NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 7/4/2025 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY JULY 4TH*DEADLY FLOODING IN TEXAS*TRUMP TALKS STRONGER UKRAINE AIR DEFENSE WITH ZELENSKY GERMAN LEADER*RUSSIA ACCUSED OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE*MASSIVE ATTACK ON KIEV

 

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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

According to US media outlet "Bloomberg" a China-European Union trade summit later this month has been downgraded.

The original two-day event in two cities cut back to a one day event in Beijing.

The report points to the notion of deteriorating trade relations between China and Europe.

Tensions related to last year's EU tariffs on Chinese made electric cars a major issue.

Europe is also feeling the impact of US computer chip sanctions on China and Chinese restrictions on rare earths mineral exports...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN RUSSIA DRONE ATTACKS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AIR TRAFFIC SUSPENDED AT ONE OF MOSCOW'S AIRPORTS.

DAMAGE REPORTED TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN THE CITIES OF ENGELS AND SARATOV IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

 In the "Hill Country" of Texas at least 24 dead in flooding centered in Kerr County.

There are more than 20 missing children who were at a summer camp...

                  Austin American Statesman

                                 KENS-TV SAN ANTONIO

HAMAS GIVING A 'POSITIVE RESPONSE' TO THE CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL FOR GAZA.   HAMAS ALSO SPEAKING OF TALKS TO IMPLEMENT A FINAL DEAL...TIMES OF ISRAEL

US President Donald Trump speaking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky about strengthening Ukraine's aid defenses today.

Their almost 40-minute call followed last night's attack on Kiev reported on later in this summary...Barak Ravid "Axios" "X" (Link To Story)

MR. TRUMPNALSO SPEAKING WITH GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ ABOUT STRENGHTENING UKRAINE'S AIR DEFENSE.

TRUMP SAID TO HAVE MADE NO PROMISES BUT GERMANY HAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT TRANSFERING PATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS IT HAS PAID FOR TO UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Israel supplying drinking water systems to Ukraine.   That word from Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar.

Humanitarian assistance has been sent to Ukraine by Israel during the war but military assistance has been restricted...Israel National News

Russia is accused of using chemical weapons in the Ukraine War.   German and Dutch intelligence agencies behind the accusation.

According to the spy agencies a chemical called chlorpicrin is being used by Russia in the war alongside tear gas.

Three deaths are being attributed to use of the chemical.

Last year the US during the Biden Administration made the chemical weapons use allegation against Russia.

These allegations are to be taken to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons based in the Netherlands.

During the Ukraine War Russia has cited the use of radioactive depleted uranium ammunition by Ukraine...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 613 DEATHS NEAR THE US-ISRAELI AID OPERATIONS OF THE 'GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION' AS WELL AS UN AID FACILITIES.

NEWS REPORTS IN THE LAST WEEK SPEAK OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS OPENING FIRE ON PEOPLE SEEKING AID AS WELL AS US MILITARY CONTRACTORS ASSISTING THE 'GHF' GROUP....REUTERS-FRANCE 24

VICE-PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA'S STATE CONTROLLED PIPELINE COMPANY TRANSNEFT ANDREY BADALOV FOUND DEAD.

AUTHORITIES SAY IT IS AN APPARENT SUICIDE THE BODY FOUND 'AT THE BOTTOM OF A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING'.    A FAREWELL NOTE LEFT AS WELL...TASS RUSSIA

(Updated) More than 40 people hurt in a tanker truck explosion at a gasoline station in Rome.

Firefighters arrived at the scene before the explosion after the tanker truck struck a gas line causing a leak.

Many first responders among those hurt.

The blast could be heard throughout the city...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN SOUTH KOREA AN APPARENT DEFECTION FROM THE NORTH LATE LAST NIGHT.

A NORTH KOREAN CIVILIAN CROSSING THE HEAVILY FORTIFIED FRONTIER BEING TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

British politics a Muslim MP resigning from the Labor Party to help start a new one.

Zarah Sultana represents the Coventry South constituency in the House of Commons.

Sultana joining with former leftist Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in starting the new party.

She speaks of poverty and inequality in the UK that's only getting worse and a two-party system that's cutting off benefits to poor people.

The Labor Party suspended her over a vote opposing cuts to welfare benefits.

Sultana also saying that British political leaders like Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Reform UK chief Nigel Farage are smearing those who call out the Israeli war effort in Gaza as genocide labeling them as 'terrorists'...Zarah Sultana "X" 

FOX NEWS REPORTING A SECRET WHITE HOUSE MEETING YESTERDAY BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER AND PRESIDENT TRUMP.

