Thursday, March 16, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 3/16/2023 MACRON USES 'NUCLEAR OPTION' TO FORCE PENSION REFORM IN FRANCE, US GOVERNMENT THREATENS TIKTOK BAN, 100,000 PLUS UKRAINIAN DEATHS IN WAR

 

                               (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




In France President Emmanuel Macron has used his executive power to impose "pension reform" without a vote in the National Assembly leading to protests across France but first...




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North Korea confirming the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) yesterday.


The drill conducted in response to US and South Korean military exercises now underway.


North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un at the launch with his young daughter.   He said in part:


"We will make them realize of their own accord that the further their military maneuvers against the DPRK last and expand, the more serious the irretrievable threat to them will be."...



                     VOICE OF AMERICA...



More on the North Korean missile launch later in the summary....



11 BIG BANKS IN THE US PLEDGED 30 BILLION DOLLARS TODAY TO SUPPORT FIRST REPUBLIC BANK IN THE FOURTH BANK BAILOUT IN LESS THAN A WEEK AND THE THIRD IN THE UNITED STATES...CBS NEWS





Politics in the USA the Biden Administration Special Prosecutor Jack Smith issuing subpoenas to staff at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home and a lawyer for Mr. Trump...FREE REPUBLIC POST-THE GATEWAY PUNDIT-DISCUSSION




THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK RAISED INTEREST RATES A HALF A PERCENTAGE POINT TODAY DESPITE CONCERNS ABOUT THE STABILITY OF BANKS...CNN




HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN THE UK OFFERED A FIVE PERCENT PAY RAISE STARTING IN APRIL AND A BONUS PAYOUT OF 1,655 POUNDS OR $2003.38 US DOLLARS.


UNIONS AT THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE URGING WORKERS TO ACCEPT THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFER.


ANNUAL INFLATON RUNNING AT OVER 10 PERCENT IN THE UK...BBC NEWS




The US government threatening TikTok with a ban unless it gets rid of its Chinese ownership.


A special US government panel has voted for ByteDance, a Chinese company, to divest itself of its ownership interest in the popular social media-video app.


National Security cited as a concern the notion that the Chinese government will access TikTok data...BBC NEWS...



Meanwhile the UK government banning TikTok from government phones...BBC NEWS



Teachers in New Zealand on strike today.



Thousands of teachers marching in the streets of the country's major cities.



The one-day walkout about pay, working conditions and other issues...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND





The markets today the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 371.98 points or 1.17 percent in value.



The NASDAQ up 283.22 points or 2.48 percent in value.


At 420 pm New York Time the price of oil at 68 dollars and 20 cents a barrel up 59 cents...MARKETWATCH




ISRAEL: NETANYAHU PRESSURED AT HOME AND ABROAD OVER JUDICIAL REFORM



RAID ON PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS IN JENIN




IN ISRAEL TODAY ANOTHER DAY OF DISRUPTIONS BY ISRAEL'S LEFT AGAINST PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S JUDICIAL REFORM PLAN.



THE PORT OF HAIFA BLOCKED, HIGHWAYS BLOCKADED AND A PINK LINE PAINTED ON A HIGHWAY IN JERUSALEM.



A MOCK MILITARY RECRUITING OFFICE SET UP IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH CITY OF BNEI BRAK.


POLICE HAVE MADE 21 ARRESTS WITH PROTESTERS CLAIMING THEY HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK FROM PASSING VEHICLES.


TWICE TODAY THE AYALON HIGHWAY A FREEWAY THROUGH CENTRAL TEL AVIV WAS BLOCKED BY PROTESTERS...MAARIV ISRAEL BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



MEANWHILE ON A VISIT TO GERMANY CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ URGING MR. NETANYAHU TO ACCEPT A 'COMPROMISE' ON JUDICIAL REFORM...REUTERS...




ALSO TODAY ISRAEL CONDUCTING A RAID IN JENIN AGAINST SUSPECTED TERRORISTS.



AT LEAST FOUR PALESTINIANS KILLED WITH TWO IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD...TIMES OF ISRAEL






FRANCE: MACRON INVOKES ARTICLE 49:3 OF THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION TO IMPOSE PENSION REFORM WITHOUT A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTE



CALLS FOR CENSURE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY



PROTESTS IN PARIS AND ELSEWHERE




LIVE VIDEO PROTEST PLACE DE LA CONCORDE PARIS 3/16/2023






PROTEST AT PLACE DE LA CONCORDE PARIS FOLLOWING PRESIDENT MACRON'S DECISION TO FORCE PENSION REFORM LAW 3/16/2023








The final push for French President Emmanuel Macron's 'pension reform' plan raising France's retirement age from 62 to 64 and shuffling pension benefits.


A vote in France's Senate this morning supported the plan 193-114.


A vote was scheduled in the National Assembly for later today.


But Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne saying that the government will use the article of the French Constitution that allows a president to impose legislation without a vote in the National Assembly.


This has led to calls for a vote of censure against the government with a majority of National Assembly members not affiliated with President Macron's party.


Late this afternoon a spontaneous protest began at the Place de la Concorde in Paris at the eastern end of the Champs Elysees...(Live Video Link Above).



Water cannon used by the police in Paris this evening.  More than 200 arrests were made.


Protests underway in other parts of France this evening...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



                    BBC NEWS LIVE BLOG



IN THE NETHERLANDS THE LOCAL ELECTION EXIT POLLING SHOWING GAINS FOR PARTIES OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT LED BY THE BBB PARTY THAT REPRESENTS FARMERS.


THESE ELECTIONS ALSO DETERMINE THE PROPORTIONAL COMPOSITION OF THE DUTCH SENATE.


THE BBB OF THE FARMERS RIDING A WAVE OF DISCONTENT OVER CLIMATE CHANGE COW GAS RULES WILL HOLD 15 OF THE 75 DUTCH SENATE SEATS ACCORDING TO THE POLL...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Six thousand kilometers in altitude and one thousand kilometers in distance.


That's how the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile tested by North Korea today performed according to Japanese officials...TASS RUSSIA




IN PAKISTAN A JUDGE SAYS THAT ATTEMPTS TO ARREST FORMER PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN ARE LINKED TO HIM TURNING HIMSELF IN.


KHAN INDICATES THAT HE WILL APPEAR IN COURT ON SATURDAY...DAWN PAKISTAN...


THE LAHORE HIGH COURT AGAIN DELAYING UNTIL TOMORROW ANY POLICE OPERATION TO ARREST KHAN HIS SUPPORTERS SURROUND HIS HOME WHERE SHIPPING CONTAINERS WERE BROUGHT TO REINFORCE THE DEFENSES...DAWN PAKISTAN STORY TWO




                        WAR IN UKRAINE




POLAND SENDING MIG-20 FIGHTER JETS TO UKRAINE




UKRAINE LOSES OVER 100,000 IN WAR INCLUDING MOST EXPERIENCED SOLDIERS




                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




Poland says its sending four MIG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine in the coming days...BBC NEWS




US-based "Politico" reporting more than 100,000 dead on Ukraine's side of the war including some of its most experienced soliders...TASS RUSSIA



In other news...




(Updated)  Two and half tons of 'natural uranium' in 10 drums was reported missing from a storage site in Libya.


The uranium found missing following an International Atomic Energy Agency inspection carried out on Tuesday...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24...


Later word today from Libya is that Libyan armed forces have found the uranium drums near the border with the neighboring nation of Chad...BBC NEWS











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