Friday, December 8, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 12/8/2023 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY US VETOES UN SECURITY COUNCIL GAZA RESOLUTION, PUTIN SEEKS RE-ELECTION, NEW CHINESE BALLOON DRAMA, TOP RANKED GOLFER BOLTS PGA FOR LIV TOUR

 


(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH FINAL POSTING AROUND 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)\


There is a late Friday ruling from the Texas Supreme Court in an Abortion case brought by a Pro-Choice group but first...


                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT: 




In Gaza tonight a failed attempt to rescue hostages with two Israeli soldiers wounded and terrorists "eliminated"...MAARIV ISRAEL MILITARY BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




POLITICO REPORTS THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS GIVEN ISRAEL UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR TO WRAP UP ITS MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZA...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




At the UN Security Council the US vetoing a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza.



The vote 13 nations in favor including China, France and Russia, the UK abstaining and the US with the only no vote...AL JAZEERA QATAR





THE EUROPEAN UNION REACHING A PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT FOR RULES TO REGULATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.



THE "AI ACT" CREATES STRICT REGULATION FOR AI APPLICATIONS THAT INVOLVE FACIAL RECOGNITION, SOCIAL SCORING OR EVEN RECOGNITION OF EMOTIONS.



BUT POLICE IN SOME CASES WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THOSE REGULATIONS ONE EXAMPLE CITED NEED TO FIND VICTIMS OF PERPETRATORS OF SERIOUS CRIME...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





Hollywood actor Ryan O'Neal dead at the age of 82.  He emerged as a star in the 1970 film "Love Story"...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND





MILITIAS AFFILIATED WITH IRAN STRIKING US MILITARY BASES IN SYRIA AND IRAQ.



MISSILES FIRED AT THE SYRIAN BASE NEAR THE CONOCO GAS FIELD AND AN ATTACK ON THE AIN AL-ASAD AIR BASE IN IRAQ...TASS RUSSIA





IN FRANCE A COURT DECIDING TO PUT THE LEADING 2027 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARINE LE PEN ON TRIAL LATE NEXT YEAR.



SHE AND OTHERS AS WELL AS HER NATIONAL RALLY PARTY ARE ACCUSED OF MISUSING EUROPEAN UNION FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR POSITIONS AS MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT...(BFM-TV France)



(Updated Late News) In Texas the Attorney General Ken Paxton reacting to a judge's order saying that the state's abortion law is invalidated for 14 days in the case of Katie Cox.



Cox wants an abortion late in her pregnancy because the child would be born disabled.


AG Paxton warning that anyone involved in aborting the disabled child is subject to prosecution...Free Republic Post-LifeNews Story-Discussion...


Late Thursday night Mr. Paxton asked the Texas Supreme Court to intervene in the case...CBS TEXAS...LATE FRIDAY EVENING WORD THAT THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAS TEMPORARILY STOPPED THE LOWER COURT'S ORDER ALLOWING THE ABORTION TO GIVE IT TIME TO CONSIDER THE CASE.



IN THE NETHERLANDS THE PATH FORWARD FOR A NEW GOVERNMENT INVOLVING GEERT WILDERS AND HIS PARTY OF FREEDOM (PVV) INVOLVES NEGOTIATIONS.



THE FOUR PARTIES BELIEVED CAPABLE OF FORMING A NEW GOVERNMENT NEED TO TALK OUT THE ALLEGATION THAT MR. WILDERS AND HIS PARTY DO NOT RESPECT 'THE RULE OF LAW'


OTHER DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY TO BE WORKED OUT INCLUDE BUDGET PRIORITIES AND WHETHER AID TO UKRAINE CONTINUES.



AND THEN THERE'S THE VIEW OF NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT LEADER PIETER OMTZIGT THAT A TECHNOCRATIC CABINET IS NEEDED.    


THIS WOULD MEAN PUBLIC POLICY BEING MADE WITHOUT REGARD TO PUBLIC OPINION THE CABINET POSTS NOT GIVEN TO ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 130.49 points.




The NASDAQ rose 63.98 points.


At 750 pm New York Time the price of oil 71 dollars and 26 cents a barrel up one dollar and 92 cents in today's trading...MARKETWATCH





Unemployment in the US 3.7 percent last month that lower than October when the rate was 3.9 percent 199,000 news jobs created in the US during November...(News Agencies)



US POLITICS ANOTHER POLL CONFIRMING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LEADS JOE BIDEN IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE.



