CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR   

9-915 
Boris Johnson awakens the North Sea gas fields just in time.  Simon Constable @TheRealConstable Edinburgh
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/UKs-Newest-Gas-Projects-May-Ease-Crisis.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-urges-russia-to-supply-gas-to-europe-quickly-rather-than-wait-for-pipeline-approval/ar-AAPWxY7
 

915-930 
Extinction Rebellion at the Glasgow Pubs.  Simon Constable @TheRealConstable Edinburgh
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cop26-glasgow-security-challenges-extinction-rebellion-kkzkmsg85

930-945     Starship orbital before Christmas? before Thanksgiving? Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/musk-starship-orbital-flight-could-happen-as-soon-as-next-month/

945-1000 
PRC rover Zhurong wakes up for mud cones ahead. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-resumes-communications-with-zhurong-mars-rover/
 
 

SECOND HOUR   

10-1015  
#AfterAfghanistan: "Tsunami of Destitution"  Jeff McCausland  @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/afghans-face-tsunami-destitution-famine-looms/
 

1015-1030 
#AfterAfghanistan: Pakistan unknowns. Jeff McCausland  @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/asia/afghanistan-collapse-sweden-pakistan-intl-hnk/index.html
 
1030-1045 
Watching Virginia House of Delegates.   @SalenaZito   SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer.
CNN, New York Post; author, The Great Revolt. @SalenaZito   SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/virginia-delegate-races-could-reflect-national-anti-democratic-mood

 
1045-1100 
Moscow Lockdown. @Felix_Light @CBSNews @MoscowTimes
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/10/25/as-moscow-prepares-for-another-lockdown-frustration-mounts-among-vaccinated-minority-a75402

 

THIRD HOUR   

1100-1115    @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
The stark Evergrande window on the troubled PRC economy and state.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-27/evergrande-founder-collected-billions-in-dividends-before-crisis?sref=5g4GmFHo

 
1115-1130 
PRC Anti-Satellite Arsenal.  Rick Fisher, IASC;  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
Rick Fisher, senior Fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center :
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/25/china-launches-suspected-anti-satellite-weapon/
 

1130-1145     
Xi refuses COP26; & What is to be done?   Charles Burton @cburton001;  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/xis-not-there-cop26-hopes-dim-chinese-leaders-likely-absence-2021-10-26/
Charles Burton @cburton001  Senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute; associate professor of Political Science at Brock University.  Charles Burton and Associates consults to governments, educational institutions and businesses to support their programs in China.     
 

1145-1200   
#HotelMars: The first movie star on the ISS.  Anatoly Zak  @RussianSpaceWeb; David Livingston, The Space Show.
https://phys.org/news/2021-10-russian-crew-earth-movie-space.html
Anatoly Zak, @RussianSpaceWeb journalist and illustrator specialized in the history of space exploration.   

 
 

FOURTH HOUR   

12-1215    #NewWorldReport: Venezuela launches hybrid attacks on Colombia. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis  @revanellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/colombia-shelters-prepare-migrant-families-venezuela-reopens-border-rcna3748
 
1215-1230    #NewWorldReport: Ecuador seeks a makret economy amid narco-terrorism.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis  @revanellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. 
https://news.yahoo.com/blinken-promises-us-shift-military-110251722.html
 
1230-1245    #NewWorldReport: The Mapuche of Chile and Patagonia threaten Santiago.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis  @revanellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. 
https://en.mercopress.com/2021/10/14/despite-the-state-of-emergency-in-southern-chile-mapuche-groups-continue-with-violent-actions
 
1245-100 AM    #NewWorldReport: Peru's Pedro Castillo turns away from the Shining Path.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis @revanellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. 
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/perus-congress-mulls-whether-to-confirm-new-moderate-left-cabinet/ar-AAPWy1X