NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 1/31/2024 SHARP MARKET DROPS, VICTORIA NULAND IN UKRAINE, US PATRIOT SYSTEM SAID USED TO SHOOT DOWN RUSSIAN POW PLANE, YOUTH WORKER IN AUSTRALIA WINS COURT FIGHT OVER VAX INJURY

 

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Police in France beginning to take a tougher line against protesting farmers but first...

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A US WARSHIP OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF YEMEN SHOOTING DOWN A BALLISTIC MISSILE FIRED BY THE HOUTHI FORCES ALONG WITH 'THREE IRANIAN' DRONES...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"...

More news related to Yemen later in this summary.

A hangar under construction collapsing at the Boise Airport in Idaho.

Injuries are certain with one report claiming fatalities.

So far mainstream media report about 12 injuries.

Notification of family members is causing a delay in acknowledging the fatalities.

The hangar collapse led to a crane falling over...KIVI-TV BOISE

US POLITICS THE BLOOMBERG/MORNING CONSULT POLL ACROSS SEVEN 'BATTLEGROUND' STATES SHOWING LEADS IN ALL OF THEM FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.

TRUMP UP BY THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS IN ARIZONA AND PENNSYLVANIA AND FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS IN MICHIGAN IF HE FACES JOE BIDEN ONLY.

IN ALL SEVEN STATES THOSE TRUMP LEADS STEADY OR GREATER IN A MULTI-CANDIDATE MATCHUP....REAL CLEAR POLLING-LATEST POLLS

THE US LAUNCHING AIRSTRIKES ON TEN DRONES IN YEMEN TONIGHT.  THOSE DRONES SAID TO BE READY TO LAUNCH...BNO NEWS "X"-CBS NEWS...

More news about an earlier airstrike in Yemen later in the summary.

Nine people hurt in London tonight after a corrosive substance (acid) was thrown.

A woman and two children in a car assaulted with the substance police and others who came to their assistance also hurt. 

Police launched a major search effort for the suspect including use of a helicopter...BBC NEWS

Longtime Democrat political operative John Podesta tapped to replace John Kerry as the US "Climate Envoy"....FREE REPUBLIC POST-THE HILL STORY-DISCUSSION

POLITICAL DRAMA IN WASHINGTON TODAY US SENATE HEARINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE EXPOITATION OF CHILDREN.

TOP TECH EXECUTIVES QUESTIONED.

MARK ZUCKERBERG OF 'META', PARENT COMPANY OF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA APPS, OFFERING UP AN APOLOGY.

EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCES BY POLITICIANS AS WELL WITH REPUBLICAN US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM SAYING:

            "You have blood on your hands"...

        REUTERS-RADIO NEW ZEALAND

Tensions in the Balkans with the Albanian majority government in Kosovo trying to control the money used by the minority Serb population.

The Serbian Dinar is to be replaced by the Euro.

Western nations concerned about the decision.   A multinational force including US soldiers currently deployed in Kosovo...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS USA...

President Trump's Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell dealt with Kosovo as a diplomat.   Grenell says the Biden Administration needs to pull US troops out for safety if the Kosovo Albanians continue provocations...RICHARD GRENELL "X"

THE US MILITARY HAS DESTROYED A SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE PREPARED TO LAUNCH IN YEMEN THIS EVENING...LIZ FRIDEN FOX NEWS "X"

THE US FEDERAL RESERVE LEFT INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED TODAY AMID EXPECTATIONS OF A RATE CUT...(News Agencies)

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 317.01 points or .82 percent.

The NASDAQ down 345.89 points or 2.23 percent.

At 457 pm New York Time the price of oil is 75 dollars 79 cents a barrel down two dollars three cents a barrel or 2.61 percent ...MARKETWATCH

THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN MYANMAR EXTENDING A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR SIX MONTHS.

THE MILITARY OUSTED A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT ON FEBRUARY 1, 2021 SAYING THE ELECTION OF 2020 WAS MARRED BY FRAUD.

SINCE THE MILITARY COUP THERE HAS BEEN CONFLICT THE GOVERNMENT AND REBEL FORCES ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY...AFP FRANCE-VOICE OF AMERICA

The International Court of Justice acquitting Russia of charges that it finances terrorism in eastern Ukraine.

The case brought against Russia by Ukraine back in 2017...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Neoconservative US policy maker Victoria Nuland in Ukraine.   

The US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs meeting both government and non-government personalities during her visit...TASS RUSSIA

A SOURCE TELLS RUSSIA'S TASS NEWS AGENCY THAT A US MADE PATRIOT MISSILE SYSTEM WAS APPARENTLY BEHIND THE SHOOTDOWN OF A RUSSIAN TRANSPORT PLANE IN THE BELGOROD REGION LAST WEEK.

74 KILLED IN THE CRASH INCLUDING 65 UKRAINIAN POW'S...TASS RUSSIA

POLICE BEGINNING TO ARREST PROTESTING FARMERS IN FRANCE

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FRENCH FARMERS PROTEST AT RUNGIS FRESH PRODUCE MARKET IN PARIS WEDNESDAY 1/31/2024

(Updated) 20 companies of French riot police (CRS) are to be deployed in the Paris area tomorrow to 'maintain order'.

Today police making 91 arrests of protesting farmers for 'obstructing traffic' and other actions at the Rungis Market in Paris.

In other parts of France arrests are reported.

Meanwhile the European Union is speaking of partial relief for farmers from rules forcing land to kept from use in 2024.

Farmers continuing to block major roads across France...

BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN AND HIS WIFE BUSHRA BIBI GIVEN 14-YEAR PRISON SENTENCES.

THE SENTENCES DISQUALIFY THEM FROM HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE FOR TEN YEARS.

THE CORRUPTION CASE SENTENCES COMING JUST DAYS BEFORE PAKISTAN'S FEBURARY 8TH NATIONAL ELECTIONS THAT EXCLUDE MR, KHAN'S PARTY...WION INDIA

In the state of South Australia an employment judge ruling in favor of a youth worker who was hospitalized after experiencing chest pains following  a COVID booster shot in February of 2022.

Daniel Shepherd went to court after his employer admitted the Pfizer COVID vaccine's connection to his illness but cited emergency COVID law in denying him compensation...REBEL NEWS

"I think we are in a 'new normal', or even 'old normal' environment in which inflation is going to be tougher to keep under control"

The view from economist Bevan Graham of Salt Funds Management in New Zealand.

Graham looking at markets around the world and New Zealand where he expects the central bank there to be slow to reduce interest rates not taking any action until November...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

                  ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

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  ISRAEL HITS HEZBOLLAH TARGETS IN LEBANON

          MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                            ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

                                    TIMES OF ISRAEL

Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon today aimed at Hezbollah targets.   Additional Israeli strikes after Hezbollah fired projectiles into Israel...TIMES OF ISRAEL

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

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NATO SPY PLANES NEAR CRIMEA BEFORE UKRAINIAN ATTACK WHERE 20 MISSILES WERE DESTROYED

  CIA DIRECTOR URGES UKRAINE AID CITING IT AS BENEFIT FOR US INDUSTRY

                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Spy planes from Italy, the UK and the US near Crimea before a Ukrainian attack today...TASS RUSSIA...

