Thursday, May 8, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 5/8/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*FIRST AMERICAN POPE ELECTED CRITIC OF VICE-PRESIDENT VANCE*ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER THREATENS IRAN, HOUTHIS*PAKISTAN ATTACKED WITH ISRAELI-MADE DRONES, PAKISTAN ATTACKS INDIA*MEDIA SAID TO UNDERMINE TRUMP WITH GREENLAND LEAK*

 


                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



24-year-old Ryan English has been charged with the attempted assassination of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant.


English taken into custody on the grounds of the US Capitol on charges of carrying a dangerous weapon back in January.


He was found with two Molotov cocktail firebombs and a knife according to authorities.


At the time a nomination hearing for Mr. Bessant was being held...The Hill USA




THE INDIAN NAVY LAUNCHING ATTACKS ON PAKISTAN FRIDAY MORNING FROM THE ARABIAN SEA.    


SOURCES TELLING INDIA'S NDTV ABOUT THE THIS FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S PAKISTANI ATTACKS ON INDIA...NDTV INDIA


(MORE ON THE INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT LATER IN THE SUMMARY)




(Updated) President Donald Trump naming Jeanine Pirro as the Interim US Attorney for Washington DC.   


Before being a television host, Pirro was a Judge and District Attorney in Westchester County, New York.


Pirro's appointment follows opposition to Ed Martin Mr. Trump's nominee to be US Attorney in the nation's capital city...The Hill USA...



Tonight Mr. Trump indicating that Mr. Martin will receive a post inside the US Department of Justice dealing with "weaponization" of the federal government against political opponents.



AN APPEALS COURT IN ISRAEL ALLOWING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S AIDE YONATAN URICH TO REMAIN IN CUSTODY.


URICH BEING HELD IN CONNECTION WITH 'QATARGATE'...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Ahead of a trip next week that will include Saudi Arabia President Trump dropping a requirement that the Saudis normalize relations with Israel in exchange for civil nuclear cooperation...Israel National News



(UPDATED) AT THE VATICAN THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS ELECTING THE FIRST AMERICAN POPE ON THEIR FOURTH BALLOT.



ROBERT PREVOST SERVED AS AN ARCHBISHOP IN PERU AND WAS APPOINTED A CARDINAL BY POPE FRANCIS IN 2023.


PREVOST IS NOW POPE LEO (LEO XIV).


THE WORD 'REFORMER' HAS BEEN USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW POPE...BBC NEWS...



SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER LAURA LOOMER HAS ALREADY POSTED SAMPLES OF HIS SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY POINTING TO THEM AS EVIDENCE OF SUPPORT FOR OPEN BORDERS AND ILLEGAL ALIENS...LAURA LOOMER "X"...



A FEBRUARY SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM THE POPE CRITICAL OF US VICE-PRESIDENT JD VANCE HAS BEEN FOUND...ROBERT PREVOST (POPE LEO IV) SOCIAL MEDIA POST...



BUT OTHER OBSERVERS ASSOCIATE THE NEW POPE WITH DEFENSE OF TRADITIONAL MORAL VALUES AND PERSONAL USE OF THE LATIN MASS...Trad West "X"...



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE IS EAGER TO MEET THE NEW PONTIFF.


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At the White House President Trump announcing a trade deal between the United States and the UK.


The deal ends US tariffs on British aluminum and steel and lowers the tariffs on British made cars to 10 percent...BBC NEWS




Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz threatening both Iran and the Houthi forces in Yemen with severe military attacks.


Katz demanding an end to the Houthi attacks on Israel.



His tough talk follows US President Donald Trump's declaration of a truce between the US and the Houthis...Times of Israel



THE GERMAN DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE SERVICE BACKING AWAY FROM PUBLICLY CALLING THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY (AfD) 'RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST'.



THIS IS BEING DONE WHILE THE AfD'S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE AGENCY WORKS IT WAY THROUGH THE GERMAN COURT SYSTEM...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



At the Kremlin Chinese President Xi Jinping holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.


Xi in Moscow for the Victory Day parade tomorrow to commemorate the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in World War II...Tass Russia



IN THE UK TODAY COMMEMORATIONS OF THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE...BBC NEWS BLOG



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 254.48 points or .62 percent.



The NASDAQ rose 189.98 or 1.07 percent.


At 431 pm New York Time the price of oil at 60 dollars 13 cents a barrel up 2 dollars six cents or 3.55 percent...Marketwatch






                INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT


EACH COUNTRY ATTACKS THE OTHER TODAY WITH DRONES PROMINENT IN THE ATTACKS

                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



PAKISTAN SAYS INDIA USED ISRAELI MADE DRONES TO ATTACK ITS TERRITORY TODAY.   


INDIA'S ANI NEWS SAYING PAKISTAN'S AIR DEFENCES WERE TARGETED.



PAKISTAN SAYING THE DRONES ARE BEING USED BECAUSE PAKISTAN IS ABLE TO SHOOT DOWN INDIAN AIR FORCE PLANES.     



PAKISTAN HAS THE CHINESE MADE J-10 WARPLANE WHICH HAS CAPABILITY TO SHOOT DOWN OPPOSING AIRCRAFT.


AT LEAST THREE IAF WARPLANES HAVE 'CRASHED' IN RECENT DAYS ACCORDING TO INDIA...DAWN PAKISTAN...


MEANWHILE INDIA SAYS THAT PAKISTAN IS CONDUCTING DRONE ATTACKS ON ITS TERRITORY...BBC NEWS BLOG...



A BLACKOUT IN EFFECT ALONG INDIA'S BORDER WITH PAKISTAN WITH DRONES SAID TO HAVE ATTACKED THE CITY OF JAMMU IN KASHMIR.


TONIGHT'S PAKISTANI ATTACKS IN KASHMIR CALLED AN 'ENORMOUS ESCALATION OF HOSTILITIES'...NDTV INDIA...



TONIGHT, INDIA'S ANI NEWS REPORTING THE SHOOTDOWN OF A PAKISTANI WARPLANE AND PAKISTANI DRONES.




US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaking of an attempt to 'undermine' President Trump and 'politicizing and leaking classified information'.



This following a "Wall Street Journal" story about US intelligence efforts focusing on Greenland and its independence movement.



The story leading Denmark's foreign minister to summon the US ambassador...BBC News





THE LONDON TIMES WITH A LEAKED-OUT STORY SAYING IRANIAN NATIONALS ARRESTED IN THE UK RECENTLY WERE TARGETING THE ISRAELI EMBASSY.



THERE HAS BEEN NO OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM AUTHORITIES CONFIRMING WHAT HAS BEEN LEAKED OUT.



AUTHORITIES HAD SAID THOSE ARRESTED WERE DETAINED ON SUSPICION OF PREPARING TO CARRY OUT A TERRORIST ACT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




During his visit to France the new Syrian ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa urged by President Emmanuel Macron to protect religious minorities in his country.



Mr. Macron hinting at the eventual lifting of sanctions against Syria imposed during Syria's Civil War...The New Arab



    THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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