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Thursday, January 22, 2026
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 1/21/2026*US SOLDIERS MOVE ISIS PRISONERS TO IRAQ*KURDS ATTACK SYRIAN TROOPS*JEWISH PRAYER RULES RELAXED AT TEMPLE MOUNT*TRUMP SWITCHES TO 'NO USE OF FORCE' MESSAGE ON GREENLAND*US MOVEMENTS SIGNAL IRANIAN WAR*TRUMP TO IRAN: "WHOLE COUNTRY IS GOING TO GET BLOWN UP"*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A FORMER, UVALDE TEXAS SCHOOL POLICE OFFICER ACQUITTED OF 29 CHILD ENDANGERMENT CHARGES AT A JURY TRIAL.
ADRIAN GONZALES ACCUSED OVER HIS RESPONSE TO THE MASS MURDER ATTACK AT THE ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MAY OF 2022...KSAT SAN ANTONIO
Tensions between Egypt and Israel following a deadly Israeli attack in Gaza today.
An Israeli drone attacking a vehicle with three men on board Israel saying they were Hamas members.
But Egypt says the three men killed were actually Egyptian nationals helping to rebuild Gaza...Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)
The Republican controlled US House Government Oversight Committee voting to hold former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Contempt of Congress.
Last week the Clintons refused to give a deposition to the committee regarding their association with Jeffrey Epstein.
All Republican on the committee in favor of the contempt citation with nine Democrats joining to hold Mr. Clinton in contempt and three Democrats supporting the contempt citation against Mrs. Clinton.
The matter now goes to the full US House for a vote.
If the House approves the contempt citations they go to the US Justice Department for enforcement of those charges which carry potential fines and imprisonment of up to one year...Israel National News
IN SYRIA THE US MILITARY IS ACTIVE IN THE CONFLICT INVOLVING SYRIA'S GOVERNMENT AND THE KURDISH SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES.
THE KURDS GUARDED PRISONERS ASSOCIATED WITH ISIS (DAESH).
US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE MOVING THOSE PRISONERS TO IRAQ...FOX NEWS USA
In Chile police arresting a suspect alleged to have ignited several wildfires in the southern part of the country.
In recent days at least 20 people killed with 50,000 evacuated due to dozens of fires.
The suspect found matches and a can containing more than five liters of fuel...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BACKING DOWN FROM A TARIFF THREAT OVER GREENLAND.
TRUMP SAYING HE HAS MADE PROGRESS IN TALKS WITH NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL MARK RUTTE.
MR. TRUMP SPEAKING OF THE 'FRAMEWORK OF A FUTURE DEAL'...EURONEWS
A federal district judge overseeing the case of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell ruling out a lawsuit from Congressmen who co-sponsored the "Epstein Files Transparency Act".
Judge Paul Engelmayer saying their lawsuit for an independent master to handle files in Maxwell's is invalid because he lacks authority to appoint such a master.
Congressmen Ro Khanna of California and Thomas Massie of Kentucky say they will continue to push the Justice Department to comply with the law...Associated Press USA
The US Supreme Court hearing arguments over President Trump's effort to fire US Federal Reserve Board governor Lisa Cook.
Justices including those appointed by Mr. Trump appeared reluctant about Mr. Trump's authority to fire Cook.
The Federal Reserve Act creates a 'for cause' reason to fire a governor of the Fed.
The Trump Justice Department says a referral to it from a Trump federal housing official regarding alleged mortgage fraud provides that cause...The Hill USA
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTING TO ASK THE EUROPEAN COURT TO CONSIDER THE LEGALITY OF A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH FIVE SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO DELAY IMPLMENTATION OF THE MERCOSUR TREATY FOR ONE TO TWO YEARS.
FARMERS ACROSS EUROPE STRENUOUSLY OBJECTING TO THE DEAL AS A THREAT TO THEIR ECONOMIC FUTURE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Seven Syrian government soldiers killed, 20 wounded in a Kurdish drone attack amid what is supposed to be a four-day ceasefire.
The attack at a Kurdish ammunition-weapons depot being searched by the Syrian soldiers...Tass Russia
IN ISRAEL AUTHORITIES CONTINUING TO LOOSEN RESTRICTIONS ON JEWISH PRAYER AT THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM.
JEWISH WORSHIPERS NOW ALLOWED TO BRING PRINTED PRAYERS WITH THEM.
IN RECENT YEARS RULES AGAINST NON-MUSLIM PRAYER AT SACRED SITE HAVE BEEN RELAXED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 588.64 points or 1.21 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 270.50 points or 1.18 percent.
At 456 pm New York Time the price of oil 60 dollars 69 cents up 33 cents...Marketwatch
At the World Economic Forum in Davos US President Donald Trump expressing a desire for immediate negotiations with Denmark on acquiring Greenland.
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But Mr. Trump added that he will not use force to gain control of the territory. Trump stressing that notion saying among other things:
"People thought I would use force but I don't have to use force..."...
OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)
THE MOVEMENT OF US MILITARY ASSETS LINKED TO WAR WITH IRAN IS UNDERWAY ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
THE TRANSFER OF AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS IS SPECIFICALLY REPORTED. THEY COULD HELP ISRAEL REPEL ANY IRANIAN RETALIATION WHEN IRAN COMES UNDER ATTACK...OSINTdefender "X"
The assassin of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan given a life sentence.
