NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 2/9/2023 NICARAGUA DEPORTS HUNDREDS OF 'TRAITORS' TO USA, MUSIC COMPOSER BURT BACHRACH DEAD

 

                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)

                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

THE OREGON SUPREME COURT REJECTING A PETITION FROM THE STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL TO THROW OUT A COUNTY JUDGE'S ORDER BLOCKING GUN CONTROL MEASURE 114.

THE MEASURE APPROVED IN LAST NOVEMBER'S ELECTION...MAXINE BERNSTEIN-OREGON LIVE TWITTER

Tech company Yahoo cutting 20 percent of its workforce some 1,600 jobs.   Most of the job cuts coming this week...CNBC

IN URKAINE TONIGHT EXPLOSIONS OUTSIDE THE CITY OF DNEPROPETROVSK.     THAT REGION ONE OF SIX WHERE AIR RAID WARNINGS WERE ISSUED...TASS RUSSIA

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

Former Vice-President Mike Pence and former National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien have been subpoenaed by Jack Smith the Biden Administration Special Prosecutor targeting President Trump...THE NEW DAILY-AUSTRALIA

PAKISTAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND DEADLOCKED ON A MAJOR LOAN PACKAGE WORTH 1.1 BILLION US DOLLARS.

THE DISAGREEMENT CAME AT THE END OF TEN DAYS OF TALKS DESCRIBED AS 'TOUGH'...ANI NEWS INDIA

A petition to Israel's High Court to declare Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unfit for office.

The Movement for Quality Government group says Mr. Netanyahu is violating a conflict of interest arrangement with Israel's Attorney General that bars him from invo

lvement in matter related to his ongoing corruption trial...TIMES OF ISRAEL

THE LEFTIST GOVERNMENT IN NICARAGUA DEPORTING MORE THAN 200 POLITICAL PRISONERS TO THE UNITED STATES.

A JUDGE DECLARING THE 222 PEOPLE TO BE 'TRAITORS' INELIGIBLE TO SERVE IN PUBLIC OFFICE AGAIN.

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO FACILITATE TRANSPORTATION OF THE GROUP TO THIS COUNTRY FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS...AXIOS

The market moving downwards today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 249.13 points.

The NASDAQ down 120.94 points or 1.02 percent in value.

At 513 pm New York time the price of oil 77 dollars and 66 cents a barrel down 81 cents...MARKETWATCH

IN NEW ZEALAND'S CAPITAL CITY OF WELLINGTON LOCAL TAXES 'RATES' FOR RESIDENTS SET TO RISE 12.8 PERCENT FOR THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR.    

THIS FOLLOWS 13.5 PERCENT AND EIGHT PERCENT HIKES FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

(Updated) North Korea presenting a fleet of ballistic missiles including what appeared to be its newest models in a Wednesday night military parade.

Satellite imagery shows a huge crowd attending the parade with a gigantic North Korean flag on display...CNN...

New pictures of the event from official media in North Korea show ruler Kim Jong-un and his daughter Kim Ju-ae standing together at the parade...BBC NEWS

EARTHQUAKE DISASTER IN TURKEY AND SYRIA

                     RISING DEATH TOLL

SYRIAN GOVERNMENT APPEALS FOR LIFTING OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

TRT NEWS (HABER) TURKIYE (TURKEY) (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The death toll in Turkey as of late Thursday night stands at 17,674.

72,879 injured in Turkey.

In the government-controlled areas of Syria there are 1,347 reported dead.

As the death toll rises in Turkey authorities warning against looting.

In Syria the rubber stamp legislature appealing for the lifting of sanctions imposed as a result of the civil war between the Assad regime and Western-NATO backed jihadists.

Russian military forces based in Syria have been offering humanitarian assistance there...TASS RUSSIA...

The Russian military says they have rescued 47 people from the rubble in Syria...TASS RUSSIA

 Israeli rescue teams have rescued 17 people in the rubble in Turkey...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Chinese rescue teams have also begun work in Turkey...CGTN

              RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA

UKRAINE ACCUSED OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE IN LUGANSK REGION

ZELENSKY PUSHES FOR FIGHTER JETS ON EUROPEAN TOUR

                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

An official from the Lugansk People's Republic says that Ukrainian forces are using makeshift chemical bombs dropped from drones as they retreat around Bakhmut (Artyomovsk)...TASS RUSSIA

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to make his pitch for fighter jets as he visits the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels...BBC NEWS

In other news...

THE UK AND US IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON A RUSSIAN GROUP OF CYBERCRIMINALS...ASSOCIATED PRESS-AL ARABIYA

Millions of bottles of the household cleaner "Fabuloso" have been recalled.   The issue involves failure to insert enough preservative in them to stop development of potentially harmful bacteria...FREE REPUBLIC POST-CNET STORY-DISCUSSION

Renowned music composer Burt Bacharach has died at the age of 94.

He was at the height of his fame in the 1960's and here is a 1968 television appearance by Bacharach with singer Andy Williams...