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Bahrain agrees to normalize relations with Israel
Will Oman be next? Rumors swirls that Gulf State will sign peace deal with Israel
Oman welcomes Bahrain-Israel normalization decision
Bahrain agreed to establish formal relations with Israel in advance of Tuesday’s anticipated historic signing in Washington of an accord to normalize ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. It is likely that a second accord could be signed Tuesday between Israel and Bahrain. To underscore the speed with which events are unfolding, Netanyahu noted on Friday that it took 26 years, from the signing of a peace deal between Israel and Jordan in 1994, for there to be an existing deal, such as the one with the UAE. Netanyahu leaves for Washington on Sunday and will return to Israel after Tuesday’s signing ceremony at the White House. Bahrain’s state news agency BNA said on Friday that the King of Bahrain had clarified in his conversation with Trump and Netanyahu, that Bahrain remains committed to the Palestinian cause and the necessity of reaching a fair and lasting peace between the Israelis and Palestinians based on the two-state solution. The biggest question now is whether Saudi Arabia, one of the Middle East’s most influential countries and a close US ally, will follow suit. Saudi Arabia, a key Sunni rival to Shi’ite Iran, has so far signaled it is not ready. Zaha Hassan, a visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said Bahrain’s move was “especially disturbing” to Palestinians.” This move could not happen without a Saudi green light,” she added. “[Saudi Arabia] is under pressure to normalize, but cannot because of its position as the custodian of Islam’s holy places and the unpopularity of it on the street level. Bahrain was offered up as a consolation that will keep Saudi Arabia in Trump’s good graces.”
Sept. 14, 2020
***As reported by ETRM on Sept. 7, 2020, we have an on-going list of countries seeking normalization and ‘peace’ accords with Israel:
Israel, UAE reach agreement on full diplomatic ties
Aug. 13, 2020
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/SkKHL0GzP
UAE consists of 7 Middle East “nations”: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates
Morocco said likely to be one of the next states to normalize ties with Israel
Aug. 17, 2020
https://www.timesofisrael.com/morocco-said-likely-to-be-one-of-the-next-states-to-normalize-ties-with-israel/
Moroccan PM rejects normalizing ties with Israel
Aug. 19, 2020
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/Hkhq11RlQv
Sudan Foreign Ministry says it looks forward to peace with Israel – report
Sudan fires foreign ministry spokesman for Israel comments
Aug. 20, 2020
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/285549
https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/saudi-fm-says-no-ties-with-israel-until-peace-with-palestinians-639205
Pompeo, Kushner to visit Israel and Arab states as US pushes more peace deals
Pompeo is expected to depart on Sunday for Israel, Bahrain, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Sudan. Kushner plans to leave later in the week for Israel, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Morocco, the diplomats said.
Aug. 22, 2020
https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeo-kushner-to-visit-israel-and-arab-states-as-us-pushes-mideast-agreements/
Sudan ends 30 year rule of Islamic law, separating religion and state
Sept. 4, 2020
https://africa.cgtn.com/2020/09/04/sudan-ends-30-year-law-of-islamic-rule-separating-religion-and-state/
Bahrain to announce normalization of ties with Israel soon
Sept. 3, 2020
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/286517
Kosovo, Serbia to formalize ties with Israel, open JLM embassy
Sept. 6, 2020
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/trump-serbia-has-promised-to-move-its-embassy-to-jerusalem-641102
Malawi’s new president vows to open diplomatic office in Jerusalem
Sept. 6, 2020
https://www.timesofisrael.com/malawis-new-president-vows-to-open-diplomatic-office-in-jerusalem/#gs.fko0qu
Dubai’s Emirates NDB signs MoU with Israel’s Bank Hapoalim
Emirates NDB, Dubai’s largest bank, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Israel’s Bank Hapoalim, the country’s largest lender, a statement from Hapoalim said on Monday.The statement said that the MoU “marks a historic first as the banks look to further cooperation ties following the establishment of financial and economic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.”
