NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 4/29/2025*DEADLY FIGHT IN DAMASCUS SUBURBS*CHINA CALLS ON US TO STOP 'THREATENING AND BLACKMAILING'*FREED GAZA HOSTAGES CALL FOR TRUMP HELP*

 

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THREE DEAD IN A SHOOTING INCIDENT IN UPPSALA, SWEDEN.   POLICE CONDUCTING A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION.

THE SUSPECT FLED ON AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER.

GANG RELATED VIOLENCE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN SWEDEN...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

AMAZON IS DENYING IT HAD PLANS TO LIST TARIFF COSTS ON ITS PRODUCTS.

THE WHITE HOUSE BLASTING THE E-COMMERCE GIANT THIS MORNING SAYING ANY LISTING OF TARIFF COSTS WOULD BE A 'HOSTILE AND POLITICAL ACT'...THE HILL USA

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 300.03 points or .75 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 95.18 points or .55 percent.

At 418 pm New York Time the price of oil at 60 dollars 26 cents a barrel down one dollar 79 cents or 2.88 percent...Marketwatch

DEADLY FIGHTING IN THE SUBURBS OF DAMASCUS TODAY BETWEEN PRO-SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES AND LOCAL DRUZE FIGHTERS.

AT LEAST 13 KILLED IN THE VIOLENCE TRIGGERED BY AN AUDIO CLIP THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A DRUZE CLERIC.

THE AUDIO CLIP WITH A MAN'S VOICE ATTACKING THE PROPHET MOHAMMED...

                      NEWS AGENCIES TIMES OF ISRAEL

                            EURONEWS EARLIER STORY

"We need to win the special military operation...we also need to destroy the neo-Nazi Kiev regime"

Those words from Dmitry Medvedev.   Medvedev is a former Russian President and Prime Minister now Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council.

He delivered a lecture at an 'educational marathon' in Moscow...Tass Russia

"If a negotiated solution is truly what the US wants, it should stop threatening and blackmailing China.."

That's some of the message today from Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun...Tass Russia

NEWS LEAKS OF PROGRESS IN MEDIATED HOSTAGE RELEASE TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS WERE FALSE.

THAT IS THE WORD FROM A SPOKESMAN FOR HAMAS...TIMES OF ISRAEL

In Spain and Portugal power has been restored following yesterday's major outage...BBC NEWS BLOG

THE EUROPEAN COURT RULING THAT THE ISLAND NATION OF MALTA CANNOT ISSUE GOLDEN PASSPORTS.

THOSE PASSPORTS VALUED AROUND ONE MILLION EUROS (1.14 MILLION US DOLLARS).

BY GETTING THE PASSPORTS RECIPIENTS GAIN RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP IN THE EUROPEAN UNION.

THE COURT SAYING THIS VIOLATES EUROPEAN UNION TREATIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Votes still to be counted in Canada's election but the Liberals winning with animus towards US President Donald Trump fueling a shift of left-wing votes away from third parties and towards the Liberal Party.

Liberals and the left-leaning NDP could end up with a majority of the 343 seats in the House of Commons.

Prime Minister Mark Carney the former central banker saying in a victory speech he will 'deliver for Canadians'.

The leader of the Conservatives Pierre Poilievre projected to lose his seat as well as the leader of the New Democrats Sikh-Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh.

Mr. Singh will resign as NDP leader...

                                  CTV NEWS CANADA

....SPECIAL REPORT: ELECTION NIGHT IN CANADA THE TRUMP ELECTION LIBERALS CAPTURE LEFT-WING VOTES TO WIN

Hostages freed by Hamas in Gaza describing the brutality of their captivity and making a call for President Trump to help get a deal to release the remainder of the hostages.

Hostage Keith Siegel speaking of the medieval torture that the hostages were subjected to...Times of Israel 

IN WASHINGTON THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS BOOSTING DEFENSE SPENDING 150 BILLION DOLLARS TO MORE THAN 1 TRILLION DOLLARS FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.

THE HOUSE GOP SPENDING PLAN TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE ARMED SERVICES COMMMITTEE THIS MORNING...THE HILL USA

"mutual trust and mutual support between China and Russia remain unchanged"

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's message as he met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Rio de Janeiro.

Both men attending a meeting of BRICS foreign ministers...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

AMAZON LAUNCHING 27 INTERNET SATELLITES.   

ITS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR AMAZON'S PLANS TO COMPETE WITH THE ESTABLISHED NETWORK OF 'SPACE X' SATELLITES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

SPECIAL REPORT: ELECTION NIGHT IN CANADA THE TRUMP ELECTION LIBERALS CAPTURE LEFT-WING VOTES TO WIN

 

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              REBEL NEWS CANADA LIVE VIDEO STREAM

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Its now 6am Eastern Time the picture emerging is of Liberals leading or elected in 168 seats, the Conservatives 144, the Bloc Quebecois 23 and the NDP 7 and Greens 1.

The leader of the Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre losing his seat in Carleton a riding in the Ottawa area.

The Liberals and NDP can command a majority if these numbers hold.

In his victory speech Prime Minister Mark Carney the former central banker turned politician saying he will 'deliver for Canadians'.

At Midnight Eastern Time as we close until morning the results Liberals leading-elected 162 seats, Conservatives 149, Bloc Quebecois 23, NDP 8 and Green 1.

The populist People's Party of Canada down to less than one percent of the vote tonight.

Last election they scored 4.94 percent of the vote their votes now taken by the Conservative Party in this election that saw third parties losing votes to the big parties.

Late tonight the Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre said to be trailing in his riding of Carleton in the Ottawa area in the results counted so far. 

As we get late into the evening we see a close race in popular vote and seats but the Liberals winning the largest number of seats.

On Rebel News the notion of a 'hung parliament' and perhaps a short-lived Mark Carney government in the months ahead being talked about.

Results in the riding of Burnaby Central in the Vancouver, British Columbia area Jagmeet Singh New Democratic Party leader running in third place.

43.4 percent Liberal, 41.4 percent Conservative, 8.2 percent Bloc Quebecois, 5.1 percent NDP the latest popular vote numbers.

The latest late in the evening numbers still show a Liberal win but not so big Liberals seem short of that 172-seat majority even with NDP help at this point.   

The Conservatives if they are close to the Liberals at 150 or more seat seem able to govern with the Bloc Quebecois?

The CBC just put up popular vote figures 43.3 percent Liberals, 41.1 percent Conservatives, 8.1 percent Bloc Quebecois.

At 1116 pm Eastern time the results tight with Liberals leading-elected 157 seats, Conservatives 148, Bloc Quebecois 25, the NDP 11 and Greens 1.

Mark Carney as Prime Minister pledging to resist President Trump he claimed Canada is getting stronger in the last days of the campaign one wonders what he is thinking.   The US economic dominance of Canada a reality.

Now the coast is clear for President Trump to do what he thinks he has to do to bring Canada to heel or to coax it into union with the USA.

His leading Canadian allies Kevin O'Leary and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

Sheila Gunn tonight noting that Premier Smith will tour Alberta in the coming days a Liberal minority government in Ottawa would be less threatening to Albertans but a Liberal government with a majority in the House of Commons could trigger strong feelings for that province to leave Canada and join the United States.

