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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Monday, April 6, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 4/6/2026*1.1 MILLION+ LEBANESE REFUGEES*RUSSIAN WARNING BALTIC COUNTRIES UKRAINE DRONE FLIGHTS*CHURCH ATTACKS NIGERIA*IRAN REJECTS CEASEFIRE NOTION*IRAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF ASSASSINATED*
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Updated News of the Iran War but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Panama four people hurt and one missing following an explosion of fuel tankers under the Bridge of the Americas.
The bridge crosses the Pacific side of the Panama Canal...BNO News
FOUR ACTIVE-DUTY ISRAELI SOLDIERS RECENTLY ARRESTED ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR IRAN.
THERE'S A GAG ORDER IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARRESTS.
ANOTHER IRANIAN SPY CASE IN ISRAEL INVOLVES A 21-YEAR-OLD JERUSALEM RESIDENT WHO PHOTOGRAPHED STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IN ISRAEL FOR IRAN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
"They were warned. If they do not understand, they will receive an answer"
Those words from Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to the Baltic nations following Ukrainian drone overflights.
Attacking Ukrainian drones given a safe path by those NATO member nations to reach Russia's Leningrad Region.
That's where Ukraine has made repeated attempts to attack Russian energy export facilities with some damage reported...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
IRAN WAR DAY 38 FINAL UPDATE
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THE UNITED NATIONS REPORTING 1.1 MILLION REFUGEES IN LEBANON DUE TO THE ISRAELI MILITARY OFFENSIVE THERE.
A FIRE IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA OF SAUDI ARABIA ON THE PERSIAN GULF COAST. VIDEO POSTED...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)
ATTACKS ON IRAN LATE TONIGHT INCLUDING THE CAPITAL CITY OF TEHRAN.
AN IRANIAN OFFICIAL CALLING ON THE IRANIAN PUBLIC TO GATHER FOR PROTESTS AT POWER PLANTS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THIS WOULD BE JUST HOURS BEFORE US PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DEADLINE FOR THEIR DESTRUCTION...
PALESTINIAN MEDIA WITH VIDEO OF NATIONALIST ISRAELI SETTLRS IN ISRAEL ATTACKING A PALESTINIAN FAMILY.
ANOTHER REPORT OF A SETTLER RAID STEALING 15 HEAD OF LIVESTOCK FROM PALESTINIANS...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The US Supreme Court vacating a Contempt of Congress charge against political commentator-activist Steve Bannon.
The ruling sends the case against Bannon to a lower court judge paving the way for its dismissal.
Bannon found in contempt for his refusal to comply with subpoena in connection with the January 6th, 2021 clash at the US Capitol.
Bannon has been a high-profile political personality in Conservative circles in the last 10 years.
He worked for President Trump early in his first term at the White House then left after the deadly disturbance in Charlottesville, Virginia in August of 2017.
Mr. Bannon was then involved in an effort to rehabilitate the image of Jeffrey Epstein prior to his second arrest and death in 2019. It included an interview...
FULL BANNON-EPSTEIN INTERVIEW NEARLY TWO HOURS
THE HILL USA
AT LEAST SEVEN KILLED WHEN CHURCHES WERE ATTACKED IN NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA ON EASTER SUNDAY YESTERDAY.
BOTH A ROMAN CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH SAID TO HAVE BEEN TARGETED.
THE NIGERIAN MILITARY SPEAKING OF FORCING THE ATTACKERS TO GIVE UP HOSTAGES THEY TOOK.
UNDER ORDERS FROM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THE AMERICAN MILITARY LAUNCHED MORE THAN A DOZEN TOMAHAWK MISSILES INTO THE REGION LAST CHRISTMAS DAY.
THE TOMAHAWK ATTACK AIMED AT CAMPS LINKED TO ISIS (ISIL-DAESH). MR. TRUMP HAS SPOKEN OF THE GENOCIDE OF CHRISTIANS IN THE COUNTRY AND SENT MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
TWO KILLED IN AN AVALANCHE IN NORWAY. FOUR SKIERS SWEPT AWAY AT A SKI RESORT.
WHEN RESCUERS REACHED THE GROUP TWO WERE STILL ALIVE. ONE OF THOSE KILLED A SWEDE (SVT SWEDEN).
A CODE ORANGE ALERT FOR INCREASED AVALANCHE DANGER WAS IN EFFECT...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei rejecting the notion of a ceasefire in the conflict.
He says a pause would allow the US and Israel to regroup for future aggression...Press TV Iran...
Media reports in the US speak of a ten-point Iranian response that demands things like reparations for damage caused by the war.
IRAN WAR DAY 38
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ISRAEL SAYS IT IS CARRYING OUT LARGE SCALE ATTACKS ACROSS IRAN.
