NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 8/9/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*TRUMP 'LOW KEYING' IRAN*HOUTHIS HIT SAUDI REFINERY*NETANYAHU REJECTS GAZA DEAL, ISRAEL HINTS AT ATTACKING IRAN*PALESTINIANS WOUNDED ISRAELI NATIONALIST ATTACKS*IRAN DEMANDS 'ATTITUDE CHANGE' FROM US*UKRAINE GETS US MISSILES, SHELLS FROM TURKS*
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IN THE UK THE 'DAILY TELEGRAPH' REPORTING THAT BRITISH MILITARY DRONE BOATS WERE SENDING SIGNALS TO AN IP ADDRESS IN CHINA.
IT TURNS OUT THAT SOME OF THE COMPONENTS FOR THE DRONE BOATS WERE OF CHINESE ORIGIN...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta thousands of protestors on the streets today calling for support from the rest of Spain.
Demonstrators also seeking a strict border policy to prevent another sudden influx of tens of thousands of people like the one that occurred just over a week ago...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
ON TRUTH SOCIAL US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LINKING TO AN OPINION PIECE BY HIS FORMER RIVAL FOR PRESIDENT FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON.
CLINTON ENDORSING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PLAN FOR GAZA...LINK TO TRUMP POST...
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE IS 'LOW KEYING IT' REGARDING IRAN.
MR. TRUMP SAYING HE HOPES ECONOMIC SANCTIONS WILL DEAL WITH IRAN...BARAK RAVID AXIOS "X"
Russian energy company "Rosatom" returning specialists to Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.
Those specialists pulled out earlier this year due to the Iran War.
25 specialists now said to be working at the facility where hundreds of Russian personnel were on hand when the war began back at the end of February...Tass Russia
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Syria and Russia reaching agreement on the future of the Russian military bases in Syria.
The military facilities including an airport in Hmeimim and a pier in the port of Tartus will be converted into joint training and rehabilitation facilities. The Syrian government will begin the managing the airport and pier.
The new arrangements are described as serving the mutual interests of both Syria and Russia...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE HOUTHIS IN YEMEN CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN ATTACK ON A SAUDI OIL REFINERY EARLY THIS MORNING...THE GUARDIAN UK...
THERE WAS ALSO A HOUTHI ATTACK ON A PORT CONTROLLED BY YEMENI GOVERNMENT FORCES.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejecting President Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza.
Netanyahu's rejection comes amid political troubles for both leaders.
Mr. Netanyahu seeking to win Israel's October 27th election and Mr. Trump facing a tough challenge to retain Republican control of Congress in November's mid-term elections.
Netanyahu demanding 'total disarmament' of Hamas before Israel pulls its military out of Gaza.
Meanwhile Israel has told the top US military commander in the Middle East Admiral Brad Cooper that it is prepared to attack Iran if it feels that is necessary...OSINTdefender "X"
(UPDATED) SIX KILLED (TASS RUSSIA) IN A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION.
Former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer has spread further and is more painful.
That message from Biden's son Hunter Biden interviewed by the BBC. He says his father is 'doing his thing' in spite of the pain.
Meanwhile Hunter Biden speaks of being 'eternally grateful' for the blanket pardon given by his father in the final days of his presidency.
Podcaster Tucker Carlson has also recorded an interview and posted a clip in advance of the full interview's release tomorrow...CNBC USA...Tucker Carlson "X"
NATIONALIST ISRAELI SETTLERS ATTACKING PALESTINIAN TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN 'THE WEST BANK' THIS WEEKEND.
AT LEAST FIVE WOUNDED IN THE ATTACKS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
One killed, nine wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza on Saturday...
IN SOUTHERN LEBANON THREE LEBANESE SOLDIERS WOUNDED TRYING TO DEFUSE UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE.
IT HAPPENED IN THE VILLAGE OF ZAWTAR AL-GHARBIYAH WHERE ISRAELI TROOPS BUILT AN EARTHEN BARRIER ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...AFP France-Al Jazeera
"Who knew, who warned, who ignored, who's responsible"
Hagit Chen the father of an Israeli soldier hostage killed by Hamas in Gaza speaking to a protest rally in Tel Aviv.
Mr. Chen and his wife Ruby want an independent state commission of inquiry into the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
They are urging Israelis to support political parties advocating for a commission of inquiry in the October 27th election.
Incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposed to such a commission...
"The SNSC will never back down, whether in war or in negotiations"
Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, speaking this weekend saying the United States needs to change its attitude towards Iran.
ON SATURDAY MORNING A UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) OIL TANKER HIT BY A PROJECTILE IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ OFF THE COAST OF OMAN.
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The governing body of the International Criminal Court expressing concern over moves by Venezuela and Chad to leave the ICC.
The United States has imposed sanctions on the court in retaliation for its prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
The US saying it intends to 'systematically disable' the court.
Three other nations pulled out of the court last year.
The African nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are aligned with Russia whose president Vladimir Putin is being prosecuted by the court for moving children out of Ukraine into Russia during the war there...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
Turkey (Türkiye) sending US missiles and artillery shells in its possession to Ukraine.
The arsenal includes 70 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles and 12 M270 MLRS launchers.
More than 2,500 cluster missiles and some 47,000 203mm artillery shells also involved...The Kyiv Independent...OSINTdefender "X"
Protesters on the streets of Belgrade, Serbia this weekend opposing the visit of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Demonstrators angry at the visit of Ukraine's leader to a nation traditionally aligned with Russia.
The outgoing president Aleksandar Vucic avoiding discussion of reported military goods shipments to Ukraine by Serbia saying military cooperation with Ukraine was not discussed in his talks with Zelenskyy...Tass Russia
A DRONE CROSSED ROMANIAN AIRSPACE ENTERING BULGARIA WHERE IT EXPLODED .6 MILES (1000 METERS) FROM A PUMPING STATION OF A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.
BULGARIA'S GOVERNMENT HOLDING AN EMERGENCY MEETING OVER THE MATTER SAYING THE DRONE EVADED DETECTION BY FLYING LOW...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)...
THE DRONE BELIEVED TO BE A KIND USED BY UKRAINE TO DISTRACT RUSSIAN DRONES AND MISSILES.
IN CONGO 13 PEOPLE KILLED IN AN ATTACK BY ISLAMIC STATE LINKED FORCES ON A VILLAGE NEAR THE UGANDA BORDER.
THE ATTACK BY THE 'ALLIED DEMOCRATIC FORCES' IN A REGION OF THE COUNTRY IMPACTED BY THE EBOLA OUTBREAK...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-TIMES OF ISRAEL
In the west coast Canadian province of British Columbia tens of thousands ordered to evacuate with a state of emergency declared due to wildfires...CBC News Canada Blog
OVER A WEEK AGO AN AMERICAN EVACUATED FROM ANTARCTICA TO A HOSPITAL IN NEW ZEALAND.
THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL EVACUATION CARRIED OUT UNDER 'DANGEROUS' WINTER CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHERNMOST PART OF THE WORLD.
THE EVACUATED MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC PROGRAM REPORTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION...ABC NEWS USA
In Hungary the new left of center government nominating former president of the Supreme Court, Andras Baka, to be the new president.
Parliament expected to vote Mr. Baka into office on Tuesday.
Mr. Baka was dismissed by the former nationalist government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
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