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Thursday, May 14, 2026
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 5/13/2026*RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON UKRAINE TONIGHT*STARMER TO FACE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE*GUNFIRE IN ARREST ATTEMPT AT PHILIPPINE SENATE*NETANYAHU GETS OUT OF CROSS-EXAMINATION EARLY AT CORRUPTION TRIAL*CHINA CALLS FOR STEPPED UP PAKISTANI MEDIATION IRAN WAR*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Explosions in three Ukrainian cities late tonight. The capital city of Kiev and other cities under Russian attack...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
Earlier news of the Ukraine war later in the summary.
US politics next Tuesday's primary in Kentucky's 4th Congressional district between incumbent Republican Congressman Thomas Massie and challenger Ed Gallrein backed by President Trump.
Gallrein challenging Massie following Massie's support for releasing the Jeffrey Epstein Files.
A poll from "Quantas Insights" released today showing Gallrein with a 53-45 lead over Massie...Latest Polls Real Clear Polling...
Also added to the political mix an allegation of 'hush money' being paid to an alleged former girlfriend.
That woman worked on a temporary basis for Indiana Congresswoman Victoria Spartz who issued a statement disputing some details of her story regarding her employment with the congresswoman.
Spartz also offering support for Congressman Massie saying he is a 'supporter of women'...Rep. Victoria Spartz "X"
Meanwhile Congressman Massie raising more than two million dollars in the last ten days with a "Massie Moneybomb" campaign...Massie Moneybomb
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NOMINEE TO CHAIR THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD KEVIN WARSH APPROVED BY THE US SENATE.
WARSH REPLACES JEROME POWELL WHO HAS COME UNDER INTENSE CRITICISM FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP ALONG WITH AN ATTEMPT BY THE TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO POWELL.
MR. ANGERED BY POWELL'S REFUSAL TO LOWER INTEREST RATES...THE HILL USA
BRITISH HEALTH SECRETARY WES STREETING EXPECTED TO RESIGN SO HE CAN CHALLENGE PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE LABOR PARTY.
MORE THAN 90 OF THE 400 LABOR PARTY MP'S ARE NOW CALLING ON MR. STARMER TO RESIGN...ITV NEWS UK
Six killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine today. Spin from Western media about a new Russian missile and other messaging about the Ukraine War also in the latest news...Sky News UK Blog
A 16-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN YOUTH SHOT AND KILLED IN AN ISRAELI NATIONALIST SETTLER ATTACK ON A PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY.
FOUR OTHERS WOUNDED IN THE INCIDENT...
BARAK RAVID 'AXIOS' "X" (LINK TO HAARETZ ISRAEL STORY-TRANSLATION PROMPT)
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARRIVING IN CHINA FOR A VISIT THAT WILL LAST UNTIL FRIDAY...
1700 PASSENGERS AND CREW ONBOARD A CRUSE SHIP IN BORDEAUX CONFINED BY FRENCH AUTHORITIES FOLLOWING AN OUTBREAK OF NOROVIRUS.
ONE PASSENGER DIED WITH OTHER PASSENGERS AND CREW NOW ILL...GLOBAL NEWS
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Gunfire in the Philippine Senate Wednesday evening as authorities attempted to arrest Senator Ronald della Rosa.
The Acting Sergeant-at-Arms made an announcement about an impending arrest before gunshots were heard...GMA Philippines News Story...
The senator is wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for alleged crimes against humanity linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte who is being held by the ICC.
Vice-President Sara Duterte his daughter now faces an impeachment trial before the Senate with Senator della Rosa's vote potentially preventing her conviction.
The Philippine Interior Minister spoke of the senator being 'safe' and with security personnel...(GMA News Philippines).
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. denying any government involvement in an arrest of the senator.
Senator della Rosa remained inside the Senate building overnight...Associated Press USA-France 24...GMA News Philippines...
