NEWS SUMMARY--INTELLIGENCE REPORT 7/18/2025*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT FREEZES AG FIRING*NEW RESTRICTIONS ON FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT*US DEMS FUNDED ANTI-NETANYAHU ISRAEL GROUPS*BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT CALLS TRUMP TARIFFS 'BLACKMAIL'*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE US DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING USE OF TWO US MILITARY BASES TO HOUSE MIGRANTS SET FOR DEPORTATION.
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST IN NEW JERSEY AND CAMP ATTERBURY IN INDIANA WILL BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR DEPORTEE HOUSING...TASK AND PURPOSE
Tonight, the US revoking visas for Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, his family and allies.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio citing a 'witch hunt' against former President Jair Bolsonaro and other acts of persecution and censorship aimed at Bolsonaro and his supporters in Brazil.
Raids were conducted on Bolsonaro's office and home today with the former president ordered to wear an ankle bracelet, banned from using social media and having contact with his son in the United States among other things.
THE US ENVOY FOR SYRIA TOM BARACK SAYS THAT ISRAEL AND SYRIA HAVE AGREED TO A CEASEFIRE.
IN HIS STATEMENT MR. BARACK, WHO IS ALSO US AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY, SAYS THE CEASEFIRE IS EMBRACED BY TURKEY, JORDAN AND OTHER NATIONS NEAR SYRIA.
BARACK ALSO CALLING ON THE VARIOUS FACTIONS IN SYRIA INCLUDING THE DRUZE. WHO WERE SUPPORTED BY ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN RECENT DAYS, TO LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS TO 'BUILD A NEW AND UNITED SYRIAN IDENTITY'...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL...
MORE ON SYRIA LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
A US-Venezuela prisoner swap.
252 Venezuelans sent to a prison in El Salvador by the US flown to Venezuela.
10 Americans released from prisons in Venezuela and flown back to the United States...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
US DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD SAYS THERE WAS A 'TREASONOUS CONSPIRACY" INVOLVING "OFFICIALS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF OUR GOVERNMENT".
GABBARD TALKING ABOUT EFFORTS IN 2016 TO MANIPULATE THE NOTION OF RUSSIAN ELECTION INTERFERENCE TO INCLUDE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
A REPORT RELEASED TODAY BY GABBARD WITH CRIMINAL REFERRALS TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVOLVING FORMER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS...THE HILL USA
In Kiev late tonight an air raid alert. Air raid alerts in 10 other regions of Ukraine during the overnight hours into Saturday...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES DOWNING UKRAINIAN DRONES LATE INTO THE NIGHT INCLUDING 13 ATTACKING MOSCOW...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Israel's Channel 12 reports that Mossad spy chief David Barnea was in Washington this week seeking Trump Administration help to move Palestinians out of Gaza to other nations.
THREE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES DEAD FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION AT A TRAINING FACILITY.
THE BLAST BELIEVED TO BE ACCIDENTIAL IN AN AREA HOUSING THE BOMB SQUAD AND SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT UNITS.
DEPUTIES BELIEVED TO BE HANDLING EXPLOSIVES WHEN THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES (VIDEO EMBED)
Germany deporting 81 Afghans back to Afghanistan. It symbolizes a tougher German immigration policy.
The government saying those deported have criminal records.
Amnesty International and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees condemning the move citing harsh punishment meted out by the Taliban government of Afghanistan...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)
26 Ukrainian drones downed by Russian air defenses Friday afternoon in five Russian regions. Six of them over the Moscow region...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
IN ISRAEL THE HIGH COURT FREEZING THE SUNDAY FIRING OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARA.
A CABINET VOTE EXPECTED TO REMOVE HER THEN.
THE COURT SAYING HER FIRING IS SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW.
SUPPORTERS OF PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU SPEAKING OF DEFIANCE OF THE COURT INCLUDING APPOINTMENT OF A NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL ON SUNDAY...TIMES OF ISRAEL
In Brazil former President Jair Bolsonaro ordered to wear an ankle bracelet. The Supreme Court saying he intends to flee the country.
His offices and home searched this morning.
Bolsonaro prohibited from having contact with his 41-year-old son Eduardo Bolsonaro who is in the United States.
US President Donald Trump published an open letter to President Bolsonaro yesterday saying he is monitoring his case amid rising tensions and potential US sanctions and trade tariffs on Brazil.
Mr. Bolsonaro facing January 6th-style charges over disturbances in Brazil's capital city Brasilia on January 8th, 2023...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...
More on this story later in the summary.
An aide to former President Joe Biden taking the Fifth Amendment when asked to testify about Biden's health.
That word from Republican House committee chairman James Comer.
Annie Tomasini the third Biden Administration official to invoke their Constitutional Rights.
The House Oversight Committee continues to raise the issue of Mr. Biden's fitness for office related to decisions like the numerous pardons he granted during his presidency...The Hill USA
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN CALLING FOR RESPECT OF SYRIA'S SOVEREIGNTY.
THE TWO LEADERS SPEAKING BY PHONE TODAY FOLLOWING THE ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS ON THE SYRIAN MILITARY IN RECENT DAYS AMID SECTARIAN FIGHTING INSIDE SYRIA...TASS RUSSIA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 142.30 points.
