Thursday, December 5, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 12/5/2024 NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*SYNAGOGUE FIRE IN AUSTRALIA*INDIA'S INFLUENCE ON CANADA'S POLITICS*NETANYAHU SAYS 'ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES' SEEK 'COUP'*REPORT ACCUSES ISRAEL OF GENOCIDE IN GAZA*

 


                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)

           (MORE SERVICE AFTER 730 PM EASTERN US TIME TONIGHT)



The conflict in Syria and France's president seeks to form a new government but first...



                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




A FIRE AT A SYNAGOGUE IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING CALLED SUSPICIOUS BY POLICE.


AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE SAYING IT WAS AN 'ACT OF HATE'.


TWO MASKED MEN SEEN THROWING FUEL INTO THE BUILDING BEFORE LIGHTING THE FIRE.



ONE MEMBER OF THE SYNAGOGUE'S CONGREGATION SUFFERED BURNS...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA...


AVI YEMENI OF 'REBEL NEWS' IN AUSTRALIA AT THE SCENE SAYING AUSTRALIAN ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE FAILING TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM...AVI YEMENI "X" (VIDEO EMBED)




NASA pushing back plans to send astronauts to the Moon again.  An orbital mission around the Moon planned for last month pushed back a second time to April of 2026.


A new landing on the Moon moved back to 2027 a year later than planned.   NASA administrator Bill Nelson citing astronaut safety following a recent heat shield issue on a test flight...BBC News





IN NEW YORK AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO PROBE THE MURDER OF UNITED HEALTHCARE CEO BRIAN THOMPSON.

TWO NEW PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECT RELEASED TODAY...BBC BLOG




A strong magnitude 7 earthquake off the northern coast of California.  


A tsunami warning issued and cancelled for the northern California coast.    Governor Gavin Newsom proclaiming a state of emergency in Humbolt and Mendocino counties...KCRA SACRAMENTO



(UPDATED) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV SAYS HIS COUNTRY SEEKS NORMAL RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES.


LAVROV INTERVIEWED BY TUCKER CARLSON.


MR. LAVROV CALLING PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP A 'STRONG' AND 'FRIENDLY' MAN BUT NOT 'PRO-RUSSIAN'.


MUCH OF THE INTERVIEW ABOUT THE UKRAINE WAR BUT SYRIA WAS ALSO DISCUSSED.


THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CRITICAL OF THE US ROLE IN PUSHING KURDISH SEPARATISM IN EASTER SYRIA USING REVENUES FROM OIL AND NATURAL GAS FIELDS THERE.


BUT MR. LAVROV ULTIMATELY SAYING THERE ARE 'MANY PLAYERS' CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONFLICT IN SYRIA...TUCKER CARLSON "X" (VIDEO EMBED) (1 HOUR 20 MINUTES)



(Updated) The anti-government protests continuing in Georgia's capital Tbilisi tonight.   They were triggered by a government decision not to pursue membership in the European Union.   


The elected government in Georgia is friendly to Russia...Video Link...


Protesters throwing stones and shooting fireworks at police...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)



MACRON TRIES TO FIND NEW GOVERNMENT IN FRANCE

                                         (UPDATED NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)


FRANCE'S POLITICAL TURMOIL PRIME MINISTER MICHEL BARNIER RESIGNED AFTER THE GOVERNMENT WAS DEFEATED IN A CENSURE MOTION.


TONIGHT, PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SPEAKING WITH SOME IN FRANCE CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION.


 BUT XAVIER BERTRAND WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE HAUTS-DE-FRANCE REGION DENOUNCING THE NOTION AS:



                      "a creeping coup d'etat"



IN HIS SPEECH TONIGHT MACRON SAYING HE WILL EXERCISE HIS MANDATE AS PRESIDENT UNTIL IT ENDS IN 2027.  


HE POINTED TO THE NOTION THAT THE OPPOSITION WAS DELIBERATELY SEEKING HIS RESIGNATION BY BRINGING DOWN HIS GOVERNMENT.


MR. MACRON DID NOT PROPOSE A NEW GOVERNMENT WHEN HE SPOKE.


 BUT THE SOCIALIST PARTY MEETS WITH HIM TOMORROW.


