In the UK the husband of a Labor Party MP is one of three men arrested on accusations of spying for China.
David Taylor is married to MP Joani Reid.
Reid issuing a statement saying she was not involved in her husband's business activities.
She says 'as far as I know' she did not meet with anyone who is a Chinese national involved in business, diplomacy or government...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE POWER GRID IN IRAQ HAS GONE DONE. EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO RESTORE ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN THE COUNTRY....AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
AN IRANIAN WARSHIP WAS SUNK OFF THE COAST OF SRI LANKA AN ISLAND NATION SOUTHEAST OF INDIA.
LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THE FRIGATE WAS SUNK BY A SUBMARINE WITH 79 CREW MEMBERS RESCUED.
ONE FATALITY CONFIRMED WITH 101 REPORTED MISSING...TASS RUSSIA...
THE US MILITARY LATER RELEASED A VIDEO OF A TORPEDO STRIKING THE IRANIAN WARSHIP 'DENA' IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
THIS TORPEDO SANK THE VESSEL IT WAS ALREADY ON FIRE...OSINTdefender "X
Israel ordering the mass evacuation of Lebanese citizens living south of the Litani River as it intends to invade and attack a major part of Lebanon.
In other Iran War developments people visiting and working in the Persian Gulf region are making their way home from the area of the conflict...NOS Netherlands Iran War Blog
AN ANGRY REACTION FROM ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO THE REQUEST BY ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARA TO FIRE 'FAR-RIGHT' NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN-GVIR.
IN HER REQUEST TO ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT TO FIRE HIM, SHE NOTED THAT MR. BEN-GVIR HAS UNDERMINED THE INDEPENDENCE OF ISRAEL'S POLICE FORCE.
MR. NETANYAHU'S OFFICE ISSUING A STATEMENT SAYING IT IS 'INCONCEIVABLE' THAT BEN-GVIR SHOULD BE FIRED DURING AN 'EXISTENTIAL WAR AGAINST IRAN'...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The US military launching a joint operation with Ecuador's military to combat drug trafficking.
The operation inside Ecuador linked to fighting the activities of "designated terrorist organizations"...REUTERS-ECONOMIC TIMES INDIA
IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM 55-YEAR-OLD COLIN GRAY FOUND GUILTY OF FOUR COUNTS OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE MASS SCHOOL SHOOTING ATTACK ATTRIBUTED TO HIS SON COLT GRAY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
MR. GRAY GIVING HIS SON A RIFLE AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
PROSECUTORS SAID HE RECKLESSLY ARMED HIS SON AND WAS AWARE OF HIS DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH.
LATE TONIGHT HEZBOLLAH CLAIMING A ROCKET ATTACK ON A CONCENTRATION OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS IN NORTHERN ISRAEL. SIRENS WERE ACTIVATED IN THE AREA WARNING OF AN ATTACK...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
CNN REPORTS THAT THE US HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PROBING JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS SEEKING SEVEN MORE WITNESSES FOR TESTIMONY.
THEY INCLUDE BILLIONAIRE BILL GATES AND WALL STREET LAWYER KATHRYN RUEMMLER WHO WORKED AT THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE...OSINTdefender "X"
US COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK AGREEING TO VOLUNARILY APPEAR BEFORE THE US HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THERE IS RENEWED CONTROVERSY OVER LUTNICK'S TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN FOLLOWING RELEASE OF THE EPSTEIN FILES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
THEY REVEALED A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LUTNICK AND EPSTEIN THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN PUBLICLY OR ADMITTED TO BY MR. LUTNICK...THE HILL USA
"We're beginning to get the American people believing that deporting people is wrong. It's the exact opposite...
The way you go about deporting them is wrong, the fact that you cannot admit to a mistake, which looks like under investigation, it's going to prove that Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti probably should not have been shot in the face and neck..."
At a US Senate hearing today those are some of the words used by outgoing Republican US Senator Thom Tillis who delivered a scathing criticism of US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
His criticism aimed at mistakes he sees in the mass deportation policies of the DHS including the officer involved killing in Minneapolis and the numerous detentions of American citizens.
