NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 6/15/2023 INDCITMENT OF US 'LEAKS' SUSPECT, MILLEY SEES LONG 'HIGH COST' FIGHT IN UKRAINE, US SEEKING 'CEASE-FIRE' DEAL WITH IRAN, NEW ZEALAND IN RECESSION

 

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                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

That "leaks" suspect, Massachusetts Air National Guardsmen Jack Teixeira, indicted by a federal grand jury.

The indictment follows the appearance of negative stories in the mainstream regarding the alleged leaks related to US foreign and defense policy.

Teixeira accused of six counts of "willful retention and transmission of national defense information"...CBS NEWS

AT LEAST 15 DEAD IN CANADA FOLLOWING A COLLISION BETWEEN A TRACTOR TRAILER AND A MINI-BUS CARRYING SENIORS.    

THE SENIORS HEADED TO A CASINO.   

THE ACCIDENT IN SOUTHWESTERN MANITOBA.   10 INJURIES ARE ALSO REPORTED...CBC NEWS CANADA

The US, UK, Denmark and the Netherlands rushing air defense missiles and systems to Ukraine.

The demand for them said to be high....TASS RUSSIA

                 "very violent fight"

     "a considerable amount of time"

                         "high cost"

Those words from US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley in Brussels concerning the current Ukrainian "offensive".

Milley and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at a meeting of more than 50 nations providing military assistance to Ukraine.

Austin downplaying Ukrainian losses on the battlefield saying Russia was showing the same damaged vehicles over and over again.

It's been revealed that the Netherlands and Denmark are training Ukrainian pilots in the operation of F-16 warplanes...

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

IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI IN CUBA TODAY FOLLOWING VISITS TO VENEZUELA AND NICARAGUA.

RAISI AND THE CUBAN RULER MIGUEL DIAZ-CANEL SIGNING COOPERATION AGREEMENTS...

TO THE BALKANS AND KOSOVO PRIME MINISTER ALBIN KURTI SAYING SPECIAL POLICE UNITS WILL LEAVE THE NORTHERN AREAS 'PROPORTIONALLY'.

KURTI DEMANDING THAT KOSOVO SERB 'MILITIA' MEMBERS BE ARRESTED OR SENT BACK TO SERBIA.

THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION CALLING ON MR. KURTI TO PULL THOSE POLICE UNITS OUT...DTT-NET

Russia plans to hold joint military maneuvers with Algeria.     

That's one of the announcements coming out of a meeting between Algerian President  Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Russian President Vladimir Putin...TASS RUSSIA

Sharp rises on Wall Street.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 428.73 points or 1.26 percent.

The NASDAQ climbed 156.34 points or 1.15 percent in value.

At 445 pm New York Time the price of oil is up two dollars and 26 cents at 70 dollars and 53 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH

NORTH KOREA LAUNCHING TWO SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES EASTWARDS INTO THE SEA THIS EVENING.

TODAY NORTH KOREA'S DEFENSE MINISTRY DENOUNCED THE RECENT LIVE-FIRE DRILLS INVOLVING US AND SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY FORCES...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

"The New York Times" reporting that the US and Iran are closing in on a deal that's being called a "political ceasefire".

US, Iranian and Israeli officials are used as sources for the story.

The proposed deal will release frozen Iranian assets overseas in exchange for Iran limiting uranium enrichment.

A planned deal is also said to involve pledges from Iran not to attack US forces and contractors in Syria and to refrain from providing ballistic missiles to Russia.

The release of three prisoners in Iran with dual American-Iranian citizenship also mentioned...TIMES OF ISRAEL

CHINESE PREMIER LI QIANG WILL VISIT FRANCE AND GERMANY NEXT WEEK.

HE WILL MEET GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ AND FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON.

LI ALSO PARTICIPATING IN A 'GLOBAL FINANCING SUMMIT' IN FRANCE...STRAITS-TIMES SINGAPORE (CLICK PAST AD FOR STORY)

FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON, A POTENTIAL POLITICAL OPPONENT TO CURRENT PRIME MINISTER RISHI SUNAK, HAS BEEN TRASHED IN A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY.

JOHNSON, WHO RESIGNED FROM PARLIAMENT LAST WEEK, IS DEMONIZED FOR ALLEGEDLY MISLEADING PARLIAMENT OVER PARTIES HELD IN VIOLATION OF THE COVID RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY HIS GOVERNMENT...BBC NEWS BLOG

NEW ZEALAND IS NOW OFFICIALLY IN RECESSION. 

FOR SIX STRAIGHT MONTHS (TWO QUARTERS) THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODCUCT HAS SHRUNK...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

In the Netherlands late night talks between the government and the LTO agricultural organization.

The talks involved cabinet ministers dealing with climate and nitrogen reduction in the Dutch government.

Those talks said to be seeking an "agricultural agreement" on the future of Dutch farming...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

RUSSIA SAYS UKRAINIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WOUNDED IN MAY 29TH STRIKE ON KIEV

EXPLOSIONS IN ODESSA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING

                TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

Russian media reporting that the chief of Ukraine's intelligence agency Kyrylo Budanov was hurt in a May 29th strike in Kiev.

The report also saying that Budanov and taken to Poland and flown by a US military plane to Berlin for treatment in a German military hospital.

He is said to be in serious condition...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Explosions reported in the port city of Odessa early this morning...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

US FEDERAL PROSCUTORS GETTING A GUILTY PLEA FROM A US ARMY SOLIDER ACCUSED OF 'ATTEMPTING' TO HELP ISIS ATTACK THE US MILITARY.

COLE BRIDGES, ALSO KNOWN AS COLE GONZALES, FACING UP TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER HE COMMUNICATED WITH AN UNDERCOVER AGENT POSING AS SOMEONE WORKING FOR ISIS...MAINSTREAM MEDIA VERSION FROM 'RAW STORY'

British actress Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87.   She was also a Labor member of the House of Commons for 23 years...BBC NEWS