NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*NETANYAHU SAYS 'ACT NOW TO STOP IRAN'*DID CHINA 'PEARL HARBOR' US MR. PRESIDENT?*HIT SONGS 80 YEARS AGO*THE 'GREATEST GENERATION' BROKE GOD'S RULES'*BILLY GRAHAM PROVED HIS CRITICS WRONG*

 

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THE FRIDAY NEWSDUMP SUMMARY IF YOU MISSED IT..."News Summary-Intelligence Report 5/30/2025*Newsdump Friday***

                   NEWSDUMP ALERT:

                   "act now to stop Iran"

EVEN AS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OPENLY SEEKS A NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WITH A DIFFERENT MESSAGE TODAY.

NETNYAHU USING THE OCCASION OF A UN REPORT ON URANIUM ENRICHMENT IN IRAN TO DEMAND THAT THE WORLD 'ACT NOW TO STOP IRAN'.

THE UN SAYING IRAN HAS LARGE STOCKPILES OF ENRICHED URAINIUM.  

SANCTIONS IN PLACE AGAINST IRAN PREVENT IT FROM SENDING ANY ENRICHED URANIUM TO THIRD COUNTRIES WHICH MAY HAPPEN IF A DEAL IS REACHED...

                                      TIMES OF ISRAEL 

       A CHINA WAR NEWSDUMP UPDATE:

Carl Douglas with our theme music "Kung Fu Fighting"...

                        NEWSDUMP ALERT:  

"We are not going to sugarcoat it, the threat China poses is real.  And it could be imminent"

"China's army is rehearsing for the real deal"

US DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH SPEAKING TODAY IN SINGAPORE AT THE 'SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE' MAY 31, 2025...

""Threat China poses is real: US defense secretary Pete Hegseth warns Indo-Pacific allies of imminent risks"-Times Of India

And did you see what President Donald J. Trump posted about China yesterday reminds me of some BBC News story about how messed up Russia and China are economically etc. etc...

"Two weeks ago China was in grave economic danger!...Because of this deal, everything quickly stabilized and China got back to business as usual. 

That's the good news!!

The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US.

So much for being Mr. Nice Guy!"

PORTIONS OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL MEDIA POST FRIDAY MAY 30, 2025...

FULL TRUTH SOCIAL MEDIA POST DONALD J. TRUMP 5/30/2025

Has China "Pearl Harbored" Us With Economic Warfare Mr. President?

El Rushbo liked to talk about "The Greatest Generation" then Tom Brokaw seemed to come along to make a buck off the idea by writing a book.

We associated "The Greatest Generation" with their participation in World War II which ended in Europe 80 years ago this month.

And the hits as we ended May and entered June of 1945 they were exemplified by these three songs in the Top 10...

                                               "JUST A PRAYER AWAY"-BING CROSBY

                                          "THERE I'VE SAID IT AGAIN"-VAUGHN MONROE

               "SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY"-LES BROWN (WITH DORIS DAY SINGING)

    (THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)

Music to get away from to escape the burden of World War II that the entire nation bore back then.

Millions dislocated men and women in uniform men and women working in factories people uprooted from their normal lives.

Moral values got disrupted as well.

Just one example hundreds of women worked at the "Congress Inn" and similar locations in Honolulu.   One definition of "Congress" is "sexual intercourse".

The city under martial law after Pearl Harbor and the military government allowed prostitution under regulated conditions including price controls.

Heck during the Civil War General Joe Hooker as Military Governor of Washington DC allowed houses of prostitution whose residents became known as "Hookers Women" from there we got the term "Hookers".

Getting back to Honolulu in World War II the sex trafficking establishments limited customers to 'three minutes' and the men patronizing the 'sex workers' got the nickname "Three Minute Men"...Honolulu Harlots...

Women did contract STD's "Venereal Disease" and treatment camps were established to treat them during World War II.

This is how the federal government spun the situation in a propaganda film back in 1944...

"I live in a world in the United States that is secular and materialistic"

DR. BILLY GRAHAM SPEAKS AT 1:04 IN THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW...

DR. BILLY GRAHAM HAD HIS DETRACTORS AND I CONSORTED WITH THEM DR. CARL MCINTIRE THE MAIN DETRACTOR BUT DR. MCINTIRE MENTORED A THEN YOUNG MAN WHO CONTINUED THE CRITICISM IN MORE RECENT YEARS...

Brad K. Gsell: The Legacy of Billy Graham: The Accommodation Of Truth To Error in the Evangelical Church

Well I just believe that stuff no more I gave up being the Pharisee, I gave up being the self-styled ultimate and final authority on things in the style of the late Dr. Carl McIntire.

"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.   

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.  

If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us"

                              I JOHN 1:8-10 NIV BIBLE

"The greatest enemy of the truth is not that which questions or opposes it but that which pushes it. carrying high the banner of Truth, preaching its Word in all appearance, but denying the power thereof.

And the twin demons of believism and covert legalism are having a field day.

Truth without Life is pseudo---the great Lie...but also an extremely potent drug serving religious addiction"

Chapter 15 "The Death of God" page 200 "The Lust Virus" by Ron J (Roy Kuljian)

"Then fourthly there's the separation from the world.

In I John 2 (2:15-16) 'I love not the world neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world'

And if you love the world more than you do Christ you're not in the Kingdom of God"

DR. BILLY GRAHAM SPEAKS AT 12:04 INTO THE AUDIO LINK BELOW...

   "How Can I Be Sure-Dr. Billy Graham Columbus Ohio 1993

I see no compromise in that do you, yet I lived in a delusion that Dr. Billy Graham was some sort of compromiser of the Faith.

              SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE USA

A chilly 46 degrees here in Central Pennsylvania tonight chilly for May 31st going into June 1st.

Hey, my granddaughter graduated from high school last evening and I was out late so normal posting of the Friday News Summary was interrupted on Free Republic.

I crashed about 1 am this morning after putting finishing touches on that summary.

THE NEWS SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY IS TAKING SHAPE AND IT WILL START TO POST AROUND MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.

The story of things in France this week President Macron's trip stirred controversy Macron pushing France-Europe-NATO towards a posture of confronting China less militantly that the USA but pushing in that direction without a doubt...

"France Yellow Vests Week 340*'The Push, The Shove' And France's Adversaries*France's Future Adversary*Vote Against Low-Emission Zones*The New Smoking Ban*Protest Today*Soccer Win Violence In Paris*

AND JOURNALIST GLENN GREENWALD JOINS TUCKER CARLSON ON EPSTEIN, THE JFK ASSASSINATION AND MORE...BUT NOT WITHOUT GETTING SMEARED ON THE WAY

Gay sex videos of journalist Glenn Greenwald emerged as Greenwald conducted an interview with Tucker Carlson that included discussion of Jeffrey Epstein and the JFK Assassination where the name "Jack Ruby" came up and he killed Lee Harvey Oswald you know to keep him quiet it seems...