13 IRANIANS KILLED IN AN AIR ATTACK SOUTHWEST OF TEHRAN.
THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS INTELLIGENCE CHIEF ASSASSINATED BY THE US AND ISRAEL EARLY THIS MORNING IN TEHRAN.
ISRAEL ATTACKING A PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX IN IRAN A FIRE SAID TO HAVE BEEN QUICKLY PUT OUT.
SEVEN KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.
DRONES AND MISSILES ATTACKING ISRAEL LAUNCHED FROM LEBANON, IRAN AND YEMEN. ONE WOMAN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
ALL FOUR BODIES RECOVERED FROM A HAIFA ISRAEL HOME COLLAPSED BY AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK YESTERDAY.
IRAN SAYS NO TALKS ARE GOING ON WITH THE UNITED STATES BUT IT IS FORMULATING A RESPONSE TO A PROPOSAL LEAKED OUT SUNDAY NIGHT ABOUT A 45-DAY CEASEFIRE IN THE CONFLICT...
ALJAZEERA QATAR BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 165.21 points or .36 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 117.16 points or .54 percent.
At the close the price of oil in New York 112 dollars 60 cents a barrel up one dollar six cents or .95 percent...Marketwatch
A news story leaked out by the "Axios" media outlet late Sunday as oil markets and US stock futures markets traded.
It speaks of talks for a 45-day ceasefire in the Iran War...Barak Ravid Axios "X"
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE JAE MYUNG EXPRESSING HIS REGRET TO NORTH KOREA OVER THREE DRONE FLIGHTS INTO THE NORTH.
AUTHORITIES IN THE SOUTH INDICTING THREE INDIVIDUALS FOR FLYING DRONES INTO THE NORTH BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND JANUARY...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
Sunday, April 5, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 4/5/2026*EASTER NEWSDUMP*BACKPACK BOMBS ON GAS PIPELINE TO HUNGARY*TRUMP EASTER 'F BOMB' THREAT*UKRAINE WAR CONTINUES*WOUNDED WARPLANE OFFICER RESCUED IN IRAN*ANTI-WAR ISRAEL TENSIONS*CHINA SHEDS US DEBT LOAD*ISRAELI DRONE FACTORY DESTROYED IN WAR*
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News of the Iran War but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Eight people wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar Territory of southern Russia...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
A GASOLINE PUMP PRICE UPDATE HERE IN YORK, PENNSYLANIA SAM'S CLUB MOVED THE PRICE TO 389.9 THIS EVENING AT THE CLOSE.
THAT IS ONE DOLLAR 16 CENTS MORE THAN WHEN THE IRAN WAR BEGAN A PRICE RISE OF ALMOST 43 PERCENT.
In northern Germany three killed during an Easter egg hunt.
A baby the baby's 21-year-old mother and a 16-year-old girl died when a tree fell on them.
Another 18-year-old woman seriously injured in the forest near Flensburg...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
Three dead, others wounded in an Israeli attack on Gaza. The attack reported by Palestinian media and confirmed by Israel's military...Times of Israel
IRAN WAR DAY 37 FINAL UPDATE
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US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING OF A TUESDAY 8PM DEADLINE FOR IRAN TO 'REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ' VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
ON MONDAY MORNING IRANIAN MISSILE FRAGMENTS LANDING IN HAIFA, ISRAEL.
MEANWHILE ALSO IN HAIFA TWO BODIES FOUND IN THE BUILDING COLLAPSED BY AN EARLIER IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.
IRAN SAYS 15 SHIPS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN THE LAST 24 HOURS INCLUDING AN IRAQI VESSEL.
ATTACKS ON US BASE AREAS IN IRAQ ALONG WITH ATTACKS ON PRO-IRAN IRAQI MILITIA UNITS.
RESCUE WORKERS GOING THROUGH A FOUR-STORY BUILDING IN HAIFA, ISRAEL THAT COLLAPSED IN A IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.
Serbian authorities finding two backpack bombs at the Turk Stream natural gas pipeline near the border with Hungary.
Turk Stream carries Russian natural gas through Turkey to eventually reach Hungary.
An emergency security meeting in Hungary called by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Ukraine denying any responsibility for the explosives.
Discovery of the bombs just one week before Hungary's election where the nationalist populist Orban government faces the Pro-European Union opposition...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN ISRAEL FOLLOWING A RAMPAGE BY NATIONALISTS IN A PALESTINIAN VILLAGE.
ONE PALESTINIAN WITH A SERIOUS HEAD WOUND.
HOMES AND CHICKEN COOPS TORCHED IN THE VILLAGE...TIMES OF ISRAEL
"Let those who have weapons put them down. May those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace.
Not peace imposed by force, but peace through dialogue.
