Thursday, August 6, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 8/6/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*FAA ORDERS INSPECTIONS OF BOEING MAX PLANES*YEMEN GROUND WAR HEATS UP*LEBANON TALKS BREAK OFF*'HYBRID ATTACK SCENARIO' ALLEGED IN GERMAN DRONE INCIDENT*UN CONCENED OVER IRAN EXECUTIONS*OCTOBER 7TH SURVIVOR REJECTS NETANYAHU OFFER*

 


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                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IMPOSING A 15 PERCENT TARIFF ON 'POLYSILICON DERITVATIVE' PRODUCTS.


THE TARIFF WILL TAKE EFFECT DECEMBER 4TH.



THOSE POLYSILICON PRODUCTS ARE CRITICAL TO SEMICONDUCTOR AND SOLAR PANEL PRODUCTION.



MR. TRUMP SAYING FOREIGN PRODUCERS OF THOSE PRODUCTS HAVE WEAKENED AMERICAN PRODUCERS CREATING A THREAT TO 'ECONOMIC AND NATIONAL SECURITY'...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA




Social media giant Meta ordered to pay out 567 million US dollars in a New Mexico lawsuit.


The owner of the Facebook and Instagram platforms found liable for harming the mental health of children...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)






AN ISRAELI NATIONALIST SETTLER IS BEING CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER IN THE KILLING OF A PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST LAST YEAR.


YINON LEVI ACCUSED OF RECKLESS MANSLAUGHER IN THE DEATH OF AWDAH HATHALEEN.



HATHALEEN WAS A PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST WHO OPPOSED NATIONALIST VIOLENCE IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA ("THE WEST BANK")...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA



11 wounded in a Houthi attack on southern Saudi Arabia from Yemen.  Most of those hurt were Saudi nationals...Reuters-Times of Israel...


More Houthi-Yemen related news later in summary.




THE PRO-ISRAEL SAUDI BASED AL-HADATH MEDIA OUTLET REPORTING PLANS BY 'ARMED FORMATIONS' INSIDE IRAQ TO LAUNCH DRONE ATTACKS IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.


THE ATTACKS ON NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES NOT SPECIFIED BUT IRAQ'S GOVERNMENT IS INCREASING MILITARY READINESS TO COUNTER ANY MOVES BY MILITIA FORCES IN THE COUNTRY ALIGNED WITH IRAN...TASS RUSSIA



Following a US Supreme Court ruling on the issue of birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump again seeking to impose rules on it by executive order.


This time Mr. Trump is not trying to ban birthright citizenship outright with his new order but seeks to regulate it more closely.


Mr. Trump's previous executive order was ruled a violation of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution...CNN USA



THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ORDERING MANDATORY SAFETY INSPECTIONS OF 470 BOEING 737 MAX AIRLINERS.


THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS FAA APPROVAL IN RECENT DAYS FOR SOME 737 MAX MODELS TO BE DELIVERED TO AIRLINES FOLLOWING A SAFETY RELATED DELAY RELATED TO TWO DEADLY ACCIDENTS...THE HILL




A US Senate committee voting to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in Contempt of Congress.


Dr. Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment of the Bill of Rights when questioned about matters related to COVID. 


The matter now moves onto the full Senate...(News Agencies)



ON CAPITOL HILL TODAY VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE MEETING WITH REPUBLICAN SENATORS SEEKING TO UNIFY THE GOP RANKS BEHIND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AGENDA.


ONE DISPUTE REVOLVES AROUND DELAYING A BAN ON HEMP-DERIVED INTOXICATING PRODUCTS SOLD AT CONVENIENCE STORES.


THE WHITE HOUSE AND REPUBLICAN SENATOR RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY AMONG THOSE SUPPORTING THE DELAY WHILE OTHER SENATORS OBJECT.   


SENATOR PAUL SEEKING TO PROTECT THE HEMP INDUSTRY IN KENTUCKY...THE HILL USA



Houthi forces on the offensive in Yemen attacking camps of the Yemeni government forces.


At least 30 killed in an escalation of the ground war in Yemen that has been relatively quiet in recent years...Al Jazeera Qatar


TALKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON SUSPENDED AFTER WHAT IS CALLED A CEASEFIRE VIOLATION YESTERDAY.


