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Monday, February 9, 2026
Sunday, February 8, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/8/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*BRITISH PM'S CHIEF OF STAFF QUITS OVER ESPTEIN-MANDELSON*SAUDIS REFUFF ANTISEMITISM CLAIMS AS CLERICS LINK ISRAEL-UAE*SAUDIS SAY FOREIGN INTERFERNECE FUELS SUDAN WAR*TAKAICHI WINS ELECTION IN JAPAN*HAITI INSTALLS US BACKED PM*VANCE JEERED OLYMPIC CEREMONY*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Hong Kong media tycoon given a 20-year prison sentence for violating the Chinese territory's "security law".
Others in his media company given sentences for violating the same law in a Hong Kong court Monday morning...BBC News Blog
TWO EXPLOSIONS IN ODESSA, UKRAINE LATE TONIGHT. AIR RAID WARNINGS ACROSS WIDE AREAS OF UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA
The Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl 60.
ANTONIO JOSE SEGURO WINNING THE PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HE IS A FORMER SOCIALIST LEADER. SEGURO DEFEATING POPULIST ANDRE VENTURA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN THAILAND A VICTORY FOR NATIONALIST POPULIST PRIME MINISTER ANUTIN CHARNVIRAKUL IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.
HIS BHUMJAITHAI PARTY WINNING BY A WIDE MARGIN OVER PARTIES FURTHER TO THE LEFT RIDING A WAVE OF NATIONALISM FOLLOWING THE RECENT WAR WITH CAMBODIA.
THE ARMY HAS UNELECTED SEATS IN PARLIAMENT THAT WILL ADD TO THE WIDE NATIONALIST MAJORITY...REUTERS
Six people killed in the collapse of a building in Tripoli, Lebanon. Seven were injured with an unknown number of people buried in the wreckage...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff calling it quits.
Morgan McSweeney taking "full responsibility" for making Peter Mandelson Ambassador to the United States in spite of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Two acting chiefs of staff appointed to replace Mr. McSweeney...BBC News Blog
RUSSIA HAS TWO SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY IN THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF A GENERAL IN MOSCOW ON FRIDAY.
ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS ARRESTED IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND TURNED OVER TO RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES.
RUSSIA LINKING THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT TO UKRAINE WITH THE UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES DENYING RESPONSIBILITY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Saudi Arabia rebuffing Israeli reporting accusing it of Antisemitism.
A Saudi source saying there is strong criticism of Israeli policy in Saudi media because of the policies of its government.
The source saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not want normal relations with Saudi Arabia that include Israeli recognition of a Palestinian state under 'minimum criteria".
Saudi clerics are preaching messages critical of Israel with the wealthy United Arab Emirates in the Persian Gulf described as 'enablers' of Israel...Times of Israel
SAUDI ARABIA CITING 'FOREIGN INTERFERENCE' BY 'SOME PARTIES' IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR FOLLOWING DEADLY ATTACKS ON REFUGEES BY THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF).
THE SAUDIS DID NOT NAME THE FOREIGN PARTIES INTERFERING BUT IT IS KNOWN THAT THE RSF IS SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WHO ALSO SUPPORT A FACTION OPPOSED TO THE INTERNATIONALLY BACKED GOVERNMENT IN YEMEN BACKED BY SAUDI ARABIA...AL JAZEERA QATAR...
MORE SUDAN CIVIL WAR NEWS LATER IN SUMMARY.
Eight killed in an explosion in China. It happened at a biotechnology facility in Shuozhou 400 kilometers west of Beijing.
Yellow smoke could be seen following the blast...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
ITS ELECTION DAY IN JAPAN WITH PRIME MINISTER SANAE TAKAICHI SEEKING A MANDATE FROM VOTERS FOLLOWING HER ELECTION AS LEADER OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THE LDP WINNING A MAJORITY IN JAPAN'S LOWER HOUSE ACCORDING TO EXIT POLLING GIVING TAKAICHI A MAJOR VICTORY...NHK WORLD...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In Odessa, Ukraine explosions late Saturday night. The air raid alert was on for a Russian attack...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
IN ISRAEL A MAN ARRESTED AFTER WHAT POLICE SAY WAS AN OILY SUBSTANCE THROWN ON AN ELDERLY MAN PROTESTING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. THE MAN HURT IN THE EYE.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENING IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF BEERSHEBA WITH THE ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS SAYING GASOLINE WAS USED IN THE ATTACK.
A CAR WITH THE WRITING 'LEFTIST TRAITORS' CAME UP ON THE DEMONSTRATORS A MAN SHOUTING 'ONLY BIBI' DURING THE ATTACK...TIMES OF ISRAEL (SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO EMBEDS)
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ANNOUNCING A TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC THIS WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS IRAN WITH US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
NETANYAHU'S OFFICE SPEAKING OF THE NEED FOR US-IRAN TALKS TO ADDRESS THE 'IRANIAN AXIS' LIKE HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON AND IRAN'S CONVENTIONAL MISSILE ARSENAL ALONGSIDE ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM...TIMES OF ISRAEL
24 killed in a drone attack on refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan's Civil War.
The Rapid Support Forces fighting the Sudanese Army held responsible for the attack. The RSF is supported by the United Arab Emirates.
On Friday drone attacks on humanitarian relief convoys in Sudan the attacks condemned by the United States and United Nations...Al Jazeera Qatar
An FBI document in the Epstein Files says that Jeffrey Epstein was being trained by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak as a spy.
This appears to contradict the notion presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Friday social media post.
