Tuesday, December 20, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 12/20/2022 NEWSDUMP CHRISTMAS WEEK POLITICAL DEAL SOUGHT IN HAITI AHEAD OF CANADIAN LED MILITARY DEPLOYMENT, PERU CONGRESS WILL NOT ADVANCE ELECTIONS, BRITISH AMBULANCE STRIKE, NORTH KOREA MAY FIRE ICBM AT 'NORMAL ANGLE'

 


            


                                (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





PART EIGHT OF THE TWITTER FILES CAME OUT THIS AFTERNOON.



JOURNALIST LEE FANG SAYS THAT AS TWITTER PROMISED TO SHUT-DOWN STATE RUN PROPAGANDA NETWORKS IT ASSISTED PROPAGANDA NEWORKS RUN BY THE US DEFENSE DEPARTMENT...LEE FANG TWITTER











   "a trillion dollars more in deficit spending"




US Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, speaking out about the massive spending bill and the Republican claim that the 1.7 trillion-dollar spending bill is a "victory".


Paul noting that the bill boosts spending by ten percent in the coming year.



The bill approved by the US Senate tonight 70-25.





 A DEMOCRAT-RUN US HOUSE COMMITTEE VOTING TO RELEASE PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS...NEW YORK POST





PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY IN WASHINGTON FOR A PREVIOUSLY UNDISCLOSED VISIT BY UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY.



ZELENSKY REPORTED ON HIS WAY TO WASHINGTON TONIGHT...(CNN)



TOMORROW ZELENSKY EXPECTED AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO MEET JOE BIDEN AND TO SPEAK TO CONGRESS AT THE CAPITOL...(News Agencies)...TASS RUSSIA...TASS RUSSIA STORY TWO





The United States calling for a political accord in Haiti ahead of a UN Security Council session on Haiti tomorrow.


Canada has sanctioned two former Haitian government ministers with the US also banning their entry into the US as a means of applying pressure for that political agreement.



Such an agreement would provide the framework for a transitional government, appointment of judges and creation of an electoral council for new elections.



Gang violence widespread in the country along with food and fuel shortages.



Canada seeking a political accord in the country before it deploys troops to lead an international force to police Haiti...MIAMI HERALD






THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN RELEASING TWO AMERICANS AS A 'GOODWILL GESTURE'.


THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS NO EXCHANGE OF MONEY OR PRISONER SWAP WAS INVOLVED.



THE US IS CONTINUING TO SEEK THE RELEASE OF OTHER AMERICANS HELD IN AFGHANISTAN...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD






THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IN SYRIA SAYS LAST NIGHT'S ISRAELI STRIKES IN THE DAMASCUS AREA WERE CARRIED OUT BY FOUR F-16 WARPLANES.



AN OFFICIAL ISRAELI NOTIFCATION TO THE RUSSIANS SAID THAT 'PRO-IRANIAN ARMED UNITS' WERE BEING TARGETED...TASS RUSSIA





"I know they don't represent you, but they will have a nuclear weapon that they'll represent"



Those words spoken by Joe Biden about Iran with Biden saying the nuclear deal with Iran is dead but he won't announce it.


A video released on social media late Monday showing Biden making the comments on the sidelines of an election rally in California earlier this year.



His questioner apparently an Iranian-American opposed to the regime in Iran...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





Israeli politics and votes needed to facilitate a new government "frozen" until next Monday.



This will help to extend the clock so Prime Minister Designate Benjamin Netanyahu does not have to swear in his new government until January 2nd...THE TIMES OF ISRAEL


PERU CONGRESS STICKS TO APRIL 2024 ELECTION PLAN IN SPITE OF OPPOSITION PROTESTS

                                                   (UPDATED)


 IN PERU CONGRESS IN SESSION AGAIN DEBATING EARLY ELECTIONS TO BE HELD NEXT YEAR.



