Monday, August 26, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 8/26/2024*ALL UKRAINE AIR RAID ALERTS TONIGHT*MACRON REJECTS LEFT LED GOV'T* DUROV ARREST EXTENEDED BY FRENCH AUTHORITIES*ISRAELI CABINET MINISTER AGAIN ASSERTS JEWISH TEMPLE MOUNT RIGHTS*MASSIVE UKRAINE STRIKES BY RUSSIA*

 


                                 (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)



The political situation in France as President Macron rejects a government led by the Left but first...





                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




(UPDATED) TWO UKRAINE WIDE AIR RAID ALERTS LATE TONIGHT.   THE TUESDAY MORNING ALERTS FOLLOW LAST NIGHT'S MASSIVE RUSSIAN STRIKES...ALERT ONE RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...ALERT TWO RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Israel's military conducting an attack in Tulkarm in the "West Bank" with five terrorists killed at the location of the attack and three others nearby...Israel National News





BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SPECIAL PROSECUTOR JACK SMITH SEEKING TO REVIVE THE 'CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS' CASE INVOLVING DONALD TRUMP.


SMITH APPEALING TO THE ATLANTA BASED 11TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS...BBC NEWS





The Palestinian health ministry says Jewish settlers attacked a village near Bethlehem with one killed and three wounded...Times of Israel



(UPDATED) FRENCH LAW ENFORCEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THE QUESTIONING OF AN 'UNNAMED PERSON' WHO IS IN REALITY TELEGRAM OWNER PAVEL DUROV.


DUROV ARRESTED LAST WEEKEND AT A FRENCH AIRPORT ITS BEING SAID HIS QUESTIONING REGARDS VARIOUS 'CYBERCRIMES'.


THE ARREST WIDELY CONDEMNED AS AN ATTACK ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH...TASS RUSSIA...


12 CHARGES ARE RELATED TO DUROV'S INTIAL ARREST FOR A 96 HOUR PERIOD...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...BUT NOW THAT ARREST HAS BEEN EXTENDED...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL




In the midst of constant Israeli evacuation orders the United Nations suspending humanitarian aid in Gaza...Reuters-Gulf Today




A SEA DRONE AND SMALL BOATS REPORTED NEAR A MERCHANT VESSEL OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF YEMEN...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"



A dam break in Sudan flooding five villages with an unknown number of fatalities.    The disaster coming amidst a civil war in the country...Asharq Al-Awsat





FRENCH POLITICS: MACRON REJECTS GOVERNMENT LED BY NEW POPULAR FRONT LEFT 

                             (UPDATED  INCLUDING COMMENT)




TONIGHT, FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON REJECTING THE NOTION OF A GOVERNMENT LED BY THE NEW POPULAR FRONT LEFT.




HE CALLED ON PARTIES OTHER THAN THE LFI (LA FRANCE INSOUMISE) FROM THE LEFT TO COOPERATE IN THE FORMATION OF A NEW GOVERNMENT.



TONIGHT'S ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AFTER ANOTHER DAY OF CONSULTATIONS ON A NEW GOVERNMENT THE NATIONAL RALLY AND ITS ALLIES MEETING MR. MACRON.


BOTH THE NATIONAL RALLY AND THE OUTGOING CARETAKER PRIME MINISTER GABRIEL ATTAL OF PRESIDENT MACRON'S 'CENTRIST' FACTION SPEAKING OF CENSURING A GOVERNENT LED BY THE NEW POPULAR FRONT OF THE 'LEFT'.


TONIGHT THE LEFT IN FRANCE SEEING A DELIBERATE EFFORT AT 'CHAOS' BY MR. MARCON EXERCISING INCREDIBLE USE OF AUTOCRATIC POWER...BFM-TV FRANCE LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


                                                                    (COMMENT)



AS NOTED BEFORE THE BOTTOM LINE IS TO KEEP THE ANTI-CAPITALIST, ANTI ISRAEL ELEMENTS OUT OF POWER IN FRANCE.


