Sunday, April 23, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 4/23/2022 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF CALLS FOR EU TAIWAN STRAIT PATROLS, BRITISH LABOR MP SUSPENDED OVER RACISM COMMENTS, FOREIGN NATIONALS EVACUATED IN SUDAN

 


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The evacuation of foreign nationals including US diplomats and their families from the conflict in Sudan but first...





                    LATE NEWS TODAY:




IN CRIMEA RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES AT THE BLACK SEA FLEET BASE IN SEVASTOPOL IN ACTION TONIGHT.


DRONES WERE DETECTED WITH ONE TAKEN OUT ANOTHER EXPLODING ON ITS OWN...TASS RUSSIA






In Bulgaria today thousands protesting in 32 different cities and towns against NATO and for Bulgarian neutrality in the Ukraine War.


Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital city Sofia.


Many signs including one in English reading "Yankee Go Home" were held by protesters...TASS RUSSIA...VIDEO SOFIA BULGARIA PROTEST (MAYBE DOCTORED CAPTION IT CLAIMS ONLY HUNDREDS PARTICIPATED)




On the CBS "Sunday" program today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that the original judicial reform proposal of his government will not be approved in the end.



Netanyahu saying most Israels want a compromise and that's what the final version of it will look like...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



"Taiwan concerns us economically, commercially and technologically."



Those words coming from EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell who is calling for European naval patrols in the Taiwan Strait in the name of 'freedom of navigation'.


Borrell writing an opinion article in a French newspaper.


European nations currently have diplomatic relations with China based on the notion that Taiwan is part of China.    The Taiwan Strait a body of water between the mainland of China and Taiwan....



        NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In the Caucasus region Armenia disputing a report from Azerbaijan about  Armenian shelling of its positions...TASS RUSSIA




Government workers in Germany securing a new deal giving them a 5.5 percent pay raise next March.



Starting this year workers will receive inflation compensation payments of 3,000 euros ($3296.10) paid in installments.


Some workers had staged strikes in recent weeks to drive home their demands for pay hikes to deal with higher cost of living.


Inflation in Germany at a 7.4 percent rate in March...AFP-MALAY MAIL




TODAY THE BRITISH LABOR PARTY SUSPENDED BLACK MP DIANE ABBOTT.


ABBOTT SUSPENDED OVER A LETTER SHE WROTE REGARDING RACISM.



ABBOTT SAYING THAT IRISH AND JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 'VICTIMS OF PREJUDICE' BUT THAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE 'SUBJECT TO LIFELONG RACISM'.



THE LABOR PARTY CARRYING OUT AN INVESTIGATION OF ABBOTT...AFP FRANCE-EURONEWS



The FBI targeting members of a gaming social media group on "Discord" as they continue to probe the 'leaks' of classified documents.


Friends of the already charged Jack Teixeira questioned according to "The Washington Post".



Sources say electronic devices of at least one other person in the group already seized by the FBI.



Those questioned by the FBI say they think Teixeria wanted to inform others in the group and had no particular motive like informing others about wrongful actions of the US government...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES APPEARED IN COURT SATURDAY ACCUSED OF VIOLATING THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT.


THOMAS NEWSOME ACCUSED OF SENDING SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS BY SOCIAL MEDIA TO A CIVILIAN AND POSSESSING SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS ON A USB STICK...BBC NEWS




"While my government condemns the violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity, we support a negotiated political solution to end the conflict"


Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaking during a visit to Portugal this weekend.    President Lula saying the Ukraine War must be resolved by 'the construction of peace'...AL JAZEERA QATAR



RUSSIA EXPELLING 34 GERMAN DIPLOMATS FROM GERMANY'S EMBASSY IN MOSCOW.   


THE MOVE IN RETAILIATION FOR A GERMAN DECISION TO EXPEL A LARGE NUMBER OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS...TASS RUSSIA STORY ONE...TASS RUSSIA STORY TWO




POLICE IN INDIA ARRESTING THE SIKH PREACHER WHO WAS THE OBJECT OF A MASSIVE MANHUNT.


AMRITPAL SINGH SEEKS INDEPENDENCE FOR SIKHS WITH AUTHORITIES ACCUSING HIM IN CONNECTION WITH AN ATTACK ON A POLICE STATION IN PUNJAB STATE...BBC NEWS




SUDAN CONFLICT-US DIPLOMATS EVACUATED FROM KHARTOUM

                                               (UPDATED)




The UK and European countries staging evacuations from the conflict in Sudan today.


A French evacuation convoy turned back when it was fired upon...BBC NEWS




Early Sunday US diplomats and their families from the embassy in Khartoum evacuated.


Some other groups of foreign nationals have also left Sudan this weekend...AL JAZEERA QATAR




A DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE AFRICAN NATION OF MALI KILLING AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE. 


 60 OTHERS WOUNDED.



THE ATTACK INVOLVED THREE SUICIDE BOMBERS.



THE PACE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS PICKING UP IN THE COUNTRY SINCE THE MILITARY GOVERMENT MOVED AWAY FROM RELATIONSHIPS WITH WESTERN NATIONS AND BEGAN A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA...REUTERS-VOICE OF AMERICA US GOV'T MEDIA




In Israel protests on both sides of the judicial reform issue Saturday night including thousands of those who support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned overhaul of Israel's judicial system.    


This coming Thursday the reform supporters plan a "Million Man Demonstration" in Jerusalem...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



The Hungarian president vetoing legislation that was attacked by LGBTQ activists.


It is a law regarding whistleblowers but it is said the law would allow reporting of those who challenge family values to authorities.


Lawmakers can override the veto of President Katalin Novak...POLITICO EU







                 THE UKRAINE WAR


RUSSIAN MEDIA REPORTS MAJOR BUILDUP OF UKRAINIAN EQUIPMENT IN ZAPOROZHYE REGION



                TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



This weekend Russian media reporting that Ukrainian forces are building up their military equipment in the Zaporozhye Region.


Their source Russian activist Vladimir Rogov who also speaks of Ukrainian forces defecting to the Russian side.


This report comes amid expectations of a Ukrainaian offensive perhaps in the coming days...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In other news...




Even though criminal charges have been dropped against him, actor Alec Baldwin is facing a civil lawsuit over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.



Hutchins family taking Baldwin to court in connection with the shooting that occurred on a movie set in New Mexico in October 2021...BBC NEWS


















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