NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 5/16/2025*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*"A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STARVING"-TRUMP GAZA COMMENT*INTERNATIONAL COURT PROSECUTOR IN NETANYAHU CASE ON LEAVE*RUSSIA-UKRAINE AGREE ON POW EXCHANGE*20,000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS WANTED FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCMENT*

 

                (SERVICE WHEN ABLE TILL 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)

(FINAL POSTING LIKELY IN THE 8-11 PM EASTERN US TIME WINDOW)

Ten inmates are at large after escaping the Orleans Parish Jail in New Orleans.  11 were found missing during a count this morning.   One has since been captured...WDSU NEW ORLEANS (VIDEO EMBED)

A SWEDISH DIPLOMAT RECENTLY ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ESPIONAGE IS DEAD.

THE DIPLOMAT HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM CUSTODY ON WEDNESDAY.

NOW A SECOND DIPLOMAT IS UNDER SUSPICION OF SPYING...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

MEANWHILE SWEDEN'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TOBIAS THYBERG RESIGNING.

HE HAS JUST BEEN APPOINTED ON WEDNESDAY. 

 SHORTLY AFTER THE APPOINTMENT INTIMATE PHOTOS OF THYBERG LINKED TO THE 'GRINDR' DATING SITE WERE SENT TO GOVERNMENT OFFICES...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"We're looking at Gaza...a lot of people are starving"

US President Donald Trump saying that publicly as he visited the United Arab Emirates today.

His comments come after news has been leaked out of a humanitarian aid scheme supported by the US and Israel coming to Gaza in two or three weeks.   

The UN and other existing aid agencies skeptical of the plan...Rapid Response 47 "X" (Video Embed) 

                              (MORE ON GAZA LATER IN THE SUMMARY)

THE US HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE VOTING DOWN A BUDGET PROPOSAL BACKED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.   

THE 21-16 VOTE PREDICATED ON CONCERNS OF SOME REPUBLICANS ABOUT CONTINUED WASTEFUL SPENDING BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT...THE HILL USA...

"My colleagues are not corrupt, but the institution of Congress has been corrupted..."

That is some of the reaction from Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky to the wrangling over taxes and spending in the House...Thomas Massie "X"

Israel conducting air strikes on ports in Yemen.    This in retaliation for repeated Houthi attacks on Israel using missiles and drones.

Days ago, Israel issued evacuation orders for the port areas...Israel National News

GERMANY IS NOW OFFICIALLY TURNING ASYLUM SEEKERS CROSSING ITS BORDERS BACK.  BUT IT APPEARS NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ARE NOT TAKE THEM BACK.

IN ONE INSTANCE POLAND SENT TWO AFGHANS TURNED BACK BY THE GERMANS RIGHT BACK TO GERMANY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The markets today.

At 1209 pm New York Time the Dow and the NASDAQ are higher.

The price of oil higher at 62 dollars 57 cents a barrel...Marketwatch

IN UPDATE NEW YORK THE MAN WHO ATTACKED AUTHOR SALMAN RUSHDIE BACK IN 2022 SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON.

HADI MATAR ATTACKED RUSHDIE AS HE SPOKE ON STAGE AT THE CHATAUQUA INSTITUTION STABBING HIM REPEATEDLY.   

RUSHDIE WAS BLINDED IN ONE EYE, PARALYZED IN ONE HAND AND SUFFERED LIVER DAMAGE FROM THE ATTACK.

BACK IN THE 1980'S AN EDICT CALLING FOR RUSHDIE'S DEATH OVER HIS NOVEL 'THE SATANIC VERSES' WAS ISSUED BY IRAN'S THEN SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI...BBC NEWS

The International Criminal Court prosecutor handling the criminal prosecution of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes has temporarily stepped aside.

Since Khan's decision to seek the arrest warrants now in force against Mr. Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant allegations of sexual misconduct have surfaced.

A UN investigation of those allegations now nearing completion...REUTERS-THE TELEGRAPH INDIA

RUSSIA-UKRAINE AGREEMENT AFTER ISTANBUL TALKS

                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

RUSSIA-UKRAINE TALKS IN ISTANBUL LEADING TO EACH SIDE AGREEING TO EXCHANGE MORE THAN 1,000 PRISONERS OF WAR.   

IT'S THE LARGEST POW EXCHANGE SINCE THE CURRENT PHASE OF THE CONFICT BEGAN IN MARCH OF 2022.

URKAINE SEEKING A MEETING OF HEADS OF STATE RUSSIA SAID IT WILL CONSIDER SUCH AN IDEA...OUTLOOK INDIA...

EARLIER TURKISH AND AMERICAN OFFICIALS STRUGGLING TO GET THOSE TALKS INTO A DIRECT MODE.

TWO VIEWS OF THE SITUATION OFFERED BY THE BBC FROM THE UK AND RIA NOVOSTI IN RUSSIA...BBC NEWS BLOG...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In the United Arab Emirates US President Donald Trump concluding his Middle East visit.

Trump visiting an "interfaith" site that includes a mosque, a synagogue and a church.

He was accompanied by the UAE's Tolerance Minister...Times of Israel

IN BERLIN YESTERDAY A POLICE OFFICER SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING A PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST.  OTHER INJURIES REPORTED.

POLICE MAKING AT LEAST 50 ARRESTS AFTER VIOLENCE BROKE OUT AT THE DEMONSTRATION.

BOTTLES AND STONES THROWN.   THERE WAS ALSO A SIMILAR VIOLENT INCIDENT ASSOCIATED WITH A PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATION IN THE NETHERLANDS YESTERDAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

MEXICAN PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM ANNOUNCING A PROBE INTO THE LIVESTREAMED MURDER OF AN ONLINE INFLUENCER.

BEAUTY INFLUENCER VALERIA MARQUEZ KILLED AS SHE WAS ON 'TIKTOK'.

THE MURDER INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERING THE NOTION OF A 'FEMICIDE' WHICH IS A NOTION OF KILLING WOMEN AND GIRLS BASED ON 'REASONS OF GENDER'...NEWS AGENCIES-GULF TODAY UAE

                                              (STORY UPDATED)

Heavy Israeli air attacks killed nearly 100 people in northern Gaza overnight into Friday.   Israel attacking on the ground, air and sea...BBC News...

Israeli tanks said to be advancing.   Residents of central Israel hearing loud blasts overnight possibly linked to the air strikes...Times of Israel

THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SEEKING 20,000 NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO ASSIST WITH IMMIGRATION ENFORCMENT.

