Thursday, July 6, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 7/6/2023 US, RUSSIA TRADE CHARGES ABOUT US DRONES IN SYRIA, NATO CHIEF PUSHING SWEDISH MEMBERSHIP, UKRAINE CASH RESERVES AT RECORD HIGH

 


                              (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Conflicting charges from the US and Russia about what's going on in the skies over Syria.


The US says that Russian warplanes are harassing American drones.


Russia saying that the drones are activating the onboard defense systems of the Russian aircraft...NEWS-AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE (TURKEY)...TASS RUSSIA




A LETTER FROM TWITTER THREATING A LAWSUIT AGAINST COMPETITOR META OVER THE NEWLY LAUNCHED 'THREADS' SOCIAL MEDIA APP.



TWITTER SAYING FORMER EMPLOYEES WITH TRADE SECRETS ARE ON META'S PAYROLL IN CONNECTION WITH THE APP...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD




Authorities in Tunisia forcibly moving migrants from the port city of Sfax to a remote area near the border with Libya.



This follows clashes between the migrants and local residents.   One local resident killed in the fighting.



Tunisia recently promised more than one billion dollars by the European Union to deal with migrants entering its territory who are ultimately seeking to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






TONIGHT IN ISRAEL THE OPPONENTS OF JUDICIAL REFORM PROTESTING OUTSIDE THE HOMES OF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AND BLOCKING ROADS.



THEY PROMISE A MASSIVE PROTEST NEXT TUESDAY AS PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU INCREMENTALLY MOVES FORWARD ON VARIOUS REFORM BILLS...TIMES OF ISRAEL





An Israeli soldier killed in a terrorist attack in Samaria today.    The Hamas group that rules Gaza claiming responsibility.



Hamas also threatening Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich...JERUSALEM POST...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





More news from Israel later in the summary.




Dutch authorities arresting a man and his wife from Central Asia on terrorism charges.



Seven others linked to them arrested by German authorities.




The man arrested in the Netherlands is a member of Islamic State according to that country's General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD)...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



PUSHING FOR SWEDEN TO BE ACCEPTED INTO NATO MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY GENERAL JENS STOLTENBERG BROKERING A DIRECT MEETING BETWEEN TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN AND SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER ULF KRISTERSSON.



THE MEETING WILL BE IN LITHUANIA NEXT MONDAY AHEAD OF THE NATO SUMMIT THERE.



STOLTENBERG NOTING SWEDEN'S WILLINGNESS TO PROSECUTE KURDISH TERRORISTS WITHIN ITS OWN BORDERS A MATTER OF DEEP CONCERN TO TURKIYE (TURKEY) WHICH CURRENTLY OPPOSES SWEDEN'S MEMBERSHIP IN NATO...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE (TURKEY)





The markets today moving sharply downwards.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 366.38 or 1.07 percent.




The NASDAQ fell 112.61 points or .82 percent.



At 512 pm New York Time the price of oil slightly higher up 10 cents to 71 dollars and 89 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH







Ukraine's foreign exchange reserves stand at a record 39 billion dollars.



That word from Central Bank Governor Andriy Pyshyni...REUTERS-JERUSALEM POST





THERE'S BEEN A RAMMING INCIDENT AT A SCHOOL IN LONDON.    AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS DEAD.



A LAND ROVER CRASHING INTO A PRIMARY SCHOOL IN WIMBLEDON.



THE POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS A TERRORIST INCIDENT.    A WOMAN IN HER 40'S SAID TO BE UNDER ARREST.



TEN PEOPLE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER THE INCIDENT WITH 16 SAID TO HAVE BEEN TREATED BY THE EMERGENCY SERVICES...BBC NEWS





The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific visiting China for two days starting on Sunday.


The US is concerned by the close ties between Solomon Islands and China and is planning to open an embassy there...ASSOCIATED PRESS-AL ARABIYA




A ROCKET FIRED FROM LEBANON EXPLODED IN ISRAELI TERRITORY.



ISRAEL FIRED ARTILLERY BACK IN RESPONSE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



At least 29 dead in Mexico after a bus plunged off a mountain road,..(News Agencies)


17 others reported injured in the mishap...AFP FRANCE-MALAY MAIL





AT LEAST 17 ARE DEAD IN SOUTH AFRICA AFTER A GAS LEAK.



THE LEAK IN A SLUM OUTSIDE OF JOHANNESBURG.




THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK BELIEVED TO BE FROM ILLEGAL MINING ACTIVITIES...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24







 THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA





CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY DAMAGED IN LVOV





                TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




A military spokesman in the western Ukrainian city of Lvov says that a critical infrastructure facility was damaged in a Russian strike early today...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



Ukraine says four were killed in the attack in an 'apartment complex'...(BBC News)

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