Russian authorities now say that 20 Ukrainian missiles were destroyed...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns urging US aid for Ukraine.   Writing in "Foreign Affairs" Mr. Burns said it would be a mistake of 'historic proportions' not to send aid.

Burns says the aid for Ukraine is "a relatively modest investment with significant geopolitical returns for the United States and notable returns for American industry"...NBC NEWS

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 1/30/2024 MILEI LABOR DECREE SHOT DOWN BY ARGENTINE COURT, ZELENSKY TRYING TO REPLACE TOP UKRAINIAN GENERAL, US ARMS SALES HIT RECORD LEVEL

                 

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                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

FOUR CURRENT AND ONE FORMER NHL PLAYER ARE ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN CANADA IN 2018.

THE ASSAULT ALLEGED TO HAVE HAPPENED WHILE THE FIVE WERE MEMBERS OF CANADA'S WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY TEAM...CBC NEWS CANADA

A US F-16 warplane crashed off the west coast of South Korea.   The plane going into the water the pilot rescued after ejecting...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

A US WARSHIP SHOT DOWN A MISSILE FIRED FROM YEMEN TONIGHT....US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"

POLITICS IN ISRAEL THE 'NATIONAL UNITY' PARTY OF WAR CABINET MINISTER BENNY GANTZ CONTINUES TO LEAD THE POLLS.

37 SEATS FOR THAT PARTY AND ONLY 18 SEATS FOR PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY ACCORDING TO A CHANNEL 12 POLL.

PARTIES IN MR. NETANYAHU'S COALITION WOULD ONLY GET 47 SEATS IF AN ELECTION WERE HELD TODAY ANTI-NETANYAHU PARTIES 68 SEATS...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Joe Biden said today he has made a decision about striking back after the deadly attack on a US Middle East base...SYDNEY MORNING HERALD AUSTRALIA...

The "Kataib Hezbollah" group said it's suspending military operations against US troops in the Middle East ahead of expected US military retaliation for last weekend's deadly attack on the "Tower 22" base...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)...

The Arizona National Guard saying that 40 of its members were hurt in last weekend's attack on the US "Tower 22" base on the Syria-Jordan border...ARIZONA CENTRAL NEWS STORY

AN APPEALS COURT IN ARGENTINA RULING AGAINST PRESIDENT JAVIER MILEI'S DECREE CHANGING LABOR LAWS.

THE COURT SAYING NEW REGULATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT EASIER TO FIRE WORKERS WERE BEYOND THE GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY TO DECREE THEM.

THE COURT ALSO SAYING THEY WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

MR. MILEI'S GOVERNMENT CAN APPEAL THE DECISION TO THE COUNTRY'S SUPREME COURT...ASSOCIATED PRESS-THE IRISH NEWS

"the worst of the Right and the worst of the Left"

THE LEADER OF THE NATIONAL RALLY IN FRANCE'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MARINE LE PEN SPEAKING TODAY REACTING TO PRIME MINISTER GABIREL ATTAL'S ASSEMBLY SPEECH ATTEMPTING TO STEER A 'CENTRIST' COURSE.

"a trampling of the principle of democracy"

LE PEN REACTED IN HER SPEECH TO LAST WEEK'S CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL DECISION GUTTING STRONG MEASURES IN THE IMMIGRATION LAW PASSED WEEKS AGO BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WITH HER PARTY'S SUPPORT...(Info from BFM-TV France)

In Spain amnesty legislation for Catalan independence advocates failing to pass the lower house of parliament.

The vote 179-171 against the amnesty bill involved a split in the majority supporting the government.

One Catalan party aligned with the Socialist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez saying the legislation was too weak...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)

The legislation sent back to a parliamentary commission...

THE 'FINANCIAL TIMES' REPORTS THAT UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY IS SEEKING TO REPLACE GENERAL VALERY ZALUZHNY AS UKRAINE'S TOP GENERAL.

THE REPORT SAYS THAT ZELENSKY OFFERED ZALUZHNY A NEW JOB AS DEFENSE ADVISER BUT ZALUZHNY REFUSED.

ZELENSKY IS SAID TO HAVE TOLD ZALUZHNY THAT HE WILL BE REMOVED FROM HIS CURRENT POSITION BUT TIMING OF THAT REMOVAL SAID TO BE UNCERTAIN...FINANCIAL TIMES...

MEANWHILE A RUSSIAN OBSERVER TELLS THE TASS NEWS AGENCY A QUICK RESIGNATION OF GENERAL ZALUZHNY ISN'T LIKELY...TASS RUSSIA

Shipping company UPS cutting 12,000 jobs citing a "difficult and disappointing year"...BNO NEWS "X"

BANKING GIANT HSBC FINED 57.4 MILLION POUNDS (72.78 MILLION US DOLLARS) BY THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

HSBC FAILED TO ACCURATELY IDENTIFY DEPOSITS ELIGIBLE FOR PROTECTION FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT...BBC NEWS

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 133.86 points.

The NASDAQ fell 118.15 points or .76 percent.

At 506 pm New York Time the price of oil is 77 dollars and 81 cents a barrel up one dollar and three cents...MARKETWATCH

Taiwan says that nine Chinese warplanes and four Chinese warships approached the island in a 24-hour period ending at 6 am local time this morning...ANI NEWS INDIA

VIDEO FROM FARMERS BLOCKADE IN JOSSIGNY NEAR PARIS  1/30/2024

In France today farmers continuing their protests along major French highways demanding financial support from the government and lifting of restrictions imposed by the European Union on their use of farm land.

Prime Minister Gabirel Attal speaking at the National Assembly saying the government will implement controls on foreign food imports in support of French farmers...LBC NEWS UK...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN GIVEN A TEN-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR 'EXPOSING STATE SECRETS'.

KHAN SPOKE BEFORE HIS OUSTER FROM POWER LAST YEAR OF INTERFERENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES TO REMOVE HIM.

SOME OF HIS PARTY MEMBERS ENDED SWITCHING ALLEGIANCE IN PARLIAMENT.

KHAN'S ALLEGATION OF US INTERFERENCE LED TO THE 'EXPOSING STATE SECRETS' CHARGE HE WAS SAID TO HAVE REVEALED SECRET DIPLOMATIC CABLES FROM PAKISTAN'S EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON.

PAKISTAN SET TO HAVE AN ELECTION IN TEN DAYS EXCLUSING MR. KHAN'S POLITICAL PARTY...THE TELEGRAPH INDIA

2023 was a record year for US arms sales.   81 billion dollars worth directly negotiated by the US government 56 percent more than the year before.

The Ukraine War linked to those sales including large purchases by the country next to Ukraine Poland...BBC NEWS

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION LEAKING OUT POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTIONS FOR THE DEADLY ATTACK ON A US BASE IN THE MIDDLE EAST LAST SUNDAY.

STRIKING IRANIAN RELATED ASSETS IN SYRIA OR THE IRANIAN NAVY IN THE PERSIAN GULF BEING SUGGESTED OPTIONS...APEX "X" SOCIAL MEDIA

North Korea firing cruise missiles off its west coast today.    There were launches off its east coast two days ago.