The NASDAQ up 10.01 points.
Tonight in New York the price of oil at 67 dollars 31 cents a barrel down 23 cents...Marketwatch
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking with Pope Leo XIV following yesterday's deadly Israeli attack on a Catholic church in Gaza.
The Pontiff expressing his concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza following Israel's cutoff of food and other supplies distributed by international relief agencies in March.
He also urged protection of holy sites, the faithful and the population in general in both Israel and Palestine...Israel National News
ISRAEL GIVING SYRIA 48 HOURS TO USE ITS SECURITY FORCES TO QUELL FIGHTING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.
BEDOUIN TRIBES WENT ON THE ATTACK LAST NIGHT AGAINST THE MINORITY DRUZE COMMUNITY WHICH HAS RECEIVED ISRAELI MILITARY SUPPORT WITH REPEATED AIR ATTACKS INCLUDING SOME ON SYRIA'S MILITARY...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
MORE ON THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
Slovakia dropping its objections to allow the 18th round of European Union sanctions against Russia to go forward.
The EU cutting a deal with Slovakia over its concerns about Russian natural gas imports it needs.
These new sanctions are aimed at both Russian banks and Chinese banks doing business with Russia.
THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED US HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE LINKS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO FUNDING OF GROUPS OPPOSING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT TRACED DIRECT AND INDIRECT FUNDING TO GROUPS INCLUDING THOSE INVOLVED IN STREET PROTESTS OPPOSING MR. NETANYAHU'S PLANS TO REFORM ISRAEL'S JUDICAL-LEGAL SYSTEM.
THOSE PROTESTS CALLED 'ANTI-DEMOCRACY' IN THE REPORT.
THE REPORT ALSO POINTS TO US GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS LINKED TO TERRORISM...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
AN 832 BILLION DOLLAR DEFENSE SPENDING PLAN APPROVED BY THE US HOUSE VERY EARLY THIS MORNING. THE VOTE 221-209 MOSTLY ALONG PARTY LINES...THE HILL USA
Legislation cutting nine billion dollars in spending for foreign aid and public media passed the House 216-213 late last night it now goes to President Trump...(The Hill)
Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva calling President Trump's threatened tariffs and criticism of its judicial system 'unacceptable blackmail'.
President Lula linking Mr. Trump's criticism of the January 6th style prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro and US gov't criticism of Brazilian internet censorship with the trade dispute...SBT NEWS BRAZIL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
Meanwhile US President Donald Trump publishing an open letter to Brazil's former President Bolsonaro.
Trump decrying the 'terrible treatment' Bolsonaro is receiving from an 'unjust system'.
He also said that the trial of Mr. Bolsonaro 'should end immediately'...Tass Russia
THERE HAS BEEN A REPORT THAT SYRIAN PRESIDENT AHMED AL-SHARAA FLED DAMASCUS FOR THE NORTHWESTERN IDLIB REGION BORDERING TURKEY.
THIS IS SAID TO HAVE FOLLOWED AN ISRAELI ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE HIM...DD Geopolitics "X"...
THIS IS DENIED BY OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS FRIENDLY TO ISRAEL.
MEANWHILE RENEWED FIGHTING IN SOUTHERN SYRIA LAST NIGHT BETWEEN DRUZE AND BEDOUIN FORCES.
THE SYRIAN PRESIDENCY DENOUNCING THE DRUZE FIGHTERS AND 'BLATANT ISRAELI INTERFERENCE IN SYRIA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS'...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL...
"At this stage the biggest problem in our region is Israel's aggression...
If the monster is not stopped immediately, it will not hesitate to first throw our region, then the world into flames"
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking about Israel's military intervention in Syria describing Israel as 'lawless' and a 'terrorist state' among other things.
Erdogan says Turkey is closely monitoring the situation in Syria maintaining communication with other nations in the region...Hurriyet Daily News Turkey (Turkiye)...
A joint statement from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other Arab nations calling for an end to "Israeli acts of aggression and interference in Syria's internal affairs" via the United Nations Security Council...UAE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY
IN TAIWAN COUNTER-INVASION DRILLS BEING HELD THIS WEEK WITH THE USS CARL VINSON AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERING WATERS NEAR THE ISLAND.
CHINESE SPY PLANES AND DRONES ACTIVE IN THE AREA AS WELL...USNI NEWS USA...
In Australia the US Army demonstrating a tactic planned for use against China's military during a military exercise.
An Army missile system fired from onshore hitting an offshore target.
The missile launching system derived from a US Navy system used on warships...USNI NEWS USA
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In other news...
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It's been revealed that a former Deputy Police Commissioner in New Zealand is accused of possessing images of child sexual exploitation and bestiality.
They were said to have been found on the work devices of Jevon McSkimming who resigned his post in May amid law enforcement investigations.
Court action allowing public revelation of the allegations against McSkimming...One News New Zealand
CBS DECIDING TO END 'THE LATE SHOW' WITH STEPHEN COLBERT IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR.
THE MEDIA COMPANY CITING FINANCIAL REASONS FOR THE DECISION.
COLBERT KNOWN AS A CRITIC OF PRESIDENT TRUMP...THE HILL USA
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