Not out of desire to dominate others, but to meet them"
Part of Pope Leo XIV's Easter Message today.
The Pontiff warning about indifference to violence and the deaths of thousands of people as well as the hatred, division and economic consequences of war...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE UKRAINE WAR CONTINUING 19 UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN BY RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES IN THE LENINGRAD REGION...TASS RUSSIA...
RUSSIA STRIKING TARGETS IN UKRAINE INCLUDING ENERGY SITES AND MILITARY AIRFIELDS...TASS RUSSIA...
TWO KILLED IN A URKAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON A CARGO SHIP CARRYING WHEAT...TASS RUSSIA
IRAN WAR DAY 37
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THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT AHVAZ IN SOUTHWESTERN IRAN ATTACKED.
FOUR KILLED 39 WOUNDED IN ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN BEIRUT, LEBANON
US PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH A PROFANE POST SAYING:
"Open the F**kin Strait"
TRUMP WARNING THAT IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND BRIDGES WILL BE DESTROYED ON TUESDAY
TRUMP ALSO USING THE PHRASE:
"Praise be to Allah"
TO CONCLUDE THE POST.
INTENSE FIGHT BRINGS OUT WOUNDED US WARPLANE CREW MEMBER IN SOUTHWESTERN IRAN
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PROCLAIMED THE US RESCUE OF A WOUNDED CREW MEMBER FROM AN F-15E WARPLANE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.
THE WEAPONS OFFICER TAKEN OUT IN A FIGHT THAT INVOLVED HUNDREDS OF SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS AND LED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF ONE OR MORE US AIRCRAFT.
IRANIAN MEDIA PUBLISHING A PHOTO OF A BURNING C-130 IN A FIELD THE US VERSION OF EVENTS THROUGH SPECIAL FORCES SOURCES IS THE AIRCRAFT WERE DELIBERATELY DESTROYED WHEN THEY GOT STUCK IN THE SAND...
DD Geopolitics "X" (Photo Embed)
Al Jazeera Qatar Sunday Blog
In Israel a tense and confrontational situation this weekend the high court allowing larger numbers of anti-war protesters on the streets.
Protests in dozens of Israeli cities and towns Saturday evening.
But police later violently broke up a demonstration on the streets of Tel Aviv saying the number of protesters got too large.
Meanwhile the Chief Rabbi of Israel David Josef labeled the high court 'the enemy of Judaism' for making its decision.
He expressed opposition to the decision itself and the decision being made on the Sabbath...Times Of Israel
Farmers in Australia are urging supermarkets to pay more for produce to absorb their higher fuel costs due to the Iran War.
The Australian government discouraging 'panic buying' of gasoline saying the country's reserves of gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel are holding steady...ABC News Australia
INDIA'S GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING OIL AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS PURCHASES FROM IRAN.
THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE LIFTING OF SANCTIONS ON IRANIAN TANKERS BY THE US GOVERNMENT LAST MONTH...OSINTdefender "X"
CHINA IS CUTTING BACK ON ITS STAKE IN THE US NATIONAL DEBT.
CHINESE HOLDINGS OF US TREASURY SECURITIES NOW UNDER 700 BILLION DOLLARS DOWN FROM A RECORD 1.3 TRILLION BACK IN 2011.
MAJOR HOLDERS OF THOSE SECURITIES ARE THE UNITED KINGDOM AROUND 900 BILLION AND JAPAN IN EXCESS OF 1.2 TRILLION DOLLARS...The Economic Times India-MSN
China dealing with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among cattle in the northwestern part of the country.
Authorities say the limited outbreak entered from outside of China.
Border controls imposed with the government fast-tracking vaccines and culling cattle impacted by the outbreak.
This is the first time the SAT-1 serotype normally found in Africa had been detected in China...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE
In the Iran War it was revealed this weekend that an Israeli drone factory was destroyed in an Iranian missile attack earlier in the week.
The factory in Petah Tikva in Central Israel described as a 'total loss' but a few drones were still intact along with critical information.
The company making the drones hopes to resume production within a week using production facilities of another company or the military...Ynet Israel (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)
In New Iberia. Louisiana 18 people hurt when a car struck pedestrians at a Laotian New Year parade.
The 57-year-old driver arrested found with a blood alcohol level of .137 facing multiple charges including driving while impaired and negligent injuring...KLFY Lafayette, Louisiana
IN AFGHANISTAN FLOODING AND LANDSLIDES KILLING 77 PEOPLE AND INJURING 137.
AUTHORITIES SAY 1800 HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED AND 2700 MORE HOMES DAMAGED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
One killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Bryansk Region of Russia. The attack on the city of Sevsk...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
ONE KILLED, DOZENS INJURED THREE OF THEM CRITICALLY IN AN ACCIDENT AT A STADIUM IN LIMA, PERU FRIDAY NIGHT.
