiles fired into Israel Friday night through Saturday during Yom Kippur in Israel.


Israel striking 280 targets in Lebanon and Gaza during the Yom Kippur holiday as well...(Times of Israel)




In other news....




US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTS STRIKES ON ISIS TERRORIST CAMPS IN SYRIA.    THE US ATTACKS OCCURRED ON FRIDAY....US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"



Kim Yo-Jong, sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un, warning South Korea of a 'horrible disaster' if drones are found again flying over North Korea's capital city of Pyongyang.


North Korea says there have been multiple drone flights in recent days involving drops of propaganda leaflets opposing the Kim Jong-Un regime...Reuters-Straits Times Singapore (Click Past Ad)




   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



         DEADLY DRONE ATTACK IN RUSSIAN REGION


                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




One Russian civilian killed in Ukrainian drone attack in the Belgorod Region...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In other news...



The former Scottish First Minister and Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond died at the age of 69.


Salmond was visiting North Macedonia in the Balkans where he was to make a speech.


He fell ill at the event and was pronounced dead at the scene...BBC News Blog...BBC News Obituary











Saturday, October 12, 2024

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*IMAGE JUNKIES*LUSTING AFTER WHO?*MIDDLE EAST WAR*AMMON BUNDY'S LAWFARE STORY DRAGS ON*'THE LAW WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS'*CANDY INFLATION FOR HALLOWEEN*

 



                            (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE OFFENSIVE OR DISTURBING)





The first song one that is a "Sanity Test Song" and when I first heard it on the radio back around 1970 or so I cringed at it I wasn't ready to try kindness much less pretend to be kind and gentle to others...




                                            "TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS"-GLEN CAMPBELL




         "SWEET BLINDNESS"-THE FIFTH DIMENSION (WITH FRANK SINATRA-LIVE)




                                                      "SUGAR TOWN"-NANCY SINATRA





"THE LUST, THE FLESH, THE EYES AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE"-THE SEVENTY-SEVENS







Welcome to another attempt at media excellence four songs three of them about ways to get yourself intoxicated in my humble opinion.


And regarding the first "Sanity Test Song" it's been said that "Sanity" is 'the acceptance of reality'.




An "Escaping Reality Update" The Beatles "Strawberry Fields Forever" is the theme song...








"If those of us in industrial societies are image junkies, then we've all been set up--predisposed-to become lust junkies...



Needing to have photographs confirm and enhance reality implies that we have some kind of reality deficit...



What is most irresistible is the image-ingestion aspect of our relation to photos. Eye-candy.  They taste so good!  They feed an appetite.  They feed the appetite they create.  But both appetite and food are pseudo.



Have we become more prone to ingest image reality than experience real reality (whatever that is)?...



(Susan) Sontag says that everyone is now addicted to image consumption..."

THE LATE RON J (ROY KULJIAN) WRITES OF 'IMAGE JUNKIES' DECADES AGO IN HIS BOOK 'LUST VIRUS' CONSIDERING MERE PHOTOGRAPHS (PAGE 139)....


MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER FEEDS A DORITO TO JOURNALIST LIZ PLANK IN A VIRAL AND CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO



So, we in our image-driven world have gone further and further down the 'food chain' to get our hits off videos.


Lust is a big part of my visual experience, and I have used Gretchen Whitmer in the past dare I say.


That is sin I own it and am grateful for the blood of Jesus that covers it and the grace that I now live under dying to any notion of lusting after Gretchen Whitmer using her image or the image of any other woman etc. etc. because Jesus died for my sin.



There's political and social controversy surrounding this video but I see it in a different light.


And yes, the written word is being replaced by the visual image read this story from New Zealand where major media outlet "TVNZ" intends to shut down its text-oriented news website and will continue its work with video journalism-image oriented news only...



"According to the company's statement, the major proposed changes include:



Scrapping the 1News website and app in February 2025, and focus Re: News solely on video storytelling"...



