Monday, September 16, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 9/16/2024*UKRAINIAN INSTRUCTORS REPORTED IN SYRIA*ISRAELI POLITICAL TENSIONS OVER DEFENSE MINISTER*PHILIPPINES DENIES BACKING DOWN IN SOUTH CHINA SEA*

 


                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)


                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




SEAN DIDDY COMBS RAPPER, RECORD PRODUCER, EXECUTIVE ARRESTED BY THE FBI THIS EVENING.    THIS FOLLOWS A FEDERAL INDICTMENT THAT IS SEALED.


HIS ARREST APPARENTLY RELATED TO ALLEGATIONS INTO SEX TRAFFICKING RELATED ALLEGATIONS...TMZ (CONTENT WARNING)



Russian media outlet "RT" banned on Meta social media platforms "Facebook" and "Instagram"...BNO News Live "X"



A Syrian source saying that Ukraine has sent 250 instructors into northwestern Syria to train jihadist forces fighting Syrian and Russian forces nearby on production and modernization of drones.


This according to Russia's RIA Novosti news agency...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)





Israel's security cabinet met late tonight setting new war goals of enabling evacuated Israelis near Lebanon's border to return to their homes...OSINTdefender "X"





British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visiting Italy and pledging 4.75 million Euros (5.29 million US Dollars) in support of Italy's program to deal with migration.


Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's program funnels money into African areas where migration to Italy originates and diverts migrants bound for Italy to a processing center in Albania among other things...Euronews





(UPDATED) IN THE NETHERLANDS TONIGHT AN 'EMERGENCY SITUATION' AT THE TER APEL RECEPTION CENTER FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS.


FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE TO SLEEP OUTDOORS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...BUT IN THE END A SPORTS HALL WAS OPENED TO ACCOMODATE THEM...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In Syria Russia's National Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu meeting President Bashar Assad.

Matters of international and regional security discussed...Tass Russia



IN CANADA RETIRED VICE-ADMIRAL HAYDN EDMUNDSON FOUND NOT GUILTY BY A CIVILIAN JUDGE OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A SUBORDINATE SAILOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO.


STEPHANIE VIAU ALLEGED THE ASSAULT OCCURRED WHEN A CANADIAN WARSHIP WAS DOCKED AT THE PEARL HARBOR US NAVAL BASE IN 1991...CBC NEWS (WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT)


Controversy in the UK over the suspended sentence for the ex-BBC news anchor Huw Edwards.


Edwards given a six-month suspended sentence over child sex abuse images..."X" Trending



CHINESE PASTOR DAVID LIN FREED BY CHINA AND FLOWN TO HIS FAMILY IN TEXAS.


LIN WAS JAILED FOR LIFE IN 2006 AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF FRAUD FOR HELPING AN UNDERGOUND CHURCH IN BEIJING...BBC NEWS




Political tensions in Israel with expectations of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's dismissal.


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said to be bringing in Gideon Saar to replace Gallant. 


Saar's New Hope Party would provide four more votes to support Netanyahu's government in parliament.



Saar's party needed to help Mr. Netanyahu pass legislation regarding Orthodox Jews and the military draft to keep religious parties in his governing coalition.



Saar also opposing a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas...Ynet News Israel...



In spite of those published reports about a cabinet shakeup at the Defense Ministry both Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Saar denying them.




THE EUROPEAN UNION INTERNAL MARKET COMMISSIONER THIERRY BRETON RESIGNING.


BRETON ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUSH FOR REGULATION OF THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE EU.



MR. BRETON IS APPARENTLY AT ODDS WITH PLANS AND POLICIES OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



MR BRETON IS A FORMER CORPORATE CEO AND CABINET MINISTER IN A MAINSTREAM RIGHT FRENCH GOVERNMENT.


HIS SUDDEN DEPARTURE FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMES AS FRENCH MAINSTREAM RIGHT PRIME MINISTER MICHEL BARNIER IS ATTEMPTING TO ASSEMBLE A NEW GOVERNMENT.




The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 228.30 points or .55 percent.



The NASDAQ down 91.85 points or .52 percent.


At 439 pm New York Time the price of oil at 70 dollars 45 cents a barrel up one dollar 80 cents or 2.62 percent...Marketwatch




MORE THAN 100 STRIKING SAMSUNG WORKERS IN INDIA ARRESTED.   THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO STAGE A PROTEST MARCH.


AUTHORITIES SAID SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS WOULD HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED BY THEIR PROTEST.



THE WORKERS WANT BETTER PAY, WORKING CONDITIONS AND UNION RECOGNITION...NOS NETHERLANDS



It's been more than five years since gun control legislation was passed in New Zealand following the deadly mass murder attacks at two mosques that killed 49 people.


But now it's possible that some of the firearms banned five years ago will be legalized.



A new government in New Zealand includes the ACT Party whose leader David Seymour was the sole legislative vote against the 2019-gun legislation.



Firearms Minister Nicole McKee from the ACT Party has lobbied for the rights of firearms owners.



McKee is not ruling out legalizing some "semi-automatic" if she is given the power to do so.



New Zealand's cabinet is finalizing authority for the Firearms Minister to be given administrative power to decide which firearms are legal...One News New Zealand




MORE DEATHS REPORTED IN THE FLOOD DISASTER IN CENTRAL EUROPE.



THE MILITARY HAS BEEN DEPLOYED IN AUSTRIA WITH HUNGARIAN PRESIDENT VIKTOR ORBAN CANCELLING INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL...BBC NEWS





The Philippines denying defeat in disputed South China Sea waters after a coast guard ship was pulled back.


The Philippine Coast Guard saying there will a presence in the area in the future.


The vessel that pulled back has been damaged in a collision with a Chinese vessel...AFP FRANCE-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE (CLICK PAST ADS)




             THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



        ISRAELI GAZA STRIKE KILLS AT LEAST FIVE




          MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                              ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


                                     TIMES OF ISRAEL



According to the Palestinian authorities in Gaza at least five were killed and another wounded in an Israeli attack...Tass Russia




In other news...




Hundreds of young people trying to force the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta turned back by police.


They came to the border in response to appeals on social media saying there was no future in Morocco and expressing hope they could migrate to another country...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



MASS EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS IN RUSSIA'S KURSK REGION



                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A mandatory evacuation of civilians in two districts of Russia's Kursk Region.   Ukraine continuing to launch attacks into the area...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

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