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Thursday, February 16, 2023
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 2/16/2023 DEMOCRAT PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR NOW OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY, INFLATION CONTINUES TO RAGE IN THE USA, ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER IN UKRAINE, MORE THAN ONE MILLION PROTEST PENSION REFORM IN FRANCE
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
(Updated) CANADIAN WARSHIPS WILL BE SENT TO THE COAST OF HAITI.
PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU ANNOUNCED THE MOVE AT A MEETING OF CARRIBEAN LEADERS IN THE BAHAMAS.
TRUDEAU SAYING THE MISSION WILL BE ONE TO 'GATHER INTELLIGENCE'.
HAITI HAS ASKED FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND THE US AND CANADA HAVE SENT ARMORED VEHICLES TO HELP POLICE BATTLE GANG VIOLENCE.
THE US AND CANADA IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS LINKED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN HAITI.
BUT HAITI WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INTERNATIONAL MILITARY FORCE IN THE COUNTRY WHICH APPEARS TO BE UNDER DISCUSSION BEHIND THE SCENES LIKELY TO INCLUDE CARRIBEAN NATIONS...AL JAZEERA QATAR...REUTERS
Pennsylvania Governor Democrat Josh Shapiro changing his position on the death penalty.
Shapiro now opposing capital punishment saying he will not sign any death warrants for those sentenced to death here in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Shapiro also calling on the legislature to abolish capital punishment.
He is the former elected Attorney General of the state who was supportive of the death penalty in the past...NBC NEWS
PENNSYLVANIA US SENATOR DEMOCRAT JOHN FETTERMAN HOSPITALIZED AT THE WALTER REED MILITARY HOSPITAL FOR 'CLINICAL DEPRESSION'.
THE MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT SAYS THAT FETTERMAN CHECKED HIMSELF INTO THE HOSPITAL AFTER AN EVALUATION BY THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN FOR THE US CONGRESS...CNN
Wholesale inflation in the US rising .7 percent in January.
Even outside the volatile energy and food areas prices rose .5 percent last month instead of the expected .3 percent.
The annual rate of wholesale inflation in the US now at six percent...CNBC...
Markets in the US today down the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 431.20 points or 1.26 percent in value.
The NASDAQ losing 214.76 points or 1.78 percent in value.
At 425 pm New York Time the price of oil at 78 dollars and 11 cents a barrel down 48 cents...MARKETWATCH
Unemployment rising in Australia last month from 3.5 to 3.7 percent...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
POLITICS IN THE USA TODAY SOME OF THE REPORT FROM A DEMOCRAT ATLANTA PROSECUTOR'S GRAND JURY PROBE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS RELEASED.
TRUMP AND HIS SUPPORTERS TARGETED OVER THEIR QUESTIONING OF THE 2020 ELECTION IN GEORGIA...THE HILL
JOE BIDEN NOW SAYING THAT THE OBJECTS SHOT DOWN RECENTLY OVER CANADA AND THE US LIKELY PRIVATELY OWNED CRAFT NOT RELATED TO A SPY PROGRAM BY CHINA OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN GOVERNMENT...BBC NEWS BLOG
Israel's Foreign Minister in Ukraine today meeting top officials including President Volodymyr Zelensky...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
Israel pledging loan guarantees and help with a warning system for air attacks...TIMES OF ISRAEL STORY 2
IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI IN BEIJING MEETING CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING.
XI ACCEPTING RAISI'S INVITATION TO VISIT IRAN...TASS RUSSIA
MORE PROTESTS-STRIKES AGAINST MACRON'S PENSION REFORM SCHEME IN FRANCE
ORGANIZERS SAY 1.3 MILLION PARTICIPATED, THE GOVERNMENT 440,000
NATIONWIDE STRIKE AND SHUTDOWN PROTEST PLANNED FOR MARCH 7TH
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PROTEST OPPOSING PENSION REFORM PLAN IN ARLES, FRANCE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Today's protests-strikes in France feature calls for a major strike and protest to shut down France on March 7th as the opposition to President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform legislation continues.
Organizers say 300,000 protested in Paris today the government says only 37,000 were involved....
Debate over the legislation continued in France's National Assembly today...(Information from BFM-TV France used in this story)
Blasts in several regions of Ukraine. The explosions reported after overnight air raid warnings...TASS RUSSIA
Two Ukrainian drones downed by Russian air defenses last night in waters off Sevastopol in Crimea where a major Russian naval base is located...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
AUTHORITIES IN INDIA CONTINUE THEIR PROBE INTO THE BBC.
BBC OFFICES IN INDIA RAIDED BY INDIAN AUTHORITIES FOLLOWING A DOCUMENTARY THAT PAINTED PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT.
AUTHORITIES LOOKING INTO PHONES AND LAPTOPS USED BY BBC EMPLOYEES...AFP-AL ARABIYA
In New Zealand five confirmed dead from the remnants of Cyclone Gabrielle that have wreaked havoc across the country.
Concern about the well-being of others out of contact.
A state of emergency remains in effect and a request for help from Australia has been made...ONE NEW ZEALAND NEWS BLOG
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