Wednesday, November 1, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 11/1/2023 US ICBM TEST FAILS, FED KEEPS INTEREST RATE STEADY IN SPITE OF INFLATION, IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER CALLS FOR MUSLIM SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL, BLASTS US, MUSK SAYS AI COULD END HUMANITY

 

                         (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)




                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




A US TEST LAUNCH OF AN INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FAILED TODAY.



THREE AND HALF MINUTES AFTER THE EARLY MORNING LAUNCH FROM VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE IN CALIFORNIA THE MINUTEMAN III ICBM WAS TERMINATED.



THE ANAMOLY THAT LED TO THE TERMINATION NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION...KEYT SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA




The legendary long-time Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight has died at the age of 83...FOX 59 INDIANAPOLIS




12 BRITISH AND US WARPLANES AND ONE COALITION DRONE VIOLATING SYRIAN AIRSPACE AND CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS TODAY ACCORDING TO THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IN SYRIA...TASS RUSSIA...


ALSO IN SYRIA RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES ATTACKING TWO JIHADIST TARGETS TODAY IN THE NORTHWESTERN IDLIB REGION....TASS RUSSIA



US politics the decision of Republican Congressman Ken Buck of Colorado to leave the US House.



Buck will not run for re-election next year.




He was of eight GOP House members who voted to get rid of speaker Kevin McCarthy last month.



In an interview on MSNBC Buck condemned fellow Republicans for their views on January 6th and attacked Republicans for believing that the 2020 Election was stolen by the Democrats from President Trump.



He released a video claiming the Republican Party is "fixated on retribution and vengeance for contrived injustices of the past".



Buck eyeing a job in the media at CNN...NEW YORK POST





NORTH KOREA SAID TO BE CLOSE TO MAKING A THIRD ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH A SPY SATELLITE.



SOUTH KOREA'S INTELLIGENCE AGENCY GIVING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION TO LAWMAKERS.



A THIRD NORTH KOREAN ATTEMPT WAS ANTICIPATED LAST MONTH BUT IT DID NOT MATERIALIZE.



SOUTH KOREAN INTELLIGENCE ALSO ESTIMATING THAT NORTH KOREA IS RECEIVING TECHNOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE FROM RUSSIA.


THIS FOLLOWS THE SEPTEMBER VISIT TO RUSSIA'S FAR EAST BY NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA




Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei calling on Muslim countries to stop exports of oil and other products to Israel and to demand an end to Israeli's military actions in Gaza.



Khamanei speaking to Iranian students just days before the November 4th national day that commemorates the Iranian student takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979 that led to the holding of dozens of Americans as hostages.


Khamanei saying the US was "disgraced" by that event and it was the "blow of the Iranian nation to America"...PRESS TV IRAN





ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POSES A THREAT TO HUMANITY AND COULD END THE HUMAN RACE.    


THE MESSAGE FROM BILLIONAIRE BUSINESS LEADER ELON MUSK SPEAKING AT AN AI CONFERNCE IN THE UK.



AI CAN BE MORE INTELLIGENT THAN HUMAN BEINGS.



REPRESENTATIVES OF 27 GOVERNMENTS INCLUDING CHINA, THE US AND INDIA PRESENT AT THE CONFERENCE HELD AT BLETCHLEY PARK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES




The annual rate of inflation in Russia 6.69 percent in the last week....TASS RUSSIA




The markets today.





The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 221.71 points.



The NASDAQ rose 210.23 points or 1.64 percent.



Instrumental in today's strong market performance a decision by the US Federal Reserve Board to keep interest rates the same in spite of strong inflation.


At 414 pm New York Time the price of oil is 80 dollars and 93 cents a barrel down 9 cents...MARKETWATCH



TAIWAN'S DEFENSE MINISTRY RECORDING 43 CHINESE WARPLANES AND SEVEN CHINESE WARSHIPS APPROACHING THE ISLAND IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD....TASS RUSSIA




Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic calling early parliamentary elections on December 17th...DTT-NET



There's resistance in Europe to Chinese telecom involvement but Saudi telecom has been making inroads causing concern in Spain.


The Spanish government considering purchasing an interest in Telefonica to counter the Saudi investment.


Based in Spain Telefonica is operating in the UK and European countries like the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland and Slovakia...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




ISRAEL'S FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH SIGNING DECREES TO REDUCE EXCISE AND SALES TAXES ON GASOLINE.


THE REDUCTION OF 70 AGOROT EQUAL TO 17 CENTS US...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






                        WAR IN ISRAEL

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




ISRAEL DETAINS MORE THAN 1,100 PALESTINIANS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA SINCE OCTOBER 7TH





MORE THAN 100 WOUNDED AND DUAL NATIONALS LEFT GAZA





ISRAEL REPORTS 15 SOLDIERS KILLED YESTERDAY IN FIGHTING 1 MORE TODAY



              COMMUNICATIONS CUT OFF IN GAZA





          MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                           ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                    TIMES OF ISRAEL




                                    BBC NEWS BLOG






Israel has detained 1,180 Palestinians since October 7th including 740 said to be Hamas members.



The arrests taking place in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank)...TASS RUSSIA





Israel is allowing the evacuation of some seriously wounded people and dual nationals from Gaza.   More than 400 wounded and dual nationals left today...(BBC News)




16 Israeli soldiers died in the fighting in Gaza so far according to the Israel Defense Forces...(BBC News)




Communications again cut off in Gaza early this morning according to Palestinian sources...(BBC News)






   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA




MASSIVE UKRAINIAN MISSILE STRIKE THWARTED IN KHERSON



           RUSSIA DOWNS DRONES IN SOUTHWEST



                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





    RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





The governor of Russia's Kherson Region says that a massive Ukrainian missile strike was thwarted by air defenses.


Governor Vladimir Saldo speaking of seven aircraft launched Ukrainian missiles being shot down...TASS RUSSIA






Russian air defenses downing two drones in the Bryansk and Kursk regions...TASS RUSSIA





In other news...




Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Liberal Capitalist (VVD) party being talked up for a new job.



He's now the favorite to replace Jens Stoltenberg of Denmark as Secretary General of the NATO military alliance...POLITICO EU














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