NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/25/2022 NY COURT RULING OVERTURNS COVID VAX MANDATE, ISRAELI PRESIDENT TALKS IRANIAN DRONES IN UKRAINE, UN ANTI-TORTURE INSPECTORS BARRED FROM AUSTRALIAN JAILS

 

                            (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)

LATE NEWS TONIGHT (SOME NEWS INSERTED AFTER RUSSIA UKRAINE SEGMENT):

A mainstream political publication now says the Republicans will gain 12 to 25 US House seats in the November 8th election.

"The Cook Political Report" previously said there would be a 10 to 20 seat pickup for the GOP.

The Republicans need a net gain of five seats to regain the majority in the US House...WASHINGTON EXAMINER

POLITICAL DEBATES TONIGHT IN MICHIGAN A DEBATE BETWEEN THE MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR .

INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT GRETCHEN WHITMER AND REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER TUDOR DIXON...

LATER IN THE SUMMARY A LINK TO THE PENNYLVANIA US SENATE DEBATE TONIGHT AND OTHER POLITICAL NEWS...

IN FRANCE THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON LOSING A VOTE IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

ALL OPPOSITION PARTIES UNITED TO GIVE THE GOVERNMENT A 309 TO 243 DEFEAT.

THE VOTE ON LEGISLATION SETTING BUDGET TARGETS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THE TARGETS DESIGNED TO BRING PUBLIC DEBT BELOW THREE PERCENT OF GDP BY 2027...(BFM-TV France)

JOE BIDEN GOT HIS FIFTH COVID JAB TODAY.    BIDEN URGING AMERICANS TO GET THE LATEST VERSION OF THE COVID VACCINE...FREE REPUBLIC POST DISCUSSION-EPOCH TIMES ARTICLE

"Being vaccinated does not prevent an individual from contracting or transmitting COVID-19"

A New York court noting this as it ruled against the state's vaccine mandate ordering reinstatement and back pay for fired employees...

                       MARINA MEDVIN-TWITTER

PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS IN THE US HOUSE FORCED TO RETRACT A LETTER CALLING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO ENGAGE IN DIRECT TALKS WITH RUSSIA OVER UKRAINE.

THERE WAS BACKLASH OVER THE LETTER.

REPRESENTATIVE PRAMILLA JAYAPAL SAYS THE LETTER WAS DRAFTED MONTHS AGO BUT RELEASED 'WITHOUT VETTING' BY THE STAFF OF THE 'PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS'...CBS NEWS

Ukraine will need up to five billion US dollars per month in 2023.

That message from International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at a 'reconstruction conference' for Ukraine in Berlin today...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

ITALY IS FACING TOUGH TIMES AND WILL BE IN RECESSION NEXT YEAR.

THAT IS THE MESSAGE FROM NEW PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI SPEAKING IN PARLIAMENT TODAY...REUTERS

WALL STREET NUMBERS HIGHER TODAY.

 THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 337.12 POINTS OR 1.07 PERCENT.

THE NASDAQ PERFORMING EVEN BETTER UP 246.50 POINTS OR 2.25 PERCENT.

THE PRICE OF OIL MOVING UPWARDS IN NEW YORK TODAY AT 84 DOLLARS AND 94 CENTS A BARREL BY LATE AFTERNOON...MARKETWATCH

POLLING FOR ISRAEL'S ELECTION WITH ONE WEEK TO GO OPPOSITION LEADER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S BLOC AT 60 SEATS IN ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT.

THAT'S ONE VOTE SHY OF A MAJORITY...TIMES OF ISRAEL

While Israel's politicians are consumed by next Tuesday's election with many voters immigrants from Russia, the country's ceremonial leader is talking about the notion of Iranian drones being used by Russia in Ukraine.

President Issac Herzog visiting Washington and giving the US evidence supporting the US government position that Iranian drones are now used in Ukraine by Russian forces.