Tucker Carlson Glenn Greenwald Conversation (Epstein 37:25 and JFK Assassination 51:58)

                                                                 Good Night.  God Bless.

                 "CHANGED INTO HIS IMAGE"-ERNIE RETTINO AND DEBBIE KERNER

                                                        "SHOT DOWN"-LARRY NORMAN

                                                 "EYE OF THE STORM"-MARK HEARD

                                               

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 340*"THE PUSH, THE SHOVE" AND FRANCE'S ADVERSARIES*FRANCE'S FUTURE ADVERSARY*VOTE AGAINST LOW-EMISSION ZONES*THE NEW SMOKING BAN*PROTEST TODAY*SOCCER WIN VIOLENCE IN PARIS*

 

              (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

The Associated Press recorded an incident that led to widespread discussion and speculation as President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Vietnam.

Inside the Presidential plane Brigitte Macron with a hand to Mr. Macron's face.

It was called variously 'a push' or 'a shove' but whatever it was it happened...

                                      NEW YORK POST YOU TUBE VIDEO

The incident seized on by critics of Mr. Macron including online influencer Candace Owens who has projected the narrative of Brigitte Macron being in reality a male...

 "Mr. Macron was unfortunately pummeled by Mr. Macron in Vietnam..."-Candace Owens "X" Post

When it's all said and done the nations France and its President Emmanuel Macron are most estranged from are Israel and Russia.

Ukraine and Gaza figure prominently in the messaging of Mr. Macron and other top officials.

It is in the interests of both Israel and Russia that Emmanuel Macron look bad.

(The tensions with Israel again boiling over on Friday as President Emmanuel Macron warned of a toughening French stance on Israel likely to include sanctions on 'right-wing' cabinet ministers and Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank)

Israel's Foreign Ministry saying on social media that Macron wants to 'reward' what it called 'jihadist terrorists' a Palestinian state.

There were Israeli air attacks Friday and Friday night on territories formerly ruled by France in the Middle East Lebanon and Syria countries France still takes an interest in.)

FRANCE'S ENEMY OF THE FUTURE FORETOLD ON FRIDAY IN SINGAPORE AS PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SPOKE OF FRANCE ESTABLISHING SECURITY AND OTHER TIES WITH ASIAN NATIONS.

THIS CAME BEFORE TODAY'S BLISTERING COMMENTS FROM US DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH WARNING ABOUT CHINA AND SPEAKING OF US DEFENSE PLANS IN THE 'INDO-PACIFIC'.

IT APPEARS FRANCE AND ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES ARE MORE QUIETLY ALIGNING THEMSELVES FOR NATO EXPANSION TO THE REGION NEAR CHINA...TASS RUSSIA NEWS STORY

IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT HAVE MORE SEATS THAN THE GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE OF PARTIES SUPPORTING PRESIDENT MACRON.

BUT ITS USUALLY VERY TOUGH FOR THE OPPOSITION TO FIND A WAY TO VOTE TOGETHER AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.

THIS WEEK SUCCESS AS A MAJORITY OF 98-51 VOTED TO END THE LOW EMISSION ZONES IN THE CENTER OF FRENCH CITIES.

IF THIS VOTE TURNS INTO LAW DOWN THE ROAD AND PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL MUSTER IT WOULD ALLOW 2.7 MILLION HIGH-EMISSION VEHICLES TO AGAIN USE THE STREETS OF CENTER CITY AREAS....

"Thermal Vehicles: The Assembly Approves The Abolition Of 'Low Emission Zones'"-BFM-TV Story (Translation Prompt)

On Thursday Health and Family Minister Catherine Vautrin announcing an outdoor smoking ban effective July 1st.

The ban will impact outdoor areas frequented by children including bus stops, beaches, parks, sports venues and other areas.

Outdoor areas of cafes and bars are exempt from the ban.

Vautrin said:

"the freedom to smoke must end where the freedom of children to breathe fresh air begins"...

"France to ban smoking on beaches, parks and near schools"-BBC News

Protest video from Paris this afternoon the "Historic Yellow Vests" gathering...

                    Historic Yellow Vests Paris May 31, 2025

And dozens of protesters gathering for the weekly march in the streets of Paris a small group with some flags and protest signs.                                             

Several Palestinian flags prominent in this demonstration more than usual.

The usual themes of fiscal and social justice headlined on the protest banner used every week for these demonstratons.

Drums also used in the march...

FULL PROTEST VIDEO MARCH FORMS UP AT 16 MINUTES INTO VIDEO

TONIGHT, IN PARIS A SOCCER VICTORY LEADING TO A RIOT.

SOCCER TEAM PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (PSG) DEFEATING INTER MILAN OF ITALY IN UEFA LEAGUE FINAL

THE FANS SETTING OFF FIRE CRACKERS AT THE EIFFEL TOWER.

LATER THERE WERE FIRES IN THE STREETS OF PARIS, LOOTING AND ARRESTS IN THE HUNDREDS AS OF LATE TONIGHT IN THE PARIS REGION...

     RMC SPORT-BFM TV LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

TWO VIDEO FEEDS PARIS SOCCER FANS RIOT (TOTAL LENGTH TWO HOURS, 30 MINUTES

                                                      That is the story from France for this week.

                                              

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 5/30/2025*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*US DEFENSE SECRETARY HYPES CHINA THREAT*TRUMP SUGGESTS IMMINENT GAZA DEAL*SENATOR GRAHAM PUSHING SANCTIONS THAT MAY IMPACT CHINA*TRUMP SLAMS CHINA FOR VIOLATING 'TARIFF TRUCE'*FRENCH PRESIDENT TALKS HARDER POSITION ON ISRAEL*

 

(PERSONAL OBLIGATIONS INTERRUPTING SERVICE LATE POSTINGS AFTER 1130 PM EASTERN US TIME THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY)

                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

ISRAEL AIR ATTACKS IN SYRIA TONIGHT.   THE ATTACKS IN THE PORT CITY OF LATAKIA.   

THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES SAY THEY HIT WEAPONS DEPOTS HOLDING ANTI-SHIP MISSILES...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Israel barring a visit by Arab foreign ministers to the Palestinian capital of Ramallah.

The visit of the ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE called 'provocative' and aimed at promoting a 'terrorist state'...Israel National News

TEN PEOPLE HURT IN A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK IN RUSSIA'S KURSK REGION.

APARTMENT BUILDINGS STRUCK BY THE DRONES, OTHER BUILDINGS AND A GARAGE ALSO DAMAGED...TASS RUSSIA

"We are not going to sugarcoat it--the threat China poses is real.  And it could be imminent."

SPEAKING AT THE SHANGRI-LA SECURITY CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE US DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH WARNING ABOUT A THREAT FROM CHINA.

HEGSETH STRESSING A US BUILDUP IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE 'INDO-PACIFIC REGION' AND SAYING ALLIES NEED TO SPEND MORE TO COUNTER CHINA. 

HIS DEFINITION OF ALLIES INCLUDES TAIWAN WHICH THE US DECLARED PART OF CHINA BACK IN THE 1970'S WHEN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WERE ESTABLISHED...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-IRISH NEWS

At a rally in Pittsburgh to promote the Nippon Steel-US Steel alliance President Trump announced a doubling of aluminum and steel tariffs.

Next Wednesday Trump saying the tariffs will go from 25 percent to 50 percent...BBC NEWS

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING THAT DEALS ARE CLOSE ON A CEASEFIRE-HOSTAGE RELEASE IN GAZA AND ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

TRUMP SUGGESTING THAT IN THE DEEP NEWSDUMP PERIOD THIS WEEKEND WHILE THE SABBATH IS UNDERWAY IN ISRAEL A GAZA DEAL MAY EMERGE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina in Ukraine alongside him Democrat US Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.

Senator Graham says he expects a Russia sanctions bill to be moving in the Senate next week.

The bill would tariff goods from countries buying Russian oil at 500 percent.   

Prominent among countries buying Russian oil China and India...Bloomberg

THE US SUPREME COURT RULING IN FAVOR OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S REPEAL OF A BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PAROLE FOR MIGRANTS FROM LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

TWO LIBERAL JUSTICES ON THE HIGH COURT DISSENTING...THE HILL USA

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP APPEARING BEFORE THE MEDIA ALONGSIDE ELON MUSK IN THE OVAL OFFICE.    

MUSK LEAVING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TODAY.

THEIR JOINT APPEARANCE SIGNALS UNITY AMID MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING ABOUT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE BILLIONAIRE TYCOON...

      ASSOCIATED PRESS LIVE VIDEO

                       The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 54.34 points.

The NASDAQ down 62.11 points.

Tonight in New York the price of oil slightly at 60 dollars 79 cents a barrel down 15 cents...Marketwatch

The former leader of the Irish Nationalist Sinn Fein party Gerry Adams awarded 100,000 euros (113,000 US dollars) in a libel case against the BBC.

A British court found a claim that Adams was involved in the 2005 murder of a spy inside the party to be false.

The Sinn Fein party long considered the political wing of the militant leftist Irish Republican Army which is in and of itself widely considered to be a terrorist organization...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN SINGAPORE THE SHANGRI-LA SECURITY FORUM WITH THE US, CHINA AND OTHER NATIONS REPRESENTED.

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON TOLD THE GATHERING ABOUT A VISION FOR EUROPEAN UNITY WITH INDIA AND ASIAN NATIONS ON MATTERS OF SECURITY AND TRADE...TASS RUSSIA...

"instead of pressuring jihadist terrorists, Macron wants to reward them with a Palestinian state"

A SHARP REBUKE OF THE FRENCH PRESIDENT FROM ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY.

EARLIER IN THE DAY MR. MACRON CALLED FOR MORE HUMANITARIAN AID IN GAZA AND AN EVENTUAL TWO-STATE SOLUTION AS REPORTED ON LATER IN THIS SUMMARY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

         "totally violated its agreement with us"

President Trump on social media slamming China over its failure to adhere to an interim understanding.

The US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer saying Chinese barriers to trade were still up after talks in Geneva earlier this month reached agreement on their removal.

China responding saying that the US:

"cease discriminatory restrictions against China"..

                                    BBC NEWS

                                 TRUTH SOCIAL

Energy bills in the Netherlands on the rise.  That's due to construction of giant wind farms in the North Sea.

This wind farm energy scheme has already curtailed the Dutch fishing industry.

The 88 billion euros (99.704 billion US dollars) spent in the next 15 years will continue to feed higher energy costs for consumers in the Netherlands...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

US ENVOY KEITH KELLOGG SUGGESTING THE US MAY STOP EASTWARDS EXPANSION OF NATO IN ANY UKRAINE WAR DEAL WITH RUSSIA.

KELLOGG NOTING NATO'S EASTWARD EXPANSION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES HAS BECOME A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE FOR RUSSIA.

KELLOGG ACKNOWLEDGING THAT UKRAINE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN NATO AND THAT MAY END UP EXTENDING TO OTHER NATIONS NEAR RUSSIA LIKE GEORGIA AND MOLDOVA...TASS RUSSIA

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar briefly stood in today for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.   

Mr. Netanyahu underwent a colonoscopy.   Around two and a half year ago another colonoscopy found benign polyps that were removed...Israel National News

"The humanitarian blockade is creating a situation that is untenable on the ground...

If there is no response that meets the humanitarian situation in the coming hours and days, obviously we will have to toughen our collective position"

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SPEAKING ABOUT THE SITUATION IN GAZA TODAY.

HE SUGGESTED SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL RELATED TO JEWISH SETTLEMENT IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK).

MACRON SAYING THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION IS A TWO-STATE SOLUTION THAT INCLUDES A PALESTINIAN STATE...INDIA TODAY

The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team involving the US and ten other nations making accusations against North Korea and Russia.

A 29-page report saying military cooperation between Russia and North Korea involves flagrant violations of UN sanctions.

North Korea and Russia have shipped arms to each other, and Russia has trained North Korean soldiers who fought in the Ukraine War.

North Korean support has helped Russia in its war effort in Ukraine according to the report...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-ASAHI SHIMBUN JAPAN

AN OFFICIAL OF HAMAS SAYING THE PROPOSAL OF THE UNITED STATES REGARDING A CEASFIRE WOULD ONLY RESULT IN 'THE CONTINUATON OF THE KILLING AND FAMINE' IN GAZA.

HAMAS SAYING THE PROPOSAL IS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION.  

THE FINAL DECISION EXPECTED TO EMERGE LATER TODAY ON NEWSDUMP FRIDAY...AL JAZEERA QATAR

In Washington DC controversy as a Conservative Christian was fired from his position as Vice-President of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Floyd Brown was contacted by CNN regarding his views on traditional marriage and gay influence over the Republican Party.

Firing Brown Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell a key gay player in the Trump Administration...Floyd Brown "X" Post

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE) 

         UKRAINIAN DRONES ATTACK CITY OF KURSK

                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The Russian city of Kursk attacked by Ukrainian drones Thursday evening.   One man hurt and some drone fragments caused window damage at a local hospital...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

In other news...

Actress Loretta Swit, star of the "M*A*S*H" television series, dead at the age of 87.   

Swit playing the character of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan receiving 10 Emmy Award nominations winning that award twice.

Her co-star Alan Alda paid tribute to her describing her as 'supremely talented'...DEADLINE

MUSIC STAR TAYLOR SWIFT BUYING BACK THE RIGHTS TO HER FIRST SIX ALBUMS.

UNKNOWN TO SWIFT, TALENT MANAGER SCOOTER BRAUN OBTAINED THOSE RIGHTS IN 2018.

SHE SAYS ALL THE MUSIC SHE MADE IS NOW IN HER POSSESSION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Lawyers for online influencers Andrew and Tristian Tate say they will return to the UK to face 21 sexual misconduct related allegations against them.

But for now the Tate Brothers are embroiled in a set of charges leveled against them by authorities in Romania.

