Monday, June 20, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 6/20/2022 ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO BE DISSOLVED WITH NEW ELECTIONS, EUROPE LOOKS TO COAL WITH RUSSIAN GAS SHUTOFF, TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE UPHELD IN JAPANESE COURT RULING

 



                       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



The French President Emmanuel Macron holding talks with various political parties in France including the Socialists, Le Republicans and the National Rally's Marine Le Pen in the coming days.


He is seeking a majority alliance in France's National Assembly following a disappointing result in the legislative elections...BBC NEWS




(Updated)  The protests over high fuel prices and other economic matters continued in Ecuador today opposing "Conservative" President Guillermo Lasso.


Lasso declared a state of emergency over the weekend bringing in reinforcements from the military to put down the protests.



The Cuban Prensa Latina news agency saying a protester died today as tear gas was employed on protesters approaching the capital city of Quito...LA PRENSA LATINA...



A live video stream showing protests in Ecuador this evening....VIDEO LINK...



This late video of a protest tonight in Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil...VIDEO LINK





KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SAYS THAT TWO AMERICANS CAPTURED IN UKRAINE ARE MERCENARIES WHO SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CRIMES...TASS RUSSIA...MORE ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE LATER IN THE SUMMARY.



POLITICAL SHAKEUP IN ISRAEL-PARLIAMENT TO BE DISSOLVED, NEW INTERIM PRIME MINISTER, NEW ELECTIONS


                                                 (UPDATED)


Under pressure from within its own ranks, the ruling coalition in Israel says it's moving to dissolve parliament next week.



The current Prime Minister of the "Right" Naftali Bennett will step aside to allow Yair Lapid from the "Left" to be Interim Prime Minister.



A new election in Israel is likely October 25th...TIMES OF ISRAEL...





                          YNET NEWS ISRAEL STORY




              TIMES OF ISRAEL LATEST NEWS STORY....




Reacting to the news former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants to return Israel "to its former position of strength" and looks forward to the upcoming elections...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS (VIDEO EMBEDDED)






POLITICS IN THE USA A DEMOCRAT POLLING OUTFIT "PPP" OUT WITH A POLL SHOWING A NARROW LEAD FOR NEW MEXICO'S INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR.



MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM LEADS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER MARK RONCHETTI 45 TO 42 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS POLLS






Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says that Iranian attacks have been foiled in Turkey.



Bennett says that Turkish authorities have made arrests...TIMES OF ISRAEL





In Brazil five more suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a British journalist and a Brazilian activist.


Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira went missing June 5th as they were working in the Amazon region of western Brazil...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





EUROPEAN NATIONS MAY BURN MORE COAL THIS WINTER AS NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES FROM RUSSIA TAPER OFF



European nations now racing to find alternatives as the natural gas supply from Russia tapers off.



The use of coal as a replacement may be the norm at least four nations signaling it.     The original plan was to reduce the use of coal in the name of "green policies" to deal with "climate change"...THOMSON REUTERS-CBC NEWS CANADA



              RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA




               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                       BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG





The message from the Pro-Ukraine side today links food problems in the world to the Russian military action in Ukraine...(BBC News)...


Meanwhile Russia with warning regarding a decision by Lithuania to ban the import of sanctioned goods into the Russia territory of Kaliningrad which borders Lithuania...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL...TASS RUSSIA...TASS RUSSIA STORY TWO





In other news....





CANADA IS INVESTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO UPGRADE ITS JOINT DEFENSE OF NORTH AMERICA WITH THE UNITED STATES...CBC NEWS CANADA




A Japanese court has upheld the concept of traditional marriage.


The court ruling on a challenge from three same-sex couples in Osaka...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



The "New York Times" reporting that an Israeli soldier likely killed the Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.     Abu Akleh killed while covering a clash between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers.



The report also says there is no evidence that she was targeted directly by the Israelis...TIMES OF ISRAEL



British Prime Minister Boris Johnson undergoing what was called a 'minor routine operation' this morning.



The medical procedure related to his sinuses the Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab was available to the make urgent decision during the surgery that involved Johnson being under general anesthetic...BBC NEWS





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