Friday, August 5, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 8/5/2022 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL APPROACHES. ISRAEL ATTACKS GAZA, ROCKET BARRAGE RETALIATION, NEW ZEALAND PROTEST DEMONIZED, DUTCH FARMERS SAY GOVERNMENT HAS NO EMPATHY IN TALKS, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT DETAILS UKRAINIAN VIOLATIONS

 


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       (FINAL POSTINGS WILL OCCUR AFTER 8 PM EASTERN TIME THIS EVENING)




COURTS CONTINUE TO SIGNAL DEATH FOR 12-YEAR OLD ARCHIE BATTERSBEEE IN THE UK



                                    (UPDATED THROUGH THE DAY)


"All our wishes as a family have been denied by the authorities.



We are broken, but we are keeping going, because we love Archie and refuse to give up on him"



Hollie Dance, the mother of 12-year old Archie Battersbee, with a statement following the latest British court ruling against a family request to move the child to hospice care.



The National Health Service seeking to end Archie's life after he was found unconscious in April.



The NHS saying it is "highly likely" that Archie is "brain dead".


This evening the Court of Appeal refusing to take the family's appeal of today's High Court decision.


Now an appeal has followed late tonight to the European Court of Human Rights.


That court saying the hospice transfer issue falls outside its scope.


The Christian Concern charity saying that the family is "devastated" by the failure of its efforts on behalf of Archie in court...BBC NEWS




HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA THREE CHILDREN AND SEVEN ADULTS DIED IN A FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING NEAR WILKES-BARRE.



THE PENNSYLVANIS STATE POLICE CONDUCTING A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION...WNEP NEWS (VIDEO EMBED)



In Canada gun control put on a fast track a ban on the importation of handguns starting in two weeks without the approval of Parliament.



Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino using a regulatory measure even before lawmakers get to vote on the issue of a handgun import ban...CBC NEWS CANADA




ITS NOW SATURDAY IN NEW ZEALAND WITH PROTEST THREATENED BY POLICE AND ATTACKED BY DETRACTORS GETTING UNDERWAY



                                                      (UPDATED)



AUTHORITIES IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND WARNED AGAINST A PROTEST SET FOR TOMORROW.



PUNISHMENTS TO BE HANDED OUT FOR LIVE MUSIC, FOOD TRUCKS AND ENTERTAINMENT.


IT'S THE LATEST DEMONSTRATION FROM "THE FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS COALITION" OPPOSING RESTRICTIVE COVID POLICIES AND THE HARSH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS COMING OUT OF COVID.



 BRIAN TAMAKI THE LEADER OF THE PROTEST DEMONIZED WITH ACCUSATIONS LEVELED AGAINST TAMAKI THE FOUNDER OF DESTINY CHURCH.


HE'S BEING CALLED A 'HYPOCRITE' AND 'GRIFTER'...RADIO NEW ZEALAND-TV ONE NEW ZEALAND



MORE PROTESTS PLANNED CULMINATING IN CONVOYS TO PARLIAMENT IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF WELLINGTON ON MONDAY AUGUST 22ND WITH A RALLY THERE TUESDAY AUGUST 23RD...THE FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS COALITION HOME PAGE WITH PROTESTS PLANNED THIS MONTH...




THE PROTEST NOW GETTING UNDERWAY IN AUCKLAND WHERE IT'S SATURDAY.   


POLICE USING ROADBLOCKS TO KEEP THE PROTEST OFF MAJOR HIGHWAYS...(ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND)






AS NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN APPROACHES ISRAEL OPTS FOR MILITARY ACTION IN GAZA



ROCKETS FIRED BACK AT ISRAEL TONIGHT



                                                         (UPDATED)





Israel launching a military operation in Gaza today aimed at the Islamic Jihad group.



Israel detected preparations for attacks coming from Gaza amid concerns over the recent arrest of an Islamic Jihad leader and the possibility of violence aimed at Israel in the coming days.



Fighter jets and drones used in the attacks with Gaza authorities reporting at least eight dead and 40 wounded.


Israel says it has killed numerous leaders of Islamic Jihad...TIMES OF ISRAEL...




Tonight dozens of rockets fired from Gaza into Southern and Central Israel...YNET NEWS ISRAEL







Israel mobilizing 25,000 reservists with Islamic Jihad and other groups in Gaza saying the attacks will be avenged...(Ynet News Israel)





PROGRESS REPORTED AT THE IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS IN VIENNA.    




A TOP EU OFFICIAL SAID THE UNITED STATES IS GIVING GUARANTEES THE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT CAN BE REWRITTEN TO PREVENT THE UNITED STATES FROM PULLING OUT.



PRESIDENT TRUMP PULLED THE UNITED STATES OUT OF THE JCPOA DEAL REACHED BY FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA AND OTHER WORLD LEADERS WITH IRAN IN 2015...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL





(UPDATED) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HOLDING TALKS IN SOCHI WITH THE TURKISH RULER RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN.


BOTH LEADERS STRESSING THE INCREASING ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TURKIYE (New Official Spelling)...TASS RUSSIA...WORD FROM THE TALKS THAT TURKEY WILL PAY FOR RUSSIAN ENERGY SUPPLIES PARTLY IN RUBLES.






Amnesty International is out with a report that says the Ukrainian military has violated the rules of war operating in residential areas including using hospitals and schools as military bases.


The Amnesty report says that such locations have been used to fire on enemy forces.



Ukraine's government is furious while Mainstream Media are questioning the accuracy of the report...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...REUTERS-THE JERUSALEM POST




More on the Russia-Ukraine Drama later in this summary.






