Monday, April 14, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 4/14/2025*HUNGARY ACTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM LGBTQ+ INFLUENCE*NEW NATIONAL SECURITY PROBE IN ISRAEL*ESTONIAN EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF CRITICAL OF ISRAEL*

 


                                  (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




                       LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





Algeria expelling 12 French embassy officials in apparent retaliation for France's arrest of an Algerian consular officer.

That officer accused in the kidnapping of Algerian influencer Amir Boukhors in April of last year.

Recently France had sought better relations with Algeria including recognition of Algerian claims to the Western Sahara region...BFM-TV France





A MASSIVE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK LATE TONIGHT ON THE KURSK REGION OF RUSSIA AT LEAST ONE DEAD AND NINE WOUNDED.


HOUSES SET ON FIRE DURING THE ATTACK...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



THE US PLANNING TO IMPOSE A 21 PERCENT TARIFF ON MOST TOMATOES FROM MEXICO.


THE NEW DUTY TO TAKE EFFECT ON JULY 14TH.


THE US DESCRIBING 'UNFAIRLY PRICED MEXICAN IMPORTS' HARMING US TOMATO GROWERS...THE HILL USA





In Hungary constitutional amendments passed to protect children from LGBTQ+ influence and limit the rights of dual nationals.



The vote 140-21 in Hungary's parliament to support the amendments.



The political opposition denouncing the amendments that include language defining human beings as 'male' and 'female'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)





THE WHITE HOUSE IS ASKING CONGRESS TO CUT MORE THAN 9.3 BILLION DOLLARS IN SPENDING.


THE CUTS WOULD COME THROUGH AGENCIES LIKE USAID AND FUNDING FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING...THE HILL USA


In Israel tonight a new national security probe with a court imposed gag order.


Israel's Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency and the Department for the Investigation of Police involved in the probe.



Two other national security probes now underway involve aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.



In one case the allegation is leaking of classified information to foreign news media to deter hostage release negotiations with Hamas.



In the other case its alleged information was leaked to Israeli news media painting Qatar, a close ally of Hamas, in a positive light...Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)


AUTHORITIES HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA SAY THE MAN ARRESTED IN THE ARSON ATTACK ON THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION INTENDED TO ATTACK DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO...BBC NEWS



Estonia's President approving changes to a defense and security law that allows Estonia's military to seize civilian vessels deemed a threat to critical infrastructure.


An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin describing the new law as disgusting.


Late last week Estonia seized a vessel linked to a Russian "shadow fleet" of merchant vessels in the Baltic Sea.


There are accusations that vessels associated with Russia are sabotaging undersea cables in the Baltic...Tass Russia




The European Union's foreign policy chief Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says Israel's current military actions go beyond the right of self-defense and are disproportionate.


The EU committing to spending 1.8 billion US dollars over the next three years to help "stabilize" the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and Gaza.


That money going to support 'essential infrastructure' and 'humanitarian aid' for refugees...Reuters-Times Of Israel




PROTESTERS OCCUPYING A UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM BUILDING REMOVED BY POLICE.


THE DEMONSTRATORS BEGAN THEIR PROTEST THIS MORNING DEMANDING THAT THE UNIVERSITY SEVER ITS TIES WITH ISRAELI UNIVERSITIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 312.08 points or .78 percent.



The NASDAQ rose 107.03 points or .64 percent.


At 426 pm in New York the price of oil at 61 dollars 66 cents a barrel up 16 cents...Marketwatch




Former members of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency joining retired military and military doctors in Israel calling for return of the hostages in Gaza to become a priority.



Those signing the letter urge the government to get the hostages back even if it means ending the Gaza War with Hamas...Times of Israel



Two people killed, another wounded in a Ukrainian attack in Russia's Kursk Region.  Ukrainian forces shelling the city of Zabuzhevka...Tass Russia



FIVE PEOPLE DEAD IN A FIRE AT A HOSTEL IN POLAND.   12 OTHERS WERE RESCUED FROM THE BUILDING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The next round of US-Iran talks expected to take place in Rome next Saturday.  



The Trump Administration satisfied with the outcome of the first round.



President Trump's personal envoy Steve Witkoff spoke with Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer about the first round of talks in Oman on Saturday...Times Of Israel



IN SINGAPORE THE CENTRAL BANK (MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE) PROJECTING LOWER INFLATION.


AS A RESULT, THE SINGAPORE DOLLAR'S TRADE-WEIGHTED EXCHANGE RATE FOR US DOLLARS WILL BE EASED SLIGHTLY...STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE (CLICK PAST AD)



    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                            TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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