Tuesday, February 14, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 2/14/2023 HIGHER THAN EXPECTED US INFLATION, BRIGHT LIGHTS OVER CHINESE CITY MONDAY NIGHT, US, UK, EUROPEAN NATIONS CONDEMN ISRAELI SETTLEMENT PLANS

 


                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




The Oregon State Police sniper who shot and killed Oregon Standoff protester LaVoy Finicum on January 26th, 2016 is now the Superintendent of the Oregon State Police.



Casey Codding was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain after the killing and later became Deputy Superintendent.



He was appointed by Democrat Governor Tina Kotek...FREE REPUBLIC POST-OREGON LIVE STORY-DISCUSSION




US politics longtime US Senator Diane Feinstein Democrat from California announcing her retirement.   Candidates lining up for the 2024 US Senate election in California.



Also former UN Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announcing her candidacy for President in 2024 in the Republican Party...(News Agencies)






US FIGHTER JETS INTERCEPTING RUSSIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT NEAR ALASKA ON MONDAY.



THE INCIDENT ON MONDAY OCCURRED IN INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE AND IS DESCRIBED AS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE BY THE US MILITARY...TASS RUSSIA



US authorities making four more arrests in the alleged plot to assassinate the President of Haiti in 2021.



11 suspects now in US custody.   Four of them were transferred from Haiti.



Dozens in custody in Haiti...BBC NEWS



INFLATION IN THE US RISING MORE SHARPLY THAN EXPECTED.     


A .5 PERCENT RISE IN JANUARY WITH THE ANNUAL RATE AT 6.4 PERCENT...CNBC



THE MARKETS TODAY MIXED.


THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE DOWN 156.66 POINTS.


THE NASDAQ UP 68.36 POINTS.


AT 421 PM NEW YORK TIME THE PRICE OF OIL AT 79 DOLLARS AND 13 CENTS A BARREL DOWN ONE DOLLAR AND ONE CENT...MARKETWATCH



Local taxes going up in most local council areas in the UK.    


Five percent tax hikes, the most allowed by law, going into force April 1st in three-quarters of the local government areas.


Some local government areas have been given special permission to raise the taxes even higher.


The inflation rate in the UK now greater than 10 percent...BBC NEWS




Bright shining lights observed in the sky over the city of Qiqihar in southeastern China Monday night.



Authorities have no explanation for the phenomenon...TASS RUSSIA





THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN WANG WENBIN SAID TODAY THAT THE UNITED STATES IS THE NUMBER ONE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO SURVEILLANCE.


NATO SECRETARY JENS STOLTENBERG HAS SAID THAT INCREASED CHINESE AND RUSSIAN SURVEILLANCE CONCERNS NATO IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT HIGHLY PUBLICIZED INCIDENTS INVOLVING OBJECTS IN THE SKY OVER THE UNITED STATES...TASS RUSSIA




US SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN AND FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OUT WITH A JOINT STATEMENT CONDEMNING ISRAEL.



THE ISSUE A DECISON BY ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT TO BUILD NINE NEW SETTLEMENTS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA COMMONLY CALLED 'THE WEST BANK'...TIMES OF ISRAEL




More opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied arrested.


A crackdown with mass arrests of opposition politicians, judges and business owners started three days ago.



In 2021 Saied fired the country's Prime Minister, dismissed its parliament and forced through a new constitution for the country claiming he wants to prevent chaos...BBC NEWS




20 KILLED IN THE CRASH OF A TOUR BUS IN SOUTH AFRICA. 68 OTHERS HURT.

THERE WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH AN ARMORED CAR CARRYING CASH....BBC NEWS


IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA AN OUTBREAK OF THE MARBURG VIRUS.


NINE ARE DEAD FROM THE OUTBREAK OF MARBURG, WHICH IS A HEMORRHAGIC FEVER SIMILAR TO THE EBOLA VIRUS...ANI NEWS INDIA




Here in the USA the mass attacks at Michigan State University in East Lansing.


Three dead and five wounded reported on the campus.    The suspect is dead.


The male suspect who killed himself identified as 43-year old Anthony Dwayne McRae...WILX-TV LANSING...WILX-TV LIVESTREAM




The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) it's ready to act in 12 hours if there is any provocation in Central Asia.



The CSTO group cites a commitment to defend Tajikistan from threats originating in Afghanistan to the south.



A specific threat cited the Islamic State.     ISIS has flourished in Afghanistan following the end of the US-led military effort there...TASS RUSSIA



                 RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA




NATO DEFENSE MINISTERS MEET IN BRUSSELS TO COORDINATE MORE WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION FOR UKRAINE




US DEFENSE SECRETARY SPEAKS OF 'SPRING OFFENSIVE' BY UKRAINE



                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                                  BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG




Speaking at the NATO defense ministers meeting today in Brussels US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaking of Ukraine going 'on the offensive' in the spring...(BBC News)




In other news...




The remnants of Cyclone Gabrielle causing heavy rains, winds and flooding in New Zealand where a State of Emergency was declared and Parliament was suspended late today...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

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