NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 9/2/2019

(SERVICE WILL CONTINUE WHEN ABLE TILL LATE MONDAY)

The US and the Taliban have reached an "agreement in principle" that will involve a withdrawal of US troops from five bases in Afghanistan in the next 135 days.

That's the word from President Trump's envoy Zalmay Khalilzad who says the agreement requires approval by the President.

CNN reports on the story......LINK

The Taliban, meanwhile, claiming responsibility for a car bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul Monday that killed five people and wounded dozens more.

The Battle of Brexit and the latest from London where the reaction to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's move to suspend parliament later this month is a uniting of opposition forces to advance efforts to rule out a "No Deal" Brexit in parliament this week.

The Conservative Party MP's involved in forcing the issue being warned its a vote of confidence in the government that will cause their expulsion from the party if they oppose Johnson.

The BBC reports that Johnson's counter move may be to propose a vote for a general election.

Boris Johnson appeared before the media Monday evening outside Number 10 Downing Street to urge support for his government and its agenda on a variety of issues.    He urged MP's to vote with the government and against the opposition forces.  Johnson said support for his government will enable it to negotiate for a "deal" with the European Union.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage is already campaigning as if a general election is on the way.   Candidates have been selected for House of Commons seats across the UK and Monday night finds a campaign rally underway at Colchester.

The Brexit Party insists that Mr. Johnson back away from the notion of any "deal" with the EU.

Farage says regarding Boris Johnson on his radio show today:

"Its very clear that he wants a deal"

There are calls for his Brexit Party to step aside and not challenge Boris Johnson and the Conservatives in a new election but this was posted by Nigel Farage on his Twitter page tonight....

"The idea that, after 27 years.....we're going to stand aside and let Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party sell us out once again...is a complete and utter non-starter....".....LINK

The Johnson statement to the media and reaction to it on Nigel Farage's radio show today at this video link......HERE

At least eight deaths are now reported with 25 missing following a fire on a scuba diving boat off the coast of Ventura County, California according to the Associated Press.

Five crew members sleeping on the deck of the 75 foot vessel were rescued but there were others trapped below when the fire broke out.

The BBC published this story about the fire earlier....LINK

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will undergo surgery for the fourth time since he was stabbed in the abdomen a year ago this month during his campaign for the presidency.

Doctors have found an hernia that appeared as a result of previous surgical procedures.

A musical protest in London Monday on behalf of imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Roger Waters of  "Pink Floyd" performing outside the British Home Office in Whitehall with "Wish You Were Here".

Assange is at the Belmarsh Prison in London with the United States seeking to extradite Assange for publishing information about human rights violations by US military forces in Iraq.

The economic crisis in Argentina saw money managers getting rid of the country's Eurobonds Monday following Sunday's announcement of capital controls.

The country's bonds have already lost much of their value since President Mauricio Macri's party lost primary elections last month.

The view from "Bloomberg".......LINK

From the election campaign in Israel, where voters go to the polls two weeks from tomorrow, the effort of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to have Israel's election committee declare news reports about the corruption cases against him "election propaganda" disputed by Attorney General Avechai Mandelblit.

Mandelblit offered a legal opinion saying the Likud Party's filing for such a declaration is beyond the scope of the election committee's power.

He says in part:

"This is a news release by a television channel, not by a candidate or candidate list"

More on this from "Israel National News"......LINK

The results from the state elections in two German states Sunday show a record level of support for the anti-mass immigration Alternative for Germany.

In Brandenburg the AfD racking up 23.5 percent of the popular vote, greater than its 20.2 percent in the 2017 federal election and 19.9 percent in the European election earlier this year.

And in Saxony the AfD total was 27.5 percent of the popular vote, greater than the 27 percent in the 2017 federal election and 25.3 percent in the European election earlier this year.

A big bleeding of support away from "mainstream" political parties with the Social Democrats slightly leading the AfD in Brandenburg and the Christian Democratic Union slightly leading in Saxony.  Those parties will have to scramble with each other and the Greens to form governing coalitions that would keep the AfD out of power.

HURRICANE DORIAN

Five dead reported in Bahamas from the hurricane that barely moved across Grand Bahama island during the day.     The storm reduced in strength from its grinding over the island.

Dorian is now a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour.

And that's the way it really is on this Labor Day, Monday September 2nd, 2019.