45-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami gunned down Abe while he made a speech at a political rally in July of 2022...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
FORMER SOUTH KOREAN PRIME MINISTER HAN DUCK-SOO RECEIVING A 23 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.
HIS SENTENCE LINKED TO SUPPORT OF FORMER CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT YOON SUK-YEOL'S DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW IN DECEMBER OF 2024.
SENTENCES ARE BEING HANDED DOWN FOR FORMER PRESIDENT YOON NEXT MONTH WITH PROSECUTORS ASKING FOR THE DEATH PENALTY.
HE WAS ALREADY GIVEN A FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE FOR ONE OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"Anything ever happens, the whole country is going to get blown up"
THOSE COMMENTS FROM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AIMED AT IRAN.
TRUMP SPEAKING OF IRAN KILLING PROTESTERS EN MASSE AND EVEN ASSASSINATING HIM AS TRIGGERS FOR NEW ATTACKS ON IRAN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
MEANWHILE THE 'WALL STREET JOURNAL' REPORTING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SEEKING 'DECISIVE' MILITARY OPTIONS TO BE USED AGAINST IRAN...TIMES OF ISRAEL
A social media video featuring former top Israeli defense and security officials calling for a dedicated investigative team to probe "Qatargate".
It's a case involving aides of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu getting money from Qatar between 2021 and 2024.
An investigation has going on for the last 18 months into "Qatargate".
But now the call is on for the Police Commissioner, Shin Bet domestic intelligence chief and Israel's Chief of Staff to establish a dedicated investigative team to handle the case.
One nagging question in "Qatargate" was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu involved in the millions of dollars that flowed from Qatar to his aides...Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)
Flooding and evacuations following heavy rains on New Zealand's North Island.
Water rescues carried out in flooded areas...One News New Zealand
THE GAP BETWEEN HOMES FOR SALE IN THE US AND BUYERS OF HOMES AT ITS WIDEST FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
THE 47 PERCENT RATE EQUALING 631,000 EXTRA HOMES FOR SALE HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE 2013...THE HILL USA
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 1/20/2026*MARKETS SLIDE*DOJ TARGETS MINNEOSTA DEMOCRATS FOR 'CONSPIRACY'*ISIS TERROR ATTACK USES WESTERN SPIN AGAINST CHINA*US ENVOY URGES KURDISH STAND DOWN IN SYRIA*TRUMP 'BOARD OF PEACE' CONTROVERSY*"OFFENSIVE CAPABILITY...UNPRECEDENTED INTENSITY" TOP ISRAELI GENERAL*CHURCH SERVICE KIDNAPPINGS IN REGION OF US NIGERIA ATTACK*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
11 wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on an apartment building in southern Russia. The attack in the Adygea Region near Krasnodar...Tass Russia
IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA THE US SEIZING A SEVENTH OIL TANKER LINKED TO OIL TRADING WITH VENEZUELA...OSINTdefedner "X" (Video)
Across the United States protests opposing President Donald Trump with thousands participating in a demonstration in Washington DC.
There were dozens in the center of York, Pennsylvania that this reporter observed and in Los Angeles hundreds marched to City Hall.
These "Free America" protests marking the first anniversary of Mr. Trump taking office...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES VIDEO REPORT
DEMOCRAT OFFICIALS IN MINNESOTA TARGETED BY SUBPOENAS FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ, ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON AND THE MAYORS OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL AMONG THOSE TARGETED.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PROBING THE NOTION OF A CONSPIRACY BY DEMOCRAT PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO IMPEDE THE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT CRACKDOWN IN MINNESOTA...NBC NEWS USA
In Spain tonight a train accident. The accident near Barcelona linked to debris from a collapsed retaining wall.
The driver of the train killed. 15 others injured.
This accident follows Sunday's train disaster near the city of Cordoba where at least 42 people were killed...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT RULING AGAINST AUTOPSIES FOR TWO BABIES WHO DIED AFTER BEING FOUND AT AN UNLICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITY IN JERUSALEM.
RIOTING BY ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS OVER THE AUTOPSIES CONTINUED TODAY IN ISRAEL...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 870.74 points or 1.76 percent.
The NASDAQ down 561.07 points or 2.39 percent.
At 458 pm New York Time the price of oil 60 dollars 53 cents a barrel up one dollar nine cents or 1.83 percent...Marketwatch
PRESIDENT TRUMP STIRRING IT UP WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER.
ITS OVER THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S DEAL INVOLVING THE CHAGOS ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
TRUMP SAYING IT SHOWS WEAKNESS TO RUSSIA AND CHINA. THE UK ONE OF THE NATIONS BALKING AT MR. TRUMP'S MOVE TO TAKE OVER GREENLAND...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
The notion of Chinese persecution of its Muslim Uyghur minority cited by the Islamic State (ISIS) in connection with a deadly terror attack on a Chinese restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan.
At least seven killed in the attack.
The ISIS (Daesh) terror group citing "growing crimes by the Chinese government against Uyghurs". One Chinese national killed in the attack.
The Chinese government urging the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan to protect its citizens.
In recent years western media outlets including the BBC have reported on alleged persecution of the Uyghur Muslim minority living in western China...Al Jazeera Qatar
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos French President Emmanuel Macron condemning the United States and China for seeking to dominate the world economically.