OTHER US OFFICIALS PRESENT AT THE MEETING WHICH DISCUSSED REDUCING TENSIONS IN THE REGION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN AS WELL AS AN END TO THE GAZA WAR.

A POSSIBLE NORMALIZING OF RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND ISRAEL SAID TO HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AS WELL.   

THIS STORY REPORTED BY FOX NEWS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT SAUDI ARABIA SHOT DOWN IRANIAN DRONES HEADED FOR ISRAEL DURING THE ISRAEL-IRAN WAR LAST MONTH.

SAUDI HELICOPTERS AIRBORNE TAKING DOWN THE DRONES ON THE GROUNDS OF DEFENDING SAUDI AIRSPACE.

SAUDI ARABIA PUBLICLY EXPRESSING ITS OPPOSITION TO ISRAEL LAUNCHING THE FRIDAY JUNE 13TH ATTACKS ON IRAN THAT STARTED THE WAR...PRESS TV IRAN

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

RUSSIAN ATTACK ON KIEV IGNITES BLAZES ACROSS CITY

WOMAN KILLED IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON ROSTOV

UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK KNOCKS OUT POWER IN PART OF MOSCOW REGION, TWO PEOPLE HURT

                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

A Russian drone and missile attack on Kiev overnight with many explosions and fires cross the city.

550 drones and 11 missiles used said by Ukraine to be a record.

A woman killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Rostov Region...BBC NEWS

Two people were wounded (Tass) and power knocked out to more than 50,000 residents in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow Region...TASS RUSSIA

In other news...

A 19-year-old American pilot seeking to fly over all the world's continents detained in Chile's Antarctic Territory.

Ethan Guo said to have filed a false flight plan that did not include him passing over Antarctica...BBC News

THE US NAVY SAYS THAT AROUND 100 PEOPLE SEPARATED FROM SERVICE OVER THEIR OBJECTIONS TO THE COVID-19 VACCINE ARE INTERESTED IN RETURNING.

INTEREST EXPRESSED AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER EARLIER THIS YEAR SAYING THOSE KICKED OUT OVER THE COVID SHOTS COULD REENLIST WITH BACK PAY.

BEFORE MR. TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 10 OTHERS REJOINED THE NAVY ONCE THE COVID VACCINE MANDATE ENDED IN 2023...USNI NEWS

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 7/3/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*MARINES TO SUPPORT ICE IN FLORIDA*SUPREME COURT SHUTS DOWN JUDGE ON DEPORTATION INJUNCTION*TRUMP-PUTIN PHONE TALK*DEADLY GAZA CONFLICT CONTINUES*'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' PASSED AFTER LATE NIGHT VOTE*

 

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                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

A Ukrainian drone attack on an urban district of Moscow early Friday.   One man wounded a substation knocked out power lost to 'two microdistricts'...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OFFERING BUYOUTS TO ITS FULL-TIME DRIVERS.

UPS SPEAKING OF AN 'UNPRECEDENTED BUSINESS LANDSCAPE' IN MAKING THE OFFER TO SHED FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES FROM ITS WORKFORCE.

TEAMSTERS UNION PRESIDENT SEAN O'BRIEN DESCRIBING THE MOVE AS 'AN ILLEGAL VIOLATION' OF THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT REACHED LAST YEAR WITH THE COMPANY...THE HILL USA

In a late night vote the Dutch House of Representatives approving tighter immigration laws.

The new laws will make it tougher for those seeking asylum in the Netherlands.

Two political parties switching to support the legislation with assurances that Dutch citizens choosing to offer charity to asylum seekers on religious or moral grounds would not immediately be prosecuted.

The Dutch Senate will consider the laws later this summer with ...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

200 US MARINES DEPLOYING TO FLORIDA TO SUPPORT US IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.

THOSE MARINES WILL PERFORM ADMINISTRATIVE AND LOGISTICAL FUNCTIONS FOR ICE FREEING UP ICE PERSONNEL FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.

ADDITIONAL MARINES WILL BE SENT TO SUPPORT ICE IN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS IN THE FUTURE...USNI NEWS

          (Updated With Visual Images Of Attacks On Kiev)

EXPLOSIONS THROUGHOUT KIEV EARLY FRIDAY MORNING DURING A MAJOR RUSSIAN ATTACK ON UKRAINE'S CAPITAL CITY...DD Geopolitics (Video, Photo Embeds)...

