Monday, June 2, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 6/2/2025*TRUMP SHUTS DOWN IRAN DEAL LEAK*RUSSIA LAYS OUT CONDITIONS TO END UKRAINE WAR*IRAN SAID TO HAVE NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO US NUKE PROPOSAL*CHINA CITES US VIOLATIONS OF AGREEMENT ON TRADE*

 


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                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




EXPLOSIONS IN SEVERAL UKRAINIAN REGIONS TONIGHT FOLLOWING AIR RAID WARNINGS IN EIGHT REGIONS OF UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA



A missile fired by Houthi forces in Yemen intercepted by Israeli air defenses this evening.  Sirens activated across a large portion of Israel...Times Of Israel




"WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!"


Part of President Donald Trump's social media message following a news leak claiming the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran allows for some uranium enrichment...TRUTH SOCIAL POST




RUSSIA LAYING OUT ITS CONDITIONS TO END THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE.


THESE CONDITIONS WERE PRESENTED TO THE UKRAINIAN DELEGATION AT THE TALKS IN ISTANBUL EARLIER TODAY...


1. INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RECOGNITION OF CRIMEA AND FOUR OTHER REGIONS BEING PART OF RUSSIA


2. A PROCLAMATION OF UKRAINE'S NEUTRALITY AND NON-PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY ALLIANCES


3. A BAN ON FOREIGN MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN UKRAINE



4. NON-NUCLEAR STATUS FOR UKRAINE



5.  A MAXIMUM SIZE FOR THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES



6. LIFTING OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA



7. ENSURING RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF RUSSIAN SPEAKING PEOPLE IN UKRAINE.


THERE ARE OTHER PROVISIONS AS WELL INCLUDING A MUTUAL WAIVER OF CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY MILITARY OPERATIONS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The former Green Party Foreign Minister of Germany Annalena Baerbock selected as President of the United Nations General Assembly.


Baerbock represents the Western block of nations which has rotated into the role for the next.


The UN General Assembly president also chairs meetings of the UN Security Council...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



IRAN PREPARTING A NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO THE US NUCELAR DEAL OFFER THAT COULD BE INTERPRETED AS 'REJECTION'.


REUTERS WITH A SENIOR IRANIAN DIPLOMAT AS ITS SOURCE FOR THE STORY.


IRAN SAYING THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT MEET ITS CONCERNS...REUTERS...



ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU MAY USE 'REJECTION' BY IRAN AS A PRETEXT FOR ATTACKING IRAN.


IRAN WARNING OF A DECISIVE RESPONSE IF THERE IS AN ISRAELI ATTACK.


IRAN SAYS ISRAEL IS SEEKING TO PROMOTE CONFLICT IN WESTERNS ASIA AND CONTROL US FOREIGN POLICY ...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN




The markets today.   


The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 35.41 points.


The NASDAQ rose 128.85 points or .67 percent. 



The price of oil tonight in New York higher at 62 dollars 97 cents a barrel as of 848 pm trading underway for the next day...Marketwatch



IN ITALY TOURISTS EVACUATING AS MOUNT ETNA ERUPTS...






                                          (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)


Those talks between Russia and Ukraine have been held in Istanbul.


Turkish officials presided over the talks.


The talks lasted for around 90 minutes.


A major prisoner exchange is being planned...Al Jazeera Qatar Blog



RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS THAT DRONE MAKING FACILITIES IN UKRAINE HAVE BEEN ATTACKED.


THIS FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS ON RUSSIAN AIRBASES.


THE RUSSIAN MILITARY ALSO SAYING 1,430 FRONT-LINE UKRAINIAN TROOPS HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE LAST 24 HOURS...TASS RUSSIA



China's Commerce Ministry says the US has 'seriously undermined' the understanding on trade reached last month in Geneva.


China citing US decisions to stop selling computer chip design software, warning against use of chips made by Huawei and cancellations of visas for Chinese students.


On Friday US President Donald Trump said that China had 'totally violated its agreement with us'...BBC News




South Korea's government holding an emergency meeting with major steelmakers.   They discussed the impact of President Trump's announcement of 50 percent tariffs on steel imports into the US...Yonhap News Agency South Korea




ITALIAN PRESIDENT SERGIO MATTARELLA SAYING THAT INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW MUST BE IMPLEMENTED IN GAZA ALONG WITH AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE.


MATTARELLA ALSO CALLING FOR ISRAEL TO ALLOW INTERNATIONAL HUMANTIARIAN AGENCIES ACCESS TO GAZA...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



SWEDISH ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG MAKING ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO REACH GAZA.   SHE RELEASED A VIDEO ABOUT A TRIP BY SEA LEAVING ITALY SEEKING TO REACH GAZA.


THUNBERG URGED THE PUBLIC TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE JOURNEY SHE AND OTHERS ARE TAKING INCLUDING EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBER RIMA HASSAN...



                                     RIMA HASSAN "X"



Germany's top general asserting that Russia may attack Germany in the next four years.


General Carsten Brewer says Russia is producing hundreds of tanks every year.



General Brewer making his comments at the Shangri-La Security Dialogue in Singapore over the weekend...BBC News Story



    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA


                                                                (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



HIGHWAY CLOSED WHEN UKRAINIAN DRONE FELL ON POWER LINE



                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In Russia's Voronezh Region an attacking Ukrainian drone dropped a high-voltage power line onto the M4 expressway forcing a closure.   More than 15 drones destroyed in the region overnight...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA






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