NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 8/27/2019
(LIMITED SERVICE AS ABLE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY)
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russia and Turkey have agreed on additional steps in northwestern Syria to deal with jihadist forces there.
Turkey and Russia are joint guarantors of a "deconfliction zone" in and around Idlib which has failed in the face of repeated jihadist attacks from the region.
Putin holding talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who's visiting Russia.
The two taking a look at Russian weaponry Tuesday at the 2019 MAKS air show. More from the Tass News Agency....LINK
Rockets fired from Gaza at Israel Tuesday and Israel responding with strikes into Gaza after one of the rockets landed in Israeli territory. The others fell short landing in Gaza.
The Italian President Sergio Mattarella consulting with political parties in the next 24 hours before deciding the next move in the political crisis.
New elections or a new government possible.
The anti-Establishment Five Star Movement is talking with the mainstream "center-left" Democratic Party on a new government but insists on the current Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte remaining in his post for a new government.
News being leaked out to the media about talks between the Five Star Movement and Democratic Party over a new government with conflicting information being leaked that makes the true status of their talks hard to discern.
Brazil's government will not accept money from the G7 nations to fight fires in the Amazon region.
Brazilian officials say the 22 million dollar offer smacks of colonialism and that major foreign nations nations want to control the Amazon.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have confronted each other over the matter.
BUT LATE TUESDAY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT SAID BRAZIL IS WILLING TO ACCEPT FINANCIAL AID FROM INDIVIDUAL NATIONS DONATING TO THE FIREFIGHTING EFFORT.
The Brazilian president has already accepted an offer of help from Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu involving firefighting chemicals.
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage says his party is ready to contest all seats across England, Wales and Scotland if a General Election is called in the UK.
Farage appeared Tuesday morning on the "Good Morning Britain" program.
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