NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 7/8/2020

(VERY LIMITED SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY)

"Certainly, if we come to the conclusion that there has been foreign interference in the this incident, we will respond appropriately"

The words of Ali Rabiei, spokesman for Iran's atomic energy organization, speaking about last Thursday's explosion at the Natanz nuclear facility.    The "New York Times" reported that the explosion was caused by an Israeli cyber attack.  Israeli politician Avigdor Lieberman says the source of that story was Yossi Cohen the chief of Israel's spy agency Mossad.

The Iranian spokesman says there were no casualties in the incident and no radioactive radiation.    he also says the explosion did not harm what he calls his country's "peaceful nuclear program"......PRESS TV IRAN

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says that attempts are being made to establish a demilitarized zone in Libya.   Guterres spoke at a UN Security Council video meeting today...TASS STORY

Canada looking at a large deficit for this year's budget worth 343 billion Canadian dollars, some 241 billion dollars US.....

The businesses and institutions of politically connected people benefited from the federal Paycheck Protection Program according to a list provided by the Treasury Department.    The PPP was instituted to support small business because of the coronavirus earlier this year and President Trump signed off on its extension last weekend.....BBC NEWS.....METRO US STORY

The Israeli community of Beitar Illit declared a restricted area for seven days in the name of preventing coronavirus spread......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

The coronavirus story around the world today as reported by BBC News on its daily blog.......BBC NEWS DAILY CORONAVIRUS BLOG 7/8/2020

In brief that's the way it really is Wednesday July 8th, 2020.  another day in the Dictatorship of Covid-19.