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Friday, August 18, 2023
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 8/18/2023 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY BIDEN CRACKDOWN ON FIREARMS STORES, NEW COVID VARIANT TALKED UP, THOUSANDS EVACUATE OVER CANADIAN WILDFIRES, US INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES UKRAINIAN FAILURE IN 'OFFENSIVE'
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Stiff sentences of prison and probation given to misdemeanor defendants in January 6th cases have been put into doubt by a US Appeals Court decision.
The panel of three judges voting two to one that a North Carolina man must be sentenced again after he pled guilty and got 60 days of jail time and a three-year probation sentence.
The majority indicating that both prison and probation cannot be imposed as a single sentence for a petty offense...ASSOCIATED PRESS
THERE ARE MORE FIREARMS DEALERS THAN EVER BEING SHUT DOWN BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTING 122 STORES SELLING GUNS HAS THEIR LICENSES REVOKED BY THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES IN THIS FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR.
In Saudi Arabia visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meeting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The Iranian minister extending a visit that began yesterday.
This trip follows the Chinese brokered re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries earlier this year...TIMES OF ISRAEL
TENSIONS OVER MILITARY INTERVENTION IN NIGER
STAGE SETTING FOR POSSIBLE CONFLICT AMONG NUMEROUS AFRICAN NATIONS
(UPDATED)
THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) SAYS IT WILL 'RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER' IN NIGER 'AS SOON AS POSSIBLE'.
THAT MESSAGE COMING OUT OF A MEETING OF MILITARY CHIEFS FROM THE ECOWAS COUNTRIES IN GHANA.
IT'S BEING SAID THAT A DATE FOR MILITARY INTERVENTION IN NIGER HAS BEEN SET, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED.
WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT AN ECOWAS MILITARY FORCE IS 'READY TO INTERVENE' WHEN 'THE ORDER IS GIVEN'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...TASS RUSSIA...(Additional Info From BFM-TV France)...
ALSO THERE IS WORD THAT ECOWAS COUNTRIES BURKINA FASO AND MALI HAVE MADE MILITARY PREPARATIONS TO ASSIST NIGER IN DEFENDING ITSELF FROM ATTACK BY THE OTHER ECOWAS NATIONS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In the Netherlands starting in January of 2025 trucks and vans using fossil fuels will not be allowed to load and unload in the central areas of cities.
This is in compliance with the 2019 "Dutch Climate Agreement".
TALK ABOUT COVID AGAIN THE NOTION OF A NEW AND 'VERY DIFFERENT' VARIANT DETECTED IN DENMARK, ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES.
ONE EXPERT SAYS IT'S TOO EARLY TO KNOW WHAT THE VARIANT WITH ITS 30 SPIKE PROTEIN MUTATIONS WILL LEAD TO....TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 25.83 points.
The NASDAQ down 26.16 points.
Tonight at 725 pm New York Time the price of oil stood at 81 dollars and 40 cents up one dollar and one cent...MARKETWATCH
NORTH KOREA LAUNCHING FIGHTER JETS TO INTERCEPT A US SPY PLANE.
THE INCIDENT IN AN AREA JUST OVER 300 MILES FROM WONSAN NORTH KOREA IN THE SEA OF JAPAN.
IT WAS SAID THE SPY PLANE WAS 14 KILOMETERS INSIDE NORTH KOREA'S ECONOMIC ZONE.
NORTH KOREA ALSO SAYS THE US PLANE LEFT THE AREA IN RESPONSE TO ITS WARPLANES...TASS RUSSIA
Joe Biden bringing together the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David this weekend.
The apparent objective is to be smooth over the past history of Korea as an oppressed colony of Japan as Biden seeks to use both nations as bulwarks against China and Russia as well as North Korea...BBC NEWS
In Canada thousands ordered evacuated from the city of Kelowna and nearby communities in British Columbia due to a wildfire...CBC NEWS CANADA...
Meanwhile the evacuation from Yellowknife the capital city of the Northwest Territories continues with fears about a wildfire reaching the city in the coming days...BBC NEWS BLOG
IN HAWAII... FREE REPUBLIC POST-KMPH FOX 26 STORY-DISCUSSION....THE HEAD OF MAUI'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY RESIGNING AFTER THE DEADLY WILDFIRES AND CONTROVERSY OVER HIS AGENCY'S RESPONSE TO THEM...
A wildfire continuing to rage on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands.
The fire spreading in spite of efforts involving firefighting planes and helicopters.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the BRICS summit in South Africa that begins Monday.
The BRICS group of nations includes Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa.
Xi also making a state visit to South Africa...ANI NEWS INDIA
LITHUANIA SHUTTING DOWN TWO BORDER CROSSINGS WITH BELARUS.
THE COUNTRY'S INTERIOR MINISTER CITING SMUGGLING ACROSS THE BORDER AND THE THREAT OF THE WAGNER PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTOR SOLIDERS NOW PRESENT IN BELARUS.
FOUR OTHER BORDER CROSSINGS WILL REMAIN OPEN...TASS RUSSIA
US intelligence now estimates that Ukraine's "offensive" launched months ago will fail.
An assessment saying that Ukrainian forces will fail to cut off the land bridge in the annexed Russian territory above Crimea.
This means failure of the principal objective of Ukraine's recent attacks on Russian forces...THE WASHINGTON POST
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken committing to approval of F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine as soon as pilot training is done.
Blinken writing to the foreign ministers of the Netherlands and Denmark the countries organizing a training program for pilots...CNN
Saudi Arabia's ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman invited for an official visit to the UK.
That word from the Saudi Embassy in London.
It would mark his first visit to the UK since the October 2018 murder of Saudi opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul...BBC NEWS
DOCUMENTS LEAKED PRESENTING A PICTURE OF RUSSIAN EXPERTS VISITING IRAN TO HELP WITH IMPROVEMENTS TO ATTACK DRONES.
THE WASHINGTON POST SAYING THOSE DOCUMENTS POINT TO RUSSIAN EXPERTS HIDING IN A HOTEL DURING AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON A DRONE MAKING FACILITY IN TEHRAN...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Russian Defense Ministry says it foiled a drone attack on Moscow early this morning. The drone hit by air defenses and forced down striking a non-residential building...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
Sexual abuse lawsuits against companies of the late singer Michael Jackson have been revived.
A California state appeals court ruling against dismissal of lawsuits by two men in lower courts.
The men allege sexual abuse by Jackson when they were children.
A new California law opening a window for historic sexual abuse cases enabling revival of the lawsuits...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
Chinese real estate firm Evergrande filing a Chapter 15 bankruptcy in US federal court.
The company requesting US court recognition of restructuring talks underway overseas...BLOOMBERG-HINDUSTAN TIMES
THE UNITED STATES APPROVING ISRAEL'S SALE OF THE ARROW 3 ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM TO GERMANY.
THIS MAJOR DEAL FOR ISRAEL'S DEFENSE INDUSTRY WORTH 3.5 BILLION DOLLARS...TIMES OF ISRAEL
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