Tuesday, October 7, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/7/2025*APPEALS COURT CONSIDERING NATIONAL GUARD IN PORTLAND*GAZA TALKS MOVE FORWARD*MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FACEBOOK POSTS RELEASED*SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK ON ISRAEL*

 


                         (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT TENTATIVELY SETTING A THURSDAY MORNING HEARING APPEALING A DISTRICT JUDGE'S RULING THAT BARRED NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT IN PORTLAND, OREGON.


BUT ITS POSSIBLE THAT WRITTEN ARGUMENTS ALREADY SUMBITTED TO THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT MAY RESULT IN A RULING FROM A THREE-JUDGE PANEL...Maxine Bernstein Portland Oregonian "X" (LInk To News Story)



In Ecuador a crowd of 500 stoning the convoy carrying right-of-center President Daniel Noboa.


The crowd opposing his decision to cut a diesel fuel subsidy.


According to the Minister of Environment and Energy Ines Manzano there were 'traces of bullet damage' on the president's vehicle.



The minister filing a complaint alleging there was assassination attempt on Mr. Noboa...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...Teleamazonas Ecuador (Translation Prompt)





THE TALKS TO END THE CONFLICT IN GAZA AND RELEASE HOSTAGES CONTINUED TODAY.


THE MESSAGE FROM THE HAMAS SIDE IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE INTERNATIONAAL GUARANTEES ENDING THE CONFLICT AND FORCING WITHDRAWAL OF ISRAEL'S MILITARY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM COMING FROM THE OFFICE OF ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.


THE MAIN ISRAELI NEGOTIATOR STRATEGIC AFFAIRS MINISTER RON DERMER JOINING THE TALKS IN EGYPT TOMORROW...TIMES OF ISRAEL 





THE HOUTHI FORCES IN YEMEN ATTACKING ISRAEL WITH FOUR DRONES TODAY.


THE DRONES SHOT DOWN NEAR THE SOUTHERN ISRAELI PORT CITY OF EILAT...TIMES OF ISRAEL




At the White House talks between the visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump.


The tariff dispute between the two nations the major issue facing both leaders...CBC News Canada Blog



THE EUROPEAN UNION IMPOSING A 50 PERCENT STEEL TARIFF TO PROTECT EUROPE'S STEEL INDUSTRY.


THIS REPLACES A 25 PERCENT TARIFF THAT APPLIES TO ANY STEEL IMPORTS EXCEEDING A LIMIT.


THERE IS FEAR OF CHEAP STEEL IMPORTS IN THE EU PARTICULARLY FROM CHINA...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY




The markets today.



 The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 91.99 points.


The NASDAQ fell 153.30 points or .67 percent.


At 418 pm New York Time the price of oil higher at 62 dollars six cents a barrel up 37 cents...Marketwatch



The political situation in France former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe calling on President Emmanuel Macron to resign paving the way for new elections.


Mr. Philippe is an announced presidential candidate for the 2027 election.


This follows yesterday's resignation of Sebasten Lecornu as Prime Minister the third French prime minister in the last year...Euronews




IN TUNISIA A 56-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FACEBOOK POSTS SATIRIZING PRESIDENT KAIS SAIED HAS BEEN FREED.


IT IS NOT KNOWN IF THE LEGAL CASE ABOUT SABER COUCHANE HAS BEEN DROPPED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



One killed, one wounded in an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon.   An separate attack hitting an excavator in the area...Times of Israel



IN ALEPPO, SYRIA FIGHTING BETWEEN SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES AND THE KURDISH SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES.


ONE MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT SECURITY FORCES KILLED OTHER SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS WOUNDED.


A TRUCE NOW IN EFFECT IN THE AREA...AL JAZEERA QATAR





In Israel today ceremonies to remember the brutal Hamas attack two years ago.


In the village of Kfar Aza hundreds of mourners remembering the seven members of the local security team that first encountered the attackers.


The ceremony ending with the singing of Israel's national anthem....Times of Israel



"Those who are attacked have a right to defend themselves, but even legitimate defense must respect the principle of proportionality.



The war waged by the Israeli army to eliminate Hamas militants disregards the fact that it is targeting a largely defenseless population, already pushed to the brink, in an area where buildings and homes are reduced to rubble.


It is...clear that the international community is, unfortunately, powerless and that the countries truly capable of exerting influence have so far failed to act to stop the ongoing massacre"


Those words from the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin interviewed by Vatican media on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel.


Cardinal Parolin calling on Hamas to release the hostages it is holding and saying that Israel's repeated attacks on Gaza have become 'inhuman and indefensible'...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL


VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO SAYS A FALSE FLAG ATTACK ON THE US EMBASSY IN CARACAS WAS FOILED.  THE PLANNED ATTACK SAID TO HAVE INVOLVED EXPLOSIVES.


DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE US BROKE OFF IN 2019 BUT A FEW EMPLOYEES REMAIN AT THE BUILDING.


THE CLAIM COMING AMID INCREASED TENSIONS BETWEEN THE US AND VENEZUELA WITH THE US LINKING ITS GOVERNMENT TO DRUG TRAFFICKING.


THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN DEADLY US ATTACKS ON VESSELS SAID TO BE TRANSPORTING DRUGS OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24




    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



IN NEW ZEALAND A REDUCTION IN MAIL DELIVERY DAYS ANNOUNCED.


BECAUSE OF REDUCED USAGE OF THE NZ POST A NEW PLAN DEVELOPED TO KEEP THE POSTAL SERVICE FUNCTIONING.



IN URBAN AREAS MAIL DELIVERY DAYS REDUCED TO TWO FROM THREE AND IN RURAL AREAS FROM FIVE TO THREE.


DELIVERY TO POST OFFICE BOXES CUT FROM FIVE DAYS TO TWO...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

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