Photos will be presented to the US by Herzog backing the notion of Iranian drone use in Ukraine...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

INDIA URGING ITS CITIZENS TO GET OUT OF UKRAINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.    THAT MESSAGE FROM INDIA'S EMBASSY IN UKRAINE...THE TELEGRAPH-INDIA

A leading Russian parliamentarian warns there will consequences for the United States and the entire world if Ukraine chooses to use a nuclear "dirty bomb".

"Washington continues to claim that its Ukrainian puppets allegedly have nothing to do with the bomb....

If Ukrainian instigators blow up a nuclear device, its consequences will one or another impact the US and the entire world".

Those words from Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Russian Duma Leonid Slutsky on Telegram.    

He adds the US is trying to shift blame for a "dirty bomb" onto Russia...TASS RUSSIA

POLITICS IN THE USA TONIGHT THE ONE AND ONLY DEBATE BETWEEN THE PENNSYLVANIA US SENATE CANDIDATES DEMOCRAT LT. GOV. JOHN FETTERMAN AND REPUBLICAN DR. MEHMET OZ...

GOING INTO THE DEBATE A CBS/YOU GOV POLL CLAIMS THAT JOHN FETTERMAN HAS 51 PERCENT SUPPORT TO 49 PERCENT SUPPORT FOR DR. OZ...

          FETTERMAN-OZ DEBATE VIDEO LINK

ELECTION DAY TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY AMONG THE LATEST POLLS ONE DONE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE US SENATE RACE.

INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT MAGGIE HASSAN AT 48 PERCENT WITH REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER DON BOLDUC AT 45 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS

Peace talks in South Africa between the Ethiopian government and the rebellious Tigray region.

The talks sponsored by the African Union.

They come as the Ethiopian government forces backed by troops from neighboring Eritrea have made gains on the battlefield...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

A former US military pilot and flight instructor and former US citizen arrested in Australia for extradition to the United States.

Daniel Edmund Duggan arrested in Orange, New South Wales last Friday at the request of US authorities.

He is being held without bail...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL IS EXPECTED TO TIGHTEN RESTRICTIONS ON CHINESE INVESTMENT.

ONE AREA ISRAEL'S SECURITY CABINET IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERSIGHT ON WILL BE THE HI-TECH PART OF ITS ECONOMY...SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

Six Palestinian terrorists reported dead as Israel launched a major military operation.     A bomb factory destroyed in Nablus...TIMES OF ISRAEL

AZERBAIJAN SAYS THAT ARMENIAN FORCES SHELLED THEIR POSITIONS...TASS RUSSIA

A United Nations mission to Australia investigating torture suspended.

That's after the group was denied access to several prisons.

The lead inspector says that Australia was in "clear breach" of its international obligations in allowing the delegation to visit its jails.

Only in three other nations have such UN anti-torture missions been forced to abandon their missions.

Those nations Azerbaijan, Rwanda and Ukraine...AFP FRANCE-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE

             RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA

                TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

In other news...

A RUSSIAN COURT REJECTING THE APPEAL OF US BASKETBALL STAR BRITTNEY GRINER.

SHE RECEIVED A NINE-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE AFTER HER CONVICTION ON DRUG CHARGES.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING FOR HER RELEASE IN A POSSIBLE PRISONER EXCHANGE WITH RUSSIA...BBC NEWS

ACCUSED OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND RACISM, KANYE WEST DROPPED BY CORPORATE GIANT SPONSOR ADIDAS.

THE COMPANY TAKING ALL OF WEST'S MERCHANDISE OFF THE SHELF IMMEDIATELY...BBC NEWS

An investigation in Kenya after police shot and killed a Pakistani journalist.

Arshad Sharif was a supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan ousted earlier this year.

Sharif fled Pakistan after Khan was removed from power.

He was shot dead by police at a roadblock.   Police say the car he was a passenger in failed to stop...BBC NEWS