Tuesday, April 29, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 4/29/2025*TRUMP EASES AUTO TARIFFS*TRUMP WILL MEET CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER FOLLOWING ELECTION*DEADLY FIGHT IN DAMASCUS SUBURBS*CHINA CALLS ON US TO STOP 'THREATENING AND BLACKMAILING'*FREED GAZA HOSTAGES CALL FOR TRUMP HELP*

 


                            (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)



                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




THE BRITISH DEFENSE MINISTRY REPORTS A JOINT US-BRITISH ATTACK ON YEMEN...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL





Pakistan's government believes India will launch a military strike in the next 24-36 hours.


The Indian strike a response to last week's terrorist attack in Kashmir that killed 26 people.



Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has authorized India's military to respond as it sees fit to the act of terrorism...OSINTdefender "X"




A CLASH IN ISRAEL TONIGHT AS A JOINT ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY WAS BEING SCREENED AT A SYNAGOGUE IN RA'ANANA



THREE OPPONENTS OF THE CEREMONY ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT WITH FOUR POLICE OFFICERS LIGHTLY INJURED...TIMES OF ISRAEL...JOSH BREINER HAARETZ ISRAEL "X" (VIDEO EMBED)



US President Donald Trump easing auto tariffs set to take effect on Saturday.


Foreign made auto parts will be spared a double hit from the tariffs.



Automakers will also be given the ability to get price offsets for the tariffs to help spur domestic auto production...THE HILL USA




PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING AT A RALLY IN WARREN, MICHIGAN TO COMMEMORATE HIS FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE...


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                                     RALLY VIDEO 2 HOURS 22 MINUTES




During the speech Mr. Trump critical of former President Joe Biden, Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell and judges who have ruled against his policies in the first 100 days in office...The Hill USA...


The President noting changes in policies including reinstatement of members of the military discharged for refusing the COVID shots (vaccine).    


He also touted deployment of the military to the southern border saying illegal crossing have been reduced 99.9 percent.





AS ISRAEL ENTERED ITS MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES TONIGHT A NEWS LEAK IN ISRAELI MEDIA ABOUT US-IRAN TALKS.


KAN PUBLIC BROADCASTING SAYING ISRAELI OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE US AND IRAN HAVE A HIGH CHANCE OF REACHING AGREEMENT ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM...TIMES OF ISRAEL



US President Donald Trump speaking with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney after his victory in yesterday's election.


Trump offering congratulations with the Prime Minister's office saying the two leaders will meet in the near future...(CBC News Canada)




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)

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