Thursday, March 6, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/6/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*US OFFICIALS SAY ISRAEL TRIED TO SABOTAGE HAMAS TALKS*MANY MEXICO-CANADA TARIFFS SUSPENDED*15 HURT IN MISTAKEN BOMBING IN SOUTH KOREA*NEW ZEALAND AMBASSADOR SACKED OVER TRUMP COMMENT*

 


                          (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





Air raid alerts across Ukraine early on Friday morning.  Some explosions reported in the city of Ternopil in western Ukraine...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL SAYS TWO ACTIVE DUTY US ARMY SOLIDERS AND ONE FORMER SOLDIER ARE UNDER ARREST.


THEY ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND BRIBERY WITH CLASSIFIED INFORMATION BEING SHARED WITH CHINA..."X" BREAKING




SPACE X'S STARSHIP SPACECRAFT EXPLODING AFTER LAUNCH FROM SOUTH TEXAS THIS EVENING.


THE SECOND MISHAP INVOLVING A STARSHIP LAUNCH IN SIX WEEKS...CNN LIVE UPDATES



In Australia a 17-year-old with a shotgun tackled by airline passengers as he got on board a plane.


It happened at Avalon Airport near Melbourne as the airliner with 160 passengers was set to take off on a flight to Sydney.

 

The teenager believed to have breached a security fence.



He is now in custody facing eight charges in youth court...BBC News




26 of 27 European Union leaders have agreed on more assistance for Ukraine.  


Resistance from Slovakia was overcome but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was resolute in his opposition...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




US OFFICIALS SAY THAT ISRAEL DELIBERATELY LEAKED INFORMATION ABOUT DIRECT TALKS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HAMAS.   THIS WAS DONE TO SABOTAGE THEM.


THE TRUMP ADMINISISTRATION TRYING TO MOVE THE PROCESS OF RELEASING HOSTAGES, CONTINUING THE CEASEFIRE AND ENDING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS FORWARD...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Ontario Premier Doug Ford says electricity exported to three US states will carry a 25 percent surcharge starting Monday.   Its retaliation for the US tariffs on Canada...CBC News Canada


UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS THAT US AND UKRAINIAN NEGOTIATING TEAMS WILL RESUME TALKS NEXT WEEK.


THE TALKS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE NEXT WEDNESDAY IN SAUDI ARABIA...TASS RUSSIA


The European Court of Human Rights rejecting the appeal of Romanian populist presidential candidate Calin Georgescu follow annulment of last year's presidential election...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...


Meanwhile polling data shows Mr. Georgescu with a substantial lead over other presidential candidates his support at 45.2 percent...Voivod Media "X"...


Romania now set to vote for President with a two-round election May 4th and May 18th.




(Updated)  In Syria forces loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad attacking jihadist government security forces.  Seven killed and 11 wounded in the attacks in Latakia Province according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights organization...AFP France-Times of Israel...

Tonight, an overnight curfew was imposed in Homs Province amid those reported clashes...Tass Russia



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 427.51 points or .99 percent.



The NASDAQ fell 483.48 points or 2.61 percent.


At 433 pm the price of oil at 66 dollars 35 cents a barrel up four cents...Marketwatch



ONE KILLED AND AT LEAST THREE INJURED IN A BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN BELGIUM.  12 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE INVOLVED IN A PROJECT TO DISMANTLE THE BRIDGE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



(UPDATED) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCING A SUSPENSION OF TARIFFS ON MEXICO.


IT INVOLVES GOODS COVERED UNDER THE US-MEXICO-CANADA TRADE AGREEMENT.


THOSE TARIFFS WILL NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL APRIL 2ND...BBC NEWS...


MR. TRUMP LATER EXTENDED THE TRADE AGREEMENT EXEMPTION TO INCLUDE CANADIAN GOODS UNDER THE USMCA.


The US House voting 224-198 to censure Democrat Congressman Al Green of Texas over his conduct during President Trump's State of the Union speech Tuesday night.


Two members voted "Present". Ten Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the resolution...The Hill USA




DISSENT IN THE RANKS OF GERMANY'S CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS.


THAT'S BECAUSE PARTY LEADER AND INCOMING CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ HAS BACKED AWAY FROM HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE NOT TO CREATE LARGE DEBTS FOR GERMANY.



500 BILLION EUROS (539.80 BILLION US DOLLARS) WORTH OF DEBT IN THE NAME OF NATIONAL DEFENSE DESCRIBED AS A CAVE IN TO THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


In South Korea 15 people now confirmed wounded after two South Korean warplanes dropped eight bombs on a village northeast of Seoul near the border with North Korea.


Pilot error blamed for the incident.   The aircraft involved in a live-fire training exercise dropping their 500-pound bombs outside a training range...Yonhap News Agency South Korea



'POLITICO' REPORTS TALKS BETWEEN ALLIES OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND OPPOSITION POLITICAL PERSONALITIES IN UKRAINE.


THE DISCUSSION SAID TO HAVE REVOLVED AROUND HOLDING NEW PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN UKRAINE.


THOSE ELECTIONS WOULD REPLACE CURRENT PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WHO REMAINS IN OFFICE PAST THE END OF HIS TERM.


ELECTIONS WERE CANCELLED WITH THE WAR BEING USED AS JUSTIFICATION.


THIS 'POLITICO' REPORT SPEAKS OF CONFIDENCE FROM THE 'TRUMP ALLIES' THAT MR. ZELENSKY WOULD LOSE AN ELECTION...POLITICO



In Madrid, Spain the staff of a kosher restaurant reporting an attempted arson attack on Tuesday night.


The assailant spraying the restaurant with a liquid having a strong gasoline smell according a news release from the Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain.



Authorities are searching for a suspect.  Antisemitic activity is said to be on the rise in Spain.



The Spanish government led by Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez formally recognized a Palestinian state last May...Israel National News



SO FAR ISRAELI POLICE HAVE NOT COOPERATED WITH DUTCH POLICE SEEKING INFORMATION REGARDING ISRAELI SOCCER (FOOTBALL) FANS SUSPECTED IN CONNECTION WITH DISTURBANCES IN AMSTERDAM LAST FALL.


OPPONENTS OF ISRAEL ATTACKED ISRAELI FANS AND SOME OF THEM ARE FACING CHARGES IN COURT BUT OTHER SUSPECTS REMAIN UNIDENTIFIED INCLUDING SOME ISRAELI FANS INVOLVED IN FIGHTING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




"President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office.  But do you think he really understands history?"

FIRED NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSIONER PHIL GOFF SPEAKING IN LONDON ON TUESDAY REGARDING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP



New Zealand's high commissioner (ambassador) in the UK Phil Goff losing his job over remarks regarding US President Donald Trump.


New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters describing his position as 'untenable' after comments at an event in London that Peters described as 'deeply disappointing'.


Mr. Goff, a former Labour Party leader and Mayor of Auckland, was involved in a video question and answer session with the Foreign Minister of Finland Elina Valtonen on Tuesday when he became critical of President Trump...One News New Zealand (Video Embed)



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In other news...




North Korea abruptly stopping foreign tourism just weeks after it resumed following a five-year interruption due to COVID.


Two Chinese tour companies involved in the foreign tourist tours speaking of an 'unprecedented' situation regarding the cancellation.


 North Korea was allowing tours of the Rason special economic zone in the northeastern part of the country...Yonhap News Agency South Korea

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