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Friday, December 16, 2022
Thursday, December 15, 2022
BREAKING NEWS: "IF WE DON'T HAVE FREE SPEECH, THEN WE JUST DON'T HAVE A FREE COUNTRY" TRUMP PUSHES ONLINE FREE SPEECH AGENDA IN FACE OF GOVERNMENT-TECH CENSORSHIP
PRESIDENT TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL MEDIA POST-EMBEDDED VIDEO
"Today I'm announcing my plan to shatter the left-wing censorship regime and to reclaim the right to free speech for all Americans"
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING TODAY 12/15/2022
President Trump proposing actions to preserve free speech in the US and go after collusion between the federal government and tech companies to censor speech online.
In the short-term Trump asking Republicans in the US House to get involved parties to preserve their records that might show such collusion.
Trump said that:
"a sinister group of Deep State bureaucrats, Silcon Valley tyrants, Left-Wing activists and Depraved Corporate news media have been conspiring to manipulate and silence the American people "
Trump said that if he returns to the White House he will issue an Executive Order about Freedom Of Speech Online and seek new legislation from Congress.
Other highlights from the Trump speech today:
"The Censorship Cartel must be dismantled and destroyed and it must happen immediately"
"Within hours of my inauguration I will sign an Executive Order banning any federal department or agency from colluding with any organization business or person to censor, limit, categorize or impede the lawful speech of American citizens."
"I will then ban federal money from being used to label domestic speech as mis or disinformation"
"I will begin the process of identifying and firing any federal bureaucrat who has engaged in domestic censorship, directly or indirectly, whether they are in the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Health and Human Services , the FBI, the DOJ, no matter who they are"
"I will order the Department of Justice to investigate all parties involved in the new online censorship regime...and to aggressively prosecute any and all crimes identified."
"I am urging House Republicans to immediately send preservation letters...to the Biden Administration, the Biden Campaign and every Silicon Valley tech giant"
"Upon my inauguration as President I will ask Congress to send a bill to my desk revising Section 230 to get big online platforms out of censorship"
"We need to break up the entire toxic censorship industry that has arisen under the false guise of tackling so-called mis and disinformation"
"The federal government should stop funding all non-profits and academic programs that support this authoritarian project"
Mr. Trump emphasized domestic free speech in his message today but also pushed the notion of going after "child exploitation" and "terrorism" online an indication he wants to crackdown on international online speech linked to both of those notions.
Trump also proposing the notion of a seven-year waiting period before FBI, CIA, NSA and other intelligence or security organizations can take a job in a tech firm.
He also pushed the notion of a 'Digital Bill of Rights" that would force government officials to get orders to remove online content.
Mr. Trump also proposing that users of social media be notified if they are taken down or restricted in any way including "shadow banning". Tech companies would be required to give a reason and offer a speedy appeal of any restrictive actions.
He also said that those over the age of 18 should have the ability to opt out of content moderation and receive unmanipulated information.
President Trump's statement today followed an announcement earlier in the day regarding a digital trading card collection something he teased yesterday as a "major announcement".
Critics of President Trump in various quarters including the Mainstream Media and even Joe Biden took the bait and responded to the trading card announcement.
As they leveled their attacks, derision and ridicule at President Trump, Trump unleashed his broadside in support of Freedom of Speech Online.
That's the story for now.
ALSO AVAILABLE THE NEWS SUMMARY FOR TODAY...NEWS SUMMARY FOR TODAY THURSDAY 12/15/2022
NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 12/15/2022 TRUMP MAKES MAJOR FREE SPEECH ANNOUNCEMENT, WALL STREET PLUNGES, BOTH MAJOR UK PARTIES REJECT NURSES PAY RAISE DEMAND, TURKISH PRESIDENT SAYS PATIENCE WEARING THIN OVER US-KURDISH TERRORIST LINK IN SYRIA
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BREAKING NEWS POST TRUMP FREE SPEECH ANNOUNCEMENT
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
President Trump will address an Orthodox Jewish group in Miami tomorrow.
Trump involved in controversies involving his meeting with individuals linked to Anti-Semitism recently and blasted for calling on Liberal Jewish leaders to "appreciate Israel more"...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
BREAKING NEWS:
(UPDATED)
THE GOVERNMENT IN PERU ANNOUNCING NIGHT-TIME CURFEWS IN 15 PROVINCES FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS.
AT LEAST SEVEN DEATHS REPORTED TODAY IN CLASHES IN THE AYACUCHO REGION ANOTHER 52 WOUNDED INTENSE FIGHTING REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT IN AYACUCHO.
