Monday, August 25, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 8/25/2025*FED GOVERNOR REJECTS FIRING*ANOTHER SIGN OF RENEWED IRAN WAR?*ISRAELI INCURSION INTO SYRIA*TRUMP CRITICAL OF SOUTH KOREAN LEFT GOV'T*CHICAGO MAYOR OPPOSES MILITARY DEPLOYMENT*FIVE JOURNALISTS KILLED IN ISRAELI GAZA ATTACK

 

                                 (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS INTRODUCED AT RUSSIAN AIRPORTS NEAR THE BORDER WITH ESTONIA IN THE CITIES OF ST. PETERSBURG AND PSKOV EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.


UKRAINIAN DRONES HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN IN THE LENINGRAD REGION NEAR THE ESTONIAN BORDER IN RECENT DAYS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                                        (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)



"I will not resign.  I will continue to carry out my duties...

PART OF A STATEMENT LATE TONIGHT FROM US FEDERAL BOARD MEMBER LISA COOK


PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRING FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD GOVERNOR LISA COOK.


THIS FOLLOWS ACCUSATIONS OF MORTGAGE FRAUD AGAINST COOK.


MR. TRUMP SAYING HE HAS GROUNDS TO FIRE HER...THE HILL USA...


LATE TONIGHT THROUGH HER LAWYERS COOK ISSUING A STATEMENT SAYING SHE WILL NOT RESIGN SAYING THERE IS 'NO CAUSE' UNDER THE LAW FOR HER TO BE FIRED.


SHE ADDS THAT SHE WILL CONTINUE HER DUTIES...OSINTdefender "X"




EXPLOSIONS IN THE EASTERN UKAINIAN CITY OF SUMY LATE TONIGHT DURING A RUSSIAN ATTACK...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA



37 Ukrainian drones downed by Russian air defenses this evening.  The attacking drones shot down over seven Russian regions and the Black Sea...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




A POLITICAL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE WEBSITE 'DD GEOPOLITICS' SAYS RUSSIA USED A PLANE INTENDED FOR EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS IN A FLIGHT TO ISRAEL RECENTLY...DD Geopolitics "X"...


(COMMENT) THE NOTION RAISED OF DIPLOMATS LEAVING ISRAEL WITH THE THREAT OF WAR WITH IRAN LOOMING.


INTERNAL CHALLENGES FOR PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL SET TO RESUME NEXT MONTH, THE HIGH COURT CONSIDERING HIS PUSH TO FIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL PROSECUTING HIM.


EXTERNALLY ISRAEL FACING A UN CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH WHERE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WILL JOIN A GROUP OF NATIONS RECOGNIZING A PALESTINIAN STATE.


MORE WAR WITH IRAN COULD HELP MR. NETANYAHU DEAL WITH ALL THOSE CHALLENGES.



PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMING A 'CONCLUSIVE ENDING' TO THE GAZA WAR IN TWO TO THREE WEEKS.


TWO WEEKS A FREQUENT TIMELIME MR. TRUMP HAS ATTACHED TO DIFFICULT ISSUES INCLUDING THE UKRAINE WAR...TIMES OF ISRAEL




"Your clients are absolutely forbidden at this juncture to remove Mr. Abrego Garcia from the continental United States"



Those words spoken by US District Judge Paula Xinis at a hearing following the arrest of Kilmar Abrego Garcia by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.


Government lawyers suggesting to the judge that any deportation of Garcia was not imminent...The Hill USA...(Earlier developments in this story later in the summary)


ANOTHER ACTIVE SHOOTER REPORT AT A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS THIS TIME THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS IN FAYETTEVILLE.


NO EVIDENCE OF ANY ACTIVE SHOOTER AFTER MULTIPLE CALLS WERE MADE TO AUTHORITIES...KFSM FORT SMITH-FAYETTEVILLE...


FOUR FALSE REPORTS IN RECENT DAYS OF ACTIVE SHOOTERS AT US CAMPUSES INCLUDING TWO AT VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY OUTSIDE PHILELPHIA...



Immigration and Customs Enforcement arresting Kilmar Abrego Garcia threatening deportation to Uganda.


Garcia was released just days ago by a federal judge after being accused of human trafficking and gang activity.



Those federal charges followed his return to the United States after being deported to a controversial prison in El Salvador.


His arrest today coming during a check-in with ICE.


A lawsuit immediately filed seeking to stop Garcia's deportation to Uganda...The Hill USA




THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS THAT ISRAELI MILITARY FORCES PENETRATED 10 KILOMETERS DEEP INTO SYRIA.


THE INCURSION OF A LARGE ISRAELI FORCE REACHING THE VILLAGE OF BEIT JINN.


A SYRIAN GOVERNMENT STATEMENT CALLS THE ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION A 'DANGEROUS ESCALATION'.


