NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 8/28/2019

(LIMITED SERVICE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY WHEN ABLE)

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked the Queen for a suspension of parliament ahead of the Brexit deadline of October 31st.    It is to begin between September 9th and 12th.    Her Majesty has approved his plan.

The proroguing of parliament will be followed with a speech to parliament by the Queen on October 14th laying out what he calls a "very exciting agenda".

Johnson denies he is trying to force through a 'No-Deal' Brexit as he pursues talks with the European Union on a new deal for British withdrawal from the EU.

Opponents of Brexit in the House of Commons believe the move may lead to a vote of no-confidence in Johnson's government.

The BBC has a live blog running on the breaking news today.....LINK

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage says any attempt by Johnson to push through a modified version of former Prime Minister Theresa May's deal with the EU will be opposed, but that there will be support for real "No Deal" Brexit.

More from Farage's Twitter page......LINK

A new government is taking shape in Italy with the combined Five State Movement and Democratic Party majority in parliament.

The new government has been agreed to by the two parties and will put the current Deputy Prime Minister and League leader, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini , out of government.

The anti-Establishment Five Star Movement agreed to form a government with the insider "Left" Democratic Party on condition that its Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte remain in his post.

Mr. Conte was summoned to meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella Wednesday night to be designated as the leader of the new government in which Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio will remain as a Deputy Prime Minister.

More from Italy's ANSA News Agency...... LINK

Three policemen killed overnight in Gaza in two separate suicide bomb attacks that the controlling group Hamas said were carried out by Israel.    A group linked to Islamic State is also being cited as the perpetrator of the attacks.

Hamas controlled Gaza has been the launching pad for numerous rocket attacks and other acts aimed at causing destruction in Israel.

Fighting in northwestern Syria with a counterattack by HTS (former Al-Qaeda) forces against the Syrian government forces.

The HTS forces turned back with a report that a Turkish observation post in the area was during a Syrian government airstrike.

The Houthi rebels in Yemen, backed by Iran, are claiming an early morning missile attack with one missile striking a target at the Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia.

Hurricane Dorian building up strength north of Puerto Rico Thursday night with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour as of 11 pm Eastern US time.

Additional strengthening expected in the days ahead landfall on the southeastern US coast from Florida northward possible by Monday of next week.

And in brief that's the way it really is for Wednesday August 28th, 2019.