Thursday, August 31, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 8/31/2023 NEWSDUMP HOLIDAY JUSTICE THOMAS ON OFFENSE OVER ETHICS CLAIMS, US BACKED GROUPS IN SYRIA FIGHT EACH OTHER, DUTCH NITROGEN CUT PLAN TIGHTENING, BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PUSHES NEW STATUS FOR MARIJUANA

 


                         (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas going on offense over the allegations questioning his ethics.



A six-page statement from Justice Thomas's personal lawyer notes that left-wing groups have weaponized ethics against him.



The ethics allegations aimed at Thomas also engulfing other "Conservative" justices following last year's "Dobbs" decision giving states the ability to regulate abortions.



In an op-ed piece for "The Wall Street Journal" Justice Samuel Alito says allegations about him are "nonsense" and because the Supreme Court itself is not defending him he must defend himself...THE HILL




An unidentified object shot down over the northwestern Russian city of Pskov tonight.  Pskov the site of a Ukrainian drone attack earlier this week that set two transport planes on fire...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)







48 people killed by the military in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa.



Congolese soldiers attacking a religious group protesting the United Nations peacekeeping force in the city of Goma.



There were 75 people hurt and a policeman was also killed...AFP FRANCE-DIGITAL JOURNAL



The United States military calling on US-supported groups in eastern Syria to stop fighting each other.


40 have died and dozens are wounded since the clashes began Monday in the oil rich Deir el-Zour region.


That's part of the territory occupied by an international force led by the United States.



Sporadic fighting today with both sides bringing in reinforcements...NAVY TIMES




THE INFLATION AVERAGE IN THE EUROZONE 5.3 PERCENT FOR THIS MONTH.   


IN GERMANY THE INFLATION RATE IS HIGHER AT 6.4...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



NEW UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NETHERLANDS IS TRANSLATING INTO STRICTER OFFICIAL NITROGEN TARGETS IN THE NEXT DECADE.



ONE DUTCH FARMERS ORGANIZATION (LTO) THAT'S WILLING TO ENGAGE IN CUTTING NITROGEN EMISSIONS SAYS SAYS THE NEW TARGETS ARE 'COMPLETELY UNWORKABLE'.



NOT ONLY WILL FARMING SUFFER FROM DEEPER EMISSION CUTS BUT ALSO OTHER SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY STRAPPED BY FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS TO OPERATE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Russia says its cutting oil supplies to foreign countries.   Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak says a deal has been cut with other OPEC+ nations which will be announced next week...TASS RUSSIA






THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA SUGGESTING A NINE-MONTH TRANSITION BACK TO CIVILIAN RULE IN THE NEIGHBORING NATION OF NIGER.



PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU CITING THE PRECEDENT OF A MILITARY COUP IN NIGERIA BACK IN THE 1990'S...AFP FRANCE-MSN...



THE NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN NIGER REVOKING THE DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY OF FRANCE'S AMBASSADOR THERE.


POLICE ORDERED TO KICK AMBASSADOR SYVAIN ITTE OUT OF THE COUNTRY.



ITTE WAS GIVEN A 48-HOUR DEADLINE TO LEAVE NIGER LAST WEEK...PRESS TRUST OF INDIA-THIS WEEK



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 168.33 points.




The NASDAQ up 15.66 points.


At 518 pm New York Time the price of oil is 83 dollars and 58 cents up one dollar and 95 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH




The United Nations renewing the mandate of a UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.



The vote 13-0 with China and Russia abstaining....TIMES OF ISRAEL




ONE KILLED AND FIVE WOUNDED IN ISRAEL IN A RAMMING ATTACK.    THE TERRORIST ATTACK INVOLVED A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Ben Wallace resigning as British Defense Secretary.   Conservative Party insider Grant Shapps replacing him.    Shapps pledging to continue military support for Ukraine...BBC NEWS



MORE THAN 70 ARE DEAD IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN AN ABANDONED BUILDING.



THE BUILDING USED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENTERED SOUTH AFRICA ILLEGALLY ("MIGRANTS")...BBC NEWS BLOG




The Biden Administration wants the US Food and Drug Administration to loosen federal rules regarding marijuana (cannabis).



The Department of Health and Human Services calling on the FDA to take marijuana off its "Schedule 1" status alongside drugs like heroin and LSD.



"Schedule 1" drugs are considered those of no medical use with a high likelihood of abuse.



40 of the 50 US states have legalized marijuana to varying degrees...BBC NEWS




THE NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN ORDERING A FINE TUNING OF THE COUNTRY'S WAR STRATEGY.



KIM ORDERING STRIKES AT THE BEGINNING OF A WAR THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS COULD FOMENT 'SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHAOS".



IN THE LAST YEAR BIDEN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS HAVE SAID THAT IN THE EVENT OF WAR, THE US WILL WIPE OUT KIM JONG-UN'S 'REGIME' IN NORTH KOREA...TASS RUSSIA...



THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS THAT ARMS TALKS BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA ARE 'ACTIVELY ADVANCING'


WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ON THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE.


RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SERGEI SHOIGU VISITED NORTH KOREA ON THE OCCASION LAST MONTH...KBS WORLD SOUTH KOREA



     THE UKRANE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




ATTACKING DRONE DESTROYED IN BRYANSK REGION OF RUSSIA




                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The Russian Defense Ministry says that a Ukrainian drone was downed in the Bryansk Region of southwestern Russia this evening...TASS RUSSIA

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