IT WAS DURING A PRE-MATCH RALLY AS FLAGS WERE BEING WAVED BY FANS...RPP PERU (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)
Saturday, April 4, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND**CHARLIE KIRK 'A CATASTROPHIC MISTAKE'*INTENSE FIGHT SW IRAN*IRAN NUKE PLANT ATTACKED*ISRAEL ATTACKED, QATAR FUNDED*GOLDA TALKS TO 'ANTICHRIST'*EL RUSHBO ANTICHRIST?*I LISTEN TO BILLY GRAHAM 'ALL THE TIME'*BELIEF MEANS COMMITMENT*
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"It's going unnoticed because so much other news is happening, but the war drums are beating again in D.C. The warmongers worry this is their last chance to get the white whale they've been chasing for thirty years, an all out regime change war against Iran. A new war in the Middle East would be a catastrophic mistake..."-Charlie Kirk "X" Post April 3, 2025
NEWSDUMP ALERT: IRAN WAR DAY 36
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Intense fighting reported in southwestern Iran Saturday night amid a US effort to rescue a second crew member of a downed US warplane.
Video was posted claiming to show Iranian civilians in vehicle convoys seeking to capture the pilot against the advice of local authorities....DD Geopolitics "X" (Video Embed)...
More on the story in the Sunday News Summary early Sunday morning.
At least two killed and dozens of others wounded in Israeli air attacks in Lebanon Saturday.
A series of drone attacks on Kuwait Saturday night with damage to an oil industry complex and a government office complex.
One Israeli soldier killed, another wounded in a 'friendly fire' incident in Southern Lebanon.
Four attacks on the Bushehr nuclear facility in Iran today along with a petrochemical complex in southern Iran.
Russia evacuating 200 workers from the nuclear plant.
Five killed in the attack on the Iranian petrochemical plant.
Israel on the attack in Lebanon. 1,422 killed in Lebanon so far during the Israeli military offensive there.
Iranian attacks reported in the Gulf nations and Israel.
Attacks in various parts of Iran including one near the holy city of Qom.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA TODAY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENING 'ALL HELL WILL REIGN DOWN ON THEM' AND 'GLORY BE TO GOD' AS HE SPOKE OF A 48-DEADLINE FOR IRAN TO COMPLY WITH HIS DEMANDS.
Al Jazeera Qatar Blog
A SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS TO POST MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.
My wife coloring pictures on her phone last evening when this song came up on the radio. In the 1990's the music of the 1960's prominent.
My son was born on March 30th his birthday last Monday when he was born I went to Walmart and got a cassette (remember those) of hit songs like this one by Petula Clark...
"COLOR MY WORLD"-PETULA CLARK
"OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA"-THE BEATLES
"BE YE GLAD"-GLAD
"And though your body lay weary from wasting
And your eyes show the sorrow they've had
Oh the love that your heart is now tasting
Has opened the gates be ye glad
Oh Be ye glad, oh be ye glad!
Every debt that you ever had
Has been paid up in full by the grace of the Lord
Be ye glad, be ye glad, be ye glad!"
FROM THE LAST SONG 'BE YE GLAD'
This Easter Weekend is definitely about our Lord Jesus Christ who saved us and delivered us.
When I was young in the 1970's the preachers talked a heck of a lot of about Jesus returning again, about Armageddon and about a personality known as the "Antichrist".
In those days of my life hearing political preachers and commentators on the radio sometimes the speculation went pretty wild they felt the need to identify personalities of the time that seemed to dominate the news as the "Antichrist".
Names that came up included Dr. Henry Kissinger and Jimmy Carter later on the 1970's.
It reminds me of this movie now available on You Tube it was out when Israel was brutally attacked by Qatar funded Hamas on October 7th, 2023.
I repeat when Israel was attacked by Qatar funded Hamas on October 7th, 2023.
More on that some other time.
The movie I speak of "Golda" a Hollywood feminist version of events surrounding the Yom Kippur War when Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir was indeed speaking to Dr. Henry Kissinger reputed to be "The Antichrist" in his time.
That first "Kissinger Scene" involved telephone operators making connections between world leaders.
I was down in the switchboard room in the basement of the US State Department back around 1970 getting a full tour my mother visiting people she worked with when she was a switchboard operator at the State Department decades earlier...
Golda Movie (First "Henry Kissinger" Scene at 21:00) (MOVIE IS PG-13 POTENTIALLY DISTURBING SCENES)
Later on folks would go so far as to say Rush Limbaugh was the Antichrist so I have been told by someone I trust.
Kissinger, Carter and El Rushbo have passed on but we certainly have some dominating personalities today that could qualify for definition as:
"The Antichrist"
I'll stop short of naming names, I think you get the point.
