Thursday, June 20, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 6/20/2024 NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*KENNEDY KEPT OUT OF FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE*POLLING SHOWING REFORM UK SURGE*ANTI-TAX PROTESTS SHUT DOWN IN KENYA*

 


                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




MASSIVE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS AIMED AT SEVERAL AREAS OF RUSSIA'S KRASNODAR REGION EARLY FRIDAY.    


NO INJURIES REPORTED INITIALLY BUT LATER REPORTS SAY AT LEAST FOUR WERE WOUNDED...TASS RUSSIA




In France a legislative candidate for the National Rally hospitalized following an attack while he handed out leaflets in Saint-Etienne.


68 year-old Herve Breuil attacked by four masked people according to eyewitnesses...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




US Central Command saying it destroyed four drone boats and two aerial drones in the Red Sea off Yemen in the last 24 hours...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"




RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SAYS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE RUSSIA WILL SUPPLY WEAPONS TO NORTH KOREA...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The US Court of Appeals in Washington DC hearing the appeal of TikTok, its owner ByteDance and Tik Tok users on September 16th.


They want the TikTok ban law passed by Congress and signed by Joe Biden to be overturned...AAP-THE NEW DAILY AUSTRALIA




THE DEBATE NEXT THURSDAY SET BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND DONALD TRUMP.  


EXCLUDED INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.



KENNEDY SEES BOTH BIDEN AND TRUMP CAMPS COLLUDING WITH CNN TO AVOID HAVING TO ANSWER TOUGH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 34 TRILLION NATIONAL DEBT AND COVID LOCKDOWNS AMONG OTHER ISSUES...ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. "X" SOCIAL MEDIA




The US redirecting Patriot air defense missile orders towards Ukraine and away from other countries...FINANCIAL TIMES


BRITISH POLITICS A POLL DONE FOR 'GB NEWS' NIGEL FARAGE'S FORMER MEDIA OUTLET GIVES FARAGE'S REFORM UK PARTY 24 PERCENT OF THE VOTE.


THE CONSERVATIVES ARE DOWN TO 15 PERCENT WITH THE LABOR PARTY STILL LEADING AT 35 PERCENT.


THE ELECTION TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY ON JULY 4TH...FREE REPUBLIC POST-MATT GOODWIN SUBSTACK-DISCUSSION



NEW ECONOMIC WARFARE AGAINST RUSSIA FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION.


ONE KEY ELEMENT A BAN ON TRANSPORT OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS FROM RUSSIA THROUGH THE EU.


REVENUE FROM THE LNG LINKED RUSSIA'S WAR EFFORT IN UKRAINE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


Two killed, nine others hurt early today in a collision between a passenger train and a cargo train in Chile...VOICE OF AMERICA USA


The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 299.90 points or .77 percent.




The NASDAQ fell 140.64 or .79 percent.


At 433 pm New York Time the price of oil is higher at 82 dollars 34 cents a barrel up 77 cents or .94 percent...MARKETWATCH


TEAR GAS AND WATER CANNONS UNLEASHED ON THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS IN NAIROBI, KENYA.



NO SIGNS OF VIOLENCE AMONG THEM WHEN POLICE LAUNCHED THEIR ATTACK.



THE DEMONSTRATORS OPPOSING PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO'S TAX HIKES DESIGNED TO RAISE 2.7 BILLION DOLLARS.



THEY ARE SEEN AS THREAT TO THE COST OF LIVING AND KENYA'S ECONOMY IN GENERAL.



RUTO SAYING THE HIGHER TAXES ARE NEEDED TO REDUCE RELIANCE ON BORROWING...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)




At least 34 deaths reported in India from drinking toxic alcohol.  Dozens more being treated in hospital in connection with bootleg liquor...BBC NEWS



THE NUMBER OF THOSE DEAD AND MISSING AT THE ANNUAL HAJJ ISLAMIC PILGRIMAGE IN MECCA CONTINUES TO RISE.



THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW AT LEAST 922.   


OTHERS REPORTED MISSING IN THE SCORCHING HEAT WITH RELATIVES DESPERATELY SEEKING TO FIND LOVED ONES...NEWS AGENCIES-TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE)



(UPDATED) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ARRIVING IN VIETNAM FOR A STATE VISIT FOLLOWING HIS STATE VISIT TO NORTH KOREA...TASS RUSSIA...


NEW DEALS AT LEAST A DOZEN CUT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND VIETNAM...ASSOCIATED PRESS-PBS USA




(Updated )British politics a second Conservative Party candidate being probed over election betting.


The Gambling Commission looking into House of Commons candidate Linda Saunders bet on the timing of the General Election.


Last week candidate Craig Williams admitted a 'huge error of judgement' over betting on the date of the election.


Also a police officer in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's security detail was arrested for allegedly gambling on the election date and suspended...BBC NEWS...


In addition Conservative Party Director of Campaigning Tony Lee under investigation for election date gambling.


He is married to Laura Saunders one of the Tory candidates now being probed...BBC NEWS



               THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR

                                                         (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                   MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                                    ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                           TIMES OF ISRAEL




ISRAELI FORCES MOVING DEEPER INTO THE SOUTHERN GAZA CITY OF RAFAH ACCORDING TO RESIDENTS.  ALSO BOMBING ATTACKS ON REFUGEE CAMPS IN CENTRAL GAZA...NEW DAILY AUSTRALIA



In other news...




AN IMPROVED PICTURE FOR NEW ZEALAND'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT EDGING UP .2 PERCENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING IN MARCH.

TECHNICALLY THIS MOVES NEW ZEALAND OUT OF BEING IN RECESSION...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND



A German court cancelling an arrest warrant for the former central bank chief in Lebanon.


Riad Salameh suspected in connection with a massive financial collapse in Lebanon.


 Salameh is no longer head of the bank he left the post in July of 2023...THE NEW ARAB




    THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




                   RUSSIA HITS UKRAINIAN ENERGY SITES





                              TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS




            RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Russia says it struck Ukrainian energy sites in 'precision strikes' using missiles and drones.    The strikes said to be in retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy facilities...TASS RUSSIA





In other news...




Actor Donald Sutherland is dead at the age of 88.


He rose to fame in the 1960's starring in movies like "The Dirty Dozen" and "M*A*S*H".



Sutherland received an honorary Academy Award in 2017.


He is the father of three other actors Kiefer, Rossif and Angus Sutherland...THE SCOTSMAN

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