Monday, June 24, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 6/24/2024*ASSANGE REACHES PLEA DEAL WITH US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT*MOSCOW LINKS US TO DEADLY BEACH ATTACK

 



                                     (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




The first contingent of 400 Kenyan police set to leave for Haiti.     They are part of a planned multinational police force operating under UN auspices...HAITIAN TIMES




PENTAGON SPOKESMAN PATRICK RYDER SAYING THE US DOES NOT WANT CIVILIAN DEATHS IN THE UKRAINE WAR.


RYDER TELLING A REPORTER THAT THE US WILL BRING THE MATTER UP WITH UKRAINE.   HIS COMMENTS FOLLOW SUNDAY'S DEADLY ATTACK AT A BEACH IN CRIMEA...TASS RUSSIA




BREAKING NEWS (Updated):  A plea deal involving Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the US Justice Department.



Under the deal Assange will plead guilty to violating the US espionage act.


The US Justice Department contends that information given to Assange and disseminated by him regarding possible war crimes by the US military in Afghanistan and Iraq endangered lives.


Mr. Assange has left the Belmarsh prison in London and boarded a flight leaving the UK.   Assange's destination his home country Australia...WIKILEAKS "X"



                              BBC NEWS





FRENCH POLITICS THE NATIONAL RALLY PRESENTING ITS AGENDA SIX DAYS BEFORE THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING FOR THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.


PROSPECTIVE PRIME MINISTER JORDAN BARDELLA SUPPORTING SCHOOL UNIFORMS AND A BAN ON PHONES IN SCHOOLS.


HE ALSO SAID THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED 40 YEARS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE A PENSION AT THE AGE OF 60...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




At least eight killed in a fire at a Moscow office building.  Two died when they when jumped from a window...BBC NEWS



CANADA JOINING THE ECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST CHINA LAUNCHED BY THE US AND THE EUROPEAN UNION WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES.



THE INITIAL STEP ANNOUNCED TODAY A 30-DAY CONSULTATION PERIOD TO EXAMINE CHINA'S EV TRADING PRACTICE.


FINANCE MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND SAYING THERE IS 'UNFAIR COMPETITION' FROM CHINA THAT HARMS WORKERS IN CANADA...CBC NEWS CANADA 





The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 260.88 points or .67 percent.




The NASDAQ down 192.54 points or 1.09 percent.


At 411 pm New York Time the price of oil 81 dollars 66 cents a barrel up 93 cents or 1.15 percent...MARKETWATCH





IN THE NETHERLANDS A MAN RECEIVING A 16-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE OVER A FORCED ABORTION THAT LED TO THE DEATHS OF HIS PARTNER AND HER UNBORN CHILD.



52-YEAR OLD 'DENNIS VAN E' CONVICTED OF FORCING HIS GIRFRIEND TO TAKE ABORTION PILLS, ALCOHOL, MDMA  AND KETAMINE LEADING TO THE DEATHS.




SHE WAS 32 TO 37 WEEKS PREGNANT WITH A SON AT THE TIME BUT HE WANTED A DAUGHTER...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




An explosion near a merchant vessel southeast of Yemen this morning.   No damage or injuries reported...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"



20 KILLED AND 46 WOUNDED IN THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN RUSSIA'S DAGESTAN REGION YESTERDAY AIMED AT CHURCHES, A SYNAGOGUE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT...TASS RUSSIA



"The US involvement in this horrible crime is beyond any doubt"


That's part of the statement from Russia's foreign ministry today following yesterday's deadly attack on a beach in the Russian port city of Sevastopol.     Four killed and 151 others hurt.



The US made ATACMS missile fired by Ukraine exploded over the beach with cluster munitions. 




US drones flying in the Black Sea provide satellite assisted tracking information for Ukrainian ATACMS missile attacks on Russia...TASS RUSSIA...



US Ambassador Lynne Tracy called in by Russia foreign ministry over the attack...(Tass Russia)


AT LEAST 22 KILLED IN SOUTH KOREA AFTER LITHIUM BATTERIES EXPLODED CAUSING A FIRE.



THE EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT A BATTERY FACTORY SOUTH OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF SEOUL...BBC NEWS


Talks between the European Union and China over EU plans for tariffs on electric vehicles made in China.


Trade commissioners from China and the EU holding those phone talks over the weekend.



Both sides will keep talking in the weeks ahead...BBC NEWS




                 THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                                (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



         EIGHT KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKE ON AID DISTRIBUTION CENTER



            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                               ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                      TIMES OF ISRAEL


Eight Palestinians killed in an Israeli attack on a training college near Gaza City the site of an aid distribution center...REUTERS-DAWN PAKISTAN






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     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                               (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




                            TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



         RIA NOVOVSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





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