THE TROOPS WOULD BE USED TO ARREST AND DEPORT THOSE WHO ENTER THE US ILLEGALLY...THE HILL USA

In Australia Afghanistan war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith losing his appeals court bid to overturn a defamation suit loss.

Roberts-Smith sued over reporting that in part said there was sufficient evidence to support allegations he committed war crimes.

The Federal Court finding the newspapers had proven four allegations of unlawful killing involving him to be substantially true to a civil standard...ABC News Australia

Conflicting reports in Israeli media says talks are underway between Israel and the new jihadist government in Syria.

Haaretz, a media outlet opposing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says Qatar is a major player in the talks which have been going on for months.

Channel 12 in Israel says the talks are more recent in origin mediated by the United Arab Emirates...Times of Israel

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

THE US IS PAYING FOR REPAIR INFRASTRUCTURE AT A PHILIPPINE NAVAL BASE.

THE BASE IS HOME TO PHILIPPINE VESSELS THAT RESUPPLY LOCATIONS CONTESTED WITH CHINA IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

THE NAVAL DETACHMENT OYSTER BAY BASE RECEIVING BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN SUPPORT...USNI NEWS

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 5/15/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*PROBE OF FORMER FBI CHIEF FOR THREATENING PRESIDENT TRUMP*WALMART MAY RAISE SOME PRICES*TRUMP SAYS HE MUST MEET PUTIN TO DEAL WITH UKRAINE WAR*GAZA WAR CEASFIRE-HOSTAGE TALKS IN QATAR*

 

                                (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)

The late developments on possible Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul but first...

                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

Six Ukrainian drones downed in waters off the port city of Sevastopol in Crimea...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

VISITING THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCING 200 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BUSINESS DEALS.

AIRCRAFT PRODUCED BY BOEING USING GENERAL ELECTRIC ENGINES ARE TO BE PURCHSED BY THE EMIRATES...THE GUARDIAN UK

In South America the Guyana Defense Force says its troops on the border with Venezuela were attacked.

The attackers described as dressed and civilian clothes firing from the Venezuelan side of the Cuyuni River.

Three attacks during a 24-hour period reported.

The Venezuelan government has made claims large portions of oil rich western Guyana...News Release Guyana Defense Force

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER SAYS HE'S TRYING TO FIND THIRD COUNTRIES TO TAKE IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ENTERING THE UK.

THE ILLEGALS WOULD BE HOUSED THERE WHILE THEIR CASES ARE CONSIDERED IN THE UK.

STARMER MAKING HIS COMMENT IN ALBANIA WHICH HAS AN AGREEMENT TO TAKE IN ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ILLEGALLY ENTER ITALY.

ALBANIA'S PRIME MINISTER EDI RAMA MAKING IT CLEAR HIS COUNTRY WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED IN SUCH A SCHEME...AFP FRANCE-RADIO NEW ZEALAND

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says her agency and the Secret Service are investigating former FBI Director James Comey.

Noem saying that Comey called for the assassination of President Trump.

A photo posted on Instagram by Comey with seashells arranged to show "8647".

"86" an expression associated with assassination or murder and "47" signifying Mr. Trump the 47th President of the United States...The Hill USA

PORTUGUESE POLITICS THE LEADER OF THE POPULIST 'CHEGA' PARTY ANDRE VENTURA TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL TODAY.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS WEEK THAT VENTURA COLLAPSED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

THE ELECTION FOR 230 MEMBERS OF PORTUGAL'S PARLIAMENT IS BEING HELD THIS SUNDAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

From Turkey whose leaders are upset with Israeli policy in Gaza US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Rubio said to be expressing his concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza...Barak Ravid-Axios Times of Israel Journalist

LATE DEVELOPMENTS ON POSSIBLE UKRAINE-RUSSIA TALKS IN TURKEY

                            (THIS STORY UPDATED INCLUDING COMMENT)

US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SAYS HE HOPES US AND TURKISH OFFICIALS WILL JOIN RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS FOR TALKS TOMORROW...TASS RUSSIA...

TONIGHT, RUSSIA PUTTING OUT THE MESSAGE THAT ITS DELEGATION IS READY TO TALK STARTING AT 10 AM FRIDAY LOCAL TIME (3AM EASTERN US TIME)...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)

IN ANKARA, TURKEY TALKS BETWEEN UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY AND TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN...TASS RUSSIA...

                                        (COMMENT)

ZELENSKYY'S PRESENCE IN TURKEY MAY BE DESIGNED TO DRIVE HOME A MESSAGE THAT RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN NEEDS TO BE IN TURKEY FOR TALKS ON UKRAINE AND PAINT PUTIN IN A BAD LIGHT...

(MORE ON THE UKRAINE WAR TALKS LATER IN THE SUMMARY)

(UPDATED) ISRAEL SAYS ITS AIR DEFENSES INTERCEPTED A MISSILE FIRED BY HOUTHI FORCES IN YEMEN THIS EVENING.    NO IMMEDIATE REPORTS OF CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

FRAGMENTS RELATED TO THE MISSILE FALLING NEAR THE ISRAELI TOWN OF ALON SHVUT...OSINTdefender "X" (Photo Embed)

In Hungary legislation proposed to ban or limit the activities of foreign funded organizations.

Those organizations would be restricted if they threaten the country or its culture.

A group of 62 organizations say the law is designed to 'silence all critical voices'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE US SUPREME COURT HOLDING A HEARING ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP TODAY.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S USE OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT RULINGS STOPPING HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS INTERTWINED.

MR. ACTED TO END THE AUTOMATIC GRANTING OF US CITIZENSHIP TO THOSE BORN INSIDE THE UNITED STATES WHOSE PARENTS ENTERED THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY...BBC NEWS STORY

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 271.69 points or .65 percent.

The NASDAQ fell 34.49 points.

At 424 pm New York Time the price of oil at 61 dollars 79 cents a barrel down one dollar 36 cents or 2.15 percent...Marketwatch

HEAVY ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS UNDERWAY IN GAZA TODAY.    

PALESTINIAN SOURCES REPORT AT LEAST 115 DEATHS SINCE THIS MORNING...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy off an ankle bracelet today.   His house arrest sentence for corruption reduced because he is over the age of 70...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

          UKRAINE TALKS IN ISTANBUL

                                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S UKRAINE MESSAGE TODAY IS THAT UNTIL HE AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MEET FACE TO FACE THE FIGHTING WILL CONTINUE.

HIS COMMENTS AMID TALKS SCHEDULED IN ISTANBUL TODAY SAID TO BE INVOLVING RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN AND AMERICAN DELEGATIONS OF LOWER-LEVEL OFFICIALS.