"TVNZ proposes major restructure, axing 1News website and app"-One News New Zealand



                NEWSDUMP UPDATE:





THIS WEEKEND THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES MORE ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA ON THE JEWISH HIGH HOLY DAY OF YOM KIPPUR.



NEW EVACUATIONS ORDERED BY ISRAEL IN GAZA.



IRAN'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER VISITING LEBANON IN SOLIDARITY WITH HEZBOLLAH.


IN THE DAYS TO COME'S ISRAEL'S ATTACK ON LEBANON.


A SECOND US AIRCRAFT CARRIER ('HARRY TRUMAN') APPROACHING THE MIDDLE EAST ENTERING THE MEDITERRANEAN THIS WEEKEND.



THAT CARRIER WOULD HELP DEFEND ISRAEL FROM ANY COUNTERSTRIKES BY IRAN.



                         BBC News Blog





            THE LAWFARE CONTINUES



AMMON BUNDY IS IN BANKRUPTCY COURT TO DEAL WITH THE 53 MILLION DOLLAR JUDGEMENT AGAINST HIM OBTAINED BY ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL THE IDAHO MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATE.


THE SUIT AGAINST BUNDY AND OTHER PARTIES OVER THEIR DEFENSE OF BABY CYRUS ANDERSON.


THE CHILD TAKEN FROM HIS PARENTS BUT RETURNED TO THEM FOLLOWING THE OUTCRY LED BY MR. BUNDY AND THE OTHERS.


A HEARING THIS WEEK IN FEDERAL COURT IN SOUTHERN UTAH LEADING TO A FURTHER DAGGING OUT OF THE PROCESS...






                                         "YOUR GRACE FINDS ME"-MATT REDMAN




                                                        "AMEN"-THE IMPRESSIONS




"LOOK WHO IT IS"-HELEN SHAPIRO (WITH GEORGE HARRISON, RINGO STARR, JOHN LENNON)





"First of all Jeremiah 31 talking about a new covenant.


What is it that he said the days are coming says the Lord when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel and the House of Judah not like the covenant when I brought you out of Egypt which you blew


Even though I was a husband to you no in this new covenant  I will write my law in your inward parts on my heart


you won't have to go out telling everybody know the Lord because they shall all know me from the least to the greatest


for I'll forgive their sins and remember their iniquities no more..."

HELEN SHAPIRO SPEAKS STARTING AT 21:21 INTO THIS VIDEO GIVING HER TESTIMONY BACK AROUND 1990...


                  

                                                        "EL SHADDAI"-MICHAEL CARD




                                           "OH HAPPY DAY"-EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS



                           "SWEET, SWEET, SONG OF SALVATION"-LARRY NORMAN




     SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA-INFLATON RAGES ON



The price of candy went up for Halloween a big 35.6-ounce bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups jumped in recent weeks from 12.98 to 14.84 at Walmart.


And yeah, the peanut butter cookies that cost me 2.78 are now 3.12.



Core Inflation in the USA is at an annual rate is 3.3 percent according to the stats released this week.



THERE WERE COST OF LIVING DISTURBANCES IN THE FRENCH CARRIBEAN TERRITORY OF MARTINIQUE THIS WEEK.    THAT AND OTHER STORIES IN THE WEEKLY FRANCE-YELLOW VESTS POST....


France Yellow Vests 308*France's Credit Rating Lowered*2025 French Budget*Rich People, Big Businesses Get Tax Hikes*Deadly Inflation Protests In Martinique*Today's Protests*


Well if you dare read what I posted five years ago today including a reference to a former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke telling an energy lobby group the United States was willing to blockade Russian energy exports.


And nowadays Russia says the US and UK are responsible for the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline sabotage...



             Nextrush Unplugged Post From October 12, 2019



                                                               Good Night.  God Bless.


Closing tonight with some of the country hit songs I was listening to on the radio 50 years ago in October of 1974...




