Monday, August 22, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 8/22/2022 STOCKS TUMBLE, ROAD BLOCKS AS PROTEST PLANNED IN NEW ZEALAND'S CAPITAL, FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN CHARGED UNDER TERRORISM LAW, RUSSIA SAYS UKRAINE BEHIND BOMB THAT KILLED DARYA DUGINA, FAUCI TO LEAVE GOVERNMENT JOBS

 


                          (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




               LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




LATEST NEWS FROM NEW ZEALAND PROTEST WHERE IT'S NOW TUESDAY, EARLIER NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY




President Trump is suing the Justice Department over materials seized during the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home.



Mr. Trump wants a watchdog appointed over the materials.


Trump's court filing is in the US District Court for Southern Florida.


Several points made in the social media post of President Trump including the notion that all documents in his possession were previously declassified.


He also wants a real accounting of what documents the FBI seized...DONALD J TRUMP GAB SOCIAL MEDIA POST




AN IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY REPORTS THAT AN IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS OFFICER HAS BEEN KILLED IN SYRIA.



THE INCIDENT HAPPENED THIS MORNING.   NO DETAILS ON HOW THE OFFICER DIED...TASS RUSSIA



A US federal judge rejecting an attempt by Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream to get an injunction of sales of its ice cream in the Israeli regions of Judea and Samaria.


Ben and Jerry's trying to stop its parent company from cutting a deal to allow the ice cream brand to be sold in the disputed parts of Israel commonly called "The West Bank".


Unilever bowed to pressure from US states planning to divest funds under their laws banning boycotts of Israel to cut the deal opposed by Ben and Jerry's...TIMES OF ISRAEL


WALL STREET STARTED ON THE DOWN SIDE THIS WEEK SHARP DROPS TODAY.


THE DOWJONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE DOWN 643.13 POINTS OR 1.91 PERCENT.


THE NASDAQ FELL 323.64 POINTS OR 2.55 PERCENT...MARKETWTCH





The interim government in Bulgaria trying to shore up the country's energy supply ahead of elections for a new Parliament in October.


Natural gas will be sought from Russia's Gazprom along with the Central Asian nation of Azerbaijan.


The interim government moving away from a decision by the previous government to take in large amounts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States.    That gas said to be priced too high for Bulgaria...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



POLITICS IN THE USA A NEW REPUBLICAN TRAFALGAR POLL HAS REPUBLICAN J.D. VANCE WITH 50 PERCENT OF THE VOTE TO DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN'S 45 PERCENT IN THE SENATE RACE THERE...REAL CLEAR POLITICS




(Update) A prosecutor in court today in Argentina asking that current Vice-President and former President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner be convicted and sentenced to prison.




He says that Kirchner directed public works projects to businessman Lazaro Baez.



The prosecutor says the matter involved some one billion US dollars.



He wants Kirchner sent to prison for 12 years.



Kirchner today saying she wants to change her testimony in the case...(Todo Noticias Argentina)...TODO NOTICIAS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Sunday night into Monday road blocks erected and streets closed in New Zealand's capital city of Wellington.



It comes as protest convoys make their way towards the city for a demonstration outside Parliament Tuesday morning.




The demonstration opposing the economic and social conditions caused by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern many of them directly related to COVID policies including vaccine mandates and massive spending that induces inflation...

(Information from One News New Zealand contributed to this story)...



Rebel News reporter Avi Yemeni barred from entry into New Zealand to cover the protest...RUMBLE VIDEO...




Also set for Tuesday a meeting of the ruling Labor Party caucus in Wellington.   


MP Gaurav Sharma facing expulsion after calling out the party for bullying its members and training MP's to avoid compliance with freedom of information requests among other things...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND...




SPECIAL REPORT ON NEW ZEALAND PROTEST






Here in the USA three law enforcement officers suspended the Arkansas State Police investigating after the officers were pictured roughing up a man arrested yesterday.


The officers punched and kneed the man being arrested.   They also told a bystander to get away...ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE





TENSIONS IN PAKISTAN WITH TERRORISM CHARGE LEVELED AGANST FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN

                                                     (UPDATED)



This morning supporters surrounded former Prime Minister Imran Khan's home in Islamabad after a court leveled a terrorism charge against him.



ARY News in Pakistan says police have installed barbed wire in the area to prevent additional supporters from reaching Mr. Khan's home.



Over the weekend the government banned live broadcasting of Khan's speeches with Khan saying You Tube was blocked for a time as he made a speech Sunday evening.



Khan has criticized police for their treatment of an aide recently arrested leading to the "terrorism" charge.



Khan ousted when some of his party's members of Parliament switched to the opposition earlier this year.



Khan says his ousted was engineered by the United States...BBC NEWS...



Late developments include the granting of bail to Mr. Khan through Thursday by the Islamabad High Court.    The same court is also moving against Khan with contempt proceedings for his remarks concerning a judge...



      HOME PAGE DAWN NEWS PAKISTAN



JOINT MILITARY MANEUVERS INVOLVING THE US AND SOUTH KOREA UNDERWAY.


THEY ARE THE LARGEST MILITARY EXERCISES IN YEARS COMING AMDIST THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ASAHI SHIMBUN JAPAN



THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SENDING AN AMBASSADOR TO IRAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SIX YEARS.



THIS MOVE COMES AS THE US AND IRAN MOVE CLOSER TO RESUMPTION OF US PARTICIPATION IN THE 2015 JCPOA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.



PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK THE US OUT OF THE JCPOA...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TIMES OF ISRAEL




ISRAEL'S TROUBLED NSO GROUP LOSING ITS CEO WITH ANOTHER 100 EMPLOYEES FIRED.



NSO IMPLICATED IN THE SALE OF SPYWARE USED AGAINST POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND JOURNALISTS IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.



THE COMPANY NOW TRYING TO REORGANIZE ITSELF...TIMES OF ISRAEL





RUSSIA SAYS THAT THE BOMB THAT KILLED DARYA DUGINA IN AN ATTEMPT TO KILL HER FATHER ALEXANDER DUGIN WAS PLANTED BY UKRAINE'S SECRET SERVICE...

                                                        (UPDATED)


                          TASS RUSSIA




Evidence uncovered pointing to a Ukrainian woman entering Russia who may have used fake identification...TASS RUSSIA...



"the enemies of Russia killed her in a cowardly and underhanded way"


Part of a statement from Dugina's father Alexander Dugin...TASS RUSSIA...


Darya Dugina awarded the Order of Courage posthumously by President Vladimir Putin...TASS RUSSIA



              RUSSIA-UKRANE DRAMA



                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



                         BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG





In other news...




The "face of COVID" in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci, announcing that he's leaving his government jobs at the end of the year.



Fauci promises to remain active saying he is 'not retiring'...NEW YORK POST




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