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Friday, June 16, 2023
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 6/16/2023 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY AFRICAN NATION KICKS OUT UN FORCE, EU OFFICIAL PUSHES BAN ON CHINESE TELECOM COMPANIES, XI HOPES AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN SUSTAIN US-CHINA FRIENDSHIP, JAPAN, CHINA , UK HOLD LARGEST STAKES IN US NATIONAL DEBT
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BIG BEN CHIMES MIDNIGHT:
The US national debt reaches a new record high, the death of a famous leaker of classified US government documents and Bill Gates in Beijing meeting President Xi Jinping Xi talking about US-China relations but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Biden Administration Special Prosecutor Jack Smith seeking to gag President Trump with what's called a "protection order".
Smith requesting an order that his case as given to defense lawyers for President Trump and co-defendant Walt Nauta ahead of trial ("Discovery") not be disclosed.
Smith claiming that disclosure of his evidence against Trump and Nauta would endanger other investigations he is working on...USTIMESPOST
IN LOS ANGELES TONIGHT THOUSANDS PROTESTING OUTSIDE DODGER STADIUM.
THE APPEARANCE OF THE CONTROVERSIAL AND SACRILEGIOUS 'SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE' AT THE DODGERS 'PRIDE NIGHT' DRAWING THE CROWD OF DEMONSTRATORS...
In Washington DC US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy meeting Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov.
The meeting included a number of topics including the functioning of the US and Russian embassies in Moscow and Washington...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The government of the African nation of Mali ordering a UN peacekeeping mission out.
The country's foreign minister saying the decade old force is failing to deal with security challenges in the country.
The military government in Mali has kicked out foreign forces sent there in the name of fighting jihadists.
The government also drawing closer to Russia in recent years using troops from the Wagner Private Military Contractor...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE
A JOINT STATMENT FROM FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND SAUDI CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN CALLING FOR AN END TO THE 'INSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL VACUUM' IN LEBANON.
THE CROWN PRINCE IN PARIS FOR TALKS WITH MR. MACRON.
LEBANON'S PARLIAMENT UNABLE TO REACH AGREEMENT ON A NEW PRESIDENT. A 12TH VOTE FAILED THIS WEEK...THE NEW ARAB
A vote in Japan's parliament today raising the age of consent for sex to 16. It had been 13 years old.
Other laws relating to sexuality changed amid protests from various quarters including the LGBTQ community...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
RUSSIA PROTESTING WHAT IT SAYS ARE PROVOCATIVE ACTIONS BY US TROOPS IN SYRIA.
THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IN SYRIA SAYING TWO US CONVOYS HAVE VIOLATED DECONFLICTION PROTOCOL.
EARLIER THIS WEEK THE US ANNOUNCED DEPLOYMENT OF F-22 RAPTOR WARPLANES TO THE MIDDLE EAST DUE TO WHAT IT SAID WERE UNPROFESSIONAL ACTIONS BY RUSSIAN PILOTS OVER SYRIA...TASS RUSSIA
The former head of the Independent Office of Police Conduct in the UK is accused of rape.
Michael Lockwood left his post last December when it was learned that an investigation was underway.
THE US REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE WESTERN BALKANS OPTIMISTIC THAT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALBANIANS AND SERBS IN KOSOVO CAN BE ACHIEVED.
GABRIEL ESCOBAR INSISTING THAT THE KOSOVO GOVERNMENT ALLOW AN AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT FOR THE SERB MINORITY IN SPITE OF KOSOVO GOVERNMENT OPPOSITION...DTT-NET
THE BRITISH AND GERMAN GOVERNMENTS JOINING THE US CALLING ON SERBIA TO RELEASE THREE KOSOVO POLICE OFFICERS CAPTURED BY SERBIAN SPECIAL FORCES...DTT-NET
A FEDERAL JURY IN PITTSBURGH WITH GUILTY VERDICTS ON ALL COUNTS IN THE OCTOBER 2018 MASS MURDER ATTACK ON THE TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE.
ROBERT BOWERS FACING 63 FEDERAL CHARGES LINKED TO FIREARMS AND HATE CRIMES LAWS...CBS PITTSBURGH
A TOP EUROPEAN UNION OFFICIAL CALLING FOR 5G BANS ON CHINESE TELECOM COMPANIES HUAWEI AND ZTE.
EU INTERNAL MARKET COMMISSIONER THIERRY BRETON SAYING BOTH COMPANIES ARE 'HIGH-RISK' SUPPLIERS THAT RISK NATIONAL SECURITY...CNBC...
BRETON'S STATEMENT AGAINST THE CHINESE TELECOM COMPANIES COMES JUST DAYS BEFORE A SCHEDULED VISIT TO GERMANY AND FRANCE BY CHINA'S PREMIER LI QIANG.
