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Thursday, November 17, 2022
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 11/17/2022 FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF FRANCE'S YELLOW VESTS PROTEST, RUSSIAN FORCES MAY GO ON OFFENSE IN NEW YEAR
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
North Korea firing a suspected long-range missile eastwards at 10:15 am Friday morning local time (8:15 pm Thursday Eastern US Time).
Japan's Prime Minister saying the missile landed in waters west of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido...(NHK Japan)...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA...NHK JAPAN
TONIGHT UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS THAT 10 MILLION UKRAINIANS ARE WITHOUT POWER FOLLOWING DAYS OF RUSSIAN STRIKES ON THE COUNTRY'S ELECTRICITY GRID....BBC NEWS
More on Russia and Ukraine later in the summary...
IN LOS ANGELES THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT PLOWED INTO SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT RECRUITS HURTING 25 OF THEM NOW UNDER ARREST.
THE DRIVER IDENTIFIED AS NICHOLAS JOSEPH GUTIERREZ, 22, IS ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A PEACE OFFICER WITH ADDITIONAL CHARGES PENDING.
Brazil's Supreme Court ordering the blocking of bank accounts linked to 43 businesses and individuals accused of "undemocratic acts".
The bank accounts linked to highway blockades opposing the election results that showed Leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva the winner in the October 30th Presidential runoff election...(SBT Brazil)
TODAY IS THE FOURTH OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE YELLOW VESTS PROTESTS IN FRANCE.
THOSE PROTESTS SPARKED BY PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S IMPOSITION OF GASOLINE TAXES IN THE NAME OF FIGHTING 'CLIMATE CHANGE'.
THERE WERE MASS PROTESTS IN THE STREETS OF FRENCH CITIES AND AT TOLL PLAZAS AND TRAFFIC CIRCLES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
THIS YELLOW VESTS ANNIVERSARY PROTEST HELD AT A TRAFFIC CIRCLE IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF MONTPELLIER....
IN SOUTHEASTERN FRANCE 26 YOUNG 'MIGRANTS', MOSTLY FROM THE AFRICAN NATION OF ERITREA, DISAPPEARING FROM A HOTEL WHERE THEY HAD BEEN TAKEN TO FOR CARE.
THEY WERE PART OF A GROUP OF HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS ADMITTED TO FRANCE FROM THE 'OCEAN VIKING' VESSEL REFUSED BY ITALY.
FRENCH AUTHORITIES SUGGEST THE GROUP OF OLDER TEENAGERS MAY HAVE RELATIVES ALREADY LIVING IN EUROPE...(BFM-TV France)
The markets today slightly downward.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 7.51 points and the NASDAQ went down 38.70 points.
Oil prices have fallen over four percent by 440 pm today to just under 82 dollars a barrel in New York...MARKETWATCH
THE UK GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING AUSTERITY MEASURES THAT INVOLVE BOTH SPENDING CUTS AND TAX INCREASES.
INFLATION ON ANNUAL BASIS IN THE UK REPORTED AT 11.1 PERCENT FOR LAST MONTH...BBC NEWS BLOG
THE DEAL TO BRING GRAIN OUT OF UKRAINE FOR WORLD MARKETS EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER 120 DAYS...TASS RUSSIA
The Biden Administration spinning a decision about a Justice Department-FBI investigation into the actions of the Israeli military earlier this year.
The White House saying it had no advance knowledge of a decision by the Justice Department to launch the probe into the killing of Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh of Al Jazeera.
She is believed to have been killed by the Israeli military during a firefight with Palestinian gunmen in May.
Israel describes the shooting as accidental...TIMES OF ISRAEL
IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS THAT ISRAEL AND WESTERN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE TRYING TO START A CIVIL WAR.
HOSSEIN AMIR-ABDOLLAHIAN TWEETING FOLLOWING A DEADLY SHOOTING INCIDENT IN SOUTHWESTERN IRAN...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
21 killed including seven children in a house fire in the Gaza Strip...TIMES OF ISRAEL
US POLITICS NANCY PELOSI STEPPING DOWN FROM DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADERSHIP IN THE US HOUSE.
PELOSI WILL BE REPLACED BY A REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER IN JANUARY.
THE NEW HOUSE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY SAYS IT WILL INVESTIGATE JOE BIDEN.
A POLITICO/MORNING CONSULT POLL SAYS ITS DONALD TRUMP 47 PERCENT, RON DESANTIS 33 PERCENT IN THE RACE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 2024...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS
The military government of Myanmar (formerly Burma) releasing 700 prisoners.
A former British ambassador, an Australian adviser to former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and a Japanese journalist among those being freed on the country's National Day...
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