Thursday, January 11, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 1/11/2024 US, UK AIR STRIKES ON YEMEN, SOUTH AFRICA ACCUSES ISRAEL AT WORLD COURT, RUSSIAN OIL IMPORTED INTO US

 



                       (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





         'There is no fraud, it's a fraud on me'



PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING IN THE COURTROOM TODAY CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE FRAUD TRIAL AGAINST HIM.



THE CASE BROUGHT BY DEMOCRAT NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES.



A JUDGE COULD IMPOSE 370 MILLION DOLLARS IN PENALTIES ON MR. TRUMP...HINDUSTAN TIMES






In Los Angeles Hunter Biden entering a not guilty plea to tax charges.    The son of Joe Biden facing a federal court trial in June...WASHINGTON POST




 BREAKING NEWS-US, UK ATTACKS ON YEMEN TONIGHT

                                                          (UPDATED)




RUSSIA CALLING FOR A MEETING OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL TOMORROW OVER THE ATTACKS ON YEMEN...TASS NEWS AGENCY


                                      BBC NEWS BLOG



AIR STRIKES ON THE YEMENI MILITARY (HOUTHI) FORCES IN YEMEN TONIGHT...(REUTERS)...BNO NEWS...



AIRCRAFT AND WARSHIPS USED INCLUDING A SUBMARINE...(REUTERS)...



ATTACKS IN CITIES ACROSS YEMEN...(REUTERS)...



BRITISH WARPLANES FLYING FROM CYPRUS PARTICIPATED...(SKY NEWS)




THE STRIKES ON RADAR SITES, AIR DEFENSES AND WEAPONS STORAGE FACILITIES ACCORDING TO US OFFICIALS...(VOICE OF AMERICA)




A STATEMENT FROM TEN NATIONS TONIGHT SAYING THE STRIKES WERE IN SELF-DEFENSE.   SAUDI ARABIA CALLING FOR RESTRAINT...(BBC NEWS)



THE LEADER OF THE ANSARULLAH (HOUTHI) MOVEMENT IN YEMEN SAID EARLIER THAT NO ATTACK FROM THE UNITED STATES AND ALLIES WOULD GO UNPUNISHED...PRESS TV IRAN


OPEN LEAKING TO THE MEDIA FROM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE ATTACKS...TASS RUSSIA...



AND THE PENTAGON TOLD SKY NEWS ARABIA THAT MISSILE DEFENSES IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE ON ALERT TONIGHT...FAYTUKS NEWS "X" POST...



LATE TODAY THE US CENTRAL COMMAND SAID A MISSILE WAS FIRED FROM YEMEN INTO SHIPPING LANES IN THE RED SEA EARLIER THURSDAY (TODAY)...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"





The US Federal Aviation Administration formally launching a probe of major aircraft maker-defense contractor Boeing.


This following last Friday's blowout involving the side of a Boeing 737MAX 900 airliner.



Previously a lengthy federal investigation following deadly plane crashes before involving Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in which hundreds died...BBC NEWS





POLAND'S PRESIDENT ANDRZEJ DUDA WANTS TO PARDON TWO POLITICIANS FROM HIS RELIGIOUS-CONSERVATIVE PARTY ARRESTED AT HIS PRESIDENTIAL PALACE.



THE TWO CONVICTED OVER ABUSE OF POWER REGARDING POLITICIANS OF THE SECULAR-LEFTIST FACTION IN POLAND THAT NOW CONTROLS THE GOVERNMENT LED BY PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK.



MASS PROTESTS IN SUPPORT OF THE TWO JAILED MEN IN WARSAW TODAY DRAWING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



US politics and a whole bunch of polls out today some regarding the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary.


The polls regarding the General Election three of them President Donald Trump tied in one leading in two others over Joe Biden in a two-way contest.


Two polls show a field including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in that three-way situation President Trump leading both...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS



(UPDATED) A CABINET SHAKEUP IN FRANCE TODAY FROM NEW PRIME MINISTER GABIREL ATTAL.


NO REPLACEMENTS FOR MANY KEY CABINET POSTS LIKE DEFENSE, INTERIOR AND JUSTICE, BUT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES.


