Thursday, April 17, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 4/17/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*ZELENSKY SLAMS TRUMP ENVOY*ITALIAN PM CLOSE TO EU LEADER MEETS TRUMP*TRUMP BLASTS FED CHAIR AS 'WRONG'*NEWS STORY ABOUT TRUMP AND IRAN LINKED TO NETANYAHU*

 

                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



DEMOCRAT US SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN OF MARYLAND MEETING THE IMPRISONED KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA IN EL SALVADOR.


VAN HOLLEN POSTING PICTURES OF HIS MEDIA WITH GARCIA.


MR. GARCIA AT THE CENTER OF A MAJOR CONTROVERSY BEING SPUN BY THE POLITICAL MACHINES OF BOTH MAJOR US POLITICAL PARTIES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND CABLE NEWS CHANNELS.


THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDS GARCIA'S DEPORTATION TO EL SALVADOR AND THE ORDER OF A FEDERAL JUDGE THAT HE BE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES...BBC NEWS



Tonight in Israel anger from some hostage families who met Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer the government's point man for hostage release negotiations.


They said 'our loved ones are abandoned in hell' after talking with Mr. Dermer...Times of Israel...



Hamas said today it is willing to release all hostages in exchange for release of Palestinian prisoners and an end to the war.



This is a rejection of the position of Israel's government which desires to cut a deal to disarm Hamas in Gaza placing less emphasis on release of all hostages in exchange for an end to fighting...(News Agencies)




IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN NATION OF BELIZE AN AMERICAN MAN KILLED IN A SMALL AIRLINER AFTER HE ATTEMPTED TO HIJACK THE PLANE.


49-YEAR-OLD AKINYELA SAWA TAYLOR BRANDISHING A KNIFE ATTACKING PASSENGERS ON THE DOMESTIC FLIGHT.  THERE WERE INJURIES.


THEN ANOTHER PASSENGER INVERVENED SHOOTING TAYLOR DEAD.


THE PLANE CARRYING 14 PASSENGERS AND A CREW OF TWO WAS CIRCLING OVER AN AIRPORT FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS AS THE INCIDENT UNFOLDED...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




British politics Reform UK leader Nigel Farage touting the latest "Find Out Now" poll.


It shows Reform at 28 percent compared to 22 percent for Labor and 20 percent for the Conservatives.


Farage saying only Reform can defeat Labor.


Two weeks from today (May 1st) voters going to the polls in local elections and a special election for a House of Commons seat...Nigel Farage "X"



                        (THIS STORY UPDATED)


US CENTRAL COMMAND ANNOUNCING THE DESTRUCTION OF A MAJOR FUEL DEPOT IN YEMEN.


TODAY'S ATTACK DESCRIBED AS ONE TO DEGRADE THE HOUTHI FORCES ABILITY TO RECEIVE, STORE AND SHIP FUEL...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"...ELINT News 'X' (Video Embed)...


REPORTS FROM YEMEN SPEAK OF AT LEAST 33 KILLED IN THIS EVENING'S US AIR ATTACKS...(NEWS AGENCIES)




FOUR KILLED ANOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED IN ITALY WHEN A CABLE CAR FELL TO THE GROUND.


THE ACCIDENT NEAR THE MOUNT VESUVIUS VOLCANO SOUTH OF NAPLES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff is 'disseminating Russian narratives'.



Zelensky telling a news conference in Kiev that Witkoff is 'taking the strategy of the Russian side' by discussing the future status of five areas Ukraine still considers part of its own territory...BBC News




THE EMIR OF QATAR VISITING MOSCOW AND MEETING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.


MR. PUTIN SAID THAT QATAR HAS INVESTED ABOUT A BILLION US DOLLARS IN RUSSIA'S ECONOMY.


PUTIN SPEAKING OF MORE PROSPECTS FOR QATARI INVESTMENT AND STRENGTHENING RELATIONS BETWEEN QATAR AND RUSSIA...TASS RUSSIA


                           (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)


An "active shooter" incident at Florida State University in Tallahassee.


Two dead six others wounded the suspect is the son of a local  sheriff's department deputy...WCTV Tallahassee...BBC News



AT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETING ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI.


MELONI CLOSE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN.



HER VISIT COMING AMIDST TARIFF TENSIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION.