Macron saying 'we are killing the structures where we can fix the situation'.
That an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump's efforts against the United Nations and his planned "Board of Peace" which will be inaugurated at the WEF on Thursday...OSINTdefender "X"
Dutch politics seven members of the Party of Freedom (PVV) in the House of Representatives breaking away to form their own party.
They speak of the domination of the party by the Pro-Israel Anti-Islamization activist Geert Wilders.
Mr. Wilders speaking of a 'dark day' for the party...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
(UPDATED) US AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY AND SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SYRIA TOM BARRACK SAYING THE KURDISH FORCES IN SYRIA MUST STAND DOWN AND JOIN THE NEW SYRIAN JIHADIST GOVERNMENT.
MR. BARRACK SPEAKING THE END OF THE KURDISH FORCES MISSION FIGHTING ISIS (DAESH) WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE UNITED STATES.
THIS IN THE MIDST OF AN ONGOING SYRIAN MILITARY OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE KURDISH SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES (SDF)...KURDISTAN 24...
LATE TODAY A FOUR-DAY CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCED IN THE CONFLICT...TASS RUSSIA...
THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT GIVING THE KURDS THE FOUR-DAY PERIOD TO COMPLY WITH ITS DEMANDS FOR INTEGRATION WITH THE STATE.
CANDADIAN JOURNALISTS ASKING TOUGH QUESTIONS AFTER PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY DECIDED TO JOIN US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S 'BOARD OF PEACE'.
NOW MR. TRUMP WANTS RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN TO JOIN THE BOARD AMONG MANY OTHER WORLD LEADERS.
ALSO, OF CONCERN THE NOTION THAT MR. TRUMP IS SEEKING TO SUPPLANT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL WITH HIS 'BOARD OF PEACE' CONCEPT...(CBC NEWS CANADA RADIO ONE 6 AM EASTERN SUMMARY)
In Australia reaction from the Labor Party government to last month's deadly attack on Jews at Sydney's Bondi Beach included new sweeping gun control measures and now new 'hate crimes' legislation.
The opposition National Party will oppose the 'hate crimes' bill with the main opposition Liberal Party and the governing Labor Party voting in favor...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
TURKEY WARNING ABOUT 'PROVOCATIONS' AS ITS JIHADIST GOVERNMENT ALLIES IN SYRIA CARRY OUT CONQUEST OF EASTERN SYRIA.
THIS HAD TRIGGERED KURDISH PROTESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AROUND THE WORLD.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLING FOR RESPECT OF KURDISH RIGHTS BY SYRIA WITH US ENVOY TOM BARRACK HOLDING DISCUSSIONS WITH TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN...(KURDISTAN 24)...
KURDISTAN 24
Israel carrying out the demolition of a UN relief agency building in East Jerusalem.
The head of the UNRWA organization speaking of an "unprecedented attack" on the agency that has a been in the forefront of humanitarian work helping Palestinians...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
RUSSIA ATTACKING KIEV OVERNIGHT LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES AND LOSS OF HEAT TO MANY RESIDENTIAL AREAS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"the IDF is prepared to use an offensive capability of an unprecedented intensity against any attempt to harm the State of Israel"
ISRAELI CHIEF OF STAFF LT. GEN EYAL ZAMIR WARNING IRAN.
ZAMIR SPEAKING DURING A VISIT TO ISRAEL'S HOME FRONT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
(COMMENT)
HOW EVENTS WILL UNFOLD IN THE COMING DAYS REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
ONE SCENARIO ALREADY SUGGESTED BY THIS REPORTER A FIRST-STRIKE BY THE US OR ISRAEL TO KILL IRAN'S LEADERSHIP.
BUT IF THE US OR ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN ANOTHER WAY BAITING IRAN INTO ATTACKING ISRAEL ONE COULD SEE ESCLATION.
THE ESCALATION CULMINATING IN ISRAELI ATTACKS DESIGNED TO KILL IRAN'S TOP LEADERSHIP INCLUDING AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMANEI.
HIGH EXPLOSIVE POWER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MAY REQUIRE THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
In North Korea ruler Kim Jong-Un firing a Deputy Prime Minister at a public ceremony.
Yang Sueng-Ho losing his job as Kim spoke at a ceremony celebration the first stage of reconstruction and modernization of a factory.
The North Korean leader saying too many leaders are living in the past and not adapting to new realties...Tass Russia
IN NIGERIA DOZENS OF PEOPLE KIDNAPPED FROM CHURCH SERVICES ON SUNDAY.
THE TOTAL NUMBER REPORTED TO BE KIDNAPPED AS HIGH AS 179.
CRIMINAL GANGS AND TERRORIST GROUPS LINKED TO KIDNAPPINGS IN NIGERIA.
THE KIDNAPPINGS HAPPENED IN SOKOTO STATE WHERE THE UNITED STATES ATTACKED ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CITED PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS BY ISLAMIC TERRORISTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 12 CRUISE MISSILE ATTACK LAUNCHED FROM A US WARSHIP...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Monday, January 19, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 1/19/2026*RIOTS OVER TODDLER AUTOPSIES IN ISRAEL*ISIS PRISONERS ESCAPE IN SYRIA FIGHTING*TRUMP 'PEACE CHARTER' IN DAVOS*FRANCE THUMBS DOWN ON TRUMP PEACE BOARD*DEADLY CHILDCARE INCIDENT IN ISRAEL*MACRON GOV'T FORCES BUDGET WITHOUT ASSEMBLY VOTE*TRUMP PUSHES GREENLAND ISSUE IN LETTER SUGGESTING WAR*ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE IN GAZA*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Erbil, Iraq late tonight Kurdish protesters engulfing the US Consulate grounds.
