NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 4/17/2023 POTS AND PANS BANGED FOR MACRON SPEECH, US GOV'T ALIGNED MEDIA FIND NEW TARGET IN 'LEAKED' DOCUMENTS, MILITARY MANUEVERS IN AND AROUND SOUTH KOREA, SPACE X LAUNCH SCRUBBED

 

                                   (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)

Protests with the banging of pots and pans across France as President Emmanuel Macron spoke this evening....SPECIAL REPORT POST...but first...

                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

In Tunisia a crackdown on the Islamist Ennahdha Party.    Its leader Rached Ghannouchi arrested and the party's headquarters raided.

Tunisia's President Kais Saied has been ruling with absolute authority after getting rid of the country's parliament...CGTN CHINA

US POLITICS FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SAYING HE'S CONSIDERING BUILDING A PRISON ON STATE LAND NEXT TO THE DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX NEAR ORLANDO.

GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS BEEN IN A DISPUTE WITH DISNEY AFTER THE MEDIA-ENTERTAINMENT GIANT OPPOSED HIS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT YOUNG CHILDREN FROM SEXUALIZATION IN SCHOOLS...THE INDEPENDENT-UK

         PROTEST IN CHEMNITZ, GERMANY MONDAY EVENING 4/17/2023

The protests continue in Germany this Monday evening for "Peace" and "Freedom" opposing German government involvement in the Ukraine War and drawing attention to the death and injuries caused by the COVID shots...

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LEIPZIG GERMANY PROTEST MONDAY EVENING APRIL 17, 2023

MAGDEBURG GERMANY PROTEST MONDAY APRIL 17, 2023

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY PROTEST MONDAY APRIL 17, 2023...

PROTEST IN SAXONY STATE, GERMANY 4/17/2023

IN CANADA A MAJOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE UNION SETTING A STRIKE DEADLINE OF 9 PM TOMORROW NIGHT.

A UNION LEADER SAYS THERE ARE STILL MAJOR DIFFERENCES WITH THE GOVERNMENT ON ISSUES RANGING FROM WORKING AT HOME TO PAY. 

THE UNION SEEKING A 13.5 PERCENT RETROACTIVE PAY INCREASE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS NOTING THE RATE OF INLFATION WAS 13.8 PERCENT.

IF AN AGREEMENT IS NOT REACHED A STRIKE WILL BEGIN AT 12:01 AM WEDNESDAY...GLOBAL NEWS CANADA

CHINA ANNOUNCING A MILITARY EXERCISE IN THE YELLOW SEA BETWEEN CHINA AND THE KOREAN PENINSULA TOMORROW.     

THE EXERCISE BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 NOON LOCAL TIME (8 PM TO 11 PM EASTERN US TIME THIS EVENING)...TASS RUSSIA

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak being probed over a possible failure to disclose a business interest.

The business in question is a childcare firm that his wife holds shares in...BBC NEWS

The US government aligned mainstream media taking aim at a new target in the 'leaks' of Ukraine War related documents.

A former member of the US military in the crosshairs for the 'spread' of the 'leaked' documents...FREE REPUBLIC POST-WALL STREET JOURNAL STORY-DISCUSSION...

37-year old Sara Bils already under investigation by federal authorities.     The former sailor being linked to 'pro-Russian' social media accounts...USNI NEWS...

                                             (COMMENT)

A new kind of January 6th trap laid by the "Deep State".

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 100.71 points.

The NASDAQ up 34.26 points.

The price of oil also falling at 445 pm New York time it was 80 dollars and 96 cents a barrel down one dollar and 56 cents...MARKETWATCH

THE FIGHTING CONTINUES IN SUDAN TODAY BETWEEN THE SUDANESE ARMED FORCES AND THE PARAMILITARY RAPID SUPPORT FORCES.

THE MILITARY CLAIMS THE UPPER HAND IN THE CONFLICT THAT BEGAN SATURDAY MORNING...

AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG MONDAY APRIL 17, 2023

US AND SOUTH KOREAN WARPLANES STAGING JOINT TRAINING EXERCISES FOR THE NEXT 12 DAYS.

SOME 100 AIRCRAFT FROM BOTH COUNTRIES INVOLVED...TASS RUSSIA...

ALSO A JOINT MISSILE DEFENSE EXERCISE NEAR THE KOREAN PENINSULA TODAY INVOLVING JAPANESE, SOUTH KOREAN AND US WARSHIPS.

IT FOLLOWS THE RECENT NORTH KOREAN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST IN WATERS BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN...ASSOCIATED PRESS

The FBI announcing the arrest of two men accused of establishing a Chinese police station in the United States...CBC NEWS CANADA

The US Navy announcing a 'freedom of navigation' operation in the Taiwan Strait involving the destroyer USS Milius.

The Navy showing images from the warship as it transited the strait between Taiwan and the mainland of China...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT TURKIYE....

China says that it's military forces accompanied the US warship through the strait....TASS RUSSIA

THE US MILITARY ANNOUNCING A RAID AGAINST ISIS IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA THAT KILLED THREE ISIS OFFICIALS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

FRENCH PRESIDENT SPEAKS AMIDST STRONG PUBLIC OPPOSITION

SEEKS TO MOVE ONTO OTHER ISSUES 

PROTESTS WITH POTS AND PANS IN THE STREETS DURING HIS SPEECH

POLICE BAN PROTESTS IN SOME TOWNS AND CITIES

                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

SPECIAL REPORT POST: MACRON SPEECH FALLS FLAT....

PROTEST IN FRANCE AGAINST FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON DURING HIS SPEECH MONDAY EVENING APRIL 17, 2023

LIVE-POTS AND PANS PROTEST IN PARIS DURING MACRON SPEECH

POTS AND PANS PROTEST OF MACRON SPEECH IN FRANCE THIS EVENING-VIDEO

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON MAKING A SPEECH TONIGHT AS HE SEEKS TO DEAL WITH HIS UNPOPULARITY OVER THE PENSION REFORM SCHEME HE RECENTLY IMPOSED WITHOUT A LEGISLATIVE VOTE.

WITH FRIDAY'S ACTION BY FRANCE'S CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL TO APPROVE MUCH OF THE REFORM INCLUDING ITS KEY PROVISION RAISING THE RETIREMENT AGE FROM 62 TO 64, HIS GOVERNMENT BRINGING A SENSE OF FINALITY TO MATTERS AND WANTING TO 'MOVE ON'.

OPPONENTS OF MACRON CALLED FOR PROTESTS ACROSS FRANCE TONIGHT USING POTS AND PANS AS A MEANS TO SEND A MESSAGE AGAINST HIS CONTEMPT OF PUBLIC OPINION IN FRANCE.

LATEST OPINION SURVEYS POINTING TO 64 PERCENT OF PEOPLE IN FRANCE WANTING THE PROTESTS AGAINST MACRON TO CONTINUE.

MACRON TRIED TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT ISSUES RANGING FROM ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO LAW AND ORDER TO THE ENVIRONMENT TO HIGHER PAY FOR TEACHERS.

BUT STREET PROTESTS WITH THE BANGING OF POTS AND PANS SPRUNG UP THIS EVENING ACROSS FRANCE AS HE SPOKE.

POLICE IN MARSEILLE AND DIJON BANNED PLANNED PROTESTS...(Information from BFM-TV France used in this story)

                   THE UKRAINE WAR

                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

In other news...

42 members of the security forces killed in an attack by jihadist forces in the African nation of Burkina Faso.

It is reported that 50 of the terrorists were killed.     33 other people hurt in the attack...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE

And today's planned launch of the Space X rocket in southern Texas scrubbed.

Trouble with pressurization in the first stage of the rocket.

Plans are to try again in a few days...BBC NEWS BLOG