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It's February 3rd, 2023, and this is your DSR Daily Brief. I'm Grant Haver.

And I'm Chris Cotnor.

Our top stories from international outlets this morning. The BBC is reporting that the US is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted

flying over sensitive sites in recent days.

Defense officials said they were confident the high altitude surveillance balloon belonged to China.

It was most recently seen above the western state of Montana. China warned against speculation and hype until the facts are verified.

The Defense Department said there was no significantly enhanced threat of US intelligence being compromised because American officials know exactly where this balloon is and exactly where it's passing over.

The Peruvian Congress has voted down another proposal to bring forward elections to 2023.

A day after a similar bid was turned down amid nationwide protests that are shaking the country's economy according to Al Jazeera.

Peru has been embroiled in a political crisis with near daily demonstration since December 7th when then President Pedro Castillo was arrested after attempting to dissolve Congress and rule by decree.

Police 48 people, including a police officer, have been killed in clashes between security forces and protesters according to the Human Rights Ombudsman's office.

Polarte's government began to show additional cracks yesterday with the departure of Raul Molina, a chief advisor.

Five ministers in Polarte's government have resigned since she came to power in December.

The Straits Times is reporting that yesterday Sweden's government proposed new legislation to ban activities linked to extremist groups in a move to tough and anti-terror laws, which is a key demand from Turkey to approve Stockholm's NATO bid.

The proposed legislation widens the scope of activities that can be prosecuted, actions such as handling equipment, organizing camps or locations for meetings, cooking or being in charge of transportation for designated terrorist organizations would be criminalized under the new law.

Negotiations between Sweden and Turkey have stalled since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized Swedish police for allowing a far right activist to burn a copy of the Quran outside Turkey's Stockholm embassy.

Elsewhere, according to the Sadocha Zaitung, the German government wants to release the transfer of leopard-1 battle tanks from industrial stocks to Ukraine.

Formerly, however, the approval has not yet been granted as the German press agency learned from government circles.

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