Still no results from six of the 343 seats.

At 1103 pm Eastern time Liberals leading-elected 161 seats, Conservatives 141, Bloc Quebecois 24, the NDP 10 and Greens 1.

I've been watching the discussion on Rebel News with Ezra Levant and Sheila Gunn and this shifting of left-leaning votes to the Liberals helped Conservatives gain some ground in urban western areas and suburban areas of Ontario.

But the left-wing vote shift moved in the Liberals favor in the biggest cities like Toronto and Montreal.

The Left in Canada angry at Trump defecting from their left-wing third party allegiances tonight to give the Liberals a needed boost to victory.

The numbers at 1045 pm Eastern time the Liberals leading-elected 158, the Conservatives 130, the Bloc Quebecois 24, the NDP 9.

Liberal Party Prime Minister Mark Carney declared elected in his riding of Nepean a seat in the Ottawa area.

The central banker turned politician will lead Canada to offer what one might call "Globalist Opposition" to President Donald Trump's efforts to coordinate and unite as many nations as possible to oppose the economic challenge of China.

Trump seeking to bring Canada into the United States and obtain vital Arctic territories to compete with Russia's dominance of that region.   Russia drawn closer to China in recent years as it's faced the challenge posed by Ukraine's push against Russian language and culture in regions like Donetsk and Luhansk which are now battlefields.

At 1030 pm Eastern Time the Liberals leading-elected 150 seats, the Conservatives 118, the Bloc Quebecois 23, the NDP 5 and Greens 1.

THAT CBC PROJECTION MENTIONED EARLIER SAYING LIBERALS WILL GOVERN CANADA AS A MINORITY OR AS A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT THE FINAL OUTCOME NOT CLEAR IN THAT PROJECTION.

So far tonight no votes reported from the Carleton riding of Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre.  That seat in the Ottawa area.

CBC NEWS PROJECTING A LIBERAL PARTY WIN THE LIBERALS PROPELLED BY ANIMUS TOWARDS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FUELED BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

THAT ANIMUS TAKING VOTES AWAY FROM ALL PROMINENT THIRD PARTIES IN CANADA WITH MANY LEFT-WING VOTERS DESERTING THE GREENS, THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE BLOC QUEBECOIS.

In this election 343 seats being elected to the House of Commons up from 338 in the last election a majority would be 172 seats.

The Liberal Party's sucking of votes from the Left in Quebec is leading to them gaining seats there tonight.

The Bloc won 32 seats in the last election they stand to lose some of them tonight.

At 1002 pm Eastern Time its Liberals leading-elected 94 seats, Conservatives 70, Bloc Quebecois 13 and NDP 1.

The CBC saying Conservatives at a pace to gain 44 seats, the Liberals at 18 where are the third parties of Canada in danger of wipeout that would include the Greens who now hold two seats in House of Commons.

The Liberal Party-Mainstream Media obsession with Trump sucking voters out of third-party options on the Left.

President Trump's social media message this morning to Canada contained a line worth repeating.

      "No more artificially drawn line from many years ago"

That line resembling the line offered up by Yves Francois-Blanchet of the Bloc Quebecois about Canada being an 'artificial country'...

At 950 pm Eastern Time the totals are Liberals leading-elected 64, Conservatives 45, Bloc Quebecois 8 and NDP 1.

The Bloc Quebecois trying to stay relevant in the Trump-dominated messaging of the Mainstream Media in Canada.

Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet speaking of Canada as an "artificial country" in the last days of the campaign.

Blanchet trying to reach the Quebecois who have seen Quebec swamped by what they consider to be outsiders as the decades have rolled by.

The influx accelerating in the recent years of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party governance.

The mass influx of migrants forced by the federal government in Ottawa.

The total seats as of 9:40 pm 37 for the Liberals, 26 for the Conservatives, 9 for the Bloc Quebecois and 1 for the NDP.

The media speculation about the election now giving away to the results from most of Canada.

Polls closing in 266 of the 343 'ridings' in the House of Commons at 930 pm Eastern Time.

Foreign influence has been a topic of official hearings held in Ottawa in the last year.

Much has been made about Chinese influence with the Liberals trying to deflect the embarrassment by leaking the notion that the Conservatives may have been tarnished even leader Pierre Poilievre being favored by China.

But India may also be playing overt and covert roles in influencing this election because former Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau openly stated the link between India's government and the murder of a Sikh nationalist in British Columbia.

The deadly car ramming incident at the Filipino festival in Vancouver on Saturday happened right after New Democratic Party leader and Canada's most well-known Sikh politician Jagmeet Singh campaigned there.

The story from police going into the election today is that the car ramming attack was not terrorism, but we shall see what revelations about the mass murder incident follow this election.

The Liberal Party succeeded in sucking away voters from the NDP in Atlantic Canada in the early results but what was evident in these results was a strong rise in support for the Conservatives that helped to erode the number of seats held by Liberals there.

Anger, Fear etc. of Donald Trump and his tariff advocacy and desire to annex Canada to the USA fueling rage on the Left.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 4/28/2025*INTERNATIONAL COURT HEARING ON ISRAEL*MAJOR POWER OUTAGE IN SPAIN AND PORTGUAL*NETANYAHU LAYS OUT NOTION OF 'BAD DEAL' WITH IRAN*

 

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Four killed just outside Springfield, Illinois when a car crashed into an after-school camp ending up going through a building.

The victims aged four to 18 years old.

Others were injured...WICS SPRINGFIELD

EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN KIEV LATE TONIGHT FOLLOWING AN AIR RAID ALERT IN KIEV AND THE KIEV REGION...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The results of Canada's election are coming in for 343 seats in the House of Commons.

Early results in the Atlantic region showing Conservatives outperforming pre-election polls the Liberals winning but more narrowly than expected.

Many left-of-center New Democratic Party voters defecting to the Liberals voting against US President Donald Trump...

SPECIAL REPORT: ELECTION NIGHT IN CANADA THE TRUMP ELECTION

     CBC NEWS LIVE BLOG (VIDEO EMBED)

                     CTV NEWS CANADA

A US FIGHTER JET SLIPPING OFF THE USS HARRY S TRUMAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE RED SEA.

THE FA-18 FIGHTER JET WAS BEING TOWED IN THE HANGAR DECK AT THE TIME WITH CREW MEMBERS INSIDE BOTH THE PLANE AND TOWING TRACTOR.   

THE SAILOR ON THE PLANE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

THE CARRIER WAS CONDUCTING AN 'EVASIVE MANUEVER' AT THE TIME.  

FIRE WAS COMING FROM HOUTH FORCES IN YEMEN (OSINTdefender "X" Source)...USNI NEWS

ISRAEL'S SHIN BET DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE CHIEF RONEN BAR WILL RESIGN ON JUNE 15TH.   BAR IS INVOLVED IN A DISPUTE WITH PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WHO IS SEEKING TO FIRE HIM.