THE POLICE AND MILITARY TRYING TO STOP PROTESTS DEMANDING CONGRESS DISSOLVE ITSELF AND THE HOLDING OF NEW ELECTIONS FOLLOWING THE OUSTER OF LEFTIST PRESIDENT PEDRO CASTILLO LAST WEEK.
DEBATE ON MOVING ELECTIONS FORWARD FROM 2024 SUSPENDED IN PERU'S CONGRESS TONIGHT SET TO RESUME TOMORROW MORNING.
PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS OF THE CAPITAL CITY LIMA TONIGHT...LIVE VIDEO STREAM LIMA PERU PROTEST
More on the situation in Peru later in the summary...
DEVELOPMENTS IN KOSOVO SITUATION
The Serbian government met tonight let by President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.
A formal request sent to the NATO force in Kosovo KFOR for Serbian police and military to be deployed in northern Kosovo.
That request expected to be denied. US and European Union representatives have already told the Serbian government to "back down" over Kosovo.
Serbs barricading highways in northern Kosovo over government policy towards the minority Serb population.
Kosovo is asking the European Union to join which is seen as a violation of previous agreements involving Kosovo and Serbia...TASS RUSSIA...
(INFORMATION FROM RADIO-TELEVISION SERBIA USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS STORY)
North Korea proclaiming an "important" test of a "high-thrust solid-fuel rocket motor".
The motor said to be among the features of a "new-type strategic weapon system"...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
MASSIVE DROPS ON WALL STREET TODAY.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE FELL 764.13 POINTS OR 2.25 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE NASDAQ PLUNGED 360.36 POINTS OR 3.23. PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE LATEST FED RATE HIKE AND POOR RETAIL SALES NUMBERS CITED AS DRIVERS FOR THE FALL.
THE PRICE OF OIL TODAY OFF 1.31 PERCENT TO 76 DOLLARS AND 27 CENTS A BARREL BY LATE AFTERNOON...MARKETWATCH
THE PRICE OF HOUSING IN ISRAEL RISING 20.3 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR...TIMES OF ISRAEL
MORE INTEREST RATE HIKES TODAY FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S US FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD ACTION.
BOTH EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK AND THE BANK OF ENGLAND IMPOSING .5 PERCENT RATE HIKES IN LINE WITH YESTERDAY'S US ACTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
(Updated) In the UK as 12-hour nurses strike in England, Northern Ireland and Wales today.
The National Health Service nurses taking action as the Conservative Party government refuses to talk with them about pay.
In the midst of 10 percent plus annual inflation rate in the UK the nurses want a 19 percent pay increase.
Emergency and urgent care provided by the nurses during the strike.
Not only is the Conservative Party opposed to the pay increase position of the Royal College of Nursing union but the opposition Labor Party's shadow minister for health calling their pay increase demand "unaffordable"...BBC NEWS...BBC NEWS BLOG
THOUSANDS MARCHED IN ISTANBUL, TURKIYE (TURKEY) TODAY IN SUPPORT OF MAYOR EKREM IMAMOGLU.
IMAMOGLU, THE LEADING OPPOSITION CANDIDATE IN NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SENTENCED TO PRISON AND BANNED FROM POLITICS.
A US STATE DEPARTMENT STATEMENT SAYING THE UNITED STATES WAS 'DEEPLY TROUBLED AND DISAPPOINTED' BY THE COURT'S ACTION.
FRANCE AND GERMANY ALSO EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE SENTENCE...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24...
MEANWHILE TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN SAYS HIS PATIENCE WITH THE US IS WEARING THIN OVER ITS SUPPORT FOR KURDISH GROUPS IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA.
ERDOGAN, WHO HAS WAGED AN AIR AND ARTILLERY CAMPAIGN IN THE REGION AND THREATENS A GROUND WAR, PROPOSING THAT RUSSIA, SYRIA AND TURKEY HOLD A HIGH-LEVEL SUMMIT.
MR. ERDOGAN ENVISIONS JOINT ACTION BY THE THREE NATIONS IN SYRIA...TASS RUSSIA
In southern Lebanon an Irish member of a UN force killed by gunfire.
Three other members of the force wounded.
Two vehicles in a convoy left the UN force's area of operation on the border with Israel and were headed north when the incident occurred...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TRT WORLD
In Peru today the military and police beginning to take actions against blockades in the country.
The new President Dina Boluarte says she is advancing a plan for early elections in the country as protesters demand a dissolution of Congress following last week's ouster of Leftist President Pedro Castillo.
