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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 3/15/2023 AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICITY PRICES TO RISE UP TO 30 PERCENT, STRIKE-PROTEST DAY IN FRANCE OPPOSING 'PENSION REFORM'
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
POLITICS IN THE US FOX NEWS GIVING MORE MENTIONS TO FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS LAST WEEK THAN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP...THE INDEPENDENT-UK
IN NORTH KOREA A LONG-RANGE NUCLEAR MISSILE WAS LAUNCHED EASTWARDS THURSDAY MORNING.
THE LAUNCH JUST AHEAD OF A SUMMIT MEETING INVOLVING JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY...
JAPAN'S DEFENSE MINISTER SAYING THE MISSILE CAME DOWN 250 KILOMTERS FROM THE NORTHERNMOST ISLAND OF HOKKAIDO...TASS RUSSIA
Top US and Russian defense officials speaking to each other following the drone incident yesterday in the Black Sea near Crimea.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu speaking to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin saying the US drone presence near Russian territory was provocative and any activity resembling it will be responded to proportionately...TASS RUSSIA...
Later the Russian Chief of Staff General Valery Gerasimov speaking with US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley. Security concerns reportedly discussed...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
BREAKING NEWS ISRAEL:
ISRAELI PRESIDENT TALKS 'COMPROMISE' ON JUDICIAL REFORM AHEAD OF MASS PROTEST
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU REJECTS PROPOSAL AS LACKING BALANCE
ISRAEL SAYS A TERRORIST ATTACK CAME FROM LEBANON ON MONDAY IN ROADSIDE BOMB INCIDENT
Ahead of tomorrow's round of anti-government protests called:
"The Day Of Exacerbating The Resistance"
the Israeli President Issac Herzog, also an opponent of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reform, is talking about a "compromise"he calls a:
"Peoples Outline"
that is not supported by Mr. Netanyahu's government.
Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking to the media later in the evening said that Mr. Herzog's proposals do nothing to address the imbalances in Israel's justice system...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
ALSO IN ISRAEL AN INCIDENT ON MONDAY IS BEING LINKED TO THE IRANIAN SUPPORTED HEZBOLLAH GROUP IN LEBANON.
A MAN WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN AN EXPLOSION WHEN A ROADSIDE BOMB WENT OFF AS HE DROVE PAST IT.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT MEGIDDO JUNCTION.
SEVERAL HOURS LATER A SUSPECTED TERRORIST SHOT DEAD CLOSE TO THE LEBANESE BORDER...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
(COMMENT, ANALYSIS)
ALL THIS AS TENSIONS ARE HIGH IN ISRAEL OVER PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S JUDICIAL REFORM PLAN.
A BIG NATIONAL DAY OF DISRUPTION PLANNED TOMORROW THOUSANDS ON THE STREETS TODAY.
SECURITY CONSULTATIONS UNDERWAY IN ISRAEL OVER THE MONDAY INCIDENT ALONG WITH TALK OF A 'COMPROMISE' ON THE JUDICIAL REFORM MATTER.
MR. NETANYAHU BRIEFLY DELAYED A PLANNED TRIP TO GERMANY TODAY.
NETANYAHU'S VISIT THERE WILL ONLY BE FOR 24 HOURS.
HE WILL RETURN TOMORROW INSTEAD OF FRIDAY.
AND FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH HEADING HOME EARLY FROM A TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES.
SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR ASSAD VISITING MOSCOW TALKING WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
China, Russia and Iran conducting joint naval maneuvers in the Arabian Sea...TASS RUSSIA
A SHARP DOWNWARD TREND ON THE MARKETS AS CREDIT SUISSE SHARES TOOK A DRAMATIC DROP EARLIER TODAY.
IT FOLLOWED A STATEMENT FROM THE SAUDI NATIONAL BANK THAT IT WOULD NOT INJECT MORE OF ITS MONEY INTO CREDIT SUISSE.
