Thursday, January 25, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 1/25/2024 IMMIGRATION LAW GUTTED IN FRANCE, SPY CHIEFS IN HAMAS HOSTAGE TALKS, ISRAEL STOPS ADVANCE NOTICE OF SYRIAN STRIKES TO RUSSIA

 



                                (SERVICE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WHEN ABLE)




                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



    "I'm leaving with love, peace and light"



 SOME OF THE LAST WORDS SPOKEN BY KENNETH SMITH EXECUTED TONIGHT FOR THE 1988 MURDER OF A PASTOR'S WIFE IN ALABAMA.


ATTENTION FOCUSED ON THE USE OF NITROGEN GAS DUE TO THE INABILITY OF THE STATE TO PROCURE DRUGS NORMALLY USED FOR LETHAL INJECTIONS.


SMITH PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 8:25 PM TONIGHT (9:25 PNM EASTERN US TIME)...AL.COM




Hezbollah says it attacked Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system with "two kamikaze drones" today....PRESS TV IRAN






US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaking with Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant today.


The fighting in Gaza against Hamas and skirmishes with Hezbollah on Israel's northern border discussed...TIMES OF ISRAEL



IRAQ AND THE UNITED STATES WILL HOLD TALKS ON A PHASED WITHDRAWAL OF US AND ALLIED TROOPS FROM IRAQ...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Russia says that the United States has barred its participation in a meeting of the International Grains Council in New Orleans this week...TASS RUSSIA


SIX NUNS AND TWO OTHER HOSTAGES KIDNAPPED IN HAITI LAST WEEK HAVE BEEN FREED...VOICE OF AMERICA



An associate of President Donald Trump Peter Navarro given a four-month prison sentence.   Navarro refused to testify before the Democrat-run House committee probing the events of January 6th...FOX NEWS



PAKISTAN SAYS THAT INDIAN INTELLIGENCE IS BEHIND THE MURDER OF TWO OF ITS CITIZENS INSIDE PAKISTAN LAST YEAR.


FOREIGN SECRETARY SAJJAD QAZI TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT THE ASSASSINATIONS WERE A VIOLATION OF SOVEREIGNTY AND THE UN CHARTER.


THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMES WITHIN WEEKS OF ELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN ON FEBRUARY THAT EXCLUDE THE PARTY OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN...ASSOCATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA



More than 1/3 of the recently approved immigration law in France invalidated by the Constitutional Council.


France's version of a High Court rejecting restrictions on government benefits for migrants and attempts to restrict family reunification for migrants.



Also rejected attempts to create an immigration quota for France.



The provisions invalidated by the council described as those promoted by the "Right" and "Far Right" in France...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)




TALKS ARE TO BE HELD IN THE COMING DAYS INVOLVING CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS, ISRAEL'S MOSSAD SPY CHIEF DAVID BARNEA AND THE QATARI PRIME MINISTER REGARDING ISRAELI HOSTAGES.


THOSE TALKS TO BE HELD IN EUROPE...(AXIOS)...BARAK RAVID AXIOS "X"




The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 242.74 points or .64 percent.




The NASDAQ rose 28.58 points.


At 449 pm New York Time the price of oil 77 dollars 10 cents a barrel up two dollars and one cent...MARKETWATCH




THE US FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON AIRCRAFT MAKER BOEING.    


IT WANTS THOROUGH INSPECTIONS BEFORE ANY MORE 737 MAX9 JETS ARE PRODUCED IN FACTORIES.


AIRLINES ARE EXPECTED TO THOROUGHLY INSPECT THE PLANES BEFORE THEY CAN FLY AGAIN...NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO USA



A RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON SYRIA SAYS ISRAEL HAS STOPPED GIVING RUSSIA ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF ITS AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA.


ALEXANDER LAVRENTYEV SAYING THAT ISRAEL IS TELLING RUSSIA AFTER THE STRIKES ARE CARRIED OUT.


A PREVIOUS DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND RUSSIA ABOUT PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF ISRAELI STRIKES HAS NOT BEEN HONORED FOR A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME EVEN BEFORE THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR...TASS RUSSIA



"The plot of external forces to split China will never succeed"


Those words from China's Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian today.    


He affirmed that Taiwan is part of China an integral part adding that the "Chinese People's Liberation Army will respond with action"...TASS RUSSIA




FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON ON A TWO-DAY STATE VISIT TO INDIA.



MACRON MEETING INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI.



MACRON WILL BE THE CHIEF GUEST AT INDIA'S REPUBLIC DAY PARADE.


A CONTINGENT OF FRENCH SOLDIERS MARCHING IN THE PARADE...ANI NEWS INDIA



       FARMERS PROTEST IN FRANCE


GOVERNMENT PROMISING ANNOUNCEMENTS TOMORROW



FARMERS PROTEST TO BLOCKADE PARIS AREA HIGHWAYS TOMORROW








VIDEO OF PROTEST IN AGEN FRANCE TODAY OUTSIDE GROCERY STORE





Protesting farmers in France plan to blockade highways in the Paris area tomorrow.




The protests across France today including parts of the north where highways have been blocked.



Prime Minister Gabirel Attal promising announcements tomorrow about what actions the government will take to support farmers.



Mr. Attal traveling to southwestern France tomorrow.



Farmers say rules and regulations imposed by the European Union are a major stumbling block to their ability to make a living.



"Intelligence" is warning of the potential for stronger protests than those observed so far.




        BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





North Korea says that it test-fired a new strategic cruise missile.


The test occurred yesterday...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA




                 ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



ISRAELI PARATROOPERS ACTIVE IN SOUTHERN GAZA



US OPPOSES BUFFER ZONE ISRAEL ESTABLISHING IN GAZA



           MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                            ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL




Fighting in close quarters with Israeli paratroopers on the ground in the western part of the southern city of Khan Younis...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Destroying Hamas tunnels and agricultural land Israel is setting up a one-kilometer-wide buffer zone in Gaza along its border. 

This move is opposed by US officials as reported by the "Wall Street Journal"...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA


                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




WOMAN KILLED IN DRONE STRIKE IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA




                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A woman killed in a drone strike involving a Ukrainian quadcopter drone.   The attack on a farm in southwestern Russia's Belgorod Region...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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