Tuesday, January 28, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 1/28/2025*PUTIN VISUALIZES UKRAINE WAR SETTLEMENT*ITALIAN PM PROBED OVER LIBYAN WARLORD RELEASE*IRAN SKEPTICAL OF TRUMP, US*COKE RECALL IN SIX COUNTRIES*

 


                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SPEAKING WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE CONFLICT IN MINERAL RICH EASTERN CONGO.


REBEL M23 FORCES ALLIED WITH RWANDAN TROOPS HAVE CAPTURED THE CITY OF GOMA WHERE SOME TWO MILLION PEOPLE ARE CONCENTRATED.


RUBIO CALLING FOR 'AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE' AND FOR PARTIES TO 'RESPECT SOVEREIGN TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY'...OSINTdefender "X" (State Department News Release Embed)



Deaths and injuries reported in a crush at a Hindu religious festival.


The Kumbh Mela festival being held in Prayagraj in northern India.


The crush happening when crowds seeking to bathe in the water trampled people sleeping on the ground...BBC News Blog


A UKRAINIAN DRONE SHOT DOWN TRYING TO ATTACK A RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FACILITY.


THAT'S WHAT THE GOVERNOR OF RUSSIA'S SMOLENSK REGION IS SAYING TONIGHT.


IT WAS PART OF WHAT'S BEING CALLED A 'MASSIVE ATTACK' BY UKRAINIAN DRONES...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


A US Air Force F-35 fighter plane crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska.   No injuries reported.  An investigation underway...Fairbanks News-Miner



A PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE IN CANADA ISSUING A REPORT ON FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN CANADIAN POLITICS.


THE REPORT'S REVISED CONCLUSION AHEAD OF A LIKELY ELECTION IN CANADA IS THAT NO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ARE 'TRAITORS' DIRECTLY WORKING FOR FOREIGN POWERS.


PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM THE COMMITTEE LAST JUNE SPOKE OF SOME MP'S BEING:



                 "witting or semi-witting"



PARTICIPANTS IN FOREIGN MEDDLING.


CHINA AND INDIA WERE LINKED IN THE REPORT TO MEDDLING IN CANADA'S POLITICS.


A MAJOR TALKING POINT OF THIS REVISED REPORT IS THE NOTION THAT FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS USE 'DISINFORMATION' TO INTERFERE IN CANADA'S POLITICAL SYSTEM...BBC NEWS



A US federal judge blocking a funding freeze order from the Trump Administration.


Judge Loren AliKhan's order keeps funding in place until at least 5pm Monday...The Hill



DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH TAKING ACTIONS AGAINST FORMER JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN GENERAL MARK MILLEY.


FOX NEWS REPORTING THAT HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE WILL BE PULLED AS WELL AS A SECURITY DETAIL ASSIGNED TO HIM.


THE ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REVIEWING WHETHER RETIRED GENERAL MILLEY WILL BE DEMOTED TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL.


THIS WOULD BE DUE TO DISRUPTION OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND DURING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S FIRST TERM...FOX NEWS



Vladimir Putin laying out the terms of a settlement with Ukraine.  


Mr. Putin telling Russian television such an agreement signed by Russia and Ukraine must guarantee the security of both nations.



He also said the agreement must be one 'for a serious, long time into the future'...Tass Russia



AN AMAZON-OWNED WHOLE FOODS STORE IN CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA VOTING TO UNIONIZE.


THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD CERTIFYING THE VOTE 130-100 IN FAVOR OF UNIONIZATION.


AMAZON RECENTLY SHUT DOWN WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF QUEBEC AFTER ONE OF THEM VOTED TO UNIONIZE...THE HILL



A court in Rome investigating Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over the release of a Libyan warlord arrested under an International Criminal Court warrant.


The Justice and Interior ministers in her government also being probed over the release of Ossama Anjiem, also called Ossama al-Masri.


Meloni revealing the probe that follows criticism from the international court, human rights groups and Italy's political opposition.


In her social media video, she portrays herself as a victim saying she 'will not be blackmailed' over the decision to release the accused Libyan war criminal.


