NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 1/16/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*GAZA BOARDS ANNOUNCED*US HIGH COURT CONSIDERS PESTICIDE LIABILITY LIMIT*UGANDAN OPPOSITION LEADER NABBED*NOBEL SAYS TRUMP NOT PRIZE WINNER*ISRAELI ATTACKS*CANADIAN PM CUTS CHINA TARIFF DEAL*TAIWAN INVESTS IN US*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Israel speculation about the next step Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take to impede his corruption trial.
One idea is having Netanyahu's new handpicked Shin Bet Domestic Intelligence chief David Zini sign a letter stating Mr. Netanyahu is unable to testify for 'security reasons'.
Updating the tensions in Minnesota the US Department of Justice sending subpoenas to Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
On the table the notion they are obstructing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown.
Meanwhile a federal judge is out with a ruling setting limits on ICE activities in Minnesota.
They include the notion of not using pepper spray and other non-lethal munitions on peaceful protesters...(News Agencies)...Mineapolis Star-Tribune...The Hill USA
(UPDATED) THE US MILITARY ACTIVE IN A CONTESTED AREA OF SYRIA IN RECENT HOURS.
THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT SKEPTICAL TONIGHT FOLLOWING A KURDISH ANNOUNCEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM AREAS NEAR ALEPPO WHERE DEADLY CLASHES HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE KURDS AND SYRIAN SECURITY FORCES.
US SPECIAL FORCES TROOPS WERE TALKING WITH THE KURDS IN THOSE AREAS AHEAD OF THE ANNOUNCED WITHDRAWAL.
MEANWHILE SYRIA'S PRESIDENT AHMED AL-SHARAA RECOGNIZING KURDISH AS A NATIONAL LANGUAGE AND GRANTING RIGHTS TO KURDS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
BUT LATE TONIGHT THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT LAUNCHING A 'RETALIATORY OPERATION' AGAINST KURDISH FORCES.
THE KURDISH FORCES TARGETED OPERATING ON THE WEST BANK OF THE EUPHRATES RIVER NEAR ALEPPO...TASS RUSSIA
Tonight the announcement of two boards to deal with implementation of US President Donald Trump's Gaza Plan.
The "Executive Board" for economic development includes the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair alongside World Bank President Ajay Banga, Steve Witkoff and Mr. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner among others.
Another "Gaza Executive Board" is to deal with governance in Gaza it includes Blair, Kushner and Witkoff alongside Turkish and Qatari officials among others...Times of Israel
(Updated) The Trump Administration joining Governors of several states to pressure the nation's leading power grid to 'reform' its practices.
The bipartisan pressure aimed at the PJM grid whose service 13 state service area includes Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania plus Washington DC.
Part of the 'reform' having tech companies pay for new power generating plants......The Hill USA
THE US HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE LOOKING INTO A COMPLAINT AGAINST REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
MACE'S OFFICE LINKING THE COMPLAINT TO HER EX-FIANCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONNECTED SOUTH CAROLINA BUSINESSMAN PATRICK BRYANT.
MACE HAS ALLEGED THAT BRYANT AND OTHER MEN WERE INVOLVED IN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT RELATED TO HER AND OTHER WOMEN...THE HILL USA
The US Supreme Court will consider a limitation on liability for pesticide makers.
The limitation sought by Pharma giant Bayer owner of "Roundup" which is linked to many cases brought by cancer victims linking their illness to use of Roundup.
The Trump Administration supports Bayer's petition to the high court...The Hill USA
UGANDA'S OPPOSITION LEADER BOBI WINE TAKEN FROM HIS HOME BY AN ARMY HELICOPTER TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION.
HE WAS THE LEADING CHALLENGER TO 81-YEAR INCUMBENT PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSAVENI IN A PROCESS BELIEVED BY MANY TO BE RIGGED AND CORRUPT.
POWER WAS CUT OFF TO MR. WINE'S HOME YESTERDAY ON ELECTION DAY.
ISRAEL'S TOP SPY DAVID BARNEA REPORTED IN THE UNITED STATES. MOSSAD CHIEF BARNEA SAID TO BE TALKING IRAN.
HE IS MEETING US ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF POINT MAN FOR ANY CONTACT BETWEEN THE US AND IRAN...TIMES OF ISRAEL
US President Donald Trump saying the Iranian government cancelled 800 executions by hanging yesterday...OSINTdefender "X"
ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAID TO BE AT PEAK READINESS MOVING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
THIS IS LINKED TO REGIONAL TENSIONS INVOLVING THE SITUATION IN IRAN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In South Korean former Conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol handed a five-year prison sentence.
