Wednesday, January 24, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 1/24/2024 EU LEGISLATION SEEKS TO CURTAIL ECONOMIC TIES TO RUSSIA AND CHINA, FRENCH FARMERS PROTEST NATIONWIDE, UKRAINIAN POW'S DIE IN PLANE CRASH

 


                      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)


A day of nationwide farmers protests in France involving road blockages and dumping of sod and trash but first...




               LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




"We are gravely concerned by reports today of strikes hitting a UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) facility"


That's part of a statement from the White House following today's deadly attack on a UN facility in Gaza where nine were killed and 75 wounded.    


Israel says it is investigating the incident suggesting Hamas may be responsible...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...TIMES OF ISRAEL



IRANIAN AFFILIATED 'SHIITE FRONT FOR ISLAMIC RESISTANCE' SAYS THREE US BASES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA WERE ATTACKED.   MISSILES AND DRONES USED IN THE ATTACKS...TASS RUSSIA



Arizona Republican Party Chairman Jeff DeWit resigning following the release of audio of his conversation last year with Kari Lake....BBC NEWS...



Earlier details of this story later in the summary.




The Ohio State Senate joining the State House overriding Republican Governor Mike DeWine's veto of legislation to limit gender changing to adults and restricting transgender participation in youth sports.


Today's Senate vote 23-9...NEW YORK POST




 THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ISSUING A PRELIMINARY RULING ON SOUTH AFRICA'S GENOCIDE COMPLAINT AGAINST ISRAEL FRIDAY.


AN INJUNCTION AGAINST ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION IN GAZA IS POSSIBLE.


THE RULING WILL BE DELIVERED AT 1200 GMT OR 7 AM EASTERN US TIME FRIDAY...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL



The European Commission pushing for legislation aimed at banning Chinese and Russian investment in EU countries.


The legislation focuses on supply chains that lead to China and Russia and protecting advanced technology from connection to those countries...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A DAY OF MASS PROTEST IN ARGENTINA OPPOSING THE OMINIBUS ECONOMIC REFORM BILL OF PRESIDENT JAVIER MILEI.


THE CGT TRADE UNION SPEARHEADING THE STRIKE-DEMONSTRATIONS WITH A MASSIVE RALLY OUTSIDE CONGRESS IN BUENOS AIRES.


PRESIDENT MILEI MONITORING THE PROTEST FROM A COMMAND POST WITH HIS SECURITY MINISTER PATRICIA BULLRICH...TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA BLOG (TRANSLATON PROMPT)



39 are dead following a building fire in eastern China.    The fire starting at a street shop in the city of Xinyu.



This is the second major fire incident in China in recent days.   13 killed in a blaze last weekend at a school dormitory in Henan Province...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)


The markets today.


At 343 pm New York Time the Dow slightly lower the NASDAQ rising sharply and the price of oil rising above 75 dollars a barrel...MARKETWATCH




AN EXPLOSION NEAR A MERCHANT VESSEL OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN TODAY...UK ROYAL NAVY MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"...THE US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYING THAT THREE MISSILES WERE FIRED TOWARDS A US MERCHANT VESSEL WITH A US WARSHIP DESTROYING TWO OF THEM...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"



Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi visiting Turkey (Turkiye) today speaking with Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan.



Mr. Raisi praising Turkey's stance in support of Palestinians and against Israel.



The two leaders speaking of cooperation against "terrorism" a reference to Kurdish groups in Iraq and Syria that seek the creation of a Kurdish nation including parts of Iran and Turkey...DAILY SABAH TURKEY (TURKIYE)



Ten agreements in various fields signed.




FRENCH FARMERS PROTEST NATIONWIDE


PROTEST LEADER MEETS PRIME MINISTER



INTERIOR MINISTER CALLS FOR 'GREAT MODERATION' IN POLICING PROTESTS

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
 







SOD IS DUMPED INSIDE A MCDONALDS IN AGEN, FRANCE TODAY                                                                      1/24/2024



THE FARMERS PROTEST IN FRANCE WHICH BEGAN IN ITS SOUTHWESTERN REGIONS HAS NOW SPREAD AROUND THE COUNTRY.



HIGHWAYS ARE BEING BLOCKED NATIONWIDE.



THE PREFECTURE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN TOWN OF AGEN THE SITE OF A PROTEST WHERE DIRT, TIRES AND TRASH WERE DUMPED THEN SET ON FIRE....








FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER GERALD DARMANIN CALLING FOR 'GREAT MODERATION' IN POLICING THE PROTESTS.


A PROTEST LEADER HOLDING A MEETING WITH FRENCH PRIME MINISTER GABIREL ATTAL THIS EVENING.


THERE ARE INTENTIONS TO EVENTUALLY PROTEST IN PARIS...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Thailand's Constitutional Court ruling that former candidate for Prime Minister Pita Limjaroenrat is not guilty of violating election law.


His party got the most votes in the 2023 election but entrenched parliamentary seats held by Thailand's military prevented him from being elected prime minister...BENAR NEWS MALAYSIA



A court in South Korea ruling that it's against the law to ban protests near the Presidential Offices.


While there is a law banning protest within 100 meters of the Presidential Palace it does not apply to the office complex.



The court case brought by an opposition political party that had been seeking to protest there...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA




THE US CARRIED OUT AIRSTRIKES IN YEMEN EARLY TODAY DESTROYING TWO MISSILES SAID TO BE READY FOR LAUNCH...(REUTERS)...TASS RUSSIA



Former British cabinet secretary Sir Simon Clarke says the Conservative Party must replace Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.


Clarke saying the Tories face being 'massacred' in the next General Election unless this is done.


Writing in The Telegraph Mr. Clarke saying the Conservatives need to be bold about immigration and government reform...BBC NEWS





KARI LAKE RUNNING FOR THE US SENATE IN ARIZONA THIS YEAR AS A SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS REPORTEDLY BRIBED LAST YEAR TO STAY OUT OF POLITICS.


THE 'DAILY MAIL' PUBLISHING AUDIO OF A CONSERSATION LAST YEAR BETWEEN LAKE AND ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN JEFF DE WIT...FREE REPUBLIC POST-PJ MEDIA STORY-DISCUSSION



MAINSTREAM MEDIA GIANT THE LOS ANGELES TIMES LAYING OFF 20 PERCENT OF ITS WORKFORCE.


THE COMPANY SUSTAINING FINANCIAL LOSSES OF 30 TO 40 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR...BBC NEWS




             THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




PROTESTERS IN ISRAEL PREVENT AID TRUCKS FROM ENTERING GAZA




             MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                             ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





                                    TIMES OF ISRAEL



Israeli protesters including families of hostages blocking a border crossing between Israel and Gaza today preventing aid trucks from entering Gaza...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS









  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



         POW PLANE CRASHES IN BELGOROD REGION NO SURVIVORS



RUSSIA SAYS UKRAINE RESPONSBILE FOR SHOOT DOWN USING WESTERN PROVIDED MISSILES






                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





           RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A Russian aircraft carrying 65 Ukrainian POW's crashed in Russia's Belgorod Region near the border with Ukraine...TASS RUSSIA...There are no survivors in the crash...TASS RUSSIA...


74 killed in the crash with Russia saying Ukraine shot the plane down.


Russian politicians seeking answers from lawmakers in Germany and the United States about Western missiles used to shoot down the plane...(TASS RUSSIA)




In other news...



Folk singer, songwriter and musician Melanie Safka known on stage as "Melanie" is dead at the age of 76.


She rose to fame in the late 1960's and early 1970's...WIKIPEDIA























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