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 108.94 points.
The NASDAQ fell 93.25 points.
At 516 pm New York Time the price of oil rising up 82 cents at 71 dollars and 44 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum today.
Putin stressing success in Russia's economy and making veiled references to US efforts to dominate the world economically.
THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OUT WITH A REPORT SAYING THAT MINNEAPOLIS POLICE ROUTINELY USED 'EXCESSIVE FORCE'.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS AREA IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO OFTEN CITED AS EXAMPLES OF EXCESSIVE FORCE.
THEY INCLUDING THE KILLINGS OF JUSTINE DAMOND, PHILANDO CASTILE AND GEORGE FLOYD...BBC NEWS
The hospitalization rate increases as the various COVID "vaccines" wear off with the original version being the weakest in that regard.
The data reported to the US Centers for Disease Control...THE EPOCH TIMES
Donald Trump can bring peace and end the Ukraine War. The sentiments of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Orban speaking on Hungarian radio today...TASS RUSSIA
THE US NATIONAL DEBT NOW TOPPING 32 TRILLION DOLLARS. NEW STATS OUT FROM THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT...NEW YORK POST...
THE FOREIGN NATIONS WITH THE HIGHEST STAKES IN THE US NATIONAL DEBT.
AS OF APRIL 2023 JAPAN THE LARGEST HOLDER AT 1.13 TRILLION DOLLARS, CHINA WITH 868.9 BILLION DOLLARS AND THE UK WITH 680.9 BILLION DOLLARS.
THOSE FIGURES FROM THE US TREASURY.
RUSSIA REDUCING ITS HOLDINGS OF THE US NATIONAL DEBT WHICH STOOD AT 96 BILLION DOLLARS JUST OVER FIVE YEARS AGO.
AS OF APRIL THIS YEAR THE FIGURE NOW JUST 35 MILLION DOLLARS...TASS RUSSIA
Several US government agencies including the Energy Department have been attacked in a global cyberattack attributed to Russian criminals.
Word is that hundreds of private companies are also impacted by the cyberattack...CNN
IN FINLAND LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AGREEMENT ON A NEW GOVERNMENT THE MAINSTREAM CONSERVATIVE NATIONAL COALITION PARTY LEADING WITH THREE OTHER PARTIES IN THE GOVERNMENT.
ONE OF THEM IS THE FINNS PARTY DUBBED 'FAR-RIGHT' BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
THE NEW GOVERNMENT FORMED AS FINLAND HAS ENTERED NATO WITH A MORE AGGRESSIVE STANCE TOWARDS NEIGHBORING RUSSIA...YLE FINLAND (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Türkiye and Sweden will hold more talks on the Swedish effort to join NATO.
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Sweden needs to do more about its concerns over Kurdish groups considered terrorists operating in Sweden...CGTN- CHINA
TWO INJURIES REPORTED IN A FIRE ONBOARD A MERCHANT VESSEL OFF THE FAR EAST COAST OF RUSSIA NEAR VLADIVOSTOK.
THE FIRE BREAKING OUT IN THE ENGINE ROOM OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS REGISTERED SHIP.
IT WAS SAILING FROM CHINA TO A RUSSIAN PORT...TASS RUSSIA(With Additional Material from RIA Novosti Russia)
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
APPARENT DRONE ATTACK IN THE KURSK AREA OF RUSSIA
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL SAYS UKRAINE ON OFFENSIVE IN ARTYOMOVSK (BAKHMUT) AREA
There's been a drone attack reported on a warehouse in Russia's Kursk Region. That's what it appears to be according to the governor there...TASS RUSSIA
Denis Pushilin, acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic, says Ukrainian forces are on the offensive against the flanks of the Russian advance in the Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) area.
MEANWHILE SOUTH KOREA HAS RECOVERED PART OF THE ROCKET USED IN NORTH KOREA'S RECENT ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH A SPY SATELLITE.
THE RECOVERY IN WATERS OFF THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH KOREA...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL
Comedian Bill Cosby being sued in the State of Nevada by nine women alleging they were drugged and sexually assaulted.
The incidents alleged between 1979 and 1992.
The lawsuits under a new law in Nevada allowing sexual assault lawsuits beyond the statute of limitations.
There have been two lawsuits in California and Mr. Cosby served time in prison after being convicted in Pennsylvania before his conviction was thrown out...BBC NEWS
And Daniel Ellsberg the US military analyst who leaked the "Pentagon Papers" regarding the Vietnam War is dead at the age of 92.
Ellsberg's 1971 leak of the classified documents triggered a major First Amendment conflict involving media organizations and the federal government...REUTERS-FRANCE 24
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