Major talking points of mainstream media in Peru the notion of extremists among the protesters and the disruption of normal life, public services, the tourism industry etc. etc.
The mainstream media also reporting the notion that blockades have led to the deaths of children needing medical treatment...RPP PERU MAINSTREAM MEDIA NEWS BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN FIJI THE OPPOSITION LEADER SITIVENI RABUKA SEES A FLAWED VOTE.
THE ELECTION RESULTS APP WENT DOWN AS THE VOTE COUNT WAS GOING ON AND WHEN IT CAME BACK UP IT SHOWED A LEAD FOR THE GOVERNMENT PARTY OF PRIME MINISTER FRANK BAINIMARAMA...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
THERE'S BEEN A LEAK DETECTED ON THE RUSSIAN SPACECRAFT DOCKED AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE CREW OF THE ISS NOW IN A SAFETY MODE WHILE THE PROBLEM IS ANALYZED...TASS RUSSIA
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
GIFT RECEIVED BY POLISH POLICE CHIEF DURING UKRAINE VISIT EXPLODES
TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED
Poland's Police Chief suffered minor injuries when a gift he received during a visit to Ukraine earlier this week exploded.
The explosion today at the offices of Jaroslaw Szymczyk in Warsaw.
Poland asking Ukraine for an explanation of the matter and an investigation is underway...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
And in other news...
President Trump announcing a trading card collection today and getting dissed by Joe Biden online for doing it...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 12/14/2022 LATEST US INTEREST RATE HIKE, NATIONAL EMERGENCY OVER PROTESTS IN PERU
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In Peru a State of Emergency as protests continue in the wake of the ouster of Leftist President Pedro Castillo but first..
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
"AMERICA NEEDS A SUPERHERO! I will be making a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT tomorrow. Thank You!"
President Trump on social media today touting a major announcement tomorrow...DONALD J TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL (VIDEO EMBEDDED)
THE DEMOCRAT RUN JANUARY 6TH US HOUSE COMMITTEE COMING OUT WITH A FINAL REPORT AND 'CRIMINAL REFERRALS' NEXT WEDNESDAY.
MEANWHILE THE COMMITTEE BACKING DOWN ON PHONE RECORDS REQUESTS INVOLVING A NUMBER OF NOTABLES INCLUDING FORMER ADVISERS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP SEBASTIAN GORKA AND ROGER STONE...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Today in Belgrade Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic meeting with European Union and United States envoys for the Balkans.
The envoys urging an end to barricades erected by Serbs living in northern Kosovo who say they are being harassed by the Kosovo authorities.
Mr. Vucic speaking of "correct and sincere" talks with the envoys.
The EU and US rejecting any notion of Serbian military and police forces deploying into northern Kosovo as suggested by Serbian political leaders...ANADOLU AGENCY-TURKIYE (TURKEY)
"another provocative step...that may lead to unpredictable consequences"
THOSE WORDS FROM THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON WARNING AGAINST THE SHIPMENT OF PATRIOT MISSILE SYSTEMS TO UKRAINE.
NEWS REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON POINT TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF PATRIOT MISSILES FOR UKRAINE IN THE COMING DAYS...TASS RUSSIA
AN ACCOUNT THAT TRACKS THE MOVEMENT OF ELON MUSK'S PRIVATE JET SUSPENDED BY TWITTER..BBC NEWS
NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN PERU WITH PROTESTS AND BLOCKADES CONTINUING
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VIDEO STREAM PROTEST IN CUSCO, PERU WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 12/14/2022
RPP PERU BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
There has been a Declaration of a National Emergency in Peru for 30 days over the protests now affecting 13 of the country's 24 regions.
Plans are to use the police backed by the military to respond to the ongoing protests.
The protests continue with 69 blockades recorded across the country.
Protesters demanding new elections following last week's ouster of Leftist President Pedro Castillo.
From prison Castillo with a letter demanding intervention by the Inter American Commission on Human Rights.
The government messaging spread through Mainstream Media paints the picture of a threat to the country from extremists.
Vandalism at government and media buildings linked to the Shining Path terrorist group that fought a brutal war with Peru's government decades ago...
INFOBAE-PERU BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN TURKIYE (TURKEY) THE LEADING OPPONENT OF PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION SENTENCED TO PRISON AND BANNED FROM POLITICS.
ISTANBUL MAYOR EKREM IMAMOGLU CALLING HIS SENTENCE A 'GREAT INJUSTICE' THAT HE WILL APPEAL...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The US Federal Reserve Board again raising the prime lending rate this time by .5 percent.