Sept. 14, 2020
As Gulf States sign agreements with Israel, Palestinians rage
Arab League Rejects Palestinian Resolution Condemning Israel-UAE Peace Deal
Palestinians, as the old phrase goes, never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. But they also never miss an opportunity to organize a day of rage. They’ve called for three in the wake of agreements between Israel, the UAE and, just announced Friday, Bahrain. From the Palestinian perspective, the news keeps getting worse as it was reported on Monday that Oman is expected to be the next Arab country joining the procession of nations making peace with Israel. The Palestinians have lost sympathy and support among Arab countries. Their terrorist methods, their support for Iran and the corruption of their leadership are reasons most often cited. In Ramallah, images of the rulers of Bahrain and the UAE have been burned and the Palestinians have expressed anger and disappointment as they have been brushed off by Arab countries. Last week, the Arab League rejected a draft resolution condemning the Israel-UAE agreement. It’s not known if the Palestinians will return to mass violence. The Jerusalem Post reported on Sunday that some Palestinians are interpreting the formation of a new group made up of representatives of different Palestinian factions as a call for a new Intifada.
Sept. 14, 2020
Could Israel normalization partition Al-Aqsa Mosque?
A statement in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain normalization agreements with Israel, brokered by the United States, may lead to the division of the Al-Aqsa compound because it violates the status quo, analysts say. Under the status quo affirmed in 1967, only Muslims can pray within al-Haram al-Sharif, also known as the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Non-Muslims can visit but cannot pray at the site. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed this status quo in a formal declaration in 2015. According to the joint statement between the US, Israel, and the UAE released on August 13 by US President Donald Trump: “As set forth in the Vision of Peace, all Muslims who come in peace may visit and pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem’s other holy sites should remain open for peaceful worshippers of all faiths.” The Al Aqsa mosque is a building serving as a mosque built on the Temple Mount, known as the Al Aqsa compound. The declaration made by Netanyahu in 2015 specifically states: “Muslims pray on the Temple Mount; non-Muslims visit the Temple Mount”
***We leave it to readers to analyze the wording of these documents and decide for themselves if there is to be any change in the status quo. Is the wording “Al Aqsa Mosque” meant to refer to the building serving as a mosque or does it encompass the Al Aqsa mosque compound (Temple Mount)?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UyELi_rSqaytgdYmLtEbXN-_zO_Kt9Km/view
http://jordantimes.com/news/local/jordan-summons-israeli-ambassador-demands-end-violations-jerusalem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashemite_custodianship_of_Jerusalem_holy_sites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Aqsa_Mosque
Massive explosion shakes outskirts of Jordanian capital
A series of explosions have lit up the night sky outside the city of Zarqa, northeast of Amman, the capital of Jordan, at a military ammunition depot in Ghabawi. The explosion took place at a warehouse of “unusable mortar bombs” in the Ghabawi area east of Zarqa and was caused by an electrical short, Petra reported citing Jordan’s minister of media affairs Amjad Adaileh. Maps of the area show several army bases are located on the outskirts of Zarqa near the Ghabawi peak. Some social media users rushed to compare the Zarqa explosion to the blast at the port of Beirut, Lebanon last month, when a warehouse filled with ammonium nitrate devastated the port and caused at least 190 deaths and 6,500 injuries. However, there have been no known casualties from the Friday incident, the government said.
Sept. 10, 2020
How Hamas Plans to Destroy Lebanon
Lebanon’s Hezbollah condemns Bahrain move to normalize Israel ties
New Fire Erupts in Beirut Port, Just Weeks After Devastating Blast
The visit of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to Lebanon has sparked outrage in the country. Many Lebanese citizens and officials have expressed the fear that his presence in their country could trigger another war with Israel. Their fear does not seem unjustified. The Lebanese are aware of the disasters Hamas has brought on its people in the Gaza Strip by firing rockets into Israel. The Lebanese are telling Hamas: “If you want to launch terror attacks against Israel, please do not use our country. We are not prepared to pay the price.” The Lebanese have also objected to the return to Lebanon of armed Palestinian groups. The Lebanese appear afraid that Hamas is operating on instructions from Iran to turn Lebanon into a launching pad for firing missiles at Israel. Arab political analysts…. also believe that Iran is preparing to use its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, to target Arab countries that establish relations with Israel, such as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Sept. 14, 2020
US praises Serbia for designating all of Hezbollah a terror group
The US State Department praised Serbia on Sunday for its decision to designate Lebanon’s Shiite Iran-backed Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization. The designation was said to be included in a deal between Serbia and Kosovo reached earlier this month that will also see Pristina establish diplomatic relations with Israel and set up its embassy in Jerusalem. In a statement on Sunday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Serbia’s move was “another significant step limiting this Iranian backed terrorist group’s ability to operate in Europe. “This important action was announced as part of the historic commitments President Trump secured on a wide range of economic normalization issues between Serbia and Kosovo, coupled with the steps both nations are taking to help achieve peace in the Middle East,” he continued.