"You listen to Billy Graham all the time?"
My wife noticed I had the radio set to the "Billy Graham Channel" when she used the car and asked me that question one day recently.
I answered yes to that I guess to be more accurate I listen to Billy Graham 95 percent of the time classic messages like this...
"Now the word believe is the catch, that's the trick. The word believe means to commit. It's more than just head belief. The Bible says the Devil believes and trembles when he thinks about the future.
The Devil believes but he believes with his head. He doesn't believe he hasn't committed himself to Christ so he's lost..."
DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 1:45 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW...
"You Can Be Sure"-Billy Graham 1985 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
"First you must believe on the son with your hear commitment the second thing there must be a changed attitude towards sin.
Spiritually it is the blood of Christ God's son that cleanses us from sin gave it freely because he loved.
Now what is to be our attitude towards the sin we are to confess it, we are to forsake it and we're to seek after righteousness."
DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 2:51 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED ABOVE
This week your host celebrates two years of a 'change of heart' a forsaking and turning away from his most deep and shameful sins.
Happy Easter
He Is Risen
Good Night. God Bless.
"CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY"-SCOTT WESLEY BROWN
"NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS"-FORREST FRANK (FEATURING LECRAE)
"EASTER SONG"-KEITH GREEN (LIVE WITH INTRODUCTION)
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 383*MACRON IN JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA POINTING TOWARDS MORE CONFLICT*EURO PARLIAMENT MEMBER QUESTIONED OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POST*FRENCH SHIP TRANSITS STRAIT*
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US President Donald Trump slamming President Emmanuel Macron under pressure over the Iran War.
One aspect of the Iran War is a refugee crisis in Lebanon more than one million people driven from their homes most in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border.
Mr. Macron concerned about the humanitarian situation as well as the killing of UN peacekeeping soldiers in the Israeli military offensive now underway in Lebanon.
As noted last week French diplomat Fabrice Aidan under investigation over his linked to Jeffrey Epstein provided Epstein with UN documents that were confidential underscoring Israel's adversarial relationship with the UN.
President Macron extending Europe's links to Far Eastern nations touted as the new members of an expanded NATO to counter China militarily.
In Japan Macron signed a deal with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on critical minerals and nuclear power.
In South Korea Macron and President Lee Jae Myung agreeing to closer defense cooperation including maintaining passage through the Strait of Hormuz following the Iran War.
Defense ministers of South Korea and France also discussed closer cooperation between the two nations on defense.
While US President Donald Trump may be threatening to leave NATO what will really happen may not bear resemblance to his public statements now dictated by a need to distract from the Iran War which may be escalating to include more US military casualties.
Also, one senses the drama over NATO distracts from escalating NATO activity against Russia with seizures of 'shadow fleet" oil tankers by European countries on the high seas.
The deals and cooperation with Japan and South Korea concluded by Mr. Macron done with China in mind and the need to oppose China economically on the road to potential military confrontation in alignment with the United States.
"Japan, France agree to boost cooperation on critical mineral supply chains"- Kyodo News Japan
"S. Korea, France agree to cooperate on safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz"-Yonhap News Agency South Korea
ON FRIDAY A FRENCH-OWNED SHIP PASSED THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ SIGNALING ITS FRENCH-OWNERSHIP.
ANY BEHIND THE SCENES ARRANGEMENTS FOR ITS PASSAGE NOT CLEAR.
A JAPANESE OWNED AND AN OMANI OWNED VESSEL ALSO ABLE TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE STRAIT.
Leftist Member of European Parliament (MEP) Rima Hassan detained by police and questioned over a social media post. It quoted a Japanese terrorist convicted over a 1972 attack in Tel Aviv, Israel that killed 27 people.
She was questioned accused of glorifying terrorism.
Supporters of the La France Insoumise (LFI) party member says her detention is an example of intimidation of supporters of the State of Palestine...
"European Parliament Member Rima Hassan Taken Into French Police Custody"- News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
Today in Saint-Denis a march against racism and in support of newly elected Leftist Mayor Bally Bagayoko of the LFI Party.
Bagayoko said he was being targeted by racists opposed to his election...
For now that's news from France.
Friday, April 3, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 4/3/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*FBI AGENTS EPSTEIN NOTES TRUMP ACCUSER*NEW RUSSIA-LINKED TANKER GRAB*AUSTRIA BANS US WARPLANES BUT...*IRAN DOWNS US WARPLANES*TRUMP 1.5 TRILLION DEFENSE*CUBA FREES 2,000+ PRISONERS*
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News of the Iran War but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
UKRAINE ON THE ATTACK LATE TONIGHT IN RUSSIA. DRONES TAKEN DOWN IN NUMEROUS REGIONS.
