Monday, April 3, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 4/3/2023 MOTIVE FOR NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ATTACK BOTTLED UP WITH FBI, OIL PRICES RISING WITH OPEC+ PRODUCTION CUTS, UKRAINE, FOLLOWERS OF NAVALNY SUSPECTED IN KILLING OF RUSSIAN REPORTER

 


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                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



In the Netherlands a head on collision between a freight train and a passenger train at around 330 am local time this morning (930 pm Eastern US time).     


 There are injuries reported some of them serious with an early report from NOS in the Netherlands quoting an official speaking of 'many victims'.   50 passengers on board the train at the time of the collision...(News Agencies, NOS)



RUSSIAN DRONE STRIKES TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN UKRAINIAN PORT CITY OF ODESSA...(BFM-TV France)




AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON SYRIA TONIGHT IN THE DAMASCUS AREA.    SYRIA SAYS TWO CIVILIANS DIED WHEN MISSILES WERE FIRED FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



THIS IS THE FOURTH ISRAELI ATTACK ON SYRIA IN LESS THAN A WEEK.   IT FOLLOWS LAST NIGHT'S DOWNING OF A DRONE BY ISRAEL THAT ENTERED ITS AIRSPACE.



In Nashville some details about the mass murder attack on a Christian school in Nashville a week ago today.


The transgender attacker Audrey Hale had planned the attack for months in her writings according to authorities who also say she used 152 rounds of ammunition.



But there is nothing being said about a motive for the attack with the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department indicating the FBI is involved in probing the motive...



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The Bank of Israel raised the interest rate to 4.5 percent today.   Bank Governor Amir Yaron says if inflation conditions improve this might be the last rate hike.   But he warns that the BOI is "determined to lower inflation"...TIMES OF ISRAEL



TEACHERS IN THE UK REJECTING A PAY OFFER FROM THE GOVERNMENT IN THE MIDST OF TEN PERCENT PLUS INFLATION.



THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILLING TO GIVE A LUMP SUM ONE THOUSAND POUND PAYMENT THIS YEAR (1,240 US DOLLARS) PLUS A 4.3 PERCENT RAISE NEXT YEAR.


NEW ONE DAY STRIKES PLANNED APRIL 27TH AND MAY 2ND...BBC NEWS




US HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN MCCARTHY MEETING TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT TSAI ING-WEN THIS WEEK AT THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY IN CALIFORNIA.


CHINA HAS WARNED AGAINST SUCH A MEETING...NEW YORK POST




President Trump headed to New York today and he will appear in court tomorrow in connection with his indictment by Manhattan District Attorney Democrat Alvin Bragg...DONALD TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL




THE BANK OF ISRAEL GETTING INOVLVED IN THE JUDICIAL REFORM DEBATE IN ISRAEL CLAIMING THAT PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU'S PLAN WOULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO ISRAEL'S ECONOMY....MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





The markets today the Dow up 327 points or .98 percent in value.    The NASDAQ  down 32.45 points.


At 453 pm New York Time the price of oil at 80 dollars and 55 cents a barrel rising over six percent in value today...MARKETWATCH...



Oil prices are on the move upwards as the OPEC+ oil producing countries meet today.


Advance word from the group of nations including Russia and Saudi Arabia is that they will be cutting production by at least 1.16 million barrels a day...THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES




McDonalds temporarily shutting down corporate offices in the US so it can inform employees of layoffs...FREE REPUBLIC POST-REUTERS STORY-DISCUSSION





Israel says the drone shot down last night after entering Israeli airspace from Syria likely to be of Iranian origin...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




IN TURKEY PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN SAYS HIS DOORS ARE CLOSED FOR ANY MEETINGS WITH US AMBASSADOR AND FORMER US SENATOR FROM ARIZONA JEFF FLAKE.


THIS FOLLOWS FLAKE'S MEETING WITH THE MAIN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE IN NEXT MONTH'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION KEMAL KILICDAROGLU...TREND NEWS AGENCY AZERBAIJAN





                   THE UKRAINE WAR




BOMBING THAT KILLED RUSSIAN WAR REPORTER 'ACT OF TERRORISM' 



UKRAINE SUSPECTED IN ATTACK ALONG WITH SUPPORTERS OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION PERSONALITY ALEXEI NAVALNY



WAGNER GROUP FOUNDER CLAIMS THAT ARTYOMOVSK (BAKHMUT) HAS BEEN "TECHNICALLY" CAPTURED



                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




Russian authorities say that the killing of war reporter Vladlen Tartarsky in the bombing of a St. Petersburg cafe yesterday was act of terrorism.       33 others wounded in that attack...(Tass Russia)...



Ukraine may have carried out the bombing according to the Russian terrorism authorities.



Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that President Vladimir Putin was informed immediately about the attack...TASS RUSSIA...




The Russian authorities say that followers of the imprisoned opposition personality Alexei Navalny are also suspected.


The woman who brought the figurine to the cafe that contained a bomb, Daria Trepova, has been detained...RIA NOVOSI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...





Following the bombing in St. Petersburg that killed Russian war reporter Vladlen Tatarsky the Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has said that Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) is "technically" captured.


Prigozhin posting a picture of the Russian flag flying over the city hall there.   He says Ukrainian forces are pushed to the western parts of the city...TASS RUSSIA




In other news....



A jury in Australia convicting former Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer of sexual abuse in a case involving former female students.    She was convicted on 18 counts.   


11 other charges resulted in acquittal or dismissal...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




NASA HAS REVEALED A FOUR MEMBER CREW FOR A FLIGHT AROUND THE MOON NEXT YEAR.     


THREE AMERICANS AND ONE CANADIAN ON THE CREW OF THE ARTEMIS MISSION.    


ITS A PRELUDE TO A MANNED FLIGHT TO THE MOON...AFP FRANCE-GULF TODAY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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