                                       "LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY"-DOLLY PARTON





                         "MISSISSIPPI COTTON PICKIN DELTA TOWN"-CHARLEY PRIDE




                                                       "BONEY FINGERS"-HOYT AXTON






                           

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS 308*FRANCE'S CREDIT RATING LOWERED*2025 FRENCH BUDGET*RICH PEOPLE, BIG BUSINESSES GET TAX HIKES*DEADLY INFLATION PROTESTS IN MARTINIQUE*TODAY'S PROTESTS*



          (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES) 



THE CREDIT RATING OF FRANCE DOWNGRADED FRIDAY NIGHT.


FITCH RATINGS SERVICE GIVING FRANCE A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK FOLLOWING THE NEW BUDGET ROLLOUT ON THURSDAY.


FITCH SEES BIGGER DEFICITS AND A MINORITY GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO DEAL DECISIVELY WITH EXCESSIVE SPENDING...



   Reuters-"Fitch puts negative outlook on France's rating"






As expected on Tuesday the censure motion for Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government failed.


The motion from the New Popular Front Left got only 197 votes from 577 members.


Abstaining from the vote the National Rally (RN).   Leader of the RN Marine Le Pen deciding to 'give a chance' to the government.


The Left noting they were denied the ability to form a new government by President Emmanuel Macron in spite of winning the largest number of seats in the election several months ago...


"France's minority government survives no-confidence vote"-Associated Press-Irish Examiner



The government rolling out its budget plan and taxes for 2025.



When it comes to income taxes for 2024 to be paid next year "inflation adjustments" of two percent have been factored in for tax brackets except the highest rate of 45 percent. 



By the way the latest calculation of the rate of inflation in France is 2.2 percent.


Income for the first 11,520 Euros (12,595.97 US Dollars) of income will not be taxed up from 11,294 Euros (12,348.86 US Dollars). 



In addition the tax allowance for married people or people with children is increased from 6,674 Euros (7,297.35 US Dollars) to 6,807 Euros (7,442.77 US Dollars)...




BFM-TV-"Income Tax: The New 2025 Scale Will Be Indexed To Inflation (Translation Prompt)



The government led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier is taxing 'the wealthiest' in its budget that includes projected savings of billions of Euros.


65,000 households targeted to pay more taxes those with a single taxpayer making more than 250,000 Euros or a married couple with 500,000 Euros or more of income.


Additionally, businesses whose turnover exceeds one billion Euros some 400 in all will pay additional taxes of eight billion Euros next year and 12 billion in 2026.



The spending plan called an "austerity budget"...




BFM-TV-"Taxes, Pensions, New Taxes...What To Remember From The 2025 Budget" (Translation Prompt)




THE TENSIONS OVER THE HIGH COST OF LIVING EXPLODING INTO A NEW ROUND OF DEADLY PROTESTS IN FRANCE'S CARRIBEAN TERRITORY OF MARTINIQUE THIS WEEK.


AT LEAST THREE DEATHS LINKED TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS.


HUNDREDS OF CARS BURNED.


STORES VANDALIZED AND LOOTED THE AIRPORT ON THE ISLAND STORMED BY PROTESTERS THURSDAY WITH A RUMOR THAT MORE POLICE WERE BEING FLOWN IN FROM THE MAINLAND OF FRANCE.


PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF A GROUP CALLED THE 'RALLY FOR THE PROTECTION OF AFRO-CARRIBEAN PEOPLES AND RESOURCES' (RPPRAC)...BFM-TV NEWS STORY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Protest in Paris on Saturday afternoon...



LIVE VIDEO STREAM PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 308 10/12/2024




A group in the dozens gathered for today's protest.    They posed together for a bit then went through the streets accompanied by drums.



One large yellow sign held by a protester read:



                      "Macron Destitution"





MEANWHILE IN ROUEN YELLOW VESTS ACTIVIST JEROME RODRIGUES SPEAKING TO A GROUP RECALLING THE YELLOW VESTS PROTESTS SOME SIX YEARS AFTER THEY BROKE OUT ACROSS FRANCE...









A video from Lille in northern France remembering 309 weeks of protest and promoting a demonstration next month in Brussels (November 16)...







                                                 For now that's news of France and the Yellow Vests.




Also available the "Unplugged" post for this week...Nextrush Unplugged Weekend*Image Junkies*Lusting After Who?*Middle East War*Ammon Bundys Lawfare Story Drags On*"The Law Written On Our Hearts"*Candy Inflation For Halloween*


                                                        

Friday, October 11, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 10/11/2024 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*FRANCE'S CREDIT RATING LOWERED*IRISH TEACHER OPPOSING TRANSGENDERISM RETURNED TO JAIL*ISRAEL ATTACKS LEBANESE ARMY, UN PEACEKEEPERS*US SLAMS CHINA OVER SOUTH CHINA SEA POLICY*INTERNAL POLL GIVES TRUMP LEAD IN ALL 'BATTLEGROUND STATES'*

 


         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING AT 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)

            (FINAL POSTING IN THE 8-11 PM EASTERN US TIME WINDOW)






                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





Two US Navy SEAL's who died during an operation off the coast of Somalia in January were heavily weighed down when both went into the water.


That's part of what an investigation into the deaths of the sailors found.



They died during a mission at night boarding a vessel carrying missile parts to Houthi forces in Yemen.



One of the SEAL's fell in the water first with the other trying to rescue him by going in.



Changes in training and guidance recommended to prevent fatalities on future missions...Task And Purpose





The United States expanding sanctions against Iran's oil and petrochemical industries.


Targeted in the new sanctions a so-called 'shadow fleet' of ships selling Iranian oil in violation of existing sanctions.



Ten companies and 17 vessels named as 'blocked property'...Voice of America






ISRAEL URGED TO STOP SHOOTING AT UN PEACEKEEPERS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.


JOE BIDEN ADDING HIS VOICE TO A JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE FRENCH, ITALIAN AND SPANISH LEADERS CALLING ON ISRAEL TO STOP ITS ATTACKS ON THE UN FORCE.


FOUR INJURIES REPORTED IN WHAT ARE BEING CALLED DIRECT ATTACKS ON THE UN FORCE IN THE LAST TWO DAYS...BBC NEWS




Boeing cutting its workforce by ten percent (17,000 jobs).   


The decision amidst a strike by unionized workers and concerns about the quality of aircraft produced by the company...BBC News




TONIGHT FRANCE'S CREDIT RATING LOWERED.



FITCH RATINGS MOVING FRANCE'S OUTLOOK TO NEGATIVE.


YESTERDAY'S BUDGET ROLLOUT REVEALED ROBUST DEFICIT PROJECTIONS CAUSING FITCH TO MAKE ITS DECISION...REUTERS




Ireland's High Court sending teacher Enoch Burke back to jail. 


Burke steadfastly refusing to stay away from the school where he was dismissed from his position due to his moral values.   His firing remains under appeal.



Mr. Burke would not agree with the acceptance of transgenderism.



At today's hearing a judge tried to get Burke to say he would obey an order to stay away from the Wilson's Hospital School in County Westmeath.


But he instead wanted to read the principal's report that led to his firing citing Burke's refusal to accept transgenderism...IRISH EXAMINER





IN THE NETHERLANDS 2.7 MILLION PEOPLE NEARLY 18 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION 15 YEARS AND OLDER CLASSIFIED AS "LQBTQIA".


THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS REACHING THE CONCLUSION BASED ON A SURVEY CONDUCTED LAST YEAR.


LGBTQIA STANDS FOR 'LESBIAN, GAY, BI-PLUS, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, INTERSEX OR ASEXUAL'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Hezbollah fired a barrage of 100 rockets into Israel as sundown brought in the Jewish Holy Day of Yom Kippur.   No immediate reports of anyone hurt...Israel National News



THE LEBANESE ARMY SAYS TWO SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AND THREE OTHERS WOUNDED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK.



