Thursday, March 27, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/27/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*CHINESE SPIES ARRESTED NEAR US PHILIPPINE BASE*PUTIN'S ARCTIC TOUR TOUTS DEVELOPMENT IN REGION*STABBING ATTACK IN AMSTERDAM*BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT SAYS PREDECESSOR CONSPIRED AGAINST HIM*

 


                         (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




IRAN SENDING OUT AN OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S LETTER TO IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMANEI.



THE RESPONSE CONVEYED TO THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE NATION OF OMAN.



IRAN STRESSING IT WILL NOT NEGOTIATE UNDER THE MAXIMUM PRESSURE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES BUT THAT INDIRECT TALKS ARE POSSIBLE...PRESS TV IRAN



                                                (STORY IS UPDATED)



AT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HOSTING AN ANNUAL DINNER COMMEMORATING THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN.


THE IFTAR DINNER MARKS THE BREAKING OF THE ALL-DAY FAST THAT TAKES PLACE EACH DAY DURING RAMADAN...THE HILL USA (VIDEO EMBED)...


MR. TRUMP OFFERING REMARKS THANKING MUSLIM AMERICANS FOR SUPPORT DURING THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN LAST FALL.   


HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT 'FILLING OUT' THE 'ABRAHAM ACCORDS' ENDORSED BY ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.


THE CARRY THE NOTION OF CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST BEING REPLACED BY MASSIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT...TIMES OF ISRAEL




In the Philippines six Chinese nationals arrested on espionage charges.



A raid conducted last week on an island near the Subic Bay base.


Subic Bay is used by both the US Navy and Philippine military vessels.



Six Chinese nationals and a Philippine bodyguard arrested.



The Chinese pretended to be fisherman so they could monitor warships in the area.  



At times drones were used in their spy work according to the Philippine authorities...USNI News







BRITISH KING CHARLES CUTTING BACK HIS ACTIVITIES AFTER EXPERIENCING SIDE EFFECTS FROM CANCER TREATMENT.


THE KING RETURNED HOME THIS EVENING AND WORKED FROM THERE BUT WILL NOT GO ON A PLANNED TOUR OF BIRMINGHAM TOMORROW...BBC News



Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Russia's vast Arctic region today.


Speaking in the port city of Murmansk Mr. Putin says the infrastructure for transportation and logistics must be strengthened in the Arctic alongside consideration for the environment.


Mr. Putin noting increased use of the Arctic for Russian merchant vessels.   He says more ice breakers are on the way and that Russia needs its own merchant fleet in the region.


He said that Russia is willing to work on joint projects in the Arctic with friendly countries...Tass Russia




(UPDATED) IN JERUSALEM ANTI-DRAFT PROTESTERS CLASHED WITH POLICE. 


THE PROTESTERS HAREDI JEWS NOW SUBJECT TO CONSCRIPTION BY ISRAEL'S LIBERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SUPREME COURT.


ROCKS AND PROJECTILES THROWN AT POLICE WITH A BUS DAMAGED.  OBSCENITIES WERE ALSO SHOUTED...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...


POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS HURT IN THE FIGHTING AS WELL, THE FIRE SERVICE SAYING DEMONSTRATORS PUSHED BURNING DUMPSTERS AT THEM...TIMES OF ISRAEL




With a special election looming President Trump opting to keep Congresswoman Elise Stefanik in her current post.


Mr. Trump had nominated the Republican congresswoman from New York to be United Nations Ambassador...Times of Israel



THE WORKFORCE OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BEING CUT FROM 80,000 TO 60,000.


HHS SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SAYING:




"we are realigning the organization with its core mission"



SOME JOBS BEING CUT THROUGH RESIGNATIONS WITH 10,000 EXISTING JOBS TO BE LOST.

 

1.8 BILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS WILL BE REALIZED WITH THE REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE...BBC NEWS 




The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 155.09 points or .37 percent.




The NASDAQ down 94.98 or .53 percent.




At 443 pm New York Time the price of oil 69 dollars 85 cents a barrel up 20 cents...


                            Marketwatch



                                         (Story Is Updated)


Five wounded in a stabbing attack in the center of Amsterdam.



The attack in front of a fabric store near Dam Square.


A suspect arrested with police investigating...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




SIX ARE DEAD AND 39 OTHERS RESCUED IN THE SINKING OF A TOURIST SUBMAMARINE IN EGYPT.


IT IS BEING SAID THE SUB HIT A REEF AND LOST PRESSURE...BBC NEWS




Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says that his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro attempted to stage a coup and contributed to a plot to assassinate him.



President Lula speaking after Brazil's Supreme Court decided that Mr. Bolsonaro can be prosecuted for the events in Brazil's capital city of Brasilia on January 9, 2023.



Those events bear a resemblance to the events that occurred at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021...Tass Russia



POLAND'S GOVERNMENT SUSPENDING THE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM FOR 60 DAYS.



SUCH SUSPENSIONS ARE ALLOWED UNDER A NEW LAW.



IT INVOLVES MIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER INTO POLAND FROM NEIGHBORING BELARUS.



POLISH OFFICIALS SAY BELARUS HAS WEAPONIZED MIGRANT CROSSINGS.



THE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH GROUP URGING THE EUROPEAN UNION TO STEP IN SAYING POLAND IS FAILING TO FULFILL INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND HAS AGGRESSIVELY PUSHED BACK GROUPS TRYING TO ENTER THE COUNTRY...BBC NEWS





South Sudanese President Riek Machar placed under house arrest.


Machar accused of involvement in the White Army militia's battles with President Salva Kiir's government forces.



The UN urging an end to hostilities and respect for a peace agreement.   There is fear of a civil-war breaking out...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




IN ISRAEL JUDICIAL REFORM LEGISLATION APPROVED BY PARLIAMENT FOLLOWING A MARATHON ALL-NIGHT SESSION.


TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMENDMENTS FROM ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION PARTIES WHICH WALKED OUT FOR FINAL VOTES ON THE BILL BACKED BY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S GOVERNMENT.


IT WILL INCREASE THE POWER OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND REDUCE THE POWER OF LAWYERS AND THE JUDICIARY IN SELECTING NEW JUDGES.


THE LAW WILL TAKE EFFECT FOLLOWING ISRAEL'S NEXT ELECTION NOT XPECTED UNTIL THE FALL OF NEXT YEAR...TIMES OF ISRAEL




The US State Department approving a two-billion-dollar arms sale package to Qatar.   Drones and bombs are part of the deal...Israel National News




NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT MEDIA SAYS RULER KIM JONG-UN BOARDED AN AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING PLANE THIS WEEK TO SUPERVISE DRONE TESTS.


PHOTOS OF THE AIRCRAFT PUBLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE STORY INCLUDING ONE OF KIM ON HIS WAY INTO THE PLANE AND ANOTHER OF HIM INSIDE THE PLANE...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA...OSINTdefender "X" (Photo Embeds)



North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un supervising performance tests of 'suicide attack drones' this week.


The drones said to be powered by AI technology.



Government media saying Kim wants drones and AI to be 'top-prioritized'...Yonhap News Agency South Korea





    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



           RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






In other news...


PRESIDENT TRUMP NAMING CONSERVATIVE CRITIC OF MAINSTREAM MEDIA BRENT BOZELL TO HE US AMBASSAODR TO SOUTH AFRICA.   BOZELL THE FOUNDER OF THE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER...TRUTH SOCIAL POST

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