Good evening. The show begins in Tehran, curious what gave the Mullahs confidence to order 300 or 700 missiles and drones fired at Israel. To Kyiv, without air defense; to Kharkiv, surrounded. To France for the price of energy; to Jerusalem to wait on the target. To Beijing, to Taiwan, to Ottawa and the Chinese saboteurs. To the north of Israel and…

#NewWorldReport: Dengue, drought and climate change. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/perus-dengue-deaths-triple-climate-change-swells-mosquito-population-2024-04-12/ UNDATED ATOM PLANT…

#NewWorldReport: Argentina accuses Iran. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/musk-argentine-president-see-eye-to-eye-boosting-free-markets-lithium-2024-04-12/ 1939 ARGENTINA…

#NewWorldReport: Chile accuses Venezuela. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chile-says-killing-venezuelan-opposition-figure-santiago-was-political-2024-04-12/ 1903 CHILE…

#NewWorldReport: Caracas welcomes Tehran Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-ally-venezuela-follows-worrying-events-middle-east-2024-04-14/ 1912 CaracasPor John Batchelor

#CERES: Geologically active? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-any-ice-trapped-in-ceres-permanently-shadowed-craters-has-to-be-very-young/ 1681 HeidelbergPor John Batchelor

#MARS: Sample return mission paused. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-admits-that-its-mars-sample-return-project-needs-new-ideas/ October 2006 SpiritPor John Batchelor

2/2: #IRAN: Hezbollah is part of the challenge in response to Iran. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-april-17-2024/#liveblog-entry-3270962 1899 BeirutPor John Batchelor

1/2: #IRAN: Hezbollah is part of the challenge in response to Iran. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-april-17-2024/#liveblog-entry-3270962 1895 Beirut RailWayPor John Batchelor

#RUSSIA The Kremlin banks in Beijing. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-desperate-alignment-of-russia-china-iran-and-north-korea/ar-BB1lKAsA 1900 MoscowPor John Batchelor

#CANADA: Justin Trudeau asserts unawareness. Charles Burton, senior fellow at Sinopsis, on this: @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/12/trudeau-canada-china-election-interference 1900 CANADAPor John Batchelor

#PRC: Fentanyl precursor keeps coming from ChinaStephen Yates, chair of the America First Policy Institute's China Policy Initiative, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://apnews.com/article/china-fentanyl-congress-committee-759871aae29d286361255f29bb221ba9 OCTOBER 1, 1949Por John Batchelor

#PRC: The Axis Powers: Blaine Holt, retired air Force general who served as deputy military representative to NATO, on this: @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.businessinsider.com/china-refuses-condemn-iran-israel-strike-middle-east-power-broker-2024-4 1924 PERSIA POLICEPor John Batchelor

#IRAN: Retaliation & What is to be done? Brad Bowman , FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/04/16/what-we-can-learn-from-irans-attack-on-israel/ 1902 PERSIAPor John Batchelor

##ENERGY: Prices higher and stable after the barrage. Simon Constable, Occitanie https://www.ft.com/content/dddd996e-0ac0-48cf-b76a-99745e7b4c56 UNDATED TEXASPor John Batchelor

#UKRAINE: Kharkiv at risk of being surrounded and cut off.. : Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/dozen-killed-in-russian-strike-as-kharkiv-mayor-warns-city-will-become-second-aleppo-without-us-aid/ar-BB1lMiLh1918 LEMBERGPor John Batchelor

#IRAN: Confronting Iran and its Axis Allies. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-despite-allies-advice-israel-will-make-our-own-decisions-on-security/ 1924 PERSIAPor John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #UKRAINE: Conversation with colleague Jeff McCausland of CBS News re the Russia missile attacks on Kyiv infrastructure as the defenders run out of air defense. More details later, including the surrounding of Kharkiv. 1918 UkrainePor John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #IRAN: Conversation with colleague Brad Bowman of FDD re how that missile and drone barrage on Jerusalem and Israel changes the limits and expectations of the war between Iran and Israel. More details later. undated PersiaPor John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #CANADA: #PRC: Conversation with colleague Charles Burton re the continuing inquiry into PM Justin Trudeau's awareness, or unawareness, of information from his intelligence apparatus, CSIS, with regard to PRC interference in the General Elections of 2019 and 2021. More deails tonight. Ottawa.…

PREVIEW: #IRAN: #ISRAEL: Conversation with colleague General Blaine Holt, USAF(ret) re the defense of Israel by several state actors working smoothly to down the incoming salvos -- and how the adversary might misunderstand that the hesitant diplomats do not correctly communicate the superior strength of the combined arms officers and enlisted who s…

PREVIEW: #IRAN: #RUSSIA: Conversation with Jonathan Schanzer of FDD, in Tel Aviv, re the level of Russian involvement in the Iran campaign against Israel, including the missile and drone assault from Iran territory, including the Hezbollah salvos. Moore later tonight. 1934 Kirov and StalinPor John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #SPACEX: Conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman of BehindtheBlack.com re the SpaceX advantage of reusability of boosters and fairings -- like a fleet of commercial aircraft. More tonight. 1900 Jules Verne auf DeutschPor John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING; The show begins in the Federal Reserve boardroom where the 7 rate hikes of last winter are expected to be at most a single hike next winter. The economy is strong, and the same goes for inflation. We then move to Berlin and Beijing as the German economy struggles without Russian energy. From there, we head to the State Department, to …

#KingCharlesReport: What is the Sovereign's role during wartime. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_George_and_Princess_Victoria_Mary 1893 wedding, later King George V and Queen Mary, great grandparents of King CharlesPor John Batchelor