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Sunday, April 16, 2023
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 4/16/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND TALKS IN ISRAEL OVER JUDICIAL REFORM, DEADLY FIGHTING IN SUDAN BETWEEN RULING FACTIONS, UKRAINIAN ATTACK NEAR RUSSIAN EASTER SERVICE
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)
Updating the conflict that broke out in Sudan this weekend between the army and paramilitary forces that is continuing into Monday morning but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN UKRAINE TONIGHT SIX TO EIGHT EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN THE UKRAINIAN CONTROLLED CITY OF ZAPOROZHYE.
THAT ACCORDING TO A RUSSIAN SOURCE. A UKRAINIAN SOURCE ALSO REPORTED SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS IN THE CITY...TASS RUSSIA
China's new defense minister in Moscow today meeting top Russian officials including President Vladimir Putin...TASS RUSSIA...
Ukraine's foreign minister will visit Iraq tomorrow. There was a prisoner exchange for the Orthodox Christian Easter this weekend between Russia and Ukraine.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov headed for Latin America this coming week visiting Brazil, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela...DAILY MAVERICK SOUTH AFRICA
Iran announcing prison sentences for 10 unnamed individuals it says are responsible for the downing of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran in January of 2020.
176 people were killed. The most serious sentence ten years in prison with compensation to victims families also imposed.
In Syria an attack by Islamic State (ISIS) on truffle hunters killed at least 31.
This according to the anti-government Syrian Observatory for Human Rights which reports four others killed and two kidnapped by ISIS in separate incidents,
Truffles come from the nut of the Truffle trees in the Mediterranean region. They can be found under the surface of the ground near tree roots. They are valuable commodity...MIDDLE EAST EYE-NEWS AGENCIES
TENS OF THOUSANDS PROTESTED IN PRAGUE TODAY OVER POOR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT'S FOCUS ON THE UKRAINE WAR.
Brazilian President Inacio Luiz Lula da Silva says the United States should not be 'encouraging war' in Ukraine.
He called for the creation of a multinational group to mediate an end to the Ukraine War.
President Lula ending a three-day visit to China that included a visit to the headquarters of Chinese telecom giant Huawei. He says he is seeking a "digital revolution" in Brazil...MORNING STAR-UK
IN ISRAEL THE ONGOING TALKS BROKERED BY ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT TO CREATE A 'COMPROMISE' ON THE JUDICIAL REFORM PLAN OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
THE LEFT-LEANING LABOR PARTY PULLING AWAY FROM THE PROCESS TODAY CITING BEHIND THE SCENES DEALS BEING CUT WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
DEBATE IN ISRAEL ABOUT THE LAW DRAFTING ISRAELIS INTO THE MILITARY.
ITS A SENSITIVE ISSUE WITH RELIGIOUS ISRAELIS WHO OFTEN SEEK EXEMPTIONS FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES.
POLITICIANS FROM THE NATIONAL UNITY PARTY BENNY GANTZ AND GADI EISENKOT ARE SLAMMING THE NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT OVER THE ISSUE...TIMES OF ISRAEL
In Saudi Arabia today a visit from the leaders of the ruling Hamas faction in Gaza.
The visit appears to symbolize a warming relationship between the Saudis and Hamas and a setback in efforts by Israel to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia.
Hamas behind repeated attacks on Israel by various means including rockets, balloons and other devices...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Tens of thousands of supporters of judicial reform in Israel took to the highways and streets Saturday night countering the continuing protests opposing an overhaul of Israel's judiciary...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
"an arsonist who will have damaged our democracy"
The woman who would win a Presidential election in France over incumbent Emmanuel Macron according to recent polling on social media.
Marine Le Pen citing the provocative move of President Emmanuel Macron to sign the highly unpopular pension reform law in the middle of the night at 3:28 am Saturday morning...(Information from BFM-TV France used in conjunction with this story)...
