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Friday, May 5, 2023
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 5/05/2023 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY TOP US SECURITY OFFICIAL VISITING SAUDI ARABIA, ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TENSIONS, CHINA WARNS ABOUT CIA ACTIVITES TO OUST GOVERNMENTS, AUSTRALIAN PM FRISTRATED OVER ASSANGE IMPRISONMENT
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"CLASSICAL GAS"-MASON WILLIAMS
Serbia's President pledges a crackdown on legal firearms ownership following mass murder incidents this week but first....
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
CITING THE TRANSITION AWAY FROM COVID AS A 'PANDEMIC' THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S HEAD OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL ANNOUNCING HER DEPARTURE.
Politics here in the USA first the Democrat Atlanta Prosecutor going after President Trump's questioning of the 2020 election in Georgia has reportedly reach deals with a number of supporters of President Trump...THE HILL...
And the release of President Trump's video deposition in the civil suit against him alleging rape. It's a suit funded by a prominent Democrat Party donor...NEW YORK POST
IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO FLASH FLOODING KILLING AT LEAST 176 PEOPLE.
US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN APPARENTLY HOPING TO REPAIR US-SAUDI RELATIONS THIS WEEKEND.
SULLIVAN IS VISITING THE KINGDOM FOLLOWING ITS RECENT RAPPROACHMENT WITH IRAN BROKERED BY CHINA.
CLOSE SAUDI ALLY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES REPORTED BUILDING A MILITARY BASE FOR CHINA.
THAT'S THE LATEST SIGN OF SAUDI ARABIA'S DRIFT AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES TOWARDS MORE CORDIAL RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA AND SYRIA NATIONS SANCTIONED AND SHUNNED BY THE UNITED STATES.
ISRAEL HAS HOPES FOR THE TRIP AS WELL AT IT SEEKS A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SAUDIS AS A BUFFER AGAINST IT'S ARCH ENEMY IRAN AND A PARTNER FOR REGIONAL STABILITY...REUTERS-JERUSALEM POST....
UPDATED NEWS: ALSO ON THE AGENDA OF SULLIVAN'S VISIT WILL BE A JOINT US-SAUDI EFFORT TO MEDIATE AN END TO THE CONFLICT IN SUDAN.
A SUDANESE ARMY DELEGATION LEFT FOR SAUDI ARABIA TONIGHT...ANI NEWS INDIA
The US Supreme Court granting a temporary stay of execution for an Oklahoma man convicted of murder.
The high court responding to a request from the Attorney General of Oklahoma citing concerns about the fairness of Richard Glossip's trial.
The full court will consider the case that has drawn international attention...
In the Ukraine War residents of the Zaporozhye Region are being evacuated by Russian authorities.
This is said to be related to shelling of the region by Ukraine.
But a Ukrainian offensive is widely anticipated in the region in coming days...TASS RUSSIA
More on the Ukraine War later in the summary...
The markets today sharply higher.
The Dow rose 546.64 points or 1.65 percent in value.
The NASDAQ rose 269.01 points or 2.25 percent in value.
At 655 pm New York Time the price of oil 71 dollars and 33 cents a barrel up 2 dollars and 77 cents a barrel today or 4.04 percent in value...MARKETWATCH...
The US Unemployment Rate fell .1 percent to 3.4 percent last month...(News Agencies)
ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TENSIONS
Political tensions in Israel's government right now.
The Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Strength) faction of six parliament members angered over weakness on dealing with terrorism in Israel.
Its leader National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir not speaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
And the Orthodox Jewish Shas faction of 11 parliament members angered that legislation to allow its leader Aryeh Deri to serve as a cabinet minister has not been passed...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
And Minister Ben Gvir slamming the decision to return the bodies of three Palestinian terrorists killed in a March raid.
He says today's move by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is a "serious mistake that will cost us dearly"...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Here in the USA over 500,000 COVID tests recalled by the Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA citing concerns over bacteria in the solution of some of those test kits...BBC NEWS
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT COVID-19 IS NO LONGER A 'GLOBAL EMERGECNY' BUT THE THREAT FROM IT REMAINS.
"We are working to prevent relations with the US from plunging into the abyss of an open armed conflict.
We are already standing on the edge, on the edge of this precipice"
Those words from Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov interviewed on Russian television.
Ryabkov adding that US officials are trying to claim 'non-involvement' in this week's drone attack on the Kremlin that Russia considers a terrorist attack and an attempted assassination of President Vladimir Putin...TASS RUSSIA
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning warning nations around to world to be on the alert for US Central Intelligence Agency activities including attempts to overthrow governments with "color revolutions" and cyber attacks.
She pointed to a recent joint report by Chinese government and private cyber security entities that determined US CIA involvement in "color revolutions" in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine (2014 overthrow of Pro-Russian gov't).
That report also points to CIA efforts to promote protests against governments around the world including those of Belarus, Iran and Lebanon...TASS RUSSIA
CANADA IS CONSIDERING EXPELLING CHINESE DIPLOMATS OVER ALLEGED TARGETING OF AN OPPOSITION MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
CONSERVATIVE MP MICHAEL CHONG INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION IN 2021 DECLARING CHINA'S TREATMENT OF ITS UYGHUR MUSLIM MINORITY AS 'GENOCIDE'.
CHINA'S AMBASSADOR TO CANADA CALLED INTO THE FOREIGN MINISTRY OVER THE MATTER THE AMBASSADOR STRONGLY PROTESTING THE THREATENED EXPULSIONS...BBC NEWS
IN THE UK LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION RESULTS COMING IN SHOWING GAINS FOR OPPOSITION PARTIES AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL WITH LOSSES FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK...BBC NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR
RUSSIAN MILITARY SAYS ADVANCE CONTINUES IN ARTYOMOVSK (BAKHMUT)
RUSSIAN TROOPS WILL REPLACE WAGNER CONTRACTORS NEXT WEEK
The Russian military spokesman in Moscow says that assault teams of soldiers continue to be on the offensive in city of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut)....TASS RUSSIA
Meanwhile Wagner military contractor founder Yevgeny Prigozhin says his fighters need to "lick their wounds".
They intend to turn over their positions in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) to Russian soldiers next Wednesday,
Prigozhin speaking of a shortage of ammunition...TASS RUSSIA
In other news....
AT CHURCHILL DOWNS IN LOUISVILLE A TRAINER SUSPENDED FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF FOUR HORSES AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S KENTUCKY DERBY.
TWO HORSES HANDLED BY TRAINER SAFFIE JOSEPH JR.HAVE DIED ANOTHER SCRATCHED FROM THE DERBY...BBC SPORTS
MASS MURDER ATTACKS IN SERBIA LEAD PRESIDENT TO PROMISE CRACKDOWN ON FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
(UPDATED)
At least eight killed and 13 wounded in an attack by a gunman in Serbia. Police looking for a 21-year old suspect.
This follows another mass murder attack in the country that killed nine at a school in Belgrade...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TIMES OF ISRAEL...
Today Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announcing gun control measures including more frequent background checks.
Vucic pledging "an almost complete disarming" of the country...BBC NEWS
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is frustrated over the continued imprisonment of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Albanese in London for tomorrow's coronation of King Charles that's also where Assange is being held at the high-security Belmarsh Prison for extradition to the US.
Assange published confidential records pointing to US military violations of human rights in the post 9/11 Era.
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