Monday, July 21, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 7/21/2025*FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT THREATENED WITH ARREST*MLK ASSASSINATION FILES RELEASED*ZELENSKY SAYS RUSSIA-URKAINE WILL HOLD TALKS*US NUCLEAR BOMBS MOVED TO UK*ISRAELI POLICE PROBE FORMER NETANYHU AIDES*

 



                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



A missile fired by the Houthi forces in Yemen intercepted by Israel defenses on Tuesday morning...Israel National News



In Brazil controversial Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moaes wants an explanation from former President Jair Bolsonaro's laywers.


Moaes alleging that Bolsonaro violated his order banning him from posting on social media.



The justice also warning any media interviews with Bolsonaro posted on social media could lead to his arrest.


The United States imposed visa sanctions on Justice Moaes, his family and associates last week over repressive censorship policies related to social media...News Agencies-Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)



FORMER LOUISVILLE POLICE OFFICER BRETT HANKISON SENTENCED TO 33 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF BREONNA TAYLOR.


HANKISON CONVICTED ON FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES EVEN THOUGH STATE AUTHORITIES CHOSE NOT TO PROSECUTE HIM FOR TAYLOR'S DEATH IN THE NO-KNOCK RAID ON HER APARTMENT IN MARCH OF 2020.


PRIOR TO SENTENCING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ASKED FOR A ONE-DAY PRISON SENTENCE WITH CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED.


IN COURT HANKISON SAYING IF HE KNEW TODAY WHAT HE DID NOT KNOW THEN HE WOULD NOT HAVE FIRED HIS GUN.


ALSO IN COURT TAYLOR'S MOTHER SAYING SHE WAS 'DENIED BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE'...WLKY LOUISVILLE



700 US Marines pulled out of Los Angeles after being deployed to support federal immigration raids rounding up illegal immigrants in southern California.


Democrat Los Angeles Mayor speaking of the move as a 'victory' saying the Marines were not needed.


2000 California National Guard troops remain on duty after 2000 others were demobilized earlier...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



IN THE UKRAINE WAR EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN THE UKRAINIAN CITIES OF ODESSA AND SUMY LATE TONIGHT...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)...


EARLIER RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES DOWNING 25 UKRAINIAN DRONES ACROSS VARIOUS RUSSIAN REGIONS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                   (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)



RUSSIA'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ORGANIZATON FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS SAYS HIS COUNTRY HAS PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF UKRAINE'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE TO THE OPCW.


THE COMMENTS OF VLADAMIR TARABRIN COME AS GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS DRIVE A COMPLAINT AT THE OPCW AGAINST RUSSIA.


IT ACCUSES RUSSSIA OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE IN THE UKRAINE WAR.



DURING THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR SIMILAR ALLEGATIONS OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE BY THE FORMER SYRIAN GOVERMENT OF BASHAR ASSAD LED TO US-BRITISH-FRENCH MILITARY ATTACKS ON SYRIA.


DURING HIS FIRST TERM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPOKE OF THE FORMER SYRIAN RULER AS 'BUTCHER ASSAD' IN CONNECTION WITH THOSE ALLEGATIONS...TASS RUSSIA




           (Updated With Some Additional Details Links)




In Washington files related to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King have been released.


This comes amid the ongoing controversy over the Jeffrey Epstein files that have not been released.


The Trump Administration has committed to releasing various assassination files from the 1960's.


The extensive files contain details about James Earl Ray the man convicted in the assassination.


Also, one 16-page document seen relating to "Operation Merrimack" a CIA-FBI operation spying on anti-Vietnam War groups in the US.


Many names scratched out but the name of Dr. King's longtime associate Reverend Ralph Abernathy is seen he is said to have missed a pre-arranged appointment in Memphis on the evening of the assassination...


Free Republic Post-Daily Mail Story -Discussion...Full List Of Documents Link...


CIA-FBI MERRIMACK 16-PAGE DOCUMENT MONITORING DISTURBANCES FOLLOWING MLK ASSASSINATION INCLUDING REFERENCE TO REV. ABERNATHY






UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS THERE WILL BE TALKS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA ON WEDNESDAY.


THE TALKS WILL BE HELD IN ISTANBUL...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




US AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL MIKE HUCKABEE SAYING THE VISA ISSUES REGARDING CHRISTIAN GROUPS SEEKING TO ENTER ISRAEL ARE RESOLVED.


