Sunday, August 31, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 8/31/2025*NEWSDUMP HOLIDAY WEEKEND*ISRAEL AG CONTESTS NETANYAHU GOV'T FIRING*US JUDGE'S WEEKEND CHILD DEPORTATION BAN*CHINA SUMMIT BRINGS CHINA, RUSSIA INDIA TOGETHER*HOSTAGE FAMILIES CALL FOR GAZA DEAL*PRIVATE US MILITARY IN UKRAINE?*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FINAL POSTING 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



A SHIP REPORTEDLY ISRAELI (TIMES OF ISRAEL) REPORTING A NEARBY EXPLOSION AS IT SAILED NEAR YEMEN THIS EVENING...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"



Hundreds feared dead following a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan.   Dozens of deaths and many injuries are confirmed in early reports.   


The quake centered in the Jalalabad area near the border with Pakistan...Reuters-China Daily Hong Kong



A MASSIVE ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON TODAY.    


MANY MISSILES FIRED ON WHAT WAS CALLED 'MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE' OF HEZBOLLAH.



A FOREST FIRE IGNITED BY THE ISRAELI ATTACK...TIMES OF ISRAEL



IN SERBIA PRO-GOVERNMENT RALLIES HELD SUNDAY EVENING.   THE RALLIES FOLLOWS MONTHS OF SUSTAINED ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS.


THE ANTI-GOVERNMENT FORCES ALLEGE CORRUPTION IN SERBIA'S GOVERNMENT.



THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS SUPORTERS BLAMING OUTSIDE ACTORS LIKE THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR STIRRING UP THOSE PROTESTS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)



    "The termination process is totally invalid"


THOSE WORDS FROM ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARA IN HER FILING TO ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT.


THE COURT CONSIDERING THE LEGALITY OF HER FIRING AUTHORIZED BY THE CABINET OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S GOVERNMENT.


THE ISRAEL AG INVOLVED IN HIGH-PROFILE CORRUPTION CASES INVOLVING MR. NETANYAHU INCLUDING HIS TRIAL SET TO RESUME IN THE COMING DAYS.


BAHARAV-MIARA TELLING THE COURT THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED THE RULES TO END HER TERM AS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ENSURE HER DISMISSAL...TIMES OF ISRAEL




A Sunday order from a federal district judge stopping deportation of Guatemalan children from the United States.


Washington D.C. Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan issuing the injunction until a hearing can be held regarding the legality of the deportations...The Hill USA



IN YEMEN THE OFFICES OF THE UNITED NATIONS RAIDED BY HOUTHI AUTHORITIES.


THIS FOLLOWS THE ISRAEL DECPAITATION ATTACKS IN RECENT DAYS THAT KILLED MEMBERS OF THE HOUTHI LEADERSHIP.


RAIDS AT THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM AND UNICEF OFFICES WITH AT LEAST ONE PERSON ARRESTED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In Israel today high school students blocking a major highway demanding a deal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza.



Desks were set on fire in the middle of the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv.


Police ended up detaining around 20 of the students with one adult arrested...Times of Israel




IN AUSTRALIA A DAY OF MASS ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROTESTS WITH POLICE REPORTING SOME CONFRONTATIONS.



IN MELBOURNE SOME THE PROTESTERS CLASHED WITH DEMONSTRATORS AT ANOTHER PROTEST IN SUPPORT OF THE PALESTINIANS.


IN ADELAIDE A PROTEST RALLY ATTENDED BY 15,000 PEOPLE DISRUPTED WHEN A MAN CALLING HIMSELF A MEMBER OF THE 'NATIONAL SOCIALIST NETWORK' SPOKE FROM THE STAGE...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.


India has been signaling friendlier relations with China as relations with the United States become strained.


India participates in the SCO alongside Russia and China.   All three nations key players in the BRICS economic alliance...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)





RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRIVING IN CHINA FOR A FOUR-DAY VISIT.


MR. PUTIN PARTICPATING IN THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) SUMMIT WITH THE LEADERS OF OTHER NATIONS IN THE SCO INCLUDING CHINA, INDIA AND IRAN.