Their protest aimed at US inaction in protecting Kurds from the advancing and attacking forces of the Syrian government led by jihadist Ahmed Al-Sharaa.
US President Donald Trump spoke with Al-Sharaa earlier in the day regarding protection of the Kurds in Syria...OSINTdefender "X"...More on this later in summary.
A GROUP OF 60 DANISH SOLDIERS LANDING IN GREENLAND TONIGHT. ITS A VISIBLE RESPONSE BY DENMARK TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S INSISTENCE ON ACQUIRING GREENLAND FROM DENMARK.
THEY WERE ACCOMPANIED BY THE CHIEF OF THE ROYAL DANISH ARMY MAJOR GENERAL PETER BOYSEN...DANMARKS RADIO DENMARK (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN WESTERN MICHIGAN NEAR GRAND RAPIDS I-196 REOPENED THIS EVENING FOLLOWING A PILEUP OF MORE THAN 100 VEHICLES EARLIER TODAY.
NINE TO 12 PEOPLE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT THAT INCLUDED A NUMBER OF JACKNIFED TRACTOR-TRAILERS...WOOD-TV GRAND RAPIDS
EXPLOSIONS LATE TONIGHT IN KIEV DURING A RUSSIAN AIR ATTACK.
IN ADDITION RUSSIAN ATTACKS LEADING TO EXPLOSIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF UKRAINE TONIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Russian media reporting the flight of a US Navy spy plane near Russia. The P-8A Poseidon flew Crimea and the southern Russian port city of Sochi...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
MOROCCO'S KING MOHAMMED VI ACCEPTING THE INVITATION OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO JOIN TRUMP'S 'BOARD OF PEACE' TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION IN GAZA...TASS RUSSIA
An evening of riots in Israel police clashing with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators who blocked highways, lit fires and threw objects.
Authorities used clubs beating protesters and in one case a water cannon was employed.
The violence triggered by court ordered autopsies for two toddlers who died after they were removed from an unlicensed child care facility in Jerusalem said to lack proper heat.
The court order being appealed...Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)...
More on this story later in the summary.
An Israeli attack in southern Lebanon this evening. It was the targeted assassination linked to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah organization...Times of Israel
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DISCUSSING THE SITUATION IN SYRIA WITH ITS JIHADIST PRESIDENT HE SUPPORTS AHMED AL-SHARAA.
A SYRIAN GOVERNMENT STATEMENT SAYING IN PART:
"both sides emphasized the need to protect the Kurdish people's rights and protection within the framework of the Syrian state"
COOPERATION IN FIGHTING THE ISLAMIC STATE (ISIS-DAESH) ALSO DISCUSED BY TRUMP AND AL-SHARAA...
NEWS AGENCIES-TIMES OF ISRAEL
SYRIA'S GOVERNMENT SAYS ITS FORCES ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA WHERE ISIS PRISONERS HAVE BEEN HELD AND HAVE ESCAPED IN THE KURDISH-GOVERNMENT CONFLICT...
SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
IT IS REPORTED THAT SOME 1,500 ISIS PRISONERS HAVE ESCAPED...
Earlier in Syria more fighting reported following yesterday's ceasefire agreement between the government and Kurdish forces formerly backed by the United States.
Both sides speaking of deaths totaling into the dozens.
Pro-government militias said to have attacked a prison housing thousands of ISIS (Daesh) members operated by the Kurds.
The Kurds said they called for help from the US military to keep the ISIS prisoners from escaping but no help came.
The Syrian government blames the Kurds for ISIS prisoners escaping...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNING THE CHARTER OF HIS BOARD OF PEACE THIS WEEK IN DAVOS AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM...(BLOOMBERG)...Tass Russia
France declining involvement in US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" for Gaza.
President Emmanuel Macron's office citing the United Nations Charter and international law.
The French statement also speaks of the arbitrary nature of Trump's board.
The Trump peace board proposal takes shots at the United Nations as a vehicle for peaceful resolution of conflicts...BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)
IN JERUSALEM TODAY A DEADLY INCIDENT AT AN UNLICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITY LINKED TO THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX COMMUNITY.
TWO BABIES DEAD WITH 53 OTHER VERY YOUNG CHILDREN DESCRIBED AS INJURED.
THREE CAREGIVERS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY ISRAELI POLICE.
POLICE INVESTIGATING THE NOTION OF A FAULTY HEATING SYSTEM IN THE FACILITY OPERATING IN SEVERAL ADJACENT APARTMENTS.
THE INFANTS AND TODDLERS IN CROWDED CONDITIONS SLEEPING IN TOILETS AND CLOSETS...TIMES OF ISRAEL
In France President Emmanuel Macron's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu forcing through a 2026 budget without a National Assembly vote.
Mr. Lecornu had repeatedly spoke of not wanting to use Article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass the budget.
His decision followed a 'defense council' meeting' of the French government devoted to the situations in Greenland, Iran and Syria...(BFM-TV France)...