IN THE ROSTOV REGION AN 'AIR ATTACK' KILLED ONE PERSON AND WOUNDED FOUR INCLUDING A FOREIGN NATIONAL ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL GOVERNOR...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA...
RUSSIA ATTACKING UKRAINE WITH EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN KIEV ON SATURDAY MORNING...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)
The notes of FBI agents from their 2019 interview with a woman alleging sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein in the 1980's in South Carolina have been reviewed.
Reporting from the Charleston, South Carolina "Post And Courier" says the agents wrote notes containing possible corroborating witnesses and other information regarding her accusations.
She alleged an encounter with President Trump that included being forced into a sex act. The White House denying the accusation.
The FBI agents notes not part of the public record of the Epstein Files released by US Justice Department earlier this year.
Another woman who made 1980's South Carolina sexual assault allegations in a lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 settled in December of 2021...Charleston Post And Courier USA
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Controversy in Washington over President Trump's budget cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The 16 billion dollars worth of cuts encompass 12.5 percent of the HHS budget...The Hill USA
AN IRANIAN DRONE ATTACK ON THE US EMBASSY IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA MARCH 3RD CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
IT'S NOW BEING REVEALED THAT A THREE-STORY SECTION OF THE BUILDING INCLUDING THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY STATION RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE SOME OF IT DESCRIBED AS 'IRREVERSIBLE'...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The "Wall Street Journal" reporting that the much touted mediation effort by Pakistan and other countries regarding the Iran War is not happening...News Agencies-Times of Israel
US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO FELL ILL WHILE IN PHILADELPHIA RECENTLY.
HE WAS EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR WHO TREATED JUSTICE ALITO FOR DEHYDRATION WITH FLUIDS.
JUSTICE ALITO RETURNED TO WORK AT THE HIGH COURT WITHIN THREE DAYS OF HIS ILLNESS ON MONDAY MARCH 23RD...NBC NEWS USA
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hitting Afghanistan and Pakistan with at least eight reported dead on the outskirts of Kabul.
The quake centered in the Hindu Kush mountain range around 90 miles (150 kilometers) east of the city of Kunduz...Associated Press-PBS USA
IN PARIS 31 NOW FORMER AFTER-SCHOOL CARE EMPLOYEES ARE SUSPECTED OF 'SEXUAL VIOLENCE'.
78 WORKERS IN AFTER-SCHOOL CARE FACILITIES SUSPENDED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
REPORTS OF CHILDREN BEING FORCED TO UNDRESS AND BEING INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED AFTER EMERGED ALONG WITH STORIES OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR IN AFTER-SCHOOL CARE SITUATIONS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
An Israeli tank firing on a 'suspect' who approached its Golan Heights border in a car this evening.
The Israeli military commenting after a Syrian media report on the killing...Times Of Israel
IRAN WAR DAY 35 FINAL UPDATE
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NEW ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BEIRUT LATE TONIGHT.
THE SOUTHERN IRANIAN CITY OF ABADAN NEAR THE BORDER WITH IRAQ ATTACKED WITH MULTIPLE TARGETS STRUCK...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...
A PRO-IRANIAN IRAQI MILITIA BASE ATTACKED TONIGHT IN THE CITY OF MOSUL.
A FIRE IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA OF SOUTHERN ISRAEL NOW UNDER CONTROL. THE FIRE IGNITED BY AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.
THE LATEST CASUALTY NUMBERS INCLUDE 2,076 KILLED IN IRAN, 1,345 KILLED IN LEBANON, 109 KILLED IN IRAQ, 24 KILLED IN ISRAEL, 12 KILLED IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 13 MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY KILLED.
ALSO, FATALITIES AND INJURIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION IN THE FIRST SEVEN WEEKS OF THE CONFLICT.
11 WOUNDED INCLUDING THREE MEDICAL WORKERS IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON THE TYRE REGION OF LEBANON.
ISRAEL DESTROYED TWO BRIDGES IN SOUTHERN LEBANON TODAY.
IRAN ATTACKED CENTRAL ISRAEL WITH A MISSILE LATE TONIGHT. AT LEAST ONE MAN WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO HIGHWAYS REPORTED AS WELL A NEIGHBORHOOD POWER OUTAGE.
HEAVY AIR ATTACKS IN AND AROUND TEHRAN TONIGHT
VIDEO BEING POSTED ONLINE OF THESE ATTACKS
ONE KILLED AND FOUR WOUNDED IN AN IRANIAN ATTACK ON A NATURAL GAS FACILITY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...
AL JAZEERA QATAR...
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS A US A-10 WARPLANE WENT DOWN NEAR STRAIT OF HORMUZ THE PILOT RESCUED AND SAID TO BE 'SAFE'...OSINTdefender "X"...
