Sunday, May 14, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 5/14/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND FRENCH PRESIDENT CALLS FOR MORE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA, 'FAR-RIGHT' DISPLAYS IN PARIS AND WASHINGTON DC, FBI CONTRACTOR SPIED ON COVID MANDATE OPPONENTS

 


  (SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)


Intense fighting in the Ukraine War and the election in Türkiye (Turkey) but first...




               LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




AT LEAST 26 ARE DEAD IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON A HIGHWAY IN NORTHEASTERN MEXICO NOT FAR FROM THE US BORDER.



A TRACTOR TRAILER INVOLVED WITH THE DRIVER LEAVING HIS BURNING TRAILER BEHIND AND FLEEING THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A joint statement from French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling for more sanctions on Russia.  



Zelensky making a surprise visit to France after visiting other European capitals this weekend.



Mr. Macron announcing more arms for Ukraine in the coming weeks...TASS RUSSIA STORY ONE...TASS RUSSIA STORY TWO




Mr. Macron telling a French newspaper that he believes Russia 'must not win the war' claiming that Russia has already become a "vassal" of China because of it...(Info from BFM-TV France)





A powerful cyclone striking the coasts of Bangladesh and Myanmar.


Disruption of electricity and internet reported along with building collapses...BBC NEWS







IN PARIS TODAY A MARCH BY A SMALL GROUP OF 'FAR-RIGHT' PROTESTERS.



THE 'ACTION FRANCAISE' DEMONSTRATORS PAYING HOMMAGE TO JOAN OF ARC,



THIS FOLLOWS DAYS OF POLITICAL DRAMA IN FRANCE AS THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SOUGHT TO BAN ANY SUCH PROTESTS BUT LOST IN COURT...







THIS COMES ONE DAY AFTER A DISPLAY ON THE MALL IN WASHINGTON BY THE SO-CALLED 'PATRIOT FRONT' GROUP THAT MANY OBSERVERS LINK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT...VIDEO LINK...





ALSO IN THE NATION'S CAPTIAL YESTERDAY JOE BIDEN CRITICAL OF WHAT HE CALLS 'HATE' SPEAKING TO GRADUATES AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY...CNN






(Updated) The Turkish election today and its potential implications for US efforts to take down Russia and China.


Returns showing a lead for incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.


His AK Party is leading in the contest for parliament's 600 seats and the alliance of AK and other Pro-Erdogan parties holding a majority.


Indications are that with almost all the votes counted that a second round will be needed incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan finishing with over 49 percent of the vote but not the 50 percent plus one needed for victory,..SPECIAL REPORT THE TURKISH ELECTION...




Indian politics and a major defeat for the ruling BJP party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.



The opposition Congress Party of Rahul Gandhi winning the election in the State of Karnataka.


There were major gains Congress winning 137 of the 224 seats in the legislature...NDTV INDIA




(UPDATED) THERE'S AN ELECTION TODAY IN THAILAND WITH THE DAUGHTER OF AN OUSTED PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERED THE LEADING CANDIDATE.


THE CURRENT MILITARY PRIME MINISTER IS CONTESTING THE RACE AGAINST ANTI-MILITARY RULE CANDIDATES...BBC NEWS...EARLY RESULTS SHOW THE OPPOSITION PARTIES LEADING.




In France today the government publishing a decree allowing unvaccinated health care workers to return to work.



The decree suspending the COVID vaccination mandate but allowing for it to come back if needed at a future date...



          (Information from BFM-TV used for this story)





AN FBI CONTRACTOR THAT ONCE INFILTRATED ISLAMIC TERRORIST GROUPS HAS FOCUSED ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL GROUPS IN MORE RECENT TIMES.



INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST LEE FANG REVEALING THAT 'FLASHPOINT' INFILRATED TELEGRAM CHATROOMS OF THOSE OPPOSING COVID VACCINE MANDATES...THE DEFENDER





(UPDATED) IN ISRAEL A CEASE FIRE COMING INTO EFFECT AFTER FIVE DAYS OF FIGHTING INVOLVING ISRAEL'S MILITARY AND THE ISLAMIC JIHAD TERRORIST GROUP IN GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL...


AN INCIDENT WHEN A MISSILE WAS FIRED OFF BY ACCIDENT ACCORDING TO PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES IN GAZA...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




Joe Biden saying that the US intends to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons.   Biden making a statement for a conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention later this month.


Biden alleging in his statement that Syria has used chemical weapons and that Russia nerve agents in recent years...TASS RUSSIA





ZELENKSY IN GERMANY WANTS ALL RESTRICTIONS ON ARMS SUPPLIES LIFTED

                                              (UPDATED)


Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Germany this weekend arriving after a visit to Italy and the Vatican where he met Pope Francis...(News Agencies)...


Germany announcing a 2.7 billion Euro (2.929 billion US Dollars) package of military aid to Ukraine...ARD TAGESSCHAU GERMAN TV NEWS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



Today Zelensky calling for the lifting of any barriers on weapons sent to Ukraine expressing his desire for jet fighters to be sent...NEW YORK TIMES



He speaks of an offensive that aims to take back territory annexed by Russia during the war...







                    THE UKRAINE WAR




RUSSIA SAYS ITS REPELLING UKRAINIAN ATTACKS NEAR ARTYOMOVSK (BAKHMUT)



RUSSIAN COMMANDER KILLED REPELLING UKRAINIAN ATTACKS




RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN IN THE BRYANSK REGION OF RUSSIA



LONG-RANGE BRITISH MISSILES USED IN LUGANSK REGION



RUSSIA SAYS PLANES FIRING LONG RANGE MISSILES SHOT DOWN


               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





Russia's military spokesman says that Ukrainian forces in the Artyomovsk area (Bakhmut) are on the attack but that Russian forces have repelled those attacks.


The attacks to the north and south of the city.


Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov also saying that Russian forces are continuing to attack in the western part of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) where Ukrainian units are holding out...TASS RUSSIA...



Konashenkov also announcing that a brigade commander in the Russian military died after being wounded during a third Ukrainian attack on his unit along with another Colonel who was a political officer in the brigade...TASS RUSSIA




On Saturday one SU-34 fighter bomber and a MI-8 helicopter went down in the Bryansk Region of Russia on the border with Ukraine...(TASS)



Russian authorities in the Lugansk Region say British supplied long range "Storm Shadow" missiles were used on Friday by Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA...



The Russian Defense Ministry says that the SU-24 and MIG-29 aircraft involved in firing those "Storm Shadow" missiles were shot down...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In other news...




Politics in New Zealand COVID freedom activist Brian Tamaki jailed for leading protests against COVID lockdowns and vaccine mandates is leading a new political formation for New Zealand's election in October.



Tamaki announcing he will stand as a parliamentary candidate for the Freedoms NZ party.



"Freedoms NZ" will be contesting in a system where it's possible to win a proportion of some of the seats in Parliament if a party reaches five percent of the popular vote...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND





A RAIL STRIKE IN GERMANY AVERTED.  THE RAILROAD OPERATOR AND THE EVG TRADE UNION COMING TO AN UNDERSTANDING.



BOTH SIDES ACTING IN REPSONSE TO A PROPOSAL FROM A LABOR COURT JUDGE.   THEY WILL NOW TRY TO HAMMER OUT A FINAL AGREEMENT ON A NEW CONTRACT...


ARD TAGESSCHAU GERMAN TV NEWS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




And the Eurovision Song Contest winner Saturday night in Liverpool, England for a second time the Swedish singer Loreen.



She sang the song "Tatoo"....THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES













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