RUSSIAN OFFICIALS ARRIVED FOR TALKS UKRAINE DELAYING ITS PARTICIPATION BUT UNDER US PRESSURE RELENTING.AND SENDING A DELEGATION LED BY ITS DEFENSE MINISTER.

US OFFICIALS PRESENT FOR TALKS INCLUDE BOTH SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO AND REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH CAROLINA...OSINTdefender "X"...

WORD TONIGHT IS THAT A MEETING WILL OCCUR INVOLVING RUSSIAN, URAINIAN, AMERICAN AND TURKISH OFFICIALS.

RUSSIAN MEDIA IS FOLLOWING THE SITUATION IN ISTANBUL...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA BLOG...

THE BBC OFFERS THE ANTI-RUSSIAN VIEW OF EVENTS...BBC NEWS BLOG

Walmart out with its quarterly revenue report.   The retail giant brought in 165.6 billion dollars in revenue.    

Same-store sales growing at a 4.5 percent rate.  E-commerce growing at a 22 percent rate.

CEO Doug McMillon says tariffs even at the lower levels that President Trump plans will impact prices.

Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey said that some prices may rise by the end of the month.   One-third of what Walmart sells is imported the rest made in the USA...Fox Business

IN QATAR THE TALKS ON A CEASEFIRE AND RELEASE OF HOSTAGES IN THE GAZA WAR UNDERWAY.

ISRAEL AND HAMAS REPRESENTED ALONG WITH THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER MEDIATING COUNTRIES.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID TO BE RESISTING US ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF'S EFFORTS TO FIND A COMPROMISE...TIMES OF ISRAEL

The US Justice Department probing healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group for possible Medicare fraud.   

This according to the Wall Street Journal.   

The company's CEO suddenly resigned recently...Wall Street Journal

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LAYING OUT A STARK CHOICE FOR IRAN AS HE CONDUCTS TALKS ON ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

DURING HIS VISIT TO QATAR TRUMP SAYING THERE ARE ONLY 'TWO COURSES' WITH IRAN 'FRIENDLY OR NON-FRIENDLY'.

MR. TRUMP SAYING THE 'NON-FRIENDLY' COURSE IS A 'VIOLENT COURSE'   HE SAID 'I DON'T WANT THAT'...TASS RUSSIA...

AN ADVISER TO IRAN'S SUPREME RULER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI SAYS IRAN IS READY TO COMMIT NOT TO MAKE NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR ENRICH URANIUM TO HIGH LEVELS OF PURITY.   

IRAN WILL ALSO GET RID OF ITS STOCKPILES OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL...

MEANWHILE MORE THAN 200 REPUBLICANS 52 SENATORS AND 177 HOUSE MEMBERS SIGNING A LETTER DEMANDING A HARD LINE IN TALKS WITH IRAN.

THEY SAY IRAN CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO ENRICH URANIUM AT LOW GRADE LEVELS FOR CIVILIAN USED...OSINTdefender "X":

  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

FRANCE'S MARINE LE PEN ENDORSING ROMANIAN POPULIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GEORGE SIMION AHEAD OF SUNDAY'S RUNOFF ELECTION.

LE PEN OFFERING 'FULL SUPPORT' TO SIMION SAYING THAT ON MAY 18TH 'THE ROMANIAN PEOPLE HAVE A DATE WITH HISTORY'...DAILY ROMANIA "X" (VIDEO EMBED)

The unemployment rate in Australia steady at 4.1 percent in April.   89,000 people finding jobs in Australia last month.  

Job growth said to be stronger than originally forecast...ABC News Australia

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 5/14/2025*ISRAEL BACKED AID SCHEME FOR GAZA HYPED*ESTONIA GOES AFTER RUSSIA-LINKED OIL TANKER*ISRAEL FIRES AT UN BASE IN LEBANON*KREMLIN REACTS TO MACRON NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMMENT*

 

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                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

Russia says its air defenses repelled a drone attack in the Rostov Region.  No casualties or damage reported...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

More unrest reported in Tripoli, Libya.   

Security forces of the Tripoli government firing on demonstrators after the assassination of a powerful official from a rival faction.

There are also armed clashes between the rival factions in Tripoli in spite of an earlier ceasefire.

The United Nations expressing alarm at the situation joining calls for a ceasefire.  An unknown number of people have been killed...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24

                GAZA SITUATION NEWS AND ANALYSIS:

                  ISRAEL BACKED AID SCHEME HYPED 

                                                             (UPDATED REVISED)

NEWS COMING OUT TONIGHT ABOUT THAT NEW HUMANITARIAN AID SCHEME FOR GAZA SUPPORTED BY ISRAEL.  

THE ANNOUNCEMENT TIMED FOR RELEASE LATE AT NIGHT IN ISRAEL.

THE MESSAGING IS THAT SUCH A SCHEME WILL BE IMPLMENTED IN TWO WEEKS...(AXIOS BARAK RAVID)...Barak Ravid Axios "X" (Story Link)...

PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED A PLAN FOR A MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN GAZA IN COMING DAYS.

BUT THE ATTACKS ON A GAZA HOSPITAL IN RECENT DAYS AIMED AT KILLING HAMAS LEADER MOHAMMED SINWAR FIGURE IN SOME OF NEWS LEAKING OUT IN ISRAEL TODAY.    

THE SPIN IS THAT KILLING MOHAMMED SINWAR NEGATES THE NEED FOR THE MILITARY OFFENSIVE.

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND OTHER EUROPEAN LEADERS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF ISRAEL'S CONDUCT OF THE GAZA WAR IN RECENT DAYS.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COINCIDES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT WHERE HE IS TRYING TO COAX MAJOR ARAB ECONOMIC POWERS INTO CLOSER RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL.

Tonight in Sweden an explosion in a residential area north of Stockholm.   Such explosions are a common occurrence in the country.

The blast destroying windowpanes in a residential building.  No immediate word on any injuries.  A police bomb unit called to the scene to conduct and investigation...SVT Sweden (Translation Prompt)

A PREGNANT WOMAN ENROUTE TO DELIVER HER BABY SHOT AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK IN ISRAEL TONIGHT. 

 A MAN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN THAT SHOOTING ATTACK...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

A disturbance outside a pro-Israel celebration in the Netherlands this evening. 

In Katwijk a "Christians for Israel" group celebrated Israel's independence in a church.

Outside a group of pro-Palestinian protesters were attacked by counter-protesters some of whom were wearing balaclavas (masks).  At least one injury observed.

