Sunday, March 17, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 3/17/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND EU CUTS MIGRANT-RELATED DEAL WITH EGYPT, NETANYAHU SAYS SCHUMER CALL FOR NEW GOV'T 'INAPPROPRIATE', BIGGEST ERUPTION YET IN ICELAND, RUSSIAN ELECTION

 


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                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




The US government has conducted a charter flight out of Haiti with more than 30 US citizens on board.


The flight leaving the northern port city of Cap-Haitien and landing in Miami.



The US State Department continuing to monitor the civil unrest in Haiti and considering additional options to evacuate Americans...ABC NEWS USA




NORTH KOREA LAUNCHING SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES MONDAY MORNING.


AT LEAST THREE PROJECTILES FIRED EASTWARDS INTO THE SEA OF JAPAN (EAST SEA).


THEY FLEW AROUND 300 KILOMETERS BEFORE LANDING...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA





NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg visiting the nation of  Azerbaijan in the Caucasus.



Stoltenberg met Azeri President Ilham Aliyev.



Azerbaijan is a close ally of Turkey a NATO member and has received military aid from Israel.  It borders Iran to its South, Armenia and Georgia on its West and Russia on its north...AZERNEWS



                  TRUMP: JOE BIDEN 'BAD FOR ISRAEL'


TRUMP SAYS HE WILL ACT QUICKLY ON PEACE IN UKRAINE RIGHT AFTER ELECTION WIN



The message from President Donald Trump in a Fox News interview.   Mr. Trump saying it appears that Joe Biden is more interested in Pro-Palestinian votes in the US than the people of Israel.


Mr. Trump urging Israel to 'finish the job' in Gaza.


Trump urging Prime Minister Netanyahu to quickly finish the war so peace can happen.     


President Trump promising quick action towards peace in Ukraine if he wins the election in November.   Action before he takes office in January...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS






(Updated) The vote count in Russia tonight.  With more than 99 percent tallied incumbent President Vladimir Putin has 87.33 percent of the votes counted...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA






THE EUROPEAN UNION CONCLUDING A 7.4 BILLION EURO (8.056 BILLION US DOLLAR) DEAL WITH EGYPT RELATED TO CONTROLLING MIGRATION.


THE AID PACKAGE IS MOSTLY LOANS TO SUPPORT EGYPTS MONEY SHORTAGE.



BUT THERE IS ALSO DIRECT AID TO STOP MIGRANTS FROM GOING TO EUROPE THROUGH EGYPT...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's speech calling for a new government in Israel was "totally inappropriate".



Netanyahu speaking in an interview with CNN also said:



"It's inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there"...REUTERS-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE (CLICK PAST AD)...



Mr. Netanyahu also appeared on Fox News this morning saying Schumer's remarks "are wholly inappropriate".



He also said that new elections won't be "foisted on us".


In his remarks today Mr. Netanyahu saying that especially in wartime it is wrong to force a change in government.


Schumer's Thursday remarks slamming Israel's current government and calling for change were endorsed by Joe Biden on Friday...TIMES OF ISRAEL





IN AFGHANISTAN 21 DEAD AND 11 OTHERS INJURED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.


THE MISHAP IN HELMAND PROVINCE INVOLVED A BUS COLLIDING WITH A TANKER TRUCK AND MOTORBIKE...RADIO PAKISTAN



Russian air defenses downing a Ukrainian helicopter flying over the Belgorod Region...TASS RUSSIA




A MERCHANT VESSEL OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF YEMEN IN THE GULF OF ADEN REPORTING AN EXPLOSION NEARBY EARLY THIS MORNING.



NO DAMAGE OR CASUATIES ON THE SHIP...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"...


ON SATURDAY US CENTRAL COMMAND CONDUCTED OPERATIONS AGAINST TWO FLYING DRONES COMING FROM YEMEN AND DESTROYING DRONE BOATS AND AN AERIAL DRONE IN PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKES...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"





            LIVE VIDEO ICELAND VOLCANIC ERUPTION




 A NEW VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ICELAND THAT STARTED SATURDAY NIGHT LEADING TO EVACUATIONS AND A STATE OF EMERGENCY.



THIS IS DESCRIBED AS THE MOST POWERFUL SO FAR ON REYKJANES PENINSULA.


THE BLUE LAGOON TOURIST ATTRACTION EVACUATED DUE TO THE FLOW OF LAVA.


THE LAVA BEARING DOWN ON THE EVACUATED TOWN OF GRINDAVIK...BBC NEWS




It is officially Election Day in Russia today but the voting began in a three-day process on Friday.



Many Russians including President Vladimir Putin voting online.



