Wednesday, February 1, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 2/1/2023 REQUIEM MASS FOR CARDINAL PELL IN AUSTRALIA, PENSION REFORM TENSIONS IN FRANCE, BRITISH TEACHERS STAGE ONE-DAY STRIKE, INTEREST RATE HIKE IN US

 


                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)




               LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



THE LATE AUSTRALIAN CARDINAL GEORGE PELL BEING REMEMBERED AT A REQUIEM MASS IN SYDNEY WHERE IT'S NOW THURSDAY.



FORMER PRIME MINISTER TONY ABBOTT SAID PELL WAS 'WRONGED IN LIFE' REFERRING TO ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE.



ABBOTT SAID THAT PELL HAD UNERGONE A 'MODERN CRUCIFIXION' AND WAS ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S 'GREATEST SONS'.



PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THE SERVICE SOME OF THEM HOLDING A GIANT RAINBOW FLAG...




                 ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA LIVE UPDATES




ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES IN GAZA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ROCKETS FIRED BACK TOWARDS ISRAEL AT DAWN ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




North Korea warning of a "nuke for nuke" principle and the "toughest action" in response to any U.S. military activities.



The North issuing a statement just hours after joint military maneuvers in the Yellow Sea off the western coast of South Korea involving US and South Korean warplanes...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA




NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE OF FORMER ABC NEWS PRODUCER JAMES GORDON MEEK.



MEEK ABRUPTLY RESIGNED FROM HIS JOB LAST YEAR.    HIS HOME WAS RAIDED BY THE FBI RIGHT BEFORE HIS RESIGNATION.



NOW FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE UNSEALED AN INDICIMENT OF MEEK ON A CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE.



FBI AGENTS SAY THEY FOUND EXPLICIT IMAGES AND TEXTS THAT MEEK EXCHANGED WITH OTHER PEOPLE...NEW YORK POST





TONIGHT IN OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT POLICIES WITH ECONOMIC AND RUSSIA POLICIES INCREASINGLY IN THE FOREFRONT...LIVE VIDEO STREAM OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY PROTEST 2/1/2023...



ANOTHER LARGER PROTEST WITH THE SAME MESSAGE IN MUNICH THIS EVENING.


A CROWD APPEARING TO BE AROUND A THOUSAND PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH THE STREETS.


MANY HOLDING SIGNS WITH DOVES ON THEM SAYING:



                          "Macht Frieden"



TRANSLATED THAT MEANS:



                             "Make Peace"



...VIDEO STREAM MUNICH, GERMANY PROTEST 2/1/2023






THE US ANNOUNCING SANCTIONS RELATED TO RUSSIA.    THE SANCTIONS INVOLVE 22 INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES.


THEY ARE SAID TO BE PART OF A NETWORK TO EVADE US SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA...REUTERS-AFP-RADIO FREE EUROPE-RADIO LIBERTY



The struggle in France over President Macron's "pension reform" continues.



Government spokesman Olivier Veran blasting opponents for introducing thousands of amendments in the National Assembly.



One option for the government which lacks a majority in the Assembly is the use of Article 49.3 of France's constitution to force the legislation through without a vote.



Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy urging support for changes to France's pension system including a rise in the retirement age from 62 to 64 in 2030.



Members of his party (Les Republicains) hold the balance of power in the National Assembly and control many of the seats in France's Senate.



Public opinion behind yesterday's national strike and protest with a 2-1 margin supporting continued strikes and protests...(Information from BFM-Tv France contributed to this story)




TODAY IN ENGLAND AND WALES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS WALKING OUT.


THE STRIKE FOLLOWED FAILURE OF TALKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT.



MORE THAN HALF OF SCHOOLS CLOSED OR PARTIALLY CLOSED TODAY.



TEACHERS SEEKING PAY HIKES COMPARABLE WITH AN INFLATION RATE THAT EXCEEDS 10 PERCENT...BBC NEWS LIVE BLOG




In New Zealand new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins moving to keep prices down amidst high inflation and an upcoming General Election in October.



He's keeping a 25 cent per liter fuel tax cut in place, along with half-prices for public transport and a discount for road user charges...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND...




The unemployment rate in New Zealand ticking up to 3.4 percent in the last quarter of 2022...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND





A QUARTER OF A PERCENT RATE HIKE FROM THE US FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD TODAY...





The Markets today moving downwards at mid-afternoon with the Dow losing more ground then a shift away from the decline following the fed rate hike decision.


The NASDAQ rising more than the Dow.


At the close the NASDAQ up 231.77 points or two percent in value.     The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 6.92 points.


The price of oil in New York at 505 pm local time 76 dollars and 66 cents a barrel down two dollars and 19 cents...MARKETWATCH





US POLITICS LAWYERS FOR JOE BIDEN REVEALING HIS REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE HOME HAS BEEN SEARCHED BY THE FBI FOR CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. 


THIS FOLLOWS DISCOVERY OF OTHER CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS AT BIDEN'S WILMINGTON, DELAWARE HOME AND THE BIDEN CENTER IN WASHINGTON D.C....(News Agencies)




Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he wants "counter offers" from those opposing his judicial reform plan.



Netanyahu spoke during an interview with CNN...TIMES OF ISRAEL





RUSSIA SAYS IT'S CONCERNED ABOUT 'ESCALATION' OVER IRAN.



FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV CRITICAL OF US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN WHO SPOKE IN ISRAEL ABOUT 'MILITARY OPTIONS' TO STOP IRAN FROM ACQUIRING NUCLEAR OPTIONS...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE




IN NORTHERN IRAQ A TURKISH BASE IN THE KURDISH REGION HIT BY ROCKET FIRE.



THE ROCKETS ATTRIBUTED TO A MILITIA BACKED BY IRAN.



TURKISH DEFENSE MINISTER HULUSI AKAR NOT ANGERED BY THE INCIDENT SAYING THERE ARE ATTACKS FROM TIME TO TIME.




TURKIYE FIGHTING AGAINST KURDISH GROUPS CONSIDERED TERRORISTS BY ITS GOVERNMENT IN NORTHERN SYRIA AND IRAQ...AL JAZEERA QATAR




A rocket launched from Gaza towards southern Israel today intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system...TIMES OF ISRAEL





              RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA




RUSSIAN MILITARY ANALYST SEES PROGRESS IN BAKHMUT (ARTYOMOVSK) FIGHT




                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




A Russian military analyst says forces of the Wagner Private Military Contractor are making progress in closing pincers of the city of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut)...TASS RUSSIA

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