Police were attacked.  Then the mayor declared an emergency and arrests made...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE UNITED STATES IS SUSPENDING PREPARATIONS TO PARTICPATE IN THE G20 SUMMIT IN SOUTH AFRICA LATER THIS YEAR.

THE MOVE LINKED TO SOUTH AFRICA'S LAND LAWS WHICH ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO SEIZE LAND WITHOUT COMPENSATION...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA

The Russian delegation for talks with Ukraine tomorrow in Istanbul tomorrow will be led by a lower ranking Russian official.

The "Washington Post" reporting that other countries had to convince Ukraine to send a delegation for the talks...Tass Russia

Estonian military forces attempting to intercept and detain an oil tanker associated with Russia in the Gulf of Finland.

A Russian warplane overflying the scene to challenge the Estonians...OSINTdefender "X"

THE SPANISH ENERGY MINISTER SAYS THAT A POWER STATION IN GRANADA WAS THE SOURCE OF A MASSIVE OUTAGE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AGO.

THAT OUTAGE TOOK DOWN THE ENTIRE POWER GRID IN BOTH SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

MORE INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE BUT A CYBER ATTACK HAS BEEN RULED OUT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

THE UNITED NATIONS FORCE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON SAYS ISRAELI FORCES FIRED DIRECTLY ON THE PERIMETER OF ONE OF ITS BASES TODAY...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 89.37 points.

The NASDAQ rose 136.72 points or .72 percent.

At 425 pm New York Time the price of oil at 62 dollars 80 cents a barrel down 87 cents or 1.37 percent...Marketwatch

PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO EUROPEAN SECURITY.

THAT MESSAGE FROM KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV FOLLOWS FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S COMMENTS REGARDING FRANCE'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

IN A TELEVISED APPEAEANCE LAST NIGHT MR. MACRON BROACHED THE NOTION OF ITS AIRCRAFT CARRYING NUCLEAR WEAPONS BEING DEPLOYED IN OTHER COUNTRIES IN EUROPE...TASS RUSSIA

                        TRUMP IN QATAR

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

US President Donald Trump visiting Qatar a nation linked to Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey.

Qatar is giving the United States an airliner that President Trump intends to use as Air Force One.

Boeing announcing a deal with Qatar worth 200 billion dollars the White House said Qatar signed 1.2 trillion dollars' worth of deals with American companies.

Earlier in Saudi Arabia Mr. Trump met the new Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.   Trump urging closer relations with Israel and deportation of foreign terrorists in Syria...

                          BBC News Blog

ISRAELI AIRSRIKES IN GAZA KILLED AT LEAST 60 PEOPLE.

ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU PLANNING A MAJOR OPERATION AIMED AT 'DESTROYING HAMAS' FOLLOWING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT...ASHARQ AL AWSAT

The United Nations says a ceasefire between India and Pakistan is holding.

A spokesperson for the UN Secretary General urging both countries to use the opportunity to deal with outstanding issues.

Meanwhile Pakistan kicking out an Indian diplomat for 'incompatible activities'.   The follows a similar action by India involving a diplomat from Pakistan...Dawn Pakistan

ISRAEL ARRESTING ONE OF ITS OWN INFORMANTS IN GAZA.   

THE OPERATIVE FOR THE 'SHIN BET' DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ACCUSED OF BEING A DOUBLE AGENT WORKING FOR HAMAS.

A STORY LEAKED TO ISRAEL'S CHANNEL 12 PAINTS A PICTURE OF THE INFORMANT GIVING FALSE ASSURANCE TO HIS ISRAELI HANDLER RIGHT BEFORE THE OCTOBER 7TH, 2023 ATTACK ON SOUTHERN ISRAEL...TIMES OF ISRAEL

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

THREE HURT IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON RUSSIA

                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In the Bryansk Region of Russia three people wounded when Ukrainian drones attacked a village...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

NEW ZEALAND UPDATING ITS TRAVEL ADVICE FOR THE UNITED STATES.   

IT WARNS OF POSSIBLE DETENTION FOR KIWIS AT THE AMERICAN BORDER THAT COULD LEAD TO DEPORTATION AND A BAN ON FUTURE ENTRY.

THE WARNING ALSO NOTES THAT PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES MAY BE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION WHILE ENTERING THE US...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 5/13/2025*NETANYAHU PUSHES AGAINST ENDING GAZA WAR*ISRAELI ATTACK ON HAMAS LEADER*TRUMP IN SAUDI ARABIA SLAMS NEOCONS, LIBERAL NON-PROFIT GROUPS*GRETA THUNBERG LINKS AID SHIP DRONE ATTACK TO ISRAEL*

 

                                   (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)

                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

More clashes reported in Tripoli. Libya tonight.   This follows clashes last night that came in the wake of the assassination of a top central government security official...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

FLOODING IN ALLEGANY COUNTY, MARYLAND AND NEARBY PARTS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA.

RESCUE CREWS BROUGHT IN TO EVACUATE STUDENTS AND STAFF FROM TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SURROUNDED BY FLOOD WATERS...WBOY-TV

IN LOS ANGELES A JUDGE RESENTENCING BROTHERS ERIK AND LYLE MENENDEZ IN THE MURDERS OF THEIR PARENTS.

THE NEW SENTENCE OF 50 YEARS TO LIFE MAKES BOTH ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake off the southern coast of Greece late tonight.  It was felt in central and northern Israel.   Also felt in Turkey and Greece as well as Egypt and Lebanon.

The quake centered east of the island of Crete and southwest of the island of Rhodes...US Geological Survey

US DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD FIRING TWO TOP OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL.

ACTING DIRECTOR MIKE COLLINS AND HIS DEPUTY MARIA LANGAN-RIEKHOF TERMINATED.

GABBARD ALSO MOVING THE NIC'S OFFICES FROM THE CIA TO THE WHITE HOUSE.  

HER OFFICE TALKING ABOUT EFFORTS TO END WEAPONIZATION AND POLITICIZATION OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY...THE HILL USA 

Here in the United States Major League Baseball deciding to reinstate former players linked to gambling.

Pete Rose and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson now officially back in the game.

The move will allow Rose to be considered for baseball's Hall of Fame...CNN USA

THE UNITED STATES IMPOSING MORE SANCTIONS ON IRAN.   20 COMPANIES TARGETED OVER THE SUPPLY OF IRANIAN OIL TO CHINA.

