NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 5/24-SATURDAY 5/25/2019 NEWSDUMP EDITION
At the top of the Newsdump the deployment of 1,500 more members of the US military to the Middle East.
President Trump describes the deployment as:
"relatively small"
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan says the deployment is to deal with the:
"ongoing threat posed by Iranian forces"
13 injured after a suspected package bomb was detonated in Lyon, France around 530pm local time Friday.
Police are looking for a man in his 30's wearing a black sweater with a face mask and dark glasses.
They say he left the parcel outside a bakery before he rode off. Nuts, bolts and screws are said to have been inside the package that exploded
The antiterrorist police in France investigating but officials say Friday night its too early to call what happened an act of terrorism.
There's video footage of the suspect and police are asking the public to help them find him.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner urging caution at public gatherings.
Coverage of the situation from BFM-TV in France...BFM-TV LIVE
The Yellow Vests set to march in Paris and other French cities Saturday. More in the Breaking News post.....YELLOW VESTS WEEK 28
President Trump declaring in essence a national emergency to sell eight billion dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia.
The President using his authority to bypass Congress to sell weapons likely to be used in Yemen, where many civilians have been killed by a Saudi led military coalition fighting the Houthi rebels.
The Houthis are backed by Iran and the President naming Iran as a reason for going forward with the sale to the financially powerful Saudis.
President Trump headed to a financially powerful nation like Saudi Arabia for a state visit. Trump will be in Japan meeting with its Prime Minister and dining with its new Emperor.
A federal judge getting in the act and partially blocking President Trump's funding of border barrier construction on the southern border.
The preliminary injunction coming Friday from US District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California.
There's video footage of the suspect and police are asking the public to help them find him.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner urging caution at public gatherings.
Coverage of the situation from BFM-TV in France...BFM-TV LIVE
The Yellow Vests set to march in Paris and other French cities Saturday. More in the Breaking News post.....YELLOW VESTS WEEK 28
President Trump declaring in essence a national emergency to sell eight billion dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia.
The President using his authority to bypass Congress to sell weapons likely to be used in Yemen, where many civilians have been killed by a Saudi led military coalition fighting the Houthi rebels.
The Houthis are backed by Iran and the President naming Iran as a reason for going forward with the sale to the financially powerful Saudis.
President Trump headed to a financially powerful nation like Saudi Arabia for a state visit. Trump will be in Japan meeting with its Prime Minister and dining with its new Emperor.
A federal judge getting in the act and partially blocking President Trump's funding of border barrier construction on the southern border.
The preliminary injunction coming Friday from US District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California.
In spite of her tearful resignation announcement in front of Number 10 Downing Street Friday, the facts of the situation remain.
Theresa May remains Prime Minister for more than two months into the future until a new Conservative Party leader is named.
Mrs. May set Friday June 7th as her resignation date from the post of Conservative Party leader.
She remains Prime Minister in a caretaker role until a new Tory leader is selected by the end of July.
Her controversial and highly unpopular Brexit proposal remains in a new revised form that will be put to the House of Commons again in early June as well.
Reaction from many quarters to her stepping down with the Liberal Democrat leader and strong opponent of Brexit Sir Vince Cable saying Mrs. May had compromised with the "right-wing" of her party.
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage noted in a tweet that two pro-European Union Conservative Prime Ministers in a row had been forced out and that the Conservative Party must:
"learn that lesson, or it dies"
His full tweet at the link.....HERE
Candidates already making their intentions known to run to replace Theresa May including current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
29 have died in a prison riot in Venezuela. Prisoners took visitors hostage and special police forces were sent in leading to a battle where inmates are said to have thrown grenades and fired at the police.
The authorities claim 19 police wounded trying to stop a "break out".
But a group called the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory said the fighting started when police moved in to search the prison and remove female visitors.
Also, opposition blogger Daniel Duquenal tweeted that the special police forces (FAES) who stormed the prison ''the most lethal arm of repression" in Venezuela.
At least 19 students are dead in a fire at a school in Surat, India. 20 others seriously injured. Some students died in the fire and others died when they jumped or fell from windows amidst billowing smoke.
Claims and counterclaims in the fighting in northwestern Syria between government forces and jihadist opposition forces. The Syrian government claiming that 350 of their opponents have been killed in recent days.
Candidates already making their intentions known to run to replace Theresa May including current Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
"We are the first political party to be banned in this country from Twitter. My own account was banned last year"
The reaction of For Britain leader Anne Marie Waters to the banning of her party's Twitter account that started early Friday morning.
"This is direct interference in electoral politics, politics they and the Establishment don't like"
Waters added.
She urged supporters to protest to Twitter and said it may slow the party down but it will not stop it.
A video of Anne Marie Waters reaction to the Twitter ban is at the link......HERE
29 have died in a prison riot in Venezuela. Prisoners took visitors hostage and special police forces were sent in leading to a battle where inmates are said to have thrown grenades and fired at the police.
The authorities claim 19 police wounded trying to stop a "break out".
But a group called the Venezuelan Prisons Observatory said the fighting started when police moved in to search the prison and remove female visitors.
Also, opposition blogger Daniel Duquenal tweeted that the special police forces (FAES) who stormed the prison ''the most lethal arm of repression" in Venezuela.
At least 19 students are dead in a fire at a school in Surat, India. 20 others seriously injured. Some students died in the fire and others died when they jumped or fell from windows amidst billowing smoke.
Claims and counterclaims in the fighting in northwestern Syria between government forces and jihadist opposition forces. The Syrian government claiming that 350 of their opponents have been killed in recent days.
Brushfires breaking out across Israel and firefighting help is arriving from Cyprus, Croatia, Egypt, Greece and Italy..
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appearing before the media on Friday saying that Israel is moving forward with improvements in its own firefighting system.
More from Israel National News......LINK
A new government has to be selected in Israel by next Wednesday following last month's election and the liberal "Haaretz" newspaper reports that Benjamin Netanyahu is leaning towards a government that includes religious parties.
The "Haaretz" spin on the situation is at the link.....HERE
In Russia Friday a court approved the continued detention of American citizen Paul Whelan on espionage charges.
Whelan has multiple nationalities and is under investigation by Russia FSB intelligence agency.
In court, Whelan said he is the victim of a "political kidnap" and has been subject to threats and abuse in prison.
Russia denies any mistreatment of Whelan.
Whelan's detention extended to August 29th.
And that's the way it really is as we move into the Memorial Day weekend Newsdumping along the way, Saturday morning May 25th, 2019. Its the one year anniversary of the arrest of Tommy Robinson in Leeds, England.
The "Haaretz" spin on the situation is at the link.....HERE
In Russia Friday a court approved the continued detention of American citizen Paul Whelan on espionage charges.
Whelan has multiple nationalities and is under investigation by Russia FSB intelligence agency.
In court, Whelan said he is the victim of a "political kidnap" and has been subject to threats and abuse in prison.
Russia denies any mistreatment of Whelan.
Whelan's detention extended to August 29th.
And that's the way it really is as we move into the Memorial Day weekend Newsdumping along the way, Saturday morning May 25th, 2019. Its the one year anniversary of the arrest of Tommy Robinson in Leeds, England.
No comments:
Post a Comment