Wednesday, May 17, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 5/17/2023 TURKISH OPPOSITION CANDIDATE LINKS PRESIDENT ERDOGAN TO MOSCOW, GOP PUSHES IMPEACHMENT ALONGSIDE DEBT DEAL WITH BIDEN, MUSK DEFENDS HIMSELF FROM 'ANTI-SEMITISM' LABEL OVER SOROS CRITICISM, HARRY AND MEGHAN?

 



                                  (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)




                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




In Ecuador the President of the "Right" Guillermo Lasso dissolving the National Assembly in the face of an impeachment proceedings against him.



Elections must now be held within three months for both the National Assembly and the Presidency.



All those elected will serve out the remainder of the terms of office for the president and legislators which will end in May of 2025...




                AP-THE INDEPENDENT UK




MONTANA REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GREG GIANFORTE SIGNING LEGISLATION TO BAN TikTok.


GOVERNOR GIANFORTE REFERING TO THE NOTION THAT PERSONAL SENSITIVE INFORMATION OF RESIDENTS IS BEING:




"harvested by the Chinese Communist Party"




A TikTok spokesman calls the law an attack on the First Amendment.    The law criminalizes any company giving access to TikTok in the state.



A court challenge to the law is expected...



                ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER





                      "fake world leader"



                       "driven by Russia"



Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan given those labels today by his opponent in the second round of Türkiye's (Turkey's) presidential elections a week from Sunday.



The "Center-Left" candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu performed under expectations in the first round of the election getting 44.9 percent of the vote to Erdogan's 49.5 percent.



Now Kilicdaroglu reshuffling his campaign team and sharpening his message in a last-ditch effort to defeat Erdogan...



NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Political parties opposing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say media reports of progress in the judicial reform talks are false.



They say the news leaks are politically motivated.     Talks mediated by Israel's President Issac Herzog have been going on for weeks...TIMES OF ISRAEL




 REPUBLICANS HIT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WHILE MOVING TOWARDS A DEAL WITH IT TO RAISE THE NATIONAL DEBT

                                            (NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)


The Political Situation in the United States Republicans talking impeachment while their leaders cut a deal with Joe Biden to drive the US further into debt.



Today Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announcing articles of impeachment against Attorney General Merrick Garland...MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE TWITTER...




Meanwhile media personalities Glenn Beck and Mark Levin will appear in a media special tomorrow night to discuss criminality surrounding Joe Biden and his family.



This appears to be an effort to promote a Biden impeachment move in the US House.



Joe Biden expected be cutting a deal with the Republican Congressional leaders next week that includes a hike in the US national debt.




Politics in Pennsylvania the winner of the Democrat Primary for Mayor of Philadelphia is Councilwoman Cherelle Parker.    


 She is the heavy favorite in the General Election facing Republican David Oh who ran unopposed in the GOP Primary...(News Sources)



TURKISH PRESDIENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN ANNOUNCING A 60-DAY EXTENSION OF THE DEAL THAT ALLOWS GRAIN EXPORTS FROM RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN SPITE OF THE WAR...TASS RUSSIA



The markets today sharp rises.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average moving up 408.63 points or 1.24 percent in value.


The NASDAQ rising 157.51 points or 1.28 percent in value.   


The price of oil moving up one dollar and 81 cents a barrel at 72 dollars and 67 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH




AN INTERNATIONAL CAR MAKER SAYS ITS ABILIITY TO MAKE ELECTRIC CARS IN THE UK IS AT RISK.


STELLANTIS, A COMPANY THAT OWNS CAR BRANDS LIKE CITROEN, FIAT, PUEGOT AND VAUXHALL, SAYS THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO 'RENEGOTIATE' THE BREXIT AGREEMENT THAT TOOK THE UK OUT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION....BBC NEWS




Elon Musk defending himself after an attack by the Anti-Defamation League organization which accused him of encouraging Anti-Semitism with criticism of George Soros.



Musk saying the group should rename itself simply the "Defamation League"...JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY-TIMES OF ISRAEL




The US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel urging 'calm' and 'restraint' as Israeli nationalists plan a flag march through the Old City of Jerusalem tomorrow.



Mr. Patel saying that the US supports peaceful expression but he says that the US will "continue to urge the parties to refrain from actions and rhetoric and activities that would inflame tensions"...TIMES OF ISRAEL





NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG UN APPEARING WITH HIS DAUGHTER KIM JU AE AT A FACILITY ASSEMBLING NORTH KOREA'S FIRST SPY SATELLITE.


HE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR A SURVEILLANCE SATELLITE SAYING THAT:



"the US imperialists and south Korean puppet villains escalate their confrontational moves against the DPRK"



SPECULATION THAT THERE WILL SOON WILL A SPY SATELLITE LAUNCH BY NORTH KOREA...BLOOMBERG-HINDUSTAN TIMES INDIA







In Nigeria gunmen attacked a convoy of Nigerian staffers for the US Embassy killing two of them along with two policemen.


The attackers burned the bodies of those killed then kidnapped two other police officers and a driver.


The authorities blame a group seeking independence for the southeastern region of Nigeria (Biafra).


A civil war was fought over the issue in the 1960's...ASSOCIATED PRESS-VOICE OF AMERICA




                THE UKRAINE WAR



RUSSIA SAYS US PATRIOT SYSTEM IN KIEV WIPED OUT YESTERDAY



         CHINESE ENVOY ARRIVES IN UKRAINE




             TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



The Russian Defense Ministry says tonight that a Kinzhal hypersonic missile successfully destroyed five missile launchers and a radar station for a US Patriot Missile System.


This said to have happened during an attack in Kiev yesterday...TASS RUSSIA





The Chinese envoy trying to help find an end to the Ukraine War is now in Ukraine.    Li Hui arriving today...TASS RUSSIA




In other news...




IN FRANCE THREE BEING HELD IN PRE-TRIAL DETENTION OVER AN ATTACK ON THE GRAND-NEPHEW OF FRANCE'S FIRST LADY BRIGITTE MACRON.




TWO OF THE OTHERS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ATTACK DENY EVEN TOUCHING HIM...(Info from BFM-TV France)



Prince Harry and Meghan in the news today with word that there was a "near catastrophic" car chase through the streets of New York last night.



It followed an awards ceremony attended by Harry and Meghan and Meghan's mother...BBC NEWS...FREE REPUBLIC POST-EVENING STANDARD UK-DISCUSSION












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