Wednesday, January 17, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 1/17/2024 NEW STRIKES ON YEMEN, JAVIER MILEI DAVOS STAR, UK INFATION RISE, BIDEN RESUMES TRUMP TERRORIST DESIGNATION FOR HOUTHIS

 


                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WENDESDAY EVENING)



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Pakistan has launched attacks on militants in eastern Iran following Iranian strikes on a terrorist group in Pakistan on Tuesday...INDIA TODAY




A DRONE ATTACK ON A US BASE IN SYRIA.   THAT ACCORDING TO HEZBOLLAH AFFILIATED MEDIA IN LEBANON...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



More US-UK attacks on Yemen tonight...BNO NEWS "X" VIDEO EMBED...



US Central Command saying it destroyed Yemeni (Houthi) missiles loaded and ready to be fired some 14 in total...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"



UKRAINIAN DRONES HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN IN THE MOSCOW AND LENINGRAD REGIONS OF RUSSIA LATE TONIGHT.


ONE DRONE SHOT DOWN IN EACH REGION...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




BRITISH PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK ABLE TO DEFEAT 'RIGHT-WING REBELS' IN THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY HIS IMMIGRATION BILL PASSING 320 TO 276 VOTES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.


THE NEW LEGISLATION REPLACES AN EARLIER LAW STRUCK DOWN AS TOO STRICT BY THE UK SUPREME COURT.



THE GOVERNMENT'S BILL "CONTROVERSIAL" FOR ALLOWING MIGRANTS TO BE SENT TO THE AFRICAN NATION OF RWANDA.


BUT THIS NEW LEGISLATION LIKELY TO BE CHALLENGED AGAIN IN COURT...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL



In Maine Kennebec County Superior Court putting a hold on Democrat Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruling that President Donald Trump cannot appear on the ballot.


The court deferring a final ruling until the US Supreme Court weighs in on the appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that removed President Trump from the ballot in there...MAINE NEWS TODAY



The former President of the South American nation of Suriname remains a wanted man tonight.


Searches have been conducted for Desi Bouterse and another man who were supposed to report to prison last Friday.


Bouterse given a 20-year sentence in connection with murders committed in 1982.



Bouterse was then the military ruler of Suriname he later served as an elected President.



Suriname on the northern coast of South America near Venezuela and there is speculation Bouterse may have fled there...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




TONIGHT IRAN IS TOUTING THE ATTACK ON ERBIL, IRAQ MONDAY NIGHT USING SEVEN BALLISTIC MISSILES.


THE IRANIANS SAY THAT A KEY ISRAELI MOSSAD AGENT WAS KILLED.   THE AGENT NAMED ILAN NICKNAMED "FOX".


FOUR MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM ALSO DIED IN THE ATTACK ACCORDING TO IRAN...PRESS TV IRAN



Health news related to the British Royal Family.


 Catherine, Princess of Wales, will be hospitalized for up to 14 days after 'abdominal surgery'...BBC NEWS...


Meanwhile King Charles is to undergo a 'corrective procedure' next week for an enlarged prostate.    His condition is described as 'benign'...AL JAZEERA QATAR





TONIGHT A DRONE STRIKING A SHIP IN WATERS SOUTHEAST OF YEMEN.  A FIRE ONBOARD PUT OUT...ROYAL NAVY UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 94.45 points.



The NASDAQ down 88.73 points or .59 percent.


At 445 pm New York Time the price of oil 72 dollars and 79 cents a barrel up 39 cents...MARKETWATCH



China rejecting a request from Ukraine for a meeting between Prime Minister Li Qiang and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland...TASS RUSSIA


Also in Davos Javier Milei a featured personality.


The recently elected President of Argentina giving a special address at the World Economic Forum.



Milei advocating for all out "free enterprise" capitalism as a means to reduce global poverty...BNN BREAKING



INFLATION UP TO FOUR PERCENT IN UK.   THE RATE OF INFLATION WAS EXPECTED TO BE LOWER.


RISING ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO PRICES BEING BLAMED...BBC NEWS BLOG



Latest reports say at least 20 people killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Thailand...THE INDEPENDENT UK (EARLIER STORY)



At  least two killed and 77 others hurt in an explosion in the southern Nigerian city of Ibadan.  More than a dozen buildings involved with search and rescue operations underway...ASSOCIATED PRESS-AFRICA NEWS




Today the United States designating Ansarallah Islam movement (Houthis) of Yemen as a terrorist organization...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"...



Officials in Washington told the Associated Press that Joe Biden was set to redesignate the Houthi movement in Yemen as a terrorist organization.


The Biden Administration took down designation of the Houthis as a terrorist group instituted by President Donald Trump in the days before he was replaced by Biden in 2021...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




At the World Economic Forum in Davos US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan saying:



"Today we will live through the first years of a new era"



Sullivan speaking of more interdependent nations and a fierce competition to build a new world...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




             THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


          MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                            ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL













  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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