Sept. 14, 2020
New satellite photos show airstrikes on secret missile facility in Syria
New images reveal evidence of an attack on a secretive missile facility in Syria. The photos, released by ImageSat International on Sunday, show that two structures at Al-Safirah missile factory near Aleppo were hit. ISI assessed an intelligence report that this attack was “intended to weaken the missile production in Syria.” It also says that this factory may have been producing missiles for Hezbollah. Crucial “elements” of the site were hit. The airstrike took place on September 11. It came a week after two other airstrikes in Syria that regime media and others reported. At the missile factory, ISI assesses that the structure played a role in missile production. “The facility, which probably contained explosives, was destroyed.” A second structure, that may have had machinery, was damaged. The Syrian regime and its media have blamed Israel for some airstrikes over the last several years. Tehran has trafficked missiles to Iraq. It has sent precision guided munitions to Hezbollah via Syria. It has also sought to help Hezbollah build factories in Lebanon.
Sept. 14, 2020
Greek and Turkish ships are playing chicken at sea
US prepares to quit strategic Incirlik air base amid increasing Turkish belligerence
Large number of Russian warships deployed between Syria and Cyprus
Last weekend, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan demanded that Greece engage in talks over escalating tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, warning that “They’re either going to understand the language of politics and diplomacy, or in the field with painful experiences.” The Greek government, meanwhile, announced further steps this week to bolster the country’s defenses. Parties are doubling down on dueling interpretations of the law of the sea. The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) asserts that countries may claim a territorial sea extending up to 12 nautical miles (nm) from their coasts, including sovereignty over the offshore oil under those waters. Turkey has never ratified UNCLOS — and specifically rejects the convention’s provision that islands are entitled to continental shelves of their own. Since most of the islands in the Aegean are Greek territory, Turkey uses this legal position to claim rights to offshore oil in waters outside the territorial seas of Greek islands, arguing that this area is part of Turkey’s continental shelf. Greece, a party to UNCLOS, rejects the Turkish position, arguing that the principles in UNCLOS — including the entitlement of islands to continental shelves — have come to represent customary international law and thus also apply to Turkey. Reflecting this stance, Greece argues that Turkey’s recent exploration is on a continental shelf extending from the Greek islands of Crete, Karpathos and Rhodes and thus violates Greece’s sovereign rights.
Sept. 13, 2020
US, Iran to face off at UN’s top court over sanctions
Iran seeks to assassinate US Ambassador to South Africa – report
Iran calls Israel-Bahrain normalization ‘shameful’
The United States and Iran are set to face off at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the World Court, on Monday, over the US pullout from the 2015 nuclear deal. At the head of the matter are the sanctions that the US reimposed on Tehran after withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018; Iran argues the move came as a violation of the 1955 “Treaty of Amity” between the two countries. The coming weeks will see the two countries clash over whether the court, which was established in the wake of World War II to resolve disputes between UN members, has jurisdiction in the matter after Tehran turned to it in 2018. A decision on that issue could take several months, while a final judgment may take years.
Sept. 14, 2020
Afghan-Taliban talks: Government calls for ceasefire
The Afghan government has called for a humanitarian ceasefire with the Taliban, as the first-ever peace talks between the two sides began in Qatar. Abdullah Abdullah, who led the government’s delegation, stressed that there was “no winner through war”. The Taliban did not mention a truce, reiterating instead that Afghanistan should be under Islamic law. The US encouraged both sides to reach an agreement, telling them: “The entire world wants you to succeed”. Afghanistan has seen four decades of conflict, with tens of thousands of civilians killed. The historic talks began on Saturday, one day after the 19th anniversary of the deadly 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks in New York, that led to the US beginning military operations in Afghanistan.
