NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 10/27/2022 OIL PRICES RISING, PUTIN URGES WESTERN CITIZENS TO DEMAND MORE PAY, POPE SAYS PORN IS A VICE USED IN THE CHURCH

 

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             LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

NORTH KOREA FIRED AT LEAST ONE BALLISTIC MISSILE FRIDAY...(REUTERS, NHK JAPAN)  1138 PM EASTERN US TIME...

The Pentagon out with a "National Defense Strategy" regarding North Korea saying any nuclear attack by North Korea on the US and its allies will result in the end of the "Kim regime".

The US also saying it will hold North Korea responsible for transfer of any transfer of nuclear weapons or materials to other actors.

The Pentagon announcement coming as North Korea may be preparing for its seventh nuclear test...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY-SOUTH KOREA

POLLING AHEAD OF ISRAEL'S ELECTION TUESDAY SHOWING THE GROUPING OF POLITICAL PARTIES SUPPORTING OPPOSITION LEADER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU EITHER CLOSE TO A MAJORITY OR WINNING A MAJORITY.

THEY GET 60 SEATS IN ONE POLL AND 62 IN ANOTHER IN THE FIGHT FOR 120 SEATS IN ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT.

THE SEATS ALLOCATED TO ALL PARTIES THAT GAIN AT LEAST 3.25 PERCENT OF THE POPULAR VOTE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

In lengthy remarks today Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the citizens of Western nations to push for salary increases and distrust the notion that Russia is an enemy nation...TASS RUSSIA...

More on Putin's remarks later in the summary...

THE PRICE OF BRENT CRUDE OIL WENT OVER 95 DOLLARS A BARREL TODAY AND SETTLED SLIGHTLY UNDER 95 DOLLARS A BARREL BY LATE AFTERNOON...TASS RUSSIA...

IN NEW YORK THE OIL PRICE ON THE RISE AT MID-AFTERNOON UP TO 88 DOLLARS AND 60 CENTS A BARREL BY LATE AFTERNOON...

THE NASDAQ HIT HARD AGAIN TODAY FALLING 178.32 POINTS OR 1.63 PERCENT IN VALUE.

THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE RISING 194.17 POINTS OR .61 PERCENT IN VALUE...MARKETWATCH...

US ECONOMIC GROWTH 2.6 PERCENT IN THE LAST QUARTER JUST SHORT OF THE RATE NEEDED TO SUSTAIN ECONOMIC GROWTH...

The maritime border deal brokered by the United States between Israel and Lebanon signed today.

The agreement will open up natural gas development off the coasts of the two countries something that is taking on new urgency due to the sanctioning of Russia over Ukraine...AL JAZEERA

ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER BENNY GANTZ MEETING TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN.     GANTZ'S VISIT TO TURKEY DESCRIBED AS A 'LANDMARK' TRIP...TIMES OF ISRAEL

The European Central Bank raised interest rates .75 percent today.

This rate hike matches the one imposed by the ECB last month...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA SAYS IT'S 'UNFORTUNATE' THAT THE US EMBASSY ISSUED A TERRORIST ATTACK WARNING FOR THIS WEEKEND.

RAMAPHOSA SAYS THAT THE US DID NOT CONSULT HIS GOVERNMENT WHEN IT ISSUED A WARNING OF AN ATTACK IN THE JOHANNESBURG SUBURB OF SANDTON...AFRICA NEWS

  POLITICS IN THE USA NEW POLLING

                                                      (UPDATED)

IN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT NEW POLLING DONE BY 'INSIDER ADVANTAGE'.

IN THE US SENATE RACE DR. MEHMET OZ THE REPUBLICAN LEADING DEMOCRAT LT. GOVERNOR JOHN FETTERMAN 48 TO 45 PERCENT.

IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE THE POLL SHOWS DEMOCRAT STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH SHAPIRO AT 50 PERCENT WITH REPUBLICAN STATE SENATOR DOUG MASTRIANO AT 42 PERCENT.

  

 IN GEORGIA THERE'S NEW POLLING DONE BY RASMUSSEN REPORTS.

IN THE US SENATE RACE REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER HERSCHEL WALKER AT 48 PERCENT AND INCUMBENT DEMOCRAT RAPHAEL WARNOCK AT 43 PERCENT.

AND IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT BRIAN KEMP AT 51 PERCENT WITH DEMOCRAT CHALLENGER STACEY ABRAMS AT 41 PERCENT.

POLLING IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR IN OREGON.

THE REPUBLICAN TRAFALGAR GROUP POLL SHOWS GOP CANDIDATE CHRISTINE DRAZAN AT 42 PERCENT, DEMOCRAT TINA KOTEK AT 40 PERCENT AND INDEPENDENT BETSY JOHNSON AT 12 PERCENT....REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS

MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORT ATTEMPTS TO STORM GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN NORTHWESTERN IRAN.

IT IS ALSO CLAIMED THAT PROTESTERS WERE SHOT DEAD IN SOME CASES.

DEMONSTRATIONS, SOME OF THEM VIOLENT, CONTINUING IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DEATH OF A KURDISH WOMAN IN POLICE CUSTODY...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA...BBC NEWS

The jury dismissed without a verdict at the Canberra, Australia rape trial of former political adviser Bruce Lehrmann.

Lehrmann accused of raping former parliamentary aide Brittany Higgins in a government minister's office in March of 2019.

Material concerning false rape accusations found in the possession of one of the jurors.

The accusation poisoning the political atmosphere of this year's elections in Australia that saw the defeat of the former government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

A retrial set for February of next year...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

(UPDATED) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS THAT RUSSIA DOES NOT CONSIDER ITSELF AN ENEMY OF THE WEST.

PUTIN MAKING A SPEECH AT THE VALDAI DISCUSSION CLUB WITH STATEMENTS ON A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS...TASS RUSSIA...

AMONG OTHER THINGS PUTIN SAID THAT WESTERN ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A SINGLE MODEL FOR THE WORLD ARE DOOMED...TASS RUSSIA...

THE WESTERN VERSION OF MR. PUTIN'S SPEECH EMPHASIZES HIS STATEMENT THAT THIS IS 'PROBABLY THE MOST DANGEROUS' DECADE SINCE WORLD WAR II...BBC NEWS...

RUSSIA'S TASS NEWS AGENCY SUMMARIZED THE PUTIN SPEECH...TASS RUSSIA

              RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA

            MORE AIR RAID WARNINGS IN UKRAINE

                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

Air raid warnings in some Ukranian regions today...TASS RUSSIA

In other news....

The population of the Netherlands grew in the first nine months of this year by almost 191,000.

The increase driven by immigration with many new arrivals in the Netherlands from Ukraine also from Afghanistan, India, Syria and Turkey...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"a vice that so many people have...even priests and nuns"

The comments of Pope Francis addressing the use of pornography.

He noted that the "pure heart...cannot receive this pornographic information...".

The Pontiff also critical of content on social media and other places in the digital world...BBC NEWS