Tuesday, May 14, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 5/14/2024*US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUGGESTS BOEING PROSECUTION OVER SAFETY*DEADLY ATTACK FREES FRENCH GANG LEADER*MALAYSIAN LEADER DENOUNCES 'ISLAMOPHOBIA' OF MAJOR POWERS*US ECONOMIC STRIKES AGAINST CHINA, RUSSIA

 



                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




The US Justice Department may prosecute Boeing for violating a 2021 safety agreement.


Boeing notified by Justice Department following recent issues related to Boeing 737 airliners.



A letter to a federal district judge overseeing the 2021 agreement says in part:



"Boeing is subject to prosecution by the United States for any federal criminal violation of which the United States has knowledge"...



                                         CNN




A massive Ukrainian attack on the port of Sevastopol in Crimea repulsed tonight.   That according to the local governor...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




AN ISRAELI WARPLANE SHOOTING DOWN TWO DRONES APPROACHING ISRAEL FROM THE EAST LATE TONIGHT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




Alternative for Germany politician Bjorn Hocke fined 13,000 euros (14,062.10 US dollars) for using the phrase:


                             "Everything for Germany"


That phrase determined by a court in the city of Halle to have Nazi associations.    Hocke used the phrase in a 2021 speech.


Prosecutors sought a suspended jail sentence of six months in the case.


Hocke leads the AfD in Germany's state of Thuringia where elections are scheduled in the coming months.     The AfD leading in the polling there...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




An Israeli civilian killed in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack on northern Israel today,


Five Israeli soldiers wounded in the same area.


Israel launching retaliatory strikes in southern Lebanon...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...Two killed in an Israel strike in the city of Tyre...(Syrian Arab News Agency)




IN THE NATION OF GEORGIA NEXT TO RUSSIA FINAL PASSAGE OF THE 'FOREIGN AGENTS BILL' BY PARLIAMENT.   THE VOTE 84-30.



THE LEGISLATION DENOUNCED BY WESTERN NATIONS.     


THE PRO-EUROPEAN UNION PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA EXPECTED TO VETO THE LEGISLATION LEADING TO AN OVERRIDE VOTE.


THE UNITED STATES THREATENING SANCTIONS OVER THE LAW SPEAKING OF ON 'EROSION OF DEMOCRACY'.


THE LEGISLATION IS ROOTED IN THE NOTION THAT THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER FOREIGN NATIONS ARE USING NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO INFLUENCE GEORGIA'S POLITICAL SYSTEM...(News Agencies)...TASS RUSSIA



Eight dead and 38 injured in a collision in Marion County, Florida between a bus carrying farm workers and a pickup truck...LIVE UPDATES WFTV ORLANDO



TWO FRENCH PRISON OFFICERS KILLED; THREE OTHERS WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK ON A PRISON VAN.



THE ATTACK IN NORMANDY FREED PRISONER MOHAMED AMRA.    HE HAD JUST APPEARED IN COURT IN ROUEN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE.



HE IS NICKNAMED 'THE FLY' AND CONSIDERED A GANG LEADER.



AMRA ALREADY BEING JAILED AFTER CONVICTIONS FOR ROBBERY.   HE IS BEING INVESTIGATED IN A HOMICIDE CASE FROM 2022...ASSOCIATED PRESS...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 126.60 points.





The NASDAQ rose 122.94 points or .75 percent.


At 442 pm New York Time the price of oil at 78 dollars 32 cents a barrel down 80 cents or 1.01 percent...MARKETWATCH




RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR VISITING CHINA ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.



HIS TALKS WITH CHINA'S PRESIDENT XI JINPING WILL INCLUDE NEW INITIATIVES IN THE ENERGY SECTOR.



LAST YEAR RECORD SUPPLIES OF RUSSIAN OIL, GAS AND COAL WERE PROVIDED TO CHINA...TASS RUSSIA



China warning that new US tariffs announced this week on 'strategic goods' from China will:




                              "severely affect"




relations between the two countries...TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)



MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER ANWAR IBRAHIM MEETING HAMAS POLITICAL LEADER ISMAIL HANIYEH IN QATAR.



IBRAHIM DENOUNCING ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON HAMAS IN GAZA PRAISING ITS WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE FOR RELEASE OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES.



HE CALLED FOR RELEASE OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AND A 'PEACE PLAN' INVOLVING ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS.



MR. IBRAHIM SPOKE OF TRIBULATIONAL CHALLENGES IN THE:


"post-normal era that demand the leaders of the Muslim world to mobilize their strength to face the issues of Islamophobia, discrimination and hypocrisy of the major world powers"...




ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)




Joe Biden ordering a Chinese-owned cryptocurrency mining operation and its partners to sell land in Wyoming.



National Security cited because the land is near a US ballistic missile base...BBC NEWS



JOE BIDEN SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING URANIUM IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA.



THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYING THE BAN REDUCES DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIA AND INCREASES ENERGY AND ECONOMIC SECURITY...TASS RUSSIA




THE DERAILMENT OF A FREIGHT TRAIN REPORTED IN VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA.   THE 'INTERVENTION OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS' REPORTED BEHIND THE DERAILMENT....TASS RUSSIA 



The US Supreme Court rejecting California's appeal seeking immunity from lawsuits related to COVID victims at San Quentin prison.



Both relatives of those killed and inmates and staff who survived suing over the transfer of inmates to San Quentin that led to 29 deaths and the sickening of many others...ASSOCIATED PRESS



AT LEAST 14 NOW REPORTED DEAD IN THAT BILLBOARD COLLAPSE IN MUMBAI, INDIA.


DOZENS MORE INJURED WITH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS LEADING TO THE DISASTER,..REUTERS-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE (CLICK PAST AD OR ADS)


               THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




ISRAEL ATTACKS HAMAS COMMAND CENTER AT UN SCHOOL IN GAZA


         MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL




                             ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





Israel says it has carried out a strike targeting a Hamas "war room" at a United Nations school in Gaza.


The Israeli statement says that 15 terrorists were killed...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




In other news...



New Zealand citizens leaving the country at a record rate.



The latest from Stats NZ says that in the one-year period ending in March 52,500 Kiwis left the country.



25,800 migrant arrivals in those stats and 78,200 migrant departures during the year covered...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND






   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES DOWN TARGETS OVER BELGOROD REGION


                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Russian air defenses downing targets over the southwestern Belgorod Region...TASS RUSSIA















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