(UPDATED) THE FATHER OF MARINE LE PEN JEAN-MARIE LE PEN HOSPITALIZED IN PARIS IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK.
THE 94-YEAR OLD LE PEN FOUNDED THE NATIONAL FRONT PARTY AND HE RETIRED FROM POLITICS IN 2011. HE LOST THE SECOND ROUND OF FRANCE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO JACQUES CHIRAC IN 2002...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
LATE WORD TODAY FROM HIS DAUGHTER MARINE LE PEN IS THAT HER FATHER IS 'DOING FINE' AND THAT HE REQUIRES PERIODIC HOSPITALIZATION AT HIS AGE TO MAKE 'ADJUSTMENTS'...(Information from BFM-TV France)
16 dead and nine injured in a fire in a residential building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Local officials cite a lack of compliance with fire and safety laws as causes for the deadly blaze...BBC NEWS
TODAY THE FIGHTING FACTIONS (SUDANESE ARMED FORCES, RAPID SUPPORT FORCES) AGREED TO A THREE-HOUR HUMANITARIAN CEASE-FIRE...BBC NEWS BLOG SUDAN TODAY APRIL 16, 2023
THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL URGING THE PARTIES IN SUDAN TO CEASE FIRE AND HOLD NEGOTIATIONS...TASS RUSSIA
THE ARAB LEAGUE HOLDING AN EMERGENCY MEETING TO DISCUSS THE CONFICT IN SUDAN...SAUDI GAZETTE
FIGHTING IN SUDAN BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND PARAMILITARY FORCES SHARING POWER IN THE COUNTRY...BBC NEWS STORY SATURDAY NIGHT
A DOCTORS GROUP IN SUDAN REPORTING 97 KILLED AND OVER 1,000 INJURED IN FIGHTING ACROSS THE COUNTRY...(News Agencies)
THERE HAVE BEEN CLASHES PARTICULARLY IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF KHARTOUM ALONG WITH CONFLICTING CLAIMS OF WHO IS IN CONTROL OF KEY SITES.
AT LEAST 27 KILLED AND HUNDREDS INJURED SATURDAY IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF KHARTOUM.
THE PARAMILITARY FORCES CLAIMED THE CAPTURE OF AN AIRBASE IN THE NORTHERN PART OF SUDAN WHERE EGYPTIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND SPECIAL FORCES WERE PARTICIPATING IN MILITARY EXERCISES...SOUTHFRONT STORY NUMBER TWO (VIDEO EMBEDS)
There's been an incident this weekend involving North Korean and South Korean warships and a Chinese fishing vessel off South Korea's western coast.
A North Korean vessel moving into South Korean waters with the South Korean ship firing warning shots.
The South Korean ship collided with a Chinese fishing vessel due to poor visibility with minor casualties reported on the South Korean vessel...NK NEWS
A senior Biden Administration official urging North Korea to come to the negotiating table to discuss its nuclear program.
Speaking in Washington Jung Pak, a US Assistant Secretary of State and Deputy Special Representative for North Korea, says the US wants to:
"try to encourage Kim Jong-un to come to dialogue"
She adds that dialogue is the only way to resolve the nuclear issue and that China and Russia should encourage North Korea to engage in talks with the US....YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
At least 12 inmates killed in clashes at a prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
After a delay due to the Ukraine War, Germany starting to shut down its three remaining nuclear power plants this weekend.
While other countries remain committed to nuclear power, Germany making the move with public opinion driven by nuclear accidents and disasters including the one at Japan's Fukushima plant following the earthquake and tsunami in 2011...THE WEEK-INDIA
IN THE NETHERLANDS THE FIRST WIND TURBINE INSTALLED ON AN OFFSHORE WIND FARM.
THIS WIND FARM IN THE NORTH SEA TO CONTAIN 69 TURBINES WITH MORE OFFSHORE TURBINE CONSTRUCTION PLANNED IN THE YEARS AHEAD...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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