NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 6/5/2020 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY

(POSTING WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY)

A positive sign for the US economy today with the unemployment rate dropping to 13.3 percent last month, an improvement from April's 14.7 percent.   Sharp rises on the stock markets today following the announcement........BLOOMBERG STORY....Appearing at the White House today President Trump characterized the news as a "good day for George Floyd" with Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden quick to the President was "despicable" for bringing up Floyd.

The Mayor of Washington DC, Democrat Muriel Bowser, renaming the plaza near the White House "Black Lives Matter Plaza" with the name "Black Lives Matter" spelled out in large yellow letters on the street there.   Her move not looked upon positively by the "Black Lives Matter" organization which said her move was:

"a performative distraction from real policy changes"

and:

"a way to appease white liberals while ignoring our demands"

BBC NEWS STORY

Questions being asked about the federal law enforcement drone that flew over Minneapolis last Friday (May 29th).     Not much information coming from the feds about who was behind it.    Minnesota's governor signed a bill this spring requiring a warrant for the use of drones and other technologies by state and local law enforcement.......MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE

57 BUFFALO, NEW YORK POLICE OFFICERS RESIGNING FROM A SPECIAL RIOT UNIT IN PROTEST AT THE FIRING OF TWO OFFICERS INVOLVED IN A SHOVING INCIDENT THAT SERIOUSLY INJURED A PROTESTER.........BUFFALO NEWS STORY

In Portland, Oregon tonight Mayor Ted Wheeler announcing a 30-day ban on police use of "sonic warning tones" against protesters .   Wheeler also considering a ban on tear gas for 30 days.   Seattle authorities announced a 30 day tear gas ban today.....OREGONLIVE STORY

Australian police and Prime Minister Scott Morrison opposing a "Black Lives Matter" rally in Sydney on Saturday.     The police in New South Wales state going to court to get a ban and the Prime Minister also warning about health dangers of spreading Covid-19.     The protest over the death of George Floyd in the US.   Organizers determined to press forward.   A last minute appeal to a higher court filed Saturday morning in Australia....ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

A three-year old British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 now presumed dead as German authorities investigate an imprisoned man.    The man called "Christian B" was in the area where  Madeleine McCann was last seen........BBC NEWS

Protesters in Mexico reacting to the death in police custody of a man said to have been arrested for not wearing a mask over his face because of the coronavirus.     A police car vandalized and then burned during the demonstration in the country's second largest city Guadalajara.......REUTERS STORY IN CANADA'S GLOBE AND MAIL

The US is cutting back on the number of troops in Germany.   A US official says President Trump has issued the orders that will cut the force there from 34,500 to 25,000........REUTERS STORY PUBLISHED BY YNET ISRAEL

Thousands holding a vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate the Chinese government crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen  Square in Beijing on June 4th, 1989 that killed and injured thousands of people.......CNN VIDEO REPORT

Several authors of a study that raised the notion that more deaths could be caused by the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 retracting their report.   They said that independent reviewers were unable to access the database of the Chicago  based company Surgisphere that supported the findings of the study......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

China is now going to allow foreign airlines some access to the country.    The decision by China's civil aviation authority follows a US move to ban Chinese airline flights into the US starting June 16th.     There is word that US is going to ease that ban on Chinese flights in the coming days.....MIDDLE EAST NEWS AGENCY

A new bill introduced in the US Senate to increase sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that is to bring Russian natural gas to Western Europe.    The legislation targets the insurance companies covering two ships involved in plans to complete the pipeline.

The US pushing Western Europe to buy US produced natural gas instead.    The Russian News Agency Tass reports that the company behind the project is analyzing the potential results of any new sanctions and that a German official has expressed opposition to "extraterritorial sanctions".......LINK STORY ONE.......LINK STORY TWO

France says it killed an Al Qaeda leader in North Africa this week.    On Wednesday the French military involved in an operation that took the life of Abdelmalek Droukdel.   He is described as the Emir of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb........REUTERS-ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

IN AFGHANISTAN THE US LAUNCHING AIRSTRIKES AGAINST THE TALIBAN WHILE THE TALIBAN AMBUSHED AN AFGHAN POLICE CONVOY KILLING 10........ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY PUBLISHED BY ABC

Russia promising a response in kind after two of its diplomats were expelled from the Czech Republic.  

The expulsions followed media reports alleging a Russian plot to kill the mayor of the nation's capital city Prague.......

Jews who live in Judea and Samaria , commonly called the West Bank, concerned about President Trump's "Deal of the Century" plan that will give Palestinians control of the 70 percent of the land in the region.    Some believe they will be in a dangerous situation unable to enter and leave their communities without military protection.......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

The number of Covid-19 cases at two meat processing plants in Austin, Minnesota have jumped from a couple of dozen to more than 200 in the last two weeks.     The Hormel Foods and Quality Pork Processors facilities employ some 3,100 people.......MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE

The coronavirus story around the world and in the UK as reported by BBC News today on its blog......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 6/5/2020

The Justice Department indicted four current and former executives in the chicken producing industry this week alleging conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids between 2012 and 2017.   There is an ongoing antitrust investigation underway........FORBES NEWS STORY

Walmart moved guns and ammunition off the sales floors of some stores this week as a precaution.     The move because of looting associated with the George Floyd protests across the country.