NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 5/24/2020

(FINAL POSTING IS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)

BIG BEN MIDNIGHT CHIMES

In San Jose, California today Pastor Mike McClure of Calvary Chapel told worshipers at an outdoor service that the church will reopen for a regular indoor service next Sunday regardless of any local orders mandating closure of the church.

He said the church will "never" close its doors again.

His comments came hours after a US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that upheld California Governor Gavin Newsom's ban on indoor church services.     A three member panel of the federal court split 2-1 in favor of Newsom rejecting a request for a temporary restraining order........SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS STORY

The Oregon Supreme Court telling a local judge to throw out his injunction against Governor Kate Brown's coronavirus emergency orders or explain why he shouldn't by 5 pm Tuesday.....OREGONLIVE STORY

NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM GETTING EMOTIONAL AT HIS FRIDAY MEDIA APPEARANCE OVER THE DIVIDE ON WEARING FACE MASKS.    THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR FACE MASKS IN NORTH DAKOTA.  

 

BURGUM SAYING THE MASK DOES NOT REPRESENT POLITICAL DIFFERENCES OR IDEOLOGIES BUT MAY SIMPLY REFLECT THE HEALTH CONCERNS OF INDIVIDUALS.  HE BROKE DOWN AS HE IN ESSENCE URGED PEOPLE WHO DON'T WEAR MASKS NOT TO GET ANGRY WITH THOSE WHO DO......

THE GUARDIAN VIDEO LINK

RIOTING AND FOOD SHORTAGES REPORTED IN THE CHILEAN CAPITAL OF SANTIAGO AS THE GOVERNMENT PURSUES A STRICT QUARANTINE REGIME AND PROMISES TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD.   THIS VIDEO POSTED SATURDAY SHOWS A FIREBOMB ATTACK ON A POLICE VEHICLE.......

VIDEO LINK SANTIAGO CHILE RIOTING 5/23/2020

TODAY CHILE'S PRESIDENT SEBASTIAN PINERA SAID THE COUNTRY'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS 'VERY CLOSE TO THE LIMIT' WITH MORE THAN 69-THOUSAND CORONAVIRUS CASES REPORTED IN THE COUNTRY.......REUTERS NEWS STORY

The corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu getting underway today in a large courtroom in Jerusalem where rules of "social distancing" will be observed and masks will be worn.

The prosecutor arrived at the trial with a security detail.     Mr. Netanyahu said as he entered the courtroom   "I request that the hearings be broadcast live".     He also said that he comes to court with his "head held high".....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS EMBEDDED VIDEO OF NETANYAHU ENTERING COURTROOM

Outside the court building a large crowd of protesters in support of the Prime Minister......VIDEO FEED LIVE

This story was written by the Associated Press and published by Ynet in Israel following the first day's court proceedings.......AP STORY PUBLISHED BY YNET

North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un making his first public appearance in 20 days holding a military meeting today discussing strengthening the country's nuclear forces.    The official news agency called the meeting one where increasing the country's "nuclear war deterrence" and putting the "strategic armed forces on a high alert operation".....ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY

HONG KONG POLICE USING WATER CANNON AND TEAR GAS ON PROTESTERS TODAY.    THE PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS OPPOSING A NEW CHINESE GOVERNMENT 'SECURITY' LAW......BBC NEWS

WHEN SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO MADE A VISIT TO ISRAEL EARLIER THIS MONTH AMIDST THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION  HE HAD A DEAD SERIOUS MESSAGE FOR ISRAEL'S LEADERS ABOUT THE COUNTRY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA AND THE NEED TO CHANGE IT.......JERUSALEM POST STORY

THE US IMPOSING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR PEOPLE ARRIVING IN THE US FROM BRAZIL AS CORONAVIRUS CASES 'SPIKE' IN THAT COUNTRY.   FOREIGNERS WHO WERE IN BRAZIL DURING A 14-DAY PERIOD BEFORE THEIR ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES AS OF 1159 PM THURSDAY NIGHT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ENTRY.....BUSINESS INSIDER STORY

A POLITICAL STORM SURROUNDING BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON OVER HIS CHIEF ADVISER DOMINIC CUMMINGS WHOSE GOINGS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN BROKE THE RESTRICTIONS.

JOHNSON REAFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR CUMMINGS TODAY:     "I THINK HE FOLLOWED THE INSTINCTS OF EVERY FATHER AND EVERY PARENT, AND I DO NOT MARK HIM DOWN FOR THAT".  

CUMMINGS TOOK HIS WIFE AND SON TO HIS PARENTS FARM SOME 264 MILES AWAY FROM LONDON DURING THE LOCKDOWN.   

BUT TONIGHT A NEW POLICE INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY WITH AN ALLEGATION THAT CUMMINGS DROVE 30 MORE MILES TO A LOCATION WITH A SCENIC VIEW (BARNARD CASTLE)........THE GUARDIAN UK NEWS STORY  

In France the protest against coronavirus restrictions in the port city of  St. Nazaire led to tear gas from police this weekend........VIDEO LINK

In Germany the crackdown on "unauthorized" protest goes beyond those supporting freedom and opposing coronavirus martial law restrictions.       Water cannon and arrests in Hamburg yesterday for the Antifa who came to oppose pro-freedom demonstrators who they call "right-wing extremists"......POLICE IN HAMBURG GERMANY CRACKDOWN ON ANTIFA PROTESTERS 'UNAUTHORIZED' PROTEST

There are plenty of statistics to go around when it comes to the coronavirus and the ones being compiled by the World Health Organization today showed 101-thousand new cases in the previous 24 hours around the world.....TASS NEWS STORY

The coronavirus story around the world as interpreted by BBC News on its daily blog......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 5/24/2020

That's the way it really is Sunday May 24th, 2020.......