BFM-TV France Blog (Translation Prompt)
NEW ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED IN JAPAN ON FEBURARY 8TH.
PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI SEEKING A MANDATE FOR HER POLICIES.
SHE REPRESENTS THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY FACTION OF THE ASSASSINATED FORMER PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE. MR. ABE CLOSE TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
TAKAICHI HAS TAKEN A TOUGH LINE ON TAIWAN ANGERING CHINA...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY
"Considering your country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS.
I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will be predominant"
THAT IS PART OF A LETTER FROM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO NORWEGIAN PRIME MINISTER JONAS GAHR STORE.
IT PUSHES THE NEED FOR THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE CONTROL OF GREENLAND WITH MR. TRUMP SAYING:
"The world is not secure unless we have Complete and Total control of Greenland"
(COMMENT)
THE NEED TO INTIMIDATE NORWAY MAY ULTIMATELY BE ABOUT MORE THAN THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE OR GREENLAND.
NORWAY ONE OF THE EARLY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO RECOGNIZE THE STATE OF PALESTINE.
SERVING THE INTERESTS OF ISRAEL A PRIORITY TO MR. TRUMP OBVIOUS IN HIS STATEMENT OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THE NEED FOR REGIME CHANGE IN IRAN.
MR. TRUMP COULD ALSO DESIRE TO BEND THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES INTO COMPLIANCE WITH POSSIBLE PLANS TO SUSPEND HOSTILITIES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE WITH EUROPE LEANING TOWARDS UKRAINE.
OSINTdefender "X"
NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
At least 39 killed in the collision of two high speed trains in Spain. 73 injured with 24 of them in critical condition.
One train derailed then was struck by the other.
Rescue efforts continue inside the twisted wreckage...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS OVER THE WEEKEND IN GAZA.
AIR AND ARTILLERY ATTACKS LAUNCHED BY THE ISRAELI MILITARY IN WHAT THE PALESTINIAN SIDE CALLS 'NEAR DAILY CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS'...AL JAZEERA QATAR
18 killed as wildfires rage in southern Chile. President Gabriel Boric declaring a state of emergency in two regions.
Tens of thousands of people forced to evacuate their homes...Reuters-Asia One Singapore
NIGERIA'S MILITARY ATTACKING BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY.
40 KILLED IN AIR ATTACKS LAUNCHED LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ANDADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
Sunday, January 18, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 1/18/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*IRAN WARNS TRUMP FOLLOWING SOCIAL MEDIA THREAT*TRUMP DOJ BLOCKING EPSTEIN FILE OVERSIGHT*US ARMY TROOPS STANDBY FOR MINNEAPOLIS*IRAN'S AYATOLLAH CALLS TRUMP CRIMINAL"*THOUSANDS PROTEST IN DENMARK, GREENLAND AGAINST TRUMP*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
(NEWS, COMMENT)
Some US warplanes have deployed to the Middle East in recent hours.
The F-15 Eagle aircraft could play a number of roles including defending Israel if it launches attacks to kill Iran's religious and or political leaders...OSINTdefender "X"
THE EUROPEAN UNION PREPARING 93 BILLION EUROS (108.15 BILLION US DOLLARS) IN TARIFFS.
THEY WOULD COUNTER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TEN PERCENT TARIFFS ON EU COUNTRIES OPPOSING THE US TAKEOVER OF GREENLAND.
A SPECIAL EUROPEAN SUMMIT PLANNED FOR THURSDAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In the Presidential Election in Portugal first round voting won by Antonio Jose Segura of the Socialist Party. He will face Andre Ventura of the populist CHEGA party in the second round on February 8th...Wikipedia 2026 Portuguese Presidential Election
(UPDATED) IN SPAIN A DEADLY HIGH SPEED TRAIN ACCIDENT. AT LEAST 21 KILLED AND 30 SERIOUSLY INJURED.
TWO HIGH SPEED TRAINS ENDED UP COLLIDING WHEN ONE OF THEM DERAILED...NOS NETHERLANDS
(Updated) The Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian responding to weekend comments from US President Donald Trump.
Trump pointing to the notion it is 'time to look for new leadership' in Iran. He was interviewed by "Politico".
He spoke of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran's Supreme Leader as a 'sick man'.
In response Pezeshkian warning any attack on Ayatollah Khamenei equals 'an all-out war against Iran'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
(UPDATED) IN SYRIA TODAY THE ADVANCE OF SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES EASTWARDS INTO TERRITORIES PREVIOUSLY CONTROLLED BY KURDISH FORCES TRAINED AND SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED STATES.
TOP US OFFICIALS INCLUDING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH CAROLINA ARE KEY SUPPORTERS OF THE NEW JIHADIST GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA NOW TAKING CONTROL OF THE EASTERN REGIONS...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG...
LATE IN THE DAY THE SIGNING OF A CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT AND AN UNDERSTANDING ON SYRIAN GOVERNMENT RULE OVER AREA PREVIOUSLY UNDER KURDISH CONTROL...TASS RUSSIA...OSINTdefender "X"
Six dead in a massive fire at a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan. 11 others were injured...Dawn Pakistan
THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEEKING TO BLOCK AN INDEPENDENT 'SPECIAL MASTER' TO OVERSEE RELEASE OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN RELATED FILES.