Associated Press Live Video Stream
Video Of Senator Ronald della Rosa Fleeing Inside Senate Building
FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU BEING EXCUSED TO END HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL TESTIMONY EARLY.
NETANYAHU TELLING THE JUDGES OF HIS NEED TO BE AT AN 'UNSPECIFIED EVENT' LATER IN THE DAY.
NETANYAHU UNDER CROSS-EXAMINATION BY PROSECUTORS IN A CASE INVOLVING NETANYAHU GIVING FAVORS TO A MEDIA COMPANY IN EXCHANGE FOR POSITIVE NEWS COVERAGE...TIMES OF ISRAEL
In the Netherlands three arrested including two minors following disturbances outside an emergency asylum seekers shelter in Loosdrecht last night.
Stones and flares thrown during the protest.
Asylum seekers protests have flared up in recent weeks often with violence and arrests.
The Dutch intelligence agency AIVD says it is investigating the origins of the demonstrations...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 67.36 points or .14 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 314.14 points or 1.2 percent.
At 441 pm New York Time the price of oil at 101 dollars 24 cents a barrel down 94 cents or .92 percent...Marketwatch
CHINA CALLING ON PAKISTAN TO STEP UP ITS MEDIATION EFFORTS IN THE IRAN WAR.
FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI TELLING HIS PAKISTANI COUNTERPART ISHAQ DAR TO WORK ON BRINGING THE US AND IRAN TOGETHER AND HELP 'PROPERLY' REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
Same-sex marriages performed outside Poland will be recognized inside Poland.
The socially liberal government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk making the announcement.
This follows rulings by European and Polish courts. The European Court of Justice ruling that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the European Union...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 5/12/2026*TRUMP TALKS TOUGH ON IRAN, MIRRORS NETANYAHU*IRAN'S REPORTED CONDITIONS FOR TALKS*ORTHODOX PARTY MAY TRIGGER EARLY ISRAELI ELECTION*US INFLATION SPIKE*BRITISH POLITICAL TENSIONS*MAYOR RESIGNS OVER CHINESE AGENT CHARGE*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN PERU LEFTIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERTO SANCHEZ ACCUSED OF FINANCIAL CRIMES WITH PROSECUTORS CALLING FOR A FIVE YEAR, FOUR MONTH PRISON SENTENCE.
THE CHARGES UNSEALED JUST HOURS AFTER MR. SANCHEZ CONFIRMED AS THE CANDIDATE WHO WILL FACE RIGHTIST KEIKO FUJIMORI IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RUNOFF ELECTION ON JUNE 7TH.
A JUDGE WILL CONSIDER THE CHARGES ON MAY 27TH...REUTERS-AL JAZEERA QATAR
"They'll either do the right thing, or we'll finish the job"
The words of US President Donald Trump regarding the Iran War as he left the White House for a trip to China.
Mr. Trump not taking the financial difficulties of Americans into consideration as he calculates the next move on Iran.
Trump's message mirroring the consistent decades long message of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the notion of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon:
"I don't think about American's financial situations. I don't think about anybody.
I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.
The most important thing by far is Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon"
Mr. Trump saying the US in his words will: 'win it one way or another. We'll win it peacefully or otherwise'...
Times of Israel
IRAN SETTING FIVE CONDITIONS FOR NEGOTIATIONS TO RESUME WITH THE UNITED STATES ON ENDING THE IRAN WAR.
A SOURCE TELLING IRAN'S FARS NEWS AGENCY THOSE CONDITIONS ARE:
1. STOP HOSTILITIES ON ALL FRONTS INCLUDING LEBANON
2. LIFT ANTI-IRANIAN SANCTIONS
3. UNBLOCK IRAN'S FROZEN ASSETS
4. COMPENSATION FOR WAR DAMAGE
5. RECOGNIZE IRAN'S SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ...
TASS RUSSIA
(Updated) In Israel an Ultra-Orthodox faction of the United Torah Judaism Party calling on its members to vote to bring down the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
It's over the failure of the government to advance a draft exemption bill for Ultra-Orthodox men.