THE EMERSON POLL PUTS TRUMP AHEAD OF BIDEN 47 TO 43 PERCENT IN A HEAD-TO-HEAD CONTEST.



A FIVE-WAY MATCHUP PUTS TRUMP AT 43 PERCENT TO JOE BIDEN'S 37 PERCENT WITH ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. AT 7 PERCENT AND LEFTIST CANDIDATES CORNEL WEST AND JILL STEIN AT 1 PERCENT EACH...REAL CLEAR POLITICS-LATEST POLLS




In Russia President Vladimir Putin saying he is running for re-election.



His announcement comes following a decision setting Election Day as March 17th of next year.



Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov noting that Putin is now a "de-facto" candidate who will have to finish formalities like registering himself as a candidate...TASS RUSSIA




NINE ATTACKS ON US MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA IN THE LAST 24 HOURS ACCORDING TO A SENIOR US DEFENSE OFFICIAL...JENNIFER GRIFFIN FOX NEWS "X" SOCIAL MEDIA...



IN NORTHERN IRAQ A DRONE ATTACK AT THE ERBIL AIRPORT WHERE A US MILITARY BASE IS LOCATED...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ...


EARLIER ROCKETS FIRED INTO BAGHDAD'S 'GREEN ZONE' SOME OF THEM LANDING IN THE US EMBASSY COMPOUND...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ



IRAN IS BLAMED FOR THE ATTACK.


THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY WARNING THAT THE US RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE OF ITS PERSONNEL...AAP-THE NEW DAILY AUSTRALIA



A drama over a Chinese weather balloon this time a balloon sighted near Taiwan.


Back in February a similar balloon detected first over Montana but called a "surveillance balloon" by US authorities eventually shot down off the coast of South Carolina...TASS RUSSIA...



Several months after that incident legislators in Montana passing a bill to ban the Chinese owned social media app TikTok.



The bill recently declared Unconstitutional by a federal court judge.




THE US TRIPLING ITS PURCHASES OF URANIUM FROM RUSSIA IN OCTOBER.


43.25 TONS OF RUSSIAN URANIUM BOUGHT BY THE US.


25.4 TONS OF URANIUM PURCHASED FROM CHINA IN OCTOBER AFTER A SEVEN MONTH PERIOD WHEN THE US BOUGHT NO CHINESE URANIUM...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


The Reserve Bank of India deciding to keep the key lending rate steady at 6.5 percent...NEWSBYTES



Top-ranked professional golfer Jon Rahm leaving the PGA Golf Tour for a lucrative deal with LIV Golf.



Rahm's decision comes as the PGA and the Saudi-backed LIV golf continue to sort out a deal that will see them merge into one entity.



The financial value of Rahm's deal said to be greater than the PGA's entire prize fund...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND



CHINESE INVESTMENTS RISING IN VIETNAM WHILE US SPENDING AND TRADE IS DOWN.


NEXT WEEK CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING VISITING VIETNAM TO DEEPEN TIES FOLLOWING JOE BIDEN'S VISIT EARLIER THIS YEAR TO UPGRADE US RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM...REUTERS





White House National Security Spokesman John Kirby saying in spite of India being a "strategic partner" the US expects a full investigation into the plot to murder a Sikh independence activist living in New York.


Kirby adding that India needs to hold all those responsible accountable...PRESS TRUST OF INDIA-THE TELEGRAPH INDIA



                  ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                    (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)





ISRAEL STRIKING SYRIAN TARGETS IN RESPONSE TO MISSILE LAUNCHES


ATTACK BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS NEAR HEBRON


            ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE IN GAZA




            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                               ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





                                       TIMES OF ISRAEL




                            AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG




Israel struck targets in Syria following missiles launches aimed at Israel.      A drone by Israel reported in Lebanon as well...TASS RUSSIA



Israeli soldiers and civilians attacking Palestinians near Hebron with injuries reported...(Al Jazeera Qatar)



Dead and wounded following an Israel attack near a hospital in Gaza...(Al Jazeera Qatar)


   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)









In other news...






The annual television license fee (tax) used to fund the BBC in the UK is rising 6.6 percent.



The current fee of 159 Pounds (200 Dollars and 23 Cents US) rising to 169.50 Pounds (213 Dollars and 45 Cents US) next year.



By deciding to use September's inflation numbers instead of an entire year's rate of inflation to measure the license fee hike the BBC is said to be facing a budget shortfall of 90 Million Pound (113.34 Million Dollars US)...BBC NEWS

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