The lawyers speaking of the allegations against them being leaked out into the media to create a 'trial by media'.    The Tates categorically reject all of the allegations made against them...BBC News

In the nation of Georgia neighboring Russia opposition leader Nika Melia arrested.  He is accused of misbehaving in front of a police officer.

Last week another opposition personality Zurab Japaridze arrested and imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into a former government.

Georgia currently ruled by the Georgia Dream Party friendly to Russia and opposed to the European Union...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 5/29/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*US APPEALS COURT RULES FOR TRUMP TARIFFS*NETANYAHU SAYS HE WILL 'MOVE FORWARD' ON US GAZA PLAN*ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION CALLS FOR SUPPORT OF LATEST US GAZA CEASEFIRE PLAN*NEW ANTI-CHINA CHIP MEASURES

 

                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)

(PERSONAL OBLIGATIONS PUSHING FINAL POSTS TO THE 7 PM OR LATER EASTERN US TIME WINDOW)

                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

"The President of the United States must be allowed to protect America against those who are doing it Economic and Financial harm"

That's part of the social media message from President Trump tonight his message aimed at the judiciary and other actors behind the judiciary like Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society Leo once headed...Truth Social Post

TONIGHT, ISRAEL ORDERING A MASS EVACUATION IN NORTHERN GAZA AHEAD OF ITS LATEST MILITARY OFFENSIVE...YNET NEWS ISRAEL

The FBI arresting a Defense Intelligence Agency employee suspected of attempting to send national defense information to a friendly foreign government.

28-year-old Nathan Vilas Laatsch said to have made the offer online leading to a tip to the FBI and the launch of an undercover operation against him.

Mr. Laatsch saying in his online communication earlier this year that he did not 'agree or align with the values of this administration'...US Justice Department

THE US PULLING BACK FROM COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL ON ATTACKING IRAN.   THIS ACCORDING TO ISRAEL'S CHANNEL 12.

THIS IS SAID TO BE OUT OF FEAR OF JEOPARDIZING NUCLEAR TALKS WITH IRAN.

THE LEAKED STORY PORTRAYING THE NOTION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP...CHANNEL 12 ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

A missile fired from Yemen taken down by Israeli air defenses this evening...(Israel National News)

Israel launching air attacks in Lebanon tonight.   

The attacks aimed at the Hezbollah group which has not launched any attacks on Israel for months...Times of Israel

A US FEDERAL APPEALS COURT ALLOWING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S TARIFFS TO STAY IN PLACE.

THE RULING OF A LOWER TRADE COURT AGAINST THOSE TARIFFS HAD BEEN APPEALED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.

THE APPEALS COURT TO HOLD A HEARING ON THE TARIFFS NEXT WEEK WHEN IT MAY OR MAY NOT EXTEND ITS CURRENT RULING...BBC NEWS

US President Donald Trump commuting the six life sentences of convicted Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover.   Hoover still facing a 200-year prison sentence in the state of Illinois and is unlikely to be released...BBC News

FOUR KILLED IN THE CRASH OF A SOUTH KOREAN NAVY PLANE.   THE P-3 PATROL PLANE CRASHED JUST SIX MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF AN AIR BASE IN POHANG...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling Gaza hostage families he is willing to 'move forward' with a ceasefire hostage release deal proposed by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.

The acceptance by Netanyahu is said to be a move that should keep his government intact.

But there is no official response from nationalists in the Israeli cabinet about their view of the Witkoff plan...YNET NEWS ISRAEL...

                                                          (COMMENT)

There is reporting from some media outlets in Israel suggesting Hamas is opposed to the Witkoff plan.

We will move deeper in the Newsdump Weekend when many Israelis observe the sabbath on Friday night.

What is really going to happen likely to become crystal clear at that time.

                          "Europe is my life"

EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN CALLING FOR EUROPEAN UNITY.

SHE SPOKE AS THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENT OF THE CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE IN AACHEN, GERMANY.

VON DER LEYEN HONORED FOR HER HANDLING OF THE COVID, THE UKRAINE WAR AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                       The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 117.03 points.

The NASDAQ rose 74.93 points.

At the restart of trading this evening in New York the price of oil down to 60 dollars 94 cents a barrel for the previous day's trading...

                          MARKETWATCH

IN BOSTON A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE WITH A SECOND INJUNCTION AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORT TO STOP FOREIGN STUDENTS FROM ATTENDING HARVARD UNIVERSITY...THE HILL USA

Israel's security cabinet authorizing 22 new Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria commonly called the "West Bank".

A Palestinian representative calling the move a "dangerous escalation" the United Kingdom calling it a 'deliberate obstacle to Palestinian statehood"...UPI...BBC News

US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SAYS SOME CHINESE STUDENT VISAS WILL BE REVOKED.

VISAS OF THOSE LINKED TO CHINA'S RULING COMMUNIST PARTY AND FOR STUDENTS TO STUDY 'A CRUCIAL FIELD OF RESEARCH' ARE TO BE TERMINATED.

270,000 CHINESE STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE US IN THE LAST YEAR...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

An Israeli official says a meeting between US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Israel's point man on Iran and Gaza Ron Dermer was "uneasy".

Mr. Witkoff said to be impatient with Israel and drama being generated by the government...Times of Israel...

Meanwhile Israel's secularist center-left opposition leader Yair Lapid saying the government must accept the Gaza ceasefire deal now proposed by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.

Lapid calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to 'publicly and immediately' accept the Trump Administration's new proposal to release the hostages and stop the conflict.

He promised to support any such deal in parliament of offset nationalist votes against it...Times of Israel

THE MESSAGE FROM HAMAS AUTHORITIES IN GAZA IS ONE OF ISRAELI MURDERS OF PALESTINIANS SEEKING AID FROM THE US-ISRAEL 'GAZA HUMANTIARIAN FOUNDATION'.

10 SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED AND 62 WOUNDED IN THE LAST 48 HOURS.

MORE DEATHS REPORTED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA TODAY...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG...

Italy's Foreign Minister saying that Israel must halt military operations in the Gaza War.

Speaking to parliament Antonio Tajani saying Israel's military actions have reached 'absolutely dramatic and unacceptable forms'.

He called for humanitarian aid in Gaza that involves 'respect for international humanitarian law'...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

The US Commerce Department contacting US chip design software companies ordering them to halt business with China.

The companies told not to sell chip designs to any business entities or individuals in China...OSINTdefender "X"

THE UNITED STATES MOVING TOWARDS SANCTIONING OFFICIALS OF FOREIGN COUNTIRES SEEKING TO CENSOR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

THE FIRST APPARENT TARGET IS BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ALEXANDRE DE MORAES PROMINENT IN SEEKING TO SQUELCH OPINIONS FAVORABLE TO FORMER PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO.

THE US SANCTIONS WOULD INVOLVE DENYING VISAS TO FOREIGN OFFICIALS LIKE DE MORAES.

