Sunday, May 4, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 5/4/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*TRUMP, NETANYAHU WARN IRAN*MTG OPPOSES HARSH PENALTY ISRAEL BOYCOTT BILL*AIR DEFENSES FAIL IN HOUTHI MISSILE ATTACK ON ISRAEL*POPULIST LEADS ROMANIA'S FIRST ROUND VOTE*ISRAELI RESERVE CALL UP FOR GAZA OFFENSIVE*

 



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                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Tonight, in rural Nova Scotia, Canada the search continues for two missing children.



Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack went missing Friday morning.



Police believe the children wandered off into the countryside.



Meanwhile their stepfather wants police to monitor the airports and the border with neighboring New Brunswick in case the children were abducted...CBC News Canada





TONIGHT, US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING THE FORMER MAXIMUM SECURITY ALCATRAZ PRISON NEAR SAN FRANCISCO'S GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE WILL BE REOPENED.


TRUMP SAYING IT WILL REOPEN AND EXPAND AS A 'SYMBOL OF LAW, ORDER AND JUSTICE'...BBC NEWS



         "those consequences will be dire"




US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNALING IRANIAN RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOUTHI ATTACKS COMING FROM YEMEN.


TRUMP SAYING IRAN WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR FURTHER HOUTHI ATTACKS.


ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ALSO POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF IRAN FOLLOWING A HOUTHI MISSILE ATTACK WHERE AIR DEFENSES OF THE US AND ISRAELI MILITARIES FAILED.


THE HOUTHI MISSILE LANDING NEAR THE RUNWAYS OF THE BEN GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...TIMES OF ISRAEL...


(COMMENT) IN A FRIDAY SOCIAL MEDIA POST REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE EXPRESSED THE NOTION OF THE US MOVING TOWARDS WAR WITH IRAN...



                                          (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)


"It is my job to defend American's rights to boycott whomever they choose without the government harshly fining or imprisoning them"


Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene saying she will vote NO tomorrow on bill HR 867.


It imposes up to 20 years in prison and million-dollar fines for boycotting Israel...Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene "X"...


Tonight, Republican Congressman Thomas Massie says the bill has been pulled from consideration for this week.



NINE DEAD (LATEST FROM NEWS AGENCIES), OTHERS HOSPITALIZED AFTER TOURIST BOATS CAPSIZED IN SOUTHWESTERN CHINA.   

14 PEOPLE SAID TO BE MISSING...AFP FRANCE-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE


British authorities say they have arrested eight men, seven of them Iranian nationals.   The arrests in connection with a police counter-terrorism operation...BBC News



HOUTHI MISSILE LANDS NEAR ISRAEL'S MAIN AIRPORT

                                                         (UPDATED)


TONIGHT, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU VOWING A RESPONSE TO A HOUTHI MISSILE ATTACK NEAR ITS MAIN AIRPORT.



EARLIER TODAY MANY INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CANCELLING FLIGHTS TO ISRAEL'S BEN GURION AIRPORT FOLLOWING THE HOUTH MISSILE ATTACK ...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...



THE MISSILE LANDING NEAR THE AIRPORT BOTH ISRAELI AND US ARMY AIR DEFENSE UNITS DEPLOYED IN THE AREA FAILED TO STOP THE MISSILE...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



A CRATER CREATED BY THE MISSILE IMPACT 25 METERS ACROSS AND SEVERAL METERS DEEP...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...



FOUR SLIGHTLY WOUNDED WITH TWO OTHERS INJURED TRYING TO REACH SHELTERS...


                                         BBC NEWS STORY


                                  TIMES OF ISRAEL STORY



Two Israeli soldiers killed and two wounded in Gaza.   An explosive trap causing the casualties...Times of Israel


In the border tensions between India and Pakistan border security officers from both countries captured by the other in recent days.