This is the third cruise missile launch by North Korea in a week...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

ELON MUSK'S NEURALINK HAS IMPLANTED A BRAIN CHIP IN A HUMAN PATIENT.

THE RECIPIENT SAID TO BE RECOVERING WELL...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY

                   ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR 

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ISRAEL STAGES ATTACK IN PALESTINIAN HOSPITAL

          MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                           ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

                                    TIMES OF ISRAEL

Israeli soldiers dressed as Muslim women staged an attack in a Palestinian hospital in Jenin.   Three terrorists said to be killed...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

In other news...

China protesting to the US government over treatment of Chinese nationals arriving to study in the US.

China's ambassador to the US Xie Feng dozens of Chinese have been denied entry to the US even though they held valid visas.

Xie saying some students have been interrogated for hours and had their electronic devices checked when arriving in the US with some of them ending up being deported...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NBC NEWS

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

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    RUSSIA DOWNS DRONES OVER VARIOUS REGIONS

                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Several drones downed over several Russian regions today.  Drones shot down in the Bryansk, Kaluga and Tula regions...(TASS Russia)...TASS RUSSIA

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 1/29/2024 HAMAS REJECTS HOSTAGE DEAL WITHOUT ISRAELI PULLOUT, BLINKEN SEES UKRAINE FALTERING WITHOUT US ASSISTANCE, US ANTI-AIRCRAFT SYSTEM CONFUSED IN DEADLY MID-EAST BASE ATTACK, 20,000 SEXUAL ABUSE INCIDENTS IN UK NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

 

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The farmers protest in France today blocking highways in the Paris area but first...

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In Northern Ireland late tonight the British Nationalist Democratic Unionist Party agreeing to allow devolved government with the Leftist Sinn Fein Party playing a leading role.

Some in the DUP objecting to the deal calling it a sellout...BBC NEWS LIVE BLOG

HAMAS IS GIVING THE THUMBS DOWN TO ANY HOSTAGE DEAL WITH ISRAEL.

HAMAS INSISTING ON AN END TO ISRAELI ATTACKS AND AN ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RELEASE OF THE HOSTAGES...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he sees evidence on the battlefield in Ukraine of a lack of US assistance.

Blinken appearing with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a joint news conference in Washington.

Mr. Blinken saying that if the US 'doesn't follow through on our commitments' if will make it difficult for other nations to do so.

His message clearly aimed at Congress where there is dissent from the notion of sending more money to Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA

The Royal Navy's UK Maritime Trade Operations reports the approach of suspicious vessels by a merchant ship off the west coast of Yemen.

The ship took measures to protect itself while its security team fired warning shots.

The suspicious vessels moving away...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"

IN SOUTH AFRICA THE RULING AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS SUSPENDING JACOB ZUMA THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY.

ZUMA CONVICTED AND IMPRISONED FOR CORRUPTION DECIDING TO LAUNCH HIS OWN POLITICAL PARTY CALLED 'SPEAR OF THE NATION'...ONE INDIA

More on yesterday's deadly attack on the "Tower 22' US base on the border of Syria and Jordan.

US anti-aircraft not operating against the attacking drone because a friendly drone was returning to base.

3 killed and 34 wounded in the attack...FAYTUKS NEWS "X" WITH WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORT

IN NEW ZEALAND A FIRED NURSE MAY HAVE TO PAY EXPENSES FOR HER UNSUCESSFUL CHALLENGE OF HER DISMISSAL.

AMANDA TURNER FIRED FOR EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE COVID VACCINE ON FACEBOOK.

IF HER FINAL APPEAL FAILS SHE MAY HAVE TO PAY NEW ZEALAND 20,000 DOLLARS  (12,218 US DOLLARS)...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 224.02 points or .59 percent.

The NASDAQ up 172.68 points or 1.12 percent.

At 458 pm New York Time the price of oil is lower down one dollar and eight cents a barrel at 76 dollars 93 cents...MARKETWATCH

The foreign ministers of Iran and Pakistan meeting today.in Islamabad.

Both countries giving mutual assurances to each other following cross border attacks.

They both committed to fighting the "menace of terrorism"...AL JAZEERA QATAR

In the UK a joint investigation by "The Independent" and "Sky News" uncovered sexual abuse incidents involving 20,000 mental health patients and staff of the British National Health Service.

Everything from harassment to assaults and rapes reported between 2019 and 2023.

Of some 800 incidents of sexual assault and rape only 95 are said to have been reported to police...PRESS TV IRAN

A US BASE IN SOUTHERN SYRIA ATTACKED TODAY.    SHIITE MILITIAS ASSOCIATED WITH IRAN ATTACKING THE BASE IN AL-SHADDADI...TASS RUSSIA

THERE ARE DEAD AND WOUNDED IN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES SOUTH OF DAMASCUS SYRIA TODAY.

THE ATTACK CAME FROM THE ISRAEL'S GOLAN HEIGHTS.

TWO IRANIAN MILITARY ADVISORS AMONG THE DEAD ALONG WITH CIVILIANS ACCORDING TO SOURCES...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY SYRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In the fiscal year that ended last March (FY 2022) Japan with a record debt level of 702 trillion yen or 4 trillion, 741 million, 641 thousand, 337 dollars and 39 cents US...NHK WORLD JAPAN

IRAN'S UN MISSION SAYING THAT IRAN HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ATTACK ON THE US 'TOWER 22' BASE ON THE SYRIAN-JORDANIAN BORDER THAT KILLED 3 AND WOUNDED 34.

IRAN SAYING THE CONFLICT IN THE REGION IS BETWEEN US FORCES AND WHAT IT CALLS 'RESISTANCE GROUPS'...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN

FRENCH FARMERS PROTEST INCLUDES BLOCKADES IN PARIS AREA TODAY

In France today the farmers protest focused on Paris.    15,000 police mobilized in an attempt to prevent the protest from immobilizing traffic.

Blockades have been established in the Paris region and other parts of France.

President Emmanuel Macron holding a meeting this afternoon with cabinet ministers to discuss the situation.

Macron saying that he will push for looser European Union regulation of agriculture at the EU summit later this week.

BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

 A HONG KONG COURT ORDERING PROPERTY DEVELOPER CHINA EVEGRANDE GROUP TO LIQUIDATE ITS ASSETS.

THE JUDGE IN THE CASE SAYING THAT EVERGRANDE HAS FAILED TO PUT FORWARD:

            "a viable restructuring proposal"...

              ASSOCIATED PRESS-BORNEO BULLETIN

Dozens killed in fighting in a disputed region between the nations of Sudan and South Sudan in northeastern Africa.

Among the dead a United Nations peacekeeping force member from Ghana...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

              THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

   ROCKETS FROM GAZA FIRED AT CENTRAL ISRAEL

            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                            ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL

At least 10 rockets fired from Gaza into Central Israel today.   Some shrapnel hitting the ground.   No casualties reported...TIMES OF ISRAEL

In other news...

The Council on American Islamic Relations reports a rise in complaints about anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian discrimination and hate since the October 7th attacks on Israel.

CAIR saying there has been a 180 percent rise in such complaints.

