Wednesday, April 22, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 4/22/2026*IRAN ATTACKS, SEIZES VESSELS*PHASED IN TOBACCO BAN APPROVED IN UK*

 


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IRAN SAYS IT SEIZED TWO VESSELS AND BROUGHT THEM TO IRAN'S COAST.


THIS AFTER AN IRANIAN GUNBOAT FIRED ON A MERCHANT VESSEL IN THE GULF OF OMAN.



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS EXTENDED THE US BLOCKADE OF IRAN'S COAST AND EXPANDED US SEIZURES OF VESSELS LINKED TO IRAN...


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In the Ukraine War overnight into Wednesday Russian attacks on the port city of Odessa and a railway in the Zaporoizhia Region with a train diver killed...Al Jazeera Qatar...


Russia says its air defenses shot down 155 attacking Ukrainian drones overnight into Wednesday.   One person wounded in the Bryansk Region...Tass Russia




The markets today...Marketwatch



THE US COMMANDER IN SOUTH KOREA GENERAL XAVIER BRUNSON SAYS A THERMAL HIGH ALTITUDE AREA DEFENSE SYSTEM REMAINS DEPLOYED IN SOUTH KOREA.


THERE HAD BEEN QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT ITS REDEPLOYMENT TO THE MIDDLE EAST FOR THE IRAN WAR.


BUT GENERAL BRUNSON NOTES THAT MUNITIONS IN SOUTH KOREA APPARENTLY MISSILE INTERCEPTORS ARE 'SITTING RIGHT NOW WAITING TO MOVE'...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



In the UK lawmakers approving a new law banning sale of tobacco products to anyone born after December 31, 2008.


The law in effect phases in a tobacco ban starting with young people turning 18 as of January 1st next year.


Restrictions on vaping in cars with children, on playgrounds and at schools also part of the new law...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



THE MILITARY PRESIDENT OF MYANMAR REBUFFED BY KEY REBEL GROUPS OVER HIS OFFER TO HOLD PEACE TALKS.


PRESIDENT MIN AUNG HLAING OFFERING REBELS A DEADLINE OF JULY 31ST TO JOIN TALKS.


THE 'KAREN NATIONAL UNION' AND 'CHIN NATIONAL FRONT' GROUPS REJECTING HIS OFFER.


CHIN SPOKESMAN SALAI HTET NI SAYS HIS GROUP SEEKS A FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM FREE OF MILITARY INFLUENCE...NEWS AGENCIES-ASSOCIATED PRESS

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