Sunday, June 29, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 6/29/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*CANADA BACKS DOWN ON TAX*RUSSIA-AZERBAIJAN-TENSIONS*NETANYAHU'S TRIAL TESTIMONY POSTPONED*TRUMP DEMANDS GAZA DEAL*ISRAELI SETTLERS-SOLDIERS CLASH*TRUMP DEMANDS END TO NETANYAHU TRIAL AS HE FACES CROSS-EXAMINATION*

 



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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




OPPOSITION PROTESTERS IN SERBIA COMING OUT ON THE HIGHWAYS TO BLOCK THEM TONIGHT SEEKING RELEASE OF DETAINED PROTESTERS AND NEW ELECTIONS...TASS RUSSIA...


EARLIER DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY.




In the northern Idaho panhandle at least two dead after firefighters were ambushed as they fought a wildfire.  Another person wounded.


A SWAT team called in found a dead man with a firearm nearby...


       KXLY SPOKANE, WASHINGTON (VIDEO EMBED)




CANADA BACKING DOWN ON THE CONTROVERSIAL 'DIGITAL SERVICES TAX'.


US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BROKE OFF TRADE TALKS WITH CANADA ON FRIDAY WITH STRONG OBJECTION TO THE TAX.


THE TAX DROPPED TO ADVANCE TRADE TALKS WITH THE US PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY AND MR. TRUMP TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL IN THE COMING DAYS...CBC NEWS CANADA 





Tonight in Israel Jewish settlers clashing with police outside a military base.   



The settlers attacked using pepper spray and vandalizing vehicles.   Police used stun grenades.


This follows the Friday night incident reported on later in this summary where Israeli soldiers fought attacking settlers.


A live round struck a 14-year-old settler causing minor injuries...Times of Israel...


        VIDEO OF RIOTING AT MILITARY BASE SUNDAY JUNE 28, 2025




DOZENS OF ARRESTS IN ISTANBUL TURKEY AS SOME ATTEMPTED TO PARTICPATE IN A 'PRIDE MARCH'.



THE MARCH BANNED BY TURKISH AUTHORITIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                         (NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)



Tensions between Russia and the neighboring Turkish aligned nation of Azerbaijan.


They stem from the arrest of Azerbaijani nationals in Russia accused of murder.   Azerbaijan defining the arrests as ethnic in nature.



A protest lodged with the top Russian diplomat in Azerbaijan also Russian cultural events cancelled in the country.



Intelligence sources say Israel used Azerbaijani airspace to attack Iran's capital city of Tehran in the recent war.   



Israel also supplied weaponry to Azerbaijan for use in its successful conflict with neighboring Armenia that led to closer Armenian relations with anti-Russia nations of the European Union...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




THE ISRAELI MILITARY ORDERING NEW CIVILIAN EVACUATIONS IN GAZA THE LATEST EVACUATIONS IN ISRAEL'S ONGOING OFFENSIVE MILITARY OPERATIONS.



HAMAS AUTHORITIES IN GAZA SAY 86 PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED IN THE LAST 24 HOURS INCLUDING DEATHS IN AREAS ISRAEL DECLARED TO BE 'SAFE ZONES'...BBC NEWS



Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) approving a resolution calling for banning the Alternative for Germany Party (AfD).


The Social Democrats citing a determination by the German intelligence service that the AfD is 'right-wing extremist'.



The party will collect evidence against the AfD seeking to bring the notion of its prohibition to the Germany's constitutional court.



The SPD is a junior partner in the current German government led by Christian Democrats...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



US CIA DIRECTOR JOHN RATCLIFFE SPEAKING WITH HIS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART.  


THAT WORD FROM RUSSIAN SVR INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SERGEY NARYSHKIN.


NARYSHKIN SPEAKING OF THE TWO SPY CHIEFS' PLANS FOR FUTURE CONVERSATIONS...TASS RUSSIA



Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's testimony at his corruption trial postponed.



Netanyahu requesting the delay for diplomatic and security reasons.



Israel's Mossad spy chief and the head of Israeli military intelligence explaining to the judges why the trial should be postponed.



Cross-examination of Netanyahu by prosecutors had begun when the trial was postponed due to the war with Iran on June 13th.



Today's development also follows US President Donald Trump's demands in recent hours that the prosecution of Mr. Netanyahu end and for some deal to end the Gaza War in the next week...


                      TIMES OF ISRAEL



A MAJOR RUSSIAN ATTACK ON UKRAINE OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY.   


477 DRONES AND 60 MISSILES USED ACCORDING TO UKRAINE WITH 211 OF THE DRONES AND 38 OF THE MISSILES DESTROYED.



CASUALTIES REPORTED AT LEAST SIX WOUNDED.



A UKRAINIAN F-16 FIGHTER SHOT DOWN DURING THE ATTACK....NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




"MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA, GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!! DJT"



A late-night social media post from US President Donald Trump pressing for a deal involving the Gaza War.


That war started with the Hamas attack on Israel back on October 7, 2023...


