Friday, March 1, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 3/1/2024 NEWSDUMP FRIDAY RULING AGAINST AMISH FARMER'S UNREGULATED PRODUCTS, RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER-US PLOTTING FOR WAR, ESPIONAGE CLAIM OVER CHINESE-MADE SMART CARS, GASOLINE EXPORT BAN IN RUSSIA

 



(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH FINAL POSTING AROUND 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)

           (FINAL POSTNG IN 8-11 PM EASTERN US TIME WINDOW)





           WIFR-TV FREEPORT-ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS NEWS OPEN 1988





          




                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



ITS SATURDAY IN CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND WHERE PRO-ISRAEL PROTESTERS SHOWED UP TO CONFRONT WEEKLY PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS.



SOME OF THE PRO-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATORS PERFORMING THE TRADITIONAL MAORI 'HAKA' DANCE WITH OTHERS WAVING ISRAELI FLAGS...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND (VIDEO EMBEDDED)



Russia testing its modern Yars intercontinental ballistic missile.


The test proclaimed a success a statement saying "all tasks were fulfilled".


The United States was notified prior to the test...TASS RUSSIA







LATE TODAY A JUDGE IN LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ISSUING AN INJUNCTION AGAINST AMISH FARMER AMOS MILLER.


THE JUDGE'S ORDER PROHIBITING SALE OF UNREGULATED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WHILE A CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST MILLER BY PENNSYLVANIA'S AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT PROCEEDS.


HUNDREDS OF MILLERS SUPPORTERS GATHERED AT YESTERDAY'S HEARING OVER THE MATTER...THE LANCASTER PATRIOT "X"





       "Our PM is a joke: gutless, hopeless"


That's Richard Tice leader of the Reform UK Party reacting to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's contention that there are "Far-Right" and "Islamist" threats equally as dangerous to democracy in Britain...RICHARD TICE "X"...


Political activist and media host Nigel Farage criticizing Sunak from a different direction over Sunak's comment about wanting to deal with the "root cause" of extremism.


Mr. Farage saying in part:



"The 'root cause' of this problem is mass, uncontrolled immigration---and he knows it"...NIGEL FARAGE "X"...



In his remarks delivered from a large podium outside Number 10 Downing Street Mr. Sunak also took aim at newly elected Member of Parliament George Galloway.



Sunak saying without naming Galloway that it was 'beyond alarming" that voters in the Rochdale constituency has elected someone who "dismissed what happened on October 7" in Israel...BBC NEWS



RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES STRIKING A JIHADIST BASE IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA'S IDLIB REGION.  



THE RUSSIANS SAY THEY INFLICTED CAUSALTIES AND MATERIAL DAMAGE ON THE TERRORISTS FIGHTING THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT.


GOVERNMENT POSITIONS SHELLED BY THE JIHADISTS FOUR TIMES TODAY.


THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IN SYRIA ALSO REPORTING VIOLATIONS OF SYRIAN AIRSPACE BY US A-10 WARPLANES AND A DRONE...TASS RUSSIA




Joe Biden announcing that the US will participate in humanitarian aid drops into Gaza...i News UK




HAMAS SAYS THAT SEVEN ISRAELI HOSTAGES HELD IN GAZA DIED DUE TO ISRAELI ATTACKS...BBC NEWS



The federal appeals court in Washington DC ruling that a January 6th sentence was improperly enhanced by a federal district judge.



Defendant Larry Brock appealed his sentence the appeals court saying the district judge in his case must resentence him to take away the enhancement.



This could impact other cases where similar enhancements of sentences were given...FREE REPUBLIC POST-ABC NEWS STORY-DISCUSSION



FARMERS PROTEST BLOCKADES CHAMPS ELYSEES IN PARIS, 72 ARRESTS


                                                                            (UPDATED)



In Paris early this morning a surprise farmers protest on the Champs Elysees at the Arc d' Triomphe.



Traffic blockaded during the morning rush hour in the center of the city.