THE AIR RAID ALERT WENT INTO EFFECT THROUGHOUT ALL UKRAINE LATE TONIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The US Supreme Court voiding a federal district judge's injunction against deportation flights to the African nation of South Sudan.

District Judge Brian Murphy had insisted that in spite of a previous Supreme Court ruling in favor of the deportation flights his order following that ruling to ban them was in force.

In a 7-2 decision the high court saying its previous ruling in the matter stands saying 'our stay rendered the matter unenforceable'...The Hill USA

CHINA CRITICAL OF THE NEW US-VIETNAM TRADE DEAL SAYING IT HURTS CHINA.

CHINA'S SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR AGREEING TO TARIFF-FREE ACCESS FOR US GOODS IN EXCHANGE FOR A 20 PERCENT TARIFF ON GOODS EXPORTED TO THE US.

THE DEAL ALSO CREATES HIGHER TARIFFS FOR ANY CHINESE GOODS MOVED THROUGH VIETNAM TO THE UNITED STATES.

CHINA SAYING THE US-VIETNAM DEAL IS 'AT THE EXPENSE OF ITS INTERESTS' VOWING 'COUNTERMEASURES' TO 'SAFEGUARD ITS INTERESTS'...THE HILL USA

Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, testifying to a special police unit probing unlawful issuance of diplomatic passports.

Yair Netanyahu among a group of people who received the special diplomatic passports at the behest of former Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.

The police do consider him a suspect in their criminal investigation...Times of Israel

RUSSIA FORMALLY RECOGNIZING TALIBAN RULE IN AFGHANISTAN. 

RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNOUNCING THE 'ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF AFGHANISTAN' HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.

THE DECISION ON ADVICE FROM RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER AND RUSSIA'S AMBASSADOR IN AFGHANISTAN...TASS RUSSIA

Amid restrictions in Iranian airspace the Russian airline Aeroflot cancelling flights to Tehran...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

(UPDATED WITH TRUMP REACTION TO HIS CONVERSATION WITH PUTIN)

AT MID-DAY US TIME A PHONE CONVERSATION UNDERWAY BETWEEN US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.

THAT WORD FROM KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV.

TRUMP TALKED THE 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' WITH PUTIN AND THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT WISHED MR. TRUMP SUCCESS.

BOTH LEADERS PRESENTING THEIR POSITIONS ON THE UKRAINE WAR MR. TRUMP SEEKING AN END TO HOSTILITIES MR. PUTIN EMPHASIZING THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE 'ROOT CAUSES' OF THE WAR.

PUTIN AND TRUMP TALKED ABOUT IRAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST AS WELL.

LATE THIS AFTERNOON MR. TRUMP SAYING 'NO PROGRESS' WAS MADE TOWARDS HIS GOAL IN THE UKRAINE WAR.

TRUMP ALSO EXPRESSING HIS DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THAT...TASS RUSSIA UKRAINE STORY...TASS RUSSIA LATER STORY...TASS RUSSIA FIRST STORY

A hammer attack on train passengers in southern Germany.  At least four hurt including the attacker identified as a 20-year-old Syrian.

Those hurt taken to a hospital.  The train with 500 passengers bound from Hamburg to Vienna.

Police said to have overwhelmed the perpetrator...Bayerischer Rundfunk Germany (Translation Prompt)

THE US SUPREME COURT DECIDING TO CONSIDER STATE LAWS PROHIBITING BIOLOGICAL MALES FROM PARTICIPATING IN FEMALE SCHOOL SPORTS.

THE COURT RESPONDING TO APPEALS FROM IDAHO AND WEST VIRGINIA WHOSE LAWS WERE SHUT DOWN BY COURTS AFTER BEING SIGNED INTO LAW.

A SUPREME COURT DECISION EXPECTED WITHIN A YEAR...THE HILL USA

The markets today.   

Stock markets closed early today with the Dow up 344.11 points or .77 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 207.92 points or 1.02 percent.

At 416 pm New York Time the price of oil at 67 dollars 19 cents a barrel down 26 cents...Marketwatch

Great jobs numbers for the US economy last month.  Unemployment down a tenth of a percent to 4.1 percent in June.   147,000 new jobs added more than expected...CNN USA

Kilmar Abrego Garcia said to have been beaten and tortured when he was deported to El Salvador.

Abrego Garcia was at the center of a controversy over his deportation when was brought back to the US to face immigration charges in federal court.

He has pled not guilty to those charges...BBC News

THE DEPUTY COMMANDER OF RUSSIA'S NAVY KILLED IN COMBAT IN THE KURSK REGION BORDERING UKRAINE.

