NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 2/15/2023 ATTACKS ON NIGERIAN BANKS DUE TO CASH SHORTAGE, EXPLOSIONS FOLLOW 'UFO' SIGHTING IN KIEV REGION OF UKRAINE

 

                     (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)

The death of actress Raquel Welch some video memories of her and the times she lived in but first...

                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

Lebanon's currency the pound reduced in value to a record low against the US dollar.

The exchange rate today 75,000 to the dollar a 95 percent loss of its value since 2019....AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL

DAVID MALPASS, THE WORLD BANK PRESIDENT APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, LEAVING HIS POST EARLY.

MALPASS ATTACKED FOR REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE PREMISE THAT FOSSIL FUELS ARE CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND DAMAGING THE EARTH...ANI NEWS INDIA

Left-leaning journalist Seymour Hersh sees the US sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines he revealed recently as acts to force Germany to support Ukraine by taking away its supply of cheap natural gas from Russia...TASS RUSSIA

IN FRANCE'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY A MOTION OF NO-CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE NATIONAL RALLY AND ITS ASSEMBLY LEADER MARINE LE PEN.

LE PEN ACTING IN OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S PENSION REFORM PLAN.

THE PENSION REFORM LEGISLATION SUFFERED A SETBACK LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE PLAN TO CREATE A 'SENIOR INDEX' AS PART OF THE REFORM WAS REJECTED 256-203.

TOMORROW ANOTHER DAY OF STRIKES AND PROTESTS AGAINST THE PLAN...(Information from BFM-TV France used in this story)

TONIGHT IN MUNICH AND OTHER GERMAN CITIES PROTESTS FOR PEACE OPPOSING THE HOSTILITY TO RUSSIA OVER UKRAINE.

THOUSANDS ON THE STREETS IN MUNICH...VIDEO LINK-MUNICH PROTEST

In Nigeria attacks on banks due to a shortage of cash.   

New higher denomination bank notes designed among other things to promote a cashless society are in short supply.

An election in Nigeria set for Feburary 25th...BBC NEWS

SWITZERLAND ALIGNING ITSELF WITH THE PRICE CAPS ON RUSSIAN OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION...TASS RUSSIA

THE US MILITARY SAYS THAT IT SHOT DOWN A DRONE OVER A US BASE NEAR THE CONOCO OIL FIELD IN EASTERN SYRIA.

THE DRONE SHOT DOWN OVER 'MISSION SUPPORT BASE CONOCO' SAID TO BE OF IRANIAN ORIGIN...LBC INTERNATIONAL LEBANON

NATIONALIST CABINET MINISTERS IN ISRAEL DEMAND PROMISED POWERS FROM NETANYAHU

                                                          (UPDATED)

CABINET MINISTERS OF THE 'FAR-RIGHT' IN ISRAEL CONFRONTING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OVER A LACK OF POWER PROMISED THEM IN THE AGREEMENT TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT.

TODAY MR. NETANYAHU SAID TO HAVE BEEN BACKING DOWN ON A PLAN TO REMOVE TREES PLANTED BY JEWISH SETTLERS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...BUT THE DEMOLITION OF TREES RESUMED TONIGHT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

LATER WORD TODAY IS THAT MR. NETANYAHU HAS PROMISED A TRANSFER OF CIVIL ADMINISTRATION POWERS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA TO FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR AND ANOTHER PARLIAMENT MEMBER OF HIS OTZMA YEHUDIT (JEWISH POWER) PARTY WARNING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU THAT ISRAEL NEEDS A 'COMPLETELY RIGHT-WING GOVERNMENT'...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

MARKETS THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 38.78 POINTS.

THE NASDAQ UP 110.45 POINTS.

AT 508 PM NEW YORK TIME THE PRICE OF A BARREL OF OIL 78 DOLLARS AND 52 CENTS DOWN 54 CENTS...MARKETWATCH

Pets and wildlife have died in East Palestine, Ohio following the February 3rd train derailment involving cars with noxious and toxic chemicals in them.

In the aftermath of the derailment five cars carrying toxic vinyl chloride were burned into the atmosphere because of the danger of an explosion.

One hazardous materials specialist told a local media outlet:

"We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open"...

               NEW YORK POST STORY

IN PERU A WOMAN ORDERED DETAINED FOR 30 MONTHS AS AN ALLEGED FINANCIER OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS.

YANETH NAVARRO ACCUSED IN THE ONGOING PROTESTS AGAINST THE RULE OF PRESIDENT DINA BOLUARTE INSTALLED WHEN FORMER LEFTIST PRESIDENT PEDRO CASTILLO WAS OUSTED IN DECEMBER...RPP PERU (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

              RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA

       EXPLOSIONS IN THE KIEV REGION FOLLOW SIGHTING OF 'UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT'

NATION NEXT TO UKRAINE SHUTS AIRSPACE OVER UFO REPORT

                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

Explosions in the Kiev region of Ukraine today.    They happened minutes after air raid sirens went off following the sighting of an unidentified object...TASS RUSSIA...

Moldova, a nation that borders Ukraine on the southwest, closed its airspace for a time today in response to the UFO report...TASS RUSSIA

In other news...

FORMER ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI ACQUITTED TODAY ON CHARGES OF BRIBING 24 WITNESSES.

IT ALL RELATES TO A 2013 TRIAL WHERE MR. BERLUSCONI WAS ACCUSED OF PAYING FOR SEX INVOLVING A 17-YEAR OLD MOROCCAN NIGHTCLUB DANCER...CBS NEWS

One of the 12 boys rescued in a cave in Thailand in 2018 is dead.    Duangpetch Promthep was attending an academy in the UK focused on soccer (football).

He was found unconscious in a dormitory.    The BBC quotes reports in Thailand say Promthep had a head injury...BBC NEWS

And actress Raquel Welch has died at the age of 82.   Her death coming after a 'brief illness'. 

She was considered a "sex symbol" when she became famous in the 1960's.

Here is Raquel Welch in the context of the times she lived in via television interviews from 1972 and 1970 as conducted by host Dick Cavett.

(WARNING: VIDEOS MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE TO SOME)...