Police made 72 arrests the demonstrators released later in the day...AFP France-Malay Mail...


A protest barricade of hay was dismantled shortly after sunrise...




        FARMERS PROTEST IN PARIS 3/1/2024 RIGHT BEFORE SUNRISE




At the agricultural show in Paris today eggs thrown at Ministers of Ecological Transition Christophe Bechu and Agriculture Marc Fesneau as they walked the floor...(Information from BFM-TV France)



IN POLAND 19 PEOPLE HURT WHEN A MOTORIST DROVE INTO A CROWD AT A TRAM STATION THEN CONTINUE TO INJURE PEOPLE AS HE FLED THE SCENE.


TERRORISM IS BEING RULED OUT THE 33-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IN CUSTODY...NOS NETHERLNDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 90.99 points.




The NASDAQ rose 183.02 points or 1.14 percent.


At 717 pm New York Time the price of oil $79.80 a barrel up $1.54 or 1.97 percent...MARKETWATCH



 IN DALLAS STEVE BAKER, A REPORTER FOR 'THE BLAZE' MEDIA OUTLET, HANDCUFFED AND TAKEN AWAY BY FBI AGENTS TODAY.




BAKER WAS AT THE US CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH REPORTING EVENTS THERE.




AFTER JANUARY 6TH HE REPORTED STORIES EMBARRASSING TO THE NARRATIVE PRESENTED BY THE BIDEN ADMINSTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING J6.




CHARGES DESCRIBED AS 'NON-VIOLENT MISDEMEANORS' ARE TO LAID AGAINST HIM FOLLOWING THAT REPORTING...FREE REPUBLIIC POST-DAILY CALLER STORY-DISCUSSION...THE BLAZE "X" (VIDEO EMBED)



"We can't let Ukraine lose...Putin will not stop...take over the Baltics, Poland, Finland...


We do not have such plans and cannot have them, but the Americans do"


RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV RESPONDS TO US DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN'S COMMENTS TO A US HOUSE COMMITTEE



Russian officials reacting to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's comments about a possible clash with Russia if Ukraine loses the war.



 Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says they mean the US is plotting for war with Russia.   


Lavrov claiming the conflict in Ukraine including economic sanctions against Russia are designed to weaken Europe and prevent it from competing economically against the United States...TASS RUSSIA



META, THE PARENT COMPANY OF FACEBOOK, BACKING AWAY FROM DEALS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA IN AUSTRALIA.



THOSE MAINSTREAM MEDIA COMPANIES GIVEN MONEY BY META FOR USE OF THEIR CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS.



THREE YEARS AGO UNDER GOVERNMENT PRESSURE META CUT DEALS TO PAY MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOR CONTENT.



META INTENDING TO LINK TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA WITHOUT PAYMENT TO THOSE MEDIA COMPANIES.  




THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT NOW HAS THE POWER TO FORCE SOCIAL MEDIA TO CUT DEALS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO PAY MONEY FOR MSM CONTENT...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



In Myanmar (former Burma) the deadly shelling of a market.


12 dead and 80 wounded.



The government and rebel forces blaming each other for the attack...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD



IN MOSCOW TODAY THE FUNERAL FOR OPPOSITION PERSONALITY ALEXEI NAVALNY.



THE FUNERAL WEEKS AFTER HE DIED IN PRISON.



THERE IS A HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE AT THE SERVICE BEING HELD IN A CHURCH...BBC NEWS



US Trade Representative Katherine Tai tells the BBC that the decline in trade between the US and China 'isn't necessarily negative'.


Tai contending it might be a "positive sign of diversification on both sides".



There was a 20 percent decline in the amount of goods purchased by the US from China last year.



China buying four percent less goods from the US...BBC NEWS




The US Commerce Department opening a probe looking at "national security risks" in Chinese-made smart cars.



The investigation could lead to regulations that would restrict use of smart car parts in the US.