It is the seventh interest rate hike this year.
The Fed saying that more rate hikes are expected in the future in the name of reducing inflation...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
STOCKS CLOSED LOWER TODAY THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE DOWN 142.29 POINTS.
THE NASDAQ LOST 85.93 POINTS.
THE PRICE OF OIL ROSE MORE THAN TWO DOLLARS TO 77 DOLLARS AND 44 CENTS A BARREL BY LATE AFTERNOON...MARKETWATCH
INFLATION IN THE UK REPORTED AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 10.7 PERCENT...(BBC NEWS)
In New Zealand an "independent" board monitoring the COVID shots admitting that a fourth death in the country may be linked to the COVID vaccines.
But the board is still pushing the COVID jabs...ONE NEW ZEALAND NEWS
Four migrants dead when a boat got into trouble crossing the English Channel from France to the UK.
Dozens of others were rescued by a fishing boat...BBC NEWS
ISRAEL'S CHIEF OF STAFF ACKNOLEDGING AN ATTACK IN EARLY NOVEMBER ON THE BORDER BETWEEN SYRIA AND IRAQ.
GENERAL AVIV KOHAVI SAYS THE TARGET OF THE ATTACK IRANIAN ARMS BEING CARRIED ON THE EIGHTH TRUCK IN THE 25 TRUCK CONVOY.
GENERAL KOHAVI STRESSED ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES IN BEING ABLE TO LOCATE THE SPECIFIC TRUCK TO BE ATTACKED...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL
THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ACCUSING FIVE RUSSIANS AND TWO AMERICANS OF HELPING RUSSIA'S DEFENSE INDUSTRY...BBC-RADIO NEW ZEALAND
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
(UPDATED)
AIR RAID WARNINGS THIS MORNING IN KIEV AND NEARBY REGIONS
AIR RAID WARNINGS IN OTHER UKRAINIAN CONTROLLED TERRITORIES LATER IN THE MORNING
TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED
Air raid warnings this morning in Kiev and the nearby Vinnitsa and Zhitomir regions...TASS RUSSIA...
Air raid warnings in other Ukrainian regions later in the morning...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
An aide to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says a recent anti-Israel vote at the United Nations was a mistake.
Alexey Arestovych says that the vote to refer the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the International Court of Justice.
He spoke to the need for the mistake to be rectified but as of yet still no signs that Ukraine will reverse its position in future UN votes...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 12/13/2022 US OPPOSES SERBIA IN KOSOVO DISPUTE, UK RAILROAD STRIKE, UKRAINE WIDE AIR RAID ALERT
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Politics in Israel the new parliamentary majority on the move also the latest updates from Peru where former President Pedro Castillo spoke in court today as the protests continue but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE OUTGOING GOVERNOR OF OREGON DEMOCRAT KATE BROWN COMMUTING THE DEATH SENTENCES OF ALL 17 PEOPLE ON 'DEATH ROW' IN THAT STATE...MAXINE BERNSTEIN OREGONLIVE TWITTER
US POLITICS MAINSTREAM MEDIA TOUTING POLLING THAT PUTS FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP REMINDING FOLKS OF THE POLLING THAT SHOWS HIM THE LEADER FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 2024...
DONALD TRUMP TRUTH SOCIAL
FLORDIA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS WANTS A GRAND JURY TO PROBE ADVERTISING-PROMOTIONAL CLAIMS MADE BY THE PHARMA INDUSTRY FOR THE COVID SHOTS.
SUCH A GRAND JURY WILL NOT BE HOLDING THE PHARMA INDUSTRY ACOUNTABLE FOR POSSIBLE DEATHS AND INJURIES FROM COVID VACCINES.
BUT THE NOTION OF A GRAND JURY PROBE INTO THE VACCINES CAUSING A DEFENSIVE REACTION FROM THE PHARMA INDUSTRY AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA...FREE REPUBLIC POST-THE HILL STORY-DISCUSSION
Joe Biden signing off on that "Respect for Marriage Act" act today codifying gay marriage into federal law.
The law pushed based on fear of the US Supreme Court allowing US states to make their own marriage laws...ASSOCIATED PRESS-INDIA TODAY
The US Representative for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, categorically opposes any introduction of Serbian military and police forces into northern Kosovo.