MR. BOLSONARO AND HIS SUPPORTS FACING A JANUARY 6TH STYLE PROSECUTION FOR EVENTS SIMILAR TO JANUARY 6TH THAT UNFOLDED IN BRAZIL'S CAPITAL CITY BRASILIA ON JANUARY 9TH, 2023.

BRAZIL'S LEFT-LEANING GOVERNMENT SEEKING TO HEAD OFF ANY SANCTIONS AGAINST JUSTICE DE MORAES...PUBLIC NEWS USA...FINANCIAL TIMES UK

THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT MOVING TO IMPOSE STRICT ADVERTISING RULES ON SMALLER SCALE INFLUENCERS.

THOSE RULES CURRENTLY APPLY TO LARGE SCALE ONLINE INFLUENCERS WITH 500,000 OR MORE FOLLOWERS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

SUICIDES OF UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS AT FRONT REPORTED BY RUSSIAN MEDIA

                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT

Russia's RIA Novosti news agency quotes the 'underground' in Ukraine on suicides in the Ukrainian military ranks.

Those suicides reported in the Sumy Region where Russia is conducting operations to create a buffer zone in Ukraine along its border.

The Ukrainians said to have killed themselves described as cracking under the pressure of the Russian attacks as well as inhumane orders and security forces deployed by Ukraine to prevent their retreat...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

In other news...

POLICE IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TWO CHILDREN ALMOST FOUR WEEKS AGO.

THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE CONFIRMING THAT SIX-YEAR-OLD LISA SULLIVAN AND HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD BROTHER JACK WERE SEEN A DAY BEFORE THEY DISAPPEARED FROM THEIR HOME ON MAY 2ND.

THE CHILDREN BELIEVED TO HAVE WANDERED AWAY FROM THEIR HOME IN A RURAL AREA.

POLICE COLLECTING CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM THE AREA WHERE THE CHILDREN WENT MISSING ALSO ASKING THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE ANY FOOTAGE THEY HAVE...CBC NEWS CANADA

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 5/28/2025*FEDERAL COURT DUMPS TRUMP TARIFFS*CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER EMBRACES 'REARM EUROPE' PLAN*US WORRIED ABOUT SUDDEN ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRAN*EU SAYS ISRAEL HAS GONE TOO FAR IN GAZA*NETANYAHU WARNS ANTI-ISRAEL FORCES THREATEN WESTERN CIVILIZATION*

 

                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)

                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

"I would like to thank @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to reduce wasteful spending"

This evening Elon Musk bringing down the curtain on his direct involvement with the Trump Administration as a Special Government Employee.  

Musk expressed his optimism that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will increasingly influence the life of the federal government..."X" Post

                                                              (STORY IS UPDATED)

RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES DOWNING AT LEAST THREE UKRAINIAN DRONES LATE TONIGHT AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO REACH MOSCOW.  SOME DEBRIS FELL IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE CITY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

THE WRECKAGE OF ONE DRONE DAMAGING TWO CARS IN A MOSCOW SUBURB..RIA NOVOSTI (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                                        (Updated)

A US federal court ruling against all tariffs imposed by President Trump in recent months.

The ruling from a three-judge panel of the US Court of International Trade...THE HILL USA...

The Justice Department appealing the court's decision.

In Canada five thousand residents of Flin Flon, Manitoba ordered to evacuate in the face of a raging wildfire.

Extreme heat across northern parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta igniting wildfires.

Evacuation orders issued for more than 20,000 people in the three provinces so far.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew declaring a state of emergency asking for assistance from the Canadian military...CBC News

IN TEL AVIV TONIGHT POLICE MADE 62 ARRESTS AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY.

DEMONSTRATORS SWARMED THE BUILDING SOME OF THEM INVADING IT.    TWO POLICE OFFICERS HURT ONE WITH A BROKEN ARM...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

THE LIKUD PARTY SAYING THIS PROTEST WAS A 'POGROM OF ANARCHISTS' AND THAT 'DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ATTACK'.

LIKUD ALSO SAYING TONIGHT'S SCENE AT ITS HEADQUARTERS IS PROOF THE LEFT IN ISRAEL WANTS TO STAGE A 'CAPITOL' NOT THE RIGHT AS THE LEFT CLAIMS.   

THE PARTY CALLING FOR INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF PROTESTERS.

'CAPITOL' IS AN ALLUSION TO JANUARY 6TH IN THE UNITED STATES...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff expressing hope about a ceasefire-hostage release deal in Gaza.

Witkoff saying he has 'very good feelings' about reaching a temporary ceasefire leading to a 'long-term, peaceful resolution of the conflict'.

He spoke of a new set of terms for a deal going out as early as late today...Times Of Israel 

CANADAIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY COMMITTING TO THE 'REARM EUROPE' PLAN.

CARNEY SELLING CANADA'S PARTICIPATION AS A WAY TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON THE UNITED STATES.

HE SAID IT'S NOT SMART FOR CANADA TO SEND 75 PERCENT OF ITS SPENDING ON DEFENSE TO THE UNITED STATES.

REGARDLESS, CANADIAN-EUROPEAN REARMAMENT IS IN LINE WITH US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DEMAND FOR ALL NATO MEMBER NATIONS TO SPEND FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ON NATIONAL DEFENSE...BBC NEWS

Speaking in the Oval Office US President Donald Trump saying he told Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to take action against Iran.   

Trump characterizing his statement to Netanyahu as something less than a warning something like:

"I said I don't think it's appropriate right now.  We're having very good discussions with them."...

                             ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...

                More US-Iran-Israel News Later In The Summary

RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV SAYS RUSSIA IS READY TO PRESENT ITS MEMORANDUM TO UKRAINE NEXT WEEK.

THE DOCUMENT ON OVERCOMING ROOT CAUSES OF THE UKRAINE WAR PROPOSED FOR PRESENTATION IN ISTANBUL ON MONDAY...TASS RUSSIA

In Berlin a deal signed between Germany and Ukraine to produce long-range weapons in Ukraine.   Germany's defense ministry saying a 'significant number' of long-range weapons will be produced this year...Tass Russia...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin with Mr. Merz announcing a supplemental aid back of three billion plus Euros (3.389 billion US dollars) for Ukraine...OSINT Europe "X"

ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK TIMES THE UNITED STATES IS WORRIED THAT ISRAEL COULD SUDDENLY ATTACK IRAN.

ISRAEL'S MILITARY HAS REFINED ITS ABILITY TO GEAR UP AND ATTACK IRAN DOWN TO A SEVEN HOUR WINDOW.

US INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS DOUBT SUCH AN ATTACK WOULD BE EFFECTIVE.

 ANY RESULTING CONFLICT WITH IRAN WOULD BRING THE US IN ON THE SIDE OF ISRAEL ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS.

SOURCES SAY THE US AND IRAN MAY DECLARE AGREEMENT ON A SET OF PRINCIPLES IN ONGOING NUCLEAR TALKS TO KEEP ISRAEL FROM ATTACKING...TIMES OF ISRAEL

                         The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 244.95 points or .58 percent.

