Tuesday, August 20, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 8/20/2024*NEW US NUKE WEAPONS STRATEGY CONSIDERS CHINA THREAT*"ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF WEAPONS" OPERATION OVER HAMAS ARMS TAKEN INTO ISRAEL FROM GAZA*HOSTAGE BODIES RECOVERED IN GAZA, HOSTAGE FAMILIES PROTEST IN TEL AVIV**

 



                         (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)





                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:






AT LEAST 10 UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN ATTEMPTING TO ATTACK MOSCOW EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





      "they're suing me all over the country"



Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania today responding to one of numerous lawsuits against him from Democrats seeking to keep him off the ballot...Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "X"...



Meanwhile his running mate Nicolle Shanahan raising the possibility Kennedy will drop out of the race in favor of Donald Trump...Melbourne Age Australia





(Updated) In Chicago this evening a confrontation between Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Democratic National Convention and police near the Israeli consulate.



A huge phalanx of police boxed in a smaller group of protesters.


The protesters arrested...ABC 7 Chicago (Video Embed)






JOE BIDEN APPROVING A NEW US NUCLEAR WEAPONS STRATEGY THAT TAKES THREATS FROM CHINA, NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA INTO CONSIDERATION.



ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES THE US SEES A RAPID CHINESE NUCLEAR BUILDUP TAKING PLACE OVER THE NEXT DECADE.



PART OF THE STRATEGY APPEARS TO BE EXPANSION OF THE US NUCLEAR ARSENAL IF NEEDED...THE GUARDIAN UK






Three African nations aligned with Russia appealing to the UN Security Council over Ukrainian support for terrorism against their countries.



Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger want action taken against Ukraine over support for opposition groups.



A Malian military source says that some opposition forces have gone to Ukraine for military training...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)







(UPDATED) FIVE ISRAELI AIR STRIKES DEEP INTO LEBANON TONIGHT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...AT ONE KILLED AND OTHERS WOUNDED IN THOSE STRIKES...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




HZEBOLLAH ANNOUNCING THE DEATHS OF FOUR OF ITS MEMBERS IN AN ISRAELI STRIKE IN LEBANON EARLIER TODAY...TIMES OF ISRAEL




Panama inaugurating airplane flights to take illegal immigrants back to South America.


The United States is paying for the flights.



Panama's new President Jose Raul Mulino pledging to close the "Darien Gap" jungle pathway being used by migrants making their way towards the United States...BBC News




IN ISRAEL POLICE HAVE SEIZED WEAPONS THAT WERE ONCE USED BY HAMAS IN GAZA.


THE POLICE OPERATION DESCRIBED AS ONE TO:



"uncover the perpetrators of illegal possession of weapons and bring them to justice"...




                     Israel National News...



ALSO, IN ISRAEL HOSTAGE FAMILIES PROTESTING IN THE STREETS OF TEL AVIV.



HUNDREDS BLOCKING A STREET AND DEMANDING A DEAL WITH HAMAS TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES...TIMES OF ISRAEL



The markets today.





The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 61.56 points.




The NASDAQ fell 59.83 points.


At 428 pm New York Time the price of oil lower at 73 dollars 82 cents a barrel down 55 cents for the day...


                              Marketwatch



US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meeting Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi continuing to push for a ceasefire hostage release deal in the Israel-Hamas War.




President Sisi warning Mr. Blinken there is risk of the war spreading in a way 'difficult to imagine'.


Blinken heading for Qatar to continue his efforts later in the day...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye))




CHINA GIVING SHARPLY FEWER APPROVALS FOR COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS.


ONLY 14 SUCH PLANTS APPROVED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTH OF THIS YEAR WITH 80 PERCENT LESS GENERATING CAPACITY THAN APPROVED THE FIRST HALF OF LAST YEAR...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER 



Iran says it would like to see the proof of the allegation that its interfering in the US election.



Iran's UN mission commenting after the FBI and other US security agencies had determined Iranian hacking aimed at Donald Trump and the Democrats...Tass Russia




ISRAEL SAYS THE BODIES OF SIX HOSTAGES IN GAZA HAVE BEEN RETRIEVED.


FIVE OF THE SIX HOSTAGES ALREADY KNOWN TO HAVE DIED THE SIXTH WAS THOUGHT TO STILL BE ALIVE...BBC NEWS



A NORTH KOREAN SOLDIER DEFECTED TO SOUTH KOREA EARLY THIS MORNING.    


THE SOLDIER CROSSING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE IN GANGWON PROVINCE...KBS WORLD SOUTH KOREA



            THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                    (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



AT LEAST 20 KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA




ISRAEL STRIKES SCHOOL IN GAZA OVER HAMAS COMMAND POST




         MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                                 ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                         TIMES OF ISRAEL





At least 20 killed in Israeli strikes at a market and a school in Gaza today...Al Jazeera




Israel says it attacked that school in Gaza saying a Hamas command post was located...Tass Russia




In other news...



RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SIGNING A DECREE AUTHORIZING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHO SUPPORT THE TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL AND MORAL VALUES OF RUSSIA.



TEMPORARY VISAS-RESIDENCE PERMITS WILL BE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT AGREE WITH 'DESTRUCTIVE NEOLIBERAL ATTITUDES' IMPOSED BY OTHER NATIONS.




THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY IS TO DRAFT A LIST OF NATIONS THAT IMPOSE DESTRUCTIVE NEOLIBERAL ATTITUDES FOR GOVERNMENT APPROVAL.



INDIVIDUALS BEING GRANTED VISAS AND PERMITS TO ENTER AND LIVE IN RUSSIA WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT A DOCUMENT CONFIRMING KNOWLEDGE OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, HISTORY AND BASIC LAWS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)







    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS




         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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