Serbs at barricades there opposing what they say is the Kosovo government's harassment and provocations...(Radio Television Serbia)
FORMER PERUVIAN PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT, NEW PRESIDENT SAYS SHE WANTS EVEN EARLIER ELECTIONS AS PROTESTS CONTINUE
DEFENSE MINISTER SPEAKS OF PARTIAL STATE OF EMERGENCY WITH MILITARY DEPLOYMENT IN THOSE AREAS AFFECTED
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"I am unfairly and arbitrarily detained. I am not imprisoned for a thief, for a rapist, nor for being corrupt or a thug"
"I have never committed any crime of conspiracy or rebellion"
The former President of Peru Pedro Castillo spoke in court today.
Leftist Castillo was arrested immediately after last Wednesday's impeachment vote by Peru's Congress.
The court decided to keep Castillo in custody.
His supporters continue to protest across the country with tourist areas impacted by airport and highway blockades.
Police announced that pellets will be used against protesters.
Tonight the Minister of Defense saying that the national highway network and two portions of the country will be declared in a State of Emergency to allow the use of the military against the protests and blockades.
Castillo's Vice President Dina Boluarte, installed last Wednesday as President, now says she will work with Congress on earlier elections tha she promised (April 2024) in a speech right after Midnight early Monday morning...
PERU BLOG INFOBAE (USE TRANSLATION PROMPT FOR ENGLISH)
RAILROAD WORKERS ON STRIKE IN THE UK TODAY AND TOMORROW MAIL WORKERS WILL STRIKE.
OTHER STRIKE ACTIONS BY MIDWIVES AND OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE PLANNED
PAY A MAJOR CONCERN OF WORKING PEOPLE IN THE UK.
INFLATION IN THE UK RIGHT NOW RUNNING AT SOME TEN PERCENT OR GREATER...BBC NEWS BLOG
Inflation stats here in the US showing a 7.1 percent annual rate of increase for November, that's down from 7.7 percent in October.
Gasoline prices easing but food prices continuing to move upwards...YAHOO FINANCE
THE MARKETS MOVING UPWARDS TODAY.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 103.60 POINTS.
THE NASDAQ ROSE 113.08 POINTS OR 1.01 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE PRICE OF OIL ALSO RISING TO JUST OVER 75 DOLLARS A BARREL BY LATE AFTERNOON...MARKETWATCH
NEW PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY IN ISRAEL ADVANCES LEGISLATION CRITICAL TO SETTING UP NEW GOVERNMENT
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Four bills moved forward in Israel's Parliament tonight.
They will facilitate the formation of a new government led by Prime Minister Designate Benjamin Netanyahu...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Earlier the new majority in the Knesset (Parliament) has elected a Speaker.
Yariv Levin of the Likud Party will move legislation that should cement the plans of Prime Minister Designate Benjamin Netanyahu to assume power...TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT VOTING 214 TO 148 AGAINST IMPEACHING PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA.
THE PARLIAMENT DOMINATED BY THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY OF RAMAPHOSA WHOSE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE VOTED TO OPPOSE IMPEACHMENT...ASSOCIATED PRESS-IRISH EXAMINER
The European Union agreeing to an 18 billion euro (18.93 billion US dollar) aid package for Ukraine.
To get the deal through Hungary promised a break of more than one billion euros on aid cuts by the EU over its conservative policies...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The US State Department calling for accountability after the death of a Palestinian teenager.
The 16-year-old girl killed during a firefight between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen.
She was likely killed by errant Israeli fire...TIMES OF ISRAEL
China continuing to send warplanes and warships close to Taiwan. Dozens detected in a 24 hour period...TASS RUSSIA
INDIA SAYS THAT CHINESE TROOPS TRIED TO ENTER INDIAN TERRITORY LAST FRIDAY LEADING TO THE CONTRONTATION THAT INJURED SOLDIERS ON BOTH SIDES...THE STRAITS TIMES-SINGAPORE
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
UKRAINE WIDE AIR RAID WARNING
TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED
An air raid warning issued for all of Ukraine this afternoon...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
THE US ENERGY DEPARTMENT CLAIMING A MAJOR SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH.
THE BREAKTHROUGH EXPERIMENT CAME IN THE FIELD OF FUSION POWER.
FUSION POWER USES ENERGY TO CREATE GREATER AMOUNTS OF ENERGY...BBC NEWS
Monday, December 12, 2022
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 12/12/2022 TURKEY CONDEMNED FOR 'NORTH KOREAN ATTITUDES', LEFTISTS SMEAR MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, ISRAELI LEFT RESISTS ATTEMPT TO FORM NEW GOVERNMENT, CHINESE, INDIAN TROOPS CLASHED LAST WEEK
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Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas and an update on the situation in Peru but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Tonight in the Balkans tensions high where Serbs have set up barricades in northern Kosovo in opposition to the policies of the UN-NATO imposed majority Muslim government.