IRAN SAYS ITS OIL SHIPMENTS TO CHINA HAVE SKYROCKETED SINCE US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOOK OFFICE EARLIER THIS YEAR...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN

                "What the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is doing is unacceptable...What he is doing is shameful"

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON DESRCRIBING THE TEN WEEK CUTOFF OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN GAZA BY ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT.

MACRON SAYING THE ONUS IS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO CHANGE MR. NETANYAHU'S MIND SINCE ISRAEL DEPENDS ON AMERICAN WEAPONS.

THE FRENCH PRESIDENT DOING A PRIME-TIME TELEVISION APPEARANCE TO PROMOTE THE LAST TWO YEARS OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL TERM TAKING QUESTIONS FROM POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND AVERAGE CITIZENS...LE MONDE FRANCE 

IN THE DUTCH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A DEBATE OVER THE WAR IN GAZA.

OPPOSITION PARTIES CHALLENGING THE MODERATE PARTIES OF THE GOVERNMENT THE LIBERALS AND THE NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT TO TAKE A HARDER LINE AGAINST ISRAEL.

GEERT WILDERS PARTY OF FREEDOM THE LARGEST GOVERNMENT PARTY ALREADY FIRMLY BEHIND ISRAEL...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

ISRAELI ATTACK SEEKS TO KILL HAMAS LEADER AS TRUMP PUSHES FOR END TO WAR IN GAZA

                                                                        (UPDATED)

                              "no way"

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU INSISTING THAT THE WAR IN GAZA WILL CONTINUE REGARDLESS OF ANY DEAL TO RELEASE HOSTAGES AND ESTABLISH A CEASE-FIRE WITH HAMAS.

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP APPEARS TO BE MOVING TOWARDS SUCH A DEAL DURING HIS MIDDLE EAST VISIT CURRENTLY UNDERWAY...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER...

ISRAEL CONDUCTING AN AIR ATTACK IN GAZA SAID TO HAVE TARGETED HAMAS LEADER MOHAMMED SINWAR...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...

PALESTINIAN SOURCES SAYING 28 WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK.  A SECOND ATTACK IN THE SAME AREA REPORTED LATER IN THE EVENING.

ROCKET SIRENS WENT OFF IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL AFTER THE TWO ATTACKS.  TWO ROCKETS DOWNED ANOTHER LANDING IN AN OPEN AREA.

ISRAEL TAKING DOWN A MISSILE FIRED FROM YEMEN BY HOUTHI FORCES.   NO IMMEDIATE REPORTS OF INJURIES OR DAMAGE...TIMES OF ISRAEL...A LATER REPORT OF A MISSILE FIRED FROM YEMEN FAILING TO REACH ISRAEL.

At least 17 people have died in India after drinking toxic alcohol.   Others are hospitalized in critical condition after drinking the illegally distilled liquor.

Authorities fear there will be more deaths...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

SPEAKING TO A RUSSIAN BUSINESS GROUP PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYING WESTERN NATIONS ARE READY TO SABOTAGE THEIR OWN ECONOMIES IN ORDER TO HARM RUSSIA'S.

HE SAID 'OF COURSE, WE MUST AT LEAST MINIMIZE THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES'.

MR. PUTIN APPARENTLY BRACING FOR NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST HIS COUNTRY.

THEY HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED BY US PRESIDENT TRUMP AND EUROPEAN LEADERS DEPENDENT ON THE OUTCOME OF TALKS SET TO BE HELD IN TURKEY ON THURSDAY...TASS RUSSIA

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 269.67 points or .64 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 301.74 points or 1.61 percent.

At 453 pm New York Time the price of oil at 63 dollars 65 cents a barrel up one dollar 70 cents of 2.74 percent...Marketwatch

In Bangladesh the Awami League political party instrumental in founding the country in the early 1970's has been banned.

There are accusations of crimes against humanity in the former government's crackdown on student protests last year.

The current government led by Businessman-Economist Muhammad Yunus has been delaying new elections in the country...PIME ASIA NEWS ITALY

                TRUMP IN SAUDI ARABIA

ANNOUNCES END TO SANCTIONS ON SYRIA

                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

US President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia beginning his Middle East visit.

Trump meeting members of the Saudi royal family.

Elon Musk joining Mr. Trump and the Saudi leaders at a luncheon.

A 142-billion-dollar defense sales agreement signed with the Saudis.

In a speech President Trump praising the Saudi leadership and expressing his hope they would join the "Abraham Accords" establishing ties with Israel.

He also announced an end to US sanctions imposed on Syria during the Syrian Civil War when the US and other nations backed jihadist forces that now rule the country...BBC News...

In an apparent reference to post 9/11 US foreign and defense policy Mr. Trump said:

 "so-called 'nation builders' wrecked far more nations than they built--and the interventionists were intervening in complex societies they did not understand"

Mr. Trump contrasting nation building failures in Iraq and Afghanistan with the economic success of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

He linked such nation building failures to "Neocons" and "liberal non-profits"...Lucas Tomlinson Fox News "X"...

                                            (COMMENT)

15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were citizens of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

An 18-month suspended sentence handed to French actor Gerard Depardieu.    The 76-year-old film star convicted of sexual assault in groping incidents involving two women on film sets.

The accusations revolved around touching two women's breasts and buttocks while making sexually explicit remarks.

A three-year probation is also part of the sentence.

He was ordered to pay compensation to the victims and to undergo psychological treatment as well as registering himself as a sex offender...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Turkiye)

IN AUSTRALIA A NEW LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION.   SUSSAN LEY SELECTED TO LEAD THE LIBERAL PARTY.

LEY NARROWLY DEFEATING HER MORE CONSERVATIVE CHALLENGER ANGUS TAYLOR.

SHE WILL LEAD THE LIBERAL-NATIONAL COALITION THAT SUFFERED SERIOUS LOSSES IN THE MAY 3RD ELECTION.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR THE LIBERAL-NATIONAL COALITION IN THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN 'MODERATE' WOMEN RUNNING AND BEING ELECTED IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTTIVES SEATS NORMALLY WON BY THE LIBERAL PARTY.

THE NATIONAL PARTY RE-ELECTING DAVID LITTLEPROUND AT THEIR LEADER...BBC NEWS

Activist Greta Thunberg says that Israel attacked an aid ship bound for Gaza recently.

The vessel had just left Malta when it was attacked by drones and put out of operation.

The attack occurred just before Thunberg was set to board the vessel.

Thunberg describing it as "another crystal-clear example of how human rights and international law are being completely disrespected".

Israel cut humanitarian aid to Gaza on March 2nd with UN officials speaking of an emerging famine crisis there...REUTERS-JERUSALEM POST

THE UNITED STATES HAS IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON THREE PEOPLE AND ONE ENTITY IN IRAN.