There are allegations that navigation data or connections to car-charging stations involving these Chinese-made cars could be used to collect intelligence or sabotage infrastructure...CNN-9 NEWS AUSTRALIA




A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE HOLDING JOURNALIST CATHERINE HERRIDGE IN CONTEMPT FOR REFUSING TO DIVULGE A SOURCE.


HERRIDGE REPORTING FOR FOX NEWS IN 2017 OVER ALLEGATIONS ABOUT A CHINESE-AMERICAN SCIENTIST YANPING CHEN.


CHEN SUING OVER THE SMEARING OF HER REPUTATION FROM HERRIDGE'S REPORTING THAT LINKED HER TO CHINA'S MILITARY.


THE 800 DOLLAR A DAY FINE IMPOSED BY US DISTRICT JUDGE CHRISTOPHER COOPER NOT GOING INTO EFFECT IMMIDIATELY GIVING HERRIDGE TIME TO APPEAL...FREE REPUBLIC POST-ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY-DISCUSSION



"Deep indignation at the images coming from Gaza where civilians have been targeted by Israeli soldiers"



FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON REACTING TO YESTERDAY MORNING'S INCIDENT IN GAZA WHERE MORE THAN 100 PALESTINIANS DIED AND 700 WERE WOUNDED.


MARCON CALLING FOR 'TRUTH, JUSTICE AND RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW'...TIMES OF ISRAEL




The Biden Administration said to be concerned about an Israeli assault on Lebanon.


The US has been carrying Israel's message to Lebanon's government demanding a Hezbollah pullback from areas near Israel.


But expectations at the White House are that Israel will launch a ground offensive into southern Lebanon by the spring...TIMES OF ISRAEL 




            THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                 (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


              MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                               ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





                                      TIMES OF ISRAEL






In other news...



Kenya and Haiti signing new agreements on fighting gang violence in Haiti.


This follows a court ruling in Kenya invalidating a previous agreement to deploy Kenyan police in Haiti.



These new agreements designed to pave the way for 1,000 Kenyan police officers to be sent to Haiti...FOX NEWS




In New Zealand today a judge handing out fines in connection with a 2019 volcanic eruption that killed 22 and injured 25.



The White Island/Whakaari disaster attributed to the company owning the island its principals and other business entities including helicopter and tour companies associated with tourism there.



Judge Evangelos Thomas lacking legal authority to force payment of fines due to business laws judged that the owners of the island had a moral obligation to pay victim's families 4.88 million dollars NZ  (2.97 million US)...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND




A GROUP OF HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS DENOUNCING THE POLICIES OF THE LEFTIST GOVERNMENT IN NICARAGUA.


THEY SAY THERE ARE SYSTEMATIC ABUSES 'TANTAMOUNT TO CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY'.



THIS GROUP IS DESCRIBED AS A PANEL OF "UN-BACKED HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS" UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.



THE REGIME OF PRESIDENT DANIEL ORTEGA HAS CRACKED DOWN ON OPPONENTS SINCE 2018 WHEN MASS PROTESTS CONSIDERED TO BE A US ORCHESTRATED COUP ATTEMPT...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NBC NEWS




Russian has announced a six-month ban on export of gasoline (petrol).



The ban effective today said to be necessary to keep fuel markets stable in connection with spring agricultural work among other things.



This ban does not apply to gasoline for personal, humanitarian assistance and gasoline exported under intergovernmental agreements...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                        (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



RUSSIANS CLAIM VICTORY IN ZAPOROZHYE REGION



                    DRONES DOWNED OVER RUSSIA




                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





Russian paratroopers in the Zaporozhye Region achieving a victory over Ukrainian forces.


According to the Russian Defense Ministry, paratroopers stormed Ukrainian positions near Verbovoye killing and capturing Ukrainian forces...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Four Ukrainian drones downed over Russia this morning...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)







In other news...







UK retail giant Sainsbury's cutting 1,500 jobs.



The job cuts at a contact center, in-store bakeries and fulfillment centers.



The company talking about more efficient operations including more use of technology...BBC NEWS




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