Wednesday, October 11, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 10/11/2023 IRANIAN, SAUDI LEADERS TALK, EMERGENCY WAR GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL, ZELENSKY GETS MORE AID IN BRUSSELS, MUSK'S "X" ACCUSED OF SPREADING DISINFORMATION OVER ISRAEL WAR

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)





The War In Israel with a dramatic false alarm today but first...





                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




"Islamic unity was stressed & both believed the regime's crimes & the US green light will cause destructive insecurity for the regime & backers"



The social media message of an Iranian official following the conversation between President Ebrahim Raeisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman...



                          PRESS TV IRAN



                     NATIONAL REVIEW






Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announcing intensified aerial operations in Iraq and Syria against Kurdish forces...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ...



In northeastern Syria local Kurdish leaders say that the Turkish military operations there has damaged large portions of the power and oil industry there harming the economy...ASHARQ AL-ASWAT SAUDI ARABIA






TURKEY (TURKIYE) INVOLVED IN TALKS SEEKING RELEASE OF CIVILIANS HELD BY HAMAS IN GAZA.



A SENIOR TURKISH OFFICIAL SAYS THE TALKS WERE ORDERED BY PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN...DAILY MAIL UK





The Turkish Anadolu News Agency says that Hamas freed an Israeli woman and two children from captivity in Gaza...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE (TURKEY)...The video aired by Qatar based Al Jazeera and seen in Israel as propaganda.   


The incident happened last Saturday...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...


More news related to the War in Israel later in the summary.





More than 400 migrants using boats reaching Spain's Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa.



Last month 3,500 migrants arrived in the islands.


The number of migrants reaching Spanish territory up 20 percent this year...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





POLITICS IN THE US AN MRG POLL SAYS DONALD TRUMP LEADS JOE BIDEN 42 TO 35 PERCENT IN THE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE OF MICHIGAN.


AND HERE IN ANOTHER KEY BATTLEGROUND STATE PENNSYLVANIA THE EMERSON POLL SHOWS TRUMP LEADING BIDEN 45 TO 36 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS






More US politics insider Steve Scalise the number two Republican in the US House has been selected as House Speaker by the Republicans in the House.



Scalise defeating House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan endorsed by President Trump for that post...JOHN GIZZI-NEWSMAX






ISRAELI POLITICS THE FORMATION OF AN EMERGENCY WAR GOVERNMENT.


THIS EXPANSION OF ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT INCLUDES THE NATIONAL UNITY PARTY OF FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER AND ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF BENNY GANTZ.



OPPOSITION LEADER YAIR LAPID REFUSING TO JOIN THE EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT.


LAPID DEMANDING REMOVAL OF NATIONALISTS FROM THE CABINET NAMELY FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH AND NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR FROM THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT.



THE NATIONALISTS WILL BE KEPT OUT OF THE INNER CIRCLE THE 'WAR CABINET' THAT WILL INVOLVE PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, BENNY GANTZ AND CURRENT DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT.



OBSERVERS AT THE 'WAR CABINET' WILL BE FORMER IDF CHIEF OF STAFF GADI EISENKOT AND STRATEGIC AFFAIRS MINISTER FORMER AMBASSADOR TO THE US RON DERMER...TIMES OF ISRAEL



More on the War in Israel later...



UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY IN BRUSSELS GETTING SUPPORT FROM NATO COUNTRIES.



CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER BILL BLAIR COMMITTING 25 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SUPPORT (18.37 MILLION US DOLLARS).



THIS INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM ARTILLERY SHELLS TO BOMBS FOR AIRCRAFT...CBC NEWS CANADA


More on the Ukraine War Against Russia later...




The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 65.57 points.




The NASDAQ up 96.83 points.


At 439 pm New York Time the price of oil 83 dollars and 73 cents a barrel down two dollars and 24 cents...MARKETWATCH




The military government in Niger ordering the top United Nations diplomat to leave the country...REUTERS-CGTN CHINA




AUSTRALIAN JOURNALIST CHENG LEI RELEASED BY CHINESE AUTHORITIES AND RETURNED HOME TO AUSTRALIA.



SHE WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST OF 2020 WHILE WORKING AT CHINESE MEDIA OUTLET 'CGTN'.




CHENG ACCUSED OF PASSING STATE SECRETS OVERSEAS...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA





The European Union claiming that the "X" social media platform is spreading "illegal content and disinformation" in connection with the War in Israel and other matters.



EU official Thierry Breton saying his concern is heightened following the Hamas-led attack on Israel last weekend.   Breton writing to "X" owner Elon Musk demanding a response within 24 hours to his complaint...AFP FRANCE-MALAY MAIL



Polling ahead of New Zealand's election this Saturday shows a tightening race between the two major parties.   


This polling done for "The Guardian" based in the UK.



The Labour Party of Prime Minister Chris Hipkins who replaced Jacinda Ardern earlier this year now at 30.3 percent of the popular vote after scoring 26.9 percent last month.



The opposition National Party led by Christopher Luxon at 34 percent slightly lower than recorded last month.



New Zealand's 120-member parliament elected in 72 single-member seats with 48 seats subject to a nationwide proportional system.



This brings third parties into play the ACT Party of Libertarian David Seymour losing support in this latest poll scoring 7.9 percent down from 10.3 percent last month.



But there is a surge in support for the populist New Zealand First Party of former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters now at 8.2 percent up from 6 percent last month.



The Green Party at 10.6 percent support down from 11 percent and the Te Pati Maori Party is at 1.9 percent down from 2.5 percent.



The Other party category showing 3.4 percent and Unsure at 3.8 percent...THE GUARDIAN UK





                     THE WAR IN ISRAEL

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)





        GAZA POWER STATION RUNS OUT OF FUEL





ALERT SIRENS IN NORTHERN ISRAEL THIS EVENING TURN OUT TO BE FALSE ALARM




ANTI-TANK MISSILE FIRED AT ISRAEL FROM LEBANON





                  1,200 ISRAELIS NOW REPORTED DEAD





              MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





                              ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





                                     TIMES OF ISRAEL





                                     BBC NEWS BLOG







Fuel has run out for the only power station in Gaza...(BBC News)





Alert sirens activated in northern Israel this evening after suspected air infiltration from Lebanon...(BBC News)...



That infiltration suspected of coming from paragliders first reports say 15 to 20 of them were sighted entering Israel.


But we are now told that there was an alarm malfunction...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






Palestinian authorities now report more than one thousand dead in Gaza as a result of the Israeli military operation there...(BBC News)


Israel launching strikes on Lebanon after an anti-tank missile was fired at an Israeli border post...(Times of Israel)



Israeli public broadcaster "Kan" now says that 1,200 were killed in the assault by Hamas and Islamic Jihad on southern Israel last weekend...(BBC News)







   THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




TWO KILLED, TWO OTHER PEOPLE HURT WHEN DRONE DEBRIS FELL IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA TONIGHT



UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN IN WESTERN RUSSIA


                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Tonight two people killed, two others hurt in southwestern Russia when debris from a shot down drone started a fire at a home.


The drone shot down as it approached Belgorod...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






Two Ukrainian drones shot down in western Russia's Bryansk Region early this morning...TASS RUSSIA




In other news...




Flights cancelled at London's Luton Airport this morning after a major fire at one of the airport's parking lots.


Numerous cars burned in the blaze...BBC NEWS










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