THE US STATE DEPARTMENT NEWS RELEASE SUGGESTS THEY ARE INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS...TASS RUSSIA

  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

Poland's Foreign Minister telling the BBC that Russia recruited arsonists to set a massive shopping center fire in Warsaw last year.

Radek Sikorski saying Moscow had acted in a "completely unacceptable" way.

Reacting to the accusation Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying that Poland was being "Russophobic"...BBC News

IN NEW ZEALAND A MEDIA REPORT SAYS THAT PORNOGRAPHY WAS FOUND ON THE WORK COMPUTER OF FORMER DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JEVON MCSKILLING.

MCSKILLING RESIGNING HIS POST MONDAY AMIDST A FOURTH-MONTH PROBE THAT WAS LEADING TOWARDS HIS POSSIBLE FIRING.

PRIOR TO HIS RESIGNATION, HE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FROM HIS POST SINCE BEFORE CHRISTMAS OF LAST YEAR...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 5/12/2025*UNREST IN LIBYA*STARMER TALKS TOUGHER IMMIGRATION RULES IN UK*MARKETS RISE AS US-CHINA SLASH TARIFFS

 

                                  (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)

                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

A SWEDISH DIPLOMAT ARRESTED IN RECENT DAYS SUSPECTED OF ESPIONAGE.

THE DIPLOMAT UNDER ARREST HAD BEEN STATIONED AT A NUMBER OF SWEDISH DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES AROUND THE WORLD.

AUTHORITIES ARE PROVIDING LIMITED INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                               (This story is updated with later details)

Tonight in Tripoli, Libya a state of emergency following the assassination of a senior security official in the Libyan government based in Tripoli.

The security commander of the Presidential Council killed at the headquarters of a military unit this evening.

Exchange of fire reported in the city with hospitals being asked to prepare for casualties...Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)...

At least six people injured according to authorities.

There was said to be rioting in the city with residents being urged to stay in their homes...Tass Russia...

Late tonight the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity saying that a military operation had been successfully completed...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...

OSINTdefender "X" (Link To Explicit Photos Of Assassination Victim)

AT A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SUGGESTING SANCTIONS MAY BE LIFTED ON SYRIA AT THE REQUEST OF TURKEY.

ISRAEL HAS EXPRESSED ITS CONCERN ABOUT THE NEW JIHADIST GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA AND POSITIONED MILITARY FORCES IN SOUTHERN SYRIA TO PROTECT THE DRUZE MINORITY POPULATION...OSINTdefender "X"

A group of 49 white South Africans have arrived in Washington the first group to be given refugee status in the United States.

The US citing 'racial discrimination' as the reason for accepting South African whites into the country...BBC News

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EXPRESSING A WILLINGNESS TO BE PRESENT FOR TALKS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA ON THURSDAY.

TRUMP STRESSING THE NEED FOR A DEAL REGARDING THE UKRAINE WAR...TASS RUSSIA

The Kurdish PKK giving up its fight against the Turkish government.  

The Left-Wing Marxist-Leninist movement began its conflict with Turkey more than four decades ago.

Today it formally dissolved itself.

It's leader Abdullah Ocalan has been imprisoned by Turkey since 1999 last year Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggested his early release if the PKK would lay down its arms...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN GAZA AMERICAN HOSTAGE EDAN ALEXANDER HAS BEEN RELEASED AND IS NOW IN ISRAEL...TIMES OF ISRAEL

ISRAEL SENDING A NEGOTIATONG TEAM TO QATAR TO WORK ON A DEAL TO RELEASE HOSTAGES AND ESTABLISH A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.

THE FOLLOWS A MEETING BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF AND PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU...BARAK RAVID "AXIOS" POST

"Starmer is a hypocrite who believes in open borders"

Some of Reform Party leader Nigel Farage's reaction to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's announcement of new measures to curb immigration...Nigel Farage "X"...

Mr. Starmer saying he is creating an immigration system 'that is controlled selective and fair'.

New rules would include migrants having to wait 10 years to apply to settle in the UK.   Starmer said that businesses in the UK are too reliant on labor imported from other countries...BBC News

THE UNITED NATIONS FOOD WATCHDOG WARNING OF A CRITICAL RISK OF FAMINE IN GAZA.

THE IPC GROUP SAYS ALL OF GAZA'S POPULATION IS IN DANGER OF FAMINE.

THE FAMINE RISK IS MORE LIKELY IF ISRAEL WERE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE NOTION OF EXPANDING ITS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA .

THAT NOTION HAS BEEN PUBLICLY PROMOTED IN THE LAST WEEK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

Israel limiting its military operations in Gaza today as American citizen hostage Edan Alexander is being released.

One message Israel's military conveying is that it has not declared a truce...Times of Israel

The US and China have decided to slash tariffs for 90 days.   

Most of the high tariffs dropped.

The US setting a tariff of 30 percent China setting a 10 percent tariff...The Hill USA...

A major rise on world markets earlier with Dow Futures soaring on this morning's announcement of details of the tariff agreement.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1,160.72 points or 2.81 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 779.43 points or 4.35 percent.

At 450 pm New York Time the price of oil at 62 dollars seven cents a barrel up one dollar five cents or 1.72 percent...Marketwatch

THE GOVERNMENT OF QATAR IS GIVING PRESIDENT TRUMP A BOEING 747-8 AIRCRAFT.

THE PLANE WILL BE USED AS AIR FORCE ONE TO FLY MR. TRUMP AROUND THEN AFTER HE LEAVES OFFICE IT WILL BE DONATED TO THE TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY.

THE COST OF THE AIRLINER ROUGHLY 400 MILLION DOLLARS...REUTERS-THE KOREA HERALD

                                 (This story is updated)

In the Philippines it's a legislative election day members of the House of Representatives and half the Senate being elected.

Forces supporting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice-President Sara Duterte trying to gain the upper hand.   

If the Marcos faction can win more Senate seats it would boost the effort to impeach Duterte for alleged corruption.

Former President Rodrigo Duterte, recently detained by the International Criminal Court over his crackdown on drug traffickers, is running for mayor in Davao City.

Mr. Duterte winning that race by a wide margin...BBC News Blog

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS   

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)    

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 5/11/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*US-CHINA TRADE DEAL*HAMAS TALKING TO US*ZELENSKY WILLING TO MEET PUTIN*FOURTH ROUND OF US-IRAN TALKS*TRUMP SET TO MEET PALESTINIAN, LEBANESE, SYRIAN LEADERS*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH FINAL POSTS 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT)

                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOUTING HIS PLANS TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES.

