Monday, March 20, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 3/20/2023 MORE PRESSURE TO COMPROMISE ON JUDICIAL REFORM IN ISRAEL, XI JINPING VISIT TO RUSSIA, CENSURE EFFORT NARROWLY FAILS IN FRANCE'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

 


                                       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)


The news from Israel's debate over judicial reform, France's turmoil over pension reform and the possible arrest of President Trump but first...


                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




AMAZON ANNOUNCING NINE THOUSAND MORE JOBS WILL BE CUT IN THE COMING MONTHS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




RUSSIA SAYS UKRAINIAN DRONES WERE SHOT DOWN OVER CRIMEA TONIGHT.   


ONE PERSON INJURED BY FALLING DEBRIS FROM ONE OF THE DRONES...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A judge allowing a lawsuit to move forward against JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank over their association with accused child sex trafficker the late Jeffrey Epstein.


Two women who say they were abused by Epstein bringing the lawsuit against the banks in the US Virgin Islands.   The Virgin Islands government also involved in the legal action...BBC NEWS


Joe Biden with a veto today of legislation designed to counter a US Labor Department rule pushing ESG (Environmental Social Governance) in retirement investments...THE EPOCH TIMES



NETANYAHU'S PARTY TRIES A COMPROMISE MOVE FOLLOWING BIDEN-NETANYAHU PHONE CALL


                                                      (UPDATED)



Israel's Justice Minister Yariv Levin warning the High Court against overturning the reform of judicial appointments when the legislation is approved by Parliament.



A modified version of a new judicial appointments law now on the table...TIMES OF ISRAEL


This evening the Likud Party in Israel voting to soften the reform of judicial selection in Israel...



                ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...


This follows the conversation last night between Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu where Biden pushed for compromise on judicial reforms new developments.


It was being said via news leakage that Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant of Netanyahu's Likud Party wants compromise on judicial reform and threatens to resign if there is none...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




In the UK some rail workers accepting a pay offer.  Maintenance and signal workers from the RMT union agreeing to a deal.    Meanwhile other rail workers from the RMT union are set to strike March 30th and April 1st...BBC NEWS



CREDIT SUISSE SHARES FELL TODAY AFTER THE SWISS GOVERNNENT BROKERED A DEAL FOR ITS BIGGER COMPETITOR UBS TO TAKE IT OVER...CBS NEWS





Today the markets up.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 382.60 points or 1.2 percent in value. 


The NASDAQ up 45.02 points.


At 510 pm New York Time the price of oil at 67 dollars and 61 cents a barrel up 87 cents...MARKETWATCH


Authorities in India shutting down the internet in the state of Punjab.


They are cracking down on a Sikh cleric who advocates Sikh independence.


Amritpal Singh the target of a manhunt and more than 100 of his supporters have already been arrested...BBC NEWS



DEVELOPMENTS ON POSSIBLE ARREST OF PRESIDENT TRUMP


DESANTIS MAKES 'PORN STAR HUSH PAYMENT' COMMENT, TRUMP WARNS DESANTIS MAY FACE FAKE CHARGES IN THE FUTURE

                                              (UPDATES WHEN ABLE)




 NEW YORK POLICE HAVE BEEN TOLD TO REPORT TO DUTY TOMORROW IN UNIFORM INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS THAT NORMALLY WEAR PLAIN CLOTHES.


THIS IS PART OF THE PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE CITY OVER AN INDICTMENT AND OR ARREST OF PRESIDENT TRUMP...(WCBS Radio New York)




IN NEW YORK TODAY A WITNESS FAVORABLE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TESTIFYING BEFORE THE GRAND JURY THAT MAY INDICT HIM...FOX NEWS STORY




FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS COMMENTING ON THE POSSIBLE INDICTMENT-ARREST OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.


THE POTENTIAL RIVAL TO TRUMP FOR THE 2024 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION ALLUDING TO 'PORN STAR HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS' BUT ALSO NOTING THAT MANHATTAN DA ALVIN BRAGG IS 'SOROS-FUNDED' AND LAX ON SERIOUS CRIME.


