Wednesday, June 4, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 6/4/2025*TRUMP ORDERS BIDEN PROBE*SUMMARY EXECUTION STORIES FROM SYRIA*PUTIN-TRUMP TALK*ISRAELI RELIGIOUS PARTIES BACK OUT OF NETANYAHU GOV'T*AYATOLLAH KHAMANEI SAYS US POWERLESS OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR INDUSTRY*

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)




                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




The Trump Administration moving against Columbia University seeking to end its accreditation.   Failure to protect Jewish students from harassment cited in connection with the move...Israel National News




US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ORDERING A PROBE INTO THE ACTIONS OF FORMER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.



THE ORDER FOLLOWS WEEKS OF DISCUSSION IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND MEDIA ALIGNED WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT BIDEN'S MENTAL STATE.



MEDIA SUPPORTIVE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP CASTING DOUBT ON THE LEGITIMACY OF BIDEN'S ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT INCLUDING EXECUTIVE ORDERS, APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES AND PARDONS.



THE TRUMP ORDER DIRECTS A PROBE INTO 'WHETHER CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS CONSPIRED TO DECEIVE THE PUBLIC ABOUT BIDEN'S MENTAL STATE AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY EXERCISE THE AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PRESIDENT'...THE HILL USA



29 Ukrainian drones shot down in three Russian regions this evening...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)



11 KILLED AND 30 INJURED IN A STAMPEDE AT A CRICKET STADIUM IN INDIA.


HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MANY MORE THAN EXPECTED CAME TO THE STADIUM IN BENGALURU.



THEY WERE CELEBRATING THE CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY OR ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU IN THE INDIAN CRICKET LEAGUE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Stories of summary executions by security forces in Syria coming from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group.


The killings involve members of the minority Alawite community.


Eight killed and five wounded today at a security checkpoint in Western Hama province...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL...



Meanwhile five other Alawites found dead at a hospital in Damascus this happening two days after they were detained by security forces and placed under arrest.


The men said to have been summarily executed.   A driver from the bus being treated at the hospital with a seventh person onboard missing...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24




THE US VETOED A UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAT INCLUDED A CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE.   


ALL 14 OTHER NATIONS ON THE COUNCIL INCLUDING CHINA, FRANCE, RUSSIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM SUPPORTED IT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



IN ISRAEL AN ATTACK REPORTED ON A PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY CAUSING SEVEN INJURIES.


THE ATTACK ATTRIBUTED TO NEARBY JEWISH RESIDENTS (SETTLERS).  BUILDINGS AND VEHICLES SET ON FIRE IN THE ATTACK...TIMES OF ISRAEL




Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking with US President Donald Trump.


Mr. Putin informing Mr. Trump that Russia will respond to the Ukrainian attacks on Russia last weekend...Tass Russia...



Mr. Trump describing the one hour 15 minute this way:


"It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace"



Trump also saying Putin suggested he would contact Iran regarding a potential nuclear deal with the United States...Truth Social Post



EARLIER MR. PUTIN DESCRIBING UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT AS AN 'ILLEGITIMATE REGIME' THAT IS 'GRADAULLY DETERIORATING INTO A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION'...TASS RUSSIA



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 91.90 points.



The NASDAQ rose 61.53 points.


At 437 pm New York Time the price of oil lower at 62 dollars 69 cents a barrel down 72 cents or 1.14 percent...



                              Marketwatch


                                    (Updated Information)


The prospect of a new election in Israel as the country's Orthodox religious parties are moving away from participating in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.



The United Torah Judaism (UTJ) Party first indicating they will vote against the government now the Shas Party joining them.



The main sticking point failure to pass a law exempting religious students from Israel's military draft.



Israel's High Court and Attorney General ordering the Netanyahu government to implement the military draft for yeshiva students.



The government has been slowly complying with their orders sending out draft notices which have been widely ignored.



The two religious parties hold 16 seats of the 68 seats in Israel's 120-seat parliament supporting the government...Times of Israel...