The harassment of Serbs leading Serbia's government to heighten the state of military readiness with Serbia wanting to insert its own police and military into the region.
That's likely to be rejected by NATO.
Kosovo's flag burned at a protest rally in the Serbian capital of Belgrade...TASS RUSSIA
AN AXE ATTACK IN NORTHERN FRANCE TONIGHT.
THREE HURT, TWO SERIOUSLY. THE ATTACK AT A LIDL SUPERMARKET.
THE ATTACKER TURNED THE AXE ON HIMSELF AND WAS SERIOUSLY HURT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
IN THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF QUEENSLAND SIX KILLED INCLUDING TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN A SIEGE.
IT BEGAN WHEN POLICE WENT TO INVESTIGATE A MISSING PERSONS CASE AND TWO PEOPLE OPENED FIRE ON THEM...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
Police in the Bahamas arresting Sam Bankman-Fried. They acted upon notification from US authorities of charges against him.
Bankman-Fried is the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange that declared bankruptcy last month...BBC NEWS...
(COMMENT)
Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest pre-empts public testimony that he was to give to a US House committee.
PROTEST ON THE STREETS OF WITTENBERG-LUTHERSTADT GERMANY 12/12/2022
EISENACH GERMANY PROTEST 12/12/2022
In Germany the "Walk" protests (Spaziergang) continue against government COVID, Economic and Russia policies.
One of the protests held this evening in Duisburg...VIDEO STREAM-DUISBURG GERMANY PROTEST 12/12/2022
ISRAELI POLITICAL TENSIONS
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"journey of intimidation and sedition"
PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ON OUTGOING PRIME MINISTER YAIR LAPID'S ACTIONS FOLLOWING LAST MONTH'S ELECTION-TIMES OF ISRAEL
In Israel today opposition forces fiercely opposing the attempt of Benjamin Netanyahu's majority in Parliament to name a new Speaker.
The vote on a new speaker put off until tomorrow...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
Outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid demanding that Mr. Netanyahu and three other parliament members be barred from voting on legislation to allow Shas Party leader Aryeh Deri, who has a criminal conviction, to serve as a cabinet minister...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
Meanwhile the Religious Zionist parliament member and National Security Minister Designate Itamar Ben-Gvir is demanding a key post on a committee that advances legislation...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
POLITICS IN THE US WITH REMARKS OVER THE WEEKEND BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE SPREAD FAR AND WIDE BY THE LEFTIST SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER.
THAT LED TO CONDEMNATION OF GREENE AND EVEN CALLS FOR HER ARREST.
CONGRESSWOMAN GREENE RESPONDING THAT HER REMARKS ABOUT JANUARY 6TH WERE 'SARCASM' AND NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN LITERALLY OR SERIOUSLY.
"The White House needs to learn how sarcasm works"
PART OF RESPONSE FROM GREENE.
AT A REPUBLICAN EVENT IN NEW YORK SATURDAY GREENE SAID THAT IF SHE HAD PLANNED JANUARY 6TH FIREARMS WOULD HAVE BEEN USED...NEWSWEEK
THE MARKETS MOVING UPWARDS TODAY.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ROSE 528.58 POINTS OR 1.58 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE NASDAQ UP 139.12 POINTS OR 1.26 PERCENT IN VALUE.
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE PRICE OF OIL UP OVER THREE PERCENT AT 73 DOLLARS AND 34 CENTS A BARREL...MARKETWATCH
THERE'S BEEN A CLASH BETWEEN CHINESE AND INDIAN TROOPS IN A MOUNTAINOUS BORDER REGION.
LAST WEEK'S CLASH (DECEMBER 9TH) LED TO 'MINOR INJURIES'.
THE SOLDIERS SAID TO HAVE 'IMMEDIATELY DISENGAGED' FOLLOWING THE FIGHT...ANI NEWS-NDTV INDIA (VIDEO EMBED)
ANOTHER ISLAMIC STATE TERRORIST ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN TODAY.
THIS TIME A HOTEL USED BY CHINESE VISITORS TO KABUL WAS ASSAULTED BY AT LEAST THREE ATTACKERS.
THREE TERRORISTS KILLED TWO GUESTS AT THE HOTEL INJURED AS THEY JUMPED FROM THE HOTEL TO ESCAPE.
