NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 7/31/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*ISRAEL ATTACKS GAZA*RUSSIA ATTACKS KIEV*US, ISRAEL TO ATTACK IRAN*DC POOL VANDALISM CASE DROPPED*MORE US WAR CASUALTIES*NETANYAHU RIVAL BLASTS GAZA DEAL*UK HIGH COURT OK'S NEW CHINA EMBASSY UK*50,000+ MIGRANTS STORM SPANISH ENCLAVE*TRUMP ORDER CRITICAL MINERAL WASTE*NEW ZEALAND FM CHINESE COMMENTS CONTROVERSY*
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Other posts this weekend...
Updated news of the migrant invasion of Spain's North African enclave but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Politics in Washington late tonight word that the Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled a meeting next Tuesday.
That meeting may involve a vote on the nomination of Todd Blanche to be US Attorney General. The scheduling of such a meeting suggests resolution of the impasse between some senators and President Trump...CNN USA-MSN
A TANKER HIT IN ITS ENGINE ROOM NEAR THE COAST OF OMAN IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BY AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE.
At least 20 injuries reported after a 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck Naples, Italy this evening...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL (SOCCER) FEDERATION "FIFA" ABANDONING PLANS FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE WORLD CUP.
THE MOVE FOLLOWED A SHARP REACTION THAT INCLUDED THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF A BOYCOTT OF WORLD CUP EVENTS.
FIFA PRESIDENT GIANNI INFANTINO WITH A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART 'THE PROPOSAL WILL NOT PROCEED'...EPSN USA
Two killed, dozens wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza.
In one Israeli attack ten were wounded in a residential building near a refugee camp...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
Multiple explosions reported late tonight in Ukraine's capital city Kiev under missile Russian attack...RIA Novosti Russia...
Nine killed and 23 wounded in the attack. Ukrainian authorities noting damage to cars and residential building...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany...
Meanwhile Russian media reporting destruction of an American owned drone factory in Kiev in another recent attack...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
CBS NEWS REPORTING THE US AND ISRAEL WILL LAUNCH JOINT ATTACKS ON IRAN THAT MAY START AS EARLY AS THIS WEEKEND AND LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
THE TARGETS TO BE ATTACKED WILL BE ENERGY RELATED FACILITIES THAT GENERATE REVENUE FOR IRAN...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAYING THE OBJECTIVE OF THE UPCOMING US ATTACKS IS TO 'FORCE IRAN TO SURRENDER'.
ANOTHER REPORT FROM INSIDER JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID QUOTES A US OFFICIAL SAYING PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CONSIDERING ATTACKS ON IRANIAN ENERGY SITES...Barak Ravid "X"
The US Justice Department dropping a criminal case against former Olympic athlete David Hearn.
Hearn was accused of vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC.
Washington DC federal prosecutor Jeanine Pirro's office now speaking of a botched and rushed job by a contractor leading to problems at the pool...The Hill USA
11 more wounded added to the US military's casualty count since July 7th bringing the total to four killed and 236 wounded.
The total US Iran War casualty count since the end of February is now 18 killed 653 wounded.
Another medical evacuation flight left the war zone in recent hours the second such flight this week...THE INTEL FROG "X"
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo now considered the second largest outbreak on record.
3,532 cases now confirmed with 1,556 deaths reported.
Back between 2014 and 2016 an Ebola outbreak in West Africa led to 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
A GERMAN COURT RULING THAT AN 'AI' MUSIC COMPANY MUST PAY ROYALTIES FOR USE OF EXISTING SONGS TO CREATE NEW ONES WITH ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE RULING AGAINST 'SUNO' IN RESPONSE TO A LAWSUIT BY THE GERMAN MUSIC COPYRIGHT ORGANIZATION 'GEMA'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Israeli politics the poll leading opponent of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retired general Gadi Eisenkot tearing into Mr. Netanyahu over the Trump "Board of Peace" deal to disarm Hamas in Gaza.
Eisenkot says the deal touted by the US president will leave Hamas in power in Gaza meaning a failure of Israel's war aims there.
Eisenkot's "Yashar" party has risen to parity and even supremacy over Netanyahu's "Likud" party ahead of Israel's October 27th election...Times Of Israel
REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY OF LOUISIANA WARNING PRESIDENT TRUMP ABOUT PULLING HIS NOMINATION OF TODD BLANCHE TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
MR. TRUMP SUGGESTED KEEPING THE NOMINATION ON HOLD UNTIL AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
BUT SENATOR KENNEDY SAYS 'THIS PLACE COULD DIFFERENT' FOLLOWING THE ELECTION. CURRENTLY REPUBLICANS HAVE A 53-47 VOTE MAJORITY IN THE US SENATE...THE HILL USA
THE BRITISH HIGH COURT RULING IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CHINESE EMBASSY IN LONDON.
OPPONENTS WENT TO COURT INCLUDING TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES (CONSERVATIVE AND REFORM) CLAIMED THE EMBASSY WOULD BE USED TO SPY ON BRITONS...SKY NEWS UK
THE IRAN WAR CONTINUING WITH IRANIAN ATTACKS REPORTED IN IRAQ AND KUWAIT RELATED TO THE WAR...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG
A SENIOR ADVISER TO FIFA WORLD FOOTBALL (SOCCER) PRESIDENT GIANNI INFANTINO RESIGNING.