BOTH MEN HAVE MADE CONFLICTING CLAIMS TO ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT WHICH IS CONSIDERING THE LEGALITY OF MR. NETANYAHU'S INTENTION TO FIRE MR. BAR...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

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"Israel is starving, killing and expelling Palestinians"

The Palestinian ambassador in the Netherlands Ammar Hijazi speaking today before the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

Hearings underway before the court regarding Israel's humanitarian obligations to Palestinians.    Israel cut off aid to Gaza on March 2nd.

40 countries and four international organizations presenting a case against Israel before with court with Israel declining to send a representative to the hearings...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...

Meanwhile horrific scenes in Gaza as Israel continues daily military operations.   This graphic video showing the bodies of the dead following one Israeli airstrike...Ihab Hassan "X" (Video Embed)

IN ISRAEL TODAY JEWISH ULTRA-ORTHODOX PROTESTERS DISRUPTING ATTEMPTS BY SOME MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY TO ENLIST IN ISRAEL'S MILITARY.

PROTESTERS SHOUTING 'ZIONISTS ARE NOT JEWS' AND 'WE WILL DIE RATHER THAN ENLIST'.

ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL AND HIGH COURT FORCING CONSRCIPTION OF THE HAREDI.   

10,000 DRAFT NOTICES SENT OUT WITH TWO PERCENT OF THEM RESULTING IN ENLISTMENTS...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Iran says it foiled a large-scale cyberattack.   

An Iranian official saying an attack was identified on Sunday with preventive measures being implemented.  He did not offer any further details...Xinhua China-The Peninsula Qatar

PAKISTAN'S DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS AN INDIAN MILITARY INCURSION IS IMMINENT IN THE DISPUTED JAMMU AND KASHMIR REGION...REUTERS

Its Election Day in Canada the Liberal Party hoping to retain power with recently installed Prime Minister Mark Carney, a former head of both the Bank of Canada and Bank of England.

The Conservative Party led by Pierre Poilievre coming from behind in the polls.

The election framed by US President Donald Trump's tariff policies and his offer to make Canada part of the United States.

Smaller parties currently in Parliament the NDP and Bloc Quebecois trying to hold onto seats and possibly play a kingmaker role if neither of the major parties can win a majority.

IN YEMEN THE HOUTHIS SAY A US AIRSTRIKE KILLED AT LEAST 68 PEOPLE AT A PRISON HOLDING AFRICAN MIGRANTS.   

47 OTHERS WOUNDED.

(ANALYSIS) IN YEMEN MIGRANTS WHO DO NOT IDENTIFY AS MUSLIMS ARE ROUTINELY IMPRISONED...CBC NEWS CANADA

POLICE IN FRANCE MAKING 25 ARRESTS IN SEVERAL CITIES TODAY FOLLOWING THE RECENT ATTACKS ON PRISONS.

SHOTS FIRED AT PRISONS ALONG WITH THE TORCHING OF CARS OF PRISON STAFF.

DRUG GANGS WERE LINKED TO THE ATTACKS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 114.09 points.

The NASDAQ down 16.81 points.

At 442 pm New York Time the price of oil at 61 dollars 88 cents a barrel down one dollar 14 cents or 1.81 percent...Marketwatch

Russian President Vladimir Putin declaring a truce with Ukraine between May 8th and May 10th.

On May 9th Russia will celebrate Victory Day in World War II...Tass Russia

THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR POWER OUTAGE IMPACTING SPAIN AND PORTUGAL ALONG WITH PARTS OF FRANCE NEAR THE SPANISH BORDER.

AIRPORTS DISPUTED BY THE OUTAGE ACROSS THE IBERIAN PENINSULA.

NO OFFICIAL EXPLANATION FOR THE OUTAGE BUT THERE WAS SAID TO BE A FIRE ON A HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER LINE IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE THAT FEEDS INTO SPAIN.

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTED IN FRANCE REROUTED INTO SPAIN TO HELP RESTORE SERVICE.

RESTORATION OF POWER IN SPAIN UNDERWAY,..LBC NEWS UK...RTVE SPAIN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...RTP PORTUGAL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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The suspect in the Friday murder of worshipper at a mosque in southern France has been arrested in Italy...AFP France-France 24...

The suspect's lawyer denying that the killing of a young Malian man in a mosque in southern France Friday morning had anything to do with hatred of Islam.

The Italian lawyer saying his client had no premeditation but desired to kill when he as at the mosque.   

As to the recording of the murder and expression of hatred towards the victim and Islam in a video the suspect has no recollection of it...BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)

INDIA REPORTING A FOURTH NIGHT OF PAKISTANI MILITARY FIRE ALONG THE LINE OF CONTROL (LoC) IN KASHMIR.

INDIA'S MILITARY SAID TO HAVE RESPONDED WITH STRONG RETALIATION...NDTV INDIA

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordering a thorough investigation into that massive explosion in major southern port city Saturday.

The blast killing at least 70 people (Mehr News Agency Iran) and injuring more than 1,200.

The blast happening as US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Oman seeking to reach a deal over Iran's nuclear program...The New Arab...

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYING NO DEAL WITH IRAN IS BETTER THAN WHAT HE CALLED A 'BAD DEAL'.

NETANYAHU SPEAKING IN JERSUALEM SAYING ANY DEAL THAT ADDRESSES MATTERS LIKE URANIUM ENRICHMENT IS A 'BAD DEAL'.

MR. NETANYAHU WANTS AN AGREEMENT THAT ALSO DEALS WITH IRAN HAVING MISSILES (BALLISTIC MISSILES.

NETANYAHU'S COMMENTS COME AS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKS OF TALKS WITH IRAN THAT ARE GOING 'VERY WELL'...TIMES OF ISRAEL

PAKISTAN SAYS ITS KILLED 54 TALIBAN MEMBERS TRYING TO CROSS FROM AFGHANISTAN.

THOSE KILLED SAID TO BE ENTERING PAKISTAN TO CARRY OUT TERRORIST ATTACKS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

RUSSIA RELEASES FOOTAGE OF NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS IN RUSSIA

                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The Russian news agency TASS has released video of North Korean soldiers training in Russia.

Both North Korea and Russian now publicly acknowledging the participation of North Korean soldiers in the Ukraine War...OSINTdefender "X"

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 4/27/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*NORTH KOREA CONFIRMS TROOPS IN UKRAINE WAR*NETANYAHU FIGHT WITH DOMESTIC SPY CHIEF*ISRAELI ATTACK ON LEBANON*SUV PLOUGHS INTO CROWD IN CANADA*UKRAINE AGENT SUSPECT IN BLAST THAT KILLED RUSSIAN GENERAL*RUSSIA SEES VICTORY IN KURSK*

 

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                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

AT LEAST ONE KILLED, OTHERS INJURED THIS EVENING WHEN A RECREATIONAL BOAT STRUCK A FERRY IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.

THE FERRY CARRRYING 45 PEOPLE.  THE RECREATIONAL BOAT FLED THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AUTHORITIES SEARCHING FOR IT...WTSP

US Central Command says it will be holding back on public disclosure of future military operations in Yemen.

The news release speaking of the need for "operational security"....OSINTdefender "X"

NORTH KOREA SAYS THAT TROOPS HAVE BEEN SENT TO RUSSIA TO FIGHT IN THE UKRAINE WAR.

THE NORTH KOREAN CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION SAYS TROOPS WERE DEPLOYED ON THE ORDER OF RULER KIM JONG-UN.

THE TROOPS SENT IN ACORDANCE WITH THE MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY SIGNED BY NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

Tonight, Israel's domestic spy chief Ronen Bar says all his allegations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are true.

Bar saying they are supported by evidence provided with his affidavit to the High Court.

Mr. Netanyahu denying Bar's allegations in his affidavit to the court instead casting major responsibility for the October 7th attack on Israel on Mr. Bar among other things.

Bar said in his affidavit that Netanyahu wanted him to use the domestic security agency against political opponents.

The High Court considering the legality of Mr. Netanyahu's effort to fire Mr. Bar...Times of Israel

IN FRANCE THE MANHUNT CONTINUES AFTER A DEADLY ATTACK AT A MOSQUE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY FRIDAY MORNING.

THE SUSPECT DUBBED 'OLIVIER H' SPOTTED TODAY BUT GETTING AWAY BEFORE POLICE COULD GET TO HIM.   HIS BROTHER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY EARLIER.

THE SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS A MEMBER OF THE 'TRAVELLER COMMUNITY' IN FRANCE.

BOTH MUSLIM LEADERS AND CENTER-LEFT POLITICAL LEADERS SEE THE ATTACK AS 'ISLAMOPHOBIC'.

FRANCE'S CONSERVATIVE INTERIOR MINISTER BRUNO RETAILLEAU SAYING THE NOTION OF AN ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACK IS IN THE MINDS OF INVESTIGATORS BUT HE DOES NOT EMPHASIZE IT...BFM-TV FRANCE...

(EARLIER DETAILS OF THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY)

Israel's High Court demanding that the government explain its failure to send out draft notices to Haredi ultra-orthodox Jewish men.

The Attorney General and High Court compelling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government that includes Orthodox religious parties to draft the religious men into the armed forces...Times of Israel

ISRAEL LAUNCHING AN ATTACK ON LEBANON TODAY.  THE TARGET OF THE ATTACK LINKED TO HEZBOLLAH DESCRIBED AS A MISSILE STORAGE FACILITY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...

LEBANESE PRESIDENT JOSEPH AOUN CALLING ON FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES TO PRESSURE ISRAEL TO STOP ATTACKING HIS COUNTRY.

AOUN SAYING THE ATTACKS 'UNDERMINE STABILITY AND ADD TENSION IN THE REGION'...TASS RUSSIA

In Israel this morning a missile fired from Yemen intercepted before it reached Israeli territory...Tass Russia

                                            (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

IN VANCOUVER, CANADA 11 DEAD (NEWS AGENCIES) AND DOZENS INJURED AFTER AN SUV PLOUGHED INTO A CROWD AT A FILIPINO BLOCK PARTY EVENT.

THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE IS IN CUSTODY ACCORDING TO POLICE.

THIS INCIDENT ON THE WEEKEND BEFORE CANADA'S ELECTION ON MONDAY.

POLICE SAY TERRORISM IS NOT SUSPECTED...BNO NEWS...GLOBAL NEWS CANADA...

THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE DESCRIBED AS AN ASIAN MALE WHO MAY BE MENTALLY CHALLENGED.

POLICE ARE SAYING THE 30-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS KNOWN TO THEM...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Of Suspect Embedded)...

                                         BBC NEWS BLOG

                                           (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

Russian authorities detained a Ukrainian agent as a suspect in the Friday car bombing that killed a general.

Ignat Kuzin has now been charged with killing Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik.

He is said to have been promised 18,000 dollars to carry out the bombing.

The general's Volkswagen Golf exploding in a town in the Moscow Region...Tass Russia (Later Story)...Tass Russia (Earlier Story)

PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETING UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY ON THE SIDELINES OF THE PAPAL FUNERAL SATURDAY.

MR. TRUMP POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA CRITICAL OF HOW FORMER PRESIDENTS BIDEN AND OBAMA DEALT WITH UKRAINE.

HE SUGGESTED POSSIBLE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA FOLLOWIN A RECENT RUSSIAN ATTACK ON KIEV...TRUTH SOCIAL MEDIA

                                           (UPDATED INFORMATION)

India releasing water from a dam in the disputed Kashmir Region causing an alert in the Pakistan's part of the territory.

The release of water after two nights of shooting incidents on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir both sides firing at each other following the terrorist attack in Indian territory that killed 26 people.

India planning a cutoff of river water that Pakistan depends on something Pakistan warns would be an 'act of war'...Times Of India...

A third night of 'unprovoked firing' reported along the Line of Control in Kashmir on Saturday night...NDTV INDIA

                    "positive and productive"

THAT'S HOW A US OFFICIAL SEES THE US-IRAN TALKS IN OMAN THIS WEEKEND.   A NEW ROUND OF TALKS REGARDING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM WILL BE HELD NEXT SATURDAY....THE HILL USA

                       (UPDATED INFORMATION IN THIS STORY)

A fuel tanker exploded in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas with at least 40 killed and more than 1200 injured...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (Translation Prompt)...

The reason for the explosion is not officially known...

                      NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

                         ...Press TV Iran (Earlier Story_

TURKISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTING 47 MEMBERS OF ISTANBUL'S MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACCUSING THEM OF CORRUPTION.

ISTANBUL MAYOR EKREM IMAMOGLU, A LEADING OPPONENT OF PRESIDRNT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, HAS ALREADY BEEN ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF INVOLVEMENT IN CORRUPTION AND TERRORISM...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

    RUSSIA PROCLAIMS VICTORY IN KURSK REGION

The Russian messaging this weekend is one of victory in the Kursk Region of Russia with the complete expulsion of invading Ukrainian forces...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

In other news...

IN DUBLIN ON SATURDAY AN ANTI-MASS IMMIGRATION PROTEST INVOLVING 10-15 THOUSAND PEOPLE ACCORDING TO ORGANIZERS.

PRO-ISRAEL SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS GIVING MAJOR ATTENTION TO THE PROTEST. 

IRELAND, ALONG WITH NORWAY AND SPAIN ANNOUNCED RECOGNITION OF A PALESTINIAN STATE LAST YEAR...LINCOLN JAY-REBEL NEWS CANADA

In a mosque in southern France on Friday a murder as one man appearing to worship next to another stabbed his victim dozens of times.

The suspect said to have disparaged the victim and 'his god'.

French Prime Minister Francis Bayrou describing the murder as "Islamophobic ignominy".

A manhunt underway with the suspect's brother taken into custody by police on Saturday...BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)

NORTH KOREA UNVEILING A NEW WARSHIP.    THE 5,000 TON DESTROYER 'CHOE HYON' LAUNCHED AT A FRIDAY CEREMONY.

IN ATTENDANCE RULER KIM JONG-UN AND HIS DAUGHTER JU-AE.

KIM MAKING A SPEECH SAYING THE DESTROYER BUILDS UP NORTH KOREA'S STRENGTH AS IT SEEKS TO BE AN ADVANCED MARITIME POWER...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

This weekend President Trump on social media saying US ships should not have to pay tolls when using the Panama or Suez canals.

