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Friday, February 23, 2024
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 2/23/2024 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY US ARMY DIPS BILLIONS INTO BUDGET TO PAY FOR UKRAINIAN TRAINING, TRUMP STRONGLY ENDORSES IVF, FRENCH FARMERS PROTEST IN PARIS, BIDEN DOG ATTACKS INJURE SECRET SERVICE AGENTS
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE US ARMY IN EUROPE AND AFRICA IS SPENDING ITS BUDGET TO TRAIN UKRAINIAN SOLIDERS.
THE TOTAL 2024 FUNDING FOR USAEUR-AF IS THREE BILLION DOLLARS WITH FIVE BILLION DOLLARS NOW COMMITTED INCLUDING THE TRAINING OF UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS.
ARMY OFFICIALS SPEAK OF RUNNING OUT OF MONEY FOR FORCES IN EUROPE AND AFRICA UNLESS MORE MONEY IS APPROVED BY CONGRESS...VOICE OF AMERICA
In Stockholm, Sweden a gas smell incident at the headquarters of the Swedish Security Service. People speaking of a strange smell and or strange taste.
Media reports says a detector picked up phosgene gas but this is not confirmed.
There are other possible explanations for the smells including welding and firing in the area.
The police cordon around the building lifted tonight.
Russian authorities reporting a fire at a metallurgical plant in Lipetsk south of Moscow may have been caused by a drone...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA
A BALLOON TRACKED OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES THIS AFTERNOON.
IT WAS FOUND NOT TO BE A THREAT BUT THE US MILITARY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT...TASS RUSSIA
Two Mississippi National Guard members killed in a helicopter crash while on a training flight.
They were flying an AH-64 Apache gunship when the crash occurred in Prentiss County...THE HILL
A New York jury finding the National Rifle Association and its longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre liable for lavish spending.
La Pierre ordered to repay the NRA 4,351,231 dollars.
The jury found him liable for 5.4 million dollars but found that he had paid some of the money back.
Mr. La Pierre resigned on the eve of the trial.
Two other former NRA officials involved in today's decision with one ordered to pay two million dollars back to the organization...NEW YORK POST
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLING FOR 'IMMEDIATE ACTION' IN ALABAMA TO REVERSE THE STATE SUPREME COURT DECISION AFFIRMING THE HUMANITY OF FERTILIZED EGGS IN CONNECTION WITH IN VITRO FERTILIZATION...
An investigator for President Donald Trump casting doubt on the timeline of the relationship between Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis and her Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade.
Cellphone data pointing to Wade visiting Willis' condo 35 times before they said their relationship began...THE HILL
IN GERMANY IT'S BEING CALLED 'PARTIAL LEGALIZATION' OF MARIJUANA (CANNABIS).
THE BUNDESTAG VOTING 407-226 WITH FOUR ABSTENTIONS.
FINAL LEGISLATION COMING A MONTH FROM TODAY THE NEW LAW ALLOWNG ADULTS TO USE AND POSSESS MARIJUANA AND HASHISH SUPPORTED BY THE CURRENT GOVERNMMENT...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The European Union releasing up to 137 Billion Euros (148 Billion US Dollars) to the recently installed Liberal Secular government in Poland.
The EU had withheld those funds to the previous Conservative Nationalist Religious government over its legal and social policies...TVN POLAND (CLICK PAST PROMPTS)
ALL SIDES OF THE CONFLICT IN SUDAN ARE INVOLVED IN MURDER AND RAPE.
THAT ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM UN'S HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE.
RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE WAR MAY CONSTITUTE WAR CRIMES ACCORDING TO THE REPORT.
SINCE APRIL OF 2023 THERE HAS BEEN FIGHTING BETWEEN THE SUDANESE ARMY AND THE PARAMILITARY RAPID SUPPORT FORCES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
US Central Command says it took out four drones and two missiles in Yemen late yesterday afternoon...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"
ISRAEL'S NAVY SAID TO BE GETTING READY FOR POSSIBLE CONFLICT WITH LEBANON.
