NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 6/14/2022 STOCKS KEEP FALLING, BIDEN JOB RATING HITS NEW LOW, TOP US-CHINA OFFICIALS MEET

 

                        (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)

                           LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his South Korean counterpart Foreign Minister Park Jin urging North Korea to refrain from conducting any further provocations including a possible nuclear test.

Both say any North Korean provocations will be met with a strong response...

    YONHAP NEWS AGENCY-SOUTH KOREA

Talk in Washington about a federal gas tax holiday as Democrats face the prospect of a disastrous mid-term election...THE HILL

The deep dive on Wall Street continued today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 876.05 points or 2.79 percent.

The NASDAQ losing 4.68 percent of its value or 530.80 points...MARKETWATCH

On the highways of Ecuador road blocks and burning tires in opposition to government economic policies.

The protesters demanding lower gasoline prices and price controls on the rising cost of food...BBC NEWS

THE RASMUSSEN POLL ON JOE BIDEN'S JOB PERFORMANCE HITTING A NEW LOW.

60 PERCENT DISAPPROVE WHILE ONLY 38 PERCENT APPROVE...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS

The Monday evening walks for peace and freedom continue in Germany.    

COVID restrictions and vaccine coercion in the background right now but new versions of the COVID shots are due by September and may trigger new government mandates.

This walk in Eisenach, Germany...

Hundreds seen here taking to the streets in Radeberg near Dresden...

And this crowd of protesters walking in the town of Bautzen this evening...

THE POLITICAL TENSION IN ISRAEL CONTINUES TODAY AS GOVERNMENT COALITION MP'S CONTINUE TO APPLY PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT LED BY PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT OF THE 'RIGHT' AND FOREIGN MINISTER YAIR LAPID OF THE 'LEFT'.

THE GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN POWER SEEMS TENUOUS...TIMES OF ISRAEL

ISRAEL ISSUING A NEW MORE SERIOUS WARNING TO ITS CITIZENS TO STAY AWAY FROM TURKEY AND LEAVE THE COUNTRY IF THEY ARE THERE.

THE THREAT OF IRANIAN KIDNAPPING AND OR MURDER PLOTS AGAINST ISRAELIS IS SAID TO BE EXTREMELY HIGH...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Joe Biden insists his visit to Saudi Arabia has nothing to do with the price of oil.    Biden claims next month's trip is for the sake of Israel's national security.

An Israeli source says that the Israel portion of Biden's trip is currently planned for July 14th and 15th...TIMES OF ISRAEL

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan meeting top Chinese official Yang Jiechi in Luxembourg today.

Their surprise five hour meeting may lead to a Joe Biden, Xi Jinping meeting...CNN

THE BBC TAKING AIM LINKING CHINESE FILM-MAKING TO RACISM AND EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA...BBC NEWS VIDEO STORY

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In other news...

The British government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson announcing its plans to break parts of the Brexit agreement with the European Union.

The British plans designed to allow a freer flow of goods between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom...BBC NEWS

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reshuffling her Cabinet with some controversial members moving on.

One of them the Speaker of New Zealand's Parliament Trevor Mallard is moving to a diplomatic post in Europe.    Mallard used sprinklers and loud music against protesters opposing COVID mandates earlier this year.

After the protest Mallard banned people from the Parliament grounds who had visited the protest site including some notable political figures in New Zealand...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

Actor Philip Baker Hall from the TV series "Seinfeld" is dead at the age of 90.   Hall appeared in various roles small and large in movies and on television over a span of nearly 50 years...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)