Thursday, May 14, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 5/14/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*US HIGH COURT EXTENDS ABORTION DRUG BY MAIL RULING*"DEATH TO THE ARABS' CHANTED IN JERUSALEM PARADE*PERSIAN GULF TENSIONS*TRUMP-XI TALKS*'ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ' CLOSING*

 


                                      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:


Tonight Ukrainian drone attacks on Ryazan Region of Russia southeast of Moscow.


Casualties and damage to business and residential buildings reported...RIA Novosti Russia...


One killed, three wounded in the latest Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's Belgorod Region...Tass Russia



THE US SUPREME COURT DECIDING TO MAINTAIN AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE LOUISIANA STATE LAW PROHBITING MAIL ORDER DISTRIBUTION OF THE ABORTION DRUG 'MIFEPRISTONE'.


THE INJUNCTION WILL CONTINUE WITH THE HIGH COURT SENDING THE CASE BACK TO THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS WHICH RULED IN FAVOR OF THE LOUISIANA LAW.


DISSENTING FROM THE OTHER SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE HIGH COURT JUSTICES SAMUEL ALITO AND CLARENCE THOMAS.


JUSTICE ALITO NOTING THE COURT MAJORITY IS UNDERMINING THE COURT'S DECISION SENDING ABORTION LAW BACK TO THE STATES...THE HILL USA



US Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe in Havana today.  Ratcliffe meeting his Cuban counterpart to talk about US conditions for better relations with Cuba...Associated Press-PBS USA



IN ISRAEL TONIGHT A DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE THE HOME OF ISRAEL'S MILITARY POLICE CHIEF.


ULTRA-ORTHODOX PROTESTERS OPPOSING THE ARREST OF YOUNG ORTHODOX MEN RESISTING ISRAEL'S MILITARY DRAFT.


TWO WEEKS AGO DEMONSTRATORS ENTERED THE HOME OF BRIGADIER GENERAL YUVAL YAMIN WHILE HIS FAMILY WAS AT HOME...TIMES OF ISRAEL


US Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks resigning.  His departure marks his second retirement.

Banks came back to run the agency for President Trump's second term.

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott thanking Banks for his service...Associated Press-NBC News USA



BRITISH POLITICS ANDY BURNHAM THE MAYOR OF GREATER MANCHESTER SAYS HE WILL SEEK A SEAT IN PARLIAMENT AFTER THE SURPRISE RESIGNATION OF A LABOR PARTY MP.


BURNHAM WAS DENIED THE OPPORTURNITY TO RUN FOR A HOUSE OF COMMONS SEAT IN THE PAST BECAUSE HE WAS SEEN AS A THREAT TO PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER'S LABOR PARTY LEADERSHIP...SKY NEWS UK BLOG


THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BALTIC NATION OF LATVIA FALLING.   


THIS FOLLOWS THE WITHDRAW OF 'THE PROGRESSIVES' FROM THE COALITION AFTER DEFENSE MINISTER ANDRIS SPRUDS FROM THAT PARTY RESIGNED.


MR. SPRUDS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES IMPACTING LATVIAN TERRITORY AFTER PASSING THROUGH RUSSIA.


PRIME MINISTER EVIKA SILINA SUBMITTING HER RESIGNATION. 


ELECTIONS ARE SCHEDULED IN LATVIA IN OCTOBER...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) 



                         "Death to the Arabs"


                   "May your village be burned"



Some of the slogans shouted in Jerusalem today as Israeli nationalist youths participated in the "Flag Parade" commemorating the Israel's occupation of East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War of 1967.


Thousands of Israeli police deployed with 13 arrests made following violent incidents...Barak Ravid "X" (Link To Haaretz Israel Story-Translation Prompt)





 (UPDATED) A SHIP SEIZED OFF THE COAST OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND TAKEN TOWARDS IRAN.   THAT WORD FROM UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS...MORNING STAR UK...


THE SHIP DESCRIBED AS A FLOATING ARMORY THAT PROVIDES WEAPONS USED FOR MARITIME SECURITY FOR MERCHANT VESSELS.


MEANWHILE A CARGO SHIP WAS ATTACKED AND SANK OFF THE COAST OF OMAN...ASSOCIATED PRESS-THE HILL USA


Five killed, dozens wounded in Russian drone attacks overnight in Ukraine's capital  Kiev...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


THREE ISRAELIS WOUNDED, ONE CRITICALLY IN A HEZBOLLAH DRONE ATTACK ON NORTHERN ISRAEL THIS MORNING.


THE ATTACK HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING NO SIRENS SOUNDING...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


IN BEIJING TALKS BETWEEN US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING.


XI WARNING TRUMP OVER TAIWAN SAYING ANY TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE PUSH THREATENS PEACE.


IN THE PAST THE US HAS AFFIRMED THAT TAIWAN IS A PART OF CHINA IN LINE WITH THE POSITION OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT...TASS RUSSIA...



  "Great place.  Incredible.  China is beautiful"


THE COMMENTS OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING.


TRUMP SAYING HIS TALKS WITH XI WERE 'GREAT'...TASS RUSSIA



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 370.26 points or .75 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 232.88 points or .88 percent.

At 436 pm New York Time the price of oil 101 dollars 94 cents a barrel up 92 cents or .91 percent...Marketwatch



IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ABBAS ARAGHCHI SAYS IRAN KNEW ABOUT A PREVIOUSLY UNDICSLOSED VISIT TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BY ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.


IT HAPPENED EARLY IN THE IRAN WAR.


MR. ARAGHCHI ALSO WARNING THE UAE SAYING 'THOSE COLLUDING WITH ISRAEL TO SOW DIVISION WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT'...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Sweden's top General Michael Claesson has warned of a potential Russian attack on an island in the Baltic Sea.

Meanwhile Denmark's top general is more subdued focused on readiness to defend Baltic islands.

Michael Hyldgaard saying he has no knowledge of a planned Russian attack as Danish and Polish forces conduct joint maneuvers in an around Denmark's Bornholm Island.

Meanwhile Russia's concerns in the Baltic center around seizures of merchant vessels by European countries in the Baltic and Mediterranean and a potential NATO sea blockade of Russia's Kaliningrad Region on the Baltic coast.

Kaliningrad landlocked between Lithuania and Poland...Danmarks Radio Denmark (Translation Prompt)


IN FLORIDA THE 'ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ' PRISON FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION IS SHUTTING DOWN NEXT MONTH. 


THE CENTER IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE ACCORDING TO REPORTS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND CBS NEWS.   


IT CURRENTLY HOLDS 1400 DETAINEES.  THEY WILL BE MOVED TO OTHER FACILITIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Georgia Governor Brian Kemp calling a special legislative session next month.   It will consider redrawing congressional districts for the 2028 Election.  


The move follows the recent US Supreme Court ruling modifying the 1965 Voting Rights Act that forced creation of black majority legislative districts.


Governor Kemp noting the ruling came too late to allow districts to be changed for this year's election...The Hill USA

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