Tuesday, May 17, 2022

NEWS SUMMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 5/17/2022 ISRAELI-AMERICAN DRILL TO SIMULATE IRAN ATTACK, RUSSIA GAINING TOTAL CONTROL OF KEY SOUTHERN UKRAINE CITY, BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LIFTS SANCTIONS ON CUBA AND VENEZUELA

 



                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




PRIMARY ELECTION NEWS IN A BREAKING NEWS POST...BREAKING NEWS: MAY 17TH PRIMARY ELECTIONS




BREAKING NEWS PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS:



The expected winner of tonight's Democrat primary for US Senate, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, is to undergo surgery to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator.



Fetterman hospitalized in Lancaster since he suffered a stroke on Friday...WTAE PITTSBURGH





THE US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ALLOWING PFIZER COVID SHOT BOOSTERS FOR 5 TO 11 YEAR OLD CHILDREN...THE WALL STREET JOURNAL




Some positive numbers on Wall Street today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 431.17 points or 1.34 percent in value.   NASDAQ up 321.73 or 2.76 percent in value.



A member of the British House of Commons arrested accused of sexual assault.    The name of the Conservative Party MP is not known.     The accusations are from between the years 2002 and 2009...BBC NEWS



The Israeli Air Force, supported by US Air Force refueling planes, will participate in a joint exercise simulating an attack on Iran.



This is part of a month long Israeli exercise dubbed "Chariots of Fire"...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





A ONE DAY SUPPLY OF GASOLINE THAT IS THE MESSAGE DELIVERED BY SRI LANKA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER.



RANIL WICKREMESINGHE SAYS THE COUNTRY DESPERATELY NEEDS FOREIGN CURRENCY TO PAY FOR IMPORTS AMIDST AN UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC CRISIS.


SRI LANKA AN ISLAND NATION OF 22 MILLION PEOPLE OFF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF INDIA...BBC NEWS



A big day for politics in the USA with primaries in multiple states Kentucky, Oregon, Idaho, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.



Many Republican contests spotlight key endorsements made by President Trump.



Trump supporting Congressman Tedd Budd in North Carolina and media personality Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania in US Senate primaries...




BREAKING NEWS: MAY 17TH PRIMARY ELECTIONS POST






In Australia the third parties supporting medical freedom and opposing the COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates getting targeted by both government and media ahead of Saturday's election.


The slam on those parties focusing on what the media Down Under says is the false notion of a 'stolen election' here in the USA in 2020...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA





ELECTION RESULTS IN LEBANON SHOW A LOSS OF TEN SEATS FOR THE BLOC THAT INCLUDES THE IRANIAN BACKED HEZBOLLAH GROUP.



THE BLOC IS REDUCED TO 61 OF THE 128 SEATS IN THE LEBANESE PARLIAMENT



THE ELECTION COMES AMIDST SERIOUS ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN LEBANON THAT LED TO STREETS PROTESTS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR...NEWS AGENCIES-TIMES OF ISRAEL






An Israeli media outlet says that Russian controlled air defenses fired missiles at Israeli jets during an attack in Syria last Friday night...TIMES OF ISRAEL





              RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA




 UKRAINIAN FORCES CALLING IT QUITS IN MARIUPOL




                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                           BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG





In a speech early Tuesday morning in the middle of the night Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying:




    "Ukraine needs Ukrainian heroes alive"



and saying that Ukraine's military forces including the wounded are leaving the besieged Azovstal factory in the city of Mariupol...(BBC News)...REUTERS-GLOBAL NEWS CANADA




In other news...





The Biden Administration loosening economic sanctions on the left-wing regime in Venezuela. 


Oil giant Chevron will be allowed to conduct negotiations with Venezuela's government and a relative of ruler Nicolas Maduro's wife will be removed from a US sanctions list...AL JAZEERA QATAR








The Biden Administration also relaxing sanctions on Cuba imposed by the Trump Administration.



More US dollars will be allowed to flow into Cuba with caps on currency transfers lifted and group travel is also being permitted for "educational" and 'professional" purposes.



Airline flights will be allowed to Cuban cities outside of Havana and a "family reunification" program will be restored....MIAMI HERALD






The US government says that North Korean operatives are trying to obtain remote IT jobs in order to raise financial support for the North Korean government.


The financial support would held North Korea's nuclear weapons program...BBC NEWS

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