Wednesday, July 27, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 7/27/2022 DEADLY PROTEST AGAINST UN FORCE IN AFRICA CONTINUES, BIG FED RATE HIKE, DUTCH FARMERS PROTEST BLOCKADES

 


                       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)






                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




The US is going to be holding high-level talks with Russia on a prisoner exchange.   


US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he will talk to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the coming days...TASS RUSSIA...



Blinken says the US has made a "substantial proposal" to Russia regarding the release of Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...



Mr. Blinken going out of his way to stress the involvement of Joe Biden in the proposed prisoner swap...TASS RUSSIA




In Washington Democrat US Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia cutting a deal on climate legislation with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.



The deal will pour hundreds of billions of dollars into "clean energy technologies" and include new manufacturing facilities in West Virginia...POLITICO




IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO IN AFRICA A THIRD DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST A UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FORCE.



THE PROTEST HAS TURNED VIOLENT LOCAL RESIDENTS SAYING THE UN HAS FAILED TO PROTECT THEM FROM ATTACKS BY MILITANT GROUPS.



17 NOW REPORTED DEAD INCLUDING THREE MEMBERS OF THE UN FORCE.



THE UN WARNING THAT ATTACKS ON ITS FORCES MAY CONSTITUTE A WAR CRIME...BBC NEWS











In the Netherlands the Dutch farmers protest continued overnight and early this morning.



Blockades on a number of major highways including the dumping of hay and manure.




The protests in opposition to climate change cow gas rules proposed by the government that would gut the agriculture industry in Holland including livestock...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



Politics in the Netherlands the BBB (Farmer-Citizen) Party which represents Dutch farmers polling well.    


Now BBB only has one seat in the 150 seat lower house but would get from 14 to 19 seats if an election were held today.



BBB now comparable to Geert Wilders Party Of Freedom (PVV) the leading opposition party which shows 14 to 18 seats in the same polling.



The VVD Liberal Party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte would get 24 to 29 seats if an election were held today a drop from the seats won in last year's election...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)








An incident in Washington DC this morning a chemical attack on the 1776 Restoration Movement protest on the Mall.    


A strong order left in the area of the protest site with firefighters watering down the chemical.




Live streaming from the protest site at mid-day today...1776 RESTORATON MOVEMENT PROTEST LIVE STREAM 7/27/2022




IN THE US THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD RAISING THE PRIME LENDING RATE .75 PERCENT...FREE REPUBLIC POST DISCUSSION



THE MARKET SITUATION HERE IN THE USA TODAY THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE AND THE NASDAQ BOTH ON THE RISE.



THE DOW UP 436.05 POINTS OR 1.37 PERCENT AND NASDAQ ROSE 469.85 POINTS OR 4.06 PERCENT.



THE PRICE OF OIL ALSO RISING OVER THREE PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON TO MORE THAN 98 DOLLARS A BARREL...MARKETWATCH...




INFLATION IN AUSTRALIA REACHED A RECORD HIGH LAST MONTH.    


PRICES UP 6.1 PERCENT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FOR JUNE....ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA




RUSSIA SAYS THAT ITS INFLATION RATE IS COOLING BUT THAT MEANS AN ANNUAL RATE OF 15.3 PERCENT...TASS RUSSIA



A SRI LANKAN LAWMAKER SAYS THAT THE DISGRACED FORMER PRESIDENT GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA IS TO RETURN TO THE COUNTRY.



RAJAPAKSA LEFT THE COUNTRY AMIDST MASSIVE PROTESTS OVER DEVASTATING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRY...BBC NEWS 




More than 105,000 broiler chickens destroyed in the Netherlands due to a bird flu outbreak. 


Restrictions imposed on other poultry farms within 10 kilometers of the outbreak...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




NEW STUDIES PUBLISHED SAYING THAT COVID-19 ORIGINATED IN A MARKET IN WUHAN, CHINA.



THESE STUDIES STEER AWAY FROM THE NOTION THAT COVID CAME OUT OF A LAB IN CHINA.



THEY WERE PUBLISHED BY THE JOURNAL "SCIENCE"...ASSOCIATED PRESS-GLOBAL NEWS CANADA





BULGARIA HEADED FOR NEW ELECTIONS.     THE SOCIALIST PARTY WAS UNABLE TO FORM A GOVERNMENT WITH A MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT...RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY




US WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner testifying at her trial in Russia today.



Griner arrested when vape cartridges with cannabis oil were found in her luggage.




She says that she did not have a full explanation of her rights at the airport when she signed papers not knowing about her rights or having a lawyer present...RADIO FREE EUROPE-RADIO LIBERTY



                RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA





                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED








In other news...





THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OMBUDSMAN SAYS THERE WERE SYSTEMIC FAILURES THAT HURT THE POLICE RESPONSE TO RIOTS IN MAY OF 2021.



THOSE RIOTS INVOLVED THREE DEATHS AND HUNDREDS OF INJURIES AS JEWS AND ARABS FOUGHT EACH OTHER...TIMES OF ISRAEL




New Zealand moving forward with a national program to fluoridate water supplies.




Fluoride will be added to the water supplies in 14 local council areas.



Legislation passed last year took the decision on fluoridated water out of the hands of local councils in the country...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

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