Meanwhile the Anti-Defamation League reporting a 360 percent rise in anti-Semitic incidents since October 7th...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL

   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

UKRAINIAN DRONE DOWNED OVER THE BRYANSK REGION

                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

      RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

A Ukrainian drone shot down over southwestern Russia's Bryansk Region...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 1/28/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND US SOLDIERS KILLED IN MIDDLE EAST BASE ATTACK IN BORDER REGION, LE PEN MEETS FARMERS AS PROTEST CONTINUES, IRAN LAUNCHES THREE SATELLITES, US CLAIMS WAR NOT OPTION WITH CHINA

 

SPECIAL EDITORIAL NOTE:  THIS WEEKEND'S UNPLUGGED POST BANNED ON 'FREE REPUBLIC' IS AVAILABLE AT THIS LINK...Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: Remembering Taylor Swift...

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTINGS AROUND 11-1130 PM EASTERN US TIME SUNDAY EVENING)

                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

FIRST TONIGHT IN LIGHT OF TODAY'S DEADLY ATTACK ON A US BASE IN THE MIDDLE EAST LINKED TO IRAN A STORY REPORTED SEVERAL DAYS AGO.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION (US GOVERNMENT) PRIVATELY WARNED IRAN ABOUT A DEADLY JANUARY 3RD BOMBING ATTACK IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF KERMAN.

ISLAMIC STATE (DAESH) CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT ATTACK THAT KILLED NEARLY 100 PEOPLE.

                                         (COMMENT)

WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WAS TRYING TO WARN ABOUT THIS ATTACK BECAUSE ISRAEL WAS BEHIND IT?

WAS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TRYING TO UNDERCUT AN ISRAELI COVERT OPERATION HOPING TO STOP IRANIAN RETALIATION (ESCALATION) THAT ISRAEL SOUGHT TO IGNITE A CONFLICT ENABLING ISRAEL TO FINALLY DEFEAT IRAN AND THE THREAT IT POSES TO ISRAEL?...

                   REUTERS NEWS STORY JANUARY 25, 2024

The Russian military reports six violations of Syrian airspace by US coalition warplanes in the last day (2 F-15's, 2 A-10's and two drones)...TASS RUSSIA

15,000 FRENCH POLICE MOBILIZED AHEAD OF PLANNED FARMERS PROTESTS ON HIGHWAYS AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PARIS AREA TOMORROW...(BFM-TV France)

MORE ON THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY.

Air raid alerts tonight in nine regions of Ukraine including Kiev...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

IN PARIS THE MEETINGS INVOLVING AMERICAN AND ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF QATAR OVER ISRAELI HOSTAGES IN GAZA ENDED.

PRIME MINSTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S OFFICE SPOKE OF 'SIGNIFICANT GAPS' REMAINING CALLING THE TALKS 'CONSTRUCTIVE'...BARAK RAVID AXIOS "X"...MORE TALKS EXPECTED IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

A drone attack on the US base at the Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq this afternoon.

Iranian-affiliated groups claiming responsibility...TASS RUSSIA

DEAD WOUNDED IN ATTACK ON US MIDDLE EAST BASE IN 'NO MANS LAND' BETWEEN JORDAN AND SYRIA

(Updated Jordan Denies Attack On Its Territory)

Three US soldiers dead in a drone attack on a base in Jordan near the Syrian border according to the US.

But the Jordanian government says this attack occurred in Syria...(CBC Canada 1 pm News Radio One)...TASS RUSSIA...

The actual location of the attack "Tower 22" a base said to be in a "no mans land" between Jordan and Syria...(BBC News)

34 more were wounded.

A statement from Joe Biden says Iranian backed groups were behind the strike.

Biden's statement saying the US will respond 'at a time and in a manner of our choosing'...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY...BBC NEWS BLOG

A drone from Yemen shot down by a British warship in the Red Sea.  The destroyer HMS Diamond using a missile against the Houthi drone yesterday...BBC NEWS

THE WEST AFRICAN NATIONS OF BURKINA FASO, MALI AND NIGER JOINTLY LEAVING THE ECOWAS GROUP.

THEIR STATEMENT SAYS THAT THE ECONOMIC COUMMITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES IS SUBSERVIENT TO FOREIGN POWERS.

THE THREE COUNTRIES SAYING THAT ECOWAS HAS NOT PROVIDED MEANINGFUL SUPPORT TO FIGHT TERRORISM...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)

"Is there a desire to make French agriculture disappear in favor of a kind of division of world production"

Marine Le Pen speaking those words in Northern France today.

She met with farmers protesting French government and European Union agricultural policies.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal met farmers for the second time today after announcing measures to help them at a Friday meeting.  

 Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau saying new measures to support farmers will be announced on Tuesday.

The farmers protest that has blocked highways and entrances to grocery stores across France spreading into the Paris area tomorrow.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin holding a crisis meeting at 6 pm followed by 'defensive' efforts to keep Paris area highways open tomorrow...(Information from BFM-TV France)...

LIVE BLOG BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

IRAN LAUNCHED THREE SATELLITES TODAY.

IRAN SAYS THE SATELLITES WILL ORBIT BETWEEN 450 KILOMETERS AND 1,100 KILOMETERS ABOVE THE EARTH.

THE SATELLITES ARE LIGHTWEIGHT 'NANOSATELLITES'.

IRAN SAYS THEY WILL BE USED FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RESEARCH...PRESS TV IRAN

ONE MAN KILLED WHEN ARMED ATTACKERS OPENED FIRE IN A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ISTANBUL.

THE ATTACK CARRIED OUT BY TWO MASKED MEN AT THE SANTA MARIA CHURCH.

TURKISH AUTHORITIES CONDEMNED THE ATTACK SAYING IT APPEARED TO BE A TARGETED ATTACK AGAINST ONE PERSON...DIGITAL JOURNAL

The White House insisting that war is not an option with China even as National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan held a 'candid' discussion with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

All areas of tension in the world discussed from Ukraine to the Middle East to Taiwan.

The White House stressing "the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait"...TASS RUSSIA

North Korea fired several cruise missiles eastwards Sunday morning.

The missiles fired into the Sea of Japan (East Sea)...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

THIS WEEKEND THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION INVOLVES INFORMATION BEING LEAKED OUT AND POSTURING BY ISRAEL SIGNALING THE NOTION OF MILITARY ACTION BY ISRAEL IN LEBANON....

EMANUEL FABIAN TIMES OF ISRAEL "X"

                     LBCI NEWS LEBANON...

THE UNITED STATES AND ALLIED NATIONS CUTTING FINANCIAL SUPPPORT FOR THE UN RELIEF AGENCY (UNWRA).

SWITZERLAND ALSO IN THE GROUP OF NATIONS.

THE CUT IN SUPPORT LINKED TO THE INVOLVEMENT OF UN RELIEF AGENCY EMPLOYEES IN THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK ON ISRAEL.

UNWRA FIRING THOSE EMPLOYEES THIS WEEKEND...BBC NEWS...

TODAY FRANCE JOINED THE GROUP OF NATIONS SUSPENDING FUNDING TO UNWRA...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistanis in southeastern Iran.  The victims were laborers living at an auto repair shop.

This attack comes as Iran and Pakistan are returning their ambassadors following a recent exchange of cross border attacks...TIMES OF INDIA

AN UNUSUAL INCIDENT IN AUSTRALIA FRIDAY SIMILAR TO THE APPEARANCE OF THE SO-CALLED 'PATRIOT FRONT' HERE IN THE US.

BLACK UNIFORMED AND MASKED INDIVIDUALS SOME CARRYING SHIELDS BOARDING A TRAIN AND RIDING THROUGH AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST CITY SYDNEY.

THEY WERE INTERCEPTED BY POLICE WITH 61 'INFRINGEMENT NOTICES' ISSUED.  NO CRIMINAL CHARGES.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED FRIDAY ON THE AUSTRALIA DAY NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE AND OTHER POLITICIANS CONDEMNING 'NEO-NAZI ACTIVITY'.

MANY BELIEVE THE APPEARANCE OF SIMILAR GROUPS HERE IN THE US LIKE THE 'PATRIOT FRONT' ARE SUSPECT.

IT IS SUGGESTED THAT GOVERNMENTS-LAW ENFORCEMENT-INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ARE ASTROTURFING 'EXTREMISM' TO LURE UNSTABLE INDIVIDUALS AND ENTRAP THEM.

INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY ALSO BE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT PUBLIC OPINION AND OR SUPPRESS POLITICAL PROTESTS BY OPPONENTS...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA STORY 

                  ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

             MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                              ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

                                       TIMES OF ISRAEL

In other news...

CHINESE INVESTORS PUTTING UP TO SEVEN BILLION US DOLLARS INTO A COBALT MINE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.

CHINESE COMPANIES INCLUDING SINOHYDRO AND CHINA RAILWAY WILL PAY 1.2 PERCENT OF MINING ROYALITIES TO THE DRC UNDER A AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CONGO GOVERNMENT AND THE INVESTORS.

CHINA IS DOMINANT IN THE MINING SECTOR IN THE DRC PARTICULAR IN COPPER AND COBALT A KEY COMPONENT FOR PHONES AND ELECTRIC CARS...NIKKEI ASIA

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                                (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

                      TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

            RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

A 'SWATTING' INCIDENT AT THE HOME OF US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NIKKI HALEY LAST MONTH....REUTERS-INDIA TODAY

Climate activist Greta Thunberg protesting the proposed expansion of the UK's Farnborough Airport.

The airport now with a cap of 50,000 flights wants to raise that number to 70,000.   Most of the flights private jets that a considered heavy polluters.

Thunberg part of a protest sponsored by the "Extinction Rebellion" movement...BBC NEWS (VIDEO EMBED)

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND: REMEMBERING TAYLOR SWIFT FULLY CLOTHED, TEXAS GOV. COMMANDS 'BORDER CRISIS' FROM WHERE? BU$INE$$ FIRST, WILL ISRAEL TIGHTEN CONTROL OF GAZA AFTER COURT RULING?

 

                         (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)

                                                  "HEY LORETTA"-LORETTA LYNN

                                                      "JOLENE"-DOLLY PARTON

                                 "THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES"-JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ

                                                                 "I LOVE"-TOM T. HALL

Well here we are again seeking media excellence and remembering the country music hits 50 years ago today the songs of my teenage years I loved country music on my radio back then.

This is the most fun you have with your clothes on.

Let's keep our clothes on and keep clothes on all the people we look at each day.

I SAW A VERY YOUNG TAYLOR SWIFT SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AT THE LOCAL WALMART BACK 15 YEARS OR SO SHE WORE A LOT OF CLOTHES THEN AND THAT'S HOW I WANT TO REMEMBER HER.

Out there folks a world of anger and rage people lusting and wanting to get the government involved in everything.

People getting sucked into the political maelstrom that takes us far away from the Founding Fathers of the United States of America the authors of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

    "Where do they get their money from?"

My boss in television news asked that question wondering how movements that seem to spring up out of nowhere got their funding.

Truckers came to Washington to protest a government shutdown in 2013 with the smell of federal moles in their midst.

The same thing seemed to happen during COVID that truckers protest group with links at first to the trucking industry in this country then wildcats doing convoys on highways in and around Washington DC.

Now a truckers convoy to the southern border in Texas during this election year?

What is afoot?

We had convoy protests campaign events for President Trump all during the 2020 Election and sometimes weird events on the side people looking like Trump supporters attacking Antifa in Portland in August of 2020 so fasten your seatbelts.

They want us to believe that certain things are important when something else is more important than all of that $$$$$$$$

It's a "Globalism Update" ABBA "Money, Money Money"...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Commands The "Border Crisis" From....India

"Gov. Greg Abbott is spending the week in India with business leaders from Austin and around the state to boost trade and investment in Texas"

"AXIOS" NEWS STORY 1/25/2024..."Why Gov. Greg Abbott is visiting India"

Hey boys and girls if there is "investment" in Texas more businesses sprouting up you're going to need more people to staff those places.

New facilities going up in Texas going to need more people in Texas to fill job openings.

ALSO VISITING INDIA THIS WEEK TO DRUM UP BU$INE$$ AND TRADE FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON...

"France's Macron visits India, eyes trade deals, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Emmanuel Macron as the guest of honor for India's Republic Day celebrations, along with talks on potential business and arms deals"-Deutsche Welle Germany

What we are witnessing before our eyes is a turning away from China a pivoting to India.

That oppressive authoritarian China is so bad and India is well...

"Emmanuel Macron's participation as guest of honour at India's Republic Day Sends Out A Worrying Political Signal-As the French President, accompanied by several ministers and business leaders, embarks on a two-day official visit to India to 'strengthen the strategic partnership' with Narendra Modi's government, just a few weeks ahead of the country's general elections, Amnesty International warns that minorities (religious, ethnic and gender) continue to suffer violent persecution in the country with complete impunity...."

 "SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM" 50 YEARS AGO TODAY

Here they are some big hit songs from 50 years ago and wow what a lineup.

All my years working in schools this first song resonates the boys and girls doing stuff in the restrooms-washrooms whatever you call them back 50 years and still today but now lets end smoking and get everyone using legalized marijuana heck some liberal capitalists dreaming...

  

                        "SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM"-BROWNSVILLLE STATION

                                                  "THE JOKER"-STEVE MILLER BAND

                                          "LET ME BE THERE"-OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

                                           "THE WAY WE WERE"-BARBRA STREISAND

Wow B.S. Barbra Streisand a woman I could imagine myself with 50 years ago sad that I was frozen at the mental age of six years old when I was physically a teenager couldn't ask the girl on the other side of the classroom for a date so disconnected from reality.

GLOBALISM HURTING FARMERS THE EUROPEAN UNION BIG CONGLOMERATES PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON SMALLER FARMERS.

SO THIS WEEK FARMERS PROTESTING IN FRANCE.

THE PRIME MINISTER GABIREL ATTAL NOW SAYING HE WILL OPPOSE EUROPEAN UNION EFFORTS TO CUT FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD FLOOD FRANCE'S SUPERMARKETS WITH FOREIGN MADE PRODUCE.

BUT A FRENCH POLITICIAN IN THE OPPOSITION WARNS OF THE THREAT FROM 'FREE TRADE' ENVISIONED BY THE EU...

