Wednesday, April 12, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 4/12/2023 NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TEST WITH ICBM, CANADIAN GOV'T WORKERS VOTE TO STRIKE, BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT VISITS CHINA, CHECHEN SPOKESMAN RESPONDS TO URKAINE BEHEADING VIDEO

 


                       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)


The response to that video said to show the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier but first...


                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




POLITICS IN THE US WITH TWO DEMOCRAT US HOUSE MEMBERS CALLING FOR THE RESIGNATION OF DEMOCRAT US SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN OF CALIFORNIA.



REPRESENTATIVES RO KHANNA OF CALIFORNIA AND DEAN PHILLIPS OF MINNESOTA PRAISING FEINSTEIN FOR HER SERVICE BUT SAYING SHE APPEARS UNABLE FOR FULFILL HER DUTIES.


HER ABSENCE FROM THE SENATE HAS DELAYED THE PROCESS FOR JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS TO FEDERAL COURTS...NEW YORK POST...


LATE WORD TONIGHT FROM SENATOR FEINSTEIN THAT SHE IS STEPPING ASIDE FROM THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TEMPORARILY ASKING FOR ANOTHER SENATOR TO TAKE HER PLACE...ROLL CALL




North Korean missile launches reported Thursday morning local time this was later clarified to say that only one missile was launched.


Japanese authorities say it appears one of them was an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile with South Korean officials indicating that indeed one long range missile was fired.



Japan issued a shelter order for the northernmost island of Hokkaido which has now been lifted...NHK JAPAN



AN ISRAELI FLAG BURNED AND FIREWORKS LAUNCHED BY ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS AT A BASKETBALL ARENA IN ATHENS TONIGHT.


SOME FANS SUFFERED SLIGHT INJURIES AT THE GAME BETWEEN GREEK AND ISRAELI TEAMS...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Saudi Arabia reaching agreement with Syria to restore relations broken when the civil war began in 2011.


The two nations will resume consular services and airline travel...REUTERS-AL ARABIYA



IN FRANCE THE CGT LABOR UNION CALLING FOR NATIONWIDE OIL REFINERY STRIKES TOMORROW.


THAT COINCIDES WITH THE LATEST NATIONAL DAY OF STRIKES AND PROTESTS OPPOSING PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S IMPOSITION OF PENSION REFORMS WITHOUT A LEGISLATIVE VOTE...(BFM-TV France)



(Updated) 120,000 government workers in Canada voting to authorize a strike.



They join 35,000 tax collection employees who authorized a strike last week.


Negotiations continue to avoid a walkout...(CBC News)...CTV NEWS



BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA ARRIVING IN CHINA.


HE WILL MEET PRESIDENT XI JINPING AND OTHER TOP CHINESE LEADERS.



BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR MUCH OF CHINA'S PEACE PLAN FOR THE UKRAINE WAR INCLUDING AN EARLY CEASE FIRE.


BRAZIL HAS RESERVATIONS REGARDING THE NOTION OF RUSSIAN ANNEXATION OF UKRAINIAN LAND...BLOOMBERG-BUENOS AIRES TIMES



"Given that the US is a party to the conflict, and is, essentially waging a hybrid war against us, it's possible that such ploys may be used in order to mislead the adversary, that is, the Russian Federation"



Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov comments on the reported leaks of US intelligence documents online...TASS RUSSIA




The markets today the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 38.29 points.


The NASDAQ fell 102.54 points.


At 519 pm New York Time at 83 dollars and 26 cents a barrel up one dollar and 73 cents...MARKETWATCH



JOE BIDEN PUSHING THE 'POWER SHARING' AGREEMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND.   HIS PUSH COMES FOLLOWING THE RISING POLITICAL FORTUNES OF THE LEFTIST SINN FEIN PARTY IN BOTH PARTS OF IRELAND...BBC NEWS


The Italian Coast Guard dealing with two vessels carrying some 1,200 migrants off the country's southern coast.


More than 2,000 migrants rescued from other vessels since last Friday.


Italy's governnent declaring a six-month state of emergency...BBC NEWS




ISRAELI MADE SPYWARE USED TO HACK PHONES IN TEN COUNTRIES.


THAT'S WHAT RESEARCH FROM MICROSOFT AND THE CITIZEN LAB BASED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO HAS FOUND...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...ASIA ONE SINGAPORE




                 THE UKRAINE WAR



CHECHEN SPOKESMAN SAYS BEHEADING VIDEO IS A PROVOCATION


              TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




"We have never resorted to such heinous actions"


The words of a Chechen spokesman responding to a video purporting to show the beheading of a Ukrainian solider.


The video showing soldiers fighting for Russia with Chechen patches.     Russia is questioning the authenticity of the video.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his outrage over the video demanding that all world leaders condemn what is depicted in the video...TASS RUSSIA...BBC NEWS




In other news....




ELON MUSK INTERVIEWED BY THE BBC TALKING ABOUT A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS...BBC NEWS




Airstrikes by the military in Myanmar killing as many as 100 people.     A large gathering of opponents of military rule in the country was targeted...THE IRISH INDEPENDENT




PRINCE HARRY WILL ATTEND THE CORONATION OF HIS FATHER KING CHARLES WITHOUT HIS WIFE MEGHAN MARKLE...BBC NEWS




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