NEWS  SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 7/14/2020

(VERY LIMITED SERVICE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY)

Philadelphia Major Jim Kenney banning large public events in the city until February of next year.   Execeptions include non-advertised events and exercises of First Amendment rights.    The ban on large public gatherings of over 50 people in the city in the name of mitigating the coronavirus.......FOX 29 STORY

Under pressure from the United States, the United Kingdom backing away from Chinese telecom firm Huawei being a part of its 5G system.    Huawei will be taken completely out of the British 5G system by 2027.....BBC NEWS

Ghislaine Maxwell appearing today for a video hearing in New York.   The former associate of the late Jeffrey Epstein facing six charges related to sex trafficking of underage girls.    Maxwell pled not guilty to those charges  Her lawyers wanting her to be released on five million dollars bail to house arrest.   Federal prosecutors see her as a flight risk.   The judge ruling she must remain in jail until her trial which is set for July 2021.....MIAMI HERALD STORY

President Trump signing an order to end special status for Hong Kong in trade saying it will now be treated the same as China.    This in response to the new security law in the territory imposed by China.   The President also signed legislation authorizing sanctions against Chinese officials who crack down on rights in Hong Kong....BBC NEWS

"Beijing's claims to offshore resources across most of the South China Sea are completely unlawful, as is it's campaign of bullying to control them"

That's part of the statement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo regarding Chinese military and economic activities in the South China Sea......POMPEO STATEMENT

China reacting with a statement released by the Chinese Embassy in the US saying in part that the US is:

"Under the pretext of preserving stability, it is flexing muscles, stirring up tension and inciting confrontation in the region".....REUTERS

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for a few days after being treated for a possible infection.......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

A protester seriously injured in Portland last weekend by federal agents protecting the city's federal building.    KGW-TV taking a closer look at what's happening there........VIDEO LINK

Worldometers reporting 65,594 new Covid-19 cases in the US today.    Tuesday saw the greatest single day number of new coronavirus cases yet in Texas.....HOUSTON CHRONICLE

The coronavirus story around the world as interpreted by BBC News on its daily blog.......BBC NEWS

That's the way it really is Tuesday July 14th, 2020, another day in the Dictatorship of Covid-19.