Sunday, February 19, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/19/2023 ISRAEL STRONGARMED BY US, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER CITES US 'ABUSE OF FORCE' IN BALLOON SHOOT DOWN, US SECRETARY OF STATE ASSERTS CHINA MAY SUPPORT RUSSIA MILITARILY

 


(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTINGS AT AROUND 12 MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT EASTERN US TIME)




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





A fire at an electrical substation on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay shut down the Oakland International Airport this evening.    


Some 50,000 electric customers in the Oakland area losing service because of the fire...ABC 7 NEWS SAN FRANCISCO




NEW BALLISTIC MISSILE FIRINGS BY NORTH KOREA WHERE IT'S NOW MONDAY.


THE MISSILES FIRED EASTWARDS SAID TO BE OF SHORT RANGE.


ON SUNDAY THE US AND SOUTH KOREA STAGED JOINT AIRCRAFT DRILLS IN RESPONSE TO THE SATURDAY ICBM LAUNCH BY NORTH KOREA...NHK JAPAN...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA




THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION SAYS THE GOVERNMRNT IS 'RECKLESS' WITH ITS CONDUCT AHEAD OF A STRIKE VOTE RESULTS INVOLVING JUNIOR DOCTORS.


THOSE DOCTORS EXPECTED TO APPROVE A STRIKE AMIDST AN INFLATION RATE IN THE UK IN EXCESS OF 10 PERCENT...BBC NEWS




Bloomberg News citing "two senior diplomats" reports that international inspectors have found 84 percent enriched uranium in Iran.



That level of enrichment is just short of the 90 percent needed to make a nuclear weapon...AL ARABIYA




THE US HAS STRONGARMED ISRAEL TO REFRAIN FROM 'UNILATERAL MOVES' LIKE SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA ('WEST BANK') IN THE COMING MONTHS.



NEWS LEAKING OUT IS THAT FOR NEAR FUTURE INCLUDING THE MUSLIM HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN NEITHER ISRAEL NOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY WILL MAKE ANY 'UNILATERAL MOVES'...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


French politics President Emmanuel Macron now with a 32 percent popularity rating his lowest ever.


Strong opposition in France to Macron's pension reform plan raising France's retirement age to 64 and shuffling benefits...(BFM-TV France)



IN THE RUSSIAN REGION OF BELGOROD A WOMAN KILLED BY URAINIAN SHELLING LATER IDENTIFIED AS A 12-YEAR OLD GIRL...TASS RUSSIA FIRST STORY...LATER TASS NEWS STORY...


UKRAINIAN FORCES SHELLING THE CITY CENTER OF DONETSK TODAY.    RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES REPORT CASUALTIES...TASS RUSSIA...



More on Russia and Ukraine later in the summary...



A US MILITARY BASE IN THE OIL FIELDS OF EASTERN SYRIA HIT DURING A MISSILE ATTACK SATURDAY.


AN EXPLOSION REPORTED ON A HELICOPTER PAD NEAR A FUEL TANK CAUSING A FIRE...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN




ISRAELI F-16 JETS LAUNCH STRIKES ON DAMASCUS SYRIA

                                                       (UPDATED)



ISRAELI STRIKES IN SYRIA SATURDAY NIGHT.



ROCKETS FIRED FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS HITTING TARGETS IN AND AROUND DAMASCUS SAID TO HAVE INCLUDED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.


FIVE REPORTED DEAD, OTHERS WOUNDED.     RUSSIA CONDEMNING THE ATTACKS AS A 'FLAGRANT VIOLATION' OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.


THE RUSSIAN MILITARY SAYS THAT FOUR ISRAELI F-16'S PARTICIPATED IN THE ATTACK...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...REUTERS...TASS RUSSIA





NORTH KOREA SAYS IT LAUNCHED AN INTERCONTINENTAL NUCLEAR MISSILE THIS WEEKEND (ICBM).    



THE MISSILE FLEW UP TO 5,768.5 KILOMTERS ABOVE THE EARTH ACCORDING TO NORTH KOREA. 



SOUTH KOREA SAYING THE MISSILE WENT SOME 900 KILOMETERS IN DISTANCE WITH JAPANESE AUTHORITIES SAYING IT LANDED 200 KILOMETERS WEST OF JAPAN'S NORTHERNMOST ISLAND HOKKAIDO...TASS RUSSIA...


ALSO A WARNING TODAY FROM KIM YO JONG SISTER OF NORTH KOREA'S RULER KIM JONG UN SHE SAID IN PART:



"We will watch every movement of the enemy and take corresponding and very powerful and overwhelming counteraction against its every move hostile to us"...CNN




Former US President Jimmy Carter is in palliative care deciding not to continue medical treatment.


The 98-year-old Mr. Carter is under hospice care for his remaining hours at home with his family...(News Agencies)




China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi saying the United States committed an 'abuse of force' in the recent shoot down of a Chinese weather balloon.


The Chinese Foreign Minister also calling for the US to 'repair the harm' caused by the incident.


He met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany...TASS RUSSIA...


Meanwhile US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that China is considering giving Russia weapons of war for use in Ukraine.


Blinken says that would "cause a serious problem"...AFP-TIMES OF ISRAEL




THIS WEEKEND AT THE MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE US VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ACCUSING RUSSIA OF:



             "crimes against humanity"...


                               BBC NEWS





             RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA




             AIR RAID WARNINGS ACROSS UKRAINE



                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




Air raid warnings in Kiev and 10 other Ukrainian regions on Saturday...TASS RUSSIA









In other news...





Israel says the ejection of its envoy from an African Union summit was 'severe'.



On Friday an Israeli government official for Africa, Sharon Bar-li, was escorted out of the room where the AU was meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.



Israel says that "extremist states" like Algeria and South Africa were responsible for the ejection being driven by Iran...THE NEW ARAB




A FRENCH JOURNALIST WORKING FOR THE BFM TV NEWS CHANNEL SUSPENDED FROM HIS JOB OVER STORIES PLANTED WITH HIM BY AN ISRAELI FIRM.



RACHID M'BARKI WAS ANCHORING OVERNIGHT NEWS PROGRAMS AND WAS LONGTIME EMPLOYEE AT BFM.


THE FRENCH NEWS CHANNEL CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION.


AN INVESTIGATION BY THE NEWSPAPER 'LE MONDE' IN CONJUNCTION WITH A GROUP CALLED 'FORBIDDEN STORIES' SAYS THAT STORIES ABOUT MOROCO, SUDAN AND QATAR WERE PUT ON BFM BY MR. M'BARKI THROUGH THE WORK OF AN ISRAELI ORGANIZATION CALLED 'TEAM JORGE'...BBC NEWS













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