MIKHAIL GUDKOV HAD COMMANDED RUSSIA'S MARINE CORPS (NAVAL INFANTRY) BEFORE ASSUMING HIS POST.

GUDKOV CONTINUED TO VISIT NAVAL INFANTRY UNITS FOLLOWING HIS PROMOTION TO LEADERSHIP IN RUSSIA'S NAVY...TASS RUSSIA

DEMOCRAT US HOUSE LEADER HAKEEM JEFFRIES MAKING A MARATHON SPEECH TO DELAY FINAL PASSAGE OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CONTROVERSIAL 'BIG' BEAUTIFUL BILL'.

BUT IN THE END THE LEGISLATION PASSED 218-214 AND PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL SIGN IT IN A JULY 4TH CEREMONY...BBC NEWS BLOG

AN ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN LEBANON.  

THE ATTACK ON A VEHICLE IN SOUTHERN BEIRUT WITH ISRAEL SAYING A TERRORIST ASSOCIATED WITH IRAN WAS KILLED...ARAB NEWS

Israel says it has conducted 150 air attacks on targets linked to terrorism in Gaza in the last 24 hours.

Israeli troops also continue operations on the ground...Tass Russia...

Meanwhile authorities in Gaza saying that dozens of people seeking aid in the territory at US-Israeli aid centers have been killed in recent hours.

Israel media outlet "Haaretz" reporting last week that Israeli soldiers were shooting at the Palestinian aid seekers.

Now the Associated Press in the United States reporting that US military contractors assisting the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation have opened fire on people lined up to receive food as well...Al Jazeera Qatar

IN THE DUTCH CITY OF COEVORDEN EMERGENCY MEASURES IMPOSED OVER PUBLIC PROTESTS OPPOSING THE PRESENCE OF MIGRANTS SEEKING ASYLUM.

OPEN FIRES BANNED ALONG WITH ANY OBJECTS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED WEAPONS.

A GROUP OF UNDERAGE IMMIGRANT GIRLS SAID BY AUTHORITIES TO HAVE MOVED INTO THE COMMUNITY TRIGGERING THE DEMONSTRATIONS.

PROTESTERS CONCERNED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.  THEY ALSO CITE A HOUSING SHORTAGE IN THE COMMUNITY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

THE CONTROVERSIAL 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR SPENDING PLAN APPROVED BY THE US HOUSE.

A FLOOR VOTE THAT STARTED THURSDAY EVENING EXTENDED SIX HOURS INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKING WITH THE MEMBERS WHO WAITED LATE INTO THE NIGHT TO CAST THEIR VOTES...THE HILL USA BLOG

Six (Updated) are dead dozens of others missing following a ferry boat accident off the Indonesian island of Bali.

The ferry travelling between islands carrying 65 passengers and 22 vehicles.    More than 20 survivors pulled from the water...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN THE UK TERRORISM CHARGES INVOLVING FOUR PEOPLE WHO SPRAY PAINTED TWO MILITARY PLANES AT AN AIR BASE.

DAMAGE TO THE PLANES ESTIMATED AT 7 MILLION POUNDS (9.54 MILLION US DOLLARS).

THE FOUR BROKE INTO THE BRIZE NORTON AIR BASE ON JUNE 20TH.

THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OPPOSITION TO BRITISH SUPPORT OF ISRAEL RELATED TO THE RECENT WAR WITH IRAN.

THE TERRORISM CHARGES COME AS THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT MOVED TO BAN ORGANIZATIONS PROTESTING IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIANS AND OPPOSING ISRAEL'S WAR IN GAZA DEFINING THEM AT 'TERRORIST'...BBC NEWS

THE US DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF THE US AIR ATTACKS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAYING THE ATTACKS SET BACK IRANIAN NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES ONE TO TWO YEARS...AL JAZEERA QATAR

A lawsuit involving a photographer who recorded an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on a Home Depot store.

Job Garcia saying he was exercising his own rights and informing others of theirs when he recorded the  raid telling a truck driver he did not have to exit his vehicle for ICE.

The Mexican American Legal Defense Fund suing on Garcia's behalf for one million dollars...The Hill USA

  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE) 

                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

FORD RECALLING MORE THAN 200,000 VEHICLES DUE TO THE POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION OF REARVIEW CAMERAS.

THE POSSIBILITY OF CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS LINKED TO A SOFTWARE ISSUE.

FORD MODELS INVOLVED INCLUDE CARS, PICKUP TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 2018 AND 2024.