THE AIRCRAFT CAME UNDER HEAVY FIRE OVER IRAN...
More on the US F-15 warplane shot down by Iran later in the summary.
ISRAEL INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF TIME RESERVE SOLDIERS SERVE. THE MOVE AMIDST WAR-DISTURBANCES ON MULTIPLE FRONTS INCLUDING IRAN, LEBANON, GAZA AND 'THE WEST BANK'.
RESERVISTS NOW EXPECTED TO SERVE NINE WEEKS OF 'OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY' THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF SIX...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Swedish Coast Guard boarding an oil tanker that left Russia subject to sanctions related to the Ukraine War.
The tanker enroute to the port of Santos in Brazil.
The official reason for seizing the "Flora 1" tanker flying the flag of Cameroon in Africa is that it caused an oil spill in the Baltic off the Swedish island of Gotland.
This is the latest in a series of seizures of Russia-linked tankers by European countries...Danmarks Radio Denmark (Translation Prompt)
Austria's government refusing US requests to use its airspace in connection with the Iran War
The government citing its policy of neutrality adopted in 1955 during the US-Soviet Cold War following occupation by Allied troops after World War 2...Newsweek...
But the Austrian public broadcaster ORF is reporting that US warplanes have crossed over Austria's airspace.
They have occurred in coordination with the US State Department.
It turns out that US military aircraft are able to fly over Austria if they are not launching attacks on Iran...ORF Austria (In German) (Translation Prompt)
IRAN SHOOTING DOWN A US F15-E WARPLANE. IRAN'S CLAIM EARLIER TODAY CONFIRMED BY US SOURCES.
THOSE SOURCES SAY THE PILOT OF THE PLANE WAS RESCUED AND EVACUATED FROM IRAN BY MILITARY SEARCH AND RESCUE.
US SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS CONTINUE TO FIND THE PLANE'S WEAPONS OFFICER...OSINTdefender "X"...OSINTdefender "X" (Post 2)...
THOSE SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS DRAWING IRANIAN FIRE IN KHUZESTAN PROVINCE EAST OF SOUTHERN IRAQ AND THE IRAQI CITY OF BASRA.
US President Donald Trump requesting 1.5 trillion dollars of military spending in the 2027 budget.
Mr. Trump suggested that amount months ago.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke earlier this year about a defense budget that would be a 'message to the world'...The Hill USA
VIDEO FOOTAGE OF TIGER WOODS FROM HIS ARREST LAST FRIDAY HAS BEEN RELEASED.
WOODS TELLING OFFICERS HE SPOKE WITH 'THE PRESIDENT' BEFORE HIS ARREST.
HE IS CURRENTLY IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EX-WIFE VANESSA AND IS CONNECTED SOCIALLY TO MR. TRUMP...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IRAN CALLING ON ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI TO DENOUNCE THE WAR LAUNCHED BY ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES.
MELONI IS ON A MIDDLE EAST VISIT WITH STOPS IN SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today in the US are shut down on Good Friday...Marketwatch...
US unemployment dropped to 4.3 percent in March from 4.4 percent in February. Non-farm payrolls rising by 178,000 more than anticipated...CNBC USA
IRAN WAR DAY 35
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
ISRAEL LAUNCHING AIR ATTACKS ON THE LEBANESE CAPTIAL OF BEIRUT AND THE IRANIAN CAPITAL OF TEHRAN TODAY.
IRAN CLAIMING TO HAVE SHOT DOWN A US AIRCRAFT OVER CENTRAL IRAN.
AL JAZEERA QATAR
IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AT LEAST 43 PEOPLE KILLED IN ATTACKS BY AN ISIS (DAESH) LINKED GROUP. 44 HOMES TORCHED.
SOME VICTIMS KILLED WITH MACHETES OTHERS BURNED ALIVE IN THEIR HOMES THERE WERE ALSO TWO ABDUCTIONS.
THE ALLIED DEMOCRATIC FORCES GROUP (ADF) ARE FORMER UGANDAN REBELS ACTIVE IN NORTHEASTERN CONGO...NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR
United Airlines and Jet Blue raising fees for checked bags. Its a way of paying for higher fuel costs caused by the Iran War.
Jet fuel costs up at least 80 percent or more since the war began..UPI USA
Cuba announcing pardons of 2,010 prisoners.
The Communist-ruled island nation under pressure from US President Donald Trump.
Violent criminals not involved in the pardons but Cuba is reported to be holding more than 1,200 political prisoners...CBS News USA
US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO CRITICIZING CHINA FOR DETAINING PANAMANIAN FLAGGED MERCHANT SHIPS IN CHINESE PORTS.
