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Friday, June 2, 2023
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 6/2/2023 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY FITCH RATINGS KEEPS USA ON 'WATCH NEGATIVE', HUNDREDS DEAD IN TRAIN DISASTER IN INDIA, DRONE, ARTILLERY ATTACKS ON RUSSIA CONTINUE, US LEAKS ABOUT CIA DIRECTOR VISIT TO CHINA
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In the Ukraine War the attacks on Russian territory from Ukraine continue and hundreds are dead in a train disaster in India but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
US DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN SAYING THE US WILL NOT STAND FOR 'COERCION AND BULLYING' FROM CHINA AIMED AT ITS 'ALLIES AND PARTNERS'.
AUSTIN SPOKE OF MAINTAINING A 'STATUS QUO' REGARDING TAIWAN BUT NOT AFFIRM THE ONE-CHINA POLICY STATING THAT TAIWAN IS A PROVINCE OF CHINA.
More on US-China relations later in the summary....
US politics the Republican National Committee setting rules for the first debate among presidential contenders.
Those rules include supporting the eventual GOP Presidential nominee.
Also, a one percent threshold in public opinion polls and 40,000 individual donations will be required.
The debate set for August 23rd in Milwaukee...REUTERS
IN CANADA A CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER MOVED FROM A HIGH SECURITY PRISON TO A MEDIUM SECURITY FACILITY.
PAUL BERNARDO CONVICTED OF RAPING AND MURDERING TWO TEENAGE GIRLS IN THE 1990'S AND GIVEN AN INDETERMINATE SENTENCE THE HIGHEST PENALTY THAT EXISTED AT THE TIME.
A LAWYER FOR THE VICTIMS FAMILIES DESCRIBING THE MOVE AS DISTRESSING....GLOBAL NEWS CANADA
A federal judge in Miami giving a life sentence to Haitian-Chilean businessman Rodolphe Jaar. He pled guilty in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021....SKY NEWS UK
Fitch Ratings keeping the credit rating of the United States on "Ratings Watch Negative".
That follows the bipartisan deal in Washington for the federal government to spend more money and go deeper into debt.
Fitch says it's considering various issues including "the outlook for medium-term fiscal and debt trajectories"...FOX BUSINESS...
Joe Biden speaking at 7 pm this evening to trumpet the deal.
Biden saying it avoided an "economic crisis" and "economic collapse"...VIDEO LINK
PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKING THAT THE NEW YORK JUDGE OVERSEEING NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION YEAR TRIAL AGAINST HIM TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CASE.
POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO JOE BIDEN AND OTHERS CITED...THE HILL
At least 233 dead following the collision of a passenger train and a freight train in India.
A second passenger train then collided with the first passenger train that has been derailed by the collision with the freight train.
TWO AUSTRIAN CITIZENS HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM IMPRISONMENT IN IRAN.
THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT THANKING BELGIUM AND OMAN FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE...
THERE IS ALSO WORD THAT A DANISH CITIZEN WAS RELEASED BY IRAN.
The US unemployment rate rose from 3.4 to 3.7 percent last month.
Mainstream Media spin is that jobs are being created.
But the markets see the higher interest rate from the Federal Reserve having an impact raising hopes that the rises are over...(News Sources)...
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sharply higher 701.19 points or 2.12 percent in value.
The NASDAQ sharply rising 139.78 points or 1.07 percent in value.
The price of oil rising more than two percent as of 425 pm New York Time oil at 71 dollars and 97 cents a barrel one dollar and 87 cents higher...MARKETWATCH
US CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS VISITING BEIJING LAST MONTH.
THE LEAKING OF THE STORY COINCIDES WITH AN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE WHERE RISING TENSIONS WITH CHINA ARE ON THE TABLE.
THE MESSAGE FROM THE ANYONYMOUS US OFFICIAL CONCERNING THE VISIT IS THAT THE US IS SEEKING TO AVOID CONFRONTATION WITH BEIJING.
THE US RECENTLY MADE AN ISSUE OUT OF A POSSIBLE MEETING IN SINGAPORE BETWEEN US DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN AND CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER LI SHANGFU.