Netanyahu arguing Epstein's connection to his vocal political opponent Mr. Barak disproves any Epstein connection with Israel...TRT World Turkey (Türkiye)
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO ESTABLISH A CEASEFIRE IN THE UKRAINE WAR BY JUNE.
ZELENSKY MENTIONING TALKS TO ACHIEVE A CEASEFIRE IN MIAMI IN THE COMING WEEK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Under pressure from the United States, the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti installing new Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime.
The US deploying a warship and two Coast Guard vessels in recent days to waters near Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince.
Last month four members of the now dissolved Presidential Council tried to remove Mr. Fils-Aime from the council prior to his appointment. This led the US to revoke visas for those council members.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with a statement saying the new Prime Minister needs to stay in power 'to combat terrorist gangs and stabilize the island'...Al Jazeera Qatar
Pakistani authorities making four arrests in the deadly suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in Islamabad on Friday.
ISIS took responsibility for the attack in which 32 were killed and 169 wounded...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
At the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics Friday night jeers and boos from the crowd for US Vice-President JD Vance as he led the American delegation.
Israel's delegation also booed by the crowd...Middle East Monitor
Saturday, February 7, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*REFUGEES KILLED IN SUDAN CIVIL WAR*THE 'UNITED ISRAELI EMIRATES'?*ABOUT THAT ESPTEIN THING MY EXPERIENCE IS....*I AM A SINNER, LAWBREAKER*THE 'VERY GRAVE COLLAPSE' OF BRITAIN*BLACKMAILER AND MONEY LAUNDERER?*
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(NEW MATERIAL MAY BE INSERTED LATE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT)
NEWSDUMP ALERT: DOZENS OF REFUGEES KILLED IN CONVOY ATTACK IN SUDAN CIVIL WAR BY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-BACKED RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF)...
Al Jazeera Qatar
NEWSDUMP ALERT: SAUDI ARABIA DENOUNCING FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN THE SUDAN CIVIL WAR WITHOUT NAMING A SPECIFIC COUNTRY, BUT THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ARE KNOWN TO BACK THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES ACCUSED OF ATROCITIES...
Al Jazeera Qatar
THE UNITED ISRAELI EMIRATES?
It's time for and Arab World Update The Clash with "Rock The Casbah"...
According to folks like the Anti-Defamation League the imams of Saudi Arabia who in previous generations inspired folks like Osama bin Laden are preaching Antisemitism that includes linking Israel to the United Arab Emirates.
"Saudi clerics have in fact launched into antisemitic sermons, as headlines in the kingdom attacked 'the Zionist entity" and what they call its ostensible Emirati enablers"
PART OF THE STORY IS LINKED BELOW...
"Saudi source: We want peace, our Israel isn't antisemitic, Netanyahu doesn't want normalizatiion"-Times of Israel
What about the United Arab Emirates and helping Israel?
1. The UAE has been in the Sudanese Civil War a brutal conflict on the side of Rapid Support Forces fighting a Sudanese military government that had a reputation as being friendly to Israel's arch-enemy Iran.
2. In Yemen the UAE backed Southern Transitional Council has been a thorn in the side of the internationally recognized government. The Saudis bombing the STC forces preventing them from getting into position to launch open warfare with the Iranian backed Houthi forces in Yemen.
They are part of the "Iranian axis" Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to destroy.
3. Recently the Somali government kicking the UAE aid programs and presence out of Somalia right after Israel recognized northern Somalia as the independent nation of Somaliland.
YOU KNOW JEFFREY EPSTEIN ENVISIONED BUILDING A MOVIE STUDIO IN THAT SOMALILAND TERRITORY RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY ISRAEL ITS IN THIS STORY..."Kenya and Tanzania Among Countries Linked To Alleged Epstein Trafficking Network"-The Kenya Times
Let's go to the music classic music from the early years of Christian music before it commercialized. I was a Country Music fan in the 1970's when commercialization kicked into overdrive.
Then I watched a similar process in Christian Music when I was a fan in the 1980's...
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff they comfort me"
PSALM 23:4 KING JAMES (AUTHORIZED) VERSION BIBLE
"ROD AND STAFF"-2ND CHAPTER OF ACTS
"I CAN'T WAIT"-PAT TERRY GROUP
"YOUR LOVE BROKE THROUGH"-PHIL KEAGGY
"And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation.
When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory"
EPHESIANS 1:13-14 NIV BIBLE
AND ABOUT THAT EPSTEIN THING...
"but nothing on me"
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT :27 INTO THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW...
DD Geopolitics "X" (Video Link)
AND MY RESPONSE AS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA...
"I know my sexual sin I know the women I imagined myself with.
I know I deserve Hell for it and repented of my sin to surrender to the leadership of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
For @realDonaldTrump the ? is do you know your sexual sin and what have you done because of it."
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER...
AND I ALSO DROPPED THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL THIS EXCERPT CORRECTS THE SCRIPTURE REFERENCE...
"My sexual immorality condemns me to Hell I need to see it repent, allow the Holy Spirit in to empower me (Ephesians 1:13).
Back in my youth Dr. Billy Graham constantly said 'I am a sinner, I am a lawbreaker'.
Get it. For me, I realized I was a hypocrite, a Pharisee.
I have my sexual immorality in front of me I see it on Left and Right in 12-step rooms.
That immorality closely related to arguing with others not to mention my anger resentment.
Nazi Germany had its pornography as art and its performance art in the snuff pornography of the Holocaust.