The call of Rabbi Dov Lando is opposed by other parties in the Netanyahu government saying this is not the time for an election. Israel is still set to have an election in October.
But the latest push by the UTJ Party has the potential to bring elections forward to September or even August...Latest Times of Israel Story...Earlier Times of Israel Story
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS FILING CHARGES AGAINST THE OPERATOR OF A CONTAINER SHIP THAT CRASHED INTO BALTIMORE'S FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE KILLING SIX AND COLLAPSING THE BRIDGE.
18 CHARGES FILED AGAINST SINGAPORE AND INDIA BASED SHIPPING COMPANIES AND THE TECHNICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SHIP.
THE ACCIDENT CAUSED FIVE BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES...THE HILL USA
Inflation in the US rising to 3.8 percent last month.
Higher energy prices caused by the Iran War driving the inflation spike. Prior to the war inflation in the US stood at 2.4 percent...CNN
IN THE NETHERLANDS A POLICE INVESTIGATION AFTER TWO GERMAN SOLDIER WERE ATTACKED OUTSIDE A NATO BASE IN BRUNSSUM.
MASKED MEN INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT DESCRIBED TO HAVE INVOLVED 'VERBAL AND PHYSICAL ABUSE'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In recent days gang violence continued in Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince. Dozens of people treated for gunshot wounds.
Hundreds of others fled their homes with some homes set on fire by the conflict.
A United Nations force is helping police to restore order in the city but not all parts of it are patrolled this is attributed to poor roads...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
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THE POLITICAL TENSIONS SURROUNDING PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER CONTINUED TODAY WITH MORE THAN 80 LABOUR PARTY MP'S NOW CALLING ON HIM TO RESIGN.
MORE THAN 100 LABOR MP'S SIGNING A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR MR. STARMER.
A CABINET MEETING HELD WITH MINISTERS AFFIRMING THEIR SUPPORT FOR STARMER.
MR. STARMER SAYING HE INTENDS TO STAY PUT AND WILL NOT BE RESIGNING...SKY NEWS UK BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 56.09 points or .11 percent.
The NASDAQ down 185.92 points or .71 percent.
At 632 pm New York Time price of oil at 101 dollars 86 cents a barrel down 32 cents or .31 percent since today's close...Marketwatch
The Mayor of Arcadia, California near Los Angeles turning in her resignation.
Eileen Wang agreeing to a guilty plea in federal court of being a foreign agent.
She was accused of running with a website with her then fiancé spreading the message of the Chinese government to Chinese-Americans...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES
US-SOUTH KOREA DEFENSE TALKS IN WASHINGTON. SOUTH KOREA'S DEFENSE MINISTER AHN GYU-BACK MEETING US DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH.
BOTH SIDES AGREEING TO WORK TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION ON MATTERS OF 'MUTUAL SECURITY INTEREST'.
SOUTH KOREA SEEKING TO BE IN CHARGE OF 'WARTIME OPERATIONAL CONTROL' INSTEAD OF THE US...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
Monday, May 11, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 5/11/2026*RUSSIAN NAVY SHIPS ESCORT CARGO VESSELS*FORMER ZELENSKY CHIEF OF STAFF ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION*PRESSURE BUILDS FOR STARMER RESIGNATION*US-CHINA TRADE TALKS AHEAD OF TRUMP-XI MEETING*SAUDI OIL PROFITS UP*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Four Russian Navy ships sighted escorting six cargo ships near Japan. The convoy entered the East China Sea last weekend.
Russia has been stepping up its escort activities for civilian vessels following foreign seizures of Russia-linked vessels subject to Ukraine War sanctions.
There have also been Ukrainian attacks on Russian merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea...USNI News
The US Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) expanding Iran sanctions. Three individuals and nine organizations named in the sanctions.
Four of them in the United Arab Emirates, four in Hong Kong and one in Oman...OSINTdefender "X" (Photo Of News Release)
Israel's parliament voting 93-0 to set up a special military court to try Palestinians who committed atrocities in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
The new law also includes provision for the death penalty to be imposed. Israel does not have a death penalty for crimes.
300 suspects are currently held awaiting trial.
Families of those victimized in the October 7th attack critical of the process saying the move ignores their demand for an independent probe of why the attack happened in the first place.
It's an idea opposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government...Times of Israel
IN UKRAINE PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF ANDRIY YERMAK IS CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION.
THE CHARGES THAT INCLUDE MONEY LAUNDERING LEVELED AGAINST YERMAK BY THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU (NABU) AND SPECIAL ANTI-CORRUPTION PROSEUTOR'S OFFICE (SAP).
HE WAS THE SECOND MOST-POWERFUL MAN IN UKRAINE BEHIND ZELENSKY. THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT LATE TONIGHT DID NOT DIRECTLY NAME MR. YERMAK.
THE ALLEGED MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME SAID TO HAVE INVOLVED 10.5 MILLION US DOLLARS...POLITICO EU...TASS RUSSIA
The order of US Justice Samuel Alito pausing a restriction on mail-ordering of an abortion drug extended.
The order extended to Thursday at 5pm to give the court more time to consider the issue.
Alito's order came after a US appeals court supported a Louisiana lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration over a state law concerning the drug 'mifepristone'...The Hill USA
PRESIDENT TRUMP PROMOTING THE NOTION OF SUSPENDNG THE FEDERAL TAX ON GASOLINE.
MR. TRUMP SPOKE IN AN INTERVIEW WITH CBS NEWS ALSO SAYING THE TAX COULD BE PHASED BACK IN WHEN THE HIGH PRICE OF GASOLINE EASES.
THE FEDERAL EXCISE TAX ON GASOLINE IS 18.4 CENTS A GALLON WITH A 22.4 CENTS A GALLON LEVY ON DIESEL.
CONGRESS WOULD HAVE TO PASS LEGISLATION TO ENABLE GASOLINE TAX SUSPENSION.
SUCH LEGISLATION WOULD BE AN ATTRACTIVE NOTION IN AN ELECTION...CBS NEWS USA
The European Union imposing sanctions on Israeli nationalist settlers linked to violent attacks on Palestinians.
The tempo of violence against Palestinians picking up in the last few years.
EU sanctions also applied to the leaders of Hamas in Gaza and 'far-right' nationalist groups in Israel...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN FEDERAL COURT COLE TOMAS ALLEN ENTERING A NOT GUILTY PLEA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SECURITY BREACH AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER LAST MONTH.
ALLEN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO ASSASINATE PRESIDENT TRUMP, ASSAULTING A FEDERAL OFFICER AND FIREARMS OFFENSES AMONG OTHER CHARGES.
HIS DEFENSE LAWYER ASKING A JUDGE TO DISQUALIFY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS PRESENT AT THE DINNER FROM BEING INVOLVED IN THE CASE.
THE DEFENSE SAYING THAT ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE AND ACTING US ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA JEANINE PIRRO COULD BE CONSIDERED VICTIMS OR WITNESSES...AP USA-REUTERS-AL JAZEERA QATAR
12 more arrests in the Netherlands where demonstrators are opposing aa new asylum seekers center.
Three nights in a row of protests opposing the center in Apeldoorn...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
BRITISH POLITICS MORE THAN 40 OF THE 403 LABOUR PARTY MP'S WANT PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER TO RESIGN.
THIS FOLLOWING LAST THURSDAY'S LOSSES IN THE LOCAL ELECTIONS WHICH SAW THE REFORM UK PARTY WINNING NEARLY 30 PERCENT OF THE SEATS CONTESTED THE LABOR PARTY ONLY WINNING 20 PERCENT OF THOSE SEATS...
SKY NEWS UK BLOG
In the Philippines the House of Representatives impeaching Vice-President Sara Duterte.
She spoke of killing President Ferdinand Marcos if she were killed and is accused of misusing government funds.
The Senate will now try Duterte with conviction not certain.
Her father former President Rodrigo Duterte now detained by the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands where he will be tried.
Mr. Duterte accused of killing people in connection with a crackdown on drug trafficking in The Philippines...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
US AND CHINESE TRADE NEGOTIATORS MEETING IN SOUTH KOREA WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S CHINA VISIT LATER IN THE WEEK.
CHINA REPRESENTED BY VICE PREMIER HE LIFENG AND THE US BY TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 95.31 points or .19 percent.
The NASDAQ up 27.05 points or .1 percent.
At 441 pm New York Time the price of oil 98 dollars 27 cents a barrel up two dollars 85 cents or 2.99 percent...Marketwatch
In the first quarter of this year profits of the Saudi oil giant "Aramco" rose as the Iran War began.
Those profits more than 28 billion Euros (32.92 billion US Dollars).
That's a 25 percent increase compared to the first quarter of last year....NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
US POLITICS INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE WITH A FUNDRAISING BOOST EIGHT DAYS BEFORE HIS PRIMARY ELECTION IN KENTUCKY.
MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS RAISED IN A 'MONEY BOMB' CAMPAIGN...MASSIE MONEY BOMB
Sunday, May 10, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 5/10/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*TRUMP DUMPS IRAN RESPONSE*IRAN ANNOUNCES 'NEW MEASURES' AGAINST US-ISRAEL*DEADLY TALIBAN ATTACK PAKISTAN*US COZYING UP TO QATAR*RECENT US ATTACKS ON HORMUZ SHIPPING*81ST ANNIVERSARY PARADE SCALED BACK IN MOSCOW*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
TWO US PASSENGERS OF A DUTCH CRUISE SHIP CONNECTED TO THE HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK ARE BEING KEPT IN BIOCONTAINMENT UNITS ON THEIR RETURN FLIGHT TO THE UNITED STATES.
ONE OF THE PASSENGERS TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS WITH THE OTHER SHOWING MILD SYMPTOMS...POLITICO USA
The Defense Minister of the Baltic nation of Latvia resigning. Andris Spruds criticized after attacking Ukrainian drones hit Latvia starting a fire.
Air defenses were not ready for the Ukrainian drones seeking to hit targets in Russia when entered Latvian airspace...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
"I don't like it--TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!"
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REJECTING IRAN'S RESPONSE TO HIS DEMANDS.
THOSE DEMANDS SURROUNDNG A 14-POINT 'MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING' PUT FORWARD BY THE UNITED STATES WITH ISRAEL IN THE BACKGROUND...OSINTdefender "X" (Trump Social Media Post)
"In Tehran they are applauding you. They could not dream of a better ally than you"
The words of Israeli right-wing nationalist and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
Ben Gvir slamming Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara for opposing the appointment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's military aide to be head of Israel's spy agency Mossad.
The Netanyahu government pushing legislation to break up the Attorney General's functions.
She is currently prosecuting Mr. Netanyahu in a corruption trial and probing the paying of Qatari money to aides of Netanyahu as well as the leaking of classified information by the Prime Minister's office to the German newsmagazine "Bild"...Times Of Israel
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei 'announced new measures and prepared the ground for continuation of actions and willful confrontation with the enemies'.
This according to Iranian state media...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...
Meanwhile Iran has sent a response to the US regarding its proposals to end the war...(Al Jazeera Qatar)
Two drones reported to have attacked the United Arab Emirates...(News Agencies)
An attack on a merchant vessel near Qatar. An unknown projectile striking a bulk carrier in the Persian Gulf. A small fire ignited...OSINTdefender "X"
AT LEAST 15 POLICE PERSONNEL KILLED IN A TALIBAN TERRORIST ATTACK IN PAKISTAN. THREE OTHERS WOUNDED.
IT WAS A SUICIDE ATTACK A VEHICLE CRASHING INTO A POLICE POST BEFORE A BOMB DETONATED.
THE ATTACK IN NORTHWESTERN PAKISTAN NEAR THE BORDER WITH AFGHANISTAN...DAWN PAKISTAN LATER STORY
The financially rich nation of Qatar aligned with Turkey (Türkiye) getting major attention from top US officials this weekend.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meeting Qatar's Prime Minister-Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulrahman Al Thani.
President Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff also in on the talks.
The US affirming support for Qatar including military ties and the overall security of the Middle East.
There are controversies involving Qatari money in both the US and Israel.
Qatar has gifted the US an airliner to be used as presidential aircraft "Air Force One".
In Israel Qatar was allowed to fund the Hamas movement prior to the brutal October 7th, 2023 attack on Israel from Gaza.
And a criminal investigation is underway by Israel's Attorney General over millions in Qatari payments to aides of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu between 2021 and 2024...OSINTdefender "X"
US CENTRAL COMMAND TOTALING UP US ATTACKS TO DISABLE SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
THOSE ATTACKS AMID THE CEASEFIRE PROCLAIMED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
THE US NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRAN LEADING TO 58 SHIPS BEING INTERCEPTED OR DIVERTED ALONG WITH FOUR ATTACKS THAT KNOCKED OUT THE ENGINE ROOMS OF MERCHANT VESSELS...VOICE OF EMIRATES
A BRITISH WARSHIP SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY CLOSER TO THE IRAN WAR ZONE.
THE HMS DRAGON IS AN AIR DEFENSE DESTROYER. THE DRAGON WAS SENT TO THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN BACK WHEN THE WAR BEGAN IN MARCH.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DEPLOYMENT ANNOUNCEMENT SPEAKS OF A POTENTIAL EFFORT TO PROTECT SHIPPING IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE MESSAGING OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THE FUTURE COURSE OF THE IRAN WAR...REUTERS
IN LEBANON FOUR KILLED IN ISRAELI DRONE ATTACKS WITH OTHERS KILLED BY AIR STRIKES.
13 DEAD IN ALL INCLUDING A MAN AND HIS 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-TELEGRAPH INDIA
The "Wall Street Journal" reports the establishment of a secret Israeli military base in western Iraq used for Iran War attacks in both Iran and Iraq.
Various Israeli military components were based on Iraqi territory including search and rescue units and special forces.
When Iraqi military units tried to investigate the base they were bombed by the Israelis...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
In Moscow the Victory Day Parade commemorating the 81st anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.
Mainstream Media of Western nations reported a scaled back event calling it a sign of Russian weakness.
But last year was the more significant 80th anniversary of the end of the war with the Nazis.
In his remarks Russian President Vladimir Putin noting the need to protect military equipment and keep it involved in the Ukraine War rather than having it participating in the parade.
Russian warplanes in formation overflew Red Square as part of the Victory Day ceremonies.
This year's event included participation of leaders of nations formerly in the Soviet Union including Belarus and Central Asian countries. North Korean soldiers also marched in the parade...
FULL VIDEO MOSCOW VICTORY DAY MAY 9, 2026
A NEW GOVERNMENT IN HUNGARY THIS WEEKEND PRIME MINISTER PETER MAGYAR ASSUMING POWER REPLACING NATIONALIST VIKTOR ORBAN.
MAGYAR CALLING ON THE COUNTRY'S NATIONALIST PRESIDENT TAMAS SULYOK TO RESIGN BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
MAGYAR ACCUSING SULYOK OF COVERING UP CORRUPTION IN THE COUNTRY HE LINKED TO MR. ORBAN...TASS RUSSIA
ON FRIDAY ANOTHER DEADLY US STRIKE ON A VESSEL LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING.
TWO KILLINGS CONFIRMED WITH A THIRD CREW MEMBER SAID TO HAVE SURVIVED...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)
In a US federal court four men convicted for involvement in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in July of 2021.
They were accused of hiring 20 Colombian mercenaries and equipping them to carry out the assassination.
The convicted men facing possible life prison sentences.
One of those convicted is Colombian former FBI informant Arcangel Pretel Ortiz who has permanent residency status in the US.
A fifth man facing similar charges will be tried at a later date...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN ISRAEL TWO GAZA FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS RELEASED FROM AN ISRAELI PRISON.
THEY WERE HELD BY ISRAELI AUTHORITIES FOLLOWING THE DETENTION OF HUNDREDS OF OTHER ACTIVISTS BY ISRAEL OFF THE COAST OF GREECE.
THE TWO MEN EXPECTED TO BE DEPORTED BY ISRAEL IN THE COMING DAYS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Saturday, May 9, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*NATIONALIST WIN DOWN UNDER*BRITISH GOV'T SHAKEUP FOLLOW LOCAL ELECTION DEFEAT*CUTTING WORK HOURS*"WAR IS PEACE"*"SILENT PARTNERS" IN WARS*
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The Sunday News Summary Starts to post at Midnight Eastern US Time.
NEWSDUMP ALERT: ANTI-ISLAMIZATION ANTI-MASS IMMIGRATION PARTY WINS AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL ELECTION
(UPDATED)
The "One Nation" Party securing a victory in a by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Farrer in New South Wales.
David Farley gained more than 40 percent of the first preference vote and is leading by a 14 percent margin following distribution of preference votes...
ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
NEWSDUMP UPDATE: STARMER ADDS NEW LEADERSHIP POSTS FOLLOWING STUNNING DEFEAT IN LOCAL ELECTIONS
British Labour Prime Minister Prime Minister Keir Starmer naming former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as a Special Envoy on Global Finance and naming former deputy leader Harriet Harman as an Adviser on Women and Girls.
This follows yesterday's shocking defeat for Labour in local elections that saw the Reform UK Party of Nigel Farage winning the largest number or seats.
The Labour Party also suffered setbacks in parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales.
Final results still being tabulated...
Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
Sky News UK Election Results
To the music and among the musical genres that interest me the most the folk music sounds of the 1960's exemplified by songs like the next one performed by the group named "Spanky and Our Gang"...
"LAZY DAY"-SPANKY AND OUR GANG
"I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU"-THE SEEKERS
There's a sound that exemplifies an "Anything Goes" attitude and sometimes I experienced that from adults growing up physically but not mentally in the later 1960's.
Remembering my late father one thing he left me was the desire to be financially frugal something lost in the high cost of high tech we face today.
The electric bill this month eight percent higher as those data centers rise up to suck up electricity.
I AM WORKING LESS AN HOUR LESS EACH WEEK THE 40-HOUR PEOPLE CUT BY TWO HOURS A WEEK.
WHY?
WELL ONE THING IT WOULD HELP TO COVER THE COMPANY'S HIGHER FUEL COSTS DUE TO THE IRAN WAR.
THE WAR CONTINUES BUT WE ARE TOLD THAT 'WAR IS PEACE'.
"President Trump tells me in a phone call the retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets are just a 'love tap' 'It's just a love tap'.."-Rachel Scott ABC News "X"
The US led by President Donald Trump remains a silent partner in the Ukraine War allowing its weapons to be used against Russia paid for by European money.
The European Countries are "silent partners" in the economic China War waged by the US against China while President Trump prepares to be all smiles with President Xi in the coming week....
"EU Ban On Chinese Energy Equipment Discriminatory-Ministry Of Commerce"-Tass Russia News Story
And France and the UK are slowly acting out roles as 'silent partners' in the Iran War which will be waged on the notion of 'freedom of navigation' in the Strait of Hormuz in the weeks ahead...
France Yellow Vests Week 388*Soccer Fan Rioting*Ambassador Back In Algeria*Aircraft Carrier Closer To Hormuz*Socialist Party Turmoil*Today's Protests*
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
For in the Gospel the righteousness of God is revealed--a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written by faith: 'The righteous will live by faith'".
ROMANS 1:16-17 NIV BIBLE
PASTOR MATTHEW EVERHARD ROMANS 1:16-17 SERMON
Good Night. God Bless.
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 388*SOCCER FAN RIOTING*AMBASSADOR BACK IN ALGERIA*AIRCRAFT CARRIER CLOSER TO HORMUZ*SOCIALIST PARTY TURMOIL*TODAY'S PROTESTS*
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
SOCCER FAN RIOTING IN PARIS WEDNESDAY MAY 6, 2026
Nearly 130 people arrested Wednesday night as soccer fans rioted in celebration of the Paris-St. Germain (PSG) victory over Bayern Munich enabling PSG to reach the Champions League final.
There were 11 injuries among rioters and 23 among police.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez condemning the violence saying that security will be tightened for the PSG-Arsenal final match in Budapest on May 30th...
Associated Press USA-Al Jazeera Qatar
ON FRIDAY PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF FRENCH AMBASSADOR STEPHANE ROMATET TO ALGERIA.
ROMATET WAS RECALLED JUST OVER A YEAR AGO AS TENSIONS BETWEEN ALGERIA AND FRANCE BOILED OVER.
THE ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT TARGETING ITS OPPONENTS ON FRENCH TERRITORY.
FRANCE ALSO FAVORING THE CLAIM OF MOROCCO FOR THE MINERAL RICH WESTERN SAHARA TERRITORY OVER THE CLAIM OF ALGERIA.
IN SENDING THE AMBASSADOR BACK TO ALGERIA MR. MACRON SPOKE OF THE NEED FOR 'AN EFFECTIVE DIALOGUE'.
ALGERIA IS ALSO ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER OF NIGER AND MALI FORMER FRENCH COLONIES NOW FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA.
THE RECENT JIHADIST-SEPARATIST ASSAULT ON MALI INCLUDING ATTACKS ON RUSSIAN MERCENARIES HAS BEEN BLAMED ON FRANCE...
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This week the aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" and escort ships making their way into the Red Sea placing them closer to a possible mission in the Strait of Hormuz.
President Macron linking the mission of the carrier to the notion of "freedom of navigation" in the strait.
This dovetails with US President Donald Trump's messaging regarding 'freedom of navigation' in connection with US naval operations currently underway against Iran including a blockade of the Iranian coast...
"French Carrier Strike Group Now Operating In Middle East"-USNI News USA
On the surface of French politics there is supposed to be a united "Left" bloc that includes the far-left "LFI" (La France Insoumise), Ecologists and the Socialist Party.
But elements of the Socialist Party (PS) appear to be trying to break up the unity ahead of next year's Presidential Election.
Boris Vallaud leader of the Socialists in the National Assembly stepping down from his leadership position in the PS along with others leaving First Secretary Olivier Faure without a majority in the party's leadership.
Vallaud wants Socialists to run their own presidential candidate and decline participation in a primary of the united Left.
Other parties on the Left take a more Pro-Palestinian and Anti-Capitalist view than the Socialist Party...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
AND IN PARIS TODAY THE WEEKLY YELLOW VESTS PROTEST EVENT A SMALL GROUP OF DEMONSTRATORS AGAIN ON THE STREETS OF PARIS...FULL VIDEO OF PROTEST (DEMONSTRATON VISIBLE FROM 2:30 ON IN VIDEO)
'LES PATRIOTES' JOURNEE DU FREXIT RALLY MAY 9, 2026
Also, in Paris today another protest held by the small "Les Patriotes" party whose leader Florian Philippot used to be involved in the National Rally before he broke away.
The message here pushes the notion of France leaving the European Union.
For now that's news from France.
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