SUCH A MASTER SOUGHT BY CONGRESSMEN RO KHANNA OF CALIFORNIA AND THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY CO-SPONSORS OF THE 'EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT' SIGNED INTO LAW IN NOVEMBER...MediasTouch "X"
Two battalions of the Army's 11th Airborne Division said to be on standby for deployment to Minneapolis.
ABC News here in the US reporting the story.
Tensions in the city running higher the Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown...OSINTdefender "X"
THIS WEEKEND THE US MILITARY COMMANDER IN THE MIDDLE EAST URGED SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES TO END THEIR OFFENSIVE AGAINST KURDISH FORCES WEST OF THE EUPHRATES RIVER.
THERE IS FIGHTING IN SPITE OF A NEOGIATED DEAL REGARDING A KURDISH PULL BACK...OSINTdefender "X"...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN LEBANON THE IRANIAN-BACKED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT CALLING FOR REMOVAL OF LEBANON'S FOREIGN MINISTER.
YOUSEF RAJJI PUSHING DISARMAMENT OF HEZBOLLAH IN LINE WITH DEMANDS OF ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES...TASS RUSSIA
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S OFFICE SAYING ISRAEL WAS NOT INOVLVED IN THE MAKEUP OF BOARDS CONTROLLING GAZA WHICH INCLUDE TURKISH AND QATARI OFFICIALS.
THE STATEMENT ISSUED AS US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM VISITS ISRAEL. GRAHAM CLOSE TO THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND THE NEW TURKISH BACKED JIHADIST GOVERNMENT IN SYRIA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS WEEKEND INVITED TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN TO JOIN HIS SYMBOLIC 'BOARD OF PEACE' FOR GAZA...TIMES OF ISRAEL
"We consider the US president a criminal for the casualties, damages, and the slander he inflicted on the Iranian nation"
Those words this weekend from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.
Khamanei linking the deadly disturbances on Iran's streets to the United States.
Iran has also implicated Israel and its spy agency the Mossad as helping to orchestrate protests that killed law enforcement officers and burned buildings.
The Ayatollah also stressed that Iran is not seeking war and will not be pushed into it by the foreign orchestrated violence.
He did speak of 'punishing' 'domestic and international criminals' linked to the recent rioting...
India Today
Iran's Embassy in Russia saying more than 50 mosques were burned in the rioting in Iran as well as 180 ambulances along 26 banks in the capital city of Tehran...Tass Russia...
THE TALKING POINT FOR WESTERN MAINSTREAM MEDIA THE ADMISSION OF THOUSANDS OF DEATHS IN THE RECENT VIOLENCE BY AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI.
ITALIAN OFFICIALS SEIZING A VESSEL CARRYING METALS FROM RUSSIA. THE SEIZURE IN THE ITALIAN PORT CITY OF BRINDISI...TASS RUSSIA
PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING NOISE OVER COUNTRIES WHO SENT SMALL MILITARY GROUPS TO GREENLAND ANNOUNCING A TEN PERCENT TARIFF ON THOSE COUNTRIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
MASS DEMONSTRATIONS IN DENMARK ON SATURDAY SUPPORTING DANISH CONTROL OF GREENLAND. 20,000 PROTESTERS AT RALLY IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF COPENHAGEN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
IN GREENLAND THOUSANDS OF DEMONSTRATORS RALLIED IN OPPOSITION TO US PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PROPOSED TAKEOVER OF THE TERRITORY...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-TIMES OF ISRAEL
IN UGANDA OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BOBI WINE REJECTING 'FAKE RESULTS' FROM THURSDAY'S ELECTION.
81-YEAR-OLD YOWERI MUSEVENI SAID TO HAVE WON A SEVENTH TERM.
WINE EVADED AUTHORITIES WHO SURROUNDED HIS HOME AND DENOUNCED THE RESULTS IN HIDING...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24
Five people killed in avalanches in Austria. Authorities speaking of the tragedies say they demonstrate the seriousness of the avalanche threat...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SUE FINANCIAL GIANT JP MORGAN CHASE.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF HOW JP MORGAN TREATED MR. TRUMP FOLLOWING THE EVENTS AT THE US CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6TH, 2021.
TRUMP SAYING HE WAS DEBANKED...POLITICO
The US killing 'an experienced terrorist leader' in Syria. Bilal Hasan al Jasim linked to the killing of three Americans in an ambush in Syria last month.
He was killed in a series of US retaliatory attacks in northwestern Syria on Friday...Sky News UK
Saturday, January 17, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*NORMALIZATION OF EXTREME VIOLENCE, SEX*"CULTURE WAR MOSSAD"*"OH CANADA" COMES TO USA*THERE IS A LEFT BUT...*DID EPSTEIN MAKE LEWINSKY RICH?*DEEPLY EMBEDDED LEFT?*"RIGHTS GIVEN TO THEM BY GOD"*LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF*MTG TAKES NO PRISONERS*
(SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)
(MATERIAL POSTED THROUGHOUT WEEKEND IF ABLE)
NEWSDUMP ALERT: KURDISH FORCES IN SYRIA PUSHED BACK BY GOVERNMENT FORCES
FIGHTING IN RECENT WEEKS LEADING TO CEASEFIRE
The Kurdish forces in Syria formerly backed by the United States have been expelled from large areas of Syria by the jihadist central government supported by the US and Turkey (Türkiye).