The NASDAQ losing 98.23 points or .51 percent.

At 436 pm New York Time the price of oil at 61 dollars 77 cents a barrel up 88 cents or 1.45 percent...Marketwatch

AT LEAST SEVEN KILLED WHEN A MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZED OFF THE COAST OF SPAIN'S CANARY ISLANDS.

THE MOVEMENT OF OCCUPANTS ON THE BOAT TOWARDS A SPANISH COAST GUARD LIFEBOAT THEY WERE BOARDING LED TO THE MISHAP...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas"

"We do not support the privatization of the distribution of humanitarian aid.   Humanitarian aid cannot be weaponized"

THOSE WORDS FROM THE FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, ESTONIAN PRIME MINISTER KAJA KALLAS.

KALLAS CRITICAL OF ISRAELI POLICY IN THE GAZA BATTLEFIELD AND THE US-ISRAELI POLICY OF USING THE 'GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION' IN GAZA TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD.

THE EUROPEAN UNION IS REVIEWING ITS TRADE AGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL AND OPTIONS WILL BE PRESENTED TO AN EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING ON APRIL 23RD...BBC NEWS...

MEANWHILE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYING A HAMAS LEADER HAS BEEN KILLED IN GAZA.

IN A HEATED DEBATE ON THE FLOOR OF ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT NETANYAHU TELLING OPPOSITION LEADER YAIR LAPID THAT MOHAMMED SINWAR IS DEAD.

HE IS THE BROTHER OF HAMAS LEADER YAHYA SINWAR ASSASSINATED IN IRAN MONTHS AGO...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying the policy of expanding NATO eastwards towards Russia to eventually include Ukraine triggered the Ukraine War.

Lavrov saying NATO is breaking reassurances given to both Soviet and Russian leaders over the decades.

The formal policy decision to expand NATO eastwards made by then US President Bill Clinton in 1997...Tass Russia

AN ISRAELI AIR ATTACK ON THE HOUTHI-CONTROLLED SANAA AIRPORT IN YEMEN.

THE ATTACK COMING AFTER REPEATED MISSILE LAUNCHES AIMED AT ISRAEL ALL OF WHICH WERE SUCCESSFULLY INTERCEPTED...TIMES OF ISRAEL

In Australia the main opposition parties have reunited.   

The Liberal-National coalition split after the Liberals chose a 'moderate' leader Sussan Ley following the Labor Party's landslide win in the May 3rd election.

The National Party represents rural interest in Australia and is considered more conservative.

The Nationals backing away from endorsing nuclear power for Australia in order to reach the deal with the Liberals.

The net-zero issue is not explicitly resolved in this deal...BBC News

BEFORE GOING ON LEAVE OVER A SEXUAL MISCONDUCT PROBE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CHIEF PROSECUTOR KARIM KHAN WAS PREPARING TO PROSECUTE TWO ISRAELI CABINET MINISTERS.

ARREST WARRANTS FOR FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH AND NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR WERE BEING READIED OVER PROMOTION OF JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK).

THIS IS REPORTED BY THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.

THE INTERNATIONAL COURT ALREADY ACCUSING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT OF WAR CRIMES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONFLICT IN GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL

"Because the people who are leading this charge are basically challenging Western civilization or free societies as we understand them"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to the International Holocaust Remembrance Association warning about protests underway in Western nations hostile to Israel.

Netanyahu warning of revitalized Antisemitism comparable to the era that led to the Holocaust.

He said Israel is fighting what amounts to an:

                        "eight-front war"

"the war, ultimately, of civilization against barbarism"...

                        Israel National News

A SENIOR US OFFICIAL PRAISING THE WORK OF THE ISRAEL-US BACKED 'GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION' FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S CHAOS AT A FOOD DISTRIBUTION POINT.

THE OFFICIAL WHO DOES NOT WISH TO BE NAMED SAYING:

"Aid is getting to the people in need, and through their secure distribution system, Israel is kept safe and Hamas empty handed".

THAT OFFICIAL BLASTING THE UN FOR REFUSING TO SUPPORT THE "GHF" GROUP...

                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

A SLASH IN NEW ZEALAND'S KEY INTEREST RATE.    THE OFFICIAL CASH RATE LOWERED BY THE RESERVE BANK FROM 3.5 TO 3.25 PERCENT.

IT'S THE THIRD REDUCTION IN THE COUNTRY'S INTEREST RATE THIS YEAR...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 5/27/2025*TRUMP CONFRONTS PUTIN WITH EU HOSTILE TO RUSSIA AND ISRAEL*RELIEF SITE OVERRUN IN GAZA*NETANYAHU TESTIFIES AT CORRUPTION TRIAL*GERMAN CHANCELLOR SAYS RANGE LIMITS ON UKRAINE WEAPONS LIFTED MONTHS AGO*

 

                                (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)

                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

THE SPACE X 'STARSHIP' ROCKET TUMBLING OUT OF CONTROL AND DISINTEGRATING OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN.

THE NINTH DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT OF THE 400 FOOT PLUS MEGA ROCKET LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY FROM TEXAS BEFORE THE MISHAP...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUING THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA OVER ITS VOTER ROLL.

THE DOJ SAYING THAT NORTH CAROLINA IS FAILING TO MAINTAIN AN ACCURATE VOTER ROLL...THE HILL USA

                                                  (THIS STORY UPDATED)

Russia repelling a major drone attack on Moscow at least 33 drones shot down late night...(RIA Novosti Russia)...Tass Russia (Earlier Story)...

Restrictions on air traffic were introduced at three Moscow airports...(Tass)...

At least 112 drones destroyed in six Russian regions earlier in the evening...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

JUST HOURS AFTER BRITISH KING CHARLES SPOKE TO CANADA'S PARLIAMENT ABOUT CANADA BEING 'STRONG AND FREE' US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA.

MR. TRUMP SAYING CANADA'S SHARE OF A 'GOLDEN DOME' ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM IS 61 BILLION DOLLARS.

TRUMP ADDS THE COST WILL BE WAIVED IF CANADA JOINS THE US AS ITS 51ST STATE.

THE PRESIDENT SAYS CANADA IS CONSIDERING THE OFFER...TRUMP POST...

                            (COMMENT-ANALYSIS)

THIS SOCIAL MEDIA POST BY PRESIDENT TRUMP PART OF A BARRAGE OF NEW SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FOLLOWING THE EARLIER POST AIMED BY RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT VLADMIR PUTIN.

THESE POSTS SERVE TO DEFLECT AND DISTRACT FROM THE EARLIER PUTIN POST.   IN OTHER WORDS MR. TRUMP  'CHANGING THE SUBJECT'.

"I only know of one REALLY BAD thing, WORLD WAR III. I hope Trump understands this!"

That's some of the social media post from Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council former President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.  