THE SOLIDERS ATTACKED AT THEIR POST IN SOUTHERN LEBANON...NEWS AGENCIES-TIMES OF ISRAEL...



(UPDATED) TWO UN PEACEKEEPERS FROM SRI LANKA SUFFERING SHRAPNEL WOUNDS TODAY IN ISRAELI SHELLING OF THE UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE HEADQUARTERS.


ISRAEL IS DEMANDING THE UN FORCE PULL OUT OF SOUTHERN LEBANON...OSINTdefender "X"...AN ISRAELI STATEMENT SPOKE OF AN 'IMMEDIATE THREAT' THAT REQUIRED THE SHELLING TO OCCUR...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)



RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MEETING IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN NATION OF TURKMENISTAN.


THEIR MEETING AMID HEIGHTENED TENSIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL AND EXPECTATIONS OF AN ISRAELI ATTACK.


THE MEETING ALSO COMES AMID WESTERN INTELLIGENCE AND MEDIA CLAIMS THAT IRAN SUPPLIES RUSSIA WITH WEAPONS FOR THE UKRAINE WAR.


MR. PEZESHKIAN CHARACTERIZING RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND IRAN IS 'STRATEGIC AND SINCERE'.  HE SAID THAT CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC TIES ARE GROWING...TASS RUSSIA...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-IRISH EXAMINER


Amid rumors that President Paul Biya is dead the African nation of Cameroon banning media discussion of Mr. Biya's health.

The 91-year old Biya has not been seen in public since he attended a China-Africa forum in Beijing.

Biya said to be in Geneva, Switzerland in good health on a private visit...BBC News


NORTH KOREA WARNING SOUTH KOREA OVER SENDING DRONES INTO THE NORTH TO DROP PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS ON ITS CAPITAL CITY OF PYONGYANG.   


ITS BEING SAID THAT THE SOUTH KOREAN LEAFLET DROPS OCCURRED THREE TIMES AT NIGHT IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO.


NORTH KOREA SAYING THE 'GRAVE POLITICAL AND MILITARY PROVOCATION' REQUIRES RETALIATION THAT COULD LEAD TO WAR.



SOUTH KOREA'S GOVERNMENT DENIES ANY INOLVEMENT IN LEAFLET DROPS BUT SAYS IT WILL INVESTIGATE IF PRIVATE GROUPS ARE RESPONSIBLE...VOICE OF AMERICA




The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 409.74 points or .97 percent.


The NASDAQ rose 60.89 points.


Tonight the price of oil down to 75 dollars 49 cents a barrel a 36 cent decline for the day...Marketwatch



(Updated) On the French Caribbean island of Martinique the airport forced to shut down as protesters took over the runway.


Demonstrations against the high cost of living moved to the airport when it was reported that police reinforcements from the mainland of France were about to arrive.



At least one person killed in ongoing demonstrations this week...Associated Press-France 24...A prosecutor in Martinique now links three deaths to the disturbances...(BFM-TV France)




THE UNITED STATES CONDEMING CHINA OVER ITS CLAIM TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN THE EAST CHINA SEA.


SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN SPEAKING AT A MEETING WITH SOUTHEAST ASIAN LEADERS.



BLINKEN SAYING THAT CHINA IS INVOLVED IN:



"increasingly dangerous and unlawful actions on the South and East China seas"



BLINKEN CARRYING A MESSAGE THAT JOE BIDEN WAS TO PRESENT TO THE LEADERS AT A SUMMIT IN LAOS BEFORE HIS TRIP WAS CANCELLED.



HE SAID THE US WILL:


"continue to support freedom of navigation and freedom of overflight in the Indo-Pacific"...



     News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany




(Updated) 20 coal miners killed in a terrorist attack in southwestern Pakistan.   Seven others wounded.



Separatists are active in the Balochistan region opposing Pakistan's central government.




Two Chinese electricity workers killed in a separate terrorist attack in Karachi, Pakistan last Sunday claimed by the "Balochistan Liberation Army".