CHINESE DECLINING SUCH A MEETING. DEFENSE MINISTER LI IS CURRENTLY UNDER US SANCTIONS...THE INDEPENDENT UK
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI INVITED TO ADDRESS THE US CONGRESS LATER THIS MONTH DURING HIS OFFICIAL STATE VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES...THE HILL
Politics in the US the Biden Administration Justice Department opting not to prosecute former Vice-President Mike Pence.
This news comes on the heels of word that Pence will throw his hat into the ring for President next week in Iowa...THE HILL
US Climate Envoy John Kerry visiting Israel. Kerry meeting Israeli Energy and Environmental ministers. Projects involving solar power and the export of desalinated water discussed...TIMES OF ISRAEL
MATTERS LIKE UKRAINE AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL ON THE TABLE AS ISRAELI OFFICIALS INCLUDING ITS INTERNAL SECURITY CHIEF AND AIDES TO PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU MEET BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON....TIMES OF ISRAEL
THERE WAS A VOTE IN THE UPPER CHAMBER OF SWITZERLAND'S PARLIAMENT OPPOSING THE RE-EXPORT OF SWISS WEAPONS TO THIRD CONTRIES.
A SIMILAR VOTE AGAINST SUCH RE-EXPORT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE LOWER HOUSE.
SWITZERLAND REJECTED A REQUEST FROM DENMARK TO RE-EXPORT ARMS TO UKRAINE.
THE GOVERNENT IN THE NETHERLANDS IS SEEKING TO RE-EXPORT LEOPARD TANKS MADE IN SWITIZERLAND TO UKRAINE....TASS RUSSIA
It won't keep up with the rate of inflation in Australia but lower wage workers are getting a significant pay rise.
Australia's Fair Work Commission ordering a 5.75 percent wage hike next month for those at minimum wage...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
Under pressure from the Biden Administration a bill in Israel's parliament limiting foreign government donations to "civil society groups" in the country has been shelved.
A senior US official calling the legislation "dead".
Supporters of judicial reform proposed by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say the United States government funded organizations that fueled massive protests against the reforms...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Inflation in Pakistan hitting a record 37.97 percent annual ratre in May. The economic crisis in the country continues amidst stalled bailout talks...AFP FRANCE-INDIA TODAY
THE US IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON IRANIANS SAID TO BE INVOLVED IN ASSASSINATION PLOTS.
THOSE PLOTS AGAINST FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JOHN BOLTON AND OTHERS.
IRAN SAID TO BE SEEKING REVENGE ON THOSE INVOLVED IN THE 2020 DRONE ORDERED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT KILLED IRANIAN GENERAL QASSEM SOLEIMANI IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS ONLINE
The Pentagon says that drag shows are not being hosted at US military installations.
This is consistent with long-standing policy according to a spokesperson...TASK AND PURPOSE
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
POWER AND WATER KNOCKED OUT IN RUSSIAN TOWN NEAR BORDER
More civilians wounded in Ukrainian shelling of the Belgorod Region of southwestern Russia. The governor says the attacks have knocked out power and water in the town of Shebekino...
Russia says that a drone attack on energy facilities in the Smolensk Region has failed...TASS RUSSIA
Ukraine claims to have intercepted more than 30 missiles and drones fired on Kiev in two separate waves early today...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
In other news...
Here in the US today the ceremony renaming North Carolina's Fort Bragg.
The new name given to the base is Fort Liberty.
The name change in line with a policy to remove the names of Confederate generals from military bases...
An increase of the value of his Tesla electric car company causing his wealth to reach a value of 55.3 billion dollars...BBC NEWS
A WOMAN WHO WAS A FORMER PLAYBOY MODEL SUING BILL COSBY IN A CALIFORNIA COURT SAYING SHE WAS DRUGGED AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY HIM IN 1969.
VICTORIA VALENTINO SUING UNDER A CALIFORNIA LAW THAT SUSPENDS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON SEXUAL ABUSE LAWSUITS...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of convicted child sex offender and accused child sex trafficker the late Jeffrey Epstein, fearing for her safety at a federal prison in Florida.
Maxwell reported two other inmates who trying to steal items from her belongings. They were put in solitary confinement.
Now the women are back in the general prison population with Maxwell...NEW YORK POST...
Medical information about Jeffrey Epstein before his death in a federal prison in New York City revealed.
According to those Bureau of Prisons records Epstein revealed in his health screening more than 10 sexual partners in the previous five years and that he had been treated for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia...
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