LAST FRIDAY LAWMAKERS REJECTED THE NOTION OF MOVING THE VOTE FORWARD FROM 2024.



AND APRIL 2024 WILL STILL BE THE DATE CONGRESS AGREES TO WITH THE 'CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION' ISSUING AN OPINION THAT ELECTIONS CAN BE HELD NO EARLIER THAT APRIL OF 2024.



THE VOTE IN FAVOR OF APRIL 2024 ELECTIONS 93-30.




SUPPORTERS OF OUSTED LEFTIST PRESIDENT PEDRO CASTILLO DEMANDING A DISSOLUTION OF CONGRESS AND NEW ELECTIONS.


ALSO TODAY THE MEXICAN AMBASSADOR TO PERU ORDERED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY AND THE FAMILY OF THE IMPRISONED FORMER PRESIDENT CASTILLO GIVEN SAFE PASSAGE TO MEXICO...RPP PERU (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Preparations underway in the UK for tomorrow's strike by ambulance dispatchers, drivers and paramedics.     


Members of the military will be brought into help.


This strike the latest in a series of job actions involving workers demanding big pay raises in the midst of a double-digit inflation rate.



The government taking a hard line saying the raises are unaffordable...BBC NEWS BLOG...



Meanwhile nurses in the UK want a deal with the government by Friday or they will announce new strike actions...THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES




Amazon cutting a deal with the European Union to change its business practices.  


Amazon had been threatened with fines because the European Commission said the online retail giant was giving itself unfair advantages over competitors...ASSOCIATED PRESS-EURONEWS



Wells Fargo fined 3.7 billion dollars by the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.


The bank said to have engaged in illegal activities including misapplication of loan payments and foreclosure of homes and repossession of cars and imposing fees on customers...CNN






THE MARKETS TODAY THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 92.20 POINTS.



THE NASDAQ ROSE 1.08 POINTS.



THE PRICE OF OIL UP 83 CENTS A BARREL BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO 76 DOLLARS AND 2 CENTS...MARKETWATCH




SERBIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER WARNING KOSOVO AGAINST ANY CRACKDOWN ON THE MINORITY SERB POPULATION.



MILOS VUCEVIC SAYS THAT INTERNATIONAL FORCES IN KOSOVO SHOULD PROTECT SERBS WHO HAVE SET UP BARRICADES OVER HARASSMENT AND ARRESTS BY THE KOSOVO AUTHORITIES...TASS RUSSIA





The sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un said no one should doubt the quality of North Korea's satellite and ballistic missile developments.



Kim Yo-jong speaking after some low-resolution pictures provided by the North showing South Korean cities were said to indicate a low level of development.


She suggests that North Korea may soon fire an ICBM at a 'normal angle' to verify the quality of its technology...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA...



North Korea also warning Japan.    


Japan recently announced a 'counterstrike strategy".



North Korea speaking of plans for a bold and decisive response...TASS RUSSIA



AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PENNY WONG VISITING CHINA FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT...XINHUA CHINA...


AUSTRALIA SAYING IT WANTS TO PURSUE A DIALOGUE WITH CHINA ON LIFTING TRADE SANCTIONS AGAINST AUSTRALIA AND RELEASING AUSTRALIANS DETAINED BY CHINA...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA






(UPDATED) THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF A THAI WARSHIP THAT SANK.



SIX BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND BUT 23 ARE STILL MISSING...BBC NEWS




In Pakistan today a deadly ending to a hostage siege at a prison for terrorists.



Two police commandos dead and 33 terrorist hostage takers.



Other prisoners and police wounded...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In Germany a 97-year-old woman convicted for her clerical work at a concentration camp during the World War II.



Irmgard Furchner given a two-year suspended prison sentence for complicity in the killing of 10,000 people...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL



                 RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA




                       TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED






In other news...




Afghanistan's Education Ministry confirming a ban on female university students.



A letter has been sent to all universities in the country commanding a ban on female students...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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