NOTIFICATION LETTERS SET TO GO OUT BY JULY 28TH...NEWSWEEK-MSN

Business bankruptcies announced the first one involves long-time canned food brand "Del Monte".

The California-based company in business for 138 years filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

This will lead to a court-supervised sale process for its assets.

Del Monte citing tighter consumer spending along with the rise of private brands associated with grocery stores for its difficulties...CNN USA...

And Dr. Phil McGraw's Merit Street Media filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.   The venture started early last year.

Merit Street citing a 'strained liquidity position' and failure to secure outside capital.

The company also suing its distribution partner in the venture Trinity Broadcasting Network.   TBN said to have failed in obligations to MSM.  

Merit Street also involved in a dispute with Professional Bull Riders over a deal to broadcast bull riding events...Hollywood Reporter

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 7/2/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEK*HOUSE MEMBERS ARM TWISTED ON 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL'*US MILITARY CONTRACTORS FIRING ON GAZA RESIDENTS SEEKING FOOD*RETIRED GENERAL QUESTIONED IN ISRAEL'S 'QATARGATE' SCANDAL*TRUMP DEMANDS THAT FED CHAIR 'RESIGN IMMEDIATELY'*CBS OWNER PAYOUT TO TRUMP IN '60 MINUTES' SUIT*

 

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                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

Voting in the US House tonight on the "Big Beautiful Bill" spending plan.

Arm twisting from House Speaker Mike Johnson and Vice-President JD Vance to get Republicans to support it.

The vote dragging on into the night...

                   The Hill USA Live Blog

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTING THAT US MILITARY CONTRACTORS IN GAZA ARE USING LIVE AMMUNITION AND STUN GRENADES ON RESIDENTS SEEKING FOOD.

ISRAEL CUT OFF FOOD SUPPLIES TO GAZA IN MARCH THEN IN LATE MAY BEGAN ALLOWING THE US-ISRAELI 'GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION' TO OPERATE IN GAZA IN MAY.

US MILITARY CONTRACTORS A PART OF THE 'GHF' OPERATION.

TWO CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION IN GAZA SPEAKING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANONYMOUSLY SAYING THEY WERE DISTURBED BY WHAT THEY SAW.

CONTRACTORS IN GAZA SAID TO HAVE RECEIVED LIMITED TRAINING AND TO BE FIRING WILDLY INCLUDING THE USE OF LIVE AMMUNITION THAT HAS HURT GAZA RESIDENTS.

WITHIN THE LAST WEEK ISRAELI MEDIA OUTLET 'HAARETZ' REPORTED ON ISRAELI SOLDIERS USING LIVE AMMUNITION ON PALESTINIAN GAZA RESIDENTS SEEKING FOOD AT THE AID DISTRIBUTION CENTERS...ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS STORY

In Israel a retired Major General questioned under caution by a special police unit probing the flow to money from Qatar into Israel. 

Reserve Major General Yoav Mordechai suspected of taking a bribe from a foreign agent.

Mordechai's business partner former Mossad spy agency official Shaun Bouter also questioned.

Their company "Novard" suspected of sending large amounts of money to Jonatan Urich a former aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Urich alleged to have received the money to launch an online campaign to improve the image of Qatar inside Israel...Times Of Israel

15 people hurt when a skydiving plane crashed in southern New Jersey.

The accident at an airport in Williamstown near Camden.  The Federal Aviation Administration investigating the accident...6 ABC Philadelphia (Video Embed)

US President Donald Trump demanding that Federal Reserve Board chairman Jerome Powell 'resign immediately'.

Trump citing an accusation from Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte about Mr. Powell lying.

Mr. Pulte appointed by President Trump to his position.

Mr. Trump critical of Powell for failing to lower interest rates...The Hill USA

SEVEN PEOPLE ARE MISSING, TWO OTHERS INJURED AFTER YESTERDAY'S FIREWORKS EXPLOSIONS IN ESPARTO, CALIFORNIA.

THE EXPLOSIONS AT FIREWORKS FACILITY.   

FIREFIGHTERS KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF UNEXPLODED FIREWORKS...KCRA SACRAMENTO (VIDEO EMBEDS)

(Updated) The protests against Serbia's government continued this evening demonstrators blocking a bridge in the center of Belgrade.   The Serbian government accuses foreign forces of the Western nations of using protests to stage a coup.

After this evening's protests Serb authorities say police officers were attacked with one of them hurt.   A demonstrator arrested...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)...RIA Novosti Russia (Second Story) (Translation Prompt)

(Updated) A jury found music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs found not guilty of most of the federal charges against him.