China helping to develop southwestern Pakistan as part of its "Belt and Road" economic initiative...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...



The rise in terrorist activities comes as Pakistan prepares to host a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.   



The group of nations led by China seeks to promote economic ties...Associated Press-NPR USA




Two dead and dozens injured in a release of hydrogen sulfide at a petroleum and natural gas processing facility near Houston...KHOU Houston




THE EUROPEAN UNION AGAIN DELAYING IMPLEMENTATION OF A FACIAL SCAN-FINGERPRINT SYSTEM FOR NON-EU CITIZENS CROSSING ITS BORDERS.



THAT SYSTEM SET FOR INTRODUCTION ON NOVEMBER 10TH BUT FRANCE, GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS SAY THEIR SYSTEMS AREN'T READY.



AN EU OFFICIAL NOT GIVING A NEW TIMETABLE BUT SAYING THE SYSTEM WOULD BE PHASED IN...BBC NEWS




"We have got to reach a ceasefire.   We've got to de-escalate"


Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking about the fighting involving Israel and its enemies in Gaza and Lebanon as she campaigned in Nevada...Israel National News



US politics internal polling done for Donald Trump's campaign showing leads for Trump in all seven "Battleground States".



The size of the leads ranging from one to five percent...Breitbart USA





THE ISRAEL-HAMAS-HEZBOLLAH-IRAN CONFLICT

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



              MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


               LBCI LEBANON (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                                ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


                                     AL JAZEERA QATAR


                                        TIMES OF ISRAEL



In other news...



IN AUSTRALIA AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AFTER A MAN GIVEN MEDICAL CANNABIS (MARIJUANA) TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.



A PHARMACIST SUSPENDED FROM SUPPLYING CANNABIS AND TWO DOCTORS SUSPENDED IN THE CASE.



THE FATHER OF MAN WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE SAYING THE CANNABIS WAS SENT TO HIM IN SPITE OF THE SUPPLY PLATFORM BEING NOTIFIED OF HIS DEATH.



THE DECEASED MAN AND ANOTHER PATIENT GIVEN THE CANNABIS DESPITE THEIR HISTORIES OF HALLUCINATIONS (PYSCHOSIS).


THAT OTHER PATIENT HOSPITALIZED AFTER RECEIVEING CANNABIS...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA




The judge handling the January 6th case against Donald Trump agreeing to release documents painting a criminal picture of Mr. Trump right before the election.



Trump's lawyers signaling they will resist the effort...The Hill





   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



NINE WOUNDED IN UKRAINIAN SHELLING OF BELGOROD REGION




46 DRONES USED AGAINST BELGOROD REGION OF RUSSIA




TWO DRONES DESTROYED IN RUSSIA'S BRYANSK REGION




                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Nine wounded in the Ukrainian shelling of the Belgorod Region...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




46 drones fired at Russia's Belgorod region with a least one civilian hurt...Tass Russia



Air defenses destroying two Ukrainian drones in Russia's Bryansk Region...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




In other news....




THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARDED TO A GROUP OF SURVIVORS OF THE NUCLEAR BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IN 1945.



THEIR ORGANIZATION NIHON HIDANKYO PRAISED FOR ESTABLISHING THE NOTION OF A 'NUCLEAR TABOO'.



BUT IT WAS SAID IN THE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE TABOO IS NOW 'UNDER PRESSURE'...BBC NEWS

Thursday, October 10, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 10/10/2024 NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*US INFLATION REMAINS HOT*US PUSHING GOV'T CHANGE IN LEBANON AMIDST ISRAELI ATTACKS*CHINA CRITICIZES ISRAELI "DEATH AND HUNGER" GAZA POLICY*

 



                              (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)

                (POSTING WILL BE LIMITED UNTIL AFTER 7 PM EASTERN US TIME)





                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





Israel's security cabinet met tonight regarding the planned attack on Iran.    