Trump calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to 'immediately memorialize, and take care of this situation!"...The Hill USA

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*TRUMP-ZELENSKY TALKS*TRUMP IS ON THE 'LOVE TRAIN'*THE REAL YOU IS IN YOUR HEART*"THE PROUD, THE AVARICIOUS, THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS, ARE IN THAT DANGER"*

 

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                                            (THIS SECTION IS UPDATED)

                     NEWSDUMP ALERTS:

TRUMP, ZELENSKY MEET ON THE SIDELINES OF THE PAPAL FUNERAL.  THEIR MEETING CALLED PRODUCTIVE

President Trump met Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the funeral of Pope Francis...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)

Near Mr. Zelensky British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Mr. Trump has put out a message on social media following his meeting with Mr. Zelensky.   It is critical of former president's Ukraine policies.  It also suggests more sanctions are possible on Russia to force a peace deal in Ukraine...

                               Donald J. Trump Truth Social

HUNDREDS HURT IN EXPLOSION IN IRANIAN PORT CITY

Hundreds of people have been injured after a container exploded in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.   There are also deaths reported.

The cause of the explosion being investigated.

The explosion comes as Iran's Foreign Minister was in Oman holding talks with US Special Representative Steve Witkoff to discuss a deal regarding Iran's nuclear program.

                                                           ABC News USA

Yesterday when Mr. Witkoff was in Moscow seeking to end the Ukraine War there was a car explosion near Moscow that killed a Russian general.

NEW ROUND OF IRAN-US TALKS SLATED FOR NEXT WEEKEND

Omani officials say there will be a new round of US-Iran talks next Saturday in Oman following today's discussion...Tass Russia...

Today's talks lasted six hours.

                                         "MY CITY WAS GONE"-THE PRETENDERS

Another attempt at media excellence your host with you again "Senator Dick Turban" announcing his retirement this week.

Illinois Democrat Senator Dick Durbin deciding 30 years is enough in the US Senate he will not run for re-election next year.

El Rushbo referenced him as "Senator Turban" because he wasn't always friendly to President George W's post 9/11 policies.

I get the impression that President Donald Trump wants peace.

His envoy Steve Witkoff talking with both Russia and Iran seeking to avoid warfare with both countries.

Let the O'Jays sing our "Trump Update" theme "Love Train"....

15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers came from one nation the President of the United States will again visit next month.

Back in May of 2017 Donald J. Trump was doing 'the sword dance' in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...

Now President Trump will be visiting Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates next month, but that's not all.

The President also visiting Qatar...

             "Trump to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE in May"-Politico

Qatar is a nation linked to Hamas, Turkey (Türkiye) and the Muslim Brotherhood

This week King Abdullah of Jordan banning the Muslim Brotherhood.  This follows the Turkish backed jihadist takeover of Syria just to the north of Jordan.

The ban by the Jordanian government followed what it said were arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood planning rocket and drone attacks...

   "Jordan outlaws Muslim Brotherhood, confiscates assets and offices"-Reuters

   "Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after arrests over attack plots"-BBC News

Above all the nations President Trump is choosing to visit in the Middle East next month have something the United States needs $$$$ need I say more.

How about selling more than 100 billion dollars worth of weapons to the Saudis...

"Trump poised to offer Saudis over $100 billion weapons package, sources tell Reuters"-Reuters-Times of Israel

And will Trump business interests benefit from more business involving those nations???

                                                       "MYSTERY"-SHELIA WALSH

                                                 "I HAVE DECIDED"-MICHAEL CARD

                                         "GIVE HIM YOUR HEART CHILD"-SILVERWIND

Your self-righteous hypocrite luster, liar, thief, character assassin host with you again.

Grateful to be here with you.

My heart has been torn a lot in the last year or so broken so I can change more change needs to happen.

The religious hypocrite in me critical of Dr. Billy Graham now I enjoy listening to Dr. Graham daily as I drive around in my car.

"The Bible says in Proverbs 6:18 that you have a heart that devises wicked imaginations, Jeremiah 17:9 says that the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it.

What does the heart mean in the Bible?

The heart means all the inner man the soul, the spirit that part of you that's going to live forever, the real you is summed up in that word 'heart'"

DR. BILLY GRAHAM SPEAKS AT 7:46 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW...

"Are You Counting The Cost-Billy Graham's Message From Indianapolis, IN USA 1980

                        SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA

Gasoline prices here in York, Pennsylvania 319.9 at the lowest and 345.9 at the highest right now.

But out there in Elizabethtown, Kentucky tonight I'm seeing gasoline prices at 259.9.

THE NEWS SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY STARTS TO POST AT MIDNIGHT.

 SOME SHOOTING THAT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY CASUALTIES BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN BUT A RELEASE OF WATER BY INDIA IN KASHMIR RAISING WATER LEVELS ON THE PAKISTANI SIDE.

INDIA HAS ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO SHUT OFF WATER TO PAKISTAN WITH PAKISTAN WARNING THAT ANY WATER CUTOFF WOULD BE AN 'ACT OF WAR'

Our post of news from France this week includes the anti-life policies of France's President and how they conflicted with Pope Francis also a murder in a mosque Friday morning being called "Islamophobic"...

"France Yellow Vests Week 335*Pope Francis, Emmanuel Macron And France's Anti-Life Policies*Prime Minister Embroiled In School Scandal*Macron Close To Trump-Zelensky Talk*Prime Minister Says Mosque Murder Is 'Islamophobic Ignominy'"

STILL READING THE ANTHOLOGY OF C.S. LEWIS WRITINGS AND HERE'S SOMETHING...

"The dangers of apparent self-sufficiency explain why Our Lord regards the vices of the feckless and dissipated so much more leniently than the vices which lead to worldly success.  

Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are in that danger."

                   C.S. LEWIS 'THE PROBLEM OF PAIN' CHAPTER 6

                                                         Good Night.  God Bless.

                                           "SOMETIMES ALLELUIA"-CHUCK GIRARD

                                                   "ALL DAY SONG"-JOHN FISCHER

    "WHENEVER GOD SHINES HIS LIGHT"-VAN MORRISON AND CLIFF RICHARD

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 335*POPE FRANCIS, EMMANUEL MACRON AND FRANCE'S ANTI-LIFE POLICIES*PRIME MINISTER EMBROILED IN SCHOOL SCANDAL*MACRON CLOSE TO TRUMP-ZELENSKY TALK*PRIME MINISTER SAYS MOSQUE MURDER IS 'ISLAMOPHOBIC IGNOMINY'*

 

         (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

Today, President Emmanuel Macron joining other world leaders at the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome at the Vatican.

Mr. Macron and the Pontiff had met each other during the Papacy of Francis but when it came to French government policies there were differences.

Francis took a swipe at restrictive policies adopted to deal with migrants when he spoke in Marseille back in 2023.

President Macron's push for assisted death brought him into conflict with Francis was well as the push for Constitutional enshrinement of abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

(Editorial Note: That move hailed as a victory for women's rights by President Macron and his partisans in France.