RACHIDA DATI FROM THE OPPOSITION LES REPUBLCAINS ("MAINSTREAM RIGHT") NAMED MINISTER CULTURE.   SHE IS OF NORTH AFRICAN HERITAGE.   HER PARTY EXPELLED HER FOLLOWING HER APPOINTMENT...(BFM-TV France)...



FOREIGN MINISTER CATHERINE COLONNA REPLACED BY STEPHANE SEJOURNE WHO IS THE 'SPOUSE' OF THE NEW PRIME MINISTER...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




An explosion near a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan this morning.    ISIS (Daesh) has been active in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover staging bombing attacks aimed at Shia Muslim mosques in the country...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN



IRANIAN AFFILIATED MILITIA GROUPS SAY THEY HAVE ATTACKED THREE US MILITARY BASES IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA.


MISSILES USED IN THE ATTACKS ACCORDING TO HEZBOLLAH MEDIA OUTLET 'AL MAYADEEN' IN LEBANON...TASS RUSSIA





"Israel has a genocidal intent against the Palestinians in Gaza"


South African lawyer Tembeka Ngcukaitobi addressing the International Court of Justice in The Hague today.


The Genocide Convention of 1948 defines genocide as "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group"...TASS RUSSIA...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA...



Tomorrow Israel will be able to offer a defense of its position.


South Africa seeking an order from the court restraining Israel while a lengthy case on its accusation is heard by it...(News Agencies)



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 15.29 points.




The NASDAQ up slightly .54 points.


After today's close in New York the price of oil is 72 dollar and 85 cents a barrel up one dollar and 48 cents...MARKETWATCH




INFLATION WORSE THAN EXPECTED IN THE UNITED STATES.   CONSUMER PRICES UP 3.4 IN DECEMBER RISING FROM 3.1 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER...BBC NEWS



Four Chinese patrol vessels said to be near the disputed Senaku islands in the East China Sea.   The islands a source of differences between China and Japan...TASS RUSSIA


The Iranian navy seizing an oil tanker off the coast of Oman.   Iran taking the ship and ordering it back to Iranian waters.  Iran retaliating for US seizure of Iranian oil last year...BBC NEWS...


Earlier the British Royal Navy monitoring center said that armed masked individuals in black uniforms took control of an unnamed vessel off the coast of Oman this morning.



Contact lost with the vessel which was said to be moving towards Iranian waters...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"





THE MALDIVES, AN ISLAND CHAIN NATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, CUTTING DEALS WITH CHINA AS IT ITS PRESIDENT VISITS BEIJING.


PRESIDENT MOHAMED MUIZZU WAS ELECTED SAYING THAT INDIA PLAYED TOO MUCH OF A ROLE IN THE MALDIVES.


CHINA IS THE MALDIVES BIGGEST CREDITOR HOLDING 1.37 BILLION US DOLLARS OF ITS DEBT WITH SAUDI ARABIA HOLDING 124 MILLION AND INDIA 123 MILLION DOLLARS...AL JAZEERA




In the runup to Saturday's Presidential Election in Taiwan the Biden Administration putting out word that a US delegation will visit after the election.


The delegation being called an 'unofficial one' with former high-ranking US officials but no names were given...THE HILL




16 dead after looting and arson in Papua New Guinea that broke out when police went on strike over tax deductions from their pay...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



IN SPITE OF SANCTIONS RUSSIAN OIL HAS BEEN IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES.


SMALL PURCHASES MADE IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.


THE PURCHASE PRICE SAID TO BE ABOVE THE 60 DOLLAR A BARREL CEILING FOR RUSSIAN OIL ALLOWED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE SANCTIONS REGIME...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



A federal judge in New York ordering federal prosecutors to comply with the rules of discovery and provide material to defense lawyers for Nikhil Gupta.


Gupta accused working with an Indian government official in a conspiracy to kill Sikh nationalist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun...INDIA TODAY





             THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                            ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                  TIMES OF ISRAEL







   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



THREE UKRAINIAN DRONES DOWNED OVER RUSSIA




                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





Three Ukrainian drones downed in three Russian regions this morning...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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