Tills stressing the need for 'quality' instead of 'quantity' in the deportations he also slammed the quashing of independent internal probes by an inspector general within the department...The Hill USA
POLISH PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK SPEAKING OF POLISH 'NUCLEAR DETERRENCE' THAT IS 'AUTONOMOUS'.
POLAND IS HOLDING TALKS WITH FRANCE AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FOLLOWING FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS COOPERATION WITH OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
IN HIS SPEECH MR. MACRON ALSO SAID FRANCE WILL BUILD MORE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS PART OF AN 'ADVANCED DETERRENCE' PROGRAM...REUTERS
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 403.51 points or .83 percent.
The NASDAQ fell 232.17 points or 1.02 percent.
At 453 pm New York Time the price of oil 74 dollars 62 cents a barrel up three dollars 39 cents or 4.76 percent.
Overnight the price of oil in a steady rise in New York a 7.5 percent increase since yesterday's close the price per barrel over 76 dollars 70 cents by morning...Marketwatch
IRAN WAR DAY FOUR
(MORE WAR NEWS AND WAR NEWS LINKS LATER IN SUMMARY)
(UPDATES INSIDE THIS SECTION POSSIBLE)
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING THE US WILL ESCORT OIL TANKERS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IF NECESSARY
HIS COMMENTS CREATING POSITIVE MARKET CHANGES INCLUDING A SLOWING OF THE INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF OIL.
MEANWHILE IRAN VOWING NOT TO ALLOW ANY VESSELS THROUGH THE STRAIT.
EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN THE NORTHERN IRAQI CITY OF ERBIL THIS EVENING.
MISSILE LAUNCHES FROM LEBANON ON ISRAEL MOST OF THE MISSILES INTERCEPTED.
MORE BRITISH WARPLANES SENT TO CYPRUS FOLLOWING A DRONE ATTACK THE OTHER DAY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED FROM LEBANON.
ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS UNDERWAY IN LEBANON AGAINST HEZBOLLAH INCLUDING A GROUND INCURSION INTO SOUTHERN LEBANON.
THERE HAVE BEEN ISRAELI AND AMERICAN ATTACKS ON IRAN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV TALKING WITH IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ABBAS ARAGHCHI.
LAVROV SPEAKING OF RUSSIA'S WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC SETTLEMENT.
THERE WAS A STRONG EXPLOSION REPORTED IN DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES THIS EVENING.
AIRCRAFT FLYING TO DUBAI WERE DIVERTED AT AROUND THE SAME TIME.
IRAN'S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS THE US AND ISRAEL WILL BE FORCED TO END THE WAR IN THE COMING DAYS. THIS IS AN APPARENT REFERENCE TO STOCKPILES OF MUNITIONS POTENTIALLY RUNNING OUT.
US PRSIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS IRAN'S NAVY, AIR FORCE AND AIR DEFENSES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS DENYING THAT ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FORCED HIM INTO THE IRAN WAR.
MR. TRUMP SAYING THAT HE 'MIGHT HAVE FORCED ISRAEL'S HAND'.
MR. TRUMP SPEAKING AT THE WHITE HOUSE ALONGSIDE VISITING GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ.
TRUMP ALSO SAYING IRANIAN 'LUNATICS' WERE 'GOING TO ATTACK FIRST'..TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Ukraine War continues with 200 drones used by Ukraine to attack the Belgorod Region of Russia on Ukraine's border.
One person killed in the latest drone attacks...Tass Russia
THE VIDEOS OF THE CLINTON'S UNDER QUESTIONING BY A REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THEIR TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN REVEAL FEISTY ARGUMENTS.
BOTH BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON DENYING ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WRONGDOING BY EPSTEIN.
MRS. CLINTON EVEN MORE COMBATIVE THAN MR. CLINTON. SHE BANGED A TABLE ON OCCASION.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU DEFENDING THE WAR IN A FOX NEWS INTERVIEW...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
US MARINES OPENED FIRE LAST WEEKEND ON ANTI-WAR RIOTERS AT THE US CONSULATE IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN.