HUCKABEE BROUGHT UP THE MATTER LAST WEEK.


NOW HE SAYS BOTH PRIME MINISTER NETANYHU AND ISRAEL'S INTERIOR MINISTER HAVE RESOLVED THE BUREAUCRATIC AND FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO VISAS CREATED EARLIER THIS YEAR...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Political turmoil in Israel the Likud Party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to remove parliament member Yuli Edelstein as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.


Mr. Edelstein has angered Orthodox members of parliament refusing to grant exemptions to the military draft.



Orthodox political parties withdrew from involvement in Mr. Netanyahu's government last week but are not yet ready to vote against it in a confidence vote...Times of Israel




SOURCES REPORTNG THAT A SMALL NUMBER OF US NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE NOW DEPLOYED AT A MILITARY BASE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.


THE B61-12 DEESCRIBED AS 'LOW-YIELD' TACTICAL NUCLEAR BOMB...OSINTdefender "X"



ROMANIA ACKNOWLEDGING THAT UKRAINIAN WARPLANES DELIBERATELY FLEW INTO ITS AIRSPACE LEAVING THE AIRSPACE OF UKRAINE.


THE FOUR UKRAINIAN MILTARY AIRCRAFT PART OF A GROUP OF 12 AIRBORNE OVER WESTERN UKRAINE EARLY THIS MORNING.



THEY WERE SAID TO BE REDEPLOYING.  ROMANIA SPEAKING OF NATO WARPLANES BEING SENT TO MONITOR THE SITUATION.



RUSSIAN AIR ATTACKS ON UKRAINE WERE UNDERWAY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT...TASS RUSSIA



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 19.12 points.



The NASDAQ rose 78.52 points.




At 431 pm New York Time the price of oil at 67 dollars one cent a barrel down 33 cents...Marketwatch



A military plane crashing into a school in Bangladesh.   At least 19 dead in the crash of the training aircraft with more than 160 injured...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




ISRAEL LAUNCHING A MAJOR AIR AND GROUND ATTACK INTO CENTRAL GAZA.


IT IS BEING SAID THAT ISRAELI HOSTAGES ARE BELIEVED TO BE HELD THERE.



THE ISRAELI MILITARY ORDERED THE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS LIVING THERE TO LEAVE AHEAD OF THE ATTACK...BBC NEWS BLOG...



A GROUP OF 26 NATIONS INCLUDING THE UK, AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS AND CANADA CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE CONFLICT IN GAZA.


THE STATEMENT ALSO CRITICIZES ISRAEL'S HUMANITARIAN AID CUTOFF AND ITS METHODS TO DISTRIBUTING LIMITED AMOUNTS OF FOOD IN GAZA.


IT CALLS THE NOTION OF A 'HUMANITARIAN CITY' FOR PALESTINIANS 'COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE'.


Israeli police headed to Serbia to question a former aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with two criminal cases.


Yisrael Einhorn facing questions about "Qatargate" involving Qatari money being given to Israeli officials along with another case involving leaking of classified documents to media organizations.



Einhorn now works as an adviser to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.



Einhorn and another former Netanyahu aide Jonatan Urich spearheaded a Pro-Qatar campaign ahead of the 2022 World Cup football (soccer) competition in Qatar...Times of Israel




IN WASHINGTON ITS BEING SUGGESTED THAT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAY HAVE FOUND GROUNDS TO FIRE FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR JEROME POWELL.


A 2.5 BILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION PROJECT AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON IS RUNNING 600 MILLION DOLLARS AHEAD OF EXPECTED COSTS...THE HILL USA



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



UKRAINIAN DRONE WRECKAGE DISRUPTS RAIL TRAFFIC IN SOUTHERN RUSSIAN CITY



                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



26 passenger trains delayed in the southern Russian city of Rostov this morning after a fire was ignited by falling wreckage from a Ukrainian drone...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)



In other news...




Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner dead at the age of 54.     He played the character "Theo Huxtable" on "The Cosby Show" of the 1980's.



Warner drowned while swimming during a vacation in Costa Rica...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



INFLATION IN NEW ZEALAND RISING.  FOR THE 12-MONTHS ENDING THE JUNE QUARTER A 2.7 PERCENT RATE.  THAT'S UP FROM 2.5 PERCENT IN THE MARCH QUARTER.

A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO THE HIGHER INFLATION 12.2 PERCENT INCREASES IN FEES PAID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

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