Sunday, June 16, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 6/16/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*NATO CONSIDERS NUCLEAR WEAPONS ALERT*WILDERS NOMINATES NEW DEPUTY PM IN DUTCH GOV'T TO BE LED BY EX-SPY CHIEF*''PEACE" CONFERENCE ON UKRAINE MAKES DEMANDS OF RUSSIA*

 


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                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



NATO SECRETARY GENERAL JENS STOLTENBERG SAYS THE MILITARY ALLIANCE HAS BEGUN CONSULTATIONS ABOUT PUTTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON ALERT.



SPEAKING TO THE DAILY TELEGRAPH IN THE UK STOLTENBERG CITING NUCELAR WEAPONS POSSESSED BY RUSSIA, CHINA AND NORTH KOREA...TASS RUSSIA




In Brussels the political headquarters of the Flemish Nationalist Vlaams Belang party vandalized by leftist protesters.



Thousands of demonstrators on the streets to oppose the 'radical right'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Two nations, Iraq and Jordan, pulling back as signatories of the final statement at that Ukraine Peace Conference in Switzerland.



They joined 11 other of the 91 nations that also refused to endorse the final document...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT ORDERING THE STATE COMPTROLLER TO STOP A PROBE INTO THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES AND SHIN BET SECURITY AGENCY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BRUTAL HAMAS ATTACK LAST OCTOBER 7TH.


CLASSIFIED OPINIONS FROM THE SECURITY AGENCIES LEADING TO THE COURT RULING.


JUSTICE GILA CANFY-STEINITZ RULING LEADING TO A HEARING ON THE MATTER...TIMES OF ISRAEL




Dutch politics Geert Wilders nominating Fleur Agema from his Party of Freedom (PVV) as a Deputy Prime Minister candidate.


Even though his Party of Freedom won last fall's Dutch election, Mr. Wilders will not lead the new government the Prime Minister will be former spy chief Dick Schoof.



There are tensions as Mr. Wilders attempts to fill positions allocated to the PVV in the new four party government...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




AT THE UKRAINE 'PEACE CONFERENCE' IN SWIZERLAND THE US AND ALLIED NATIONS BEHIND RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL AND OTHER MEASURES AS A PRELUDE TO TALKS...AL JAZEERA QATAR...BBC NEWS



German police shooting a person who allegedly threatened officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device on the sidelines of a parade of sports fans.


The incident in Hamburg ahead of a football (soccer) match between the Netherlands and Poland...AL JAZEERA QATAR



Six Islamic State prisoners killed by Russian security forces after they took two prison guards hostage.



The incident at a detention facility in the southern Russian city of Rostov...ANF NEWS KURDISTAN...TASS RUSSIA



14 Jordanians died and 17 others are missing during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.    Heat stroke causing the fatalities.


There is conflicting information one report speaking of six Jordanians dying on Mount Arafat in Mecca...GULF NEWS



The outgoing lead American diplomat in Taiwan warning China.



Sandra Oudkirk, departing as director of the American Institute in Taiwan, saying the US is committed to what she called the 'status quo' of 'peace and stability' in the Taiwan Straits.



She says the US has consistently warned China against 'coercive or provocative actions' in the Taiwan Straits and South China Sea.


Oudkirk describing such actions as 'dangerous"...VOICE OF AMERICA



In Australia Chinese Premier Li Qiang on a goodwill tour one aspect the wine trade between China and Australia.   



Li also visited the Adelaide Zoo saying that a pair of replacement pandas are on the way after the current pair return to China later this year...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA




AN ATTACK INCIDENT REPORTED OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE RED SEA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"...UDPATED INFORMATION SAYING TWO EXPLOSIONS CLOSE TO THE MERCHANT VESSEL...



THIS WEEKEND UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS ACKNOWLEDGING THAT A SECOND MERCHANT VESSEL WAS ABANDONED BY ITS CREW OFF YEMEN.


THIS FOLLOWING AN ATTACK BY HOUTHI FORCES DURING THE WEEK...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"




Sweden says that a Russian bomber violated its airspace on Friday.


Two Swedish warplanes scrambled to force the Russian warplane away according to the Sweden's military...TASS RUSSIA




US POLITICS THE RULES LAID OUT FOR THE JUNE 27TH DEBATE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND JOE BIDEN.


MUTUABLE MICROPHONES AND NO STUDIO AUDIENCE FOR THE DEBATE IN ATLANTA.


CNN BROADCASTING THE DEBATE ALSO SAYING THAT ANY CANDIDATE WITH 15 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN FOUR POLLS AND ON THE BALLOT IN STATES TOTALLING 270 ELECTORAL VOTES COULD PARTICIPATE.


THAT CREATES POTENTIAL FOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. TO PARTICIPATE...FREE REPUBLIC POST...DAILY TRUST



            THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



PAUSES FOR AID ON GAZA HIGHWAY ANNOUNCED BY ISRAEL



       EIGHT ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED IN BLAST


           MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                            ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL




Israel announcing daytime pauses on a key highway in southern Gaza to allow humanitarian aid to enter.   This is not a ceasefire combat will continue at night...BBC NEWS




Eight Israeli soldiers killed when their armored personnel carrier was set ablaze by an explosive device.  The explosion and fire in the southern Gaza city of Rafah...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





In other news...



Sweden conducted a prisoner exchange with Iran this weekend.


Iran releasing two men to Sweden.


Sweden releasing an Iranian official imprisoned for life based on war crimes committed in 1988...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...THE TELEGRAPH INDIA







    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



           RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)







In other news...




This weekend Elon Musk saying Electronic Voting Machines should be eliminated.


Musk responding to a post by Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about irregularities involving electronic machines in Puerto Rico's primary election...INDIA TODAY

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