Monday, May 20, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 5/20/2024*INTERNATIONAL COURT SEEKS ARREST WARRANTS FOR NETANYAHU, HAMAS LEADERS*ASSANGE WINS BRITISH COURT RULING*IRANIAN PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER DEAD IN HELICOPTER CRASH

 



                                      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Explosions late tonight in the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv (Kharkov) and Odessa...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPTS)




TWO DRONES FLYING TOWARDS ISRAEL FROM IRAQ INTERCEPTED TONIGHT AND A DRONE FROM SYRIA ALSO TAKEN DOWN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Martin Gruenberg saying he will step down once a successor is selected by lawmakers.


There have been calls for Gruenberg to resign amid allegations of a toxic work environment at the FDIC that included employee mistreatment and sexual harassment...FOX BUSINESS




RUSSIA ALLOWING EXPORT OF GASOLINE FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.


AN EMBARGO ON GASOLINE EXPORTS HAD BEEN IN PLACE.



SPECULATION THE EMBARGO WAS RELATED TO THE UKRAINE WAR AND ATTACKS ON OIL REFINERIES IN RUSSIA BY UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Haiti's main international airport reopened today after being closed for three months.

For the moment only one local airline using the airport amidst gang violence in the country...PRESS ASSOCIATION-LBC NEWS UK



THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DISQUALIFYING FORMER PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA FROM RUNNING FOR PARLIAMENT.


ZUMA A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION IN NEXT WEEK'S VOTE...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS USA


US politics a Harvard-Harris poll offering Donald Trump and Joe Biden as the only presidential choices gives Trump at 53-47 percent lead... REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS



MASS PROTEST OUTSIDE ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT IN JERUSALEM.


THOUSANDS OPPOSING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANAYHU SAYING HE IS A 'DANGER TO THE EXISTENCE OF THE COUNTRY'.


FAMILIES OF HOSTAGES HELD IN GAZA PARTICIPATING IN THE PROTEST WITH CONVOYS OF SLOW MOVING VEHICLES BRINGING THE DEMONSTATORS TO JERUSALEM...TIMES OF ISRAEL 




In the Netherlands medical businessman and former Labor Party politician Ronald Plasterk taking himself out of consideration as the next Prime Minister.


Questions raised about the sale of a company owned by Plasterk...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 196.82 points or .49 percent.




The NASDAQ rose 108.91 points or .65 percent.


At 416 pm New York Time the price of oil down to 79 dollars 71 cents a barrel a drop of 35 cents...MARKETWATCH



INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SEEKS ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST ISRAELI, HAMAS LEADERS 


US REJECTS DECISION TO SEEK ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST ISRAELI LEADERS




                                                                   (UPDATED)


THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT'S PROSECUTOR SEEKING ARREST WARRANTS FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT AND HAMAS LEADERS.


ALL LINKED TO 'CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY'.


THERE'S BEEN SHARP REACTION INSIDE ISRAEL PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG SAYING THE PROSECUTOR'S DECISION IS 


'AN OUTRAGEROUS MOVE THAT CANNOT BE ACCEPTED'...BBC NEWS BLOG...



HAMAS URGING THE COURT TO CANCEL THE ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST ITS LEADERS...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)...




THE US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN HAS REJECTED THE NOTION OF ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST ISRAELI LEADERS SAYING IT'S WRONG TO EQUATE THEM WITH THE LEADERS OF HAMAS.




JOE BIDEN SAYING THE REQUEST FOR ARREST WARRANTS INVOLVING ISRAELI LEADERS IS 'OUTRAGEOUS'.




(Updated) In the UK today a High Court decision on extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States.


Assange allowed to appeal against his extradition.


His wife Stella Assange calling on the United States to drop its 'shameful' case against him.


The US Justice Department going after Mr. Assange over leaks of information pointing to possible war crimes committed by the US military in Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11...LBC NEWS UK



(Updated) IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAEISI AND FOREIGN MINISTER HOSSEIN AMIR-ABDOLLAHIAN DIED IN YESTERDAY'S HELICOPTER CRASH IN NORTHWESTERN IRAN.



IRAN'S RED CRESCENT SOCIETY SAYS NO SIGNS OF LIFE HAVE BEEN FOUND AT THE CRASH SCENE...TASS RUSSIA...PRESS TV IRAN...



A TECHNICAL FAILURE IS BEING BLAMED TO THE CRASH...TASS RUSSIA...



IRAN'S CONSTITUTION CALLS FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD WITHIN 50 DAYS TO SELECT MR. RAEISI'S REPLACEMENT.



At least 47 dead after heavy rains and flooding in northern Afghanistan.   Hundreds of houses destroyed.   A few days ago at least 50 died in heavy rains and flooding in the center of Afghanistan...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE



                THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



             MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                                ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                       TIMES OF ISRAEL




In other news....



AT HIS INAUGURATION TODAY THE NEW US BACKED PRESIDENT OF TAIWAN WILLIAM LAI SPOKE OF CHINA THREATENING THE ISLAND.



HE SAID THAT CHINA SHOULD TALK TO TAIWAN.



CHINA WARNING THAT TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE IS 'A DEAD END'...BBC NEWS








    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


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