They included the most serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. 

Combs convicted on two charges of transporting for purposes of prostitution.

The judge in the case denying him bail while awaiting sentencing...BBC News Blog

FOUR DEAD, FOUR OTHERS MISSING AFTER AN OIL DRILLING BARGE SANK IN THE GULF OF SUEZ.

EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES SAY 22 OTHERS WERE INJURED.

THE BARGE WAS BEING TOWED TO A NEW LOCATION WHEN IT SANK...AL JAZEERA QATAR

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 10.52 points.

The NASDAQ rose 190.24 points or .94 percent.

At 428 pm New York Time the price of oil at 67 dollars 36 cents a barrel up one dollar 91 cents or 2.92 percent...Marketwatch

9,000 CITY WORKERS ON STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA.   THEY INCLUDE TRASH COLLECTORS AND 911 CALL OPERATORS.

THEIR UNION SEEKING A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT WITH EIGHT PERCENT PAY RAISES EACH YEAR.

THE UNION SAYING THE CITY'S OFFER COMES NOWWHERE NEAR THAT.

 THE MAYOR SPEAKING OF A 'FAIR OFFER' TO WORKERS...6 ABC PHILADELPHIA (VIDEO EMBED)

A 16-million-dollar settlement of President Donald Trump's lawsuit against CBS owner Paramount Global.

The suit stemmed from last year's "60 Minutes" interview of Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

Mr. Trump saying the interview was edited to favor her over him.

The 16-million dollars will not be paid directly to Trump, but will be allocated to his presidential library...BBC News

                         (News, Comment, Analysis)

IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN SAYS IRAN HAS SUSPENDED COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY.

UNDERLYING THE DECISION THE PERCEPTION THAT THE IAEA AND ITS DIRECTOR RAFAEL GROSSI ACT AS AN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES AND NOT AS A NEUTRAL OBSERVER AND ARBITER OF ITS NUCLEAR ACTIVITES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In another sign of the rising tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan the leader of the Azerbaijani community in Russia has been detained.

Shahin Shikhlinski taken into custody after two officials of Russia's "Sputnik" media outlet were detained in Azerbaijan.

Their detention followed the deaths in detention of Azerbaijanis arrested in a murder investigation in Russia...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

JIHADIST ATTACKS ON ARMY BASES IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF MALI.

THE JIHADISTS CLAIMED CONTROL OF SEVERAL OF THE BASES.

MEANWHILE MALI'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT SAYS THE JIHADISTS WERE REPELLED WITH 80 OF THEM KILLED.

GRAPHIC VIDEO POSTED ONLINE SAID TO BE OF THE AFTERMATH OF INTERVENTION TO STOP THE ATTACKS BY RUSSIAN MERCENARIES...BBC NEWS STORY...DD GEOPOLITICS "X" (VIDEO EMBEDS)

     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                               (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                           TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

           RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) DECIDING TO KEEP ITS HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON DC.

A PLAN CRAFTED DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO MOVE FBI HEADQUARTERS TO MARYLAND SCRAPPED.

THE FBI MOVING ITS HEADQUARTERS SEVERAL BLOCKS FROM THE J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING TO THE RONALD REAGAN BUILDING WHICH CURRENTLY HOUSES US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION...POLITICO USA

Contact has been lost with a New Zealand government financed climate satellite. 

The MethaneSAT project was designed to detect methane emissions in New Zealand from orbit.

The sources of the emissions were to be 'named and shamed'.

It is being said that reestablishing contact with the satellite is unlikely...One News New Zealand

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 7/1/2025*NEWSDUMP WEEK*TRUMP WARNS OF WORSE FOR GAZA AND HAMAS*MORE MIGRANT DETAINEES SENT TO GUANTANAMO*JD VANCE BREAKS TIE ON 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL'*ISRAELI COURT HEARING IN NETANYAHU CASE DISRUPTED*THAI PRIME MINISTER SUSPENDED BY COURT*

 

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                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

IN PORTLAND, OREGON A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERING IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF A 24-YEAR-OLD MEXICAN ASYLUM SEEKER.

JUDGE MICHAEL H. SIMON SAYING HE CAN'T BE DETAINED AGAIN WITHOUT THE COURT BEING NOTIFIED...MAXINE BERNSTEIN OREGON LIVE "X"

The jury at the federal trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs will continue deliberations tomorrow.   

Verdicts reached on four of the five charges with the jury deadlocked on the most serious charge of racketeering...BBC News

            "IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE"

US President Donald Trump with a warning aimed at Gaza and Hamas.

