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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 2/21/2024 EPSTEIN RECORDS BILL PASSES FLORIDA LEGISLATURE, SPANISH FARMERS BRING PROTEST INTO MADRID, UK HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATES GAZA CEASEFIRE, BRITISH WOMAN TESTIFIES IN GANG RAPE CASE INVOLVING ISRAELI MEN
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
27 MINUTE VIDEO OF PROTEST AT LACTALIS HQ LAVAL FRANCE
IN FRANCE TONIGHT POLICE REMOVING 200 PROTESTING FARMERS FROM THE HEADQUARTERS OF DAIRY CONGLOMERATE 'LACTALIS' IN LAVAL.
More on the farmers protests in France and Spain later in the summary.
At least 23 dead after an open-pit gold mine collapsed in Venezuela.
The mine was operating illegally in the jungle of the state of Bolivar...AL JAZEERA QATAR
US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTING FOUR STRIKES AGAINST MISSILE SITES IN YEMEN AND THE SHOOTDOWN OF A DRONE TODAY...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"...
More on the situation in and near Yemen later.
ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES REPORTED LATE TONIGHT IN GAZA INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN CITY OF RAFAH...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
More later on the situation in and around Israel.
The Baltic nation of Lithuania tightening restrictions on movement of Russian nationals in its territory.
Some Russian nationals enroute by train to the landlocked Russian territory of Kaliningrad next to Lithuania used to be able to exit trains in Lithuania to travel onto other countries with the proper documentation.
AS HE CAMPAIGNS IN CALIFORNIA JOE BIDEN CANCELING FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS FOR 153,000 BORROWERS...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE PASSING A BILL TO RELEASE SOME STATE GRAND JURY INFORMATION RELATED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
EPSTEIN. WHO WOULD LATER BE ARRESTED BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE AND CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING, WAS GIVEN A 'SWEETHEART DEAL' BY FEDERAL PROSECUTORS FOLLOWING THE GRAND JURY PROBE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
THAT GRAND JURY PROBE LED TO FEDERAL INTERVENTION IN EPSTEIN'S CASE AND HIS 'SWEETHEART' PLEA DEAL.
BOTH NARROWLY CRAFTED BILLS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY IN BOTH THE FLORIDA HOUSE AND SENATE.
NOT ALL INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED BUT ONLY THAT INFORMATION IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES.
THE BILL ALLOWS THE PALM BEACH CLERK TO REDACT INFORMATION FROM THE 2006 EPSTEIN GRAND JURY PROBE.
IN THAT PROBE IN SPITE OF MANY VICTIMS COMING FORWARD ONLY ONE 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL TESTIFIED BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
THE LEGISLATION TAKES EFFECT JULY 1ST RIGHT BEFORE THE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY...
"female spaces should be exclusively for females, not for biological males"
Canada's Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre of the Conservative staking out a position today on what Mainstream Media call:
"trans rights"
Poilievre noting a limitation in the role of the federal government in regulating youth sports, locker rooms and changing facilities.
Those matters being debated at the provincial and municipal level in Canada.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of the United Conservative Party supporting legislation that will be tabled this fall regarding those issues and others related to transgenderism...CBC NEWS CANADA
THE BOEING EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF THE TROUBLED 737 MAX PROJECT IS LEAVING THE COMPANY.
ED CLARK, AN 18-YEAR VETERAN AT THE AEROSPACE-DEFENSE CONTRACTOR CONGLOMERATE, PRAISED FOR HIS 'DEDICATED SERVICE TO BOEING'.
CLARK ROSE TO HIS CURRENT POST AFTER TWO FATAL CRASH INCIDENTS INVOLVING 737 MAX AIRCRAFT IN 2018 AND 2019.
HIS DEPARTURE FOLLOWS LAST MONTH'S INCIDENT WHEN A PANEL BLEW OUT CREATING A HOLE IN AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT THAT HAD JUST LEFT PORTLAND...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24
Politics in the US and the latest set of polls all giving President Trump leads nationally and in key states.
The most notable lead for President Trump in Michigan with the EPIC-MRA poll giving Trump a 45-41 percent lead over Joe Biden.
Democrats in Michigan with its large Muslim-Arab vote deeply divided over Biden Administration policy on the Israel-Hamas war...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS
"To a dog, a dog's death"
Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, commenting on the death of Russian defector Maxim Kuzminov in Spain...TASS RUSSIA
500 TRACTORS MOVED INTO MADRID TODAY AS THE SPANISH FARMERS PROTESTS CONTINUE.
FIVE CONVOYS OF TRACTORS LEADING TO TRAFFIC DELAYS IN THE SPANISH CAPITAL.
A PROTEST RALLY OUTSIDE SPAIN'S MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE.
SPANISH PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SANCHEZ OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY SAYING HE IS SEEKING RELIEF FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION...RTVE SPAIN BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE FRENCH PRIME MINISTER TRYING TO MOLLIFY PROTESTING FARMERS TODAY SAYING FRANCE IS COMMITTED TO 'AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY'.
