Tuesday, October 27, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/27/2026*EURO LEADERS TALK PUTIN UKRAINE*BOLSONARO FLEES BRAZIL*IRAN PRES PUTIN MEET*YEMEN WAR*ELECTION DAY ISRAEL*CHINA SPECIAL ENVOY TO WAR ZONE*RUSSIAN CEASEFIRE ON PART OF WAR FRONT*

 


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           The election in Israel but first...



               LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



'It is our collective responsibility' to learn 'the lessons of what happened and the drift of our public debate'.


Words coming from suburban Paris Mayor Ali Rabeh following last Friday's shooting attacks west of Paris that killed one and wounded four.


He said 'society as a whole has surrendered' to racism.


The attacks aimed at Muslim-Black residents of two suburban Paris communities described by President Emmanuel Macron as attacks based on race and religion.


Mayor Rabeh said that in his community of Trappes 'the dominant feeling is obviously fear'...BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)





THE PRESIDENT OF FINLAND ALEXANDER STUBB AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY JONAS GAHR STORE SPOKE ABOUT THE UKRAINE WAR WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.


THEIR CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE TODAY A WEEK AFTER THE VISIT OF US NEGOTIATOR STEVE WITKOFF TO NORWAY AND RUSSIA FOR TALKS RELATED TO THE UKRAINE WAR...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




After losing Sunday's Presidential runoff election Rightist Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has fled to the United States.


Mr. Bolsanaro fearful that the Pro President Lula da Silva Supreme Court was moving to charge him over alleged corruption and restrict his movement.


His father former President Jair Bolsanaro imprisoned for 27 years over an insurrection plot linked to January 6th style events in Brazil's capital city of Brasilia on January 8th, 2023...Bloomberg Story Limited Access...


Mr. Bolsonaro given a visa by the United States with Leftist President Lula da Silva describing his departure as proof he 'is guilty of something'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




IN MOSCOW TODAY IRAN'S PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN.  MR. PEZESHKIAN MEETING PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.


THEY WERE PART OF A CONFERENCE OF NATURAL GAS EXPORTING COUNTRIES THAT INCLUDED NATURAL GAS EXPORTER QATAR WHICH HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY IMPACTED ALONG IRAN IN THE IRAN WAR...TASS RUSSIA




In Tehran today the Houthi ambassador met Iran's security council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei.


They discussed developments in Yemen.


Mr. Rezaei characterized his recent meeting with key officials of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey (Türkiye) as a meeting to establish regional security arrangements and secure the withdrawal of foreign forces from the region...Al Jazeera Qatar-Tass Russia 





THE YEMEN WAR TODAY SAUDI ARABIA REPORTING DAMAGE FROM MISSILE DEBRIS IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF RIYADH.


A BUILDING A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND A VEHICLE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED...DAWN PAKISTAN





In Egypt an independent news site "Mada Masr" shut down.   The editor-in-chief Lina Attalah fined 50,000 euros (55,695 dollars) for not having a license to operate the site.


Attalah was also arrested the website's equipment confiscated.


Groups ranging from Amnesty International to the International Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) describing the Egyptian government crackdown on the website and its editor as an 'unprecedented attack on press freedom'.. NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)






                  ELECTION DAY ISRAEL

                                                 (UPDATED AS ABLE)




TONIGHT, THE FIRST PROJECTION IN ISRAEL'S ELECTION SHOWING PARTIES OPPOSING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WITH MORE SEATS THAN THOSE SUPPORTING HIM.  (52-50)


A LATER PROJECTION REVERSED THE SITUATION TO SHOW NETANYAHU'S PARTIES AT 52 SEATS WITH OPPOSITION PARTIES AT 50.


BUT THOSE PARTIES FALL SHORT OF A MAJORITY OF 61 SEATS IN ISRAEL'S 120 SEAT PARLIAMENT.


LEADING OPPOSITION POLITICIAN GADI EISENKOT COULD BE GIVEN THE MANDATE TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT BY PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG.


ARAB POLITICAL PARTIES GAINING AN UNPRECEDENTED 18 SEATS.


MR. EISENKOT SAYING 'THE PUBLIC HAS DECIDED IN FAVOR OF CHANGE'.


MR. NETANYAHU SPEAKING OF A 'DECISIVE WIN' FOR A 'RIGHT-WING BLOC'.


NETANYAHU ALSO SPOKE OF A 'ONE TIME HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY ' TO DEFEAT IRAN ONCE AND FOR ALL...


CHANNEL 12 NEWS ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



 

RECORD LEVELS OF VOTING DESCRIBED AS AN HISTORIC HIGH.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OF VOTING HOURS.

HIS REQUEST REJECTED.

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE CLAIMS OF ELECTION IRREGULARITIES SO FAR THEY ARE REJECTED BY THE CENTRAL ELECTION COMMITTEE...TIMES OF ISRAEL



60 people killed in tribal fighting in southern Ethiopia in recent days.


Rebels of the "Oromo" ethnic group seeking more autonomy attacked two villages killing 14 in one and 46 in the others.


The attacks described as massacres aimed at members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who are Christians...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


CHINA SENDING A SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE IRAN AND YEMEN WAR ZONES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.


FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN GUO JIAKUN SAYS THE ENVOY WILL VISIT RELEVANT COUNTRIES TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTE DIALOGUE AMONG OTHER THINGS.


CHINA HOPES TO 'HELP EASE TENSIONS AND PREVENT THE SITUATION FROM DETERIORATING FURTHER'...REUTERS-DAWN PAKISTAN



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 15.99 points.

The NASDAQ up 308.43 points or 1.18 percent.

At 522 pm New York Time the price of oil 100 dollars 20 cents a barrel down one dollar 56 cents or 1.53 percent...Marketwatch



RUSSIA IMPLEMENTING A CEASEFIRE IN THE KHERSON REGION OF THE UKRAINE WAR.



ITS DESIGNED TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN THE TOWN OF ALESHKI (OLESHKI) AS ADVOCATED FOR US FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA














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