CARLOS CODEIRO STEPPING DOWN AFTER EUROPEAN FOOTBALL (UEFA) ANNOUNCED A WORLD CUP BOYCOTT BECAUSE OF A PLAN FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE EVENT...AL JAZEERA QATAR
MIGRANT INVASION OF SPANISH NORTH AFRICAN TERRITORY WITH DOZENS DEAD
MOST WHO ENTERED HAVE NOW RETURNED TO MOROCCO
(UPDATED AS ABLE)
"What happened yesterday was an attack, a violation of the territorial integrity of Spain"
SPANISH PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SANCHEZ ON THE STORMING OF THE NORTH AFRICAN SPANISH CITY OF CEUTA BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS...NOS NETHERLANDS STORY (VIDEO EMBED)
At least 57 dead in the migrant storming of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the northern coast of Africa bordering Morocco.
Spanish media reporting bodies were recovered from the sea.
The total number of people involved in this week's invasion more than 50,000 (RTVE Spain).
The mass storming of the last 24 hours involving the vast majority of them.
48,000 of those who crossed in the last 24 hours said to have returned to Morocco.
Mostly men but in some cases entire families have entered the 7.1 square mile Spanish territory at the Strait of Gibraltar.
A large continuous mass of migrants had been moving from Tangier in northern Morocco towards Ceuta forcing the closure of a major highway inside Morocco.
Moroccan authorities are said to have taken action just in the last 24 hours including use of tear gas to help stop the flow of migrants.
The mass migrant invasion leading to criticism from opposition parties in Spain including the "far-right" anti-mass immigration VOX Party seeking to oust the Pro-Palestinian state Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez...
President Trump signaling he will appeal a federal judge's finding that a lawsuit involving the President, his sons and the Trump Organization against the Internal Revenue Service was 'improper'.
The lawsuit linked to a decision by the US Justice Department to establish a 1.8 billion dollar 'anti-weaponization' fund widely denounced by Mr. Trump's opponents...NBC News USA
THE FBI REPORTING THREATS TO MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS IN THE US FROM HACKERS.
SEVEN STATES INVOLVED INCLUDING MINNESOTA WITH SOME FINGER POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF IRAN.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP POINTING TO MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS LED BY OUTGOING GOVERNOR TIM WALZ.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CLOSE SUPPORTER MIKE LINDELL IS A LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR IN MINNESOTA ENDORSED BY MR. TRUMP...NBC NEWS USA
THE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK LAST NIGHT ON VOLGOGRAD RUSSIA IGNITING A FIRE AT A DISTRIBUTION CENTER OF ONLINE RETAILER 'WILDBERRIES'.
THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF UKRAINIAN ATTACKS ON WILDBERRIES FACILITIES...TASS RUSSIA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 276.97 points or .53 percent.
The NASDAQ up 251.68 points or one percent.
At the close of trading in New York this evening the price of oil 86 dollars 80 cents a barrel up three dollars 21 cents or 3.84 percent...Marketwatch
US President Donald Trump signing an executive order authorizing a ban on export of industrial or electronic waste containing recoverable materials critical to the economy.
Some waste exports may contain valuable rare earth minerals that could be reused...Tass Russia
RETAIL GIANT AMAZON GIVEN US GOVERNMENT APPROVAL TO DEPLOY ITS 'ZOOX' ROBOTAXIS.
THE APPROVAL INVOLVES 'LIMITED COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT' OF STEERING WHEEL FREE TAXIS.
AMAZON WILL BE ABLE TO LAUNCH SERVICE INVOLVING 2,500 OF THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ONCE IT RECEIVES STATE AND LOCAL APPROVAL FOR THEIR USE...REUTERS-ASSOCIATED PRESS AL JAZEERA QATAR
"go back to your own country"
Those words spoken by New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters to a Chinese-born member of parliament stirring up controversy.
Peters also said that in China people 'lie like flatfish' in his comments directed at lawmaker Lawrence Xu-Nan of the Green Party.
This happened after Mr. Peters was heckled in parliament on Wednesday.
Former Labor Party Prime Minister Helen Clark among those calling for the firing of Mr. Peters suggesting the comments were insensitive to minorities and offensive to China a major New Zealand trading partner.
Current Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of the National Party saying Peters comments should not be taken so seriously. Voters in New Zealand go to the polls November 7th.
Foreign Minister Peters nationalistic New Zealand First Party won eight seats in the last election polling data points to as many as 15 seats being won in the upcoming vote...One News New Zealand
NORTH KOREA CRITICAL OF INCREASED NUMBERS OF US TROOPS IN JAPAN.
NORTH KOREA'S GOVERNMENT NEWS AGENCY SPEAKING OF A 'SINISTER' PLAN TO WAGE 'AN ALL-OUT WAR IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION'.
215 MORE US PERSONNEL ADDED IN JAPAN WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
THE TOP US GENERAL IN JAPAN LT. GEN. STEPHEN JOST SPEAKING OF THE NEED FOR THE US MILITARY TO 'HELP STRENGTHEN ITS COMMAND STRUCTURE' AND 'IMPROVE COORDINATION' WITH JAPANESE FORCES.
THE US MILITARY IS APPARENTLY BUILDING STRENGTH IN JAPAN TO COUNTER CHINA...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY-THE KOREA TIMES
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