DESANTIS SPEAKING OF A 'POLITICAL AGENDA' AND 'WEAPONIZING THE OFFICE' REGARDING BRAGG.


HE SAYS HIS OFFICE WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH A 'MANUFACTURED CRISIS'...FREE REPUBLIC POST-KYLE BECK SUBSTACK-DISCUSSION...




PRESIDENT TRUMP REACTING SAYING IN PART:



"Ron DeSanctimonious will probably find out about FALSE ACCUSATIONS & FAKE STORIES sometime in the future..."



MR. TRUMP ADDING A STORY CLAIMING THAT DESANTIS DRANK WITH UNDERAGE GIRLS FROM A SCHOOL HE TAUGHT AT YEARS AGO...



PRESIDENT TRUMP SOCIAL MEDIA POST MONDAY MARCH 20, 2023...





THIS MORNING IN MANHATTAN BARRICADES UNLOADED OUTSIDE THE CRIMINAL COURT BUILDING...







 PRESIDENT TRUMP LATE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A SERIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES FOCUSING ON MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALVIN BRAGG AND HIS SOFTNESS ON VIOLENT CRIME.


TRUMP SAYS BRAGG WILL HAVE HIM ARRESTED ON TUESDAY FOLLOWING A GRAND JURY PROBE...PRESIDENT TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL MEDIA POST




THE TURMOIL IN FRANCE OVER IMPOSITION OF PENSION REFORM



MORE STRIKES AND PROTESTS




CENSURE MOTION FAILS IN CLOSE VOTE



                             (UPDATED WHEN ABLE DURING THE DAY)


    BFM-TV FRANCE MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



VIDEO BLOCKADE AT FRENCH OIL DEPOT IN RENNES








PROTESTERS OUTSIDE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN PARIS TONIGHT                                                                           3/20/2023





Tonight more protests across France with 142 arrests in Paris.




This afternoon debates on motions of censure against President Emmanuel Macron's government got underway in the National Assembly.



Only 11 of the 61 Les Republicains deputies committed to censure in the opposition ranks.


Les Republicans party leader Eric Ciotti urging opposition to censure.



National Rally leader in the assembly Marine Le Pen saw a slight chance of the censure motions being approved.



In the end a close vote with 278 of the members voting for a motion of censure, nine votes short of a majority.




PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA ON STATE VISIT TO RUSSIA

                                               (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA ARRIVES IN MOSCOW MARCH 20, 2023


Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.


Mr. Putin stressing common goals and tasks shared by both nations...TASS RUSSIA...



The Western mainstream media trying to find differences between Russia and China in its reporting on Xi's visit...BBC NEWS BLOG...


The talks between Mr. Putin and Mr. Xi at the Kremlin lasted at least four hours today....RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


                         WAR IN URKAINE




EUROPEAN PLAN FOR ONE MILLION ARTILLERY SHELLS FOR UKRAINE



RUSSIAN SOURCE SAYS UKRAINIAN FORCES GETTING READY FOR BIG FIGHT



CHINESE PRESIDENT SPEAKS OF WAY OUT OF WAR


                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



The European Union agreeing to a multi-billion dollar plan to provide Ukraine with a million 155mm artillery shells.


The plan for the next 12 months will strain European stockpiles of ammunition...ARD NEWS TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



A Russian military source says that Ukrainian forces are massing around Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) for a major battle...TASS RUSSIA...Yevgeny Prigozhin of the Wagner military contractor urging support to counter any Ukrainian counteroffensive in the area...TASS RUSSIA



In an interview with a Russian newspaper President Xi Jinping says that actions need to be taken to end the conflict in Ukraine.


Xi offered a vision of a "path to lasting peace and universal security in the world"...TASS RUSSIA



In other news...




Iran says that Saudi Arabia's King Salman has invited President Ebrahim Raisi for an official visit.


The invitation follows the recent decision by the two countries to re-establish diplomatic relations broken off in 2016 in a deal brokered by China...BBC NEWS

No comments:

Post a Comment