A former London police constable convicted of ten counts of rape including three of a child under the age of 13.
Cliff Mitchell served with the Metropolitan Police when some of the rapes occurred.
He was fired from the police force in 2023, the Met Police conducted a rape probe of Mitchell in 2017 but no further action was taken...BBC NEWS
EMOTIONAL POLITICAL DRAMA IN BRITISH PARLIAMENT OVER GAZA CEASE-FIRE
(UPDATED)
IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS INTENSE DEBATE OVER THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR WITH THREE COMPETING RESOLUTIONS.
AN AMENDMENT FROM THE OPPOSITION SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE.
ANOTHER FROM THE MAIN OPPOSITION LABOR PARTY SPEAKS OF AN 'IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN CEASE-FIRE'.
THE GOVERNING CONSERVATIVE PARTY'S RESOLUTION SPEAKS OF A 'HUMANITARIAN PAUSE'.
THE SPEAKER ALLOWED OPPOSITION MOTIONS BUT IN THE END WORKED WITH THE OPPOSITION LABOR PARTY TO BLOCK THE IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE MOTION BY THE SNP.
THIS TURN OF EVENTS GAVE THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY THE ABILITY TO EMOTIONALLY DENOUNCE THE SPEAKER FOR FAVORING THE LABOR PARTY,..BBC NEWS BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 48.44 points.
The NASDAQ went down 49.91 points.
At 510 pm New York Time the price of oil rising one dollar two cents to 78 dollars, six cents a barrel a 1.32 percent rise...MARKETWATCH
A WOMAN AND A CHILD REPORTED KILLED IN AN ISRAEI AIRSTRIKE ON SOUTHERN LEBANON TODAY...TIMES OF ISRAEL
An explosion and flash reported in Red Sea waters west of Yemen early this morning (0027 UTC, GMT) 727 pm last night Eastern US Time.
These waters the same where a warning was given hours ago (later in the summary) regarding drone activity and the possibility of loitering munitions being used...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"
A SERIES OF ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ON DAMASCUS TODAY. AT LEAST TWO ARE REPORTED KILLED IN THE STRIKES ON THE SYRIAN CAPITAL...TASS RUSSIA
In Spain prosecutors trying to get the former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont defined as a "terrorist".
This would prevent Puigdemont from being covered under an amnesty for Catalan independence advocates charged with sedition after an independence referendum.
The prosecutors assert that Puigdemont was the leader of the group that engaged in "violent riots" following conviction of Catalan leaders in a Spanish court for seeking independence...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A WARNING TO MERCHANT VESSELS IN THE RED SEA OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN ABOUT DRONE ACTIVITY.
THE ROYAL NAVY'S UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS ASKING FOR REPORTS FROM MERCHANT VESSELS ON ANY SIGHTINGS OF DRONES.
THE WARNING ALSO REFERENCING MERCHANT SHIPPING INDUSTRY GUIDANCE REGARDING LOITERING MUNITIONS...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"
In a courtroom in Cyprus a 20-year-old British woman testifying about an alleged gang-rape by five Israeli men last September 2.
The testimony being kept secret described as too horrific to report.
A doctor has already testified that the woman was bleeding profusely after the alleged attack.
The British Foreign Office said to be paying close attention to the case which bears resemblance to another case when a 21-year-old British woman accused 12 Israeli teenagers of rape in Cyprus but ended up being charged and convicted of lying.
The Jordanian Air Force dropping four tons of aid into northern Gaza. The aid provided by the UK to assist the operation of a hospital...TIMES OF ISRAEL
An Israeli soldier killed with heavy fighting reported in northern Gaza today...TIMES OF ISRAEL
In other news...
"Fiji's voice to the world is hostage to a demented few who are hellbent on destroying our national reputation"
THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF FIJI FRANK BAINIMARAMA IS UPSET THAT THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS ARGUING IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE.
BAINIMARAMA SAYS THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION CONTRADICTS FIJI'S REPUTATION AS A NEUTRAL, PEACEKEEPING NATION AND THE PRINCIPLE OF DECOLONIZATION...RADIO NEW ZEALAND
Russia's Defense Ministry says 450 Ukrainian fighters were 'eliminated' in the last day in the Avdiivka area.
Material losses for the Ukrainians also reported with Russian forces gaining better positions on the battlefield...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
The CEO of the Woolworths Group, a major retailer and grocery store chain in Australia and New Zealand, leaving his job after walking out on an investigative interview by ABC News in Australia.
The "Four Corners" show pressuring Brad Banducci over higher prices in the company's Woolworths and Countdown stores.
Banducci retiring effective September 1st.
Amanda Bardwell from the company's ecommerce division moving into the CEO slot.
Chairman Scott Perkins saying Brad Banducci has been "one of the finest leaders" of the company turning it around...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND (VIDEO EMBED)
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