IT ALSO CALLS FOR UNITED NATIONS INTERVENTION IN THE MATTER...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





TRUMP CRITICIZES ANTI-RIGHT ACTIONS IN SOUTH KOREA AS HE MEETS SOUTH KOREA'S NEW 'LEFT' PRESIDENT

                 (News, Comment, Analysis, Updated)


  "We can't have that and do business there"


US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP COMMENTING ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH KOREA COMPARING IT TO A 'PURGE AND REVOLUTION'.


HIS COMMENTS AS THE RECENTLY ELECTED 'LEFT' SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE JAE MYUNG MEETS HIM AT THE WHITE HOUSE.


THE FORMER 'RIGHT' PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA YOON SUK-YEOL NOW IMPRISONED FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES AFTER BEING IMPEACHED FOLLOWING HIS DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW.



CONSERVATIVE ELEMENTS IN SOUTH KOREA ARE VERY DISTURBED BY THE TREATMENT OF FORMER PRESIDENT YOON AND THE RECENT ARREST OF HIS WIFE.


THEY INCLUDE CHRISTIANS IN SOUTH KOREA AS WELL AS MAJOR BUSINESS LEADERS.


THERE IS ALSO BEHIND THE SCENES CONCERN THAT THE CURRENT PRESIDENT LEE IS TOO FRIENDLY TO CHINA...Trump Social Media Post...Tass Russia...



COMMENTING TO THE MEDIA AT THE WHITE HOUSE MR. TRUMP SPEAKING OF POLICE RAIDS ON CHURCHES IN SOUTH KOREA AND POLICE ACTIVITY AT A US MILITARY BASE IN SOUTH KOREA.


HE HOLDS THE NEW 'LEFT' GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH KOREA RESPONSIBLE...DD Geopolitics "X" (Video Embed)...


MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT LEE SPEAKING OF THE WORK OF A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR AGAINST SUPPORTERS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT.


MR. TRUMP BRINGING UP THE NAME OF SPECIAL PROSECUTOR JACK SMITH WHO TARGETED HIM OVER JANUARY 6TH...DD Geopolitics "X" (Video Embed)



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 349.27 points or .77 percent.



The NASDAQ down 47.24 points.


At 422 pm New York Time the price of oil at 64 dollars 77 cents a barrel up one dollar 11 cents or 1.74 percent...Marketwatch




THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT IN TURMOIL AHEAD OF THE OCTOBER 29TH ELECTION DUE TO DIFFERENCES  ABOUT SANCTIONING ISRAEL OVER THE GAZA WAR.


FORMER INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DICK SCHOOF SERVING AS PRIME MINISTER MEETING THE DUTCH KING TODAY.


HIS CARETAKER GOVERNMENT ROCKED BY THE DEPARTURE OF CABINET MINISTERS FROM THE NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT (NSC) PARTY.


FOREIGN MINISTER CASPAR VELDKAMP RESIGNED ALONG WITH OTHER NSC MINISTERS BECAUSE OF FAILING TO GAIN SUPPORT FROM THE LIBERAL PARTY (VVD) AND FARMERS PARTY (BBB) FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL.



PREVIOUSLY MINISTERS FROM GEERT WILDERS OPENLY PRO-ISRAEL PARTY OF FREEDOM (PVV) DEPARTED FROM THE GOVERNMENT AHEAD OF THE ELECTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



"Chicago is not calling for a military occupation of our city"


THAT'S PART OF A STATEMENT FROM CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON FOLLOWING FRIDAY COMMENTS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT CHICAGO 'BEING NEXT'.


THE PRESIDENT REFERRING TO THE NOTION OF NATIONAL GUARD AND EVEN REGULAR US ARMY DEPLOYMENT TO THE NATION'S SECOND LARGEST CITY TO FIGHT CRIME.


THE MAYOR SAYING THAT ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND THE COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH HIM OPPOSING THE USE OF THE MILITARY IN CHICAGO.


JOHNSON SAYS THAT LOCAL EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN REDUCED CRIME IN THE CITY...THE HILL



(Updated) Five journalists killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital.  


It is the latest incident during the Gaza War when journalists working for international media organizations have been killed in Israeli attacks.


Widespread condemnation of the attack with US President Donald Trump also expressing concern.


Israel says its investigating describing a 'complex environment' for its military to operate in...BBC News Blog




ON UKRAINE'S INDEPENDENCE DAY CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY SPEAKING IN KIEV.


CARNEY ANNOUNCING 2 BILLION DOLLARS (1.446 BILLION US) OF MILITARY AID HALF OF IT TO FINANCE PURCHASES OF US WEAPONS FOR UKRAINE.


HE ALSO HELD OUT THE NOTION OF CANADIAN MILTARY FORCES DEPLOYING TO UKRAINE IN SOME CAPACITY ONCE FIGHTING HAD CEASED...CBC NEWS CANADA




    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



On Sunday President Donald Trump and Maryland Governor Wes Moore debating crime in Baltimore.


Moore inviting Mr. Trump to visit the city instead of criticizing it with Trump slamming crime in Baltimore and threating National Guard deployment there as well as cut to federal funding to repair the Francis Scott Key Bridge...The Hill USA

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