Tuesday, October 17, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/17/2023 US HOUSE SPEAKER VOTE, INDIA'S SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE, WILL US TROOPS BE PART OF HUMANITARIAN DEAL FOR GAZA? CHINA BELT AND ROAD SUMMIT

 


                              (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




The War In Israel and the rising anger over a deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital but first...





                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




POLICE IN BELGIUM KILLED THE MUSLIM MAN SUSPECTED IN THE MURDER OF TWO SWEDES IN BRUSSELS LAST NIGHT....BBC NEWS




An agreement reached at talks between the Communist government of Venezuela and an opposition faction.



The agreement is to work towards basic conditions for Venezuela's next Presidential election in the second half of 2024.



The Biden Administration committed to partial sanctions relief for Venezuela in connection with this and other agreements...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS





IN NEW MEXICO PROSECUTORS INTEND TO RECHARGE ACTOR ALEC BALDWIN WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN THE 2021 SHOOTING INCIDENT ON A MOVIE SET.



CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS KILLED.



A DECISION WAS MADE EARLIER THIS YEAR TO DROP THE INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE AGAINST BALDWIN.    IT WAS SUGGESTED THE FIREWARM INVOLVED WAS NOT WORKING.



BUT NEW TESTING INDICATING IT IS WORKING PROPERLY



THE CASE WILL BE PRESENTED TO A GRAND JURY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT MONTH...THE GUARDIAN-UK




Joe Biden's Middle East tour plan totally disrupted tonight as Jordan and the Palestinians will not meet with him following the massive explosion at a Palestinian hospital in Gaza...NBC NEWS



It's an explosion the Palestinians blame on Israel with Israel saying that the Islamic Jihad group tried to launch a rocket towards Israel but it failed striking the hospital.



Tonight Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas saying that Israel has "crossed all red lines"...(BBC News)...



Joe Biden says the US will investigate the explosion.


Biden saying he will ask Israel "tough questions"...(Israel National News)...



Mass protests in the Middle East over the hospital explosion incident along with a massive protest tonight in Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)...








The United Arab Emirates and Russia calling for a UN Security Council meeting on the incident tomorrow...TASS RUSSIA





POLITICS IN THE USA THE ATTEMPT TO SELECT A NEW US HOUSE SPEAKER.



THE FIRST VOTE THIS AFTERNOON REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN OF OHIO FALLING JUST SHORT WITH OPPOSITION FROM 'MODERATE' REPUBLICANS.


20 OF THEM CHOSE NOT TO SUPPORT HIM...(News Agencies)




SPAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER PROTESTING TO ISRAEL'S AMBASSADOR OVER THE ACCUSATION THAT SOME SPANISH GOVERNMENT MINISTERS SUPPORT HAMAS.


FOREIGN MINISTER JOSE MANUEL ALBARES SAYING HE IS 'PROFOUNDLY UPSET' OVER THE STATEMENT OF ISRAEL'S EMBASSY SAYING THAT 'SOME MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT' HAVE 'CHOSEN TO ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH THIS ISIS-LIKE TERRORISM'...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)




The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 13.14 points.




The NASDAQ down 34.24 points.


At 429 pm New York Time the price of oil 87 dollars and 19 cents a barrel up 54 cents...MARKETWATCH



Sweden investigating damage to an undersea telecommunication cable.


The cable between Sweden and Estonia damaged close to same time a natural gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia sustained damage.



Swedish Civil Defense Minister Karl-Oscar Bolin says the damage occurred at the Estonian end of the link...TASS RUSSIA




Climate activist Greta Thunberg detained as a protest in London today.   Thunberg joining a group blocking access to the "Energy Intelligence Forum" linking the fossil fuel industry to government policy makers...AL JAZEERA QATAR





The Supreme Court in India did not legalize same-sex marriage today amidst much Mainstream Media speculation about its decision.



The court said that Indian lawmakers must make the decision.    The court's decision does not all either marriage of civil unions for gay people.




In its decision the court spoke of the need to respect the rights of LGBTQ+ people.


It will set a committee to consider those rights...ANI NEWS INDIA...BBC NEWS BLOG




IN CHINA FOREIGN LEADERS INCLUDING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ON HAND FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHINA'S 'BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE' TO EXPAND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND TRADE...TASS RUSSIA...



MR. PUTIN MET TODAY WITH HUNGARY'S PRESIDENT VIKTOR ORBAN WITH ORBAN URGING AN END TO THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA AND ALSO STRESSING HUNGARY'S PLANS TO CONTINUE ITS ENERGY RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA...TASS RUSSIA





The information war against China and a link reported between products from the Chinese fishing industry and forced labor.



A "journalism" platform called "The Outlaw Ocean Project" behind the research.   It claims that forced laborers in Chinese fishing are subjected to conditions sometimes lead to death...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





One killed and six wounded in a grenade attack in Karachi, Pakistan...ANI NEWS INDIA





                   THE WAR IN ISRAEL




PALESTINIANS SAY THREE THOUSAND KILLED, MORE THAN 12,000 WOUNDED IN GAZA




THREE INJURED IN MISSILE FIRING FROM LEBANON



ISRAEL SEEKS 10 BILLION IN US EMERGENCY AID




US SEEKING TO APPEASE ARAB LEADERS WITH HUMANITARIAN INTIATIVE IN GAZA

  


            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                             ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                    TIMES OF ISRAEL




                                     BBC NEWS BLOG]





Israeli authorities arresting 83 Palestinians in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank).    



51 of those arrested said to be linked to the Hamas organization...MAARIV ISRAEL





Rockets fired from Gaza at central and southern Israel this evening...(Maariv Israel)






Tonight the Palestinian authorities say that 500 people have been killed in an Israeli attack on a hospital...(BBC News)...



Israel blames the blast on the Islamic Jihad group...(Israel National News)





The Palestinian Health Ministry saying that three thousand have been killed and more than 12,000 wounded during the Israeli bombing and raids into Gaza.


The World Health Organization saying that there is an urgent need for medical supplies and aid to reach Gaza...(BBC News)




Three wounded after an anti-tank missile was fired from Lebanon into northern Israel today.


Israel firing artillery into southern Lebanon...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



The New York Times reports Israel is seeking 10 billion dollars in emergency US aid...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




After lengthy talks with Israeli leaders Monday, the US cutting a deal said to be dealing with humanitarian concerns in Gaza.


The details of the deal not clear...(BBC News)...


There has been talk of US troops going to the Middle East for medical and security purposes in the last 24 hours some two thousand in total another two thousand US Marines getting close to the area as well...(Comment)



Israel striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon early this morning...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS







    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA





UKRAINE USING LONG RANGE ATACMS MISSILES PROVIDED BY US





                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Ukraine is using long range ATACMS missiles provided by the United States.


 Russia says they have been used on the battlefield in the last 24 hours...TASS RUSSIA...




The White House confirms that ATACMS missiles with a 165-kilometer (102.5 mile) range have been provided to Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA




In other news...




In the UK Conservative MP Peter Bone recommended for a six-week suspension over alleged bullying and sexual misconduct that occurred over 10 years ago.


Mr. Bone denies the allegations saying they are "without foundation"...BBC NEWS

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