Tuesday, July 4, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 7/4/2023 INDEPENDENCE DAY NEWSDUMP COCAINE INCIDENT AT WHITE HOUSE, BIDEN APPROVAL TANKS, FARAGE CONTRADICTS BANK SPIN ON ACCOUNT CLOSURE

 


                        (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)



A white powder incident at the White House Sunday night involved cocaine but first...





                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




ISRAELI AIR DEFENSES SHOOTING DOWN FIVE ROCKETS INCOMING FROM GAZA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.    


THE ROCKET FIRE FOLLOWS THE ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN JENIN WHICH ISRAEL SAYS IT'S WINDING DOWN...TASS RUSSIA...


THE REMAINS OF ONE ROCKET STRUCK A HOME IN THE TOWN OF SDEROT.


ISRAEL STRIKING IN GAZA FOLLOWING THE ROCKET FIRINGS...(Israel National News)



More on the other events in Israel today later in the summary.





A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE IN LOUISIANA WITH A JULY 4TH ORDER REGARDING CENSORSHIP OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.



OFFICIALS FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES NAMED IN A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION FROM US DISTRICT TERRY DOUGHTY...ORDER FROM US DISTRICT JUDGE TERRY DOUGHTY...



REACTION TO THE ORDER FROM DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. WHO TWEETED IN PART:




"Federal judge orders President Biden to stop censoring his critics including me"...



                       ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. TWITTER




Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that Russia and the US are talking about a prisoner exchange.


Involved in such an exchange would be Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Russian national Vladimir Dunaev extradited from South Korea to the United States...VOICE OF AMERICA



NUCLEAR INCIDENT TALK AS UKRAINE REINFORCES ITS MILITARY POSITIONS ON THE BORDER WITH BELARUS.


THE UKRAINIAN SIDE POINTING TO THE NOTION OF A THREAT TO THE ROVNO NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.



UKRAINE IS MAKING STATEMENTS TO THE EFFECT THAT RUSSIA WILL ATTACK THE ZAPOROZHYE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN UKRAINE CURRENTLY UNDER ITS CONTROL...TASS RUSSIA






AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE SUNDAY NIGHT OVER A WHITE POWDER THAT TURNED OUT TO BE COCAINE.


JOE BIDEN NOT IN THE WHITE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT...BBC NEWS




US politics and Joe Biden's approval ratings moving downwards.



The election website "FiveThirtyEight" averaging the surveys showing a 39.9 percent approval rating for Biden with 54.9 percent disapproving.



This is the second time Biden's approval has dropped below 40 percent.   It happened before in August of 2022.




Polling so far in the Republican contest for President in 2024 put President Donald Trump way ahead of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis...HINDUSTAN TIMES




In Tunisia a local resident killed during fighting between locals and migrants in the city of Sfax.



Three migrants arrested.




Police have been using tear gas to break up clashes between migrants and local residents in Sfax...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




IN THE UK THAMES WATER FINED 3.3 MILLION POUNDS (4.2 MILLION US DOLLARS) FOR RELEASING RAW SEWAGE INTO TWO RIVERS.



THE SEWAGE RELEASE IN OCTOBER OF 2017 KILLED 1,400 FISH.




THAMES WATER WAS THE SUBJECT OF NEWS STORIES LAST WEEK SAYING THE COMPANY WAS IN SERIOUS FINANCIAL TROUBLE...BBC NEWS




"At no point in the last ten years did Coutts give me a minimum threshold"



That's the word from British political activist and media host Nigel Farage today as a prestigious British bank tries to spin its closure of Farage's account last week.



The "Coutts" bank claims Mr. Farage fell below a threshold needed to maintain an account.



In addition Farage says the offer to give him an account at a co-owned bank "NatWest" only came when he went public last week about his "Coutts" account being closed.



Mr. Farage says he is being targeted for denial of banking services over his politics.    Nine banks turning him down in recent days...




          NIGEL FARAGE TWITTER (VIDEO EMBED)




The accumulating debts of developed nations create momentum towards crisis and increase the potential for global conflict.



That message from Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking to the virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization today...TASS RUSSIA




TWO DRONES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT DOWN ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MOSCOW AND ANOTHER IN THE KALUGA REGION SOUTHWEST OF MOSCOW ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES.


NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES REPORTED...TASS RUSSIA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)








Russia and other member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization holding a virtual summit today hosted by India.



Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking about terrorism and Afghanistan in his remarks.



Modi opposing the use of any country's territory to sponsor or support terrorism against another country...ANI NEWS INDIA...






Afghanistan's rulers the Taliban ordering a closure of hair and beauty salons.   It is also reported that women are supposed to cover themselves in public so only their eyes can be seen.   They must be accompanied by a male relative if they travel more than 48 miles (72 kilometers)...BBC NEWS


ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION-TERRORIST ATTACK IN TEL AVIV

                                                             (UPDATED)


The Israeli military continuing an anti-terrorist operation in Jenin and bracing for possible retaliation including rocket attacks from Gaza. 


Palestinian civilians fleeing from the fighting...TIMES OF ISRAEL....



(Updated) Seven people hurt in a ramming attack in Tel Aviv today after the stabbing of a Jewish man in the city of Bnai Brak last night.


In today's attack a civilian killed the attacker...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...




Tonight Israel says the withdrawal of its forces has begun from Jenin.   Palestinian officials say 11 were killed and many dozens wounded...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



Tonight Israel reporting one soldier killed in the military operation....(Israel National News)




In the African nation of Senegal President Macky Sall announcing he will not run for a third term.



Massive deadly street demonstrations by supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in recent weeks with Sonko calling on Sall to bow out of next year's election.



Sonko put on trial in recent months in what he says are politically motivated prosecutions...FOX NEWS



THE UKRAINE WAR HELPING TO FUEL A MAJOR BUMP IN IMMIGRATION TO THE NETHERLANDS.


403,000 ENTERED LAST YEAR AS OPPOSED TO 298,000 IN 2021.



108,000 COMING IN UNDER SPECIAL EMERGENCY PROTECTION ORDERED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION.



BUT THERE WAS ALSO A 35 PERCRNT INCREASE IN MIGRATION FROM OUTSIDE THE EUROZONE INCLUDING IMMIGRANTS FROM SYRIA AND AFGHANISTAN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)









   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




RUSSIA CLAIMS SHOOT DOWN OF TWO UKRAINIAN WARPLANES





                TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




Russia says that two Ukrainian SU-25 warplanes were shot down today and five US-made HIMARS rockets have been intercepted.  14 drones also reported taken out of action...TASS RUSSIA





In other news...





On Thursday Facebook owner Meta launching "Threads" its bid to compete with Twitter...BBC NEWS

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