Wednesday, August 6, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 8/6/2025*SHOOTING ATTACK AT FORT STEWART GEORGIA*HUGE FRENCH WILDFIRE*TRUMP ENVOY TALKS UKRAINE WAR DEMANDS WITH PUTIN*RISING UNEMPLOYMENT IN NEW ZEALAND*

 


                              (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)


The meeting in Moscow between Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin but first...



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SAY A UKRAINIAN DRONE BOAT ATTACK WAS REPELLED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.   THE ATTACK ON THE SOUTHERN RUSSIAN PORT CITY OF NOVOROSSIYSK...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Israeli air attacks in Lebanon.   Israel's military saying the targets are linked to Hezbollah identifying them as weapons depots and rocket launchers...Times of Israel



PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING IT IS LIKELY HE WILL MEET RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SOON...CBS NEWS USA




US President Donald Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following envoy Steve Witkoff's discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin...(News Agencies)



                                 (Updated When Able)



CASUALTIES REPORTED IN A SHOOTING ATTACK AT THE US ARMY'S FORT STEWART BASE IN GEORGIA NEAR SAVANNAH.


FIVE SOLDIERS SHOT AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.



THE SUSPECT A SERGEANT WHO WAS TACKLED BY FELLOW SOLDIERS WHEN HE OPENED FIRE.    THAT SERGEANT NOW IN CUSTODY.


THE ATTACK LED TO LOCKDOWNS IN THE AREA...WTOC SAVANNAH (VIDEO EMBED)



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 81.38 points.



The NASDAQ rose 252.87 points or 1.21 percent.


At 438 pm New York Time the price of oil at 64 dollars 14 cents a barrel down one dollar two cents or 1.57 percent...Marketwatch



PLANNED PARENTHOOD SAYS ITS CLOSING DOWN TWO CLINICS IN LOUISIANA ON SPETEMBER 30TH.


THE HIGH-PROFILE ABORTION PROVIDER SAYING THE CLOSURES ARE THE RESULT OF 'RELENTLESS POLITICAL ASSAULTS'.


CONGRESS RECENTLY APPROVED LEGISLATION THAT CUTS FUNDING TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD...THE HILL USA



(UPDATED) PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL 25 PERCENT TARIFF ON INDIA.


INDIA BEING PUNISHED FOR BUYING RUSSIAN OIL...TASS RUSSIA...


INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAYING HIS COUNTRY 'WILL TAKE ALL ACTONS NECESSARY TO PROTECT ITS NATIONAL INTERESTS...TASS RUSSIA



In Southern France near the border with Spain 16,000 hectares almost 40,000 acres consumed by a massive wildfire.


One dead, 13 injured.


Evacuations ordered.


Thousands of firefighters mobilized to fight the blaze.


French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau says the military will be mobilized to support firefighting efforts...BFM-TV FRANCE LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






                              (Updated With More Details)


IN GAZA 87 REPORTED KILLED SEEKING FOOD AT CENTERS RUN BY THE US-ISRAELI GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION.


ALSO AT LEAST 20 DEAD AND DOZENS HURT WHEN A FOOD TRUCK OVERTURNED.


THE INCIDENT HAPPENING IN AN AREA UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES IN GAZA.


FIVE MORE MALNUTRITION DEATHS REPORTED IN GAZA TODAY BRINGING THE OFFICIAL NUMBER TO 193.


THE UNITED NATIONS WARNING OF 'CATASTROPHIC CONSQUENCES' IF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CARRIES THROUGH A PLAN LEAKED TO THE MEDIA ABOUT TOTAL ISRAELI CONTROL OF GAZA...BBC NEWS BLOG


President Trump is to host peace talks at the White House between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Friday.

An official suggesting there may be some sort of framework for a deal announced...


                                   (COMMENT-ANALYSIS)

Armenia has had close relations with Russia but it's current President Nikol Pashinyan is moving towards the US-NATO.

 Azerbaijan is aligned with Turkey and received military assistance from Israel during its conflict with Armenia in recent years.

Azerbaijan borders Iran on the north Israel reportedly used its territory for covert operations.

Israeli warplanes flew over Azerbaijan to bomb Tehran during the recent war between Iran and Israel...Al Jazeera Qatar



WHITE HOUSE ENVOY MEETS PUTIN AT KREMLIN TO TALK UKRAINE WAR UNDER TRUMP SANCTION THREAT


                                           (Updated)


 WHITE SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF IN MOSCOW.


WITKOFF AT THE KREMLIN MEETNG PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.


THEIR MEETING LASTING AROUND THREE HOURS.


AN AIDE TO MR. PUTIN DESCRIBED THEIR CONVERSATION AS 'USEFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE'...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)...



MR. TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA SPEAKING OF 'GREAT PROGRESS' BEING MADE.



THE MEETING COMING WITH A DEADLINE SET BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THIS FRIDAY REGARDING AGREEMENT WITH HIS DEMANDS REGARDING THE UKRAINE WAR.


TRUMP THREATENNG SECONDARY SANCTIONS AIMED AT COUNTRIES BUYING RUSSIAN OIL. 




LITHUANIA CLAIMS THAT RUSSIAN DRONES HAVE BEEN FOUND ON ITS TERRITORY.


THE LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT ASKING FOR AIR DEFENSE ASSISTANCE FROM NATO.


IN ONE INCIDENT A DRONE SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND ON A MILITARY BASE CONTAINING EXPLOSIVES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In other news...




Unemployment rising in New Zealand.   The new 5.2 percent rate for the June quarter is the highest since September of 2020.

Stats NZ reporting changing labor conditions in the last three years with a 1.9 percent increase in the rate of unemployment...One News New Zealand



HERE IN THE UNITED STATES A MAJOR SPORTS MEDIA MERGER.


ESPN TAKING OVER THE NFL NETWORK WITH THE NFL MEDIA OUTLET GETTING A 10 PERCENT STAKE IN ESPN...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES

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