Medvedev responding to an earlier media post by Mr. Trump regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin 'playing with fire' and 'really bad things' happening to Russia...Tass Russia

QATARI MEDIA OUTLET AL JAZEERA REPORTING THREE PALESTINIANS KILLED, 46 WOUNDED WHEN ISRAELI SOLDIERS OPENED FIRE NEAR THE US-ISRAELI AID DISTRIBUTION CENTER OF THE GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION...TASS RUSSIA

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announcing dropping recommendations for COVID-19 shots involving pregnant women and healthy children.

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky praising Secretary Kennedy's decision as a 'great first step'.

Massie saying millions of children will be spared any 'known and unknown side effects' of the shots...Rep. Thomas Massie "X"

TENSION REPORTED BETWEEN US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.

IT IS SAID THAT MR. TRUMP WARNED MR. NETANYAHU AGAINST ANY ACTIONS TO UNDERMINE THE NUCLEAR TALKS BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN...BARAK RAVID AXIOS "X" (LINK TO NEWS STORY)

                                                             (UPDATED)

AIR RAID ALERTS IN KIEV AND OTHER PARTS OF UKRAINE THIS EVENING ACCORDING TO SOURCES HOSTILE TO RUSSIA

The European Union investigating four porn sites.    The probe focusing on whether the sites do enough to keep minors from using them.

Research pointing to more pornography use among underage youth at increasingly  lower ages.

If legal violations are found, EU law provides for fines up to six percent of the annual turnover of the websites...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

BRITISH KING CHARLES APPEARING IN CANADA'S PARLIAMENT TODAY.   

HE MADE A 'THRONE SPEECH' DESIGNED TO COUNTER US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S PUSH TO MAKE CANADA PART OF THE UNITED STATES.

CANADA'S ORIGINS ARE IN THE FORMER BRITISH EMPIRE...BBC NEWS

                       The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 740.58 points or 1.78 percent.

The NASDAQ closed up 461.96 points or 2.47 percent.

At 431 pm New York Time the price of oil at 61 dollars five cents a barrel down 48 cents...

                            Marketwatch

"What Vladimir Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD.   He's playing with fire!"

THE SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE TODAY FROM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

                              (COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)

AT THIS MOMENT THE UK AND EUROPEAN UNION JOINED BY CANADA ARE BOTH STRONG SUPPPORTERS OF URKAINE AND INCREASINGLY STRONG SUPPORTERS OF A PALESTINIAN STATE MAKING THEM IN ESSENCE HOSTILE TO RUSSIA AND ISRAEL.

THERE SEEM TO BE DIFFERENCES WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AS WELL.   MR. TRUMP DID GIVE THE EU A BREAK ON 50 PERCENT TARIFFS OVER THE WEEKEND.

THAT DEADLINE BOUNCED TO JULY 9TH.

IS TRUMP LEVERAGING SUPPORT OF EUROPEAN UNION HOSTILITY TO RUSSIA IN ORDER TO GET A GOOD TRADE DEAL WITH THE EU?

IF TRUMP NEUTRALIZES RUSSIA ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF UKRAINE IN FAVOR OF THE EU, HOW WILL HE DEAL WITH ISRAEL AND ITS CONCERNS ABOUT THE EU COERCING THEM INTO ACCEPTING A PALESTINIAN STATE.

AND THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MR. TRUMP AND ISRAEL ON A POTENTIAL NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN

ALSO DO RECALL THAT MR. TRUMP 'ROASTED' MR. NETANYAHU IN THE OVAL OFFICE WHEN THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER OBJECTED TO THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA BACKED BY TURKEY AND QATAR....

                          TRUTH SOCIAL MEDIA POST

At least five dead, six others missing and 19 hurt in an explosion at a chemical plant in China.

More than 200 first responders were sent to the scene of the disaster...Al Jazeera Qatar

IN GAZA TODAY A MASSIVE CROWD OVERRAN A RELIEF CENTER ESTABLISHED BY THE GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION GROUP ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES.

THE GHF SAYING THAT ITS 'TEAM' THAT IS ASSUMED TO INCLUDE US MILITARY CONTRACTORS HAD TO 'FALL BACK' AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDED.

THE US-ISRAEL AID GROUP SAYING ITS OPERATIONS HAVE RESUMED...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Testifying at his corruption trial today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying he asked the late US billionaire Sheldon Adelson to invest in Israeli media to 'diversify' it.

Netanyahu on trial accused of a bribery scheme linked to another media outlet in Israel.    Netanyahu alleged to have exchanged favorable government regulation for less hostile media coverage.

Judges in the case refusing Netanyahu's request to be excused from testimony tomorrow due to commitments in parliament...Times of Israel

DUTCH SECURITY AGENCIES SAY HACKING OF COMPUTER NETWORKS LAST FALL INCLUDING THOSE OF THE POLICE ARE LINKED TO A RUSSIAN GROUP.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE 'LAUNDRY BEAR' GROUP 'VERY LIKELY' HAS TIES TO THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) 

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says countries providing weapons to Ukraine lifted any range restrictions months ago.

Merz following up on comments he made yesterday asserting that weapons provided to Ukraine even by the United States can be used for long-range attacks on Russia...Tass Russia

ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS CONTINUING IN GAZA ALL ISRAELI REGULAR UNITS AND SOME RESERVE FORMATIONS INVOLVED.

ATTACKS IN GAZA KILLED DOZENS EARLY THIS MORNING ACCORDING TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

CONFUSING INFORMATION LEAKING OUT REGARDING TALKS ON A TRUCE AND RELEASE OF HOSTAGES...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG

(Updated) Israel intercepting a missile fired from Yemen early this morning.   Sirens sounded in Samaria and the Jordan Valley after the missile was detected...Israel National News...

Later another missile downed but no alerts sounded in Israel (Times of Israel)

Visiting Iran Pakistan's Prime Minister Shebhaz Sharif says he's willing to engage in peace talks with India.

Sharif speaking of talks to resolve all outstanding issues including Kashmir, terrorism, trade and water sharing.

India's major condition for talks with Pakistan is that they be direct and involve no third parties including US President Donald Trump who has offered mediation...India Today

RUSSIA SAYS THAT ITS FORCES CONTROL A HIGHWAY IN NORTHEASTERN UKRAINE BETWEEN THE RUSSIAN BORDER AND THE CITY OF SUMY.

THERE HAS BEEN MESSAGING FROM RUSSIA RECENTLY ABOUT ESTABLISHING A SECURITY ZONE ON ITS BORDER WITH UKRAINE...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...

AUSTRALIAN TAX OFFICE WHISTLEBLOWER RICHARD BOYLE PLEADING GUILTY TO FOUR CHARGES INCLUDING TAPING PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITHOUT CONSENT.

BOYLE ORIGINALLY FACED 66 CHARGES THAT PILED ON HIM AFTER HE WENT PUBLIC WITH ALLEGATIONS ABOUT AUSTRALIAN TAX COLLECTING PRACTICES BACK IN 2017...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

Swedish automaker Volvo cutting 3,000 jobs.   Office based positions in Sweden are a major part of layoffs.

Volvo speaking of an auto industry that faces "considerable challenges in its external environment".

