Thursday, February 27, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/27/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*FIRST EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED*STEEP NASDAQ DROP*RULING FOR BRITISH WOMAN IN RAPE CASE INVOLVING ISRAELIS*TRUMP IMPOSING NEW CHINA TARIFFS*TATE BROTHERS LEAVE ROMANIA*

 


                       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




In Canada's most populous province Ontario today an election called suddenly by Premier Doug Ford of the Progressive Conservative Party.


Ford seeking to capitalize on tensions between Canada and the United States over tariffs and get a mandate with a campaign of praise for his country and a pledge to 'resist' US President Donald Trump.


Ford's Progressive Conservatives the projected winners with over 40 percent of the popular vote and a close to 2/3 majority of the 124 provincial parliament seats...CBC News Canada Live Blog




ISRAEL'S MILITARY OUT WITH AN INTERNAL REPORT CONCERNING THE HAMAS ATTACK OF OCTOBER 7TH, 2023.


IT SPEAKS OF MISJUDGEMENT REGARDING HAMAS PREPARATIONS FOR THE ATTACK AND MISTAKES ON THE DAY IT HAPPENED.


NO INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN THE REPORT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



North Korea says it conducted cruise missile tests off its west coast this week.  


The tests described as a demonstration of North Korea's nuclear deterrence.


North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un overseeing the tests calling for 'more thorough battle readiness of nuclear force and full preparedness for their use"...Yonhap News Agency South Korea




(This Story Has Been Updated With Some Additional Names)



THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RELEASING FILES RELATED TO CONVICTED CHILD SEX ABUSER AND ACCUSED CHILD SEX TRAFFICKER THE LATE JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


TONIGHT'S RELEASE CALLED THE 'FIRST PHASE' BY US ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI.


FLIGHT LOGS HAVE BEEN RELEASED RELATED TO EPSTEIN ALONG WITH A CONTACT LIST AND A MASSSUSE LIST.


MORE MATERIAL STILL IN THE HANDS OF THE FBI IT HAS NOT BEEN TURNED OVER FOR RELEASE BUT THE DOJ IS ASKING TO RECEIVE THOSE DOCUMENTS BY TOMORROW MORNING.


THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF NAMES ON A CONTACT LIST RELEASED TONIGHT FAMOUS NAMES OF LIVING PEOPLE AND OTHERS WHO ARE DECEASED.


THE RECENTLY APPOINTED BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES PETER MANDELSON IS ON THE CONTACT LIST.


MEDIA MOGUL RUPERT MURDOCH, FORMER DEPUTY WHITE COUNSEL IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION CHERYL MILLS AND MANY OTHERS.


AND THE NAME OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP APPEARS ON THAT CONTACT LIST.



FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, CLIMATE CZAR AND US SENATOR JOHN KERRY ALSO ON THE LIST.



JOURNALIST WALTER ISSACSON ANOTHER CONTACT NAME ON THE EPSTEIN LIST AS WELL AS LEGAL SCHOLAR ALAN DERSHOWITZ.


FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK ANOTHER NAME ON THE LIST...


..THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT "X" POST (LINKS TO NEWS RELEASE, THEN DOCUMENTS)




"everything was calculated, everything was planned"


Those words from Calin Georgescu Romanian populist presidential candidate.    Georgescu taken into custody from a vehicle he was traveling in yesterday.


Then six charges were announced against him as he was held for questioning.


Last evening he was released in front of a crowd of cheering supporters.


Georgescu calling for a major protest rally in Romania's capital city of Bucharest on Saturday...(Daily Romania "X")

               RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)


                    Daily Romania "X" (Video Embed)




At the White House an exchange between Vice-President JD Vance and visiting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over freedom of speech in the UK.


Vance noting US-UK differences on free speech amid a reported British request for access to Apple encrypted accounts in the US as well as police visits and charges against British citizens over social media posts.


Mr. Starmer responding that he is 'proud' of his country's record on free speech...




                   LBC NEWS UK STORY (VIDEO EMBED)



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AUTHORIZING A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON RUSSIA IN 2014, 2016 AND 2022...TASS RUSSIA



The European Court of Human Rights ruling in favor of British woman prosecuted in Cyprus after she made rape allegations against a group of Israelis.


Cyprus ordered to pay 25,000 euros ($26,015) to the woman.


She was prosecuted for making a false report and given four months probation (suspended sentence) after being pressured to drop her allegation of rape against 12 Israeli youths...

          NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


                            BBC News Story



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 193.62 points or .45 percent.



The NASDAQ fell 530.84 points or 2.78 percent.