This follows meetings in Washington between US representatives and Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.

A proposal for a ceasefire leading to a final agreement between Israel and Hamas said to be on the table by Mr. Trump...Truth Social Post...

More news related to Gaza later in the summary.

SIX WOUNDED VICTIMS OF A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK FLOWN TO MOSCOW FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

THIS MORNING'S DRONE ATTACK ON A FACTORY IN IZHEVSK KILLED THREE AND WOUNDED 42 OTHERS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

THE US IS HALTING SOME WEAPONS SHIPMENTS TO UKRAINE.

MISSILE INTERCEPTORS AND 155 MILLIMETER SHELLS SAID INVOLVED IN THE HALTED SHIPMENTS.

CONCERNS AROUND A SHORTAGE OF US AMMUNITION STOCKS FALLING SHORT SAID TO BE BEHIND THE MOVE...JENNIFER GRIFFIN FOX NEWS "X"

The US Department of Education cutting a deal with the University of Pennsylvania over its transgender athletics policy.

Biological males will no longer be permitted in female sports in line with Title IX anti-discrimination law.

The agreement also erases athletics records of Lia Thomas a biological male allowed to join the Penn women's swim team.

Federal funds were cut off from the University of Pennsylvania earlier this year over the issue...CNN USA

A FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTING AN ATTEMPT BY TECH GIANT APPLE TO DISMISS AN ANTITRUST LAWSUIT.

THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ACCUSING APPLE OF TRYING TO MONOPOLIZE THE SMARTPHONE MARKET...THE HILL USA

President Trump threatening 30 to 35 percent tariffs on Japanese goods.

Trump told reporters on Air Force One he doubts a trade deal can be reached with Japan by next Wednesday's deadline...Nikkei Asia Japan (Pay Wall Limited Access)

"Palestinians in Gaza face an impossible choice: Starve or risk being shot while trying desperately to reach food for their families"

[PART OF JOINT STATEMENT BY 171 NON-GOVERNMENTAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING GAZA

A LARGE GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS CALLING FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO STOP AID DISTRIBUTION IN GAZA THROUGH THE 'GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION'.

THE 171 GROUPS ISSUED THEIR JOINT STATEMENT CALLING FOR AN END TO THE ISRAELI-US 'GHF' OPERATON IN FAVOR OF THE UNITED NATIONS RESUMING DISTRIBUTION.

THEY NOTE SINCE THE 'GHF' CAME INTO GAZA MANY HAVE DIED OR BEEN WOUNDED AS THEY SOUGHT AID.

THE ISRAELI NEWSPAPER 'HAARETZ' REPORTED IN RECENT DAYS THAT ISRAEL'S MILITARY IS DELIBERATELY FIRING ON THOSE SEEKING AID...CBC NEWS CANADA

A hot day in London and across Europe.   Temperatures rose above 40 degrees Celsius in Portugal and Spain.

The top of Eiffel Tower in Paris closed due to the heat.

In Turkey wildfires forcing tens of thousands to evacuate...BBC News Blog

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SPEAKING BY PHONE WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON.

ITS THEIR FIRST CONVERSATION IN ALMOST THREE YEARS AND LASTED MORE THAN TWO HOURS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BEING MOVED BY US AUTHORITIES TO GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.

THE MIGRANTS BEING HELD AT THE US MILITARY BASE THERE DESCRIBED AS 'HIGH-RISK'.

THE NEW MIGRANT DETAINEES INCLUDE BRITISH, CHINESE, LIBERIAN AND JAMAICAN NATIONALS.

CBS NEWS REPORTING THAT THE MIGRANTS NOW DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO COME FROM COUNTRIES OTHER THAN LATIN AMERICAN ONES LIKE NICARAGUA AND VENEZUELA...CBS NEWS USA

                (THIS STORY IS UPDATED WITH DEATHS OF AZEBAIJANI NATIONS IN RUSSIAN CUSTODY)

In Azerbaijan officials of the Russian media outlet "Sputnik" arrested

The top representatives of "Sputnik" ordered held for four months by a court.

These arrests follow Russian arrests of Azerbaijani nationals on criminal charges in Russia including murder and attempted murder.

Two of those taken in custody by Russian authorities died in custody.

An Azerbaijani prosecutor's office is investigating their deaths...Tass Russia...Anadolu Agency Turkey

US VICE-PRESIDENT JD VANCE BREAKING A 50-50 TIE IN THE US SENATE TO PASS THE CONTROVERSIAL SPENDING PLAN CALLED THE 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL'.