The company saying it's creating 'foundations for profitable growth'...The Hill USA

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 5/26/2025*MEMORIAL DAY NEWSDUMP*US MILITARY CONTRACTORS IN GAZA SUPPORTING AID SCHEME*GERMAN CHANCELLOR SAYS NO RANGE LIMITS ON WEAPONS GIVEN TO UKRAINE*RUSSIA RESPONDING TO BALTIC SEA PROVOCATIONS*

 

                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)

                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PARDONING A VIRGINIA SHERIFF SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER HIS CONVICTION ON BRIBERY CHARGES.

THE PRESIDENT SAYING THAT THE NOW FORMER SHERIFF SCOTT JENKINS WAS THE VICTIM OF POLITICALLY BIASED PROSECUTION THAT INCLUDED A POLITICALLY BIASED JUDGE...ABC NEWS USA

A controversial US-Israeli scheme to provide food for Gaza supported by US military contractors is underway...Haaretz Israel...

The plan denounced by existing humanitarian agencies as a way to use food to control Gaza's civilian population.

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation group says food has been trucked in today and will be trucked into Gaza in increasing quantities in the days ahead...Press Association-Peeblesshire News UK...Times Of Israel

                          (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

IN THE UK A CAR DROVE INTO A CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS AT A CELEBRATION FOR THE LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB.

POLICE QUICK TO TELL THE PUBLIC THAT A 53-YEAR-OLD 'WHITE MAN' HAS BEEN ARRESTED.

LATE TONIGHT AUTHORITIES SAYING THE CAR ATTACK WAS 'ISOLATED' AND NOT AN ACT OF TERRORISM.

DOZENS WERE HURT WITH AT LEAST TWO INJURIES DESCRIBED AS SERIOUS...The British Patriot "X"...BBC Live Blog

       "This is a rather dangerous decision"

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reacting to comments of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that all range limits are off on weapons supplied to Ukraine.

Peskov saying if such a decision has been made it goes against 'our aspirations to reach a political settlement'...Tass Russia...

Mr. Merz's comments reported on later in this summary.

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PARTICIPATING IN A MEMORIAL DAY WREATH LAYING CERMONY AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY...TRUTH SOCIAL (VIDEO EMBED)

                        (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

                     "Death To Arabs"

THOSE WORDS SHOUTED IN THE ARAB QUARTER OF JERUSALEM TODAY AS NATIONALIST PROTESTERS GATHERED.

THE ANNUAL JERSUSALEM DAY MARCH COMMEMORATES ISRAEL'S REUNIFICATION OF THE CITY IN THE SIX-DAY WAR OF 1967...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

ADDRESSING A CROWD IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS ISRAEL'S NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR GETTING THE CROWD TO CHANGE THE 'DEATH TO ARABS' SLOGAN INTO A 'DEATH TO TERRORISTS' SLOGAN.

BEN GVIR URGED A DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS AND A BAN ON HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL

ISRAEL AIR ATTACKS THIS AFTERNOON IN EASTERN LEBANON.    THREE STRIKES REPORTED SEVERAL DAYS AFTER A PREVIOUS ISRAELI ATTACK IN LEBANON...YNET NEWS ISRAEL

"There are no longer any range restrictions for weapons that have been delivered to Ukraine, neither by the British, nor by the French, nor by us, nor by the Americans"

Those words spoken today by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. 

He called for all-out military support of Ukraine.  

Mr. Merz did not make any commitment to supply Ukraine with long-range German made Taurus missiles...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ENDORSING MILITARY MEASURES TO DEFEND SHIPPING IN THE BALTIC SEA.

RUSSIAN WARPLANES HELPED TO DEFEND A MERCHANT VESSESL AS ESTONIA ATTEMPTED TO SEIZE IT IN BALTIC WATERS ON FRIDAY.

RUSSIA'S BALTIC FLEET STRENGTHENING ITS POSITIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE PROVOCATIVE ACTS OF NATO NATIONS.

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NATO COUNTRIES IN THE BALTIC SAY RUSSIAN RELATING SHIPPING HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN UNUSUAL EVENTS LIKE SABOTAGE OF UNDERSEA CABLES.

THOSE COUNTRIES ALSO SEEK TO ENFORCE SANCTIONS MEASURES AGAINST RUSSIA RELATED TO THE UKRAINE WAR.

THE BALTIC NATO NATIONS APPARENTLY SEEKING TO CUT OFF SUPPLIES TO THE LANDLOCKED RUSSIAN ENCLAVE OF KALININGRAD BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND POLAND...TASS RUSSIA

In Venezuela an opposition boycott leading to major wins for the Leftist ruling party of President Nicolas Maduro.   The United Socialist Party winning 23 of 24 races for governor across the country...BBC News

DUTCH POLITICS PARTY OF FREEDOM LEADER GEERT WILDERS WANTS THE BORDER CLOSED TO ASYLUM SEEKERS OR ELSE.

WILDERS ALSO WANTING SYRIANS IN THE NETHERLANDS TO BE RETURNED HOME.

MR. WILDERS PARTY PROVIDES THE LARGEST NUMBER OF SEATS SUPPORTING THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT LED BY FORMER INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DICK SCHOOF.

WILDERS IS AN OUTSPOKEN SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL AT A TIME WHEN THE GOVERNMENT HAS EXPRESSED IT DISAGREEMENT WITH ISRAEL'S WAR POLICY IN GAZA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                       "joking and teasing"

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SPEAKING AFTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VIDEO SHOWED AN APPARENT SLAP TO MR. MACRON'S FACE.

IT CAME FROM HIS WIFE BRIGITTE WAS THE TWO WERE GETTING READY TO EXIT A PLANE IN VIETNAM...CNN

The CEO of the US-Israel backed humanitarian aid foundation designed to provide assistance to Gaza resigning.

Jake Wood says that it would not be possible to implement the plan of the foundation:

"while strictly adhering to the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence"

Existing humanitarian aid agencies were critical of the foundation and its proposed plan to feed the population of Gaza.   

 Some suggesting it was an attempt by Israel to control who would be allowed to receive food in the territory...Times of Israel

President Trump speaking of 'real progress, serious progress' in those nuclear talks with Iran.

Mr. Trump told reporters on Air Force One that there could 'good news' in regards to a nuclear deal with Iran...Tass Russia

AUTHORITIES IN GERMANY TALKING ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN THE KNIFE ATTACK AT THE HAMBURG CENTRAL TRAIN STATION FRIDAY.

39-YEAR-OLD LYDIA S. RELEASED FROM A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC THE DAY BEFORE THE ATTACK THAT WOUNDED 18 PEOPLE. 

AFTER THE ATTACK A JUDGE ORDERING HER TO BE PUT INTO A PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

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                          TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S HELICOPTER SAID TO HAVE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF FIGHTING OFF A DRONE ATTACK.

THE HEAD OF RUSSIA'S AIR DEFENSE SAYING IT HAPPENED IN RUSSIA'S KURSK REGION...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)