TWO ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED AND FOUR WOUNDED.


MANY LEBANESE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND WOUNDED SINCE US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PROCLAIMED A CEASEFIRE IN THE CONFLICT LINKED TO THE IRAN WAR...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



German authorities speaking of a 'hybrid attack scenario' after a drone carrying explosives was defused at the Leipzig airport in eastern Germany.


A second object said to have hit a cargo plane at the airport which is used to support Ukraine's military in the Ukraine War.


Germany's interior minister said there is a 'new level of danger' because of the drone incident...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany...




Meanwhile a Ukrainian man arrested in eastern Germany accused of spying on a German defense firm.


The 33-year-old suspect said to have passed images of the firm's premises and passed them to a foreign intelligence service.



His activity described as preparation for acts of sabotage...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany



UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF VOLKER TURK CONCERNED OVER THE LARGE NUMBER OF EXECUTIONS IN IRAN.


SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE IRAN WAR 56 KILLED UNDER THE DEATH PENALTY IN IRAN.


THOSE EXECUTED INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THE GOVERNMENT AS WELL AS THOSE CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING.


LAST YEAR 1639 EXECUTIONS CARRIED OUT IN IRAN MANY OF THEM LINKED TO VIOLENT PROTESTS SEEKING TO OVERTHROW IRAN'S PRESENT GOVERNMENT LIKELY LINKED TO ISRAELI AND US COVERT INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                       The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 464.02 points or .83 percent.

The NASDAQ declined 15.09 points.

At 433 pm New York Time the price of oil 77 dollars 92 cents a barrel up two dollars 70 cents or 3.59 percent...                                                                                          Marketwatch




"LIV GOLF" SAYS A 'LEAD INVESTOR' HAS BEEN FOUND TO KEEP OPERATING.


THE INVESTOR IS NOT NAMED BUT THE FUTURE OF LIV GOLF INVOLVES ITS PLAYERS BECOMING MAJORITY EQUITY HOLDERS.


CHIEF EXECUTIVE SCOTT O'NEIL SAYS A DEAL WILL BE SIGNED NEXT MONTH.


EARLIER THIS YEAR SAUDI ARABIA'S PUBLIC INVESTMENT FUND PULLED OUT OF SUPPORTING LIV GOLF AFTER THE END OF THIS YEAR.


LIV LAUNCHED IN 2022 AS A COMPETITOR TO THE PGA TOUR OF GOLF...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



"I am not entering politics anywhere at all, and certainly not with a Likud (Party) that failed on October 7th and continues to tear us apart to this day"

OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK SURVIVOR AVIDA BACHAR REJECTING OFFER FROM PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO RUN FOR PARLIAMENT IN ISRAEL'S OCTOBER 27TH ELECTION



A survivor of the brutal October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel rebuffing an offer by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be a parliamentary candidate for Netanyahu's Likud Party.


Avida Bachar, who lost a leg in the attack, saying Mr. Netanyahu treated Hamas like an 'asset' before they attacked Israel.


Bachar referencing the Netanyahu government's policy allowing Qatar to fund the operations of Hamas governance in Gaza...


                          Times of Israel



SOCIAL MEDIA PLATOFRM "X" SHUTTING DOWN THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY ACCOUNT OF IMPRISONED ISTANBUL MAYOR EKREM IMAMOGLU.


THE PLATFORM SHUT DOWN BY COURT ORDER INSIDE TURKEY (TURKIYE) FOR REASONS OF 'NATIONAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC ORDER'


'X' SAYS IT IS APPEALING THAT ORDER.


MR. IMAMOGLU, A LEADING OPPONENT OF TURKISH RULER PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN, ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION IN 2023 AS HE ABOUT TO BE NOMINATED TO OPPOSE MR. ERDOGAN AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.


HE HAS SINCE BEEN CONVICTED OF 'INSULTING AND THREATENING' A GOVERNMENT PROSECUTOR FOR TARGETING POLITICAL OPPONENTS WHILE STILL FACING A LONG LIST OF CORRUPTION...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY 

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