The cabinet said to have given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant discretion to carry out the attack...NHK World Japan





16 REPORTED DEAD DUE TO HURRICANE MILTON IN FLORIDA AS RELIEF EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY...BBC NEWS BLOG




In Colorado an accident at a gold mine tourist attraction one dead, four injured and 12 trapped on a trolley elevator.


It was caused by an 'equipment malfunction' at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek...9NEWS DENVER




(UPDATED) POLICE SHOOTING A MAN WHO SET FIRES AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN THE GERMAN CITY OF KREFELD NEAR THE DUTCH BORDER.



THE SUSPECT IN SERIOUS CONDITION.   HE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE OPERATED ALONE.   POLICE SAY ITS NOT CLEAR WHAT HIS MOTIVE WAS.


A VIDEO SAYING THE SUSPECT WAS STARTING TO ATTACK PEOPLE WITH A HAMMER WHEN HE WAS SHOT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...VISEGRAD 24 "X" (Video Embed)




(Updated) 22 killed and 117 wounded in fresh Israeli airstrikes in Beirut tonight.


Israel said to be attempting an assassination of a Hezbollah intelligence official.


That attempt appears to have failed...Times of Israel...BBC News Blog




TORONTO DOMINION BANK COMMONLY CALLED 'TD BANK' PLEADING GUILTY TO US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGES.



THE BANK ACCUSED OF VIOLATING MONEY LAUNDERING AND BANK TRANSPARENCY LAWS.




IT WILL PAY MORE THAN THREE BILLION DOLLARS IN FINES UNDER A DEAL WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND WILL BE LIMITED IN ITS ABILITY TO EXPAND OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES...THE HILL



In the Netherlands an emergency shelter for overflow at an asylum seekers center won't open as planned following a bomb explosion.


The former school was to be used starting tomorrow for overnight migrant housing but it will only now be used in any extreme situations Saturday and Sunday...NOS Netherlands




US INFLATION MEASURED BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX REMAINS HOT.


THE ANNUAL RATE OF INFLATION AT 2.4 PERCENT LAST MONTH INSTEADY OF THE EXPECTED 2.3 PERCENT.



CORE INFLATION COMING IN AT 3.3 PERCENT INSTEAD OF THE 3.2 PERCENT EXPECTED.



TODAY'S 2.4 PERCENT ANNUAL CPI RATE DETERMINES THE RATE OF INCREASE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS IN THE COMING YEAR...BARRONS...




THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCING A 2.5 PERCENT INCREASE IN BENEFITS FOR THE COMING YEAR...(News Agencies)



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 57.88 points.



The NASDAQ down 9.57 points.


At 424 pm New York Time the price of oil sharply higher 75 dollars 94 cents a barrel up two dollars 70 cents or 3.69 percent...Marketwatch



TWO UN PEACEKEEPERS WOUNDED BY ISRAELI TANK FIRE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.


THE TANK OPENING FIRE ON AN OBSERVATION TOWER.


THE UN SAYS ISRAELI FORCES HAVE REPEATEDLY STRUCK THEIR POSITIONS IN RECENT DAYS...POLITICO EU...


ISRAEL URGING UN FORCES TO WITHDRAW FROM THEIR POSITIONS...(BBC NEWS)...TASS RUSSIA...


INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPERS HURT IN THAT INCIDENT THAT WAS CONDEMNED BY INDONESIA'S AMBASSADOR AT THE UNITED NATIONS.


ITALY'S DEFENSE MINISTER SEEKING AN EXPLANATION FROM ISRAEL SAYING THE FIRING ON THE UN PEACEKEEPERS WAS NOT A MISTAKE...TIMES OF ISRAEL


While Israel goes on the military offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon the United States is said to be talking with Arab countries about a new president in Lebanon.



Arrangements for a new Lebanese government also being promoted in which Hezbollah would have less power...Times Of Israel



IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SEYED ABBAS ARAGHCHI HOLDING TALKS WITH SAUDI LEADERS INCLUDING CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN.