SAUDI NATIONAL BANK IS THE LARGEST SHARHOLDER IN CREDIT SUISSE...ASSOCIATED PRESS
AT THE CLOSE OF TRADING THE DOW JONES INDUSTIAL AVERAGE FELL 280.83 POINTS.
THE NASDAQ ROSE SLIGHTLY 5.90 POINTS.
AT 555 PM NEW YORK TIME THE PRICE OF OIL 68 DOLLARS AND 24 CENTS A BARREL DOWN THREE DOLLARS AND NINE CENTS OR 4.33 PERCENT...MARKETWATCH
In the UK mass strikes on budget day.
Teachers, civil servants, junior doctors and others walking out as the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt lays out a plan for "growth".
Working conditions and pay on the minds of striking workers with inflation raging over 10 percent in the UK.
More child care being offered by the government for children as young as one year old in a bid to get parents back to work, additional pension savings being allowed to encourage people to work longer...THE NATIONAL
ELECTRICITY PRICES IN AUSTRALIA SET TO RISE UP TO 30 PERCENT IN THE FISCAL YEAR STARTING JULY 1ST.
THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE PLAN FROM THE AUSTRALIAN ENERGY REGULATOR (AER).
MOST PLACES IN AUSTRALIA SEEING 20 TO 22 PERCENT HIGHER PRICES FOR ELECTRIC SERVICE WITH THE STATE OF VICTORIA SLATED FOR A 30 PERCENT RISE...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
Russia's ambassador in the United States describing the US military drone that went down yesterday near Russian territory as a "provocation"...TASS RUSSIA...Anatoly Antonov also saying that the drone flights gather data to help Ukraine with future attacks...TASS RUSSIA STORY TWO.
The Turkish Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin in Washington DC meeting with key officials including US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland.
Matters from the recent earthquake in Türkiye to the Ukraine War to the effort to bring Finland and Sweden into NATO discussed also the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Türkiye supporting Azerbaijan with military aid...ANADOLU AGENCY
THE LATEST INFLATION STATISTICS FOR ARGENTINA SHOW A 102.5 PERCENT ANNUAL RATE.
THE NATONAL DAY OF STRIKES AND PROTEST AGAINST PENSION REFORM IN FRANCE
1.7 MILLION PROTEST ACCORDING TO ORGANIZERS
MACRON REPORTEDLY ISSUES DISSOLUTION THREAT IF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REFUSES TO SUPPORT HIS PLAN
(UPDATED LINK TO SPECIAL POST BELOW)
DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST AGAINST PENSION REFORM IN MARSEILLE 3/15/2023
DEMONSTRATION IN PARIS AGAINST PENSION REFORM 3/15/2023
It's the latest day of protest in France against Emmanuel Macron's proposed pension reform. Workers in various jobs walking out. In many parts of Paris garbage collectors now in the 9th day of a strike.
Electricity workers sent a message today shutting off electricity to the official residence of the French President Fort de Bregancon...
PAKISTAN TENSIONS OVER ATTEMPT TO ARREST IMRAN KHAN
(UPDATED)
In Lahore, Pakistan the siege around the home of opposition leader former Prime Minister Imran Khan continued into today.
Yesterday police sought to arrest Khan his supporters offering fierce resistance to local police backed up by special units and reinforcements from other cities.
There have been injuries of police and protesters reported.
A calmer scene today as court hearings related to Khan's arrest warrants and police violence around his home are being held.
The Lahore High Court delaying police operations till 10 am local time tomorrow.
Mr, Khan greeted supporters outside his home this afternoon...BBC NEWS...
Police have backed away for now from close proximity to Mr. Khan's home...LIVE BLOG DAWN PAKISTAN
Today is local election day in the Netherlands the results late tonight and tomorrow will also determine the composition of the Dutch Senate.
The farmers party (BBB) propelled by opposition to climate change cow gas rules was leading the party of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD) in the latest polling...(NOS Netherlands)....NOS NETHERLANDS LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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