TEN KILLED OTHERS WOUNDED IN THE GUNFIRE ORIGINALLY ATRIBUTED TO PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES...(REUTERS)
THE MARKET REACTION OIL PRICES UP 1 DOLLAR 22 CENTS OR 1.71 PERCENT SINCE THE CLOSE OF TRADING IN NEW YORK LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE PRICE TONIGHT AT 1023 PM 72 DOLLARS 45 CENTS A BARREL.
GAS PUMP PRICES HERE IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA JUMPING 20 TO 40 CENTS A GALLON DURING THE DAY.
Saudi Arabia downing eight attacking drones overnight into Tuesday.
Israel taking down two drones coming from northern Lebanon early Tuesday morning.
Amazon confirming that two of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates were 'directly struck' by drones.
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY OVER MANAMA, BAHRAIN LATE TONIGHT DURING AN IRANIAN ATTACK.
MORE EXPLOSIONS IN RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA LATE TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE EARLIER DRONE ATTACK ON THE US EMBASSY.
US AIR FORCE REINFORCEMENTS ON THEIR WAY TO THE BATTLEFIELD.
MORE THAN A DOZEN KC-135 AIR REFUELING TANKERS MOVING EASTWARDS OUT OF THE US CROSSING THE ATLANTIC CONTINUING ACROSS EUROPE.
The Israeli military ordering the evacuation of the Haret Hreik neighborhood in the southern Beirut suburbs ahead of an air attack.
PRESIDENT TRUMP VOWING RETALIATION FOR THE DRONE ATTACK ON THE US EMBASSY IN SAUDI ARABIA TONIGHT.
The assassination of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by Israel was the assassination of a religious leader, a Shia Muslim leader.
Violent repercussions beyond normal warfare have already been noted in the rioting going on in Pakistan aimed at US diplomatic buildings.
More violence is likely with Americans as targets.
In his observations regarding the civil wars in the Middle East backed by the US-UK in recent decades Peter Hitchens has noted a leaning towards Sunni Islam originating in Saudi Arabia versus Shia Islam originating in Iran.
LATE TONIGHT SAUDI AUTHORITIES CONFIRMING AN ATTACK ON THE US EMBASSY IN RIYADH BY TWO DRONES.
THE ATTACKING CAUSING A SMALL FIRE AND SOME MATERIAL DAMAGE.
EARLIER IN THE DIPLOMATIC QUARTER OF SAUDI ARABIA'S CAPITAL CITY OF RIYADH TWO EXPLOSIONS AND RISING SMOKE.
FOREIGN EMBASSIES AND THE HOMES OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS ARE LOCATED THERE.
Qatar says it intercepted two attacking Iranian missiles.
TONIGHT, THE US STATE DEPARTMENT WARNING AMERICANS TO LEAVE MORE THAN A DOZEN MIDDLE EASTERN NATIONS
More air attacks on central Tehran tonight with the parliament building one target.
US CENTRAL COMMAND SPEAKING OF 11 IRANIAN SHIPS SUNK IN THE GULF OF OMAN
At the White House today it was said that 49 top Iranian leaders were assassinated so far in the war.
SOME AIRLINE FLIGHTS NOW LEAVING THE GULF ARAB STATES WITH OPERATIONS ALLOWED AT AIRPORTS DEPENDENT ON SECURITY CONDITIONS.
The Israeli military says it's 'deepened aerial control' in western Iran hitting both air defenses and missile launchers.
THE ELITE "JERUSALEM FORCE" (QUDS FORCE) OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS WARNING THAT 'HAPPY DAYS ARE OVER' AND THAT IRAN'S ENEMIES 'WILL NO LONGER BE SAFE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, NOT EVEN IN THEIR OWN HOMES'.
52 dead and 154 wounded in Israeli air attacks on Lebanon that began last night.