MR. TRUMP SAYING THE ORDER HE WILL SIGN TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 AM WILL REDUCE THOSE PRICES 30 TO 80 PERCENT SHIFTING THE COST OF DRUGS TO OTHER NATIONS...DONALD J. TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL

Three civilians wounded in a Ukrainian missile attack in Russia's Kursk Region.   The attack on a building used as a hotel...RIA Novosti Russia

Air raid alerts in ten regions of Ukraine this evening including Kiev...(RIA Novosti Russia)

AN AMERICAN HOSTAGE IN GAZA IS TO BE RELEASED DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT THIS WEEK...BBC NEWS...

EDAN ALEXANDER'S RELEASE SUGGESTED BY ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU EARLIER.

AN ISRAELI MEDIA REPORT CLAIMING THAT MEDIATORS ARE PRESSURING HAMAS TO RELEASE ALEXANDER SO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE SWAYED TO PRESSURE ISRAEL TO END THE WAR IN GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL

The Israel Defense Forces ordering evacuation of three port areas in Yemen.

People urged to say away until further notice...Israel National News

WHITE HOUSE SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF TELLING ISRAELI HOSTAGE FAMILIES THE US 'WANTS TO RETURN THE HOSTAGES' IN GAZA.

BUT 'ISRAEL IS NOT READY TO END THE WAR'.   THIS STORY REPORTED BY ISRAEL'S CHANNEL 12...Times of Israel

A US-China trade agreement reached following talks in Switzerland.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant promising details of the deal tomorrow.

The agreement being described in general terms as one that will address the huge trade deficit between the US and China...White House News Release

AL JAZEERA REPORTS THAT THE US HAS BEEN HOLDING DIRECT TALKS WITH HAMAS.     

THOSE TALKS TAKING PLACE IN RECENT DAYS FOCUSED ON A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA...TASS RUSSIA

At least 21 have died when a bus plunged into a ravine in Sri Lanks.   14 others injured.   About 50 people were on the bus...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY AGREEING TO A DIRECT MEETING WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.

EARLIER US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP URGED UKRAINE TO AGREE TO PUTIN'S OFFER OF DIRECT TALKS...BBC NEWS

Iran says that today's round of nuclear talks with the United States has ended.

The talks described as 'difficult but useful'...Mehr News Agency Iran

ARAB MEDIA REPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO MEET THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS, LEBANESE PRESIDENT JOSEPH AOUN AND THE NEW SYRIAN RULER AHMED AL-SHARAA.

THIS WILL HAPPEN IN SAUDI ARABIA WHEN HE MEETS CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN-SALMAN ON TUESDAY...TIMES OF ISRAEL

"now we're facing the tragedy of a third world war in pieces"

AT THE VATICAN TODAY NEWLY INSTALLED POPE LEO CALLING FOR 'NO MORE WAR'

THE PONTIFF NOTING THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 80 YEARS AGO SPEAKNG OF A 'THIRD WORLD WAR' IN THE PRESENT. 

HE CITED CONFLICTS IN GAZA, UKRAINE AND BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN...BBC NEWS

                                                  (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

Russian President Vladimir Putin calling for direct negotiations with Ukraine.

This counters a move to force Russia into a 30-day 'unconditional ceasefire' with Ukraine.

This being pushed by nations closely aligned with Ukraine.  

Leaders of those nations in Kiev this weekend...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...

Putin's call welcomed by US President Donald Trump describing a 'potentially great day'...Tass Russia

The "New York Times" reporting that the United States has approved the movement of 100 Patriot air defense missiles and 125 long-range missiles to Ukraine.

Those missiles coming from Germany...Tass Russia

PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING OF 'GREAT PROGRESS' IN TRADE TALKS WITH CHINA THIS WEEKEND.

THE TALKS BEING HELD IN SWITZERLAND...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

 US Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin says several Democrat members of Congress may be arrested due to a confrontation at an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka already arrested in connection with the incident.

McLaughlin says video shows members of Congress assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers...The Hill USA

AUTHORITIES IN SYRIA SAY THEY HAVE FOUND THE REMAINS OF US JOURNALIST AUSTIN TICE.

TICE WENT MISSING MORE THAN 12 YEARS AGO DURING THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

AT LEAST 14 KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA THIS WEEKEND.

TENTS WITH DISPLACED FAMILIES SAID TO HAVE BEEN TARGETED ACCORDING TO PALESTINIAN SOURCES...AL JAZEERA QATAR

Hamas releasing videos of two Israeli hostages this weekend.

The videos of Gaza hostages Elkana Bohbot and Yosef Haim-Ohana seen as a form of psychological warfare against Israel...Times of Israel...

In Tel Aviv on Saturday night an anti-government rally opposing its war policies.

The mother of a slain Gaza hostage saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is 'sending our children to die in the name of lust for power'...Times of Israel

"His first trip is about economic opportunity.  That's where his focus is"

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee offering reassurances that President Trump's visit to three wealthy Arab oil nations this coming week is not a snub of Israel.

Stories leaked out in recent days suggest a souring relationship between Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Huckabee saying Trump has spent more time with Netanyahu than other world leaders during his second term...Times of Israel

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ADDING 20,000 NEW OFFICERS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

WITHIN THE DHS IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCMENT CURRENTLY HAS 21,000 PERSONNEL.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA QUESTIONING HOW THE STAFFING INCREASE WILL BE PAID FOR...BBC NEWS

1970's country music hit singer Johnny Rodriguez dead at the age of 73.   He died of health complications on Friday according to his daughter.

Rodriguez acknowledging that excessive use of alcohol and drugs harmed his career.   He continued to play concerts in South Texas for many decades...Associated Press USA

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*INDIA-PAKISTAN CEASEFIRE?*THE 'CEASEFIRE PUSH' AGAINST RUSSIA*TRUMP GOES FOR MONEY*TRUMP-TURKEY-PAKISTAN*CHINESE WARPLANES PAKISTANS' EDGE*65 YEARS TODAY*EUTHANASIA AHEAD FOR FRANCE, UK*F. LEE LEVIN, TRUMP AND ISRAEL*

 

                             (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)

(UPDATING OF NEWSDUMP ALERT STORIES ALSO HAPPENING AT THE TOP OF POST)

                  NEWSDUMP ALERT:   

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS INDIA AND PAKISTAN AGREE TO A 'FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE'

INDIA SPEAKS OF 'CONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE'

                           Truth Social Post

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice-President JD Vance speaking with leaders in India and Pakistan seeking talks which are supposed to begin involving the two countries.