On the other hand, the debate in the United States over a slightly more liberal 15-week abortion law in Mississippi was framed as a threat to women's rights prior to the US Supreme Court's "Dobbs" decision)

"Death of Pope Francis: The pontiff and Emmanuel Macron, a complex relationship"-Euronews

THE CONTROVERSY OVER ALLEGED ACTS OF ABUSE AT A ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL DECADES AGO IS ENGULFING PRESIDENT MACRON'S PRIME MINISTER FRANCOIS BAYROU.

FAMILY MEMBERS OF ALLEGED VICTIMS WONDERING IF BAYROU HAD KNOWLEDGE OF ANY WRONGDOING AT THE SCHOOL.

 MR. BAYROU SERVED AT THE LOCAL MP AND WAS EDUCATION MINISTER AT THE TIME PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE WAS ALLEGED AT THE BETHARRAM SCHOOL.

NOW HIS DAUGHTER HAS COME FORWARD WITH A STORY ABOUT BEING BEATEN BY A PRIEST WHEN SHE WAS 14 YEARS OLD ALMOST FOUR DECADES AGO.

BAYROU SPEAKING OF BEING 'STABBED IN THE HEART AS A PARENT'.\

MR. BAYROU IS TO APPEAR BEFORE A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY NEXT MONTH...

"French PM stunned as daughter reveals she was abused at scandal-hit school"-BBC News

This afternoon from Paris video from "The First Yellow March of the Year"...

        Paris Yellow Vests Week 335 Saturday April 26, 2025

PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON WAS CLOSE TO THE ACTION AS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MET UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY RIGHT BEFORE THE POPE'S FUNERAL AT THE VATICAN.

MR. MACRON RIGHT THERE WITH BOTH OF THEM AS THEY SAT DOWN FOR A 15 MINUTE TALK...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)

A Friday morning murder in a mosque in southern France is being described by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou as an "Islamophobic ignominy"

Two men in the mosque at the time of the attack in prayer and worship when one attacked the other.   The victim stabbed several dozen times.

A manhunt underway for a young male suspect said to have been born in France.   His brother arrested by authorities today.

The killing being investigated by the prosecutor in the city of Ales northwest of Nimes.

The prosecutor saying that all leads are being followed including the notion of 'an act with an Islamophobic dimension'.

An online video posed on Snapchat and later taken down showing the alleged perpetrator insulting the victim and 'his god' according to BFM-TV....

 "Murder Of A Worshipper In A Mosque In The Gard: A 'Real Manhunt' To Find A Suspect On The Run"-BFM-TV Story

                                                For now that's the story from France.                                   

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 4/25/2025*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*EPSTEIN VICTIM SUICIDE*RWANDA, CONGO PROMISE END OF CONFLICT*HEAVY FIGHTING IN GAZA*FBI ARRESTS WISCONSIN JUDGE FOR HELPING ILLEGAL ALIEN*BLAST KILLS RUSSIAN GENERAL*

 

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                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

INDIA REPORTS A SECOND NIGHT OF FIRING BY PAKISTAN ACROSS THE LINE OF CONTROL IN KASHMIR.  

INDIAN TROOPS SAID TO HAVE RETALIATED APPROPRIATELY.

INDIA SAYS THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES ON ITS SIDE...NDTV INDIA...

MEANWHILE IRAN AND SAUDI ARABIA ARE URGING RESTRAINT AND SEEKING DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THIS WEEK'S TERRORIST ATTACK IN KASHMIR...ON MANORAMA INDIA

In Serbia two suspects arrested wanted by the US for conspiring against a Chinese government critic living in California.

Chinese national Cui Guanghai and British national John Miller accused of enlisting four individuals who were working for the FBI to conduct operations against a man who criticized the Chinese government and President Xi Jinping...US Attorney Central California News Release

THE CREDIT RATING OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DOWNGRADED A NOTCH TO AA- BY STANDARD AND POORS.

S&P ALSO GIVING A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK CITING BOTH BUDGET AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE CITY'S GOVERNMENT...BLOOMBERG

VIRGINIA GIUFFRE, A PROMINENT SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ABUSE LINKED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN, IS DEAD BY SUICIDE.

GIUFFRE DIED AT HER FARM IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACCORDING TO A FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENT.

SHE WAS SEEN IN A PHOTO WITH EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE GHISLAINE MAXWELL AND PRINCE ANDREW.   GIUFFRE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST PRINCE ANDREW.  THE PRINCE AGREEING TO A SETTLEMENT IN 2022.

ASSOCIATES OF GIUFFRE DESCRIBING HER AS A 'FIERCE WARRIOR' FIGHTING AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEX TRAFFICKING.

SHE SPOKE EARLY AND OFTEN URGING PROSECUTION OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN BEFORE HIS 2019 ARREST...NBC NEWS

Israeli air defenses downing a missile fired by Houthi forces in Yemen.   The missile taken down before it could reach Israeli territory...Times Of Israel

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DECIDING TO RESTORE STUDENT VISA STATUS FOR THOUSANDS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS IN THE US.   

BUT EVENUALLY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT WILL DEVELOP A NEW POLICY ON TERMINATING FOREIGN STUDENT VISAS...CBS NEWS USA

President Trump saying tonight that Russia and Ukraine are very close to a deal.

Trump urging the two countries to "meet at very high levels, to 'finish it off'" and "stop the bloodshed"...Donald J. Trump Truth Social

THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAUNCHING A PROBE INTO FOREIGN FUNDING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKLEY.

IT HAS BEEN ALLEGED BY 'THE DAILY BEAST' IN A MAY 2023 STORY THAT 220 MILLION OF CHINESE GOVERNMENT FUNDING WAS FUNNELED INTO THE UNIVERSITY...THE HILL USA

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signing a letter of intent to end fighting in eastern Congo.

The signing in Washington DC including the signature of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The Rwandan backed M23 rebel group went on the offensive earlier this year taking major cities in the mineral rich eastern Congo.

The Congo's mineral wealth would help the US be less dependent on China...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

TONIGHT, AT THE VATICAN THE COFFIN OF POPE FRANCIS SEALED AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S FUNERAL.

MORE THAN 250,000 PEOPLE PAYING THEIR LAST RESPECTS DURING THREE DAYS OF PUBLIC VIEWING.

TOMORROW'S FUNERAL WILL INVOLVE 54 HEADS OF STATE AND 12 REIGNING MONARCHS FROM AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND ARGENTINE PRESIDENT JAVIER MILEI...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS USA

In federal court in New York today Luigi Mangione entering not guilty pleas to federal charges in the murder of health insurance executive Brian Thompson.

Mangione faces both state and federal murder charges in the case with federal charges carrying the possibility of the death penalty...BBC News Blog

FORMER REPUBLICAN US CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS SENTENCED TO 87 MONTHS IN PRISON.

SANTOS CONVICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF WIRE FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT.

A FEDERAL JUDGE ADMONISHING SANTOS AS HE WAS SENTENCED WITH MR. SANTOS SAID TO BE SOBBING...FOX NEWS

Indian cabinet minister Chandrakant Raghunath Patil says plans are being drawn up to cut off water flow from the Indus River into Pakistan.

Patil speaking of short, medium and long-term measures that will not allow any water to get to Pakistan.

