Wednesday, May 22, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 5/22/2024*FRENCH PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN REBELLIOUS NEW CALEDONIA*BRITISH PRIME MINISTER CALLS JULY 4TH ELECTION*THREE NATIONS RECOGNIZE PALESTINIAN STATE

 



                                   (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)





                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS THAT FOUR DRONES LAUNCHED BY HOUTHI FORCES WERE SHOT DOWN OVER YEMEN TODAY...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"




The city of Uvalde, Texas paying 2 million US dollars to families of the victims of a mass murder attack at an elementary school.


19 students and two teachers killed in the May 24th, 2022 attack...REUTERS-RADIO NEW ZEALAND




IT IS NOW THURSDAY IN THE FRENCH SOUTH PACIFIC TERRITORY OF NEW CALEDONIA WHERE PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON HAS ARRIVED.




MACRON CALLING FOR A RETURN TO 'PEACE CALM SECURITY' SAYING HE IS WILLING TO TALK TO ACHIEVE THAT.



FOR MORE THAN A WEEK THERE HAVE BEEN DISTURBANCES LED BY THE NATIVE KANAK POPULATION RESISTING AN EFFORT TO REFORM VOTING THAT WOULD DILUTE THEIR VOTING STRENGTH IN ELECTIONS.



SIX WERE KILLED AND THERE HAS BEEN MASSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE.



PROTESTERS MAINTAINING LARGE ROADBLOCKS IN SOME PARTS OF ISLAND TODAY.


MARCON IS ACCOMPANIED INTERIOR MINISTER GERALD DARMANIN AND DEFENSE MINISTER SEBASTIEN LECORNU HAVE ARRIVED...BFM-TV France Blog (Translation Prompt)...


(THE EARLIER WEDNESDAY NEWS RELATED TO THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY)




In Israel military police probing a soldier who made a video of himself throwing a Quran into a fire in Gaza...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





VISTING WASHINGTON THE PRESIDENT OF KENYA WILLIAM RUTO.


RUTO'S VISIT COMES AS A KENYAN-LED UN POLICE FORCE IS SET TO INTERVENE IN THE GANG WARFARE GOING ON IN HAITI...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA



The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 201.95 or .51 percent.



The NASDAQ declined 31.08 points.


At 432 pm New York Time the price of oil is at 77 dollars 33 cents a barrel down one dollar 33 cents or 1.69 percent...MARKETWATCH



A JUDGE STEPPED IN TO STOP THE AUCTION OF ELVIS PRESLEY'S GRACELAND MANSION IN MEMPHIS.


THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF PRESLEY IN A DISPUTE WITH A COMPANY THAT CLAIMS OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY...BBC NEWS



British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling a July 4th General Election.



The move considered a surprise.   Mr. Sunak could have waited to as late as January to set an election date.



The Labor Party led by Sir Keir Starmer is way ahead in public opinion polls dwarfing support for Sunak's Conservatives.   


The Reform UK party taking away support from the Tories gaining double digit percentages in opinion polls...PRESS ASSOCIATION-IRISH EXAMINER




SLOVAK PRIME MINISTER ROBERT FICO IN A STABLE CONDITION ONE WEEK AFTER AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT.



DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ROBERT KALINAK SAYING FICO CANNOT BE TRANSPORTED TO A DIFFERENT HOSPITAL AT POINT.



KALINAK ALSO DESCRIBED HAVING A PRIVATE CONVERSATION WITH MR. FICO...TASS RUSSIA


Norway, Spain and Ireland announcing recognition of the State of Palestine.    


The symbolic move cited by the leaders of the countries as a way to bring a long-lasting peace to the Middle East.


Many nations outside the Western World already recognize the Palestinian state...The National United Arab Emirates...Israel retaliating by recalling its ambassadors in all three countries.




FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON ARRIVING IN NEW CALEDONIA.


 THE FRENCH SOUTH PACIFIC TERRITORY THE SCENE OF VIOLENCE AS NATIVE KANAK RESIDENTS RESIST A PROPOSED ELECTORAL REFORM THAT WOULD DILUTE THEIR VOTING STRENGTH.


TODAY A REPORTED CYBER ATTACK WITH BLAME GIVEN TO RUSSIA... BFM-TV France Live Blog (Translation Prompt)




                       ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                                  (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)





THREE ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE FIGHTING




               MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                                   ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                            TIMES OF ISRAEL




Three Israeli soldiers killed in the fighting in Gaza...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS







In other news...



THE US EMBASSY IN LONDON REFUSING TO PAY THE CONGESTION CHARGE NOW IMPOSED BY THE CITY GOVERNMENT.



TRANSPORT LONDON IMPOSING 18.6 MILLION DOLLARS IN CHARGES AS PART OF A SCHEME TO STEM TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY.



THE US CITING DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY IN ITS REFUSAL TO PAY THE CHARGES.



TRANSPORT LONDON SAYING IT IS SEEKING LEGAL AVENUES TO COLLECT THE UNPAID FEES...ANI NEWS INDIA







     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


ONE KILLLED ONE WOUNDED IN SHELLING OF BELGOROD REGION


                   TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED





       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



One person killed and another wounded in Ukrainian attacks on southwestern Russia's Belgorod Region.


The governor of the region says that targets have been shot down in the air over Belgorod...TASS RUSSIA

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