At 411 pm the price of oil in New York 70 dollars 15 cents a barrel one dollar 53 cents or 2.23 percent higher.


At 1245 pm New York Time the Dow sharply higher the NASDAQ sharply lower and the price of oil sharply higher over 70 dollars a barrel...Marketwatch




US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE'S IMPOSING A SECOND TEN PERCENT TARIFF ON GOODS FROM CHINA.


THIS FOLLOWS THE PREVIOUS 10 PERCENT TARIFF IMPOSED ON CHINESE GOODS.



AS MR. TRUMP IMPOSES REAL TARIFFS ON CHINA HE CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE TARIFFS ON CANADA AND MEXICO THE LATEST MESSAGING IS THAT THEY WILL TAKE EFFECT NEXT TUESDAY MARCH 4TH...BBC NEWS


A car ramming attack in northern Israel with 14 people taken to hospital. One of them in critical condition.   


The terrorist attack happening at a bus stop...Israel National News




AT LEAST 11 KILLED IN CONGO SCORES WOUNDED WHEN A BOMB EXPLODED AT A REBEL LEADER'S RALLY.



IT HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF BUKAVU RECENTLY CAPTURED BY THE RWANDAN BACKED M23 REBEL GROUP...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS USA


                                       (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)


ONLINE INFLUENCER BROTHERS ANDREW AND TRISTIAN TATE GIVEN PERMISSION TO LEAVE ROMANIA WITH AUTHORITIES SAYING THEY ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.


THE TATE BROTHERS FLYING TO THE UNITED STATES AND ARRIVING IN FLORIDA.


SEX RELATED ALLEGATIONS WERE LEVELED AGAINST THE TWO BUT ROMANIAN COURTS HAVE NOT CONSIDERED ANY EVIDENCE GIVEN TO THEM SERIOUS ENOUGH TO BRING THEM TO TRIAL.


ALLEGATIONS ALSO LEVELED AGAINST THE BROTHERS IN THE UK AND A CIVIL SUIT FILED HERE IN THE US.


THEY ARE DESCRIBED AS 'STRONG SUPPORTERS' OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


THERE ARE REPORTS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SPECIAL ENVOY RICHARD GRENELL BROUGHT UP THE TATE BROTHERS CASE AS THE MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS MONTH IN A CONVERSATION WITH ROMANIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER.


FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SAYING TODAY THAT THE TATE BROTHERS ARE 'NOT WELCOME' IN THE STATE.


ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN FLORIDA ANDREW TATE SAYING THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER ARE 'LARGELY MISUNDERSTOOD' AND THAT THEY WERE PROSECUTED IN A RIGGED MANNER IN ROMANIA.


(EDITORIAL NOTE:  THE TATE BROTHERS RELEASE COMES AT THE SAME TIME ROMANIA HAS DECIDED TO PURSUE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST POPULIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CALIN GEORGESCU IN THE FACE OF US CRITICISM OVER LAST YEAR'S ELECTION CANCELLATION)


South Korea's intelligence agency out with new claims about North Korean troops in Russia fighting in the Ukraine War.


The first being that North Korean troops were deployed to the front line in Russia's Kursk Region the second being that "it appears that there has been a deployment of additional troops, but their size is still being determined".


The suggestion from the intelligence agency is that between 1,000 and 3,000 North Korean troops were transported to Russia earlier this year...Yonhap News Agency South Korea





TODAY THE VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY BRITISH PRIME MINSTER SIR KEIR STARMER.  STARMER MEETING PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH UKRAINE A MAJOR ISSUE...BBC NEWS



US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she's looking into reports the British government is seeking access to encrypted data from Apple customers around the world.


Gabbard says she was not informed about the British request.


In a letter to members of Congress she says if the reports about the British government's request are true they amount to an 'egregious violation' of US citizens privacy...BBC News



IN SOUTH KOREA THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING REGARDING ACTING PRESIDENT CHOI SANG-MOK'S DECISION NOT TO APPOINT A JUSTICE TO THE COURT LAST YEAR.


THAT DECISION RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL BUT THE COURT DECIDING THAT A CANDIDATE OFFERED TO THE COURT BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WILL NOT BE APPOINTED.


THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CURRENTLY DECIDING THE FATE OF IMPEACHED PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



   THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



HOLLYWOOD ACTING LEGEND GENE HACKMAN AND HIS WIFE ALONG WITH THEIR DOG FOUND DEAD.


AUTHORITIES IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO SAYING FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED...BBC NEWS



Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos changing the opinion page tone of the Washington Post.


The Bezos owned media outlet will now offer opinions that 'support or defend the pillars of personal freedom and the free market'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) 















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