Normalization of homosexuality with the blessing of corporate political leaders and politicians on all sides a reality.
'It's fun to stay at the YMCA' so the President's favorite song says.
The harsh reality of sexuality related to Jeffrey Epstein denied as a 'hoax' to maintain a leaders personal popularity.
Pathetic.
But before I can get into that I must get into my sin see it clearly see how powerless I am apart from Christ I can do nothing (John 15:5)."
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER AS WELL....
"May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world."
GALATIANS 6:14 NIV BIBLE
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ONETIME 'BRITISH EMPIRE'....
"I'll say it again, I am not suggesting you leave to go somewhere *better*. I am suggesting you leave--if you can--because this country is heading towards a unique, very grave collapse, economic, cultural and social"
BRITISH JOURNALIST PETER HITCHENS REPEATS HIS ADVICE FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE UNITED KINGDOM...Peter Hitchens "X" Social Media Post
All the chemicals on our cars after the snowy weather we need a car wash and this time 49 years ago a hit song with the appropriate title...
"CAR WASH"-ROSE ROYCE
"STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU"-STEALERS WHEEL
"LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK"-PAUL SIMON
The Jeffrey Epstein Update with a new Jeffrey Epstein Theme the classic song I wrote a post about back in May of 2018 on this blog as I recall.
Yes it's "Mrs. Robinson" sung by Simon and Garfunkel...
The serial redactions of the US Justice Department what a shock there are others whose names we don't know probed as co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein back before his sweetheart plea deal decades ago...
"Who Were The Other Men In The Epstein Files? This Is The FBI's Own List"-Miami Herald Story
FILE LINK FROM DOJ FILES WITH REDACTIONS (MAY OR MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE)
On Monday lawmakers in Washington getting access to the DOJ's unredacted files with no electronic devices allowed in the room.
Interviewed last year Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick downplayed his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein speaking of how he and his wife were turned off by the creepy atmosphere of Epstein's New York apartment.
But it turns out there was more going on between the two including some business...
"Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show"-CBS News
You might recall that Howard Lutnick described Epstein as a "Blackmailer" last year but was he a "Money Launderer"
In France a money laundering probe underway into former cabinet minister Jack Lang who is linked to Jeffrey Epstein the DOJ files.
That's part of this week's post of news from France...
"France Yellow Vests Week 375*Macron Government's Latest Move To Control Online Information*France, Macron And The Epstein Files*Money Laundering Probe Over French Epstein Ties*Paris Protest*Cabinet Changes Planned*
I think I recall that "Big Book" phrase about "Keeping my own side of the street clean" as I consider the sexual and financial and other implications related to Jeffrey Epstein.
SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTING TO POST AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.
For the record "The love of my life" is also a Seattle Seahawks fan. And she has something to celebrate.
Good Night. God Bless.
"GONNA BE READY"-DION
"IRON SHARPENS IRON"-GLAD
"SAIL ON"-THE IMPERIALS
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 375*MACRON GOVERNMENT'S LATEST MOVE TO CONTROL ONLINE INFORMATION*FRANCE, MACRON AND THE EPSTEIN FILES*MONEY LAUNDERING PROBE OVER FRENCH EPSTEIN TIES*PARIS PROTEST*CABINET CHANGES PLANNED*
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
Some have called the internet "Pandora's Box" and that is becoming obvious as governments around the world from the US to Israel to China, Russia etc. etc. all seeking ways or already finding ways to control the 'information superhighway' to protect their interests.
This week France's government with another move against social media raiding the offices of the "X" social media platform in Paris.
It isn't the first time social media has been targeted by the centrist Macron government in France.
In August of 2024 Telegram founder Pavel Durov lured to France by Mr. Macron and then detained by French authorities demanding cooperation with their probe of alleged criminal activity on his platform.
He was later released and allowed to return to his home in the United Arab Emirates.
Now Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris on April 20th along with "X" CEO Linda Yaccarino to answer questions.
The Paris prosecutor citing deepfake porn and Holocaust denial on the "X" platform but the fact that French voters go to the polls next year to elect a new President looms large.
Controlling information on social media in the upcoming election campaign is a high priority for the "moderate centrist" authorities amid the surge of "far-right-wing nationalism".
Also, in the background the efforts of US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to twist France and allied nations to follow their lead.
Mr. Musk aligned with both leaders to a great extent.
He described the raid on "X" in France as 'a political attack'.
"Paris prosecutors summon Elon Musk after raid on "X"'s French offices"- NBC News USA
FRANCE AND THE EPSTEIN FILES
JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH LINK MODELING SCOUT JEAN-LUC BRUNEL ARRESTED BY FRENCH POLICE IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
HE WAS LATER FOUND DEAD HANGING IN HIS JAIL CELL ON SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 19TH, 2022...
Jean-Luc Brunel Wikipedia
But other prominent French personalities emerged in the big document dump from the US Justice Department eight days ago.
Socialist politician and former Minister of Culture Jack Lang mentioned 600 plus times with his daughter Caroline Lang also in them.
Caroline Lang choosing to leave her post at the Independent Producers Union.
Jack Lang, who is now president of the "Arab World Institute", choosing a defensive posture suggesting he might take legal action over defamation.
But the contents of the Epstein Files show in one instance inquiries from Lang about the religious and sexual education of children.
Epstein lent Lang his private jet for a trip to Morocco in 2017.
Mr. Lang told BFM-TV that Epstein 'was not a friend' but he did not want to criticize Epstein saying:
"I'm not in the habit of spitting on people I knew at one time and who later are accused of crimes"...