Meanwhile, India says the Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) between the two countries was the worst ever in recent days...NDTV INDIA



POPULIST GEORGE SIMION LEADS FIRST ROUND OF ROMANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

                                         (UPDATED WITH COMMENT)


EXIT POLLING TONIGHT SHOWED POPULIST GEORGE SIMION THE WINNER OF THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.



SIMION WINNING AROUND 41 PERCENT OF THE POPULAR VOTE WITH 99 PERCENT OF THE VOTES COUNTED.


MR. SIMION ENDORSED BY CALIN GEORGESCU.


GEORGESCU LED AFTER THE FIRST ROUND IN LAST FALL'S ELECTION AND WAS KEPT OFF THE BALLOT IN THIS ELECTION...WIKIPEDIA...DAILY ROMANIA "X"...



(COMMENT) SIMION'S VOTE TOTAL CLOSE TO THE 42 PERCENT GEORGESCU GOT IN THE ANNULLED ELECTION LAST YEAR.  


ONE WONDERS WHAT COURTS MIGHT DECIDE IN THE COMING DAYS?






A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT GIVING PRESIDENT TRUMP A VICTORY.


THE COURT BLOCKING A DISTRICT JUDGE'S INJUNCTION SENDING EMPLOYEES OF THE 'VOICE OF AMERICA' BACK TO WORK AFTER THEY WERE DISMISSED...THE HILL USA




"I will not vote to fund a single penny or bullet to Ukraine...Make the DOGE cuts permanent...I will not vote for a single penny to fund any thing that is involved in the trans agenda..."


Some of the message this weekend from Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia.


Greene's comments follow the rollout of a budget proposal by President Trump this week and the beginning of budget work by the US House.


Congresswoman Greene mentioned as a possible US Senate candidate in Georgia next year...



                   MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE "X" POST





Tens of thousands of Israeli military reservists are being called up for expanded operations in Gaza.



Israel said to be planning a 'staged offensive' in Gaza...Times of Israel...



39 KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD ACCORDING TO 'AL JAZEERA'...TASS RUSSIA





US DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH VISITING ISRAEL ON MAY 12TH.  HIS VISIT RIGHT BEFORE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISIT TO QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



21 wounded Syrians treated at a northern Israeli hospital in recent days.   


Some of the those treated include an eight-year-old girl with a head injury and pregnant women.



15 of them remain hospitalized...Times of Israel




THE 'WASHINGTON POST' SAYS THE OUTGOING NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MIKE WALTZ UPSET PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH HIS CLOSE COORDINATION WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.


WALTZ COORDINATING THE NOTION OF MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP BELIEVING THAT DIPLOMACY SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED FIRST...TIMES OF ISRAEL




THE PRESIDENT OF SERBIA, ALEKSANDAR VUCIC, IN A MILITARY HOSPITAL IN SERBIA.  


VUCIC CUTTING SHORT A VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES SAID TO HAVE HEALTH ISSUES.


MR. VUCIC WAS PLANNING TO ATTEND THE VICTORY DAY PARADE IN MOSCOW NEXT THURSDAY BUT HAD INDICATED THERE COULD BE REASONS THAT WOULD LEAD HIM NOT TO ATTEND...TASS RUSSIA








     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                               (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                            TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



SPEAKING TO HER SUPPORTERS IN EASTERN MEXICO, MEXICAN PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM SAYS THAT SHE SAID 'NO' TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.


TRUMP PUSHED THE NOTION OF SENDING THE US MILITARY INTO MEXICO TO FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKING.



SHEINBAUM SAYS SHE REJECTED THE OFFER TELLING THE CROWD 'SOVEREIGNTY IS NOT FOR SALE.  SOVEREIGNTY IS LOVED AND DEFENDED'...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA



94-year-old Warren Buffett leaving as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.  Vice-Chairman Greg Abel will replace Buffett.


Speaking at the company's annual meeting Buffett saying it was time for Mr. Abel to replace him...BBC News

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