APA News Agency Azerbaijan: "Let's destroy the European Union before it destroys us-French politician"

THE EUROCRAT GLOBALISTS WANT TO FLOOD EUROPE WITH AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS FROM PLACES LIKE JAVIER MILEI'S ARGENTINA.

WASN'T MILEI JUST THE FEATURED SPEAKER IN DAVOS AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM?

That reminds me some of you folks may have missed last week's "Unplugged" because it got taken down from "Free Republic" over my powerful headline about a "Palestinian State" so here's the link to last week's "Unplugged" post...

Nextrush Unplugged Weekend 1/20/2024: "Biden Is Resident Here, The Phallustinian State, Prodding Russia, Milei At Davos A Distraction, 'There's A Good Chance This Man Has The Clap', 46,000+ Dow=Economic Improvement"

NEWSDUMP ALERT: US CONOCO NATURAL GAS BASE ATTACKED IN SYRIA

Saturday afternoon in Syria the US base at the Conoco Natural Gas Field attacked by Pro-Iranian militias.   Rockets used in the attack...

Anadolu News Agency Turkey (Turkiye): Iranian backed groups attack US base in eastern Syria with rockets

                  JERKING TOWARDS ARMAGEDDON

The drama continues to play out this weekend in the Middle East more fighting in Gaza.

Israeli posturing on its northern border with Hezbollah.

The Houthis in Yemen hitting a British oil tanker off the coast of Yemen Friday.

 In the shadows Joe Biden wanting to send that money to Ukraine desperately trying to fuel the war there the talk of war with Russia pushed by the British government in recent days.

                      The Lust For War

A host of events in France this week the massive farmers protest a ruling by France's equivalent of the US Supreme Court all that and more in this week's "France Yellow Vests" post...

France Yellow Vests Week 272: Farmers Protest Rises Nationwide Against Big Business And Globalism, France A "Banana Republic"?, Macron Visits India, The Paris Protest, Farmers Headed To Paris

THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS TO POST AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME TONIGHT NEWS RELATED TO HOTSPOTS AROUND THE WORLD AND MORE.

NEWSDUMP UPDATE: ISRAEL SAID TO BE PLANNING TO TAKE OVER EGYPTIAN BORDER CROSSING WITH GAZA

Friday there was the International Court of Justice ruling regarding how Israel should conduct the war in Gaza.

But Israel may be determined to change facts on the ground according to its desires.

At the very least very likely Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants people to think he will be tough even if Biden and others are tying his hands.

The story below leaked out by the "Jerusalem Post" tonight...

Jerusalem Post: "Israel Informs Egypt It Will Send Troops To Gaza's Rafah-Report"

This means Israel turning the screws on Gaza and surrounding it completely.

Egypt suspicious Israel wants to dump the two million Palestinians on them expel them from Gaza.

                               "THEME FROM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN"-AL CAIOLA

                           

                                                    "HAWAII FIVE-O"-THE VENTURES

                        "THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY"-HUGO MONTENEGRO

 NEOCONS STILL DRIVE US FOREIGN POLICY-ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR....

       Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Video 1/22/2024

"President Zelensky is essentially a puppet of the Neocons in the White House"

INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SPEAKS AT 9:04 INTO THE INTERVIEW LINKED BELOW...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Interviewed On 'The Capitol Hill Show'-TRT World Turkey (Turkiye)

Where will those Neocons lead us will they keep jerking around till they come up with mass destruction?

NEWSDUMP UPDATE: NORTH KOREA FIRES CRUISE MISSILES SUNDAY MORNING....

Yonhap News Agency South Korea: "North Korea fired several cruise missiles from its east coast on Sunday"

30 YEARS AGO TONIGHT DAN RATHER'S EGO WAS BRUISED AS HE CO-ANCHORED THE CBS EVENING NEWS WITH CONNIE CHUNG

RATHER WOULD EVENTUALLY DUMP HER OVER THE SIDE WITH A NASTY POLITICAL MEDIA WAR WITHOUT THE BENEFITS OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY...

CBS EVENING NEWS JANUARY 27, 1994 DAN RATHER-CONNIE CHUNG

   Good Night. God Bless. There's gotta be a better way...

                       "THE PREACHER SAID"-JOHNNY CASH AND DR. BILLY GRAHAM

                                                                 "HEAL ME"-LAMB

                                                        "MESSIAH"-LARRY NORMAN

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 272: FARMERS PROTEST RISES NATIONWIDE AGAINST BIG BUSINESS AND GLOBALISM, FRANCE A 'BANANA REPUBLIC'?, MACRON VISITS INDIA, THE PARIS PROTEST, FARMERS HEADED TO PARIS

 

            (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

      FRENCH FARMERS PROTEST TODAY 1/27/2024 IN MONTPELLIER

Protest in France has tapered off since the Yellow Vests mass demonstrations in late 2018 and early 2019 but this week a spirited nationwide protest by farmers emerged.

Large conglomerates and global businesses the target of farmers anger since their policies threaten the ability of French farmers to make a living.

Supermarkets and even a logistics center of the Leclerc Family targeted.   Leclerc demanding lower prices from agricultural suppliers causing economic hardship in French agriculture.

The European Union also angering France's farmers for its regulatory rules and efforts to speed up a free trade deal with Mercosur which is a South American bloc of nations that includes Argentina and Brazil.

French political leader Florian Philippot ("Les Patriots") saying that deal with the South American countries:

                 "will kill our agriculture"...

RIA Novosti Russia: "Kills" France has Horrified by Von der Leyen's "Provocation" (Translation Prompt)

As the protests spread to highways in the Paris area Friday Prime Minister Gabriel Attal appearing at a cattle farm.

He announced measures including the cancellation of a planned tax increase for diesel fuel that powers farm vehicles saying his government will appeal to the European Union to ease regulations forcing farmers to keep land out of use.

Attal also pledged to maintain French opposition to free-trade deals proposed by the EU that would flood France with cheap produce...

BBC News: "France farmer protests: PM offers key concessions after roads around Paris blocked"

Has France descended to the level of a "Banana Republic"?

Turkish media outlet "TRT World" considering that question in an opinion piece published recently.

This commentary talks about an elite posturing "to the Right" revealing their disconnection with the public and their lot in life...

TRT World Commentary: "The trouble with France's new "revolutionary' Cabinet-President Emmanuel Macron's tilt to the right raises questions about broken promises and rising xenophobia in the country"

France's Constitutional Council gutted the recently passed immigration legislation taking out 1/3 of its contents dubbed "far-right".

Provisions to limit government benefits for migrants and impose immigration quotas among the parts taken out.

PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON ON A TWO-DAY STATE VISIT TO INDIA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

MACRON AN HONORED GUEST AT FRIDAY'S REPUBLIC DAY PARADE WITH A FRENCH MILITARY CONTINGENT MARCHING.

30,000 INDIAN STUDENTS ARE TO COME TO FRANCE BY 2030.

BUSINESS DEALS INCLUDING ONES RELATED TO MILITARY PRODUCTS CONCLUDED WITH INDIA DURING THE MACRON VISIT.