IT'S BEEN SAID THE FIRST CASUALTY IN WAR IS THE TRUTH AND THAT MAY BE RELECTED IN SOME OF THE VARIOUS STATEMENTS AND REPORTS COMING OUT TODAY.
Iran's Tasnim News Agency reporting that Israel attacked an oil refinery to blame it on Iran. The report also says Israel plans a similar attack on the port of Fujariah in the United Arab Emirates.
BUSINESS MEDIA OUTLET "BLOOMBERG" REPORTING THAT QATAR AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WANT ALLIED NATIONS TO GET US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO BRING AN END TO THE CONFLICT.
President Trump saying the US will do 'whatever it takes' in Iran even ground troops if needed.
The US military says it attacked an Iranian drone carrier on Saturday disputing Iran's claim of an attack on the US aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln".
THE WAR CAUSING ISRAEL TO SUSPEND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION AT ITS OFFSHORE LEVIATHAN IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN.
QATAR ALSO SUSPENDING PRODUCTION OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS...TASS RUSSIA
In the midst of the Iran War said to be about Iran's nuclear program French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron announcing a new more robust French nuclear weapons policy that includes 'sharing' them with other European countries...(More in daily news summary...Link
THE POLITICALLY TROUBLED BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER TELLING THE HOUSE OF COMMONS HE DOES NOT SUPPORT 'REGIME CHANGE FROM THE AIR'.
BUT BRITISH BASES ARE BEING USED FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE WAR STARMER CALLING THOSE OPERATIONS 'DEFENSIVE'.
FOUR BRITISH WARPLANES PARTICIPATING ACTIVELY IN DEFENDING QATAR.
President Trump selling the war through phone calls to members of the media including one he dissed in the past.
CNN's Jake Tapper called by Mr. Trump.
CNN is moving to Pro-Trump ownership through acqusition
18 MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY NOW REPORTED 'SERIOUSLY WOUNDED' IN THE WAR. THAT WORD DIRECTLY FROM THE PENTAGON
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE IS NOT SURE WHO LEADS IRAN RIGHT NOW.
THAT MAY BE AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE UNCERTAINTY AND PROMOTE STREET PROTESTS IN THE COUNTRY
Qatar says two Iranian warplanes, seven missiles and two drones were downed by air defenses today.
The air defenses of the United Arab Emirates destroyed 15 missiles and 148 drones today.
ISLAMIC JIHAD SAYS ITS LEADER WAS ASSASSINATED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BEIRUT.
Iran proclaiming its 11th wave of attacks since the war began calling its military actions "Operation True Promise".
Iran also saying the fate of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is uncertain since he was targeted in an Iranian attack.
OVER DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TODAY A GIANT FLYOVER OF US MILITARY MIGHT INCLUDING HELICOPTERS, WARPLANES AND GIANT C-17 CARGO PLANES.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME OPINION EXPRESSED IN ARAB COUNTRIES THAT US EMPHASIS ON THE DEFENSE OF ISRAEL WAS AT THEIR EXPENSE...OSINT Europe "X" (Video Embed)
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth defending the war at the Pentagon this morning with US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Caine expecting more US casualties.
Four members of the US military now confirmed dead.
Hegseth denying the conflict is a regime change war but acknowledging that Israel's assassination of top Iranian leaders meant 'the regime sure did change, and the world is better off for it'...The Hill USA
THE PENTAGON SAYING KUWAIT MISTAKENLY SHOT DOWN THOSE THREE US F-15 WARPLANES.
ISRAEL SAYS ADDITONAL AIRSTRIKES ARE BEING CONDUCTED ON TEHRAN.
US CENTRAL COMMAND NOW SPEAKING OF THE THREE AMERICAN WARPLANES DOWNED IN KUWAIT HAVING BEEN TAKEN DOWN APPARENTLY BY 'FRIENDLY FIRE'.
ALL SIX CREW MEMBERS SAFE.
