NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 3/9/2023 MARKETS DROP, BRITISH INFLATION FORCES DELAY IN COSTLY RAIL PROJECT, MAJOR RUSSIAN RETALIATORY STRIKE ON UKRAINE FOR TERRORIST ATTACK

 

                                   (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)

Russian strikes in Ukraine in retaliation for last Friday's deadly terrorist attack inside Russia but first...

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                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

JOE BIDEN'S BUDGET PROPOSAL 6.8 TRILLION DOLLARS TOTAL WITH HIGHER TAXES INCLUDING A RISE IN COROPORATE TAXES.    

THE STATED GOAL IS TO REDUCE ANNUAL BUDGET DEFECITS BY THREE BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

THE BUDGET NOT SUPPORTED BY REPUBLICANS BUT IT HAS A RING DEMOCRAT VOTERS WILL LIKE.

IN THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET THE WORD 'EQUITY' IS USED 63 TIMES.

THE WORD 'QUEER' USED SEVEN TIMES.

ONLY USED TWO TIMES THE WORD 'FENTANYL'...FOX NEWS

A deadly shooting incident in Hamburg, Germany tonight.

A reporter for ARD German TV news says seven at the dead at the scene at a Jehovah's Witnesses church.

There are also wounded in the incident.

And indications are that the perpetrator of the shootings is dead in the building...

ARD TAGESSCHAU NEWS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

FRANCE 24 VIDEO REPORT STUDENTS PROTEST IN PARIS AGAINST PENSION REFORM MARCH 9, 2023

FRENCH STUDENT PROTEST AT SCHOOL IN MARSEILLE MARCH 9, 2023

Protests against President Emmanuel Macron's "Pension Reform" continued today in France.

Students walking out of classes across the country.

In Marseille 500 teachers marched on railroad tracks causing an hour-long disruption of rail service.

Electricity workers cut power to the Paris construction site for the 2024 Olympic Village.

Railroad and airport workers staging limited strikes into the weekend that will partially disrupt airline flights and train service...(BFM-TV France)

DUE TO SOARING COSTS DRIVEN BY INFLATION THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DELAYING CONSTUCTION OF A HIGH-SPEED RAIL LINE.

WHEN THE 'HS2' LINE WAS FIRST PROPOSED IN 2010 THE COST WAS 33 BILLION POUNDS (39.34 BILLION US DOLLARS

NOW THE COST ESTIMATED AT 71 BILLION POUNDS (84.64 BILLION US DOLLARS)...BBC NEWS

Markets moved sharply downwards today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 543.54 points or 1.66 percent in value.

The NASDAQ declining 237.65 points or 2.05 percent in value.

At 415 pm New York Time the price of oil at 75 dollars and 56 cents a barrel down one dollar and 10 cents...MARKETWATCH

IN THE ETHNIC RUSSIAN REGION OF THE NATION OF MOLDOVA LOCAL AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE BROKEN UP A TERRORIST PLOT.

THE SUSPECTS INCLUDE FIVE UKRAINIAN CITIZENS.

MOLDOVA LOCATED BETWEEN UKRAINE AND ROMANIA...TASS RUSSIA

"There are no threats or risks of a nuclear incident"

That's part of the message today from Russian nuclear energy provider Rosenergoatom following a loss of power at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.

Western media reports associate "Russian shelling" for the loss of power.

Russia reports that Ukraine cut the power supply Wednesday night...TASS RUSSIA...This followed the Russian strikes mentioned below...

MAJOR RUSSIAN RETALIATORY STRIKES IN UKRAINE FOLLOWING LAST FRIDAY'S TERRRORIST ATTACK IN RUSSIA

                                                              (UPDATED)

RUSSIA ANNOUNCING STRIKES IN UKRAINE TODAY A 'MASSIVE RETALIATORY MISSILE ATTACK'.

THIS FOLLOWS LAST FRIDAY'S DEADLY TERRORISM INCIDENT IN THE BRYANSK REGION OF RUSSIA THAT KILLED TWO.

THE RUSSIAN MILTARY SAYING UKRAINIAN MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ENERGY FACILITIES SUPPLYING IT WERE TARGETED...

RIA NOVOSTI AGENCY RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

THE RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKES IN SEVERAL PARTS OF UKRAINE.   

81 MISSILES USED IN THE BARRAGE INCLUDING MODERN HYPERSONIC KINZHAL MISSILES.   UKRAINE CLAIMS TO HAVE SHOT DOWN 34 OF THE MISSILES FIRED TODAY ALTHOUGH THEIR DEFENSES CANNOT TAKE OUT THE KINZHALS.

POWER OUTAGES REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE STRIKES...BBC NEWS

More on the Ukraine War later in the summary....

IN THE FACE OF MASS PROTESTS AND CRITICISM FROM THE US AND US ALIGNED NATIONS GEORGIA'S GOVERNMENT BACKING DOWN ON A FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION LAW...BBC NEWS

US DEFENSE SECRETARY SENDS BIDEN MESSAGE ON ISRAELI POLITICAL DISPUTE OVER JUDICIAL REFORM

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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Israel today.    

His visit follows last Friday's visit to Israel by US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley.

Iran said to be a major concern....JERUSALEM POST...

But Austin clearly sent a message from Joe Biden about compromise regarding the judicial reform plan offered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Austin's visit on a day of mass protests in Israel over judicial reform.

Some Israeli air force pilots refusing to report for duty over the judicial reform proposal...

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North Korea firing a short range missile Thursday evening westwards into the Yellow Sea...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY...

A US intelligence report saying North Korea "probably" will be testing a nuclear device.   

The report is a 2023 Annual Threat Assessment...AFP FRANCE-MALAY MAIL

                      WAR IN UKRAINE

FALSE AIR RAID ALERTS IN MOSCOW FOLLOW COMPUTER HACKING

            DRONE SHOT DOWN IN RUSSIAN REGION

                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

Computer hacking leading to false air raid alerts from radio stations and television channels in Moscow today...TASS RUSSIA

Russian air defenses bringing down a drone in the Bryansk Region on the border with Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA