Friday, August 2, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 8/2/2024 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*MORE US MILITARY FORCES HEADED TO MIDDLE EAST*BIG STOCK MARKET DROPS*US UNEMPLOYMENT RISING*FARAGE CALLS FOR EQUAL 'LAW AND ORDER' IN UK*

 


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                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




"Second police station destroyed in Sunderland as the people revolt.  You should've listened @Keir Starmer"

ANTI-ISLAMIZATION ACTIVIST TOMMY ROBINSON ON "X" TONIGHT-LINK (VIDEO EMBED)




In the UK tonight disturbances in the city of Sunderland.    Three police officers hurt with at least eight arrests.


Fires set including one at a police office...BBC News




A MASSIVE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK LATE TONIGHT IN THE OREL REGION OF RUSSIA.



TWO DRONES CRASHING INTO A RESDIENTIAL BUILDING NEAR THE CITY OF OREL.



A FIRE IGNITED BUT NO ONE HURT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA...



ALSO, UKRAINIAN DRONES DOWNED TONIGHT OVER RUSSIA ROSTOV REGION AS AN ATTACK WAS UNDERWAY...TASS RUSSIA





MIDDLE EAST SITUATION US MOVING MORE FORCES TO REGION



With the possibility of conflict between Israel and Iran and its allied forces in the region an additional US fighter aircraft squadron deploying to the Middle East.


Additional warships capable of shooting down ballistic missiles are being moved to Europe and the Middle East...Associated Press-PBS Online...



The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier ordered from the Pacific to the Middle East where the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier group is now located.


The move said to a matter of one carrier relieving the other but its possible both carriers will end up being in the region at the same time...USNI News







The Chinese owned social media app TikTok targeted by the US government again.


The Department of Justice suing over alleged 'massive-scale' invasion of child privacy.


TikTok saying some allegations are factually inaccurate and others have already been addressed.


Right now TikTok fighting in US federal court over a law that forces its Chinese parent company to divest ownership by January 19th of next year or shut down...BBC News 





DOZENS DEAD TONIGHT IN A TERRORIST ATTACK IN SOMALIA'S CAPITAL CITY OF MOGADISHU.


SHOOTING AND GRENADE EXPLOSIONS HEARD.


A BOMBER DETONATING A DEVICE NEAR A HOTEL...TASS RUSSIA




The Democratic National Committee saying that Kamala Harris has the necessary number of delegate votes to be the Presidential Nominee...Times Of Israel



THE US UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISING TO 4.3 PERCENT LAST MONTH.    ONLY 114,000 NEW JOBS CREATED...BBC NEWS



The markets today massive declines on the major US market.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 610.71 or 1.51 percent.



The NASDAQ down 417.98 points or 2.43 percent.



At 740 pm New York Time the price of oil sharply lower at 74 dollars 14 cents a barrel down two dollars 17 cents or 2.84 percent today...Marketwatch



AUTHORITIES IN FRANCE PROBING DEATH THREATS SAID TO BE AIMED AT 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS ORGANIZER THOMAS JOLLY.


PART OF THE OPENING CEREMONY WIDELY DENOUNCED AS MOCKERY OF LEONARDO DA VINCI'S 'THE LAST SUPPER' AND OR CHRISTIANITY...POLITICO EU



Heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan with at least 30 people reported dead...Reuters-Straits Times Singapore (Click Past Ad)


IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (WEST PHILIPPINE SEA) JOINT MILITARY MANEUVERS INVOLVING A JAPANESE AND PHILIPPINE WARSHIP.

A PHILIPPINE STATEMENT SPEAKING OF REGIONAL COOPERATION AND 'SECURITY AND STABILITY' IN THE "INDO-PACIFIC"...ANI NEWS INDIA



In Ireland a Jewish rabbi from the UK jailed for performing a circumcision.


The European Jewish Association calling for the immediate release of Rabbi Menachem Margolin.


