Sunday, September 17, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 9/17/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND US-CHINA TALKS ON MALTA, US BROKERED TALKS ON SAUDI-ISRAELI RELATIONS SUSPENDED 'FAR-RIGHT' BLAMED, UNITED STATES IDENTIFIED AS MANAGER OF UKRAINE WAR, KIM JONG-UN SEES RUSSIAN SPACE, MILITARY TECHNOLOGY

 


   (SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING AROUND MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)




                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




"News outlets no longer write about the war...This means Ukraine is losing"





PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKING ABOUT THE UKRAINE WAR IN A MAINSTREAM APPEARANCE WITH NBC NEWS FOR 'MEET THE PRESS'.



TRUMP SAYING THE WAR COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


MR. TRUMP ALSO SPEAKING ABOUT THE ABORTION ISSUE SEEKING A MODERATE COMPROMISE ON IT.



HE DENOUNCED A SIX-WEEK ABORTION LAW SIGNED BY RIVAL FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS.



TRUMP EMBRACING THE 15-WEEK ABORTION LAW WITH EXCEPTIONS NOTION EMBODIED IN THE MISSISSIPPI LAW SUPPORTED BY CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS IN A 6-3 MAJORITY OF THE SUPREME COURT IN LAST YEAR'S 'DOBBS' DECISION.



BUT A 5-4 MAJORITY OF THE COURT EXCLUDING ROBERTS AND THE LIBERALS GAVE STATES LEEWAY TO IMPOSE STRICTER LAWS REGARDING ABORTION.



IN FRANCE PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AHEAD OF HIS RE-ELECTION LAST YEAR EMBRACED A CHANGE IN FRANCE'S ABORTION LAW FROM 12 WEEKS TO 14 WEEKS WITH EXCEPTIONS CITING A 'WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE'...FREE REPUBLIC POST-NBC NEWS-DISCUSSION







Russia's ambassador in North Korea says his country has offered food assistance but that North Korea's government has refused citing a good harvest...TASS RUSSIA



FIGHTING IN SUDAN'S CAPITAL CITY KHARTOUM BETWEEN THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES AND THE SUDANESE MILITARY.


THE RSF ATTACKING ARMY HEADQUARTERS FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW.



FIRES BROKE OUT AT MAJOR BUILDINGS IN THE CITY INCLUDING THE 18-STORY GREATER NILE PETROLEUM OIL COMPANY TOWER...AFP FRANCE-VOICE OF AMERICA



IN STUTTGART, GERMANY POLICE ARRESTING HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS OF ERITREA'S POLITICAL OPPOSITION.


THEY ATTEMPTED TO DISRUPT AN EVENT SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ERITREA.


THERE HAVE BEEN VIOLENT INCIDENTS AT SIMILAR EVENTS IN OTHER NATIONS...BBC NEWS




Meetings on the Mediterranean island of Malta this weekend between US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.   


Matters like Taiwan and Ukraine discussed.



The White House characterizing the talks as:



          "candid, substantive and constructive"...



                            TASS RUSSIA...



Late word is that China's Foreign Minister is visiting Moscow for four days following his talks with Mr. Sullivan.




BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BROKERED TALKS SEEKING TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA SUSPENDED.



(UPDATED) A SAUDI OWNED NEWS SITE SAYING A LACK OF CONCESSIONS TO THE PALESTINIANS CAUSING THE SAUDI DECISION TO BACK AWAY.



AND BLAME IN THIS REPORT IS THROWN DIRECTLY  THE FACES OF THE SO-CALLED 'FAR RIGHT' MEMBERS OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S CABINET.


THE SOURCES FOR THIS STORY ARE IN ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S OFFICE...TIMES OF ISRAEL...THE REPORT DENIED BY ISRAELI AND US OFFICIALS.





"No matter what they say, they're running this war, they're supplying weapons, ammunition, intelligence, satellite data--they're waging war against us"



Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov making it clear that the United States is the nation behind the Ukraine War against Russia.


Speaking to Russian television, Lavrov said that the United States prepared Ukraine's military for the offensive actions launched early in 2022 that led to Russia's military response...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA...



More on the Ukraine War later in the summary.



POLAND, SLOVAKIA AND HUNGARY IMPOSING THEIR OWN RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF GRAIN FROM UKRAINE FOLLOWING A EUROPEAN UNION DECISION TO LIFT A BAN.



THE FLOOD OF UKRAINIAN GRAIN DRIVING DOWN GRAIN PRICES HARMING LOCAL FARMERS IN THOSE THREE COUNTRIES...REUTERS-THE TELEGRAPH INDIA



"Israel is not surprised by Iran's moves, which prove it is violating all its commitments to the international community and intends to arm itself with nuclear weapons"



Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacting to an Iranian decision to bar around 1/3 of the International Atomic Energy Agency's inspectors from its nuclear facilities.


The Director-General of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, says Iran's decision is "profoundly regrettable" and "another step in the wrong direction"...TIMES OF ISRAEL...


Iranian officials say the United States, Britain, France and Germany are abusing the UN atomic agency to undermine its neutrality in the inspection process...PRESS TV IRAN 



               KIM JONG-UN IN RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED)




THIS WEEKEND IN RUSSIA'S FAR EAST THE CONTINUING TOUR OF NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN.