This follows the exchange of attacks by the two countries Friday night into Saturday morning...BBC News Blog

India is taking the public position that the ceasefire is 'conditional'.

India also maintaining its withdrawal from the Indus River water agreement and its cutoff of water flow to Pakistan...

                                      NDTV India

SATURDAY NIGHT INDIAN MEDIA OUTLETS REPORTING THAT PAKISTAN HAS VIOLATED THE CEASEFIRE WITH SHELLING AND AIR RAIDS.

BLACKOUTS IMPOSED IN BORDER REGIONS...Hindustan Times...

PAKISTAN ALSO SPEAKING OF INDIA VIOLATING THE CEASEFIRE SAYING IT IS ULTIMATELY COMMITTED TO A CEASEFIRE.

INDIA AND PAKISTAN ARE TO MEET ON MONDAY FOR NEGOTIATIONS.

                (MORE ON THIS LATER IN THE POST)

                     NEWSDUMP ALERT:  

TRUMP TALKS WITH COUNTRIES SUPPORTING UKRAINE JOINS IN PUSH FOR 30-DAY CEASEFIRE NOT SUPPORTED BY RUSSIA.

THE KREMLIN SAYS IT IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS FOR NOT AGREEING TO CEASEFIRE...

"Russia used to sanctions, not afraid of them'-Tass Russia

                                        BBC News Blog...

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN COUNTERING THE PUSH FOR A CEASEFIRE WITH A CALL FOR DIRECT TALKS TO BEGIN WITH UKRAINE THIS COMING THURSDAY (MAY 15TH) IN ISTANBUL...(RIA Novosti Russia)

                                             "MY CITY WAS GONE"-THE PRETENDERS

A luster, a liar, a thief a character assassin indeed a sinner saved by grace your host back with you again.

Another attempt at media excellence.

                   COLD HARD FACTS

We are over $36 trillion in debt. We have a $2 trillion deficit. We are not at war with anyone. Why should we spend a record breaking $1 trillion on the military budget?-US Representative Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky)

"The fact that the US debt is exploding and the country is basically bankrupt; that most of the world doesn't want to hold more of their debt and is de-dollarizing;"-Maxime Bernier People's Party Of Canada Leader

And so, President Donald Trump follows the money to wealthy nations like Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the coming week.

TRUMP CLOSE TO TURKEY, TURKEY CLOSE TO PAKISTAN

One of those countries Qatar close to Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood fully supportive of Pakistan in the conflict this week Pakistani military aircraft flew back and forth between Turkey to likely supply drones.

President Trump an admirer of Turkish ruler President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

              INDIA VERSUS PAKISTAN

Chinese warplanes provided to Pakistan proving their capabilities again this week like they did in 2019 when an Indian warplane was shot down during a confrontation between the two countries.

At the beginning of this week's fight some Indian warplanes French-Russian aircraft provided to India taken out by Pakistan's Chinese warplanes...

"Exclusive: Pakistan's Chinese-made jet brought down two Indian fighter aircraft, US officials say"-Reuters (Headline Only)

                            "Chengdu J-10"-Wikipedia

 India resorting to drones provided by Israel to attack Pakistan.

Images of downed Indian warplanes apparently leading to a massive blockade of social media accounts this week India's government shutting down accounts considered "negative" or accounts spreading "disinformation"...

"It appears as though my account is one of the 8,000 that have been withheld in India for posting information viewed by the government s "negative" towards the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan"-OSINTdefender "X"....

"...my account has been withheld in India following a legal request from the Indian government, with them claiming that my account was spreading 'disinformation'"...-OSINTdefender "X"

Happy Birthday Today its 65 for me and lets listen to some music of my life...

                              "PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON"-PETER PAUL AND MARY

                                                       "I'M JUST ME"-CHARLEY PRIDE

                                            "COAT OF MANY COLORS"-DOLLY PARTON

                                                             "AT SEVENTEEN"-JANIS IAN

                                                "A FRIEND SO TRUE"-KELLY WILLARD

                                      "YOUR LOVE BROKE THROUGH"-PHIL KEAGGY

                                                       "JOY BY SURPRISE"-BOB AYALA

"The acts of the flesh are obvious, sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft; hatred and discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissentions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies and the like.   

I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  Against such things there is no law"

                        GALATIANS 6: 19-23 NIV BIBLE

                            SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA

Out to dinner for my birthday today.   Taking it easy this evening although that means typing out some material to finish this post.

THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS TO POST AT AROUND MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.

LEGALIZATION OF EUTHANASIA IN FRANCE AND THE UK ROLLS FORWARD

The story from France this week includes the "assisted dying" issue which is set to be considered in the National Assembly this coming week...LInk To "France Yellow Vests Week 337 Post 

The UK is moving towards similar legislation the March to Death moves forward and Dan Hitchens is looking at that issue very closely here's his "X" page...DAN HITCHENS "X"

      F. LEE LEVIN GETS SLAMMED IN RECENT HOURS

It was claimed for clicks online that Mark Levin 'F Lee Levin' as El Rushbo used to fondly call him was describing Steve Witkoff as a 'traitor'.

The real post about President Trump's Special Envoy went like this...

            "By the way neocon is a perjorative for Jew. Unbelievable."-Mark R. Levin "X" Post

Mr. Witkoff set to talk with Iran tomorrow and anxieties coming out of Israel with Ambassador Mike Huckabee offering his reassurances this weekend.

President Trump as noted before hitting the nations with the $$$ this coming week not visiting Israel.

"His first trip is about economic opportunity.  That's where his focus is"

US AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL MIKE HUCKABEE ON WHY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST OVERSEAS TRIP SKIPS ISRAEL...

"'He still loves you': US envoy insists Trump-Israel relationship is as strong as ever"-Times of Israel

We will see how things play out in Israel and Gaza, Russia and Ukraine and India and Pakistan in the coming hours and coming days.  Let's not forget Iran as well.

"Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money'

Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.  What is your life?  You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 

Instead, you ought to say, 'If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that'.

As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes.  All such boasting is evil. 

If anyone then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn't do it, it is sin for them"

                               JAMES 4:13-17 NIV BIBLE 

                                                                    Good Night. God Bless.

                 

                                  "CELEBRATE THIS HEARTBEAT"-RANDY STONEHILL    

                                                       "STRAIGHT AHEAD"-AMY GRANT

                                       "ROD AND STAFF"-SECOND CHAPTER OF ACTS