THE REGIONAL SITUATION DISCUSSED AMIDST EXPECTATIONS OF AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN FOLLOWING IRAN'S MISSILE BARRAGE AND ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATION ATTACKS IN THE REGION.



ARAGHCHI SAYING THAT ISRAEL IS TRYING TO DRAG THE MIDDLE EAST INTO A CATASTROPHE REQUIRING 'WISDOM, COURAGE AND COOPERATION'...IFP NEWS



In continuing verbal provocation of China Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te saying he will 'resist annexation'.



His speech on Taiwan's National Day today followed an earlier statement that China was not the motherland of Taiwan.



The Chinese government says that Mr. Lai has a 'malicious intent to escalate hostility and confrontation' by challenging the notion accepted by most foreign nations and even the United States at times during recent decades that Taiwan is part of China...AFP FRANCE-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE (CLICK PAST AD)






CHINA'S UNITED NATIONS REPRESENTATIVE FU CONG SAYS ISRAEL NEEDS TO STOP 'WEAPONIZING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE'.



SPEAKING AT AN EMERGENCY SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING, HE SAID THAT 'DEATH AND HUNGER HAVE BECOME THE NEW NORMAL IN GAZA'.



MR. FU SAYS THE CONFLICT ISRAEL IS INVOLVED IN CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO EXPAND WITH THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ROLE BEING MARGINALIZED.



HE DEFENDED THE UN RELIEF AGENCY FOR PALESTINIANS AS ISRAEL MOVES LEGISLATION TO BAN ITS OPERATION...CHINA DAILY




A MERCHANT SHIP ATTACKED IN THE RED SEA OFF THE WEST COAST OF YEMEN.   ONE PROJECTILE STRIKING THE SHIP CAUSING DAMAGE BUT NO FIRE OR CASUALTIES...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"...LATER TWO MORE PROJECTILES EXPLODED CLOSE TO THE VESSEL WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"



   THE ISRAEL-HAMAS-HEZBOLLAH-IRAN CONFLICT

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




          THREE ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED IN GAZA 




     DEAD AND WOUNDED IN ISRAELI GAZA ATTACKS





                ISRAELI SOLDIER KILLED IN LEBANON




              MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



               LBCI LEBANON (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                              ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                    AL JAZEERA QATAR



                                      TIMES OF ISRAEL





Three Israeli soldiers killed by a bomb (IED) in northern Gaza...OSINTdefender "X"





28 killed more than 50 wounded in an Israeli attack on a school in central Gaza...Tass Russia




One Israeli soldier killed, another seriously wounded in the fighting in Lebanon...Israel National News




In other news...



DUTCH PRIME MINISTER FORMER INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DICK SCHOOF DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM THE CALL BY PARTY OF FREEDOM (PVV) LEADER GEERT WILDERS TO FIRE AMSTERDAM MAYOR FEMKE HALSEMA.


WILDERS AND OTHER PVV POLITICIANS WANT HALSEMA OUT OVER ALLOWING A PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST IN THE CITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE OCTOBER 7TH ANNIVERARY OF THE HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL.



THE PVV IS THE LARGEST OF THE FOUR PARTIES ENDORSING THE GOVERNMENT LED BY MR. SCHOOF.



SCHOOF SAYING THAT IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO ASK MAYOR HALSEMA TO LEAVE FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The Washington DC based Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS) out with a new report linking forced labor from Uyghur Muslims in western China to the pharma industry.



The report is critical of the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Agency of International Development for continuing to do business with drug suppliers linked to forced labor.



This is being done in spite of laws requiring American companies to ensure there is no forced labor in their supply chains...RADIO FREE ASIA USA








    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                                 (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                              TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



            RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...





Han Kang of South Korea winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.


The 53-year-old fiction writer praised for her work that 'confronts historical traumas'...BBC NEWS




AND ETHEL KENNEDY DEAD AT THE AGE OF 96.


KENNEDY THE WIDOW OF ASSASSINATED SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY AND MOTHER OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR...BBC NEWS