           DUTCH FARMERS PROTEST: 


"TALKS" TODAY WITH BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUT NOT FARMERS RESISTING THE CLIMATE CHANGE COW GAS RULES




FARMERS GROUPS OPPOSING NITROGEN RULES SAY GOVERNMENT HAS NO 'EMPATHY' FOR THEM




     NEW PROTEST ACTIONS PLANNED

                                  (UPDATED DURING THE DAY)




This evening farmers groups in the Netherlands say the "talks" today had no "empathy" for their position and new protest actions are planned...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The Dutch government "mediator" Johan Remkes held those talks today in Utrecht regarding the controversial climate change cow gas rules that threaten to implode the agriculture industry in the Netherlands and reduce the supply of meat.



Remkes talking with business associations friendly to the government and mediating along the lines of implementation of the cow gas rules not their reversal.




Remkes says the discussion will continue later this month acknowledging a "crisis of confidence" exists between the government and farmers...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Farmers groups protesting the rules have a message for Remkes and the government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte.



That message is to abandon the "nitrogen" rules.


Late today Prime Minister Mark Rutte saying that farmers should not infer from the government's nitrogen reduction map the levels of emissions they will have to cut.


But Mr. Rutte is not disavowing the map...


Late tonight the Dutch farmers protest continued tractors moving back and forth on the A 7 highway and avoiding a police roadblock by switching their direction of travel on the superhighway...(Information from NOS Netherlands contributed to this story)





POLITICS TONIGHT IN THE USA PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING TO A RALLY IN WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN...RUMBLE VIDEO STREAM






POLITICS IN THE US DEMOCRAT SENATOR KYRSTEN SINEMA OF ARIZONA CUTTING A DEAL WITH DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S ECONOMIC PLAN THAT INCLUDES NEW FORMS OF TAXATION.



DEMOCRAT MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER INTENDS TO MOVE THIS LEGISLATION OVER THE WEEKEND THE SENATE CONVENING AT NOON ON SATURDAY...TALKING POINTS MEMO





POLITICS HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRAT US SENATE CANDIDATE LT. GOV. JOHN FETTERMAN WILL MAKE HIS FIRST LIVE CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE IN MONTHS NEXT FRIDAY IN ERIE.


FETTERMAN SUFFERED A STROKE JUST DAYS BEFORE THE MAY PRIMARY ELECTION.



DR. MEHMET OZ, THE REPUBLICAN US SENATE CANDIDATE, OUT CAMPAIGNING ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA.    


OZ WAS IN ERIE THIS WEEK TO ACCEPT THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE...(News Agencies)





Flanked by law enforcement Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the suspension of the elected Democrat State Attorney in Tampa (Hillsborough County) Andrew Warren.


DeSantis says that Warren has been soft on prosecuting criminals.


The Republican Florida Governor also noting his opposition to enforcing laws related to social issues like abortion and transgenderism.



"To take a position that you have veto powers over the laws of the state is untenable"



DeSantis said at his news conference...










THE ELKHART COUNTY, INDIANA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ACCIDENT THAT KILLED US CONGRESSWOMAN JACKIE WALORSKI AND THREE OTHERS ON WEDNESDAY ARE DIFFERENT THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.



THEY NOW SAY THE CAR THAT WALORSKI WAS IN CROSSED THE CENTER LINE NOT THE OTHER VEHICLE BEFORE THE CRASH...WSBT SOUTH BEND




THE CHINESE MILITARY DRILLS CONTINUED AROUND TAIWAN TODAY AS CHINA CONTINUES TO REACT TO THIS WEEK'S VISIT BY US HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI...BBC NEWS BLOG



US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan today.


Blinken urging a de-escalation following fighting in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region...ANI NEWS INDIA






             RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA



                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED







In other news...




A SLUGGISH DAY ON WALL STREET.


BOTH THE DOW AND THE NASDAQ DROPPING BY MID-AFTERNOON...MARKETWATCH




THE US UNEMPLOYMENT RATE LAST MONTH AT 3.5 PERCENT, DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM 3.6 PERCENT IN JUNE...YAHOO FINANCE




Italy spending well over 14 billion Euros upwards of 14.5 billion US dollars on anti-inflation measures.



Legislation passing parliament ahead of the September 25th election will increase direct payments to individuals, keep the price of gasoline lower and increase pensions two percent starting in October among other things...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





THE JURY AT ALEX JONES DEFAMATION TRIAL IMPOSING 45.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES ON TOP OF THE 4.1 MILLION DOLLARS IN COMPENSATORY DAMAGES IMPOSED YESTERDAY...MALAY MAIL




Actor Kevin Spacey ordered by a judge to pay 31 million dollars to the producers of a series he was removed from over sexual misconduct allegations.    



Spacey had appealed an arbitration ruling that he owed the money to cover the producers cost of removing him from the series...BBC NEWS




IN A FIRST CHINA LAUNCHING A RESUABLE SPACECRAFT.    


THE CRAFT DESCRIBED AS EXPERIMENTAL WILL RETURN TO A LANDING SITE IN CHINA AFTER SPENDING AN UNSPECIFIED AMOUNT OF TIME IN ORBIT...CGTN CHINA





A "standards commissioner" in the UK finding eight breaches of the Parliament members code of conduct involving Labor Party leader (Leader of the Opposition) Sir Keir Starmer.



Starmer late in disclosing matters like gifts from football (soccer) teams and the sale of a plot of land.



The breaches being characterized as "minor and/ or inadvertant"...BBC NEWS

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