The statement noting that Nazi Germany was the last nation to jail anyone for performing circumcisions...Israel National News



IN DOHA, QATAR TODAY THE FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR THE ASSASSINATED HAMAS LEADER ISMAIL HANIYEH...(NEWS AGENCIES)



"We will continue to defend freedom of expression against these platforms, which have repeatedly shown that they serve the global system of exploitation and injustice"



The communications director for Turkey's presidency speaking via "X" on Wednesday.


Early today Instagram was blocked in Turkey.



Fahrettin Altun had said that the platform blocked condolences posts for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh after he was assassinated in that Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran.



Altun saying "this is censorship" in regards to Instagram's decision to block those condolence posts...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar




"The 'far-right' are a reaction to fear and discomfort...law and order folks on our streets is breaking down...we need to use stop and search regardless of the color of the skin of anyone that gets stopped..."



That's part of the message from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage late last night.


Mr. Farage responding to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's focus on the "far-right" and a crackdown on it announced by Mr. Starmer yesterday.


Farage calling for a color-blind law and order policy...Nigel Farage "X" (Video Embed)





The price of coffee may be rising due to weather conditions in Mexico.   A longer than normal dry season linked to higher production costs...CNN-9 News Australia



RUSSIAN AND IRANIAN WARSHIPS JOINTLY PATROLLING THE CASPIAN SEA.


THREE DAYS OF MANEUVERS IN THE BODY OF WATER SHARED BY THE TWO COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL ASIA.



THE TRAINING OF THE IRANIAN AND RUSSIAN SAILORS INCLUDED PROTECTION OF SHIPPING LANES, MARINE TRAFFIC CONTROL AND ANTI-PIRACY MEASURES...TASS RUSSIA



               THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


              MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                                 ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                        TIMES OF ISRAEL




In other news....


Authorities in California staged a 'human trafficking" sting operation at last weekend's Comic-Con convention in San Diego.



14 arrests made with 10 victims of human trafficking said to have been recovered.



Comic-Con said to have been used by traffickers to seek out potential victims...BBC News



"Difficult decisions made in a fair and judicious manner"


BBC Director General Tim Davie admitting the corporation knew the category of charges involving child pornography and former anchor Huw Edwards.



Edwards was not fired last year when the BBC had that knowledge.


Davie told BBC News the corporation was shocked when the details of the allegations came out as Mr. Edwards pled guilty in court this week...BBC News




The British rock band "1975" facing a lawsuit in the UK from concert promoters in Malaysia.



That's over the kiss involving two men in the band during a concert in Malaysia.


Future Sound Asia saying the kiss constituted a breach of contract leading to financial losses.



The onstage kiss between the two men led to cancellation of the music festival they performed in...UPI




RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN GREETED EIGHT RUSSIANS FREED IN THE MAJOR PRISONER EXCHANGE WITH THE US AND ALLIED NATIONS LAST NIGHT.



THE RUSSIANS RETURNED HOME ON A SPECIAL FLIGHT TO MOSCOW...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)









    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




         RUSSIAN CIVILIANS HURT IN DRONE ATTACKS




                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Two Russian civilians wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks in southwestern Russia's Belgorod Region...Tass Russia



In other news...




New measures against tourism in Venice, Italy.   The city council now banning tourist groups that exceed 25 people.


Tourist guides are also banned from using loudspeakers.



Other restrictive measures had been imposed in the name of making the city more liveable.


Large cruise ships kept away from the city along with the imposition of an entrance fee for day visitors on 'peak days'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



And in New Zealand where it's wintertime unusually cold conditions year.


Meteorologists say the polar vortex that normally hangs out over Antartica is disturbed this year releasing freezing weather to reach New Zealand.


Last night temperature reading across New Zealand's South Island ranging from -1 Celsius to -10.3 Celsius (30.2 to 13.5 Fahrenheit)...News One New Zealand











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