NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 7/25-FRIDAY 7/26/2019

(WORK IN PROGRESS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY)

President Trump on the attack over the A$AP Rocky Case saying Sweden has:

"let our African American community down"

The music star A$AP Rocky, his real name Rakim Myers, faces trial  next Tuesday in Sweden over an alleged assault that caused bodily injury.   He was arrested July 3rd following an incident that was captured on video.

President Trump, who tweeted about the case last Friday and Saturday including the President's conversation with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven,  commented again Thursday via Twitter....

Trump tweeting that he was "very disappointed" with the Swedish Prime Minister's inability to act on the matter.

Another tweet simply said in part:

"Give A$AP Rocky his FREEDOM"

with the President adding that Sweden "should focus on its real crime problem!"

The President's Thursday  "A$AP Rocky" tweets at the links.....TWEET 1....TWEET 2

US Attorney General William Barr ordering the scheduling of five executions for December of this year and January of next year.

They would be the first executions by the federal government since 2003.

Barr's statement says those set to be executed are convicted of killing or raping children and the elderly.

In New York City accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein found unconscious in jail with neck injuries.  It's said to be considered a possible suicide attempt.

The Houthi side of Yemen's civil war claiming late Thursday that its second drone attack in less than 24 hours took the Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia out of service.   Earlier Thursday a drone attack launched on the King Khalid Air Base in southern Syria.

Saudi Arabia is leading a military coalition supporting Yemen's government against the Houthi rebels who are backed by Iran.

Iran testing a medium range missile Wednesday.  The missile fired from the southern part of the country travelling some 600 miles north to an area around the country's capital Tehran.  

More on the story from Israel National News......LINK

Some 115 migrants are reported missing and feared dead after a boat sunk off the coast of Libya.

A Libyan official says that 134 were rescued and a body recovered after the boat sank some five miles off the Mediterranean coast.

Record heat in Paris Thursday as the heat wave continues in the UK and Europe.   The temperature reached roughly 109 degrees Fahrenheit or 42.6 degrees Celsisus.

Temperatures reached 104 degrees Fahrenheit along France's northern English Channel coast at Dieppe and Dunkirk.

Thunderstorms Thursday night expected to lead to a cooling trend across France starting Friday.

And that's the way it really is as we come into Friday morning July 26th, 2019.   Vacation mode continues with the next post late Friday.