Tuesday, September 3, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 9/3/2024*STOCK MARKETS FALL SHARPLY NASDAQ HIT HARDEST*CHINA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST CANADIAN ECONOMIC WARFARE*MIGRANTS DIE IN ENGLISH CHANNEL*VOLKSWAGEN LAYOFFS IN GERMANY POSSIBLE*

 


                                     (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




AT LEAST 81 KILLED, OTHERS MISSING FOLLOWING A BOKO HARAM TERRORIST ATTACK IN NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA.


150 JIHADISTS USING MOTORCYCLES SAID TO HAVE LAUNCHED AN ATTACK SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN YOBE STATE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




US Central Command says a Houthi operated missile system in Yemen was destroyed in the last 24 hours...US Central Command "X"




The US Justice Department charging leaders of Hamas including current leader Yahya Sinwar and assassinated former leader Ismail Haniyeh in connection with the October 7th attack on Israel.


The terrorism related charges leveled today 'will not be our last' according to US Attorney General Merrick Garland...The New Arab




THE UNITED STATES SAID TO BE MOVING TOWARDS PROVIDING UKRAINE LONG-RANGE CRUISE MISSILES THAT COULD STRIKE DEEP INTO RUSSIA.



BUT THE PROCESS IS DESCRIBED AS ONE LASTING SEVERAL MONTHS GOING PAST THE DATE OF THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION...Faytuks News "X"




A governmental shakeup underway in Ukraine.  Several cabinet ministers resigning more expected to follow...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




A FORMER AIDE TO NEW YORK DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL ARRESTED ACCUSED OF BEING AN AGENT OF CHINA.



LINDA SUN AND HER HUSBAND CHRISTOPHER HU ARE BOTH CHARGED.



SUN HAD BEEN DISMISSED FROM HER JOB ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AMID SUSPICION OF MISCONDUCT...BBC NEWS




THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS CONTINUING THE PROBE OF THE OLD GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING RESTRICTING THE RIGHT TO PROTEST.


THE DISCUSSION RELATES TO PROTESTS INVOLVING THE BURNING OF ISLAM'S HOLY BOOK THE KORAN (QURAN).


WHILE THE PROTEST BAN PROBE CONTINUES THE MESSAGING IS THAT AT THE SAME TIME THERE WILL BE NO FORMAL BAN ON KORAN BURNING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


China probing imports of canola from Canada.


This follows Canada's decision to impose 100 percent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports and 25 percent tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum.



A Chinese statement saying that China "strongly deplores" the Canadian actions against its imported products...CBC News Canada



The former head of Lebanon's Central Bank arrested today.   Riad Salameh accused of embezzlement, money-laundering and fraud.    


The crimes said to have occurred between 2015 and 2018 in dealings between the bank and Optimum Invest...Middle East Monitor



(THIS STORY UPDATED TO NOTE A PREGNANT WOMAN WAS ONE OF THE VICTIMS)


THE LATEST FROM FRANCE IS THAT 12 MIGRANTS HAVE DIED WHEN THEIR BOAT SANK IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.


THE MIGRANTS MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO CROSS TO THE UK.


EARLY REPORTS SPOKE OF 13 DEAD BUT LATER WE WERE TOLD 12 WERE DEAD INCLUDING A PREGNANT WOMAN...BFM-TV FRANCE LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The markets today with sharp drops in stocks.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 626.15 points or 1.51 percent.




The NASDAQ declined 577.33 points or 3.26 percent.


The price of oil dropping 4.45 percent three dollars 27 cents a barrel to 70 dollars 28 cents a barrel as of 415 pm New York Time...Marketwatch



ISRAELI PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG WARNING AGAINST ATTEMPTS TO REVIVE JUDICIAL REFORM IN THE COUNTRY AS HE SPOKE TO THE ISRAEL BAR ASSOCIATION.



THE REFORM EFFORT SUSPENDED AFTER THE HAMAS ATTACK LAST OCTOBER 7TH.


HERZOG WARNING ABOUT 'GASOLINE FUMES' AND THE SOME WHO WOULD 'STRIKE THE MATCH' NOTING THE COUNTRY CAME 'CLOSE TO CIVIL WAR' OVER THE PROPOSALS OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



In Congo at least 129 killed in an attempted prison escape.


The escape attempt was at the main prison in the capital city of Kinshasa where 12,000 inmates are held in a facility with a capacity of 1,500 people.



There are reports of injuries in connection with escape attempt also cases of women being raped.


Earlier a government official spoke of only two confirmed deaths at the prison...Associated Press-Africa News




In eastern China at least 11 are dead after a school bus rammed into a crowd of children and parents.   Others are injured.  The driver is in custody...BBC News



A COURT IN VENEZUELA ISSUING AN ARREST WARRANT FOR OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE EDMUNDO GONZALEZ.




VARIOUS CHARGES INCLUDING SEDITION AND CONSPIRACY LEVELED AGAINST HIM.



GONZALEZ HAS SAID THE RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN VENEZUELA WAS RIGGED TO MAKE LEFTIST INCUMBENT NICOLAS MADURO THE WINNER...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



As many as 11 dead as Tropical Storm Yagi slammed into the Philippines.


Landslides and flooding causing deaths...Al Jazeera




              THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                               (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS POLIO VAX CAMPAIGN EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS




EIGHT KILLED IN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN NORTHERN GAZA



            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                              ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                       TIMES OF ISRAEL




  

The World Health Organization says its ahead of its targets for polio vaccination of children in Gaza.   A quarter of the children under 10 said to have received the vaccine...Reuters




Eight killed in an Israeli air strike at a refugee camp in northern Gaza...Tass Russia


In other news....





IN GERMANY LAYOFFS AND PLANT CLOSURES ARE NOW POSSIBLE FOR LEGENDARY AUTOMAKER VOLKSWAGEN.


VW MANAGEMENT SAYING THAT A PREVIOUS GUARANTEE OF JOBS FOR WORKERS IN GERMANY UNTIL 2029 IS NOW OFF THE TABLE...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






    THE UKRAINE WAR AGANST RUSSIA

                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




DOZENS KILLED, HUNDREDS WOUNDED IN RUSSIAN ATTACK ON UKRAINIAN MILITARY CENTER



                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Many dead and wounded in a Russian attack on a Ukrainian military center in Poltava...BBC News Blog



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