NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 8/4/2023 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY TRUMP SPEAKS ON CHARGES AGAINST HIM, COURT LETS GANDHI BACK INTO INDIAN POLITICS, OUSTED PRESIDENT OF NIGER WANTS MILITARY INTERVENTION
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The situation in the African nation of Niger amid the possibility of foreign military intervention, Russia says there are massive Ukrainian casualties and Greta Thunberg cancels an appearance over ties to the fossil fuel industry but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
"its not fair...its not legal...its criminalization of political speech"
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING AT THE ALABAMA REPUBLICAN DINNER TONIGHT.
MR. TRUMP ADDRESSING THE VARIOUS CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST HIM BY DEMOCRAT PROSECUTORS AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL...RUMBLE VIDEO...
More on President Trump's response to the charges against him later in the summary.
A Russian tanker was attacked in the Kerch Strait tonight with damage to the engine room. The crew is reported safe.
AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR KARL NEHAMMER PROPOSING A PLAN TO INCORPORATE THE RIGHT TO USE PAPER MONEY (CASH) INTO HIS COUNTRY'S CONSTITUTION...UPI
Six former Mississippi police officers entering guilty pleas to federal civil rights charges.
The six accused of assaulting two black men during a raid in January....BBC NEWS
A DAY OF MOURNING DECLARED IN THE NATION OF GEORGIA AFTER A DEADLY LANDSLIDE.
11 WERE KILLED AND 35 ARE MISSING IN THE RESORT TOWN OF RACHA-LECHKUMI.
KURDISH AUTHORITIES IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA WANT THE US-LED MILITARY COALITION TO TAKE A CLEAR STAND ON TURKISH DRONE ATTACKS.
YESTERDAY A TURKISH ATTACK KILLED FOUR MEMBERS OF THE US CREATED SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES AND WOUNDED TWO OTHERS.
THE TURKS CONSIDER THE SDF TO BE A KURDISH TERRORIST ORGANIZATION...NEWS AGENCIES-THE NEW ARAB
The United Nations human rights agency pulling out of Uganda.
The pullout coming after Uganda's government withdrew permission for the UN to operate human rights offices in the country...
"It is election interference & the Supreme Court must intercede"
The message from President Trump in a social media post this morning.
Trump speaking out about being prosecuted by Democrats at the federal and state levels.
Dozens of charges leveled against Mr. Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election...
In a Moscow court today opposition personality Alexey Navalny given a new jail sentence.
Navalny getting the sentence over various offenses said to include "founding an extremist movement"...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
An unexpected walkout by workers at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport today. Baggage handling impacted leading to delays in flights...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AT 3.5 PERCENT LAST MONTH. 187,000 NEW JOBS ADDED. IT'S A SLIGHT DROP FROM 3.6 PERCENT IN JUNE...BUSINESS INSIDER
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 150.27 points.
The NASDAQ went down 50.48 points.
At 425 pm New York Time the price of oil at 82 dollars and 60 cents a barrel up one dollar and five cents...MARKETWATCH
Tucker Carlson continues to interview Devon Archer who this week gave a deposition to a Republican House Committee probing the activities of Joe Biden's son Hunter...
INDIA'S LEADING OPPOSITION POLITICIAN RAHUL GANDHI CAN RETURN TO PARLIAMENT AND CONTEST NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION.
A COURT SUSPENDING GANDHI'S CONVICTION IN A DEFAMATION CASE BROUGH BY POLITICIAN FROM THE GOVERNING BJP PARTY.
RAHUL GANDHI'S CONGRESS PARTY THE LEADING OPPOSITION FORCE NOW PART OF A 26 PARTY ALLIANCE THAT WILL CHALLENGE PRIME MINISTER NARNDRA MODI'S GRIP ON POWER...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKIYE
(Updated) The situation in Mali and it is reported that the defense chiefs of the ECOWAS nations of Western Africa have rejected any use of military force to return the ousted president to office following a military coup last week...TASS RUSSIA...
The Wall Street Journal earlier reported quoting a source that Nigeria has put its military on alert to move into the neighboring nation of Niger...TASS RUSSIA...
The ousted President of Niger with an opinion piece in the "Washington Post" calling for foreign military intervention.
Describing himself as a hostage Bazoum said military intervention is needed to 'restore...constitutional order'.
He argued for military support from the US and other nations.
Bazoum speaking of the notion of the entire "Sahel" region of Africa coming under Russian influence and under the influence of the Wagner Private Military Contractor...BBC NEWS
The United States putting forward a UN resolution to support Kenya in leading a mission to fight violence in Haiti...MIAMI HERALD (VIDEO EMBED)...
Meanwhile in Kenya the use of Chinese currency (the yuan) on the rise as Kenya increases trade with China.
China now Kenya's largest trading partner and foreign investor...XINHUA CHINA-ZIMBABWE HERALD
CHINA DROPPING AN 80 PERCENT TARIFF ON AUSTRALIAN BARLEY. THOSE TARIFFS SEEN AS THE CATALYST FOR A TRADE WAR BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND CHINA THAT BEGAN IN MAY OF 2020...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
RUSSIA SAYS UKRAINIAN OFFENSIVE HAS COST OVER 43,000 LIVES
MASSIVE SHELLING IN BELGOROD REGION OF RUSSIA
Russia's Defense Ministry says that over 43,000 Ukrainians have died in the offensive since it began a few months ago.
Russia also totaling up losses of military equipment provided by Western nations...PRESS TV IRAN
Ukraine lobbing more than 100 shells into the Belgorod Region of southwestern Russia. Ukraine using aerial vehicles including suicide drone along with rockets and artillery in the attacks...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In other news...
The internet influencer Andrew Tate and his brother freed from house arrest to restricted movement in Romania. They are accused of rape and human trafficking by Romanian authorities...BBC NEWS
CLIMATE ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG PULLING OUT OF AN APPEARANCE AT THE EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL.
THUNBERG CANCELING HER PLANNED APPEARANCE OVER THE FESTIVAL'S TIES TO THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY...BBC NEWS
The Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will pay up to 126 million dollars to US hospitals over 18 years.
This settles claims that Teva's marketing of opioids raised operating costs for those hospitals.
Teva also providing 49 million dollars worth of the anti-overdose drug naloxone to those hospitals...YNET NEWS ISRAEL
Iran's Foreign Minister visiting Pakistan this week talking about a natural gas pipeline between the two countries still not completed on the Pakistani side.
Pakistan seeking exemption from US sanctions against Iran to allow the project to be completed...VOICE OF AMERICA
In Canada the province of Alberta pulling out of a bid to host the 2030 Commonweath Games. Tourism and Sport saying an estimated cost of two billion US dollars was too much to bear...BBC NEWS
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