Monday, September 9, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 9/9/2024*HIGH-RISE FIRE IN MOSCOW AREA AS DRONES REPELLED*CHINA SAYS US COMPUTER CHIP SANCTIONS DISRUPT CHIP INDUSTRY*ISRAELI PARLIAMENT MEMBER SEES WAR WITH LEBANON IN 'A MATTER OF DAYS'*ETHIOPIAN LEADER WARNS ABOUT FOREIGN INVASION*

 

                                   (UPDATED WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)



Later in the summary a warning from Ethiopia's leader about foreign invasion but first...




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




(UPDATED) A HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL FIRE IN THE SOUTHEAST SUBURBS OF MOSCOW AS A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK WAS BEING REPELLED.



THE FIRE ON THE 11TH AND 12TH FLOOR OF A BUILDING IN THE CITY OF RAMENSKOYE.



A NINE-YEAR OLD CHILD KILLED.


TWO APARTMENT BUILDINGS DAMAGED.


14 DRONES TAKEN DOWN LATE TONIGHT BY RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES IN THE MOSCOW REGION...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




US Central Command reports destruction of a Houthi drone over the Red Sea along with two missile systems and a support vehicle in Yemen...US Central Command "X"




Late tonight a deadly Israeli strike in a Gaza humanitarian zone with at least 40 killed and 60 wounded.



The Israel Defense Forces say the attack targeted a Hamas command and control center...Times of Israel




LEADERS OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN'S PARTY IN PAKISTAN ARRESTED BY POLICE.


ACCUSATIONS OF INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE FOLLOWING A CLASH YESTERDAY INVOVLING POLICE AND PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATING FOR KHAN'S RELEASE FROM PRISON...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA




Israel's Jewish Strength (Otzma Yehudit) party condemning the call by President Isaac Herzog for a 'unity government'.



The notion of a government to obtain a ceasefire-hostage release deal with Hamas described as a capitulation to "Hamas propaganda" and "the blood libel of the extreme left"...Israel National News





IN NORTHERN ISRAEL TODAY TWO SOLDIERS HURT IN HEZBOLLAH DRONE STRIKES...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




IN WASHINGTON TODAY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE HOLDING A HEARING ON TREATMENT OF JANUARY 6TH PRISONERS.


THE HEARING EVIDENCE OF MISTREATEMENT OF THOSE IMPRISONED OVER JANUARY 6TH MANY HELD WITHOUT BAIL PENDING THEIR TRIALS..."MTG Leads Hearing on J6 Prisoners"-"X" Trending



Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants controls on Germany's southern and eastern borders extended to all of its borders.


Faeser citing "Islamist terrorism", "cross-border crime" and "irregular migration" for the expansion of border controls.



The controls on all German borders start next Monday (September 16th) and will be for six months initially...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)





A RISING DEATH TOLL IN VIETNAM AFTER TYPHOON YAGI STRUCK WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS.


ALMOST 60 DEATHS NOW REPORTED WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING CARRYING AWAY VEHICLES AND COLLAPSING A BRIDGE...ASSOCIATED PRESS-CBS NEWS USA





The former European Bank chief Mario Draghi saying hundreds of billions of euros (dollars) are needed to revitalize the European economy.


Draghi's report on European competitiveness noting that the cutoff of cheap Russian energy in connection with the Ukraine War is a factor in stunting European economic growth.


His report saying that Europe needs to invest more in knowledge and innovation to be competitive with the United States and China the world's leading economies...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



RETAILER BIG LOTS FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY AFTER CLOSING HUNDREDS OF STORES RECENTLY...BNO NEWS LIVE "X"





The markets today.  


The Dow Jones Industial Average up 414.18 points or 1.2 percent.


The NASDAQ up 193.77 points or 1.16 percent.

 

At 437 pm New York Time the price of oil moving higher to 68 dollars 65 cents a barrel up 98 cents or 1.46 percent...Marketwatch




China says the Netherlands should not buckle to pressure from the United States with its new tighter restrictions on computer chip exports.


The US saying it's concerned about possible military use of high-end chip exports. 



China citing the harm caused to the global supply chain and the computer chip industry by such restrictions...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying cabinet ministers need his permission to visit the Temple Mount.


There have been tensions over visits to the holy site by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir of the Jewish Strength Party ("far-right').   One of his party's parliament members visited Temple Mount on Sunday.



Groups of Jews are now praying regularly in an isolated are on the site where the Al-Aqsa Mosque is located and Jewish prayer is officially not allowed...Times of Israel



SYRIA SAYING IT HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND ITS SOVEREIGNTY FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES LAST NIGHT IN FOUR REGIONS...TASS RUSSIA...



16 KILLED AND 36 WOUNDED ACCORDING TO SYRIAN AUTHORITIES FOLLOWING THOSE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES LAST NIGHT...BBC NEWS...ISRAEL LINKING ITS AIRSTRIKES TO IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN SYRIA.



A member of Israel's parliament from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party sees war with Lebanon in 'a matter of days'.


Nissim Vaturi sits on the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.



Vaturi saying the Beirut suburb Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold, will in his words 'will look like Gaza'.


He says that Prime Minister Netanyahu is of the same opinion as his...TIMES OF ISRAEL...


Meanwhile speaking in Washington Israeli opposition politician former Defense Minister and war cabinet minister Benny Gantz saying the military focus must shift north to the Lebanese border.


Gantz saying Israel is late on making the shift...TIMES OF ISRAEL





(UPDATED) IN NORTHERN NIGERIA AT LEAST 48 KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION OF A TANKER TRUCK.

THE TRUCK SAID TO HAVE SWERVED BECAUSE OF A POOR ROAD...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...LATER REPORTS PLACE THE DEATH TOLL AT 60 IN THE EXPLOSION.



At least 11 people killed and nine missing following flooding in southern Morocco.


Heavy rains in the region with 47 millimeters (1.85 inches) of rain falling at one location in three hours.  Near the border with Algeria was much as 170 millimeters (6.69 inches) of rain was recorded...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN PLEDGING STRENGTHENING OF RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTH KOREA.


IN A MESSAGE TO KIM JONG-UN ON THE 76TH ANNIVERSARY OF NORTH KOREA'S FOUNDING, PUTIN SAYING THE PARTNERSHIP WILL ENSURE SECURITY AND STABILITY ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND IN NORTHEASTERN ASIA...TASS RUSSIA





              THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                       16 KILLED IN GAZA FIGHTING


             MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                               ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                       TIMES OF ISRAEL



16 killed and 64 wounded in Gaza fighting in the last 24 hours.  This according to the Palestinian health ministry...Tass Russia




In other news...




THE ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER ABIY AHMED WARNING ANYONE PLANNING TO INVADE HIS COUNTRY TO 'THINK 10 TIMES".



AHMED'S WARNING COMES AMID TENSIONS WITH SOMALIA OVER A MARITIME AGREEMENT BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND THE BREAKAWAY SOMALILAND REGION IN NORTHERN SOMALIA.



SOMALIA HAS STRENGTHENED ITS DEFENSE TIES WITH EGYPT WHICH IS IN A DISPUTE WITH ETHIOPIA OVER A PLANNED DAM ON A TRIBUTARY OF THE NILE RIVER...BBC NEWS





     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                              (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In other news...




Actor James Earl Jones is dead at the age of 93.   Jones well-known known for his voice work on films like "The Lion King" and "Star Wars" where Jones was the voice of Darth Vader.


Jones won an Academy Award. along with a Grammy Award, two Emmys and three Tony awards...BBC News



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