ISLAMIC STATE HAS BECOME ACTIVE IN AFGHANISTAN SINCE THE US AND ITS ALLIES WERE FORCED OUT OF AFGHANISTAN LAST YEAR...AL JAZEERA QATAR
PERU: PROTESTS CONTINUE TODAY
(UPDATED)
BLOG-INFOBAE-PERU PROTESTS (CLICK TRANSLATION PROMPT FOR ENGLISH)
VIDEO: PROTEST IN SOUTHERN PERU TODAY 12/12/2022
The death toll in protests in Peru now reported at five today along with the two deaths yesterday...ANADOLU AGENCY-TURKIYE (TURKEY)
As protests continued today centered in Lima the capital city and his Andean homeland, a handwritten note from prison posted on social media by ousted President Pedro Castillo.
The Leftist Castillo denouncing the Vice-President who replaced him, Dina Boluarte, as the 'snot and slobber of coup-mongering right'...THE GUARDIAN UK
Boluarte spoke just after Midnight last night and said she is asking Congress to approve early elections in the country.
There were deadly demonstrations in Peru on Sunday calling for new elections with at least two killed.
Former Leftist President Castillo ousted last Wednesday...PRESS ASSOCIATON-LBC UK
THE EUROPEAN UNION ADOPTING NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN. THE SANCTIONS AIMED AT INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE CRACKDOWN ON PROTESTS IN THE COUNTRY...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
AIR RAID ALERTS IN KIEV AND OTHER REGIONS OF UKRAINE EARLY MONDAY MORNING...TASS RUSSIA...
More on Russia and Ukraine later in the summary...
"If Iran gets an operational nuclear weapon all bets are off"
That comment from Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister saying nations in the Gulf region would have to shore up their own security if Iran obtained a nuclear weapon...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
"North Korean attitudes cannot and must not enter the North Atlantic Alliance"
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias reacting to the comments of Turkish President Erdogan which he sees as 'threats of a missile attack against Greece' an 'allied country, a NATO member'...NEWS AGENCIES-THE NEW ARAB
The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreeing with the notion expressed by Greece's government that Turkey has a missile that could hit Athens.
Erdogan telling a youth meeting that the Turks could "do something" if Greece does not change its attitude regarding islands in the Aegean Sea.
Turkiye (Turkey) has been calling for the Greek military to withdraw from the islands...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
RUSSIA UKRAINE DRAMA
CHECHEN LEADER SEES PROGRESS ON FRONT LINE FOR RUSSIA
BIDEN TALKS WITH ZELENSKY
TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED
The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says that troops on the Russian side are "steadily pushing the front line into enemy territory".
Kadyrov says troops are regrouped on the front line and better supplied leading to "defeats of the Ukrainian army on many fronts"...TASS RUSSIA
Joe Biden on the phone with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky late Sunday...TASS RUSSIA
Sunday, December 11, 2022
NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 12/11/2022 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND OUTGOING ISRAELI LEADER PUSHES COVID SHOTS, TURKISH PRESIDENT PROMISES HUMANITARIAN AID FOR UKRAINE, KURDS MAY BE READY TO PULL BACK IN SYRIA, RECENTLY FREED RUSSIAN SEES 'SUICIDE OF CIVILIZATION' IN THE WESTERN WORLD
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING AT MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT EASTERN US TIME)
The latest developments on the tensions involving Kosovo and Serbia but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN ISRAEL TOMORROW A NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WILL BE ELECTED.
THE NEW SPEAKER WILL MOVE LEGISLATION SETTING THE STAGE FOR A NEW GOVERNMENT LED BY LIKUD PARTY LEADER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Two are dead and four others hurt in protests demanding new elections in Peru.
Leftist President Pedro Castillo ousted last Wednesday.
His Vice-President Dina Boluarte sworn-in as President but protesters say there should be new elections rather than waiting till 2026 for the next scheduled elections...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY...VIDEO LINK
IN LOS ANGELES TODAY DEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN KAREN BASS SWORN IN AS MAYOR BY VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS....
THE OUTGOING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER GETTING A 'BOOSTER' COVID SHOT TODAY.
YAIR LAPID URGING ISRAELIS TO 'GO AND GET VACCINATED'...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)
AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON A RADAR SITE IN SOUTHERN SYRIA EARLY THIS MORNING.
ISRAELI AIRCRAFT DROPPING WARNING LEAFLETS IN THE AREA ABOUT SYRIAN COOPERATION WITH THE IRANIAN BACKED HEZBOLLAH GROUP...SOUTHFRONT...
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking with Turkish President Vladimir Putin this weekend with the tensions involving the Kurds in Syria boiling.