THE SOCIALISTS OSTENSIBLY OF THE LEFT BUT POTENTIALLY A PARTNER FOR MR. MACRON'S CENTRIST (LIBERAL CAPITALIST) TYPE OF POLITICS




A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES STRIKE IN FRANCE TODAY MORE THAN 30 PERCENT OF THE NATION'S TEACHERS PARTICIPATING...



           BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)



The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 248.33 points or .55 percent.



The NASDAQ down 34.39 points.


This evening in New York the price of oil at 68 dollars 40 cents a barrel up 10 cents...Marketwatch



In Canada the inquiry into foreign interference looking into India's influence on Canadian politics.


The opposition Conservative Party in focus with former leadership candidate Patrick Brown answering questions.



Information leaked to the media saying Brown was being forced out of the Conservative leadership race eventually won by Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre.



Those leaks indicating that Indian government agents operating from its consulate were trying to derail Brown's campaign...CBC News Canada



(UPDATED) SYRIAN AIR DEFENSES INTECEPTING TWO DRONES OVER THE CAPITAL CITY OF DAMASCUS...TASS RUSSIA...


THE SYRIAN MILITARY SAYS THAT JIHADIST FORCES MADE GAINS IN THE CITY OF HAMA DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES BEING INFLICTED ON THEM...TASS RUSSIA...


MEDIA SOURCES UNFRIENDLY TO THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT SAY THE JIHADISTS HAVE CAPTURED THE CITY OF HAMA...OSINTdefender "X"...



AND THE SYRIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY REPORTING A PULLBACK FROM THE CITY....RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



SYRIAN AIR DEFENSE ALSO SAID TO HAVE REPELLED A DRONE ATTACK ON THE CITY OF HOMS...TASS RUSSIA


The European Union using special powers against TikTok just ahead of Romania's presidential runoff election.


TikTok accounts linked to populist presidential candidate Calin Georgescu were shut down by Romanian authorities in recent days.



The EU wants data from TikTok preserved from a period between November 24th and March 31st of next year...Brussels Signal




"elements in the enforcement authorities who refuse to accept the will of the voters and try to instigate a governmental coup through unrestrained political investigations"



THAT'S SOME OF WHAT ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAD TO SAY TODAY REGARDING VARIOUS PROBES RELATED TO HIM AND ALLEGATIONS ABOUT HIM.


THEY ARE LINKED TO ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL AND OR SPECIAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, also called William Lai by mainstream media, in the US territory of Guam making a speech saying in part:


  "we will never bow down to totalitarianism"



Lai was also in the US state of Hawaii during the Pacific tour that appears designed to provoke a Chinese response.


The US still officially recognizes Taiwan as a province of China as it has since 1978 but talks more and more about "democracy" on the island.


"Democracy" often a codeword for situations where the United States is on the side of armed conflict involving other nations like Russia in Ukraine and the Syrian Civil War...Reuters-Asia One Singapore





THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TREATY BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA COMING INTO FORCE.


NORTH KOREAN AND RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SIGINING A PROTOCOL IN MOSCOW YESTERDAY TO LAUNCH THE JOINT DEFENSE TREATY...TASS RUSSIA...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



The human rights group Amnesty International out with a report providing evidence of Israel committing genocide in Gaza.


Amnesty saying that Israel is trying to destroy all or part of the Palestinian population of Gaza.


 The report uses satellite imagery analyzing 15 instances of Israeli air strikes on Gaza and interviews Palestinians as well as analysis of statements by Israeli officials...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...



AT LEAST 45 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN TWO ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN THE GAZA STRIP...TASS RUSSIA


Israel's Orthodox Jewish parties reportedly planning legislation to give broad draft exemptions to yeshiva students.   Alongside it legislation to dissolve parliament for new elections.


The two parties now part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government that's being forced by Israel's High Court and Attorney General to send draft notices to religious students.


This causing a strain in the ruling coalition...Israel National News



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



   PUTIN HONORS CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS IN KURSK REGION OF RUSSIA



                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Russian President Vladimir Putin honoring people who volunteered and helped those in need during the Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk Region of Russia.


In a speech Putin recognized other volunteer activities including letters being written to soldiers by millions of Russians... RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)



In other news...




A vegetation fire in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island.    140 hectares (346 acres) burned with several school camps evacuated.


Strong winds driving the fire over a state highway.


Nearby residents warned to be prepared to leave their homes...One News New Zealand

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