Sept. 12, 2020
Black Lives Matter and NYPD clash after protest stops traffic on George Washington Bridge
Protesters Chant, Block Hospital ER Entrance As Ambushed LA Cops Remain Critical
A Black Lives Matter protest shut down the upper level of the George Washington Bridge on Saturday. BLM supporters and NYPD clashed as police attempted to unblock the George Washington Bridge after traffic was ground to a halt. For about an hour on Saturday night, Black Lives Matter demonstrators marched across the George Washington Bridge to the 34th precinct station house in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. About 100 protesters blocked all cars and trucks from passing. The crowd boasted that they were on the bridge to “shut s*** down!” Agitators used construction cones to block cars from driving on the George Washington Bridge.
Sept. 14, 2020
Lukashenko Tries to Control Protests Ahead of Meeting with Putin
At least 100,000 Belarus protesters flood streets to demand end of Lukashenko
Russia has agreed to lend Belarus $1.5 bln, Putin says at talks with Lukashenko
Lukashenko’s campaign to expel and detain opposition leaders is failing to disrupt increasingly adaptable and sustained protests. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in the fourth weekly women’s march in Minsk on September 12, and over 100,000 marched in Minsk and around the country on September 13. Telegram channel NEXTA intentionally refrained for the first time from publishing instructions for the Sunday march on Saturday night, to prevent security forces from pre-deploying to protest sites. NEXTA did not issue protest instructions until nearly noon on Sunday, directing protests to begin at 2:00 pm local time. NEXTA issued detailed instructions and maps – which tens of thousands of protesters followed – asking protesters to gather in several separate areas around Minsk before converging on key locations, including Lukashenko’s residence and large plazas, from several directions. NEXTA’s flexible control of the protests forced Belarusian security forces to redeploy throughout the day to follow protesters.
Sept. 14, 2020
No one is coming to save the global economy this time
The coronavirus depression will be much worse than the last worldwide recession, because this time no country is strong enough to rescue the global economy. The story of the Great Recession goes like this: the US and Europe were crippled while working to clean up their devastated banking system, the global services sector suffered without its biggest player — the US consumer engine — but global economic growth didn’t completely fall off a cliff because other countries kept money moving around the planet. Over in China policymakers enacted a massive stimulus to skip over the recession entirely. The country’s GDP grew 9.4% in 2009. India chugged along as if the crisis barely happened, with its GDP growing 7.9% in 2009. But this time there is no corner of the globe that has been left untouched by the pandemic or its effects. And so, there’s no country that can reasonably chug along and keep things from getting truly disastrous.
Sept. 13, 2020
Study: Cost Of Living Is Rising Much Faster Than Inflation
I have written many times about inflation and the relationship between money and policy, as well as the difference between inflation (rise in price because of demand leading to greed), and hyperinflation (the loss of faith in a currency that causes prices to rise because of the worthlessness of the means of exchange). What I have been driving at is that much of the “inflation” in the US is not really inflation, but a tacit admission of a future hyperinflation, because prices are not constantly rising because of “demand”, but because the US dollar’s value is going into the trash bin of history. But it is not me who says this, since the facts on which I speak are from analysis that anybody can read and study. As such, Zero Hedge recently put out an article about a Harvard Professor who, likely studying the same data, was forced to conclude the same- that prices are rising much faster than the inflation rate, suggesting not increased demand, but a loss in the value of the currency itself.
Sept. 14, 2020
Chinese Government Combines “Track & Trace” COVID-System With Social Credit Score
The Communist government of China has combined its coronavirus ‘track and trace’ system with the country’s notorious social credit score. Fears that the new COVID surveillance system would be used for “totalitarian social monitoring” are being realized in China. The new system ranks each citizen via a “civilization score” and then places them in a category which determines whether they get priority access to services or are punished and restricted. The new system represents an expansion of the social credit score and is being initially rolled out in the city of Suzhou and will apply to everyone over the age of 18. In August 2019, the Communist state bragged about how it had prevented 2.5 million “discredited entities” from purchasing plane tickets and 90,000 people from buying high speed train tickets in the month of July alone. As we document in the video below, the onerous social credit score system is literally designed to punish and socially ostracize dissidents who express controversial opinions. In the age of social media deplatforming, an identical system is gradually being introduced in the west, where people who have been banned by social media networks for ‘offensive’ views are then also deplatformed by companies and banks.
Sept. 12, 2020
***A review: CBDC’s (centralized bank digital currencies) vs. Cryptocurrency
CBDC is digital FIAT money, a currency established as money by government regulation, monetary authority or law. Cryptocurrency is NOT a form of government issued fiat money and does not exist in physical form; it is a digital asset that works as a medium of exchange (goods for items and services) through ledger technology in the form of a database. For further information, please research both of these terms.
Report Says Three Countries May Replace Their Currencies With CBDCs in the Next 10 Years
No one can refuse China’s digital currency, says central bank exec
Mastercard Launches Testing Environment For Central Banks And Digital Currencies
Retail CBDC launch considered by ECB
Should the rise of CBDC be a concern?
Various central banks all across the whole world are working on introducing their own Central Bank Digital Currencies including the Central Bank of China, Japanese central bank, and European central bank. And they aim to launch their respective CBDCs as soon as possible. Meanwhile, a research company based in Europe has claimed in a new report that there are at least three to five countries that are planning on replacing their fiat currencies with central bank digital currencies within the duration of the next ten years. the report outlined some of the countries that are very near to launch their CBDCs. These include China that has completed the development of its central bank digital currency known as Digital Yuan and is currently conducting pilot trials on its DP/EC in various major cities of the country. The central bank of China is expected to launch the digital Yuan next year. Apart from this, Sweden is also very near to release its central bank digital currency known as digital Krona. Sweden started the testing phase of digital Krona at the beginning of the year 2020 and conducted some trials. The country aims at removing the usage of cash by replacing it with e-Krona. In the report, the research company also highlighted the fact that if the digital Euro does not get launched by the year 2025 there is likely a chance that the digital Yuan of China may overtake it. Even though there have been mixed reactions following the rise of CBDCs, the fact remains that most countries are adopting it. The launch of the digital currencies is noted as an advantage to the government as they would be able to monitor how cash is deployed carefully. CBDC provides some critical features that physical currency doesn’t possess as it can be monitored and be shared amongst people that are deserving of the currency while leaving out others. Another factor associated with the rise of CBDC is social credit. Citizens of a country should follow the rules of the state before they are allowed to own digital currency. In the words of analyst Andrew Torba, if the ruling party in China doesn’t find you worthy of holding the digital currency, you will be robbed of your right to buy food, take a bus, and some other amenities.
Sept. 14, 2020
Ronald McDonald and Burger King Mascot Share Kiss in ‘Love Conquers All’ Ad
‘Transsexual Satanist anarchist’ wins GOP nomination for New Hampshire county sheriff
New French Film “A Good Man” features a trans-man giving birth
A new Finnish ad campaign by Burger King celebrates LGBTQ pride by showing the fast food chain’s mascot kissing its rival McDonald’s mascot, Ronald McDonald. The ad is appropriately called, “Love Conquers All.” The ad campaign, which shows the two burger icons forming a heart, was launched by Burger King Finland as the brand serves as the official partner for Helsinki Pride, which is taking place until September 13. In a statement to Adweek, Burger King Finland’s brand manager Kaisa Kasila said that the design was a reflection of the values Burger King has always held dear. “Burger King has always stood for equality, love and everyone’s right to be just the way they are,” she said.
Sept. 12, 2020
“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” Romans 1:28-32
U.N. Chooses Teen Prostitution Advocate for Top Human Rights Post
Reading? Math? Nah — let’s teach kids how to put on a condom
Sex education: ‘We put a condom on a banana – but didn’t know why’
The U.N. has tapped a former abortionist and advocate for teen prostitution to its top post of expert on health and human rights. According to a report at international human rights watchdog organization C-Fam, South African Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng has risen quickly at the U.N., from “sexual health and rights advocate” to the top post of Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, a role that will give her a global platform to urge the decriminalization of the sex trade. “Mofokeng’s reports advancing sexual rights, including the legalizing of prostitution, will likely be cited as authoritative interpretations of human rights law by U.N. agencies and like-minded Member States,” C-Fam observed. Last year, Mofokeng, author of Dr. T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure, and host of television show Sex Talk with Dr. T. created a firestorm following publication of her article at Teen Vogue that encouraged teen girls to consider “sex work.” As C-Fam reported in July, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation praised Mofokeng for her leadership in the area of family planning in 2016.
Sept. 12, 2020
Persecution Of Christians Is Escalating Dramatically All Over The World
All over the globe, thousands upon thousands of Christians are being ruthlessly killed simply because of what they believe. But if you only rely on corporate-controlled media sources for your news, you literally never hear about this relentless persecution. In fact, in this article I don’t link to a single mainstream news source. I had to go to Christian news websites to document what I am about to share with you, because the mainstream media avoids stories such as these like the plague.
Sept. 8, 2020
The CDC Admits Cloth Masks Are Not Effective
Face Masks Pose Serious Risks to the Healthy
For the last several weeks, wildfires have been ravaging the State of California. The CDC admits Cloth masks that are used to slow the spread of COVID-19 offer little protection against wildfire smoke. They do not catch small particles found in wildfire smoke that can harm your health. Limit your time outside when it’s smoky. Learn how you can protect yourself from wildfire smoke. They just told us that smoke particulates are too small to be stopped by a cloth mask. While N95 masks will protect up to 95% of particles, down to .1 microns in size. A quick Google search will tell us that smoke particles and debris are usually .4 to .7 microns in size. According to the CDC, cloth masks are not effective in stopping materials that size. Another quick Google search will tell us that the Wuhan Virus is .12 microns in size, about a quarter in size of the smoke and fire debris particulate. Even if we factor for the “respiratory droplets” that are allegedly to blame for the spread of coronavirus, those droplets are as small as .5 microns
Sept. 14, 2020
Four Massachusetts Communities Labeled as High Risk for West Nile Virus
European Centre for Disease: 2020 West Nile virus transmission
Two eastern Washington residents infected with West Nile virus
West Nile virus found in Norfolk mosquitoes
Miami-Dade now reports over 50 cases of West Nile virus after 5 new cases announced
Death toll from West Nile outbreak in Spain climbs to four
Four communities in Middlesex County are now considered high risk for the West Nile virus, health officials said. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced four more human cases of the West Nile virus, bringing the total number in the state this year to seven. All four people were exposed in Middlesex County, officials said. The health department said Cambridge, Newton, Somerville and Watertown have been elevated to high risk for the mosquito-borne disease. There were five human cases of West Nile virus infection in Massachusetts last year. Meanwhile in Europe, since the start of the 2020 transmission season and as of 10 September 2020, EU Member States have reported 173 human cases of WNV infection and 15 deaths through TESSy: Greece (91, including 12 deaths), Spain (49, including 3 deaths), Italy (29) and Romania (4). All cases were reported from areas that have been affected during previous transmission seasons. No cases have been reported from EU-neighbouring countries. Since the beginning of the 2020 transmission season, 60 outbreaks among equids have been reported. These outbreaks have been reported by Spain (51, including 29 in the province of Seville), Italy (6), France (1), Portugal (1) and Germany (1) through ADNS. No outbreaks among birds have been reported through ADNS.
Sept. 14, 2020
Hurricane “Paulette” intensifying on its way toward Bermuda
Tropical Storm Teddy forms in central Atlantic
5 Tropical Cyclones In Atlantic Simultaneously…
Tropical Storm “Sally” formed at 18:00 UTC on September 12, 2020, as the earliest 18th named Atlantic storm, beating the previous record set by Stan on September 22, 2005. At the time it formed, Sally’s center was located about 60 km (35 miles) SSE of Naples, Florida. Before it was officially named, Sally was known as Tropical Depression 19 — TD19 made landfall at 06:00 UTC on September 12 just south of Miami, Florida with winds of 55 km/h (35 mph) and a pressure of 1 007 hPa. At 06:00 UTC on September 13 (02:00 EDT), the center of Tropical Storm “Sally” was located about 130 km (80 miles) WSW of Port Charlotte, Florida, and 620 km (385 miles) ESE of the Mouth of the Mississippi River. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h (45 mph) and minimum central pressure of 1 003 hPa. It was moving WNW at 13 km/h (8 mph). Further strengthening is expected over the next couple of days, and Sally is forecast to become a hurricane on Monday, with some additional strengthening possible through early Tuesday. A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for the Mouth of the Mississippi River to the Alabama/Florida Border, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, and Lake Borgne, Mobile Bay.
Sept. 14, 2020
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