Economic relations in a world where many nations are sanctioning Russia discussed but also the situation in Syria where Turkiye (Turkey) has been attacking Kurdish forces in northern-northeastern Syria...TASS RUSSIA...
Turkiye threatening escalation to a ground offensive in Syria unless Kurdish forces pull back at least 30 kilometers (18.64 miles) from the Turkish border...THIS WEEK...
There is a report that the Kurds are willing to pull out of major towns in northeastern Syria and Russia is making this offer to Turkiye...SOUTHFRONT...
TURKEY'S PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN PROMISING HUMANITARIAN AID FOR UKRAINE THIS WINTER. MR. ERDOGAN SPEAKING WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMR ZELENSKY...TASS RUSSIA
THE US SAYS TWO HIGH-RANKING ISIS OPERATIVES HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A HELICOPTER ATTACK IN EASTERN SYRIA,,,NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
India has decided not to support the price cap imposed by the G7 nations and Australia on Russian oil...ANI NEWS INDIA
SERBIA-KOSOVO TENSIONS
(UPDATED LATEST NEWS AT TOP)
The German Foreign Minister says that Serbian rhetoric regarding Kosovo is unacceptable...TASS RUSSIA
Sunday evening following an emergency meeting Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic calling on both sides in Kosovo to preserve peace...TASS RUSSIA...
Vucic told Radio Television Serbia of assurances that European and NATO police and military forces in Kosovo will not take violent actions against Serbs blocking highways in Northern Kosovo...
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic calling on the US, UK and EU nations not to participate in removing Serbian barricades in northern Kosovo...TASS RUSSIA
The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell saying the EU will not tolerate violence following an attack on a patrol of European law enforcement in northern Kosovo this weekend.
A stun grenade thrown at a EU law enforcement patrol in northern Kosovo...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
Kosovo's leader calling for all means to be used to end barricades in Serbian regions the Serbian government convening an emergency meeting Sunday evening...TASS RUSSIA
In a Saturday evening speech Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic saying that Serbia is asking KFOR, the NATO force in Kosovo, to allow deployment of Serbian police and military under UN Security Council Resolution 1244...TASS RUSSIA
Gunshots and explosions heard in northern Kosovo Saturday night...TASS RUSSIA
Barricades set earlier up by Serbs following the intervention of hundreds of Kosovo police in the area.
Aljbin Kurti, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, calling for US and EU sanctions on Serbia and the removal of barricades.
The former US mediator between Serbia and Kosovo, Richard Grenell, calling for "US leadership right now!" over the dispute.
Grenell saying that both sides are breaking agreements with their actions...RICHARD GRENELL TWITTER...
Elections to replace Serbian officials in northern Kosovo set for later this week postponed due to the dispute in the region...NOS NETHERLANDS
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Police in Belgium making arrests this weekend in an alleged corruption scheme involving European Union officials and Qatar the host nation for soccer's World Cup currently underway.
The allegation is that Qatar was using EU officials to paint a more positive picture of the country in connection with the World Cup...BBC NEWS...LATER BBC NEWS STORY
A CLASH ON THE BORDER BETWEEN AFGANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. SIX KILLED, OTHERS WOUNDED...REUTERS
IN NEW ZEALAND A BY-ELECTION RESULT FAVORING THE OPPOSITION NATIONAL PARTY IN THE HAMILTON WEST SEAT.
CANDIDATE TAMA POTAKA WINNING THE SEAT FORMERLY HELD BY THE GOVERNING LABOR PARTY...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
AIR RAID ALERTS ACROSS UKRAINE
SHELLING IN DONETSK CONTINUES
TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED
There were more air raid alerts in Kiev and in other parts of Ukraine today...TASS RUSSIA
Russian authorities say Ukrainian forces fired more than 170 shells at cities in the Donetsk region today...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
THE US TAKING INTO CUSTODY A SUSPECT IN THE BOMBING OF A US AIRLINER OVER SCOTLAND IN THE 1980'S.
THE LIBYAN SUSPECT CAPTURED BY JIHADIST MILITIA IN LIBYA AND HANDED OVER TO THE US...BBC NEWS
The recently freed Russian prisoner Viktor Bout speaking of the Western world committing suicide.
Bout speaking of drugs and LGBTQ+ contributing to what he calls "the suicide of civilization". He says other parts of the world must prevent that suicide from overtaking them.
Bout convicted and imprisoned by the US for arms dealing was traded for US basketball star Brittney Griner...TASS RUSSIA
The US Orion capsule returning to the Earth after a test flight to the Moon. The capsule tested ahead of use by astronauts for a flight around the Moon...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
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