Monday, May 8, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 5/8/2023 MILITARY HELP REQUESTED TO FIGHT ALBERTA WILDFIRES, RUSSIA SHUTS DOWN NUKE PLANT IN FACE OF UKRAINIAN ATTACK, CHINA WANTS STABILITY IN RELATIONS WITH US, CHINA WARNS EU OVER SANCTIONS

 



                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




The western Canadian province of Alberta requesting military assistance to fight unprecedented wildfires.



Premier Danielle Smith making the request to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who told her such assistance will be sent if needed.



94 wildfires in the province, 27 out of control with tens of thousands evacuated...BBC NEWS...



Hundreds of Canadian soldiers trained in fighting wildfires expected to become involved and volunteers with firefighting experience are being sought.



Emergency payments being given for adults and dependent children under the age of 18 who have been evacuated...CBC NEWS CANADA




EXPLOSIONS IN KIEV AND AIR RAID WARNINGS ACROSS UKRAINE WHERE IT'S EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...TASS RUSSIA




ISRAEL STRIKING ISLAMIC JIHAD TARGETS IN THE GAZA STRIP LATE TONIGHT.


SEVERAL TOP ISLAMIC JIHAD TERRORISTS REPORTED KILLED IN THE ATTACKS...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...TIMES OF ISRAEL




JOE BIDEN EXTENDING US SANCTIONS ON SYRIA IMPOSED WHEN THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN IN 2011.     THE EXTENSION IS FOR ONE YEAR...TASS RUSSIA...




MEAWNHILE THE US STATE DEPARTMENT EXPRESSING ITS DISAPPROVAL OF THE ARAB LEAGUE DECISION TO READMIT SYRIA.




THE STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN CITING THE CONDUCT OF THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR IN WHICH THE US BACKED JIHADISTS INCLUDING AL-QAEDA ELEMENTS FIGHTING THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT...THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES







Canada expelling a Chinese diplomat over alleged harassment of an opposition MP.



Zhao Wei was implicated in a mainstream media report citing a top secret government document last week.



MP Michael Chong of the Conservative Party critical of China's government over treatment of the Uyghur Muslim minority...CBC NEWS CANADA



RUSSIA HAS DECIDED TO SUSPEND OPERATION OF REACTORS AT THE ZAPOROZHYE NUCLEAR POWER PLAN WITH A URKAINIAN OFFENSIVE EXPECTED AT ANY TIME IN THE REGION.


A RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SAYS UKRAINIAN ACTIONS ARE UNPREDICABLE.


HE NOTES THE RECENT RELEASE OF WATER FROM DAMS IN THE AREA CAUSING HIGH WATER LEVELS WITH A DAM BREAK AND FLOODING POSSIBLE...RIA NOVOSTI (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



More on the Ukraine War later in the summary...




In Brownsville Texas today the suspect in the deadly crash of an SUV into pedestrians yesterday charged with manslaughter.



34-year-old George Alvarez accused in the incident that killed eight people outside a migrant shelter.




Police say Alvarez is a local resident with an extensive criminal history.




His bail set at 3.6 million dollars...VALLEY CENTRAL-KGBT BROWNSVILLE




In France protests banned near President Emmanuel Macron today.   Macron's popularity low following his imposition of pension reforms that included a rise in France's retirement age.


Macron remembering the victory over Germany in World War II.




France's leading opposition politician Marine Le Pen says that the commemorations should not be a place for protests against the unpopular government policies...



Le Pen laying a wreath remembering fallen French soldiers in her National Assembly constituency in northern France...



                                   (Information from BFM-TV used in this story)



THE LEADER OF ANTI-MONARCHIST PROTESTERS IN THE UK SAYS POLICE HAD EVERY INTENTION OF ARRESTING AND DETAINING PROTESTERS BEFORE THE CORONATION OF KING CHARLES ON SATURDAY.


64 TAKEN IN CUSTODY AND HELD DURING THE FESTIVITIES IN THE CENTER OF LONDON.



GRAHAM SMITH SAID BE HAD BEEN IN CLOSE DISCUSSION WITH THE METROPOLITAN POLICE ABOUT PROTEST PLANS FOR FOUR MONTHS AHEAD OF THE CORONATION...BBC NEWS





The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 55.69 points.


The NASDAQ rose 21.50 points.


At 513 pm New York Time the price of oil rising one dollar and 46 cents a barrel to 72 dollars and 80 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH





                "erroneous words and deeds"



China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang characterizing recent developments in relations with the United States.



Qin meeting with US Ambassador to China Nicolas Burns telling Burns that the US needs to stop its undermining of the "one China" as it conducts relations with Taiwan as if it were an independent nation separate from China.



Previous US Presidents have stated that Taiwan is part of China with which the US would only maintain cultural and economic ties, not military ones...REUTERS-NBC NEWS USA




China is warning that countermeasures will be taken if sanctions are imposed on Chinese companies in connection with the Ukraine War.



Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin commenting on media reports that seven Chinese companies will be sanctioned by the European Union over supplies sent to Russia...TASS RUSSIA...




China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang visiting European countries at the invitation of their foreign ministers.



Qin will be in Germany, France and Norway this week.



German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock critical of China following her recent visit there speaking of "aggressive" actions outside of China and "repressive" actions inside China...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE




CHINA SAYS THAT THE US AND AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN UNDERMINING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SOUTH PACIFIC NATION OF FIJI.



THE NEW GOVERNMENT THAT TOOK POWER IN FIJI DISTANCING ITSELF FROM CHINA AN EXAMPLE BEING PLANS TO SCRAP A POLICE COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED IN 2011.



JOE BIDEN MAKING AN APPEARANCE LATER THIS MONTH IN NEW GUINEA AT A PACIFIC NATIONS SUMMIT INCLUDING FIJI...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



At least 22 have died in southern India after a tourist boat capsized.



The double decker boat said to have been overcrowded...BBC NEWS



More than 400 now reported dead in last week's flooding in the Democratic Republic of Congo...REUTERS 



                   THE UKRAINE WAR



       NATO INCREASES READINESS NEAR UKRAINE



                          MASSIVE ATTACK ON KIEV



                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



NATO reported increasing the readiness of its warplanes in the Black Sea near Russia and Ukraine.


The escorting of a Polish fighter by a Russian plane cited as reason for increased readiness...TASS RUSSIA




The Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko calls last night's Russian attack on the city "the most massive".    A tank with diesel fuel damaged in the city.   


Explosions and fires in Odessa and other parts of Ukraine...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...





In Iran two men executed for blasphemy.



Authorities say the two were involved in a Telegram channel that hated Islam and promoted atheism...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)












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