Italy has been funding Libya's coast guard in an attempt to prevent migrants from leaving Libya to cross the Mediterranean to Italy...Associated Press USA-Euronews...Times of India



SEVERE FLOOD CONDITIONS SEVERAL FRENCH REGIONS IN AN NEAR THE ATLANTIC COAST.


THE FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM DUBBED 'HERMENIA'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 136.77 points.


The NASDAQ rose 391.75 points or 2.03 percent.


At 438 pm New York Time the price of oil higher at 73 dollars 91 cents a barrel up 74 cents or 1.01 percent...Marketwatch



In South Korea four people hurt when an airliner caught fire on a runway in the port city of Busan.


The Air Busan plane getting ready for takeoff when the blaze broke out.


176 people were on board...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA


(UPDATED WITH FURTHER DETAILS ON OTHER EMBASSIES ATTACKED)


BRITISH, FRENCH AND RWANDAN EMBASSIES ATTACKED IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TODAY.


PROTESTERS DEMANDING ACTION TO STOP THE ADVANCE OF THE RWANDAN BACKED M23 REBELS.



THE REBELS SEIZING CONGO'S LARGEST CITY OF GOMA IN THE MINERAL RICH EASTERN REGION OF THE COUNTRY...MORNING STAR UK...


THE US EMBASSY ALSO SAID TO HAVE BEEN ATTACKED ALONG WITH THE EMBASSIES OF UGANDA AND KENYA WITH THE DUTCH EMBASSY ALSO IMPACTED.


POLICE ARE PROTECTING THE EMBASSIES AND USING TEAR GAS AGAINST DEMONSTRATORS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Iran's Foreign Minister says that 'nice words' from President Donald Trump aren't enough to start new talks with the United States.


Mr. Trump's pullout from the 'nuclear deal' with Iran cited as an example...Islamic Republic News Agency Iran...


Meanwhile Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei saying that behind the smiles of American leaders there is evil.


Khamanei saying Iran must be 'careful who we deal with and talk to'.


He spoke of certain nations that abuse natural resources of other nations and target cultures including their Islamic and national identities...Islamic Republic News Agency Iran



IN SERBIA PRIME MINISTER MILOS VUCEVIC RESIGNING.     HIS RESIGNATION PART OF A MAJOR CABINET RESHUFFLE.


THIS ADMIDST CONTINUING STREET PROTESTS OVER ALLEGED CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY WHOSE GOVERNMENT LED BY PRESIDENT ALEKSANDAR VUCIC IS FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA...TASS RUSSIA


Coke recalling bottled drinks distributed in the UK and five European countries since November.


High levels of chlorate detected.    Chlorate can be traced to chlorine disinfectants used in water treatment and food processing.


There are potential health risks from chlorate...AFP Korea Times



THE CHINESE AI CREATOR 'DeepSeek' FOUND ITSELF UNDER LARGE-SCALE MALICIOUS CYBERATTACKS ON MONDAY.


THE ATTACKS CAME AMID CONCERN ABOUT THE LOW-COST AI APP MADE BY THE COMPANY UNDERCUTTING ESTABLISHED TECH GIANTS LIKE NVIDIA...INDIA TODAY



In Kenya farmers resisting an effort to vaccinate livestock herds. The government says it's about enabling export of livestock products.


But farmers opposed to the vaccinations are part of a scheme to reduce methane emissions from cows.



They cite a video where prominent vaccine advocate Bill Gates speaks of vaccinating cows to prevent those gas emissions to control 'climate change'...BBC News


IN WASHINGTON DC ACTING US ATTORNEY ED MARTIN ORDERING A REVIEW INTO THE PROSCUTIONS OF SOME 1500 PEOPLE IN CONNECTION WITH WHAT HAPPENED AT THE US CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH.


PART OF THE REVIEW INVOLVES THE CHARGE OF FELONG OBSTRUCTION AGAINST SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT THE US SUPREME COURT RULED TO BE AN OVERREACH...ABC NEWS USA



  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



The medicinal cannabis (marijuana) industry in New Zealand says the current regulations are 'unworkable'.



The Medicinal Cannabis Council says the government's current system for its operations prevent New Zealand's marijuana from reaching the lucrative world market...One News New Zealand

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