THE TWO LEADERS FRIENDLY TO EACH OTHER AND EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE ABOUT A TRADE DEAL...BBC NEWS


Visiting Iran today Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud.   


He met Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei discussing nuclear talks and the Middle East situation.



A letter given to the Ayatollah Khamanei from Saudi King Salman...OSINTdefender "X"



In Paris US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.


They are talking with President Emmanuel Macron about Ukraine and differences with European nations regarding ending the Ukraine War.


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Ukrainian officials have also arrived in Paris to meet with the US representatives and others from the UK, Germany and France...Anadolu Agency Turkey




IN SOMALIA AN ATTACK ON THE AL-SHABAAB TERRORIST GROUP BY THE SOMALI NATIONAL ARMY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE US AFRICA COMMAND.


12 AL-SHABAAB OPERATIVES KILLED IN THE ATTACK...TASS RUSSIA



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 527.16 points or 1.33 percent.



The NASDAQ down 20.71 points.


At 434 pm New York Time the price of oil 64 dollars 33 cents a barrel up one dollar 86 cents or 2.98 percent...Marketwatch



THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK LOWERING INTEREST RATES FOR THE SEVENTH TIME THIS YEAR.


THE RATE DROPPED .25 PERCENT TO 2.25 PERCENT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Meanwhile US President Donald Trump critical of US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell describing Mr. Powell as 'TOO LATE AND WRONG'.   


Trump noted the more liberal policy of the European Central Bank regarding interest rates.


Yesterday Mr. Powell painted a negative picture of the economic situation in the United States driving stock markets lower...Truth Social




ISRAEL'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT SAYS CURRENT PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ORCHESTRATED A NEWS LEAK TO THE NEW YORK TIMES.


THAT TIMES STORY CLAIMED THAT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP STOOD IN THE WAY OF A PLANNED ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES.


ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION LEADER YAIR LAPID CLAIMING NETANYAHU WAS AFRAID WHEN CALLED FOR AN ATTACK ON IRAN LAST FALL...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Iran's Foreign Minister in Moscow.   Abbas Araghchi describing the trip as a long-planned visit.   He is delivering a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei...Tass Russia



NORTH KOREA WARNING AS THE US DEPLOYS A B-1B BOMBER FOR MILITARY EXERCISES WITH SOUTH KOREA.


THE NORTH SAYING IT WILL NOT TOLERATE 'THE SLIGHTEST SECURITY THREAT'.



THE NORTH KOREAN STATEMENT ADDS THAT US MILITARY ACTIVITES NEAR ITS TERRITORY WILL 'INEVITABLY LEAD TO NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR US SECURITY'...TASS RUSSIA



A Ukrainian official claims that North Korean soldiers will be deployed by Russia in Ukraine.


The claim posted on the Telegram account of Andriy Kovalenko.  Kovalenko heads the Ukrainian National Security Council and Defense Council's "Center for Countering Disinformation"...Yonhap News Agency South Korea



THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTING THAT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OPPOSED PLANS BY ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO ATTACK IRAN.


MR. TRUMP ADVOCATING FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN TO LIMIT ITS NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES...TIMES OF ISRAEL


The parliament in Slovakia passing legislation regarding "Non-Governmental Organizations".  


NGO's linked to efforts by foreign governments to influence Slovakia's government and elections.



Protesters opposing the law proposed by Prime Minister Robert Fico's government calling the legislation a "Russian law"...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)





   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In other news...




IN NEW YORK STATE 10 PRISON GUARDS INDICTED OVER THE DEATH OF AN INMATE.


TWO OF THEM FACING SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.



MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES HAVE BEEN LEVELED AGAINST OTHERS.



ITS BEING ALLEGED THAT INMATE MESSIAH NANTWI WAS BEATEN TO DEATH THE BEATINGS STARTED IN HIS CELL AND CONTINUED INTO THE PRISON INFIRMARY.



NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL ORDERING TERMINATION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PRISON GUARDS...INDIA TODAY




Inflation in New Zealand rated at 2.5 percent in February of this year.   That's an increase from 2.2 percent recorded the two previous months.   


The cost of rent rising at annual rate of 3.7 percent.  Lower gasoline prices reported in New Zealand...One News New Zealand

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