THE MASSIVE LEGISLATION ALSO CONTAINS CONTROVERSIAL ITEMS LIKE A BAN ON STATES REGULATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR TEN YEARS.

OTHER PROVISIONS DEAL WITH CUTTING SPENDING ON CERTAIN PROGRAMS LIKE MEDICAID...THE HILL USA

POLAND JOINING THE TREND IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IMPOSING BORDER CHECKS ON ITS FRONTIERS WITH GERMANY AND LITHAUANIA.

THE BORDER CHECKS STARTING NEXT MONDAY.   

YESTERDAY POLISH PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK WARNED ABOUT 'IRREGULAR MIGRANTS' BEING DIVERTED BY GERMANY INTO POLAND.

GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ SAYS GERMANY WILL COOPERATE WITH POLAND ON BORDER CONTROLS.

POLAND HAS TIGHTLY SEALED ITS EASTERN BORDER WITH BELARUS OVER THE ENTRY OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS...POLITICO EU

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 400.17 points or .91 percent.

The NASDAQ fell 166.84 points or .82 percent.

At 426 pm New York Time the price of oil at 65 dollars 73 cents a barrel up 62 cents...Marketwatch

IN GAZA THE CONFLICT CONTINUED TODAY MORE PALESTINIAN DEATHS THE HAMAS FORCES IN GAZA CONTINUING TO FIGHT IN THE FACE OF A MASSIVE ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION.

THE ISRAELI NEWSPAPER 'HAARETZ' REPORTING THAT INACCURATE ARTILLERY FIRE WAS AIMED AT PALESTINIANS SEEKING FOOD AT US-ISRAELI AID CENTERS.

SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICERS THE SOURCES FOR THAT STORY.

HAMAS SAYING THAT ISRAEL IS STALLING ON A CASEFIRE TO CONTINUE ITS OFFENSIVE INVOLVING LARGE NUMBERS OF REGULAR AND RESERVE SOLDIERS DEPLOYED INTO GAZA...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG

Disruption of an Israeli High Court hearing today.

The hearing on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ability to hire a new chief of domestic security (Shin Bet).

High Court President Issac Amit ordering the courtroom cleared.

Afterwards he said in part:

"We were witness to an attempt to thwart a judicial process...This is a real injury to the heart of democracy"...

                     TIMES OF ISRAEL

IN THAILAND THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SUSPENDING PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA.

THERE ARE CALLS FOR HER RESIGNATION AFTER A PHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN HER AND CAMBODIAN LEADER HUN SEN WAS LEAKED.

SHINAWATRA SHOWED DEFERENCE TO HIM AND WAS CRITICAL OF A COMMANDER IN THAILAND'S POWERFUL MILITARY.

HER CONVERSATION WITH CAMBODIA'S RULER WAS AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE A BORDER CONFLICT BETWEEN CAMBODIA AND THAILAND...BBC NEWS

"Every member of Congress who campaigned on reducing government spending and then immediately voted for the biggest debt increase in history should hang their head in shame.

And they will lose their primary next year if it is the last thing I do on this earth"

Elon Musk speaking out about the "Big Beautiful Bill" massive government spending plan getting voted on in the US Senate this week with US House votes expected to follow...Elon Musk "X"

POLICE INVESTIGATING IN THE UK OVER WHAT PRIME MINISTER SIR KEIR STARMER IS CALLING 'HORRIBLE HATE SPEECH'.

IT INVOLVES A LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE GLASTONBURY MUSIC FESTIVAL BROADCAST BY THE BBC.

THE RAP-PUNK GROUP 'BOB VYLAN' ON STAGE WHEN SINGER BOBBY VYLAN SHOUTED OUT 'FREE, FREE PALESTINE' AND 'DEATH, DEATH TO THE IDF'.

THEY ARE APPARENT REFERENCES TO THE DEADLY CONFLICT IN GAZA INVOLVING BOTH WAR FIGHTING AND FAMINE IMPACTING GAZA'S TWO MILLION RESIDENTS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS

        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

Media preacher Jimmy Swaggart is dead at the age of 90.   Swaggart rose to prominence alongside other 'televangelists' in the 1980's.

He found himself embroiled in a sex scandal at one time but his media ministry continued in its aftermath.

Swaggart a cousin of rock n roll music star Jerry Lee Lewis...NBC News USA

STORMY WEATHER BRINGING HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY TO SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA.

OFFICIALS IN SYDNEY AND OTHER PARTS OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES COAST WARNING ABOUT POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS CAUSED BY THE STORMS...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA