Wednesday, October 18, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 10/18/2023 BIDEN PROMISING LIMITED AID TO GAZA, TRUMP SAYS BIDEN IS ENABLER OF HAMAS AND IRAN, RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS US LONG RANGE MISSILES FOR UKRAINE "GROSS MISTAKE"

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)




In the face of mass protests over the hospital explosion in Gaza Israel flying its ambassador and embassy staff home from Morocco...TIMES OF ISRAEL





                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




The Russian military in Syria reporting 12 violations of airspace in the last 24 hours by the US-led coalition.



They include drones, warplanes and an MC-12W spy plane used by the US Air Force...TASS RUSSIA



MORE THAN 300 ARRESTS  (ABC News) AT THE US CAPITOL AS PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS DEMANDING A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA ENTERED THE BUILDING...FREE REPUBLIC POST-DAILY MAIL MSN STORY




At the US House today 22 Republican members refusing to support Jim Jordan for House Speaker...FREE REPUBLIC POST-DISCUSSION




US POLITICS TWO NEW POLLS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE ONE FROM THE ECCONOMIST/YOU GOV. SHOWS JOE BIDEN AT 43 PERCENT, DONALD TRUMP AT 42 PERCENT.



THE OTHER FROM CNBC SHOWS TRUMP AT 46 PERCENT AND BIDEN AT 42 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS




Here in the US at least 189 bodies discovered at what was called a "Green Funeral Home".



More decaying bodies now found than the 115 originally believed to be at "The Return To Nature Funeral Home" in Penrose.


The scene called "horrific" and "hazardous"...BBC NEWS



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial average down 332.57 or .98 percent.



The NASDAQ fell 219.44 points of 1.62 percent in value.


At 422 pm New York Time the price of oil is 88 dollars and 12 cents barrel up one dollar and 46 cents...MARKETWATCH



A supplier of fruit to grocery store chains including Kroger, Walmart, Wegmans and Whole Foods filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.


Prima Wawona provides apricots, peaches and plums among other products.


The company saying its filing should not affect delivery and supply...SUPERMARKET NEWS



IN FRANCE THE 'COUNCIL OF STATE' WHICH ACTS IN PART AS A SUPREME COURT RULING AGAINST A SYSTEMATIC BAN OF PRO-PALESTIANIAN PROTESTS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK BY INTERIOR MINISTER GERALD DARMANIN.



THE COUNCIL SAYS THAT LOCAL PREFECTS OF POLICE MUST EVALUATE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS WHETHER THE PRO-PALESTIANIANS PROTESTS PROPOSED TO THEM CONSTITUTE A RISK OF DISTURBANCE TO THE PUBLIC ORDER...(BFM-TV France)



At the UN Security Council a resolution proposed by Brazil regarding the War In Israel vetoed by the US the only nation to oppose it.


12 nations supporting the resolution including Russia, China, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates.



Russia and the UK abstained.



The resolution condemned Hamas attacks on Israel and called for an end to violence and humanitarian aid for Gaza...PRESS TRUST OF INDIA-HINDUSTAN TIMES


 


IN US FEDERAL COURT IN ALABAMA JORAN VAN DER SLOOT ENTERING A GUILTY PLEA FOR EXTORTING THE MOTHER OF NATHALEE HOLLOWAY.


VAN DER SLOOT GIVEN A 20 YEAR SENTENCE AS PART OF A PLEA DEAL.


THE DEAL REQUIRING A FULL CONFESSION FROM HIM REGARDING HIS CONNECTION WITH THE 2005 DISAPPEARANCE OF HOLLOWAY ON THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF ARUBA AND THE EXTORTION OF HER FAMILY.


VAN DER SLOOT ADMITTING TO THE MURDER OF NATHALEE HOLLOWAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visiting North Korea.   His visit may be paving the way for one by Russian President Vladimir Putin...TASS RUSSIA




"Every step of the way, Joe Biden has empowered and emboldened America's enemies the world over--and clearly none more so than the terrorist group Hamas, and their bloodthirsty sponsor, the villainous regime in Iran"


The words of President Trump as Joe Biden stages public appearances in Israel today following the brutal Hamas attack of October 7th.



Mr. Trump also saying that:




"The only thing Biden is good at is the weaponization of the justice system against his opponents"...



       NEWSWEEK TRUMP OPINION PIECE




CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING HAILING SUCCESS AT THE BELT AND ROAD FORUM IN BEIJING.



XI SAYING THAT MORE THAN 97 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BUSINESS DEALS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED AT THE FORUM DRAWING REPRESENTATIVES FROM DOZENS OF COUNTRIES...TASS RUSSIA...




RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ON HAND AS WELL AS SERBIAN PRESIDENT ALEKSANDAR VUCIC AND HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN.




LEADERS OF AFRICAN, ASIAN AND SOUTH PACIFIC NATIONS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE.




UN SECRETARY GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES HAS ALSO SPOKEN TO THE FORUM...BBC NEWS BLOG




"The White House decision to send long range missiles to the Ukrainians is a gross mistake.



The consequences of this step, which was deliberately concealed from the public, will be of the most serious nature"



The comments of Russia's Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov after Ukrainian forces used long-range ATACMS missiles on the battlefield of the Ukraine War Against Russia.



The White House now saying that the US missiles with a range of 165 kilometers (102.5 miles) were sent to Ukraine secretly in recent weeks...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                        WAR IN ISRAEL

                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




EGYPT TO BE ALLOWED TO SEND IN 20 TRUCKS WITH RELIEF AID TO GAZA



ONE MAN WOUNDED IN ROCKET ATTACK FROM LEBANON




ISRAEL SAYS AID CAN ENTER GAZA FROM EGYPT BUT NOT REACH HAMAS



BIDEN ANNOUNCES AID FOR GAZA AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY



ISRAEL RELASES RECORDING OF CONVERSATION SAYING THIS PROVIDES FURTHER PROOF TO ISLAMIC JIHAD INVOLVEMENT IN HOSPITAL ATTACK IN GAZA




HUMANITARIAN AREA DESIGNATED ALONG MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF GAZA



WAR IN ISRAEL COMMENTARY: Whatever Joe Biden has to say...




            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





                           ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





                                 TIMES OF ISRAEL





                                  BBC NEWS BLOG





According to Joe Biden 20 trucks of relief aid will be allowed into Gaza daily from Egypt.



But Biden saying if the aid gets to Hamas no more aid will be allowed in.


UN officials say 100 trucks of aid will be needed for Gaza each day.


Egyptian President Abdel Fatteh al Sisi confirming the opening of an aid corridor...(BBC News)





One man wounded this evening in a rocket attack on Israel from Lebanon...TIMES OF ISRAEL...Israel says it eliminated a squad firing mortars from Lebanon and that defense fighters intercepted four of nine rocket launches from Lebanon...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





There is word that Israel will allow humanitarian aid from Egypt to enter Gaza but that no such aid should reach Hamas...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





Joe Biden announcing 100 million dollars in aid for Gaza and the Palestinian Authority...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





Israel releasing a recorded conversation saying this provides further proof that the Islamic Jihad group launched the rocket that struck a hospital in Gaza last evening killing and wounding hundreds of people...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




Israel designating a small area of Gaza along the Mediterranean coast as a "humanitarian area" where international relief will be provided...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA


RUSSIA DOWNS UKRAINIAN MISSILES OVER CRIMEA



                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Two converted S-200 anti-aircraft missiles shot down by Russian air defenses over Crimea.


No injuries or damage reported...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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