A ceasefire and integration of Kurdish security forces and political leadership into Syria's central government announced following fighting in recent weeks...
Al Jazeera Qatar
NEWSDUMP ALERT: IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER LINKS TRUMP TO DEADLY RIOTING IN IRAN
TRUMP SPEAKS OF NEED FOR NEW LEADERSHIP IN IRAN
"We consider the US president a criminal for the casualties, damages and the slander he inflicted on the Iranian nation"
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei linking President Donald Trump to recent rioting in Iran that killed many including law enforcement.
He says Iran will not be provoked to war by the rioting orchestrated by Israel and the United States.
But he spoke of punishing 'domestic or international criminals'...India Today
Meanwhile President Trump slammed Iran's leadership this weekend saying:
"It's time to look for new leadership in Iran"...
NBC News
(COMMENT)
Thousands killed in Iran but we are told dozens of cops-law enforcement officers in Iran got killed in this US-Israel incited violence that included the torching of many buildings.
Antifa Violence in Iran with Donald J. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both on the side of the violence not to mention US Senator Lindsey Graham who posted this on social media in recent hours...
"I look forward to meeting with our Israeli allies to see how we can build upon the momentum created by President Trump's bold and unprecedented leadership in Iran, where he picked the people over the ayatollah. The people are right to demand an end to this regime"-Part of Lindsey Graham "X" Post
Senator Graham is associated with closeted homosexuality but also seems to have a bloodlust for violence around the world as well from Ukraine to Venezuela to the Middle East.
The normalization of homosexuality-gay marriage is a reality in our society-culture.
What has happened in the years since the Supreme Court's Obergfell decision?
Normalization of extreme sexuality, normalization of extreme violence.
GOING COVERT IN THE CULTURE WAR
To the music this is the music of the 1960's.
I used to play my collection of three thousand songs from a laptop to the folks coming into school in the morning I was a third shift custodian in a high school.
Didn't work for the Mossad but I was a spy of sorts an undercover agent in the Culture War for the "Religious Right" team needling the administration in semi-anonymity online. Taking on the nonsense like "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion".
But I was ultimately a sinner and hypocrite thankfully I've changed my heart and direction.
But the music back then well it sounded like this...
"BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP"-THE FOUNDATIONS
"RING OF FIRE"-JOHNNY CASH
"SAVE THE COUNTRY"-THE FIFTH DIMENSION
THE 'CANADA UPDATE' LETS WATCH THIS RENDITION OF 'OH CANADA' AS I USED TO SEE IT ON THE ANIK SATELLITE THE ANIMATED FILM TAKES US FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CANADA...
Went to Walmart this week here in Pennsylvania bought bananas for 76 cents and whoa I got a quarter back for my dollar.
That's called 'rounding' a practice I associate with Canada during my visits there rounding down and up with change to the nearest 5 cents.
Canada stopped making pennies many years ago a cost-saving measure and now the production of pennies has ended here in the USA.
Is it a sign of a rising nation or a falling nation? That's something to think about.
But the end of cash is that on the horizon?
"This is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins"
I John 4:10 NIV Bible
"Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood"
Hebrews 12:3-4 NIV Bible
THERE IS A LEFT A VERY FEISTY BILL CLINTON THIS WEEK ON THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN SUBPOENA FROM THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
MY GUT SAYS BILL AND HILLARY WHO I MET FACE TO FACE BACK IN 1992 ARE DEEP MARXIST MOLES WHO GOT COMPROMISED FORCED TO SELL OUT FOR MONEY IN THE SYSTEM.
DID EPSTEIN PROVIDE THE MONEY TO MAKE MONICA LEWINSKY RICH AFTER THAT 'BLUE DRESS MESS' IN THE 1990'S?
But let's go to the mess in Minneapolis our "Minnesota ICE" update Foreigner comes back from the groove yard of forgotten hits "Cold As Ice"...
The guest commentator on all this is my friend Ammon Bundy I found him back in the days of the Oregon Standoff Protest he led ten years ago this month in eastern Oregon.
At a federal trial Bundy and the other leaders of this protest acquitted of the felony charges against them.
As Bundy sees it Communists and Nationalists tearing each other up will ultimately tear down this nation...
"the answer is freedom for the individual cause nations are supposed to be about individuals.
It's like having a forest without trees. It's impossible.
How do you strengthen a forest? Well, each individual tree has to be strengthened."
AMMON BUNDY AT 14:03 INTO THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW...
"Here we have this situation where you have the Anarchists, Communists, Communist Anarchists on one side that we might call Left or Democrats they become that.
The Democrat Party has become that.
And then we have the Nationalists or the Right or...the Republicans on the other side.
And they're battling and how does that battle look like.
It looks like Minnesota. That's exactly what it looks like...
It is what it is...
It isn't good in any way...
They use each other as excuses the more tyranny then you have more anarchy and then because you have more anarchy the nationalists say 'well we gotta use more force and more power'
And so they do it and then the anarchists say: 'See, see we have more tyranny we gotta fight back'
And it just ends up escalating and escalating until someone is dominated"
AMMON BUNDY SPEAKING STARTING AT 16:14 INTO THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW...
"This is a theological thing that's going on...
What it comes down to it's a belief it's a belief of an eternity view of what you truly believe about God, about good and bad, about right and wrong
and neither one of these parties is right.