Meanwhile French politicians are urging Mr. Lang to resign his position at the Arab World Institute....
Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
Today Mr. Lang offered to resign his position heading the Arab World Institute...(AFP News Agency)...His resignation accepted by Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot.
ON FRIDAY FRENCH PROSECUTORS BEGAN A PRELIMINARY PROBE OF JACK AND CAROLINE LANG OVER THEIR CONNECTION WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
THE PROBE WILL FOCUS ON 'LAUNDERING OF AGGRAVATED TAX-FRAUD PROCEEDS'...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL...
People close to the leaders of nations mentioned as close to Jeffrey Epstein in the trove of files released by the US Justice Department and other files from Jeffrey Epstein's estate.
The names of leaders from Trump to former Kenyan presidents to former Israeli Prime Ministers to the leaders of Arab nations figure in these files often through names of people close of them.
French President Emmanuel Macron's name appears more than 200 times.
But on Friday the French government warned that Russia was trying to implicate Mr. Macron as a visitor to Jeffrey Epstein's residence in Paris.
Authorities speaking of an 'interference operation'.
Official Russian statements about the Epstein Files speak of them revealing the moral bankruptcy of "Western elites"...
BFM-TV News Story
FROM PARIS THIS AFTERNOON A LIVE VIDEO STREAM FROM THE 'HISTORIC YELLOW VESTS' PROTEST...
PARIS YELLOW VESTS WEEK 375 VIDEO STREAM FEBRUARY 7, 2026
TODAY'S PROTEST MARCH IS SEEN ONE HOUR AND 55 MINUTES INTO THE FOUR HOUR PLUS VIDEO.
FRENCH FLAGS USED IN TODAY'S DEMONSTRATION ALONG WITH PROTEST BANNERS.
A SOUND-SYSTEM ACCOMPANIES THE PROTEST MARCH PLAYING CLASSIC FRENCH MUSIC.
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu planning a cabinet reshuffle in the next two weeks. Lecornu's move linked to municipal elections across France being held in two rounds March 15th and March 22nd.
Lecornu trying to strengthen the position of the "Center" in relation to the "Left" and "Right" ahead of the vote.
For now that's the news from France.
Friday, February 6, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/6/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*TIGHTER IRAN SANCTIONS*NAVY SECRETARY EPSTEIN FLIGHT*DOW 50,000+*NETANYAHU DISSES EPSTEIN-ISRAEL LINK*MANDELSON HOMES SEARCH EPSTEIN PROBE*RUSSIAN GENERAL SHOT*TRUMP INSULT TENSIONS WITH POLAND*DEADLY SHIA MOSQUE BOMBING PAKISTAN*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A US official accusing China of conducting secret nuclear explosions in violation of 'international conventions'.
These types of tests associated with the development of nuclear weapons.
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control Thomas G. Dinnano made the accusation at a conference on disarmament in Geneva, Switzerland today...OSINTdefender "X"
A DRONE ATTACK REPELLED IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA'S ROSTOV REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA...
EXPLOSIONS IN SEVERAL URAINIAN CITIES EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS FOLLOWS AIR RAID WARNINGS FOR RUSSIAN ATTACKS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
President Trump tightening sanctions on Iran. Trump signing an executive order imposing a 25 percent tariff on goods from countries that do business with Iran...Tass Russia...
More Iran related news later in the summary.
AN ARIZONA STATE JUDGE STRIKING DOWN THREE ABORTION LAWS IN THE STATE.
ONE LAW NOT ALLOWING TELEMEDICINE TO BE USED FOR ABORTIONS. ANOTHER REQUIRING AN ULTRASOUND 24 HOURS BEFORE AN ABORTION. AND THE THIRD LAW REQUIRING COUNSELING BEFORE AN ABORTION.
THE JUDGE CITING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ALLOWING ABORTIONS THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS IN 2024.
HIS DECISION WILL BE APPEALED...THE HILL USA
US Navy Secretary John Phelan was on Jeffrey Epstein's plane for a flight from London to New York in 2006.
CNN reporting the story with Mr. Phelan not giving a direct response.
A friend of Phelan's saying that it was the only time he interacted with Epstein and he got on the flight through the financial sector where he worked at the time.
Phelan is said to have heard a pitch from Jeffrey Epstein during the flight related to a 'tax concept' he had no interest in...CNN USA
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BEING GIVEN ACCESS TO UNREDACTED JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES STARTING ON MONDAY.
LAWMAKERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BRING ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH THEM WHEN THE FILES ARE VIEWED...THE INDEPENDENT UK
President Trump signing an executive order increasing the importation of beef from Argentina.
Tariff free beef imports will rise by 80,000 metric tons over the 20,000 metric tons currently allowed.
The move designed to lower beef prices for US consumers according to Mr. Trump...The Guardian UK
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WEIGHING IN ON THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN SCANDAL.
NETANYAHU DISMISSING ANY LINK BETWEEN EPSTEIN AND ISRAEL SAYING EPSTEIN'S CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH HIS MILITANT CRITIC FORMER PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK IS PROOF OF IT.
BARAK'S ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED BY NETANYAHU AS EFFORTS 'TO UNDERMINE THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL' MEANING HIS GOVERNMENT...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy this evening...(News Agency)
BRITISH POLICE SEARCHING THE HOMES OF FORMER US AMBASSADOR AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE PETER MANDELSON.
THERE IS A CRIMINAL PROBE INTO MANDELSON LEAKING SENSITIVE ECONOMIC INFORMATION TO EPSTEIN...BBC NEWS BLOG
(Updated) Providing distraction from the other news of the day a social media post by President Donald Trump stirring up racial controversy.
Former President Barack Obama and his wife Michele depicted as apes in a video.
Democrats enraged with Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina expressing disagreement with the post describing it as 'the most racist thing' he has seen from the White House not mentioning Mr. Trump by name...The Hill USA...
Now late word is that the post was taken down the White House citing a 'staff error'.
A 'KEY PARTICIPANT' IN THE DEADLY 2012 ATTACK ON THE US CONSULATE IN BENGHAZI, LIBYA IS NOW IN US CUSTODY.
ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI IDENTIFYING THE SUSPECT ARRESTED BY THE FBI AS ZUBAYAR AL-BAKOUSH.
FOUR KILLED IN THAT ATTACK INCLUDING US AMBASSADOR CHRIS STEVENS AND TWO NAVY SEALS...CNN USA
The European Union warning TikTok it's violating the EU's "Digital Services Act".
TikTok accused of operating with an "addictive" design.
The EU warning of the risk of heavy fines.
Unlike TikTok's operations in the US, the Chinese parent company ByteDance still runs its operations in Europe...AFP-France 24
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THE US ANNOUNCING NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN'S OIL SECTOR. 15 ENTITIES AND 14 VESSELS ON THE SANCTIONS LIST...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 50,000 today at 50,115.67.
The Dow rising 1,206.95 points or 2.47 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 490.63 points or 2.18 percent.
Tonight in New York the price of oil closed at 63 dollars 50 cents a barrel up 21 cents...Marketwatch
(This Story Is Updated)
THE US-IRAN TALKS IN OMAN
AFTER 90 MINUTES OF TALKS IN OMAN ISRAELI INSIDER JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID REPORTS THOSE TALKS WILL CONTINUE IN QATAR TOMORROW...
Barak Ravid Axios "X"
(Updated) In Moscow an assassination attempt on a Russian general.
Lt. General Vladmir Alexeyev got into a struggle with his attacker who shot the general three times.
Alexeyev is a deputy chief of military intelligence.
The attack at an elevator in an apartment complex with the general rushed to a hospital...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...
Ukraine linked to the assassination attempt by Russia.
THE US AMBASSADOR IN POLAND SUSPENDING CONTACT WITH POLAND'S PARLIAMENT.
AMBASSADOR TOM ROSE CITING INSULTS AIMED AT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OVER HIS SEEKING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
POLISH PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK SAYS THE AMBASSADOR WAS 'LECTURING' AND DISRESPECTING THE POLISH PEOPLE...BRUSSELS SIGNAL
At least two killed in ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza. Attacks continue while a 'ceasefire' is said to be in force...Al Jazeera Qatar
AT LEAST 31 KILLED (NOS NEWS NETHERLANDS) IN THE BOMBING OF A SHIA MOSQUE IN PAKISTAN'S CAPITAL CITY OF ISLAMABAD.
DOZENS MORE WOUNDED.
AUTHORITIES SPEAK OF A SUICIDE BOMBING WITH THE ATTACKER DETONATING THE BOMB AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MOSQUE...NOS NEWS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...REUTERS-AFP-FRANCE 24
US President Donald Trump endorsing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for re-election.
Mr. Orban facing the voters on April 12th with the opposition pushing corruption allegations.
Trump saying on social media he wants to "continue to work closely" with Orban who like Trump has a reputation as a populist leader...Anadolu Agency-Yeni Safak Turkey (Turkiye)
ANOTHER DEADLY US ATTACK ON A BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING. TWO KILLED IN THE LATEST ATTACK IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The World Economic Forum investigating its CEO Borge Brende over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
The Epstein Files showing Brende attended three dinners with Epstein also involved in email and text communications.
Mr. Brende said he was unaware of Epstein's child sex conviction-plea deal when he had contact with Epstein in the years before his second arrest...Reuters-Yahoo UK
BECAUSE OF EPSTEIN FILES REVELATIONS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PAUL WEISS BUSINESS LAW FIRM RESIGNING THIS WEEK.
BRAD KARP WILL REMAIN WITH THE FIRM.
MR, KARP COMMUNICATED WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN BY EMAIL AND ATTENDED DINNERS WITH EPSTEIN.
AT ONE POINT KARP ASKING EPSTEIN FOR A JOB FOR HIS SON IN A MOVIE DIRECTED BY WOODY ALLEN. MR. ALLEN ALSO LINKED TO EPSTEIN IN THOSE FILES...CNBC
Thursday, February 5, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/5/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*FORMER GOV DENIES EPSTEIN PARDON REQUEST*TRUMP SOFTENS TO STARMER*STARMER APOLOGY TO EPSTEIN VICTIMS AMID CRISIS*TRUMP CALLS MASSIE 'MORON' AT PRAYER BREAKFAST*HORN OF AFRICA NATIONS LINKED EPSTEIN CHILD NET*ANTISEMITISM LAWYER'S ESPTEIN CONNECTIONS*DUTCH QUEEN'S MILITARY TRAINING*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Air raid alerts in Kiev and ten regions of Ukraine early Friday morning...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
IN ISRAEL TONIGHT PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU POINTING BLAME TOWARDS OTHER OFFICIALS OVER THE BRUTAL HAMAS ATTACK OF OCTOBER 7TH, 2023.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FROM THE STATE COMPTROLLER'S PROBE OF OCTOBER 7TH REVEALED.
MR. NETANYAHU POINTING TO ISRAEL'S MILITARY AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE (SHIN BET) AS BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT BEING AWARE OF THE THREAT FROM HAMAS...TIMES OF ISRAEL STORY
"I have no knowledge of that"
Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist denying he spoke with Jeffrey Epstein about a pardon.
The Epstein Files contain an email where Epstein said he contacted Crist in 2010 following his plea deal conviction on child sex charges in Florida state court negotiated by federal prosecutors.
Epstein reaching out to former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson seeking to reach Crist for the pardon...NBC News
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FINALIZING A RULE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO FIRE 50,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE UNIONS SAYING THE JOBS ARE BEING CONVERTED INTO POSITIONS THAT WILL BE FILLED BASED ON POLITICS...THE HILL USA
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)
President Trump talking a softer line on the British sale of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean.
After speaking to Prime Minister Keir Starmer Trump saying the handover of sovereignty to the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius was the 'best deal he could make'.
Last week, Mr. Trump called Starmer's deal an 'act of stupidity'.
The US military still gets use of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands for 99 years.
Mr. Trump saying the US reserves the right to 'militarily reinforce and secure' Diego Garcia which is set to be used for US military operations against Iran in the coming hours.
Underlying the Chagos Island situation is the friendliness of the government of Mauritius towards the main rival of the United States China.
And underlying Mr. Trump's change of heart towards Mr. Starmer and the Chagos deal the threat to Starmer's government over the Epstein Files and former US Ambassador Peter Mandelson...Al Jazeera Qatar
In Morocco more than 140,000 people evacuated due to heavy rains and flooding.
Authorities are unsure about the safety of dams under the strain of the high waters...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA WILL RESUME HIGH LEVEL MILITARY CONTACTS BROKE OFF IN 2021.
MEANWHILE INSIDER MEDIA OUTLET 'AXIOS' SUGGESTING THE US AND RUSSIA WILL NOT WALK AWAY FROM THE 'NEW START' NUCLEAR ARMS TREATY EXPIRING TODAY.
A SIX-MONTH EXTENSION IS BEING REPORTED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)....
EARLIER NEWS RELATED TO THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologizing to the sex abuse victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
Starmer under intense pressure over his appointment of Epstein associate Peter Mandelson as Ambassador to the United States.
Mr. Starmer saying he was 'sorry for having believed Mandelson's lies'...
BBC News Blog
IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN NAMING REAR ADMIRAL ALI SHAMKHANI AS SECRETARY OF THE DEFENSE COUNCIL.
MR. PEZESHKIAN CHAIRS THE DEFENSE COUNCIL FORMED LAST AUGUST FOLLOWING THE WAR WITH ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES.
IT WAS CREATED TO COMMAND ANY WAR AND LEAD THE DEFENSE OF IRANIAN SOVEREIGNTY ACCORDING TO IRAN'S GOVERNMENT...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN
IRAN SEIZED TWO OIL TANKERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF TODAY. THE VESSELS LINKED TO THE FUEL SMUGGLING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Six wounded in Ukrainian attacks on Russia's Belgorod Region today...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
TODAY'S RASMUSSEN REPORTS READING OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S APPROVAL 57 PERCENT DISAPPROVE WITH 41 PERCENT APPROVING...REAL CLEAR POLLING
"No matter what we do, this moron, no matter what it is"
President Donald Trump speaking about Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky the Libertarian Republican who co-authored the "Epstein Files Transparency Act".
Trump also saying that Massie says "No" on issue after issue.
Mr. Trump speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington...The Hill USA
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 592.58 points or 1.2 percent.
The NASDAQ dropped 363.99 points or 1.59 percent.
At 619 pm New York Time the price of oil 63 dollars two cents a barrel down 27 cents from today's close...Marketwatch
In Western Australia a 31-year-old man with a "pro-white ideology" is charged with involvement in a 'terrorist act'.
A homemade device thrown at a crowd in Perth last week during a rally held on the day British colonization of Australia.
Aboriginal "First Nations" activists call the day traditionally known as "Australia Day" "Invasion Day" and were holding a protest event when the incident occurred.
The name of the suspect is being kept a secret by authorities...ABC News Australia
CHINA SAYS IT HAS NO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN NUCLEAR ARMS LIMITATION TALKS WITH THE UNITED STATES.
CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTING A GAP IN NUCLEAR CAPABILIITES IN RELATION TO THE US.
THE US HAS SOUGHT CHINESE PARTICIPATION IN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT TALKS BUT CHINA SAYS THAT IS UNFAIR AND UNREASONABLE...TASS RUSSIA
Ten local governments in the Netherlands fined 250,000 Euros (294,750 US Dollars) over spying on Muslims in their communities.
The Dutch government agency for digital data protection imposing the fines.
Some of the data collected about Muslim residents of those communities passed onto the police and national government agencies including the NCTV (National Coordinator for Terrorism and Security)...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
DOCUMENTS FROM THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES INDICATE EPSTEIN'S INVOLVEMENT WITH CHILD TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND THE HORN OF AFRICA.
SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA, KENYA SUDAN, SOUTH SUDAN AMONG THE NATIONS MENTIONED.
EPSTEIN NOTING BUSINESS PLANS INCLUDING A COMMERCIAL BANK IN SOMALIA AND A FILM STUDIO IN THE BREAKAWAY SOMALI REGION OF SOMALILAND RECENTLY RECOGNIZED BY ISRAEL.
EPSTEIN TRAVELING TO KENYA AND COMMUNICATING IN 2013 WITH A KENYAN BUSINESSMAN CLOSE TO FORMER KENYAN PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA...
THE KENYA TIMES
New revelations connecting Antisemitism lawyer Mitchell Webber and Jeffrey Epstein.
Webber worked on helping Epstein get a lenient plea decades ago while he was a Harvard law student and research assistant for Alan Dershowitz a lead defense lawyer for Epstein.
He received 21,278 dollars for his work on the Epstein case.
Back in September it was revealed that Webber was emailing Epstein about the legality of transporting minors across state lines for sex.
Webber is a litigator for Jewish students on university campuses making discrimination allegations and serves on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council appointed by President Donald Trump.
He works for the Paul, Weiss law firm contracted by the Trump Administration to do legal work related to Antisemitism...The Forward
IN THE GEORGIA SPECIAL ELECTION TO REPLACE CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSING CANDIDATE CLAY FULLER.
FULLER SERVES AS A PROSECUTOR AND IS AN OFFICER IN THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD...THE HILL USA
QUEEN MAXIMA OF THE NETHERLANDS JOINING THE DUTCH ARMY TO BECOME A RESERVIST THIS WEEK.
SHE IS UNDERGOING MILITARY TRAINING AT THE AGE OF 54 THAT WILL LEAD TO HER BEING GIVEN THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.
THE NETHERLANDS IS COMMITTED TO A MAJOR MILITARY BUILDUP ALONGSIDE OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
THE QUEEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE DUTCH MILITARY IS EXPECTED TO DRAW OTHERS INTO CONSIDERING OR CHOOSING TO TRAIN FOR MILITARY SERVICE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Russia says it is no longer bound by constraints on the number of nuclear warheads it can possess.
The New START treaty with the United States expiring today.
Both Russia and United States agreed to restraints on their nuclear weapons under the expiring treaty...France 24
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission probing sports gear maker "Nike" for discrimination against white people.
The EEOC seeking detailing information about Nike's hiring and firing policies as well as its criteria for promoting employees within the company.
EEOC chair Andrea Lucas first raised the white discrimination issue when she was a member of the commission in 2024 now she is chairing the commission for the Trump Administration...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 2/4/2026*TRUMP NOT PLEASED WITH MINNEAPOLIS PROTESTER KILLINGS*REPORT OF IRAN TALKS BREAKDOWN REVERSED BUT FRIDAY NIGHT COULD BE REGIME CHANGE NIGHT*TRUMP XI TALK, XI PUTIN TALK IRAN DISCUSSED*ISRAELI HIGH COURT WANTS 'FAR RIGHT' MINISTER FIRED*COURT ORDER AGAINST ICE IN PORTLAND*GAZA SMUGGLING ACCUSATION AGAINST SPY CHIEF'S BROTHER*
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
INTERVIEWED FOR 'NBC NIGHTLY NEWS' PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE DOES NOT CONSIDER THE TWO PEOPLE RECENTLY KILLED BY FEDERAL AGENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS TO BE 'ANGELS'.
BUT HE ALSO SAYS REGARDING THE KILLINGS OF ALEX PRETTI AND RENEE GOOD:
"I'm not pleased with what happened there"
TRUMP ALSO LOUDLY SUPPORTING AND PRAISING LAW ENFORCEMENT CALLING THEM 'GREAT PEOPLE'.
IN ADDITION HE SAYS REGARDING LAW ENFORCEMENT:
"We have to back them. If we don't back them, we don't have a country"...
The Hill USA
Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will continue tomorrow in the United Arab Emirates.
The US is represented by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and a delegation...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
IN ISRAEL AUTHORITIES PROBING AN ARSON AND VANDALISM ATTACK ATTRIBUTED TO NATIONALIST SETTLERS TARGETING A PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN VILLAGE.
GRAFFITI LINKED TO THE ATTACK IN TABYEH READING 'REVENGE' AND 'THE NATION OF ISRAEL LIVES'...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The man who tried to kill US President Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign given a life prison sentence without the possibility of parole.
59-year-old Ryan Routh discovered lying in wait outside a Florida golf course where Mr. Trump was to play a round of golf...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE US SUPREME COURT REJECTING AN EMERGENCY BID BY REPUBLICANS IN CALIFORNIA TO SHUT DOWN THE DEMOCRAT PLAN THAT WILL REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS THERE IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRATS.
THE HIGH COURT'S MOVE DOES NOT PRECLUDE ANY LAWSUITS CHALLENGING THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REDRAW ONCE IT'S APPROVED AND IMPLEMENTED...THE HILL USA
NEWS ALERT IRAN UPDATED:
(NEWS, ANALYSIS, COMMENT)
Tonight, the new message is that Iran-US talks will occur in Oman on Friday.
Nine Arab countries asking the United States to participate in those talks.
The Iranian foreign minister thanking Oman for arranging for the talks.
Insider Israeli journalist Barak Ravid (Axios, Channel 12 Israel) earlier spoke of US-Iran talks set for Friday being off.
Iran's position on those talks given as the reason for the US to reject talks.
Any cessation of talks opens the door to US and or Israeli military action to kill or kidnap Iran's top leaders to bring down the present government...(Barak Ravid "X")
Such cessation could happen on Friday.
Israel's security cabinet will meet tomorrow at 4 pm...
TIMES OF ISRAEL IRAN TALKS STORY
TIMES OF ISRAEL SECURITY CABINET STORY
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING.
ISSUES INCLUDING THE SITUATION WITH IRAN DISCUSSED AS WELL AS THE UKRAINE WAR.
THE PRESIDENT CALLING THE CONVERSATION 'EXCELLENT'.
MR. TRUMP WILL VISIT CHINA IN APRIL...
FOX NEWS USA...
MEANWHILE PRESIDENT XI SPOKE WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THEIR ONE HOUR 25-MINUTE CONVERSATION INCLUDED DISCUSSION OF RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND THE 'INTERNATIONAL SITUATION' ACCORDING TO THE KREMLIN.
THE RUSSIAN STATEMENT NOTING 'TENSE AND EXPLOSIVE SITUATIONS...AROUND THE WORLD'.
BOTH LEADERS NOTING RUSSIA-CHINA COOPERATION IS AT AN 'UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL'...
TASS RUSSIA
In Nigeria at least 162 killed in an attack on a village in the western part of the country.
Residents killed execution style with structures torched in the attack...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 'BORDER CZAR' TOM HOMAN SAYS 700 MEMBERS OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE PULLING OUT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN.
BUT 2000 OF THEM WILL REMAIN...(NEWS AGENCIES)
THE 'WASHINGTON POST' CUTTING ONE-THIRD OF ITS STAFF. THE LAYOFFS OCCURRING ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS OF THE LEGENDARY NEWSPAPER...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 260.31 points or .53 percent.
The NASDAQ down 350.61 points or 1.51 percent.
At 411 pm New York Time the price of oil at 64 dollars 32 cents a barrel up one dollar 11 cents or 1.76 percent...Marketwatch
(UPDATED WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS)
THE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS VOTING FOR A RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO PETER MANDELSON'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBSSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES.
SOME DOCUMENTS DEEMED SENSITIVE WILL BE REVIEWED FOR RELEASE BY A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.
THIS AMIDST NEW JEFFREY EPSTEIN RELATED REVELATIONS ABOUT THE FORMER BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE US AND LABOUR PARTY INSIDER PETER MANDELSON.
MANDELSON LOBBYING THE US ABOUT CHANGING BANKING RULES AT THE REQUEST OF EPSTEIN ACCORDING TO INFORMATION SEEN IN THE FILES.
MANDELSON MET IN 2010 WITH OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ECONOMIC ADVISOR LARRY SUMMERS TO REQUEST THE CHANGES.
MR. SUMMERS RECENTLY BACKED AWAY FROM TEACHING AT HARVARD DISGRACED BY HIS ASSOCIATION WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN...BBC NEWS BLOG...
SPECIAL POST ON THIS BLOG REGARDING EARLIER EPSTEIN FILE DEVELOPMENTS
In Israel the High Court asking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu why he hasn't fired "Far-Right" National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Israel's Attorney General finding that Mr. Ben-Gvir of the "Otzma Yehudit" or "Jewish Power" party has abused his power.
Ben-Gvir saying that the High Court "doesn't just want to fire me, it wants to fire the nation".
Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir given until March 10th to respond to the court...Times of Israel
At least 21 Palestinian killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza today. The attacks continuing in the midst of what is supposed to be a ceasefire.
The Israel Defense Forces report a soldier seriously wounded this morning. That attack leading to another massive round of attacks by Israel in Gaza.
Israel shutting down the Rafah border crossing with Egypt after a limited reopening on Monday...Al Jazeera Qatar Blog
IN PORTLAND A FEDERAL JUDGE LIMITING THE USE OF FORCE BY IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS.
DISTRICT JUDGE MICHAEL A. SIMON SAYING FEDERAL AGENTS CANNOT USE TEAR GAS, PEPPER SPRAY, RUBBER BULLETS OR OTHER MUNITIONS UNLESS THERE IS AN 'IMMINENT THREAT'.
THIS RULING COMES IN A LAWSUIT FILED LAST YEAR BUT FOLLOWS RECENT USE OF FORCE BY FEDERAL AGENTS AT AN ICE BUILDING IN PORTLAND AGAINST PROTESTERS...MAXINE BERNSTEIN PORTLAND OREGONIAN-OREGON LIVE "X" (LINK TO NEWS STORY)
AT LEAST 14 KILLED IN A COLLISION BETWEEN A GREEK COAST GUARD VESSEL AND A BOAT CARRYING MIGRANTS.
THE COLLISION IN THE AEGEAN SEA OFF THE COAST OF CHIOS ISLAND NEAR TURKEY.
GREEK AUTHORITIES SPEAK OF AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE BOAT TO CHANGE COURSE PRIOR TO THE COLLISION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The brother of Israel's domestic intelligence chief selected recently by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused of smuggling goods into Hamas-controlled Gaza.
Bezalel Zini is an Israeli military reservist who served in Gaza.
His brother David Zini was in recent months as chief of Shin Bet domestic intelligence.
The accusations against Mr. Zini revolve around smuggling goods into Gaza like cigarettes whose value is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of shekels (100 thousand plus US dollars).
He and 15 other suspects expected to indicted on a number of charges with aiding an enemy in wartime being the most serious one...Times of Israel
A FEDERAL JUDGE HEARING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE PENTAGON SEEMS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PUNISHING EX-NAVAL OFFICER SENATOR MARK KELLY OVER A VIDEO HE MADE.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SEEKING TO CENSURE AND DEMOTE KELLY FOR MAKING A VIDEO ALONG WITH OTHER LAWMAKERS CALLING ON MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY 'UNLAWFUL ORDERS'...THE HILL USA
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