Following the terrorist attack in Kashmir this week India suspending its participation in the Indus Water Treaty.

Pakistan, which is heavily dependent on Indus River water, saying any cutoff of water would be considered an "act of war"...Tass Russia

INTENSE FIGHTING IN GAZA.  

ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER ISRAEL KATZ SPEAKING OF GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS, BUT ADDING "THE DANGERS ARE GREAT AND THE PRICES ARE HEAVY".

HE SAYS THOUSANDS OF ISRAEL SOLDIERS ARE IN THE FIGHTING WHICH HE LINKS TO FREEING HOSTAGES AND DESTROYING 'HAMAS TERRORISTS'...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Brush fires here in the Central Pennsylvania area.  One fire has now consumed more than a thousand acres in Cumberland County.

The National Weather Service warning of elevated risk of wildfires across Central Pennsylvania...WHTM Harrisburg

IN ROMANIA A FLURRY OF COURT ACTIVITY IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AN APPEALS COURT REVERSED THE ANNULLMENT OF LAST YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

BUT THE SUPREME COURT OF ROMANIA QUICKLY RETORTED WITH AN UPHOLDING OF THE ORDER LAST FALL ANNULLING THE ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT AFTER POPULIST CALIN GEORGESCU WON THE FIRST ROUND.

AS IT STANDS NOW A NEW PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN ROMANIA IS SET WITH THE FIRST ROUND VOTE A WEEK FROM SUNDAY ON MAY 4TH.

MR. GEORGESCU IS OFF THE BALLOT BUT THE CANDIDATE HE SUPPORTS GEORGE SIMION IS CONTESTING THE ELECTION...DAILY ROMANIA "X"

In Israel General Michael Kurilla in charge of US Central Command meeting Israel's Defense Minister and Chief of Staff today.  Regional security issues including Iran said to have part of their discussion.

General Kurilla makes regular visits to Israel as part of his duties...OSINTdefender "X"

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 20.10 points.

The NASDAQ rose 216.90 points or 1.26 percent.

Tonight in New York the price of oil slightly higher 63 dollars 18 cents a barrel up 39 cents...Marketwatch

WISCONSIN JUDGE ARRESTED BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ACCUSED OF OBSTRUCTING ARREST OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT

                                                       (UPDATED)

A MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WISCONSIN JUDGE ARRESTED BY THE FBI ACCUSED OF HELPING AN ILLEGAL ALIEN EVADE IMMIGRATION AGENTS.

FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL SAYING AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THAT JUDGE HANNAH DUGAN MISDIRECTED FEDERAL AGENTS TO HELP EDUARDO FLORES RUIZ EVADE THEM.

AUTHORITIES WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH AND CAPTURE RUIZ.

JUDGE DUGAN WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE MILWAUKEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

SHE IS FACING TWO FEDERAL FELONY CHARGES OBSTRUCTION AND CONCEALING AN INDIVIDUAL.

DUGAN RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE WITH HER LAWYER SAYING THE JUDGE 'WHOLEHEARTEDLY PROTESTS THE ARREST AND BELIEVES IT WAS NOT MADE IN THE INTERESTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY'...NEW YORK POST ...BBC NEWS...WTMJ MILWAUKEE...MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL

IN BRAZIL FORMER PRESIDENT FERNANDO COLLOR ARRESTED EARLY TODAY.  COLLOR WAS CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION IN 2023.

COLLOR ARRESTED IN ORDER TO SERVE HIS PRISON SENTENCE.   HE WAS PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL BETWEEN 1990 AND 1992...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA

                                          (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

A RUSSIAN GENERAL KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION NEAR MOSCOW TODAY.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL YAROSLAV MOSKALIK THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE MAIN OPERATION OPERATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL STAFF.

MOKALIK KILLED BY AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE THAT DESTROYED A VOLKSWAGEN GOLF CAR...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN MARIA ZAKHAROVA SAYS THE INVOLVEMENT OF UKRAINIAN SPECIAL SERVICES IN THE ATTACK IS POSSIBLE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                                (Updated Story)

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow talking about the Ukraine War.

His talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin lasting three hours.

A Kremlin aide calling the dialogue 'constructive and very useful'.   He said an 'active dialogue' will continue at various levels between the US and Russia...Tass Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country is ready for a deal to end the conflict in Ukraine.

Lavrov telling CBS News Russia is engaged in the process with certain parts that need to be 'fine-tuned'...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

SAUDI ARABIA TO BE OFFERED A MAJOR US WEAPONS PACKAGE WORTH MORE THAN 100 BILLION US DOLLARS.

THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISIT TO THE KINGDOM NEXT MONTH...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL

 THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS SITE DESTOYED IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK

                      TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

    RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The Russian Orthodox Church says the New Jerusalem Temple complex in the Belgorod Region was burned to the ground in a Ukrainian drone attack.

The complex a replica of biblical Jerusalem with construction that started in 2001...Tass Russia

In other news....

Apple is moving assembly of its iPhones for the US market out of China.

Sources telling the "Financial Times" that decision is driven by President Trump's tariff policies in relation to China...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

(UPDATED) US DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH GETTING MORE NEGATIVE NEWS DISHED OUT ABOUT HIM.

THIS TIME ITS ABOUT THE NOTION OF A 'DIRTY' INTERNET CONNECTION IN HIS OFFICE.  THAT'S A 'UNSECURED' LINK NOT PART OF THE OFFICIAL PENTAGON SYSTEM...INDIA TODAY...

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SEAN PARNELL DESCRIBING THE STORY THAT ORIGINATED WITH THE 'WALL STREET JOURNAL' AS 'COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAKE NEWS'...SEAN PARNELL "X"...

OTHER STORIES POINT TO MR. HEGSETH BEING ISOLATED AND CUT OFF FROM DUE TO DEPARTURES OF STAFF AND OR STAFF REORGANIZATION AT THE PENAGON.

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 4/24/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*NEVADA POLITICIAN PARDONED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP*DEADLY KNIFE ATTACK AT FRENCH SCHOOL*NEGATIVE IRAN STORIES AMID US-IRAN TALKS*DEADLY ATTACK ON KIEV*

 

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                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

India's military responding to incidents of unprovoked firing from the Pakistani side of the Line of Control (LoC) in the Jammu and Kashmir region.   

Sources telling India's NDTV that the firing was aimed at Indian military posts.  No casualties reported...NDTV India...

Tensions between India and Pakistan are high following the terrorist attack in Kashmir more details later in the summary.

IN NEW JERSEY A 19-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IN CUSTODY ACCUSED OF SPARKING A WILDFIRE.

JOSEPH KLING IS SUSPECTING OF IGNITING THE JONES ROAD WILDFIRE THAT HAS BURNED MORE THAN 15,000 ACRES AND SPREAD SMOKE ACROSS OCEAN COUNTY...BBC NEWS

AN ISRAELI SOLDIER KILLED, THREE OTHERS WOUNDED IN FIGHTING IN NORTHERN GAZA.   THE DEAD SOLDIER HIT BY SNIPER FIRE WITH THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS HIT BY ANTI-TANK FIRE...TIMES OF ISRAEL

President Trump issuing a pardon for former Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore.  