On Saturday afternoon in Paris the weekly Yellow Vests protest underway...VIDEO LINK PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 272 1/27/2024

"Reservoir Apps" with a live video stream as well this afternoon from Paris and the protest...PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 272 VIDEO STREAM 'RESERVOIR APPS'

This video stream showing a protester looking like Christ in front of a mock gasoline pump the Shell Oil Symbol on it the phrase "On Vous Pompe!" over the Shell in English that reads "By Pumping You!"

The man pushed his mock gas pump in the streets during today's procession.

The protest in the Paris streets today a larger crowd than last week.

The weather nicer this week but perhaps the protests in the countryside by the farmers have pumped some new life into this Yellow Vests demonstration.

The Yellow banner fronting today's protest calling for:

1.  Fiscal and social justice

2. Direct participatory democracy

3. An end to privileges for the elite

This 34 minute plus video showing the last part of today's Paris Yellow Vests protest...

BACK TO THE FARMERS PROTEST TODAY.

IN ARIEGE NEAR THE SPANISH BORDER FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE STAGING A TRIBUTE MARCH FOR ALEXANDRA SONAC AND HER 12-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.

THEY WERE STRUCK AND KILLED BY A CAR AT A PROTEST BLOCKADE ON TUESDAY...

Tonight many involved in the farmers protest who did not dialogue with the government before its Friday announcements say they will carry the protest to Paris on Monday.

Their message the need for more immediate relief for cash flow into their farming business operations now.

Word being put out that the purpose of their demonstrations are not to harm the people of Paris or to starve them.

The government has been laid back in policing up to this point with Mainstream Media suggesting extreme elements may be in the wings to stage acts of violence.

Whether the government and Mainstream Media intend to spread negative narratives about the farmers protest movement to shut it down remains to be seen?

There is already media discussion about the possibility of 'shortages' in Paris in the coming days.

Tonight word that Prime Minister Gabirel Attal intends to visit a farm tomorrow for another attempt to sell his plan for farmers announced on Friday.

And protest leader Jerome Bayle who called off the protest after Mr. Attal's announcement denying stories that he was revealed his bank details to the government suggesting the government is to benefit him financially.

                                     For now that's the story of France and the Yellow Vests.

Also available this weekend's "Unplugged" post...Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: Remembering Taylor Swift Fully Clothed, Texas Gov. Commands "Border Crisis" From Where? Bu$ine$$ First, Will Israel Tighten Control Of Gaza After Court Ruling?

                                           

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 1/26/2024 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY RECORD 'ENCOUNTERS' AT SOUTHERN US BORDER LAST MONTH, MISSILE FIRED FROM YEMEN HITS OIL TANKER, ANOTHER AIMED AT US WARSHIP REFORM UK HITS 13 PERCENT SUPPORT

 

       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING TILL 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)

(FINAL POSTING IS FROM 830 TO 11 PM EASTERN US TIME TONIGHT)

That international court ruling on allegations that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza but first...

                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

THE PENTAGON NEITHER CONFIRMING OR DENYING A REPORT BY 'THE TELEGRAPH' IN THE UK THAT US NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE TO BE STATIONED NORTHEAST OF LONDON AT THE LAKENHEATH AIR BASE...TASS RUSSIA...INDIA TODAY

Arab American leaders skipping a meeting with Joe Biden's campaign manager in Dearborn, Michigan today.

The meeting was to discuss a possible campaign visit to Michigan by Biden next Thursday.

Biden hoping to be seen with both United Auto Workers and members of the large Arab American community in the Detroit area...REUTERS-JERUSALEM POST

US POLITICS A REUTERS/IPSOS POLL SHOWING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP LEADING JOE BIDEN BY FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS IN EITHER A TWO-WAY RACE OR A CONTEST INVOLVING MULTIPLE CANDIDATES.

ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SHOWS AT 8 PERCENT IN THE MULTI-CANDIDATE FIELD...REAL CLEAR POLLING-LATEST POLLS

"Texas is going to continue to expand the border barriers that we are erecting"

SPEAKING FROM INDIA WHERE HE IS ON AN ECONOMIC TRIP, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT TELLING TUCKER CARLSON HE IS DETERMINED TO INCREASE SECURITY ON THE BORDER WITH MEXICO.

ABBOTT INDICATING HE HAS A BACKUP PLAN SHOULD JOE BIDEN CHOOSE TO 'FEDERALIZE' TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS CURRENTLY ON DUTY AT THE BORDER...TUCKER CARLSON "X" (VIDEO EMBED)...

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMING A RECORD NUMBER OF 'ENCOUNTERS' AT THE US SOUTHERN BORDER LAST MONTH.

302,034 PERSONS MET AGENTS OF US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL IN DECEMBER OF 2023.

THAT WOULD EQUAL AN ANNUAL RATE OF MORE THAN 3.6 MILLION PEOPLE...THE HILL

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Democrat Ben Cardin withdrawing his objection to the sale of F-16 warplanes to Turkey (Türkiye).

Cardin's move follows Turkey's decision to allow Sweden to join NATO.    

Cardin still expressing concerns about the Turkish government's record on human rights and its relations with nations considered "bad actors"...THE HILL...

The State Department today formally approving the potential sale of F-16's to Turkey and F-35 warplanes to Greece...(News Agencies)

COLOMBIA RECALLING ITS AMBASSADOR FROM ARGENTINA OVER COMMENTS BY ARGENTINE PRESIDENT JAVIER MILEI.

MILEI DESCRIBING THE LEFTIST COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO A 'COMMUNIST KILLER LEADING COLOMBIA'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In Georgia the State Senate voting to formally investigate Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis's improper relationship with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade.

Wade handling the case against President Donald Trump and others for challenging the 2020 election results in Georgia.

Meanwhile Republican State Senator Charlice Byrd introducing a resolution of impeachment against Willis...WSB-TV ATLANTA

EARLY SATURDAY THE US MILITARY CONDUCTING A PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE ON A MISSILE IN YEMEN READY TO LAUNCH TOWARDS THE RED SEA...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"...

A MISSILE FIRED FROM YEMEN STRUCK AN OIL TANKER OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF YEMEN.

THE OIL TANKER IS ON FIRE AND IS BEING SUPPORTED BY NEARBY WARSHIPS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE YEMENI MILITARY (HOUTHIS) SAYING A BRITISH OIL TANKER WAS TARGETED...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS ROYAL NAVY...BBC NEWS...TASS RUSSIA...

THIS AFTERNOON UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS REPORTED THAT INCIDENT IN WATERS OFF YEMEN 60 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF ADEN...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS-ROYAL NAVY...

More on an earlier missile firing from Yemen at a US warship later in the summary.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says there will be proof by next week of the use of French or American made rockets in the Ukrainian shoot down of a Russian IL-76 transport plane.

74 died in the incident over Russia's Belgorod Region with 65 of those killed Ukrainian POW's headed for a prisoner exchange...TASS RUSSIA

THE US AIN AL-ASAD AIR BASE IN WESTERN IRAQ ATTACKED BY DRONES THIS MORNING...PRESS TV IRAN

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 60.30 points.

The NASDAQ down 55.13 points.