This is linked to resisting efforts to detain him followed a short lived imposition of martial law in December of 2024.
Several other sentenced are awaited in connection with those events including one case where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
PRESIDENT TRUMP PARDONING PUERTO RICO'S FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR WANDA VAZQUEZ GARCED.
GARCED PLED GUILTY TO A CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATION INVOLVING A VENEZUELAN BANKER...THE HILL USA
(News-Comment)
Before possible violent events in the Friday night hours to come US President Donald Trump offering up a flurry of distracting attention getting comments.
One such statement threatens tariffs on countries that oppose the US taking control of Greenland...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)
IN CUBA COMMUNIST PRESIDENT MIGUEL DIAZ-CANEL SPEAKING OF A CUBAN OFFICER SHOOTING DOWN A US HELICOPTER.
THIS DURING THE US MILITARY OPERATION THAT SNATCHED PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO OUT OF VENEZUELA.
MR. DIAZ-CANEL SPEAKING AT A RALLY FOR THE DOZENS OF CUBANS KILLED IN THE US ATTACK.
THE EVENT HELD OUTSIDE THE US EMBASSY IN HAVANA...TASS RUSSIA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 83.11 points.
The NASDAQ declined 14.63 points.
The price of oil in New York 59 dollars 41 cents a barrel up 22 cents...Marketwatch
US Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe visited Venezuela yesterday.
He met Acting President Delcy Rodriguez as US President Donald Trump met opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at the White House.
Ratcliffe carrying President Trump's message about how the US and Venezuela will conduct economic relations in the future along with the US demand to shut down criminal activity related to drug trafficking...The Hill USA
New US sanctions targeting the Houthi movement in Yemen. 21 individuals and entities along with one vessel listed in the sanctions.
The sanctions aimed at movement of weapons, oil products and 'dual-use-equipment' that help provide funding to the Houthis...Reuters-Times of Israel
THE NOBEL PEACE CENTER EMPHASIZING THAT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS NOT THE WINNER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
THIS FOLLOWS YESTERDAY'S VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY PEACE PRIZE WINNER MARIA CORINA MACHADO.
MACHADO SAID SHE GAVE THE PRIZE TO MR. TRUMP DURING THAT VISIT...TASS RUSSIA
Israel on the attack in Gaza and Lebanon today.
The attacks in Gaza said to be a response to a ceasefire violations.
In Lebanon the attacks aimed at Hezbollah positions...Al Jazeera Blog
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HOLDING DISCUSSIONS BY PHONE WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN.
MR. PUTIN HAD SPOKE WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU BEFORE THAT...TASS RUSSIA
NEW ELECTIONS CALLED IN BULGARIA. THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT HAD RESIGNED IN THE FACE OF MASS PROTESTS OVER CORRUPTION.
ANTI-CORRUPTION FACTIONS SPLIT BETWEEN PRO-RUSSIA AND PRO-EUROPEAN UNION PARTIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Much publicity about NATO soldiers going to Greenland amidst the threat of annexation by US President Donald Trump.
(UPDATED) CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY ENDING HIS VISIT TO CHINA MEETING PRESIDENT XI JINPING.
A DEAL ANNOUNCED ON TARIFFS CANADA WILL ALLOW 49-THOUSAND CHINESE ELECTRIC CARS IN WITH A SIX PERCENT TARIFF RATE.
IN THE LINE WITH THE US CANADA HAD SLAPPED A 100 PERCENT TARIFF ON ELECTRIC CARS FROM CHINA.
IN RETURN CHINA WILL EASE ITS RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON CANADIAN CANOLA TO AROUND 15 PERCENT.
PRESIDENT XI HALING A 'NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP' BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES...BBC NEWS
Taiwan announcing 250 billion dollars worth of investment in the United States.
This includes chip manufacturing, AI technology and energy...Tass Russia
A NATIONWIDE US RECALL OF CHOCOLATE EXPANDING. EIGHT DIFFERENT CHOCOLATE BARS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED NATIONWIDE BY SPRING AND MULBERRY'S NOW INVOLVED.
THERE IS SUSPECTED SALMONELLA CONTAMINATION OF THE CHOCOLATES...THE HILL USA
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