CAN THOSE ELEMENTS BE PROVOKED AND THEN DISCREDITED IN THE CONFLICT THAT FOLLOWS.




Japan says a Chinese reconnaissance plane violated its airspace.   Japanese warplanes warned off the Chinese aircraft which circled an island in southwestern Japan.

China's ambassador called in over the incident...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU ANNOUNCING A 100 PERCENT TARIFF ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND STEEL MADE IN CHINA.


TRUDEAU'S COMMENTS COMING OUT OF A 'RETREAT' HELD BY HIS LIBERAL PARTY CABINET IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.


THE LIBERALS ARE TRAILING BADLY IN PUBLIC OPINION POLLS THAT SHOW THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY WELL POSITIONED TO WIN A MAJORITY IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION.


MR. TRUDEAU'S MOVE ON EV TARIFFS MIRRORS A SIMILAR MOVE BY THE US...ANI NEWS INDIA


At least 37 people killed in attacks in southwestern Pakistan today.


One attack involved 23 people whose ID cards were examined before they were taken from a bus and shot dead.


An insurgent movement behind the violent attacks in Baluchistan province...Press Association-LBC UK



"You are allowed to pray, it's illegal to prevent you from praying...

Why should a Jew be afraid to pray?  Because Hamas will be angry?"

ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR INTERVIEWED ON ISRAEL ARMY RADIO (GALEI ZAHAL) MONDAY 8/26/2024



ISRAELI POLITICAL TENSIONS NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR AGAIN SAYING JEWS ARE JUST AS ENTITLED AS MUSLIMS TO WORSHIP ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM.


BEN GVIR SAYING HE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A SYNAGOGUE ON THE SITE.



OTHER POLITICAL FORCES IN ISRAEL INCLUDING THE SHAS PARTY REPRESENTING SEPHARDIC ORTHODOX JEWS OPPOSE MR. BEN GVIR'S RECENT ACTIONS INCLUDING A TEMPLE MOUNT VISIT WHERE SOME JEWS PRAYED.



PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FOLLOWED BEN GVIR'S COMMENTS WITH A STATEMENT AFFIRMING THE STATUS QUO WHERE JEWISH PRAYER IS NOT ALLOWED ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT...TIMES OF ISRAEL




In London today a blaze on the 25th floor of a 45-story building.  A large amount of smoke generated...Press Association-Irish Examiner



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial average up 65.44 points.



The NASDAQ down 152.03 points or .85 percent.


The price of oil sharply higher at 77 dollars three cents a barrel two dollars 20 cents or 2.94 percent for the day...Marketwatch




THE BRITISH BANKING GIANT NATWEST APOLOGIZING FOR DEBANKING THE UK'S BRANCH OF THE YAD VASHEM HOLOCAUST MUSEUM.


THERE WAS A NOTIFICATION LAST WEEK THAT THE ACCOUNT WOULD BE CLOSED IN FOUR MONTHS 'FOLLOWING A RECENT REVIEW'.


NATWEST SPEAKING OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR.


IN THE PAST NATWEST INVOLVED IN ANOTHER CONTROVERSY OVER DEBANKING REFORM UK LEADER NIGEL FARAGE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




Russia hitting hard at Ukraine's energy infrastructure today.   


Russia's defense ministry saying that targets were hit in nine Ukrainian regions. 


Serious damage caused to the Kiev Hydroelectric Plant...Tass Russia...


Six killed according to Ukrainians authorities also saying that 200 drones and missiles were used by Russia forces...BBC News Blog



200 REPORTED KILLED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF BURKINA FASO.  140 OTHERS WERE WOUNDED.



THE SATURDAY ATTACK CLAIMED BY AN ARMED GROUP LINKED TO AL-QAEDA...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN



North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un overseeing a test of drones.


Kim present when the domestically produced drones were tested identifying and destroying designated targets.


He has called for more domestic production of drones to be used on land and in the water including underwater drones...Reuters-Asia One Singapore




              THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




             MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                                ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                       TIMES OF ISRAEL




In other news...












  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA


                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


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