What is right is that an individual has rights given to them from God"
AMMON BUNDY SPEAKS AT 17:29 INTO THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW....
Minnesota Violence-Tyranny, Anarchy Or War?-Ammon Bundy
Is a deeply embedded Underground Left sexually extreme inclined to violence on both sides of the political divide leading America all of us being "sinners"?
AMMON BUNDY AND I EXCHANGED MESSAGES ON YOU TUBE HE REMINDED ME OF THIS:
"'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?'
Jesus replied 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
And the second is like it. Love your neighbor as yourself.
All the law and prophets hang on these two commandments'"
MATTHEW 22:36-40 NIV BIBLE
FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE WITH A VIDEO THIS WEEKEND A 'TAKE NO PRISONERS' ONE...
"I'm going to tell you what really happens when you give unlimited power to someone who cares more about personal revenge than American prosperity"
FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR AT 1:05 IN VIDEO LINKED ADOVE
And on Sunday Night this from Democrat activist Brian Krassenstein on the ground in Minneapolis...
"Meeting with multiple hotel operators in Minneapolis early tomorrow morning about a citywide ban on ICE"-Brian Krassenstein "X"
THE NEWS FROM FRANCE THIS WEEK IN OUR WEEKLY 'YELLOW VESTS' POST...
"FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 372*MARINE LE PEN APPEALS TRIAL*CENSURE MOTIONS LOSE IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY*PUSH FOR BUDGET AGREEMENT*A PROTEST*GREENLAND TENSIONS*
THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.
"Father Forgive Them They Know Not What They Do"
It was said by Jesus dying on the cross he did not say "FU" or give them a middle finger.
As always let's pray for leaders of all parties and positions for Peace and Serenity, Sanity and Sobriety in their lives what I need in my life.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ
For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.
In love, he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will--
to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves"
EPHESIANS 1:3-6 NIV BIBLE
PASTOR JEFF SMITH EPHESIANS 1:1-6 (STARTS AT 39:45 INTO VIDEO)
"Grace and Peace"
Pastor Jeff asking folks in church last Sunday to offer "Grace and Peace" I did that to five women who were sitting close to me in that sanctuary.
Let's fill ourselves up with the power of God's Word...
Good Night. God Bless.
"BLAME IT ON THE ONE I LOVE"-KELLY WILLARD
"ROD AND STAFF"-2ND CHAPTER OF ACTS
"I'M FORGIVEN"-THE IMPERIALS
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 372*MARINE LE PEN APPEAL TRIAL*CENSURE MOTIONS LOSE IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY*PUSH FOR BUDGET AGREEMENT*A PROTEST*GREENLAND TENSIONS*
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
THIS WEEK THE APPEAL TRIAL OF MARINE LE PEN AND HER CO-DEFENDENTS CONVICTED OF MISUSING EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FUNDS.
LAST YEAR LE PEN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN PRISON WITH A FIVE-YEAR BAN ON RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
THAT EFFECTIVELY PREVENTS HER FROM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR...
NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
On Wednesday there were attempts to censure the government of President Emmanuel Macron following the EU approval of the free trade deal with MERCOSEUR that angered French farmers.
The proposals of the La France Insoumise on the Left and the National Rally on the Right fell short.
Key to the censure motions failing the votes of the Socialist Party ostensibly on the Left but ultimately circling its wagons around the "Moderate Center".
Failure of the censure motions negating the notion of early legislative elections in France...
"Mercoseur: LFI and RN motions of censure against the government rejected without surprise"-BFM-TV (Translation Prompt)
ON FRIDAY PRIME MINISTER SEBASTIEN LECORNU WITH A TELEVISED SPEECH DESIGNED TO FIND ENOUGH COMMON GROUND TO PASS A BUDGET IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THIS YEAR'S BUDGET THROUGH THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE THE END OF LAST YEAR.
LECORNU HAS VOWED TO GET A 2026 BUDGET PASSED WITHOUT RESORTING TO ARTICLE 49.3 FORCING PASSAGE WITHOUT A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTE.
THE PRIME MINISTER COURTING THE SOCIALIST PARTY FOR SUPPORT NEEDED TO PASS A BUDGET HE SPOKE OF INDEXING INCOME TAXES TO INFLATION AND TWEAKING OF VARIOUS BENEFITS GIVEN TO STUDENTS AND OTHERS.
MR. LECORNU WANTS TO CUT THE PUBLIC DEFICIT TO 5 PERCENT OF GDP THIS YEAR FROM 5.4 PERCENT LAST YEAR...
BFM-TV (Translation Prompt)
In Paris this afternoon the gathering of the "Historic Yellow Vests".
Part of the video feed a small street protest. The protest march starting at about 2 hours 49 minutes into the four hour 54 minute video stream...
"Historic Yellow Vests Paris Saturday June 17, 2026 Video Stream
Here is another video stream of today's protest. Flags and banners some protest signs among the dozens who participated in the demonstration.
Yellow Vests Paris Week 372 January 17, 2026
AND FINALLY, TONIGHT PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON DESCRIBING THE NOISES FROM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REGARDING A TEN PERCENT TARIFF ON FRANCE 'UNACCEPTABLE'.
THAT TARIFF THREAT LINKED TO FRANCE OPPOSING US ANNEXATION OF GREENLAND FROM DENMARK.
For now that's news from France.
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