Monday, October 27, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 10/27/2025*CAT 5 HURRICANE TO HIT JAMAICA, CUBA*DEFENSE LAWYERS DEMAND FEWER HEARINGS AT NETANYAHU TRIAL*CREW MEMBERS SAFE AFTER US NAVY CRASHES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA*

 

                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)



                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Republican US Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin proposing legislation to pay essential federal employees during the government shutdown.


Johnson saying his proposal will be discussed by GOP senators tomorrow...The Hill USA




US President Donald Trump arriving in Japan where he will meet new Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae.


She wrote on social media about a 'fruitful discussion on how we can further strengthen our great alliance'.


Sanae comes from the faction of the Liberal Democratic Party associated with former assassinated Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a close friend of Mr. Trump...NHK World Japan



IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF CAMEROON PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS AFTER PAUL BIYA WAS CERTIFIED WINNER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.


THE OPPOSITION SAYS THAT 92-YEAR-OLD BIYA WAS ELECTED FRAUDULENTLY TO AN EIGHTH TERM...REUTERS VIDEO REPORT




                            KINGSTON HARBOUR JAMAICA LIVE VIDEO


An intense Category 5 Hurricane Melissa churning southwest of Jamaica expected to hit Jamaica and Cuba in the next 24-36 hours.



Maximum sustained winds at 175 miles per hour according to the National Hurricane Center...

          Latest Advisory Hurricane Melissa


IN PARIS A TRIAL UNDERWAY FOR 10 INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED OF SPREADING FALSE MESSAGES AGAINST BRIGITTE MACRON.


THE MESSAGING ON TRIAL IS CALLED 'TRANSPHOBIC' AND IT IS RELATED TO THE NOTION THAT BRIGITTE MACRON WAS BORN A MALE OR HAS MALE CHARACTERISTICS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Defense lawyers at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial demanding fewer hearings.



They are threatening to quit after the court rejected their request to reduce the number of hearings in the often-delayed trial.



The lawyers also assert that present circumstances in Israel dictate less than the three days of hearings currently scheduled for Mr. Netanyahu's trial...Times of Israel



In Turkey the jailed opposition leader having new charges dropped on him.


Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu being accused of espionage.



It is being alleged that there is a link between Imamoglu's campaign team and a suspect arrested for spying for foreign powers...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




LITHUANIA IS CLOSING BORDER CROSSINGS WITH BELARUS IN RESPONSE TO BALLOON FLIGHTS OVER ITS TERRITORY.


THE FLIGHTS LINKED TO CIGARETTE SMUGGLING.



LITHUANIA SAYS IT MILITARY WILL BE USED TO TAKE DOWN THE BALLOONS.



A TRANSIT ROUTE FROM BELARUS THROUGH LITHUANIA TO THE LANDLOCKED RUSSIAN ENCLAVE OF KALININGRAD WILL REMAIN OPEN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 337.47 points or .71 percent.



The NASDAQ rose 432.59 points or 1.86 percent.


At 427 pm New York Time the price of oil is at 61 dollars 57 cents a barrel up seven cents...Marketwatch



A 6.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe...RCI Guadeloupe (Translation Prompt)


IN MALAYSIA US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MEETING BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA.


THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENCES WITH BRAZIL LEADING TO MAJOR US TARIFFS ALSO SANCTIONS ON BRAZILIAN OFFICIALS RELATED TO THE PROSECUTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO.


IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT TRADE TALKS BETWEEN THE US AND BRAZIL ARE TO BE LAUNCHED.



MR. LULA EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE THERE WILL BE A TRADE DEAL WITH THE UNITED STATES...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA



Five crew members are safe after two US Navy aircraft crashed in the South China Sea in two separate incidents.


Both the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and F/A-18 Super Hornet were operating from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier.


The crashes occurred within an hour of each other.   An investigation is underway...USNI News




   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


TWO KILLED IN UKRAINIAN ATTACK IN DONETSK REGION




                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


Two killed in a Ukrainian attack on a residential building in Russia's Donetsk Region...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)













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