NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 7/30-WEDNESDAY 7/31/2019

(WORK IN PROGRESS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY)

North Korea firing two short range missiles early Wednesday local time or just after 4 pm Eastern time Tuesday in the United States.

The missiles fired from the area of Wonsan on the east coast flying some 155 miles and about 19 miles high before landing in the Sea of Japan.

In London Tuesday the wife of a United Arab Emirates ruler seeking protection for herself and her children.

The hearing before the UK's High Court with Princess Haya Bint al-Hussein of Dubai seeking protection orders from forced marriage and molestation plus custody of her children.

Her husband, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, applied to the court for the return of the children to Dubai and a court order restricting news reporting about the court orders.

But the judge in the case refused to issue any reporting restriction orders.

Princess Haya is the sixth wife of the Sheikh and a half-sister of Jordan's King Abdullah.   She  reportedly fled to Germany seeking refuge before ending up in London.

More on the story from the BBC.....LINK

From France the Inspector General of the National Police report publicized Tuesday saying that police use of tear gas, flash bang and grenade rounds on the crowd at a music festival in Nantes last month was an appropriate use of force.

The report acknowledges that police use of force caused from eight to 14 people to fall into the Loire River, but also claims that three fell in the river before their attack on the festival.

When the attack occurred at around 430 am June 22nd Steve Maia Canico disappeared.    His body was recovered from the river Monday.

France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe followed up by calling for a new investigation to clear up "confusion" about what happened.

And that's the way it really is as we come into Wednesday July 31st 2019.  Vacation underway with limited posting next post late Wednesday.