Ukrainian forces depicted in Mainstream Media outside Russia as Russian rebels fighting the government staged assaults on the Belgorod and Kursk Regions.


Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov estimating those forces to number 2,500 saying many of the "saboteurs" were "neutralized"...TASS RUSSIA...



Another disruptive act highlighted in Mainstream Media the destruction of ballot papers at Russian polling stations.



Russian election officials say 214 ballots lost due to the pouring of liquids into ballot boxes at 29 polling stations...TASS RUSSIA





DUTCH POLITICS THE FARMER-CITIZEN PARTY (BBB) LEADER CAROLINE VAN DER PLAS SAYING A NEW GOVERNMENT LED BY TECHNOCRATS WILL MEAN CONCESSIONS.


SHE SAID THE BBB SHOULD GET A LOT IN A NEW GOVERNMENT BUT WILL ALSO HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING.



THE FARMERS PARTY SEEKING BETTER REGULATIONS FOR DUTCH AGRICULTURE INCLUDING AN IMPROVED 'CLIMATE POLICY' WHEN IT COMES TO NITROGEN EMISSIONS ("COW GAS").


THERE ARE FOUR POLITICAL PARTIES GIVING THEIR PARLIAMENTARY VOTES TO A NEW GOVERNMENT OF UNELECTED CABINET MINISTERS.


THE BBB PARTY ALONG WITH THE PVV (PARTY OF FREEDOM) LED BY GEERT WILDERS, THE VVD LIBERAL (CAPITALISTS) AND THE NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT (NSC) PARTY.


THE NSC IS A MAJOR PROMOTER OF THE UNELECTED CABINET CITING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES FOR THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




AFTER ALLEGEDLY KILLING HIS STEPMOTHER, SISTER AND THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN IN PENNSYLVANIA, A SUSPECT ARRESTED.


26-YEAR OLD ANDRE GORDON BARRICADED HIMSELF IN A HOME IN TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.


GORDON DESCRIBED AS A HOMELESS MAN WHO LIVES IN THE TRENTON AREA...BBC NEWS




The Indian Navy intercepting a hijacked merchant vessel off the coast of Somalia.    


The pirates who hijacked the vessel on December 14th urged to surrender...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER...



And eventually those pirates did surrender 35 in all with 17 crew members rescued...NEWS AGENCIES TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)




RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES STRIKING A JIHADIST BASE IN EASTERN SYRIA.   THE  BASE IN THE MOUNTAINOUS DEIR EZ-ZOR REGION THAT BORDER IRAQ...TASS RUSSIA




In Jerusalem police dragging dozens of protesters away from the Paris Square intersection Saturday night.



The demonstrators demanding an immediate deal to release Israeli hostages in Gaza...TIMES OF ISRAEL



              THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)





US CENTRAL COMMAND DROPS LIMITED AMOUNT OF AID INTO GAZA





                 SMALL AID SHIP UNLOADS IN GAZA





IMAM ATTACKS JEWISH SETTLEMENT AND IS KILLED




         MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                            ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL





On Sunday US Central Command dropping 28,800 meals and 34,500 half-liter bottles of water into Gaza...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"






In Gaza this weekend an aid ship with 200 tons (400,000 pounds) of supplies unloaded.    The aid originating in the United Arab Emirates was checked by Israeli authorities on Cyrus before delivery to Gaza...BBC NEWS...




US Central Command reporting a Saturday airdrop of over 16,000 pounds of relief supplies to the nearly two million people who live in Gaza...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"





In Hebron an Imam opened fire on a Jewish settlement and was killed....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





In other news....





GROCERY DELIVERIES DISRUPTED IN THE UK THIS WEEKEND. 


SAINSBURY'S SAYS 'TECHNICAL ISSUES' LEFT IT UNABLE TO FILL MOST ONLINE DELIVERIES SATURDAY.



TESCO ALSO REPORTING SOME OF ITS DELIVERIES HALTED BY A TECHNICAL GLITCHES...BBC NEWS



A spokesman for the military government in Niger says an agreement allowing US military and military related personnel in the country is terminated.


Colonel Amadou Abdramane citing a visit by a US delegation including an Undersecretary of State and the General commanding US forces in Africa days ago.



Protocol said to have been violated and 'regime change' said to be among matters discussed by the delegation during their visit...TASS RUSSIA





   THE URKAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




ONE DEAD, 11 WOUNDED IN UKRAINIAN SHELLING OF BELGOROD REGION




                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




One person killed, 11 others wounded in Ukrainian shelling of Russia's Belgorod Region.


Damage to 36 apartments in 17 buildings along business properties and a dozen cars...TASS RUSSIA

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