Fiore was convicted in federal court on seven wire fraud charges related to personal use of funds raised for a memorial to a fallen police officer.

She was facing a possible 140-year prison sentence.

Fiore is a former Nevada state legislator who supported rancher Las Vegas-area rancher Cliven Bundy in his fight with federal government over grazing rights.

She also played a role in the Oregon Standoff protest of 2016 supporting ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond led by Ammon Bundy.

Fiore seeking reinstatement as a justice of the peace in Pahrump, Nevada she lost that position after her federal conviction...OSINTdefender "X"...Las Vegas Review-Journal

A FEDERAL JUDGE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE RESTRICTING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ABILITY TO CUT OFF FUNDING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS RELATED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

JUDGE LANDYA MCCAFFERTY IN CONCORD ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION IN CONNECTION WITH A LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION TEACHER'S UNION, ITS NEW HAMPSHIRE AFFILIATE AND THE CENTER FOR BLACK EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT...AL JAZEERA QATAR

A federal district judge ruling against President Trump's efforts to require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.

The judge's ruling freezes citizenship links to voter registration while a lawsuit proceeds through the court system.

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly did not rule against checking of voter registration rolls against immigration databases or a tightening of deadlines for mail-in ballots ordered by President Trump...The Hill USA

ISRAELI MEDIA OUTLET 'CHANNEL 12' REPORTING ISRAEL IS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT A 'BAD DEAL' BEING CONCLUDED BEWEEN THE US AND IRAN.

THE US-IRAN TALKS SAID TO BE IN A 'VERY, VERY ADVANCED' STAGE.    ISRAEL SAID TO BE IN THE DARK ON KEY ISSUES.

TOP ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAID TO HAVE MET REGARDING THE US-IRAN TALKS THIS WEEK...TIMES OF ISRAEL

In Bosnia yesterday an attempt to arrest Serbian leader Milorad Dodik.   The national police attempt rebuffed by heavily armed anti-terrorism police of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia.

Mr. Dodik accused of attacking the constitutional order for opposing directives of an internation representative helping to govern Bosnia...Reuters

AUTHORITIES IN GAZA SAY AT LEAST 44 WERE KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS TODAY...SKY NEWS UK...

VIDEO POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM GAZA SHOWING A BLEEDING CHILD IN RUBBLE...TIMES OF ISRAEL

The Director of Israel's Mossad spy agency in Qatar speaking to its prime minister.

Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani believed to have major influence over Hamas in Gaza and a major part of the conversation is dealing with notion of a hostage release-ceasefire deal...Barak Ravid "X"

AN ISRAELI COURT RULING TO EXTEND THE HOUSE ARREST OF YONATAN URICH AND ELI FELDSTEIN.

THEY ARE SUSPECTED OF RECEIVING MONEY FROM QATAR WHILE BEING AIDES OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND IN TURN TRYING TO INFLUENCE ISRAELI MEDIA WITH FAVORABLE STORIES ABOUT QATAR...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

IN FRANCE A KNIFE ATTACK AT A SCHOOL IN NANTES WITH ONE STUDENT KILLED, THREE OTHERS WOUNDED.

THE ATTACKING STUDENT SUBDUED BY SCHOOL STAFF BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED.

PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON EXPRESSING HIS 'HEARTFELT THOUGHTS' TO THE VICTIMS FAMILIES AND PRAISING TEACHERS WHO INTERVENED DURING THE ATTACK...(BFM-TV FRANCE)...LIVE BLOG BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV"

President Trump posting this morning on social media also saying the deadly attack on Kiev was 'not necessary'.

Trump urging quick action towards a peace deal...Donald J. Trump Truth Social

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 486.83 points or 1.23 percent.

The NASDAQ up 457.99 points or 2.74 percent.

At 426 pm New York Time the price of oil is 62 dollars 74 cents a barrel up 47 cents or .75 percent...Marketwatch

AT TORONTO'S PEARSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT A MAN SHOT DEAD BY POLICE.  

LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDING TO A CALL INVOLVING A 'MAN IN DISTRESS'.

THE MAN PRODUCED A FIREARM AND WAS THEN SHOT ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES...CBC NEWS CANADA (VIDEO EMBED)

MORE BRUSHFIRES REPORTED IN CENTRAL ISRAEL TODAY.   YESTERDAY'S FIRE IN BEIT SHEMESH NEAR JERUSALEM REIGNITED TODAY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

"This is false information.  As far as I know China and the US have not held any consultations on the tariff issue"

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun speaking in response to President Trump's statement that 'active consultations' are taking place with China on tariffs...Tass Russia

                 "This is unequivocally false"

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denying a report from "Politico" that the Trump Administration is considering lifting sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.

The notion of some sanctions being lifted on Russia is being attributed to Mr. Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff with Mr. Rubio said to be among those opposing it...Tass Russia

INDIA-PAKISTAN TENSIONS FOLLOWING TERRORIST ATTACK

                                                                   (UPDATED)

INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI VOWING TO PURSUE THE PERPETRATORS OF A DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK IN KASHMIR 'TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH'.

SKETCHES OF THREE SUSPECTS ARE CIRCULATING WITH TWO OF THEM IDENTIFIED AS PAKISTANI.

INDIA'S BORDER WITH PAKISTAN IS CLOSED AMID CONCERN THAT SOME MILITARY ACTION BY INDIA MAY FOLLOW THE ATTACK.

PAKISTAN CLOSING ITS AIRSPACE TO INDIAN AIRLINERS AND WARNING THAT ANY DIVERSION OF WATER IMPLIED BY CANCELLATION OF A WATER TREATY BY INDIA WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ACT OF WAR...BBC NEWS LIVE BLOG

At Yale a rescinding of registration for a Pro-Palestinian student group.  This follows a Tuesday night protest on campus against the visiting Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir...Israel National News

DEMOCRAT US SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN OF PENNSYLVANIA CALLING ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO 'STRIKE AND DESTROY' IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

FETTERMAN INTERVIEWED BY THE 'WASHINGTON FREE BEACON' ALSO SAYING:

"You're never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime that has been destabilizing the region for decades already"

FETTERMAN'S COMMENTS COME AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PREPARES TO CONDUCT A THIRD ROUND OF TALKS WITH IRAN IN THE COMING DAYS...

                                     ...THE HILL USA

MEANWHILE A WASHINGTON DC BASED THINK-TANK SAYING IRAN IS FORTIFYING NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

A NEW SECURITY PERIMETER LINKED TO TWO UNDERGROUND TUNNELS AT THE NATANZ FACILITY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                      DEADLY RUSSIAN ATTACK ON KIEV

                            TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Authorities in Ukraine say at least nine were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Kiev early this morning...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

In other news...

Politicians from the "Mainstream" Labour and National parties of New Zealand calling a third-party member's bill defining 'male' and 'female' a 'distraction' from other issues.

MP Jenny Marcroft of the New Zealand First Party proposing legislation to 'ensure the biological definition of male and female' is enshrined in law.

New Zealand First leader Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters saying the legislation fights back against 'cancerous social engineering' and 'woke ideology'....One News New Zealand