After the close in New York the price of oil is 78 dollars and 23 cents a barrel up 87 cents...MARKETWATCH

                                 "replete with lies"

(STORY IS UPDATED) THE REACTION OF WWE FOUNDER VINCE MCMAHON FOLLOWING A LAWSUIT FROM A FORMER EMPLOYEE ALLEGING SHE WAS SEXUALLY TRAFFICKED.

JANEL GRANT SAYING SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AS AN ENTICEMENT TO LURE NEW WRESTLING TALENT TO WWE...BBC NEWS...

TONIGHT WORD THAT MR. MCMAHON HAS RESIGNED HIS POST AS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE UMBRELLA COMPANY THAT OVERSEES WWE AND UFC...VARIETY

                 "Absolutely ridiculous!"

              "THIS IS NOT AMERICA!"

President Donald Trump's reaction to a federal jury's 83.3 million dollar judgement against him in a defamation case...NEW YORK POST

Earlier President Trump left the New York courtroom today as closing arguments he considered biased were made in that defamation suit by E. Jean Carroll.

Carroll sued Mr. Trump over and allegation of sexual assault decades ago...FREE REPUBLIC POST-RUMBLE FOX NEWS VIDEO-DISCUSSION

THE UNITED STATES IS PAUSING FUNDING THE UNITED NATIONS AID AGENCY IN GAZA.

THE MOVE LINKED TO ALLEGATIONS THAT UN RELIEF WORKERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE BRUTAL OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK ON ISRAEL...DAILY BEAST

A missile fired from Yemen by the Yemeni military (Houthis) aimed at a US warship.

The destroyer USS Carney shooting down the missile...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"

FRENCH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES MEASURES TO PLACATE PROTESTING FARMERS

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

FARMERS PROTEST AT LECLERC CONGLOMERATE FACILITY 1/26/2024

(UPDATED)  THE FARMERS PROTESTS CONTINUING WITH HIGHWAY BLOCKADES ACROSS FRANCE TODAY.

FARMERS DUMPING VARIOUS MATERIALS AT GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS FACILITES AGAIN TODAY.

PRIME MINISTER GABIREL ATTAL APPEARING AT A FARM IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE THIS AFTERNOOON TO SPEAK ON THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS.

ATTAL SPEAKING OF TEN MEASURES OF 'SIMPLIFCATION' HE IS IMPOSING BY DECREE TO HELP FARMERS.

ONE MEASUREMENT POSTPONEMENT OF HIGHER TAXES ON DIESEL FUEL FOR FARM VEHICLES.

TONIGHT ONE OF THE PROTEST LEADERS SAID A BLOCKADE ON THE A64 MOTORWAY IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE WILL BE REMOVED TOMORROW...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

China says it has 'made active efforts to ease tensions in the Red Sea from the beginning'.

Foreign Minister Spokesman Wang Wenbin says China wants "relevant parties" to avoid "adding fuel to the tensions" and work together to safeguard navigation in the area...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)

RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES EXTENDING DETENTION OF WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH.

HE IS ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR THE UNITED STATES...TASS RUSSIA

INTERNATIONAL COURT RULING CALLS ON ISRAEL TO PREVENT 'ACTS OF GENOCIDE' BUT ALLOWS MILITARY OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

     "Our just war will continue to victory"

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU REACTS TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE RULING-ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

A preliminary ruling from the International Court of Justice regarding the allegation of genocide against Israel filed by South Africa.

In its ruling the court says Israel must take all measures to prevent acts of genocide but the court did not call for a halt to Israel's military operations.

This includes measures against what the court calls "incitement to genocide".

The court also called on Israel to provide access to essential aid in Gaza.

Israel is to report to the court in a month on remedial actions it has taken.

The ruling is welcomed by groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

Today's ruling is a preliminary move pending arguments before the court...BBC NEWS BLOG...MOON OF ALABAMA COMMENTARY

BRITISH POLITICS THE REFORM UK PARTY WITH 13 PERCENT SUPPORT IN A 'YOU GOV' POLL THIS WEEK.

REFORM UK CLOSING IN ON THE CONSERVATIVES WITH 20 PERCENT SUPPORT THE LABOR PARTY WAY AHEAD AT 47 PERCENT.

RICHARD TICE NOW LEADING REFORM UK BUT FORMER LEADER NIGEL FARAGE IN THE WINGS FOR A POSSIBLE RUN IN THE NEXT UK ELECTION WHICH COULD COME LATER THIS YEAR...RICHARD TICE "X"...WIKIPEDIA BRITISH ELECTION POLLS

THERE'S TALK OF A 'NUCLEAR OPTION' BEING USED AGAINST HUNGARY AT THE EUROPEAN UNION SUMMIT NEXT WEEK.

HUNGARY BALKING AT PLANS TO SEND 50 BILLION EUROS (56.38 BILLION US DOLLARS) IN AID TO UKRAINE. 

THE EU MAY TAKE AWAY HUNGARY'S VOTING RIGHTS AT THE EU SUMMIT IN ORDER TO GAIN UNANIMOUS CONSENT BUT SLOVAKIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT ALSO KNOWN TO BE OPPOSED TO MORE AID FOR UKRAINE...POLITICO EU

IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN NATION OF ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION LEADER NELSON CHAMISA LEAVING HIS POLITICAL PARTY.

CHAMISA HOPING TO SET UP A NEW PARTY SAYING THE GOVERNMENT HIJACKED THE CCC PARTY HE LEAD.

ZIMBABWE IS LED BY MARXIST-LENINIST ZANU PF PARTY WITH CHINA AND EVEN NORTH KOREA PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA...BBC NEWS

                    ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

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      ISRAELI SHOOTING AT FOOD AID LINE IN GAZA WITH NUMEROUS CASUALTIES REPORTED

              MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                               ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

                                         TIMES OF ISRAEL

According to Al Jazeera the Israeli military opened fire at a food aid line in northern Gaza.   20 killed and 150 wounded...TASS RUSSIA

In other news....

TWO ROBITUSSIN COUGH MEDICINES RECALLED DUE TO MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION.

THEY ARE ROBITUSSIN HONEY CF MAX DAY ADULT AND ROBITUSSIN HONEY CF MAX NIGHT ADULT COUGH MEDICINES.

HALEON THE COMPANY MAKING THE COUGH MEDICINE SAYS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS DUE TO THE CONTAMINATION BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ILLNESS SO FAR...NBC NEWS

British banking giant Lloyds reorganizing cutting 1,600 jobs and adding some for a net loss of 769 jobs.

New jobs are to be added in part of the company dealing with electronic banking.   Lloyds saying fewer customers are visiting branch offices...BBC NEWS

The African nation of Mali ending a peace treaty with the Tuareg rebels in the northern part of the country.

Mali's military government speaking of "hostile actions" by neighboring Algeria which has attempted to play a mediating role in the conflict...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

           RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In other news...

A HIGH-RANKING CHINESE DELEGATION VISITING NORTH KOREA.   ITS LED BY VICE-PREMIER SUN WEIDONG...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ASAHI SHIMBUN JAPAN

New Zealand's new coalition government (National, ACT and New Zealand First Parties) scrapping the previous Labor Party government's elections bill.

That bill sought to lower the voting age for local council elections in New Zealand from 18 to 16.

Local Government Minister Simeon Brown calling the proposal a 'costly distraction' for local councils already facing a host of issues...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND