Wednesday, March 25, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 3/25/2026*IRAN LAYS OUT FIVE CONDITION RESPONSE TO TRUMP'S 15-POINTS*IRAN WAR CONTINUES*FRENCH DIPLOMAT EPSTEIN PROBE*NASA MOON BASE PUSH

 

                        (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)




Hungary suspending shipments of natural gas to Ukraine.


What's being called a gradual ending of gas shipments to Ukraine is retaliation for suspension of Russian oil shipments through Ukraine.


This move coming just weeks before Hungary's crucial April 12th election where the Pro-European Union opposition hopes to defeat the nationalist-populist government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




IRAN LAYING OUT FIVE CONDITIONS IN RESPONSE TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S HIGHLY PUBLICIZED 15-POINT SET OF DEMANDS.


ONE CONDITION IS A COMPLETE HALT TO 'AGGRESSION AND ASSASSINATIONS'.


BOTH ISRAEL AND THE US HAVE CONDUCTED ASSASSINATION ATTACKS ON IRANIAN LEADERS AND LEADERS OF GROUPS ALIGNED WITH IRAN IN RECENT DECADES.



AMONG OTHER CONDITIONS IRAN WANTS ARE REPARATIONS AND AN END TO WARFARE AGAINST IRANIAN-ALLIED GROUPS LIKE HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON.


ALSO MENTIONED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND GUARANTEES OF IRAN'S SOVEREIGN RIGHT TO EXERCISE AUTHORITY IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)




The markets today...Marketwatch



Baltic countries Latvia and Estonia report drones falling on their territory with the chimney of a power plant struck in Estonia.


This as Ukraine launched a massive drone strike on Russia targeting its energy infrastructure...France 24




SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT 'META' FINED 375 MILLION DOLLARS FOR ENDANGERING CHILDREN ONLINE.


IT'S A JURY VERDICT IN A CIVIL CASE IN NEW MEXICO BROUGHT BY THE STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL..TRT WORLD TURKEY (TURKIYE).



                    IRAN WAR DAY 26

                                           (UPDATES AS ABLE)



US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS THE US IS ATTACKING 'MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPABILITIES' IN IRAN.



REGARDING THE 'TALKS' PRESIDENT TRUMP SPEAKS OF BETWEEN IRAN AND THE US AN IRANIAN MILITARY SPOKESMAN SAYS 'YOUR DEFEAT SHOULD NOT BE CALLED NEGOTIATIONS'.



SEVEN KILLED AND 13 WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK ON AN IRAQI MILITARY BASE WHERE PRO-IRANIAN POPULAR MOBILIZATION UNITS ARE BASED.


ATTACKS CONTINUE ON IRAN WITH 18 WOUNDED IN ONE ATTACK.


IRAN CONTINUING TO FIRE MISSILES AT ISRAEL...



                           AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG



In Paris the offices of Swiss bank Edmond de Rothschild searched by investigators in a corruption probe involving a French diplomat linked to Jeffrey Epstein.

Diplomat Fabrice Aidan worked there after serving at the UN.

During his UN service he was in frequent contact with Jeffrey Epstein as revealed in the US Justice Department's Epstein Files.

Reuters reporting that emails to Epstein included transfer of confidential documents including UN Security Council briefings...THE INDEPENDENT UK



THE US NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) PROJECTING A BASE ON THE MOON BY 2032.


THIS NEW PLAN REPLACES THE EARLIER ONE FOR A SPACE STATION ORBITING THE MOON.



THE COST OF THE BASE ON THE MOON PROJECTED TO BE 20 BILLION US DOLLARS WITH SPENDING SPREAD OUT OVER SEVEN YEARS.


NASA CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARDS A MOON LANDING MISSION IN 2028...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


In Australia inflation slightly lower at 3.7 percent in February from 3.8 percent in January.   

This inflation report does not cover the period following the beginning of the Iran War which led to sharply higher gasoline prices...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 3/24/2026*DANISH ELECTION*US ARMY UNITS HEAD TOWARDS IRAN WAR*PARLIAMENTARY TENSIONS IN UKRAINE IMF LOAN*IRAN WAR DAY 25* FRENCH COMPANY DUMPS WIND FOR OIL AND GAS IN USA*

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)



           News of the Iran War but first...



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



US POLITICS SPECIAL ELECTIONS IN FLORIDA WITH DEMOCRATS TAKING A STATE SENATE SEAT AWAY FROM REPUBLICANS IN THE TAMPA AREA.  


THE DEMOCRATS ALSO WINNING A STATE HOUSE DISTRICT IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FORMERLY HELD BY REPUBLICANS.   THAT DISTRICT INCLUDES PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO RESORT...THE HILL USA




In Denmark's election Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats losing seats but still ending up the largest group in parliament at 38 seats.  In second place the Green Left with 20 seats a gain of five.


Also rising in popularity the populist Danish People's Party at 16 seats a gain of 11.  The "far-right" Citizen's Party won four seats in the 179 seat parliament.



Frederiksen called an early election capitalizing on personal popularity from the dispute with US President Donald Trump on the future of Greenland...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...WIKIPEDIA-2026 DANISH ELECTION




     IRAN WAR DAY 25 FINAL UPDATE:


US WARPLANES FLEW LOW OVER BAGHDAD LATE TONIGHT AFTER THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED MILITIA UNITS ALIGNED WITH IRAN TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM ATTACK.



AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN A HIGH-RISE NEAR THE US EMBASSY IN ERBIL, IRAQ TONIGHT DURING AN ATTACK.



IRAN SAYS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS OPEN TO NATIONS NOT CONSIDERED HOSTILE TO IT...TASS RUSSIA...


AT LEAST 12 KILLED IN THE LATEST ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN IRAN.


ONE KILLED, TWO WOUNDED IN A HEZBOLLAH ROCKET ATTACK ON NORTHERN ISRAEL.


33 KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON IN THE PAST DAY.


A FUEL TANK CAUGHT FIRE AT THE KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO A DRONE ATTACK...


              AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG



GERMAN AUTHORITIES PROSECUTING A MAN AND A WOMAN ON CHARGES OF SPYING FOR RUSSIA.


THE TWO SUSPECTS NOW IN CUSTODY SAID TO BE WATCHING A GERMAN MAN WHO SUPPLIED DRONES AND DRONE COMPONENTS TO UKRAINE...DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY



Russia launching drone and missile attacks on Ukraine some 400 drones and dozens of missiles involved.


There are signs Russia is launching a spring military offensive...Associated Press USA



DEPLOYMENT OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION FROM FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA AND OTHER US ARMY UNITS UNDERWAY.


THEY ARE MOVING TOWARDS POTENTIAL PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAN WAR...OSINTdefender "X"



POLITICAL TENSIONS IN UKRAINE PRESSURE ON LAWMAKERS TO AGREE TO TERMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND FOR LOANED MONEY.


POLICE AND MILITARY FORCES DEPLOYED TO THE AREA SURROUNDING THE 'RADA' (PARLIAMENT) IN KIEV.


DOUBTS RAISED ABOUT WHETHER PARLIAMENT CAN MEET TOMORROW...UNN UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 84.41 points or .18 percent.

The NASDAQ down 184.87 points or .84 percent.

At 430 pm New York Time the price of oil 90 dollars 28 cents a barrel up two dollars 15 cents or 2.44 percent...Marketwatch





                    IRAN WAR DAY 25

                                            (UPDATED IF ABLE)


IRAN SAYS A PROJECTILE HAS LANDED ON THE GROUDS OF THE BUSHEHR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.



SEVEN WOUNDED IN AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK ON CENTRAL ISRAEL THIS EVENING.



LEBANON DECIDING TO KICK OUT IRAN'S AMBASSADOR A SIGN OF THE GOVERNMENT LEANING TOWARDS THE US-ISRAEL SIDE OF THE WAR.



FRAGMENTS OF AN IRANIAN MISSILE FELL ON LEBANON TODAY WHEN A US DESTROYER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA SHOT IT DOWN.


IT IS SUGGESTED IRAN MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ATTACK US MILITARY ELEMENTS NOW PRESENT IN NORTHERN LEBANON OR THE US EMBASSY IN BEIRUT.


LEBANESE AUTHORITIES REPORT 1,072 DEAD IN ISRAELI ATTACKS SO FAR.



A MOROCCAN CONTRACTOR WORKING FOR THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MILITARY KILLED IN AN IRANIAN ATTACK.  FIVE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE UAE MILITARY WOUNDED.



IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKING TO HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART.   CHINA URGING TALKS TO RESOLVE ISSUES IN DISPUTE AND OPPOSING ANY USE OF FORCE.



IRAN HAS REPEATEDLY STATED NO PEACE TALKS ARE UNDERWAY AS STATED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.


WHAT APPARENTLY HAS HAPPENED IS THAT EGYPT, TURKEY AND PAKISTAN HAVE BEEN USED TO RELAY A 15-POINT LIST OF US-ISRAELI DEMANDS ON IRAN.



AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK DAMAGING BUIDINGS AND WOUNDING FOUR PEOPLE IN TEL AVIS.



ISRAEL TAKING OUT A SECOND MAJOR BRIDGE IN LEBANON AS ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE IN THAT COUNTRY.



ISRAEL'S DEFENSE MINISTER ANNOUNCING A 'SECURITY ZONE' IN LEBANON SOUTH OF THE LITANI RIVER FORCING MANY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LEBANESE FROM THEIR HOMES.



IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS THREATENING TO USE MISSILES AGAINST THE ISRAELI MILITARY IN RETALIATION FOR ITS ATTACKS IN LEBANON.


OVERNIGHT FOUR IRANIAN CITIES WERE ATTACKED BY ISRAEL.



IRANIAN ATTACKS REPORTED IN KUWAIT AND IRAQ WITH KURDISH SECURITY FORCES ATTACKED.


PRO-IRANIAN MILITIA FORCES HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK AS THEY ATTACK US INTERESTS IN IRAQ...



                  AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG



NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN OFFICIALLY DESIGNATING SOUTH KOREA AS:


                           "the most hostile nation"


IT WAS PART OF THE FINAL SESSION OF A NEW PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY IN NORTH KOREA.  KIM SAYING THE SOUTH WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR ANY PROVOCATION AGAINST THE NORTH.



THE ASSEMBLY ALSO AFFIRMED THAT NORTH KOREA'S STATUS AS A NUCLEAR WEAPONS POWER WILL NEVER CHANGE...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA




THE US GOVERNMENT PAYING FRENCH COMPANY 'TOTAL ENERGIES' NEARLY ONE BILLION DOLLARS TO ABANDON WIND FARM PROJECTS OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.


IN RETURN TOTAL ENERGIES WILL SPEND THE MONEY ON OIL AND GAS PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES.


THE AGREEMENT REACHED DURING AN ENERGY SUMMIT IN HOUSTON...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The owner of the "OnlyFans" video platform Leonid Radvinsky dead at the age of 43.


He had a 'long battle' with cancer according to a news release.


Radvinsky bought the platform in 2018 with "OnlyFans" becoming increasingly associated with pornographic content in the years that followed...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

Monday, March 23, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 3/23/2026*US-ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRANIAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE*KEY EPSTEIN LAWYER RETIRES*ISRAELI NATIONALISTS ARRESTED OVER ATTACKS ON PALESTINIANS*ISRAELI ATTACKS ON IRAN CONTINUE*TRUMP DROPS WEEKEND IRAN ATTACK THREAT BEFORE US MARKET OPEN*PLANE COLLIDES WITH FIRE TRUCK AT NY AIRPORT, PILOTS KILLED*

 


                (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)


                                News of Iran War but first...


                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




IRAN'S FARS NEWS AGENCY REPORTING US-ISRAELI ATTACKS ON ENERGY INFRASTRURE IN IRAN. 


A GAS PIPELINE ASSOCIATED WITH A POWER STATION IN KHORRAMSHAHR ATTACKED.


 ALSO, A GAS DISTRIBUTION STATION IN THE CITY OF ISFAHAN.


THIS FOLLOWS THE 48-HOUR DEADLINE NOTION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER THE WEEKEND THREATENING ATTACKS ON IRANIAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTRE ...TASS RUSSIA



An explosion and fire at the Valero Oil Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas this evening.


No injuries reported but precautions are being taken by local authorities including blocking highways and limiting traffic in the area...KDFM-TV



IN FRANCE FORMER SWEDISH MODEL EBBA KARLSSON QUESTIONED IN ALLEGATIONS THAT INVOLVE A MODEL SCOUT LINKED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


KARLSSON'S COMPLAINT ALLEGES ACTS THAT CONSTITUTE RAPE AGAINST HER THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IN FRANCE IN 1990.


THOSE ACTS LINKED TO DANIEL SIAD WHO IS DESCRIBED AS A ONE-TIME CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF EPSTEIN... AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24



Key Jeffrey Epstein attorney Jay Lefkowitz announcing his retirement from the legal profession.


Lefkowitz leaving the New York office of Kirkland and Ellis after three decades.



Lefkowitz prominent in the plea deal almost two decades ago that led to Jeffrey Epstein getting only 13 months in a country lockup on work release over abuse allegations involving dozens of girls.


A network of lawyers and private investigators dealt with the families of those victims arranging cash payments in exchange for silence...The Daily Beast



THE US SENATE CONFIRMING OKLAHOMA REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN TO HEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

THE VOTE 54-45 TWO DEMOCRATS JOINING REPUBLICANS TO APPROVE MULLIN...THE HILL




           IRAN WAR DAY 24 FINAL UPDATE



SEVEN KILLED IN IRAQ IN A SUSPECTED US ATTACK ON A BASE OF THE IRAN-ALIGNED POPULAR MOBILIZATION FORCES.   OTHERS WOUNDED.


ALERTS FOR IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS ON JERUSALEM ASHKELON, ISRAEL LATE TONIGHT.


SOME DAMAGE REPORTED.


A BUILDING IN NORTHERN ISRAEL HIT WITH AT LEAST ONE INJURY.


MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACKS ON KUWAIT LATE TONIGHT...

                             AL JAZEERA LIVE BLOG


                            ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



Israel's "Ynet" reporting that US President Donald Trump would like to see the Iran War over by mid-April.


This is because Mr. Trump is to visit Israel to receive the "Israel Prize"...Tass Russia


(THIS STORY IS UPDATED WITH MORE ACCURATE CASUALTIES)



IN COLOMBIA THE CRASH OF A MILITARY PLANE WITH MORE THAN 100 SOLIDERS ON BOARD.


THE C-130 CRASHED JUST AFTER TAKEOFF FROM A REMOTE AREA NEAR THE BORDER OF PERU.


ONE REPORT AROUND 30 KILLED WITH OTHERS INJURED...REUTERS-JERUSALEM POST...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



(LATE TONIGHT COLOMBIAN MEDIA OUTLET CARACOL REPORTING 66 KILLED AND 57 WOUNDED IN THE PLANE CRASH)




Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni defeated in a referendum vote on 'judicial reform'.   Voters rejecting her proposal 55 to 45 percent.   Voter turnout was 59 percent.


The proposed reform would have separated prosecutors and judges into two separate bodies and established a disciplinary court.


Meloni saying she respects the decision of the voters...Euronews




IN ISRAEL SEVEN ARRESTS OF NATIONALISTS ACCUSED OF HARMING PALESTINIANS IN ATTACKS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA ("THE WEST BANK").



THIS FOLLOWING REPORTING BY ISRAEL'S 'HAARETZ' NEWSPAPER DETAILING THE ALLEGATIONS OF PALESTINIAN VICTIMS INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT...JOSH BREINER "X" (LINK TO 'HAARETZ')...




The Pro-Government "Israel Hayom" newspaper reporting an alleged attempt to kill Israel's "far-right" National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir...(News Agencies)




The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 631 points or 1.38 percent today.

The NASDAQ up 299.15 points or 1.38 percent.

At 429 pm New York Time the price of oil 88 dollars 88 cents a barrel down nine dollars 35 cents or 9.52 percent...Marketwatch



                 THE IRAN WAR DAY 24

                                           (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS ON THE LEBANESE CAPITAL OF BEIRUT THIS EVENING.



THE DEATH TOLL FROM ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON IS NOW 1,030.


IRAN'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYS NO TALKS ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE US DESCRIBING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STATEMENTS AS MANIPULATIONS OF STOCK AND OIL MARKETS.



A 'PROJECTILE' LANDED INSIDE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UN FORCE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON DESCRIBED AS COMING FROM A 'NON-STATE ACTOR'.



TWO INDIAN-FLAGGED TANKERS CARRYING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WITH A PRE-STOCK MARKET OPEN ANNOUNCEMENT.



IT REVERSES HIS THREAT TO ATTACK IRAN'S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE WEEKEND.



IRAN DESCRIBING MR. TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT AS A 'BACK DOWN'.



BUT TRUMP IMPOSITION OF A FIVE-DAY DELAY ON SUCH ATTACKS INDICATE THEY WILL HAPPEN WHEN STOCK MARKETS CLOSE ON FRIDAY.



MR. TRUMP ALSO INSINUATING THE NOTION OF TALKS WITH IRAN THIS IS DENIED BY IRAN USING THE PHRASE 'GOOD TALKS'.



ISRAEL CONTINUING TO ATTACK IRAN INCLUDING A SERIES OF STRIKES ON TEHRAN TODAY.


                        AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG



(Updated) A collision between a fire truck and an Air Canada "Jazz Airlines" plane at New York's La Guardia Airport.

At least two killed the pilots of the plane and dozens injured following the collision which happened just after the plane landed from Montreal.

Nine of the injured hospitalized.

An air traffic controller heard on audio saying "I messed up" right after the mishap...



                     CBC News Canada


...Todd Starnes...OSINTdefender "X"



IN ISRAEL NATIONALIST SETTLERS ATTACKING PALESTINIANS WOUNDING TEN OF THEM IN THE 'WEST BANK'.


IT WAS REVENGE CALLED FOR ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING A SATURDAY NIGHT COLLISION WHERE AN 18-YEAR-OLD ISRAELI WAS KILLED.


HE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR DRIVEN BY A PALESTINIAN.  POLICE STILL INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT TO DETERMINE ITS CAUSE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In northern Myanmar at least 17 killed in a government airstrike Friday on a monastery.   Others wounded.


The monastery complex was a refuge for people fleeing the fighting between the military government and rebel groups fighting it...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

Sunday, March 22, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 3/22/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*ISRAELI CENSORS LIMIT DAMAGE INFO*ELECTIONS-FRANCE, GERMANY, SLOVENIA*TRUMP ORDERS ICE AGENTS TO ASSIST AIRPORT SECURITY*EPSTEIN PRISON FILES SHREDDED FOLLOWING DEATH*TRUMP THREAT, IRAN THREAT*NUKE AREAS ATTACKED IN WAR*IRANIAN PRES URGES "BRICS" TO STOP AGGRESSION*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH FINAL POSTING AT 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)






            News of the Iran War inside this post...




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



A QUICK TAKE ON THE PRICE OF GASOLINE AT THE PUMP HERE IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.


THE SAM'S CLUB PRICE THIS EVENING 366.9 COMPARED TO 273.9 BEFORE THE WAR STARTED.


THAT'S A 34 PERCENT INCREASE IN THE PRICE.



More than 50 attacking Ukrainian drones downed over the Leningrad Region of Russia tonight around Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)



AN ELECTION IN THE GERMAN STATE OF RHEINLAND-PFALZ.


A MAJOR GAIN IN SUPPORT RECORDED BY THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY (AfD).


THE 'FAR-RIGHT' PARTY MORE THAN DOUBLING ITS POPULAR VOTE IN A REGION OF WESTERN GERMANY WHERE IT IS GENRALLY LESS-POPULAR.


THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT PARTIES THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS AND SOCIAL DEMOCRATS STILL HAVE A MAJORITY OF SEATS IN THE STATE PARLIAMENT...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



IN ALBANIA THIS EVENING CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND PEOPLE USING MOLOTOV COCKTAILS.


THIS FOLLOWED A PEACEFUL MARCH BY THOUSANDS DEMANDING THE RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER EDI RAMA FRIENDLY TO THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ISRAEL.


THE RAMA GOVERNMENT ROCKED BY ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION WITH THE OPPOSITION DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PD) LEADING A SERIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT....ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)


IN SLOVENIA'S ELECTION A NARROW LEAD FOR PRIME MINISTER ROBERT GOLOB'S 'FREEDOM MOVEMENT' OVER THE POPULIST SLOVENIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (SDS) OF JANEZ JANSA.


THE ELECTION SEEN AS A TEST OF STRENGTH BETWEEN 'MODERATE' POLITICAL FORCES AND 'RIGHT-WING NATIONALISTS'.


FINAL RESULTS PENDING IN THE ELECTION...POLITICO EU



(Updated) In France the final round of municipal elections leading to the election of Socialist Emmanuel Gregoire as the Mayor of Paris.   He will replace fellow Socialist Anne Hidalgo.


In Nice Eric Ciotti an ally of the National Rally (RN) winning election as Mayor.


The former Moderate Prime Minister Francois Bayrou losing a contest for Mayor of Pau.



The "Center-Left" Mayor of Marseille Benoit Payan winning re-election over an RN backed candidate.


And the leading "Moderate" Presidential candidate in next year's election Edouard Philippe winning re-election as Mayor of Le Havre...


                                     POLITICO EU BLOG


                                         BFM-TV FRANCE




President Trump ordering Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to support security at US airports.


This is Transportation Security Agency (TSA) officers are working without pay during a budget impasse.


There is an increased level of absenteeism among the TSA employees...Associated Press-PBS USA



AT LEAST THREE KILLED IN A SUDDEN AVALANCHE IN NORTHERN ITALY.   TWO OTHERS ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.


THE HEAVY AVALANCHE CAUGHT A GROUP OF 25 SKIERS BY SURPRISE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Four killed in Israeli air attacks in Gaza today.  At least 10 others wounded...Reuters Daily Sabah Turkey



                             IRAN WAR DAY 23

                                                        (UPDATES WHEN ABLE)




LATE TONIGHT INTENSE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ON IRAN'S CAPITAL CITY OF TEHRAN.




IRAN FIRING MISSILES AT ISRAEL THIS EVENING.  DAMAGE REPORTED NO INJURIES.



ISRAELI MILITARY CENSORS LIMITING INFORMATION PUBLISHED ABOUT IRANIAN-HEZBOLLAH ATTACKS TO DAMAGE CAUSED IN CIVILIAN AREAS




SEVEN ISRAELI SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.



ISRAEL DESTROYING A HIGHWAY BRIDGE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.


AT LEAST ONE DEATH REPORTED IN A HEZBOLLAH ROCKET ATTACK ON NORTHERN ISRAEL...(ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS)



POPE LEO XIV DESCRIBING THE WAR AS A 'SCANDAL TO THE HUMAN FAMILY' CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASE-FIRE.


IRAN'S RED CRESCENT SAYS 81,000 CIVILIAN HOUSING UNITS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY THE WAR.


IN ISRAEL 2,700 CIVILIANS EVACUATED DUE TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WAR.



AT LEAST 15 WOUNDED IN AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK ON TEL AVIV.



ISRAEL CONTINUING ITS ATTACKS IN LEBANON 


IRAN CONTINUING ITS ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL AND IN THE GULF REGION.



ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYHU CALLING ON THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD TO FIGHT IRAN.


SEVEN KILLED IN THE CRASH OF A HELICOPTER IN QATAR SAID TO BE FIGHTING DRONE ATTACKS.   THREE OF THOSE KILLED TURKISH NATONALS.   TURKEY A CLOSE ALLY OF QATAR.


IRAN WARNING IT WILL ATTACK ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GULF REGION IF THE US ATTACKS ITS ENERGY FACILITIES AS THREATENED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.



                 AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG



The US Justice Department shredded documents following the prison death of Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 during President Trump's first term.



This was revealed by an FBI official in the Epstein Files released earlier this year.



An "After-Actions Team" from the Bureau of Prisons shredding the files less than a week after Epstein's death...The Daily Beast USA





A former special prosecutor who went after US President Donald Trump over alleged "Russian collusion" has died.  Robert Mueller was 81.  He was also a one-time director of the FBI.


President Trump on social media saying:  "I'm glad he's dead".


Mr. Mueller's work against Mr. Trump and others was discussed by Jeffrey Epstein leading the US House Government Oversight Committee to be subpoenaed for records related to Epstein...Hindustan Times India





FOUR KILLED IN UKRAINIAN SHELLING OF RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION.   TWO BODIES PULLED FROM UNDER RUBBLE FOLLOWING THE ATTACK.


THE FATALITIES IN THE VILLAGE OF SMORODINO WITH RESCUE EFFORTS FOLLOWING THE SHELLING HAMPERED BY UKRAINIAN DRONES...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In Sudan's Civil War 64 killed in a Friday night attack on a hospital in the Darfur region.


The hospital rendered inoperable due to the attack.


It was not immediately known who was responsible for the attack in the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Army and the United Arab Emirates backed Rapid Support Forces...Al Jazeera Qatar



           IRAN WAR DAY 22 SATURDAY 



EARLY SUNDAY POWERFUL EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN AND AROUND TEHRAN, IRAN.



IRAN SAYS THE DEATH TOLL IN US-ISRAELI ATTACKS IS NOW MORE THAN 1,500.



IRAN HITTING THE ISRAELI NUCLEAR CITY OF DIMONA IN THE SOUTH WITH FIRES IGNITED AND INJURIES.


ALSO STRUCK THE CITY OF ARAD IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL WITH DAMAGE TO HOUSING BLOCKS.


THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WOUNDED AROUND 150 SOME OF THOSE INJURED IN SERIOUS CONDITION.


EARLIER ON SATURDAY THE US AND ISRAEL STRUCK THE NATANZ NUCLEAR FACILITY IN IRAN.


NO LEAK OF RADIATION REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE ATTACK.


IRAN'S PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN SPEAKING WITH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARDENRA MODI.


MODI CURRENTLY CHAIRING THE 'BRICS' GROUP OF NATIONS WITH PEZESHKIAN URGING THE BRICS COUNTRIES TO:



"play an independent role in halting aggressions against Iran"...

                   AL JAZEERA QATAR SATURDAY BLOG



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA THREAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEKEND TO BOMB IRAN'S ELECTRIC PLANTS UNLESS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS OPENED.


AN IRANIAN MILITARY SPOKESMAN PROMISING RETAILIATION FOR ANY SUCH ATTACKS.



A TOTAL OUTAGE OF THE POWER GRID IN CUBA ON SATURDAY EVENING.  THIS LATEST NATIONWIDE BLACKOUT FOLLOWS A PREVIOUS OUTAGE LAST MONDAY...TASS RUSSIA



In South Australia the vote count drags on but this weekend's election was a setback for the main opposition Liberal Party as the Labor Party won in a landslide.


The Anti-Islamization, Mass Immigration One Nation Party getting a record number of first preference votes and breaking into contention to win seats in second preference voting...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA SOUTH AUSTRALIA ELECTION RESULTS





CUBA REJECTING A REQUEST FROM THE US EMBASSY TO IMPORT DIESEL FUEL TO RUN ITS GENERATORS.


THE REQUEST COMING AS THE US HAS CUT OFF CUBA'S OIL SUPPLIES FROM VENEZUELA CRIPPLING ITS ELECTRICITY GRID.


THE CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CALLING THE REQUEST "SHAMELESS".


THE US EMBASSY WARNING THAT NON-ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE CUBA BY MAY OR EVEN EARLIER...THE HILL USA





The "K-pop" band BTS returning to the music scene following a four-year break for military service in South Korea.


A concert held in the center of Seoul this weekend drawing a massive crowd.


40.000 fans gathered to hear a live performance of key tracks from their new album...Yonhap News Agency South Korea

Saturday, March 21, 2026

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITE ATTACKED, IRAN HITS ISRAEL'S NUKE CITY*AUSTRALIAN ELECTION SHOCKER*CALL ME SUPERMAN OR BUDDHA*'LONG WAR' SIGNS*DO NOT FEAR*COMMIE OUTED AS PEDO*JOE SAID MLK WAS...*'GAINS MUST BE LOSS FOR...'*

 


                (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)

       (UPDATING DURING THE DAY AT VARIOUS SPOTS IN THIS POST)


NEWSDUMP ALERT: US-ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN'S NATANZ NUCLEAR SITE


IRAN HITS ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR CITY DIMONA FIRES IGNITED WITH CASUALTIES


IRAN WAR CONTINUES ON MULTIPLE FRONTS THE WAR AS OF SATURDAY IN ITS 22ND DAY



          AL JAZEERA QATAR LIVE BLOG



OSINTdefender "X" (Photo Embed Dimona Strike)



NEWSDUMP ALERT: AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL UPHEAVAL AS LIBERAL PARTY SUPPORT COLLAPSES IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA ELECTION 


The Labor Party with a landslide victory in the South Australia state election.

The Liberal Party, Australia's version of the Republicans in the USA, greatly reduced with rising support for the One Nation Party a party opposed to mass immigration and Islamization in Australia. 


One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson saying:


 "Guess what mate? I'm leaving you some landmines-they're called One Nation members of parliament'...


                               ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA




   AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS TO POST.


From the collection of three thousand songs this hit of the 1940's great harmony from The Mills Brothers...


                        "ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THE ALAMO"-THE MILLS BROTHERS



                                               "CROSS OVER THE BRIDGE"-PATTI PAGE



                                                   "ON THE OTHER SIDE"-THE SEEKERS



                                   "MAKE MY LIFE A PRAYER TO YOU"-KEITH GREEN




That's how the music mixed together as your host played it through the years of working third shift cleaning in a high school.


I've been sometimes called "Superman" other times called "Buddha" but let's keep this attempt at media excellence a relentless pursuit for truth going forward.


Time for the "War Update" what is war good for...






"Life is too much short and precious to spend fighting wars these days" as the song says but there's word that 200 billion dollars is being asked for to spend on this war.

200 billion on a week when the US national debt hit 39 trillion and just keeps on rising...






"I will not vote for a war supplemental...I am so tired of spending money elsewhere...I have folks in Colorado who can't afford to live, we need America First policies right now"

CONGRESSWOMAN LAUREN BOEBERT REPUBLICAN OF COLORADO IN VIDEO ABOVE



                 SIGNS OF 'LONG WAR'


Regardless of what President Donald Trump says as he talks to keep stocks higher and or gasoline prices lower I see signs of a 'long war'.


First the sudden notification by my wife's employer that her 401K funds were moving into a place where they were guaranteed two percent growth.   In other words. the 401K funds moved out of the stock market.


Also a sudden notification this week from one of my credit cards an unexpected offer of a low interest rate of .9 percent for the next six months.


A low-interest loan offer in essence to tide folks over through stock market losses and a higher cost of living.


        Get your money to safe harbors folks.


I am sending that message out in all directions including my children.




I AM COMMENTING ON EVENTS THIS WEEKEND BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED I DON'T WANT TO JOIN ANY MOBS I NEED TO REMAIN ULTIMATELY HUMBLE AND PRAY IN A 'THY WILL BE DONE' MODE.




IN THE END I HOPE FEAR INCLUDING FEAR OF THE EVENTS UNFOLDING BEFORE US DOES NOT DOMINATE YOUR LIFE DISTRACT YOU INTO INTOXICATION



"So do not fear for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

                             ISAIAH 41:10 NIV BIBLE



 'COMMIE' OUTED AS 'PEDO' CAUSES CHICOM CULTURAL REVOLUTION



Some want to call me a Chinese Communist agent but this week a Chairman Mao cultural revolution over the revelations about child sex abuse involving Leftist icon Cesar Chavez.


His name and likeness being taken off of everything from buildings to murals to parks and public events... 



"Cesar Chavez abuse allegations spur a movement to disavow the man-without erasing Latino history"-NBC News



AND STILL TO COME FBI FILES ON MARTIN LUTHER KING...


A guy from Philly I'll call Joe drove up to where I was working the other week in his U-Haul (his car broke down) to offer me some chocolate candy.

Joe is a 'man of color' and we talked a bit about racism and racial discrimination along with our memories of Philadelphia.

But he came out and said something the radio preachers said back in the 1970's:


          "Martin Luther King was a Commie"


The FBI and J. Edgar Hoover certainly got a lot of evidence against MLK with all its spying on his sexual activities alongside the political ones using their usual methods of audio surveillance and informants etc. etc.


But in the 1970's a federal judge sealed materials about Dr. King for 50 years that time is running out.


More revelations about MLK's sexual activities likely to emerge next year from all those FBI surveillance files.


I have done my own reading-research on MLK have my own ideas they will wait.


But listening to the preaching of Dr. Billy Graham who was friends with Dr. King especially close in the 1950's Reverend Graham likes to remind people that both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his father Martin Luther King Sr. preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ.


So, we will wait to this time next year for that situation to unfold and whether it will lead to similar consequences for MLK as those for Cesar Chavez...


                    Wikipedia-Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act




                                       "SAVE THE COUNTRY"-THE FIFTH DIMENSION




                                                "ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN"-DION




                                                "GIVE IT UP AND SURRENDER"-DION





"But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 

What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things.  I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ--the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

I want to know Christ--yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death."


                       PHILIPPIANS 3:7-10 NIV BIBLE






"THE FINAL WORDS OF JESUS" BEGINS AT 25 MINUTES INTO THE VIDEO




                                                    Good Night.  God Bless.





                                 





FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 381*MACRON GIVES US-ISRAELI MESSAGE TO IRAN*MACRON OFFERS 'MEDIATION' IN LEBANON*"NOT PERFECT, BUT IT'S FRANCE"*RUSSIAN TANKER SEIZED IN MEDITERRANEAN*

 

           (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)


French President Emmanuel Macron speaking with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian last week repeating US-Israeli talking points about Iran possessing nuclear weapons or long-range missiles.


Mr. Macron interjected himself into the Israeli offensive against Lebanon and the Iran-aligned Hezbollah movement.


France is a former colonial power in Lebanon.


The French president offered himself as a mediator calling on Hezbollah and Israel to back away from escalation.


Macron also offered to hold talks in Paris involving Lebanese factions and Israel.


On Thursday and Friday Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visited Lebanon and Israel.


France pledging 19.7 million dollars in humanitarian aid to Lebanon where some one million people have been displaced by Israeli evacuation orders primarily in the southern part of the country.


President Trump signaling his disagreement with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Iran War also noting:


                 "He'll be out of office soon"


But Mr. Trump did give France's overall policy on the Iran War a fairly high rating of 8 out of 10.


Trump saying:


              "Not perfect, but it's France"


The US President said his push for French and other foreign assistance in opening the Strait of Hormuz was a test to see how the other nations would respond insisting the US does not need any help.


Mr. Macron was pushing on social media for a moratorium on attacks on energy and water related infrastructure...



"Trump rates Macron 'an 8' as US and France split over Middle East strategy"-Fox News



BUT FOR FRANCE AND ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES THE UKRAINE WAR REMAINS A PRIORITY THIS WEEK FRANCE ENFORCING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA OVER UKRAINE.


FOR THE SECOND TIME IN WEEKS FRANCE SEIZING A RUSSIAN 'SHADOW FLEET' TANKER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.


PRESIDENT MACRON POSTING A PHOTO OF THE SEIZURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.  HE SAID IN PART:


"These ships...are lining their pockets and contributing to the financing of the Russian war effort"


BELGIUM AND SWEDEN INVOLVED IN SIMILAR SEIZURES IN RECENT WEEKS AS WELL.


RUSSIA THIS WEEK TALKING COUNTERMEASURES FOR MERCHANT VESSELS INCLUDING SECURITY TEAMS AND ESCORT BY WARSHIPS...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)...


"France intercepts Russian shadow fleet oil tanker"-NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


This afternoon in Paris the weekly march of the "Historic Yellow Vests"...


                              Yellow Vests Paris Week 381 March 21, 2026



           Tomorrow the decisive second round of municipal elections in France.



                                                  For now that's news from France.









Friday, March 20, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/20/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*EPSTEIN LAWYER SUSPECT*UNITED AIRLINES CUTS FLIGHTS*MUSK FRAUD VERDICT*FEDS PROBE COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT*FRANCE SEIZES RUSSIA TANKER*NETANYAHU TALKS 'GROUND COMPONENT' IRAN WAR*NETANYAHU PARDON PUSH ADVANCES*ISRAEL ATTACKS SYRIA*WARNING WAR VIDEOS GULF STATES*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH FINAL POSTING 11 PM OR LATER EASTERN US TIME)

(MORE STORIES ADDING IN THE LOWER HALF AND UPPER HALF)



                      Updated news of the Iran War but first...


                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:


The testimony of Jeffrey Epstein personal attorney Darren Indyke before the House Government Oversight Committee raising suspicions.


Mr. Indyke giving a deposition saying he had 'no knowledge whatsoever' of any crimes by Epstein against women and girls.


Indyke testified about hard-drives held by private investigators who worked for Epstein.


Committee chair Republican James Comer of Kentucky saying Indyke was convinced by Epstein that his 2008 plea deal conviction for child sex abuse and trafficking was a mistake.


Indyke has been linked to efforts to keep women from talking to authorities about sexual abuse involving Epstein and destruction of hard drives.


Democrats on the committee saying Mr. Indyke was an integral part of the Epstein sex trafficking operation an 'insider' and 'enabler' who was 'managing legal strategies that helped Epstein avoid government scrutiny'...



                    National Public Radio USA



In an interview with Norway's public broadcaster NRK Crown Princess Mette-Marit portraying herself as a victim of Jeffrey Epstein.


She spoke of Epstein being a blackmailer and manipulator.


The crown princess also painting a picture of feeling unsafe while visiting Epstein in Palm Beach, Florida but also denying any knowledge of illegal activity.


Mette-Marit saying she became convinced that Epstein was a 'bad person' and regretted not telling others about this...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



UNITED AIRLINES CUTTING SCHEDULED FLIGHTS BY FIVE PERCENT FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.


THIS MOVE LINKED TO HIGHER OIL PRICES CREATING HIGHER JET FUEL COSTS.


CEO SCOTT KIRBY SAYING THE AIRLINE IS BRACING FOR OIL PRICES AS HIGH AS 175 DOLLARS A BARREL AND OVERALL PRICES ABOVE 100 DOLLARS A BARREL UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR.


THIS WOULD CREATE AN ANNUAL FUEL BILL OF 11 BILLION DOLLARS FOR UNITED TWICE ITS PROFIT IN ITS BEST YEAR...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL



10 KILLED, 59 INJURED IN A FIRE AT AN AUTO PARTS PLANT IN DAEJEON, SOUTH KOREA.   FOUR OTHERS ARE MISSING...TASS RUSSIA



          IRAN WAR DAY 21 FINAL UPDATE

            (SOME ADDITIONAL INFO MAY BE POSTED DURING EVENING)



IN LEBANON LATE TONIGHT NEW ISRAELI EVACUATION ORDERS FOR SOUTHERN BEIRUT SUBURBS AHEAD OF PLANNED AIR ATTACKS.



IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL LATE TONIGHT.  NO REPORTS OF ANY CASUALTIES.


ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS EVENING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REJECTING ANY TRUCE IN THE IRAN WAR.


TRUMP SAYING OBJECTIVES ARE 'VERY CLOSE' TO BEING MET AGAINST WHAT HE CALLED THE 'TERRORIST REGIME OF IRAN'...TRUTH SOCIAL POST...


THIS AS US MARINES THAT COULD BE USED TO SEIZE IRANIAN TERRITORY ARE MOVING TOWARDS OR HAVE ARRIVED IN THE WAR ZONE.



ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS ON TEHRAN LATE TONIGHT AND ALSO ON BEIRUT, LEBANON.


ISRAEL ALSO ATTACKING OTHER CITIES IN IRAN...


              AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


A JURY FINDING ELON MUSK LIABLE FOR MISLEADING INVESTORS IN HIS 2022 PURCHASE OF TWITTER (NOW "X").   MUSK FOUND TO HAVE DELIBERATELY DRIVEN DOWN THE VALUE OF THE COMPANY'S STOCK.


BUT JURORS DECIDED THAT MUSK WAS NOT LIABLE OVER SOME ALLEGATIONS THAT HE DEFRAUDED INVESTORS...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NBC NEWS USA





Heavy rains leading to flooding in Hawaii with thousands of residents ordered to evacuate on the island of Oahu (Honolulu).


This is due to the threat of a dam collapse...Hawaii News Now



IN AN EFFORT TO CONTRAIN RISING FUEL PRICES THE US EASING ITS SANCTIONS ON IRANIAN OIL.

THE EASING IN EFFECT FOR 30 DAYS...(NEWS AGENCIES)



US federal prosecutors probing Colombia's outspoken leftist President Gustavo Petro.


They are investigating him over links to drug trafficking in Colombia.


Petro has a tense relationship with the US opposing the deadly US attacks on drug trafficking boats.


More recently he has suggested Colombians are being killed by neighboring Ecuador whose Pro-US President is allied with the US-led drug trafficking crackdown.


Mr. Petro on social media denying any links to drug trafficking...SVT Sweden (Translation Prompt)


CZECH AUTHORITIES CONVENING AN EMERGENCY MEETING FOLLOWING THE TORCHING OF A FACILITY ASSOCIATED WITH AN ISRAELI ARMS MAKER.


THE ARSON ATTACK BEING CALLED TERRORISM.  A RESEARCH AREA WAS DESTROYED...TASS RUSSIA




(Updated) Russia said to have proposed a quid pro quo to the United States that it would decline to share intelligence data with Iran if the US would stop sharing its intelligence data with Ukraine.


This offer said to have rejected by the US according to two sources cited by "Politico"...Politico EU...


Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev describing the report as "fake news'...Tass Russia




The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 443.96 points or .96 percent.

The NASDAQ fell 443.08 points or 2.01 percent.

In New York at the close the price of oil 98 dollars 81 cents a barrel up two dollars 67 cents or 2.78 percent...Marketwatch



ANOTHER BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING ATTACKED BY THE US MILITARY IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN.


THREE CREW MEMBERS SURVIVED THE ATTACK WITH NO WORD YET ON WHETHER THEY WERE RESCUED...STARS AND STRIPES




FRANCE SEIZING AN OIL TANKER OF RUSSIA'S 'SHADOW FLEET'.


THE TANKER 'DENYA' SEIZED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.


THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF SUCH SEIZURES BY EUROPEAN NATIONS.


EARLIER THIS WEEK A TOP RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DISCUSSED SECURITY MEASURES FOR RUSSIAN VESSELS.


THEY WOULD INCLUDE SECURITY TEAMS USING DEFENSIVE MEASURES AND THE USE OF WARSHIPS AS ESCORTS...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



                    (NEWS, COMMENT ANALYSIS)


"There are many possibilities for this ground component, and I take the liberty of not sharing with you all these possibilities"


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking about military forces on the ground being needed to overthrow the present government in Iran.


He spoke at a news conference for foreign media in Israel last evening.


His comments came as more than 2,000 US Marines were on the move from the West Coast of the United States to join a similar sized force entering the area of the Iran War Zone.


But the possibilities for use of ground forces against the present Iranian government to incite a 'revolution' could involve the use of Arab military forces and mercenaries.


They would be backed and funded by the Gulf Arab states that have varying degrees of secret under the table relationships with Israel.


They could use the fact that Iran attacked their nations as a justification for helping Israel to overthrow the Iranian government...The Hill USA





IN ISRAEL A LEGAL OPINION COMPLETED TO SUPPORT THE PARDON OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FOR THE CORRUPTION CHARGES HE IS CURRENTLY ON TRIAL FOR.


US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY DEMANDED A PARDON OF NETANYAHU BY ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG SCOLDING HIM FOR NOT ACTING ON THE MATTER.


THE LEGAL OPINION IS BE PRESENTED SOON TO PRESIDENT HERZOG...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                        IRAN WAR DAY 21

                                (UPDATNG WHEN ABLE)


IRAN ATTACKING ISRAEL TODAY WITH MISSILES WHILE HEZBOLLAH HAS FIRED ROCKETS FROM LEBANON INTO ISRAEL.


THE NEW SUPREME RULER OF IRAN AYATOLLAH MOJTABA KHAMENEI SPEAKING OF THE WAR INSTILLING A 'STRANGE UNITY' IN IRANIANS WHILE 'A FRACTURE HAS EMERGED IN THE ENEMY'.


HE URGED THE COUNTRIES NEIGHBORING IRAN ON THE EAST AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN TO HEAL THEIR CONFLICT THAT BROKE OUT RIGHT BEFORE THE IRAN WAR STARTED.



AYATOLLAH KHAMANEI SAID THAT SOME ATTACKS ON OMAN AND TURKEY ATTRIBUTED TO IRAN WERE FALSE FLAGS DESIGNED TO DRAW THOSE COUNTRIES INTO THE CONFLICT.




POLAND PULLING ITS SOLDIERS OUT OF IRAQ.  THEY WERE THERE IN SUPPORT OF US-LED MILITARY ACTIVITIES.



AN ISRAELI OIL COMPANY SAYS OPERATIONS AT ITS HAIFA REFINERY WERE PARTIALLY DISRUPTED BY YESTERDAY'S IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.   A KEY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DAMAGED.


ISRAEL ATTACKING SYRIA TODAY.   THE ATTACKS IN SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOW THE FIRING OF ROCKETS INTO THE ISRAELI CONTROLLED GOLAN HEIGHTS.


ISRAEL CONDUCTING DECAPITATION STRIKES IN TEHRAN OVERNIGHT KILLING AN IRANIAN GENERAL WHO WAS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS.



DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE IN LEBANON.


THE 'WALL STREET JOURNAL' REPORTING THAT IRAN FIRED TWO MISSILES IN THE DIRECTION OF THE US BASE ON DIEGO GARCIA IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WITH ONE MISSILE INTERCEPTED THE OTHER FAILING TO REACH ITS TARGET...


                 AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


                                ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




IN MEXICO AT LEAST 11 KILLED AS THE CRACKDOWN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CONTINUES.


RAIDS CONDUCTED AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WITH A DRUG KINGPIN OF THE SINALOA CARTEL ARRESTED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




         VIDEO OF KIM JONG-UN AND DAUGHTER JU-AE AT TANK DRILL



In North Korea ruler Kim Jong-Un overseeing a combat drill involving new main battle tanks.


Kim speaking of the new tank as 'very superior' and 'unequaled in the world'.


By Kim's side witnessing the drill his teenage daughter Ju-Ae now considered to be his likely successor.


At one point she drove the tank in a video released by North Korea...Yonhap News Agency



THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEIZING WEBSITES LINKED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS BY IRAN.

THE FOUR SITES SAID TO HAVE SPREAD TERRORIST PROPAGANDA...CNN USA




THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APPROVING A MAJOR MEDIA MERGER.


NEXSTAR ACQUIRING TEGNA BOTH COMPANIES MAJOR PLAYERS IN LOCAL VIDEO BROADCASTING IN THE USA.


THE FCC LIFTING A CAP ON LOCAL BROADCAST OWNERSHIP RULES ALLOWING THE NEW COMPANY TO REACH 70 PERCENT OF US HOUSEHOLDS...THE HILL USA



Canada warning its citizens in Gulf Arab nations not to make war videos.

The advisory says videos of damage caused by Iranian attacks on those countries as well as military activity could lead to fines, imprisonment or deportation.

Counties mentions in the warning include Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates...CBC News Canada



IN AUSTRALIA FRIDAY MORNING SHOUTS AIMED AT AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE AND HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER TONY BURKE.


BOTH MEN APPEARED AT A WESTERN SYDNEY MOSQUE FOR AN EVENT MARKING THE END OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN (EID-AL-FITR).


THOSE SHOUTING AT THE POLITICIANS OBJECTING TO THEIR SUPPORT OF ISRAELI POLICIES CONSIDERED GENOCIDE INCLUDING THE CURRENT DEADLY MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN LEBANON.


THE MOSQUE IS ATTENDED BY LEBANESE WORSHIPERS....ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



Chuck Norris passing at the age of 86.


Norris emerged from the martial arts where he was a champion performer to become a movie and television acting star.


He was known as the star of a series of action movies and the television series "Walker Texas Ranger"...CNN USA



A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE RULING FOR THE 'NEW YORK TIMES' AND AGAINST THE PENTAGON OVER ITS CHANGE IN POLICY FOR JOURNALISTS LAST YEAR.


THE PENTAGON ONLY ALLOWING JOURNALISTS IN WHO SIGNED ONTO ITS POLICIES LIMITING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE REPORTERS ASSIGNED TO WORK THERE...OSINTdefender "X"