Tuesday, July 23, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 7/23/2024*MACRON PUNTS ON NEW FRENCH GOV'T CITING 'DISORDER'*RUSSIA WARNS OVER SEIZED ASSET TRANSFER TO UKRAINE WEAPONS*EU SLAPS HUNGARY OVER UKRAINE PEACE EFFORT*

 

       (LIMITED SERVICE USUAL POSTING EXPECTED EARLY AND LATE IN THE DAY)




                       LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




DEMOCRAT US SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ OF NEW JERSEY RESIGNING.  THE RESIGNATION FOLLOWS HIS CONVICTION ON NUMEROUS FEDERAL CHARGES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)  


A meeting firmed up on Friday between Israeli Prime Minister and Donald Trump.   The meeting will take place at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.


Netanyahu already set to meet Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris...Israel National News



US POLITICAL POLLS SIX NATIONAL POLLS OUT TODAY WITH THREE SHOWING A LEAD FOR DONALD TRUMP, ONE FOR KAMALA HARRIS AND TWO SHOWING A TIE...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS


POLITICS IN FRANCE PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON PUNTING ON FORMATION OF A NEW GOVERNMENT.



MACRON SAYING IT WILL WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS.



HE CITED THE NOTION OF 'DISORDER' IF A NEW GOVERNENT WERE FORMED.



THE NEW POPULAR FRONT ALLIANCE OF THE 'LEFT' NAMING A CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER TODAY.



THE PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE LUCIE CASTETS AN ECONOMIST AND CIVIL SERVANT...AFP-FRANCE 24


US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned today.


Cheatle's resignation following yesterday's admission of security failures surrounding the July 13th assassination attempt on Donald Trump...BBC News


The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 57.35 points.


The NASDAQ down 10.22 points.


At 432 pm New York Time the price of oil 77 dollars 29 cents a ballot down one dollar 11 cents a barrel...Marketwatch



RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN MARIA ZAKHAROVA WARNING ABOUT USE OF SEIZED RUSSIAN ASSETS BY THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR WEAPONS SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE.



SHE SAYS RUSSIA WILL 'RESPOND HARSHLY'.



1.4 BILLION EUROS WORTH OF SEIZED ASSETS GOING INTO EU COFFERS NEXT MONTH...TASS RUSSIA


At least 50 bodies recovered following landslides in southern Ethiopia.    


Heavy rains led to a landslide that drew residents and police to save victims.   They ended up being engulfed in the second landslide...Reuters-Asia One




A MEETING OF EUROPEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MOVED FROM BUDAPEST TO BRUSSELS.



THE MOVE A SLAP AT HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN'S RECENT PEACEMAKING EFFORTS INVOLVING UKRAINE.



THEY INCLUDED MEEETINGS WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY, RUSSIAN LEADER VLADIMIR PUTIN, CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN FLORIDA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



               THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



              MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                               ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                    TIMES OF ISRAEL



In other news...



Veteran anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrested in Greenland.


Watson, of Canadian-American citizenship, taken into custody on the basis of an international arrest warrant from Japan.



He now faces extradition...Irish Independent...



French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking his release in response to a petition campaign...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)








    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                             TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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