NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 5/27/2020

(SPORADIC POSTING WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY)

A Canadian court ruling that the extradition proceeding against Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou can proceed.      The Chinese telecom executive was detained in December of 2018 by Canadian authorities with the US seeking her extradition in relation to US sanctions against Iran.

British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Heather Holmes said the offense Meng is wanted for in the United States would be a crime in Canada......CBC NEWS STORY

Hundreds arrested in Hong Kong today as pro-democracy protesters took to the streets to oppose a new security law proposed by the Chinese government........CBSN VIDEO REPORT

US SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO ANNOUNCING THE END OF SANCTIONS WAIVERS FOR IRAN RELATED TO THE JCPOA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT IN A PROCESS DESIGNED TO GIVE COMPANIES INVOLVED A 60 DAY WINDING DOWN PERIOD

SANCTIONS  ALSO IMPOSED ON TWO IRANIAN NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS......SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO STATEMENT....

THE US REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAN BRIAN HOOK SAYS THAT IRAN MUST "NEGOTIATE WITH US OR MANAGE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE"....

TODAY AND TONIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS PROTESTS CONTINUE OVER THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.    HE WAS ARRESTED BY POLICE SUNDAY NIGHT AND SEEN IN A VIDEO SAYING "I CAN'T BREATHE" AS A POLICE OFFICER APPLIED PRESSURE TO FLOYD'S NECK WITH HIS KNEE.    FLOYD DIED MONDAY NIGHT.

THE FBI AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING THE MATTER WITH FOUR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS FIRED. 

A TARGET STORE WAS LOOTED AND PROTESTS CONTINUED AT THE SITE OF THE INCIDENT AND AT THE NEARBY POLICE PRECINCT......LOOTING VIDEO....PROTEST OUTSIDE POLICE PRECINCT....LIVE VIDEO FROM THE PROTEST TONIGHT AT 1040 PM EASTERN US TIME......LIVE VIDEO FEED MINNEAPOLIS PROTEST.....

IN MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT FIREBOMBS HAVE BEEN THROWN  WITH AT LEAST ONE BUSINESS TORCHED.     OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN LOOTED...... 

A US surveillance aircraft intercepted by two Russian fighter jets in the Mediterranean Sea.   The US Sixth Fleet says this was the third such incident in two months and that the Russian pilots flew in an "unsafe and unprofessional manner".    The Tuesday incident said to have lasted for an hour.    

The US flies spy flights close to the Syrian coast where a Russian air base is located supporting the Syrian government's fight against jihadist opposition forces......USNI NEWS STORY (WITH VIDEO OF INCIDENT EMBDEDDED)......TASS NEWS STORY

The US pointing to Russian involvement in the conflict in Libya saying Russian aircraft are on the ground there in the territory of the Libyan National Army.     Turkish intervention in Libya on behalf of the Government of National Accord has driven the GNA out of major parts of western Libya in recent months.    Russia denies the US assertions......TASS NEWS STORY

The third of five Iranian tankers arriving in Venezuelan waters Tuesday.    They are carrying fuel for an oil producing country facing a severe gasoline shortage caused by US sanctions on offshore refining facilities normally used by Venezuela.......PRESS TV IRAN STORY

A US official said to be upset with conservative opposition to President Trump's "Deal of the Century" plan for Israel and the Palestinians.     The plan recognizes Israeli sovereignty over 30 percent of Judea and Samaria (the "West Bank").    But it also includes the notion of a Palestinian state.

The unnamed  US official is saying conservative Israelis should be grateful at the friendly attitude of President Trump towards Israel as opposed to that of the former President Obama.     The story published by "Israel Hayom" a newspaper owned by US Republican Party supporter Sheldon Adelson.....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

The coronavirus story as presented by BBC News on its daily blog........BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 5/27/2020

The Space X launch was scrubbed today due to bad weather with the next window coming on Saturday to take two astronauts to the International Space Station.......

In brief that's the way it really is Wednesday May 27th, 2020.......