ON WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD IN BEIJING A VICTORY PARADE CELEBRATING VICTORY OVER JAPAN IN WORLD WAR II.   THERE MR. PUTIN WILL SIT ALONGSIDE CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING AND NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG UN...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Tens of thousands on the streets of Israel Saturday night in rallies led by families of the hostages held in Gaza.


The rallies pushing for the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop offensive military operations that may kill their family members.


Instead, they advocate for a deal to release their loved ones.


The hostage families movement urging the government to take a deal currently on the negotiating table...Times of Israel



The Houthi government in Yemen acknowledging its Prime Minister was killed in Friday's Israeli decapitation attack aimed at killing the Houthi leadership.


Other Houthi government ministers killed in the attack with others wounded...Politico EU...


Houthi leadership pledging to take revenge on Israel in the near future...Tass Russia...



THIS WEEKEND HAMAS ACKNOWLEDGING THE KILLING OF MOHAMMED SINWAR THE BROTHER OF ITS LEADER YAHYA SINWAR.   HE WAS KILLED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK IN GAZA THREE AND HALF MONTHS AGO...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





THE 'DAILY TELEGRAPH' IN THE UK REPORTING THAT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS TALKING WITH OTHER NATO COUNTRIES ABOUT USING US MILITARY CONTRACTORS IN UKRAINE.


THE PRIVATE US SOLDIERS WOULD BUILD FORTIFICATIONS AND MILITARY BASES IN UKRAINE.


THEY WOULD ALSO GUARD US BUSINESS INTERESTS IN UKRAINE.


USE OF AMERICAN PRIVATE MILTARY CONTRACTORS PORTRAYED AS A WAY TO GET AROUND OBJECTIONS TO THE US MILITARY BEING DEPLOYED IN UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA



Meanwhile White House messaging is that the "European countries" are trying to prolong the Ukraine War...Barak Ravid Axios "X" (Link To Paywall Protected Story)



Eight people arrested in Iran accused of spying for Israel during the Friday the 13th Twelve Day War in June.


Those arrested said to have provided Israel with coordinates of sensitive sites and key military leaders.


Israel conducted decapitation attacks during the conflict to kill top Iranian military and defense leaders...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



IN CHICAGO MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMED AT AN EXPECTED FEDERAL MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN IN HIS CITY.


JOHNSON SAYS HIS 'PROTECTING CHICAGO' ORDER SEPARATES THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM ANY FEDERAL OPERATIONS REQUIRING CITY OFFICERS TO WEAR BODY CAMERAS AND NOT WEAR MASKS.


HE SPOKE OF A 'CLEAR DISTINCTION' BETWEEN CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDUCT VERSUS FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDUCT...ABC 7 CHICAGO (VIDEO EMBED)




   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



RUSSIA, UKRAINE EXCHANGE ATTACKS SATURDAY NIGHT





RUSSIANS HURT IN UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS




RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES TAKE DOWN DOZENS OF DRONES FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY



                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



On Saturday night into Sunday Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia.  One attack in the Volgograd Region in southern Russia leading to fires on the ground from debris...Tass Russia...


Russia launching a series of attacks on Ukraine Saturday night with videos posted online of explosions inside various parts of Ukraine...DD Geopolitics "X" (Video Embeds In Thread)



Three Russian civilians hurt by Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia's Belgorod Region on Saturday...Tass Russia



86 Ukrainian drones downed by Russian air defenses Friday night into Saturday including 30 brought down over the Red Sea...RIA Novosti Russia



In other news....



Canadian sales of American alcoholic beverages drying up.


Brown-Forman, the parent company of Jack Daniel's whiskey and Woodford Reserve bourbon, reporting a 62 percent drop in Canadian sales in the last quarter compared to a year ago.


Canadian boycotts of the company's products having a major impact with discussions about putting them back on the shelf underway.


Overall Brown-Forman sales down three percent compared to the second quarter of last year...CBC News Canada




THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LAYING OFF MORE THAN 500 EMPLOYEES AT THE US AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA AND THE VOICE OF AMERICA.


THIS COMES FOLLOWING A DECISION BY A FEDERAL JUDGE FRIDAY BLOCKING THE FIRING OF THE VOICE OF AMERICA'S DIRECTOR MICHAEL ABRAMOWITZ...THE HILL USA

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