Tonight, Prime Minister Netanyahu holding talks with a key political leader opposed by the religious parties seeking to head off the loss of a parliamentary majority.


Mr. Netanyahu may remove Yuri Edelstein as chair of a parliamentary committee to appease the religious parties. 




UNDER A SECOND DAY OF CROSS-EXAMINATION AT HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TALKING ABOUT CIGARS AND LUXURY VACATIONS GIVEN TO HIM BY HOLLYWOOD MOGUL ARNON MILCHAN.


CHAMPAGNE WAS ALSO PROVIDED FOR NETANYAHU'S WIFE SARA.


MILCHAN'S GENEROSITY DISMISSED BY NETANYAHU NOTING IT CAME AT A TIME WHEN HE WAS OUT OF POLITICS AND NOT INTENDING TO RUN AGAIN FOR OFFICE.



THE TRIAL OF MR. NETANYAHU A LENGTHY PROCESS WITH HIS CROSS-EXAMANATION EXPECTED TO LAST A YEAR.    HIS ABILITY TO TESTIFY LIMITED BY HIS DUTIES AS PRIME MINISTER...TIMES OF ISRAEL



VIETNAM DROPPING ITS LIMIT OF TWO CHILDREN PER FAMILY.  THE MOVE COMES AMID A DECLINING BIRTH RATE ESPECIALLY IN THE COUNTRY'S MAJOR CITIES.


THE GOVERNMENT FEARS A DECLINE IN CHILDBIRTHS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH AN AGING POPULATION AND SMALLER WORKFORCE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


"The US's first word is that Iran should not have a nuclear industry.  Our response to America's nonsense claims is clear: they cannot do a damn thing in this matter"


 

IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMANEI IN A LENGTHY SPEECH TODAY ON THE 36TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF HIS PREDECESSOR AYATOLLAH KHOMENI.



HIS COMMENTS REPORTED PROMINENTLY IN ISRAEL AS A REJECTION OF THE US PROPOSAL REGARDING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.




KHAMANEI SAYING THAT ISLAMIC COUNTRIES CANNOT REMAIN SILENT ON THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE AND ANY ISLAMIC COUNTRY SUPPORTING ISRAEL WILL HAVE ETERNAL SHAME ON ITS FOREHEAD.



HE SPOKE OF THE DECLINE OF THE UNITED STATES AND WESTERN NATIONS AND THE COLLAPSE OF ISRAEL WHICH HE SAID IS HAPPENING BY 'DIVINE DECREE'...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN...



THE US AND IRAN MAY HOLD A SIXTH ROUND OF TALKS THIS COMING WEEKEND.  IRAN IS TO GIVE A RESPONSE TO THE LATEST US PROPOSAL IN THE DAYS AHEAD...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN



IN EL SALVADOR THREE FORMER SOLDIERS CONVICTED IN THE 1982 MURDERS OF FOUR DUTCH JOURNALISTS.


THE THREE SOLDIERS, WHO ARE NOW AT 85-, 91- AND 93-YEARS OLD, GIVEN PRISON TERMS OF 15 YEARS BY A JUDGE.



THE DUTCH JOURNALISTS MURDERED AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO ENTER TERRITORY CONTROLLED BY LEFT-WING FORCES FIGHTING THE THEN MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




PRESIDENT TRUMP IMPLEMENTING THE 50 PERCENT TARIFF ON STEEL AND ALUMIMUM IMPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES EFFECTIVE TODAY.



ONE EXCEPTION IS THE UNITED KINGDOM.     THE UK TARIFF RATE WILL REMAIN 25 PERCENT WHILE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE...BBC NEWS



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                            TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...




In the center of Cologne, Germany today the evacuation of 20,000 people from the city center.


It's so that three American bombs dropped on the city during World War II can be dismantled.



The bombs were discovered on Monday.



Nine schools, the central train station, museums, nurseries and retirement homes are inside the evacuation zone...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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