DETENTION OF THE PANAMANIAN VESSELS FOLLOWS PANAMA'S DECISION TO SEIZE CONTROL OF TWO PANAMANIAN PORTS ON EITHER SIDE OF STRATEGIC PANAMA CANAL.
PANAMA TOOK ACTION UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES...NEWSWEEK WORLD-MIAMI HERALD
An appeals court in Colorado ordering resentencing of election clerk Tina Peters who sought to find evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election.
The court said Peters nine-year sentence for tampering with voting machines was improper because the trial judge criticized her personal beliefs at sentencing...Associated Press USA-Al Jazeera Qatar
Thursday, April 2, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 4/2/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*US ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF FIRED*OIL CLOSES ALMOST 12 PERCENT HIGHER*IRAN WAR CONTINUES*US AG FIRED*GAS RATIONING WARNING IN SWEDEN POSSIBLE*
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)
(SERVICE INTERRUPTED PERSONAL COMMITMENTS)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IRAN WAR DAY 34 FINAL UPDATE
SO FAR 1,345 PEOPLE KILLED IN THE ISRAELI MILITARY OFFENSIVE AGAINST HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON.
KUWAIT REPORTING MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACKS TONIGHT
IRAN SAYS EIGHT WERE KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON A BRIDGE...
AL JAZEERA QATAR...
US SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH FIRING THE US ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF.
GENERAL RANDY GEORGE STEPPING DOWN FROM HIS POST AND RETIRING IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING ASKED BY HEGSETH.
VICE-CHIEF OF STAFF LT. GENERAL CHRISTOPHER LANEVE TAKING OVER AS CHIEF OF STAFF. HE IS A FORMER MILITARY AIDE TO HEGSETH...THE HILL USA
A Leftist French Member of the European Parliament detained and questioned by French authorities.
Rima Hassan posted a quote from a Japanese man convicted of terrorism in Israel following a deadly attack at the Tel Aviv airport in 1972.
Hassan being probed for 'glorifying terrorism'. Her office says her position gives her immunity from prosecution...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
US ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI FIRED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. TRUMP REPLACING BONDI WITH DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE.
BONDI IS SCHEDULED TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE US HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE LATER THIS MONTH ON JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES...(NEWS AGENCIES)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 61.07 points the NASDAQ rose 38.23 points.
The price of oil in New York closed at 112 dollars six cents a barrel up 11 dollars 94 cents or 11.93 percent...Marketwatch
TRUMP IRAN WAR SPEECH SPECIAL COMMENT POST
IRAN WAR DAY 34
(UPDATES ARE POSSIBLE)
A BRIDGE AND STEEL MILLS ATTACKED IN IRAN ATTACKED BY THE US AND ISRAEL TODAY.
IRAN VOWING RETALIATION.
MAO NING OF THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY CALLING FOR 'THE PARTIES CONCERNED TO IMMEDIATELY CEASE MILITARY OPERATIONS'.
IRAN TOTALING UP DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY US-ISRAEL ATTACKS SAYING MORE THAN 113,000 CIVILIAN SITES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED INCLUDING 90,000 PLUS HOMES AND OVER 21,000 COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.
ISRAEL SAYS IT KILLED 40 MEMBERS OF HEZBOLLAH IN THE CONFLICT IN LEBANON IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD.
IRAN SAYS IT SHOT DOWN AN ISRAELI DRONE OVER THE CITY OF SHIRAZ...
AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG
An attacking Ukrainian drone hitting a residential building in the Russian city of Ufa 600 miles or so east of the Ukrainian border. No injuries reported several apartments damaged...RIA Novosti Russia....
147 drones from Ukraine downed by Russian air defenses overnight...(RIA Novosti)
In a worst-case scenario, there may be gas rationing in Sweden.
That is the word from Sweden's Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson.
Noting the 50 percent cut in Value-Added Tax (Sales Tax) on food because of the Iran War, she said that depending on the situation in the Middle East gasoline rationing may be needed.
The moment of truth about gas rationing will likely be during the summer months...SVT Sweden (Translation Prompt)
THE US DROPPING SANCTIONS AGAINST THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA DELCY RODRIGUEZ.
RODRIGUEZ HAS COOPERATED WITH THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE JANUARY 3RD CAPTURE OF PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO AND HIS WIFE CILIA FLORES.
THEY NOW FACE DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES IN THE US...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
HERE IN THE US A 1974 MURDER CASE LINKED TO SERIAL KILLER TED BUNDY. 17-YEAR-OLD LAURA ANN AIME FOUND DEAD WEEKS AFTER SHE DISAPPEARED FOLLOWING A HALLOWEEN PARTY.
NEW DNA METHODS ENABLED AUTHORITIES TO CONNECT HER MURDER TO BUNDY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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