                                    Times Of Israel



In Canada Alberta Premier Danielle Smith saying the fight will go in court over a judge's injunction against a law limiting gender transition to adults only.



A provincial judge granting a preliminary injunction on Friday.



Smith saying she believes the province has a good case to make in court.



She decided not to invoke the 'notwithstanding clause' available to provincial governments in Canada to negate court rulings against laws...CBC News Canada




USING JULY 4TH AS A DEADLINE TO RAM THROUGH THE LEGISLATION, US SENATE REPUBLICANS ADVANCING THE 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' 51-49 WITH TWO REPUBLICAN SENATORS OPPOSING THE LEGISLATION.



THE BILL CRITICIZED BY CONSERVATIVE LIBERTARIANS LIKE US SENATOR RAND PAUL FOR SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY. 


BUT ANOTHER MORE MODERATE REPUBLICAN SENATOR THOM TILLIS OF NORTH CAROLINA ALSO OPPOSED THE LEGISLATION.


THIS DREW CRITICISM FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHO SUGGESTED PRIMARY ELECTION OPPOSITION.


DEALS CUT WITH SOME OTHER REPUBLICANS TO ADVANCE THE LEGISLATION...BBC NEWS




Protesters and police clashing in Belgrade, Serbia with police using tear gas.   

The demonstrators pushing for new elections in Serbia with government supporters also appearing on the streets.

President Aleksandar Vucic has stated that foreign powers from the West are behind the protests seeking to overthrow his government...Tass Russia...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN WARNING OF LEGAL CONSEQUENCES AS TENS OF THOUSANDS PARTICIPATED IN A 'PRIDE MARCH' IN BUDAPEST ON SATURDAY.


THE MARCH HELD IN SPITE OF A LAW PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM EXPOSURE TO LGBTQ RELATED MATTER.



FOREIGN OFFICIALS PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT WITH THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA MESSAGE ABOUT THE POLICE ORDER BANNING THE MARCH ON LEGAL GROUNDS RELATED TO THE LGBTQ LAW.



PRIME MINISTER ORBAN SPEAKING OF HUNGARY AS A 'CIVILIZED COUNTRY' SAYING FORCE WOULD NOT BE USED AGAINST THE MARCH ENFORCMENT OF THE LAW BROKEN BY IT WOULD COME LATER THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM.



FINES COULD BE IMPOSED ON THOSE PARTICIPATING AND ORGANIZERS COULD RECEIVE ONE YEAR IN PRISON...BBC NEWS




INTERNAL CONFLICT IN ISRAEL THIS WEEKEND ISRAELI SETTLERS WHO WERE HARASSING PALESTINIANS ENDED UP ATTACKING ISRAELI SOLDIERS.


THE SOLDIERS ENDED UP USING RIOT CONTROL TECHNIQUES AGAINST THE SETTLERS.


ISRAEL'S CHIEF OF STAFF CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE AS VISITED THE COMMANDER OF THE UNIT WHO WAS AMONG THOSE ATTACKED ...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



FROM THE SETTLERS SIDE OF THE CONFLICT WORD THAT A 14-YEAR-OLD MEMBER OF THEIR GROUP WAS WOUNDED BY LIVE FIRE FROM THE SOLDIERS.   THE WOUND WAS A MINOR INJURY...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



OPPOSITION POLITICAL LEADER YAIR GOLAN OF "THE DEMOCRATS" SAYING ISRAEL FACES AN 'EXISTENTIAL THREAT' FROM JEWISH EXTREMISTS LIKE THOSE WHO ATTACKED THE SOLDIERS.


GOLAN LINKING THE EXTREMISTS TO NATIONALIST FACTIONS OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S GOVERNMENT...TIMES OF ISRAEL




Thousands rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday night calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut a deal to release Israeli hostages held in Gaza...Times of Israel




US President Donald Trump on social media for a second time demanding an end to the prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.




Mr. Trump again making the comparison to the "WITCH HUNT" carried out against him for alleged wrongdoing.



On Monday Mr. Netanyahu back in court again facing cross-examination by prosecutors in his ongoing corruption trial.



The trial slowed and or interrupted by the various military conflicts Israel has been involved in since October 7th, 2023...Truth Social Post Donald J. Trump






  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




    MAN WOUNDED IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK




                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



A 43-year-old man wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Kursk Region...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




In other news...




CANADA ORDERING A CHINESE OWNED SURVEILLANCE CAMERA MAKER TO SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS IN CANADA.


INDUSTRY MINISTER MELANIE JOLY ANNOUNCING THE SHUTDOWN OF 'HIKVISION' LATE FRIDAY.



SHE CITED NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS.


THE UNITED STATES HAS IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS AND SANCTIONS ON 'HIKVISION' FOR THE PAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS. 


THE USE OF ITS EQUIPMENT IN WESTERN CHINA'S XINJIANG REGION POPULATED BY TURKIC MUSLIMS CITED IN CONNECTION WITH THOSE RESTRICTIONS...CBC NEWS CANADA

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