FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 408*THREE WARS STRAIN ENERGY SUPPLY*FRENCHMAN'S FREEDOM AND RUSSIAN SANCTIONS*PAPAL VISIT AI WARNING**
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
THE HARSH REALITY FOR FRANCE AND FRENCH CONSUMERS IS THAT THREE WARS HAVE SQUEEZED FRANCE'S ENERGY SUPPLIES AND SURGED ITS ENERGY PRICES.
FIRST THE UKRAINE WAR CUTTING OFF OIL AND NATURAL GAS FROM RUSSIA DUE TO SANCTIONS.
THEN THE IRAN WAR SHUTTING DOWN PERSIAN GULF OIL AND NATURAL GAS SHIPPED THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
AND FINALLY, THE YEMEN WAR WITH HOUTHI FORCES IN YEMEN ABLE TO DISRUPT A MAJOR OIL PIPELINE FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS VITAL TO SUPPLYING FRANCE AND EUROPE.
SAUDI ARABIA BEGGING NATIONS IN ALL DIRECTIONS FOR HELP INCLUDING THE US, UK, FRANCE AND ITS ISLAMIC ALLIES TURKEY AND PAKISTAN.
AFTER A BRITISH ANNOUNCEMENT OF AIR TANKER SUPPORT FOR SAUDI WARPLANES ATTACKING THE HOUTHIS FRANCE ANNOUNCING DEPLOYMENT OF SOLDIERS, DEFENSE RADAR AND DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEMS TO PROTECT THE SAUDI OIL PORT OF YANBU.
PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON DISCLOSING THE DECISION IN A NATIONAL TELEVISION INTERVIEW THURSDAY NIGHT.
MACRON ALSO SOUGHT TO REASSURE FRANCE THAT THERE ARE ADEQUATE GAS AND OIL SUPPLIES FOR THE COMING WINTER SEASON.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED FUEL PRICE SUBSIDIES FOR KEY SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY INTO THE WINTER MONTHS AS PUBLIC CONCERN OVER ENERGY PRICES IS RISING.
THE INTERVIEW COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MR. MACRON DENYING A SPANISH NEWSPAPER REPORT OF A US CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WARNING ABOUT RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACKS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA...
This week a Frenchman accused of espionage was freed from a prison in Azerbaijan.
The release of Martin Ryan linked to a European Union decision to lift Ukraine War sanctions on two Russian oligarchs.
Ryan was one of two French nationals imprisoned on spy charges in Azerbaijan until he was pardoned by that country's president and released.
France spoke of Ryan's pardon as an act that 'paves the way for better relations' between France and Azerbaijan a nation bordering both Russia and Iran.
Uzbek-Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov's sanction's listing was labeled 'unjust' by Azerbaijan...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
ON A VISIT TO FRANCE THIS WEEKEND POPE LEO XIV.
FRIDAY THE FIRST DAY OF THE PONTIFF'S VISIT INCLUDED A STOP AT UNESCO HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS, A SERVICE AT NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL AND A PRAYER VIGIL INVOLVING 80,000 YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE STADE DE FRANCE...VATICAN NEWS VIDEO STORY...
DURING HIS REMARKS AT UNESCO POPE LEO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE RISE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI).
HIS CONCERN INCLUDING THE NOTION THAT WITH 'INTELLIGENCE' BEING ATTRIBUTED TO COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS HUMANITY IS BEING INCREASINGLY JUDGED BY EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY.
AT ONE POINT HE SAID:
"we struggle to recognize the inalienable dignity of human persons"
THE PONTIFF NOTING THAT 'AI' CAN PROCESS LARGE AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION BUT DOES NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE WHICH CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN A SHARED LIVING EXPERIENCE AMONG HUMANS...VATICAN NEWS STORY
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