Thursday, May 23, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 5/23/2024 NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*FAMILIES OF DEAD MARINES SUE BOEING, OTHERS*FAMILY OF DEAD WHISTLEBLOWER HOLDS BOEING RESPONSIBLE*CHINESE MILITARY DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN*

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                           WBAL BALTIMORE ACTION NEWS OPEN 1976




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





A LANDSLIDE HIT A REMOTE VILLAGE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA KILLING 100 OR MORE PEOPLE.


BODIES RECOVERED FROM RUBBLE AND BENEATH TREES...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA





TWO KILLED IN A UKRAINIAN MISSILE ATTACK ON CRIMEA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A decision by Israel's cabinet to resume talks with Hamas.   


New guidelines given on resumption of the talks.


The cabinet decision follows release of a video showing five female soldier taken hostage by Hamas on October 7th...TIMES OF ISRAEL...


US CIA Director William Burns headed to Europe to talk with Israel's Mossad chief about talks with Hamas regarding the hostages and a ceasefire...(Times Of Israel, News Agencies)




THE IRANIAN GENERAL STAFF RELEASING PRELIMINARY FINDINGS IN LAST SUNDAY'S FATAL CRASH OF THE HELICOPTER CARRYING PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI.



THE HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO A HILL AND BURST INTO FLAMES.



COMPONENTS OF THE CHOPPER EXAMINED WITH NO TRACES OF BULLETS OR SIMILAR DAMAGE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




A US solider seriously hurt on that humanitarian aid pier off the coast of Gaza.    Two others suffered minor injuries.


The seriously injured soldier airlifted to an Israeli hospital for treatment.  Reports say the soldier is in critical condition...USNI NEWS




AT LEAST FOUR DEAD IN THE COLLAPSE OF A RESTAURANT ON THE SPANISH ISLAND OF MALLORCA.



16 OTHERS HURT AS THE MEDUSA BAR IN PLAYA DE PALMA SANK INTO THE BASEMENT...RTVE SPAIN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS GIVING FINAL PASSAGE TO LEGISLATION THAT CLASSIFIES ABORTION PILLS AS CONTROLLED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES.


REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR MIKE LANDRY EXPECTED TO SIGN THE LEGISLATION.


THE MOVE CAUSING CRIES OF FOUL FROM ABORTION ADVOCATES WHO FEAR OTHER REPUBLICAN STATES WILL PASS SIMILAR LAWS.



THE DEMOCRAT BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS WORKED TO MAKE THE ABORTION PILLS MORE AVAILABLE IN STATES WITH STRICTER ABORTION LAWS PASSED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SUPREME COURT'S 2022 DOBBS DECISION...ASSOCIATED PRESS-ABC NEWS



A hostile target intercepted southeast of Israel's southern port city of Eilat tonight...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)



The Norfolk Southern Railroad settling with federal authorities over last year's East Palestine, Ohio train derailment.



There is a 15 million dollar fine in the settlement that involves spending of more than 300 million dollars to improve safety.



Earlier this week a class action lawsuit with residents settled for 600 million dollars from Norfolk Southern...ABC NEWS-ASSOCIATED PRESS



US ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK GARLAND SUING LIVE NATION ACCUSING THE COMPANY OF MONOPOLIZING LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES.


THE LAWSUIT POINTING OUT LIVE NATION'S INVOLVEMENT IN VENUE OWNERSHIP, TICKET SALES AND DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN PUTTING ON CONCERTS...BBC NEWS 



(Updated) The families of five US Marines who died in an Osprey aircraft crash are suing Boeing and others including engine maker Rolls Royce.


The lawsuit states that the Osprey aircraft are defective and the companies targeted in the lawsuit lied about the MV 22's safety...(Miami Herald)...Miami Herald...Task And Purpose





THE FAMILY OF BOEING WHISTLEBLOWER JOHN BARNETT SAYS THE AEROSPACE CONGLOMERATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS DEATH EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T PULL THE TRIGGER.



BARNETT WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS TRUCK WITH A SUICIDE NOTE.     



HIS DEATH CAME AS HE WAS TESTIFYING AGAINST THE COMPANY IN A LAWSUIT.



A CORONER'S REPORT SPEAKS OF CHRONIC-STRESS, ANXIETY AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER...DAILY MAIL



The markets today.




A big drop on Wall Street the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 605.78 or 1.53 percent.




The NASDAQ down 65.51 points.


At 507 pm New York Time the price of oil is at 76 dollars 99 cents a barrel down 58 cents...MARKETWATCH




The "far-right" group in the European Parliament expelling the Alternative for Germany party.



The move coming less than a month before the European Parliament elections.



The comment of the party's leading candidate for the European Parliament election regarding Waffen SS combat soldiers of World War II not all being criminals was deemed controversial.



Mainstream Media and Internal Government pressure being applied against the AfD within Germany itself.



Among other things accusations of links between the party and Russia and China...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24


A senior Russian military official arrested accused of 'large-scale bribe taking'.   General Vadim Shamarin ordered into two-month custody by a military court...TASS RUSSIA


SEVEN KILLED, ONE INJURED IN A BUILDING FIRE IN MOSCOW'S ISTRA DISTRICT...TASS RUSSIA


At least nine killed at a political rally in northern Mexico Wednesday night when a stage collapsed.


A strong gust of wind behind the disaster...ASSOCIATED PRESS-RADIO NEW ZEALAND



CHINA'S MILITARY CONDUCTING TWO DAYS OF MANEUVERS AROUND TAIWAN.


A SPOKESPERSON SAYING THE MANEUVERS "SERVE AS A STRONG PUNISHMENT FOR THE SEPARATIST ACTS OF 'TAIWAN INDEPENDENCE' FORCES AND A STERN WARNING AGAINST THE INTERFERENCE AND PROVOCATION BY EXTERNAL FORCES"


THE DRILLS FOLLOW THE INAUGURATION EARLIER THIS WEEK OF PRESIDRNT LAI CHINE-TE (WILLIAM LAI) OF THE PRO-INDEPENDENCE DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY...THE JAPAN TIMES



"unprecedented insurrection movement"

FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SPEAKING DURING HIS VISIT TO NEW CALEDONIA THURSDAY MAY 23, 2024-BBC NEWS STORY


In New Caledonia French President Emmanuel Macron discussing a path away from the disturbances in the South Pacific territory led by the native Kanak population.



Macron speaking of a dialogue leading to a solution but rejecting any notion that might lead the island in the direction of independence.



He called for blockades to be taken down on the island as a prelude to negotiations.



Mr. Macron promising emergency aid to deal with massive damage,



Deadly and destructive disturbances began last week in opposition to a plan to change voting rules in New Caledonia that would have diluted the strength of the Kanak vote in elections...BFM-TV France Live Blog (Translation Prompt)








                THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



AT LEAST EIGHT KILLED IN ISRAELI AIR STRIKE IN GAZA



            MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                             ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL



An Israeli air strike in central Gaza with at least eight people killed...TASS RUSSIA




In other news...





THE DUTCH MUNICIPALITY OF RIJSWIJK CAN BAN AN ERITREAN CELEBRATION PLANNED FOR SATURDAY.



A COURT RULING AFTER AN ERITREAN ORGANIZATION CHALLENGED THE MAYOR'S DECISION TO BAN THE CELEBRATION.



LAST YEAR PRIOR TO AN ERITREAN CELEBRATION EVENT A MASSIVE FIGHT BROKE OUT LEADING TO NUMEROUS INJURIES INCLUDING SOME INVOLVING POLICE OFFICERS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)








   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS



       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)







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