KIM SHOWN RUSSIAN MILITARY INDUSTRIAL AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY MIGHT THAT HIS COUNTRY LACKS.


NATIONS SUPPORTING UKRAINE CONTINUE TO INSIST RUSSIA NEEDS NORTH KOREAN HELP TO MAINTAIN ITS WAR EFFORT BUT NOW ACKNOWLEDGE THE NOTION OF NORTH KOREAN GAINING ACCESS TO RUSSIAN MILITARY-SPACE TECHNOLOGY...REUTERS-GLOBE AND MAIL CANADA...



TODAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT KIM'S VISIT TO RUSSIA HAD ENDED.  HIS TRAIN LEAVING RUSSIA THIS EVENING.




 RUSSIA'S NATURAL REOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SAYS THAT TALKS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE AND TRANSPORTATION HAVE BEEN HELD BETWEEN THE KIM AND THE RUSSIA...TASS RUSSIA




Three African nations forming a security alliance (Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso).   


All three nations former French colonies with new governments not as friendly to France as in the past.



Following a recent military coup in Niger French President Emmanuel Macron expressed support for military intervention in Niger by West African nations...AL JAZEERA QATAR



EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN VISITING THE ITALIAN ISLAND OF LAMPEDUSA.



SHE WAS JOINED BY ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI WHO INVITED HER THERE.


THE ISLAND SWARMED BY THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS THIS WEEK.


THE UNITED NATIONS ESTIMATING 8500 ARRIVALS IN A 48-HOUR PERIOD.


VON DER LEYEN PROMOTING THE NOTION THAT SOME OF THOSE MIGRANTS WILL BE DIVERTED AWAY FROM ITALY TO OTHER EU NATIONS.


FRANCE HELD A SPECIAL CABINET MEETING FRIDAY WITH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SPEAKING OF A 'FIRM' AND 'COMPASSIONATE' RESPONSE...VOICE OF AMERICA...(Additional info from BFM-TV France)



Dutch politics Geert Wilders Party of Freedom (PVV) softening its stance ahead of the November election.


The party's manifesto dropping the notion of a "Ministry of Remigration and De-Islamization".



Mr. Wilders telling the media his party is looking to be part of the next government.   The PVV was in a previous government.



He still wants and asylum freeze and stands by an earlier statement that there should be "few Moroccans" in the Netherlands.



Wilders once in the Liberal Capitalist VVD party of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte and he was once probed by the Dutch intelligence agency on suspicion of being an Israeli agent...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) 



THE OUTSIDERS IN POLITICS AND MEDIA COMING UNDER ATTACK THIS WEEKEND.




REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN BOEBERT OF COLORADO UNDER ATTACK AFTER SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND WERE EJECTED FROM A THEATER IN DENVER LAST SUNDAY EVENING.



VIDEO BEING RELEASED AND SEXUAL DETAILS INCLUDED RELATED TO THAT INCIDENT.



THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT AFFILIATED 'NEW YORK POST' PUBLISHED THIS STORY...NEW YORK POST...




COMEDIAN RUSSELL BRAND, AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF COVID VACCINES, BIG PHARMA AND THE UKRAINE WAR, TARGETED WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA ALLEGATIONS THIS WEEKEND.



BRAND NOTING AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT HIS PREVIOUS SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS WERE OF A 'CONSENSUAL NATURE'...RUSSELL BRAND...


THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TOUTING NOTIONS OF 'RAPE' AND 'SEXUAL ASSAULT' REGARDING MR. BRAND.


FOUR WOMEN LEVELING THE ACCUSATIONS...(News Agencies)...



AND RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS MORE CONFUSION THAN CLARITY WITH THE FORMER EMPLOYERS OF MR. BRAND INCLUDING THE BBC SAID TO BE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS...BBC NEWS



A mask order for Russia's "Government House" in Moscow with COVID cited as the reason. 


Russian authorities say other 'preventative measures' are 'mandatory' in the building...TASS RUSSIA





 THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA



UKRAINIAN SHELLING OF RUSSIA'S KURSK REGION DAMAGES INFRASTRUCTURE



FOUR UKRAINIAN DRONES DOWNED OVER CRIMEA


             MOSCOW BOUND DRONE DESTROYED


      SECOND DRONE DOWNED OUTSIDE MOSCOW



                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Two villages in Russia's Kursk Region shelled today from Ukraine.   An electrical substation and transmission line were damaged...TASS RUSSIA



Russia says that four Ukrainian drones were downed over Crimea early Sunday morning....TASS RUSSIA




A Ukrainian drone destroyed approaching Moscow early Sunday morning...TASS RUSSIA...


And after that a second drone shot down debris falling to the ground...TASS RUSSIA



In other news....





Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pushing for a four-party solution to the sometimes violent dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan.



Erdogan writing a letter inviting the leaders of those nations to join himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin to find a solution.


Erdogan's move comes amidst US military maneuvers in Armenia and hints of closer ties between Armenia and NATO.   Russia currently maintains a military base in Armenia...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



An American woman with a non-governmental organization among a group of 18 detained in Afghanistan.



The group of 18 from the International Assistance Mission accused by the Taliban authorities of being involved in Christian missionary work...GULF TODAY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...Mukhtar wafayee "X" Social Media

 


























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