NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 9/8/2026*YEMEN WAR RAGES*TOP UKRAINE PROSECUTOR OUT*MORE EV USE REDUCES CHINA'S OIL DEPENDENCE*
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)
(PERSONAL COMMITMENTS WILL LIMIT SERVICE DURING DAY)
ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG SPEAKING OF A 'GRAVE MISCALCULATION'.
HIS COMMENTS COME AS THE UK AND POSSIBLY OTHER NATIONS IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON ISRAELI NATIONALIST SETTLEMENTS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA ("THE WEST BANK")...SKY NEWS UK BLOG
The Yemen War raging with Saudi Arabia and Yemen's government going on the offensive against Houthi forces on the ground.
In turn Houthi forces attacking Saudi Arabia in retaliation.
The Yemeni government said it intends to capture Sanaa the capital city of the Houthis.
Saudi Arabia reporting 73 wounded in a series of Houthi attacks saying that civilian areas were hit.
AT LEAST TWO KILLED AND 10 WOUNDED IN THE LATEST RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON KIEV. ATTACKS ON OTHER PARTS OF UKRAINE REPORTED...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
IN UKRAINE TOP PROSECUTOR RUSIAN KRAVCHENKO HAS RESIGNED.
KRAVCHENKO DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN A CORRUPTION SCANDAL LINKED TO HIS OFFICE.
ONE TOP OFFICIAL HAS BEEN ARRESTED AFTER 'ROGUE' CALL CENTERS ARE SAID TO HAVE PAID BRIBES TO THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE TO AVOID PROSECUTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today
The price of oil continuing to rise this morning above 94 dollars a barrel in New York between 6 and 7 am local time...Marketwatch
China is benefitting from increased use of domestically produced electric vehicles in the face of a tighter oil market driven by the Iran War.
There was 8.6 percent less demand for petroleum products in the first half of this year according to Chinese refiner "Sinopec".
This is due in part to EV's which now constitute the majority of cars sold in China.
EV's including hybrids now account for 13 percent of cars on the road and four percent of China's heavy trucks are now electric...Wall Street Journal-MSN
AUTHORITIES IN BELGIUM SUSPECT A DUAL CHINESE-BELGIAN NATIONAL WAS INVOLVED IN ESPIONAGE FOR CHINA.
THE 52-YEAR-OLD MAN WORKED FOR CHIP MANUFACTURER "BELGAN" BEFORE HE WAS ARRESTED IN MAY AS HE WAS BOARDING A FLIGHT FROM BELIGUM TO CHINA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In Israel last evening police breaking up an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish protest at a construction site for Jerusalem's light rail system.
Demonstrators blocking a road and causing damage to the rail system.
The Haredi protesters objecting to expansion of light rail into their neighborhood which observes a strict Sabbath Friday nights and Saturday...Times of Israel
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