THE MESSAGE FROM ISRAEL IT IS RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE AND A 'DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION' NEEDS TO BE REACHED SOON...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 62.42 points.
The NASDAQ fell 44.80 points.
At the close in New York the price of oil 76 dollars 57 cents a barrel down two dollars four cents or 2.6 percent...MARKETWATCH
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCING '500 SANCTIONS' ON RUSSIA.
THE SANCTIONS COMING ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINE WAR AND THE RECENT DEATH OF OPPOSITION PERSONALITY ALEXEI NAVALNY.
THE EUROPEAN UNION ALSO JOINING IN THE SANCTIONS WHICH REACH INTO THIRD COUNTRIES TO CUT OFF ECONOMIC TIES WITH RUSSIA.
AN INDIAN MICRO ELECTRONICS COMPANY AND SRI LANKAN FREIGHT COMPANY ON THE SANCTIONS LIST...TASS RUSSIA...
US SANCTIONS LISTING 26 THIRD-COUNTRY ENTITIES AND 11 THIRD COUNTRY INDIVIDUALS...TASS RUSSIA
Protesting farmers moving into Paris as a major agricultural show is underway.
Government and business leaders wanting to paint a picture of success and prosperity but the smaller agricultural producers see diminishing returns driven big conglomerates and cheap imports.
A 24-YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO JOINED ISIS AS A TEENAGER LOSING AN APPEAL OVER REMOVAL OF HER BRITISH CITIZENSHIP.
SHAMIMA BEGUN'S CASE INCUDED EVIDENCE THAT SHE AND OTHER UNDERAGE GIRLS WERE SMUGGED INTO SYRIA TO JOIN ISIS BY A CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVE IN TURKEY (TURKIYE)...PRESS ASSOCIATION UK-IRISH EXAMINER
In New South Wales, Australia police constable Beau Lamarre-Condon in court charged with murdering a couple.
TV host Luke Baird and his partner went missing early Monday morning.
Evidence in the case so far includes a police firearm and a white van...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
THE MAN ACCUSED OF REVEALING DATA ON DEATHS FOLLOWING NEW ZEALAND'S MASSIVE COVID VACCINE CAMPAIGN IN COURT AGAIN TODAY.
AROUND 20 SUPPORTERS OUTSIDE THE COURT AS BARRY YOUNG, A FORMER HEALTH NEW ZEALAND IT WORKER, ARRIVED FOR HIS HEARING.
A US sailor charged with espionage accused of giving classified information to a foreign government.
Chief Petty Officer Steven Pedicini held in confinement since May 19th of last year.
Pedicini accused of providing information to a foreign agent in the US back in 2022 and early 2023 and of attempting to pass along photos taken when he was stationed in Japan later in 2023.
Pedicini joined the Navy in 2008 and was assigned to the destroyer USS Higgins...TASK AND PURPOSE
THE US GOVERNMENT LEVELING CHARGES AGAINST FOUR MEN CARRYING PAKISTANI ID OVER AN ARMS SHIPMENT INTERCEPTED IN THE ARABIAN SEA LAST MONTH.
TWO US NAVY SEALS DIED DURING THE INTERCEPTION WHEN THEY FELL INTO THE WATER...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NBC NEWS
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCING A 20 BILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO IMPROVE US PORTS THIS WEEK.
THE MOVE SAID TO INCLUDE CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION FOR CRANES IN US PORTS MADE IN CHINA.
JAPAN'S MITSUI ENGINEERING AND SHIPBUILDING TAPPED TO BRING PRODUCTION OF CONTAINER CRANES BACK TO THE US UNDER THIS PLAN...USNI NEWS
Armenia suspending participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization that includes Russia and Belarus.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan telling "France 24" that the CSTO failed to respond adequately to the conflict between Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The US, UK, France and Germany putting their weight behind outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next Secretary-General of NATO.
Rutte now expected to become the new head of NATO in October...AL JAZEERA QATAR
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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UKRAINIAN DRONE SHOT DOWN IN BELGOROD REGION
ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE UKRAINE WAR RUSSIAN UN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OF THE NEED FOR A NEUTRAL UKRAINE
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