SAUDI ARABIA SAYS ONE OF ITS MILITARY BASES NEAR RIYADH CAME UNDER ATTACK WITH ATTACKING OBJECTS INTERCEPTED.
Israel intending to allow limited airline service in its airspace this evening under controlled conditions.
A CIVILIAN AIRLINER LEAVING THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.
Sirens sounding at the British military base in the island nation of Cyprus in eastern Mediterranean early this afternoon.
There are reports of a drone sighting in the area.
EXPLOSIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF TEHRAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON LOCAL TIME.
AN AMAZON DATA CENTER IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DAMAGED IN AN IRANIAN ATTACK.
One crew member killed in an explosion and fire on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman.
IRAN IS CLAIMING THE SHOOTDOWN OF THREE US WARPLANES.
AUTHORITIES IN KUWAIT SPEAK OF SEVERAL US AIRCRAFT CRASHING IN KUWAIT.
VIDEOS WERE MADE WHEN ONE PLANE CRASHED IN KUWAIT THE CREW APPEARING TO BE OK.
Two wounded in an Iranian missile attack on the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.
Iran says it targeted the offices of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the headquarters of Israel's air force.
THE US AND SIX GULF ARAB STATES DENOUNCING WHAT THEY CALL IRAN'S 'DANGEROUS ESCALATION' TARGETING THE GULF STATES HOSTING US MILITARY BASES USED TO ATTACK IRAN.
A small fire ignited at the Ras Tanura oil refinery operated by Saudi Arabia's ARAMCO. It was apparently caused by a drone attack.
THREE DRONES SHOT DOWN OVER THE ERBIL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NORTHERN IRAQ. ITS WHERE A US MILITARY BASE IS LOCATED.
Two people killed in an attack on the western Iranian city of Sanandaj. A later report spoke of three deaths.
ISRAEL IS PROMISING AN INTENSIFICATION OF ITS ATTACKS ON LEBANON.
ONE KILLED IN THE IRANIAN ATTACKS ON BAHRAIN IN THE PERSIAN GULF.
A series of missile salvos fired at Israel by Iran this morning initially no casualties are reported.
31 killed and 119 wounded in Israeli attacks in Lebanon so far officially according to the Lebanese health ministry.
OVERNIGHT ISRAEL LAUNCHING ATTACKS ON HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON AS HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHED ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL.
HEZBOLLAH LEADERS KILLED IN ASSASSINATION ATTACKS BY ISRAEL.
THE CHINESE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY REPORTED SMOKE RISING OVER THE US EMBASSY IN KUWAIT THIS MORNING.
Iranian missile attacks this morning on Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
A US WARPLANE WENT DOWN IN KUWAIT TODAY DUE TO A 'FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT'.
THE CREW OF THE F-15 A PILOT AND WEAPONS OFFICER MET LOCAL RESIDENTS FILMING THEM ON PHONE CAMERAS AFTER THEY PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND...OSINTdefender "X"
Russia raising the level of concern over a NATO blockade of the isolated territory of Kaliningrad on the shore of the Baltic Sea.
Vladimir Dzhabarov first deputy chairman of Russia's Committee on International Affairs speaking of European nations "creating conditions for its blockade from the rest of Russia".
Kaliningrad is landlocked surrounded by NATO nations Poland and Lithuania.
NATO has been warning about Russian threats in the Baltic alleging cable cutting and other activities by Russia.
Russian vessels in the Baltic have been seized by NATO countries for violation of sanctions related to the Ukraine War...TASS RUSSIA
IN THE COUNTRIES NEIGHBORING IRAN ON ITS EAST THE CONFLICT THAT BROKE UP LATE LAST WEEK CONTINUES.
THE TALIBAN GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN FIGHTING PAKISTAN MAINLY ALONG THE BORDER ALTHOUGH PAKISTAN HAS LAUNCHED AIR ATTACKS DEEP INSIDE AFGHANSTAN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The US Supreme Court ruling for parents seeking public disclosure of any hidden information kept by California public schools regarding the 'gender identity' of their children.
There were five justices for the parents openly Chief Justice John Roberts alongside Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett and Clarence Thomas.
The majority noting that secrecy regarding gender identity and pronouns of students violates First Amendment religious rights of parents.
Three Liberal justices in the minority Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor.
The position of Justice Neil Gorsuch not clear.
This is not a final resolution of the case by the high court as the litigation continues.
Justices Alito and Thomas also ruled in support of teachers suing over the gender identity secrecy rules of California schools who argue their rights are violated...The Hill USA
IT'S BEEN SAID THAT THE IRAN WAR IS ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM THE THREAT OF IT ACQUIRING A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
FRANCE ONE OF THE NATIONS EXPRESSING THAT CONCERN.
BUT TODAY FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON ANNOUNCING EXPANSION OF FRANCE'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL.
MACRON ALSO OFFERING TO 'SHARE' ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
MR. MACRON CALLING FRANCE'S NEW NUCLEAR POLICY 'ADVANCED DETERRENCE"
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 73.14 points.
The NASDAQ up 80.65 points or .36 percent.
At 455 pm New York Time driven by the Iran War the price of oil 71 dollars 28 cents a barrel up four dollars 26 cents or 6.36 percent...Marketwatch
The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado intends to return to Venezuela 'in the next few weeks.
Machado speaking of her participation in an 'orderly, sustainable and irreversible transition to democracy'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN NEW ZEALAND THREE NAVAL OFFICERS WHOSE FACE CHARGES IN THE SINKING OF THE NAVAL VESSEL "MANAWANUI".
THE SHIP RAN INTO A REEF OFF THE COAST OF SAMOA IN OCTOBER OF 2024 WHILE ON A SURVEY MISSION.
INVESTIGATION OF THE MISHAP BY NEW ZEALAND'S NAVY FOUND THE CASE OF THE SINKING TO BE HUMAN ERROR...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND...
THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD REPORTING THAT THE OFFICERS CHARGED ARE THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN COMMANDER YVONNE GRAY, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MATTHEW GAJZAGO AND LIEUTENANT THOMAS BEAMISH...Wikipedia-HMNZS Manawanui
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THE PRICE OF OIL MOVING HIGHER IN SUNDAY NIGHT TRADING THE NEW YORK PRICE AT 1138 PM 70 DOLLARS 83 CENTS UP THREE DOLLARS 80 CENTS OR 5.68 PERCENT.
THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE CONFIRMING A DRONE ATTACK ON THE BRITISH MILITARY BASE ON CYPRUS.
Air raid sirens going off in Kuwait Monday morning.
FOUR KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON EARLY MONDAY.
Iran putting out the word that it is not willing to negotiate contrary to comments made by US President Donald Trump earlier today,
LATE TONIGHT HEZBOLLAH FIRED ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL LEADING TO AN ORDER FROM ISRAEL'S MILITARY FOR EVACUATION OF 50 SOUTHERN LEBANESE VILLAGES.
ISRAEL LAUNCHING ATTACKS ON VARIOUS HEZBOLLAH TARGETS IN LEBANON
President Trump is acknowledging there will likely be more US casualties in the conflict.
Three wounded in an Iranian missile attack in Jerusalem tonight.
IT IS REPORTED THAT THE US AND ISRAEL HIT MORE THAN 2,000 TARGETS THIS WEEKEND.
The leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon saying 'we will undertake our duty to confront the aggression'.
The Pro-Iranian group reduced in its ability to wage war by Israel including the mass pager assassinations of its top leaders.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP URGING THE IRANIAN PEOPLE TO 'TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY'.
HE VOWS TO AVENGE THE DEATHS OF US SOLDIERS IN AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer opening up the use of British bases for what he called 'defensive strikes' against Iran.
Starmer claiming lessons were learned from British participation in the Iraq War of 2003.
France is taking a similar position.
Both counties parroted the positions of Israel and the United States regarding Iran's nuclear program being a threat prior to the war while depicting themselves as more 'neutral' parties.
NEW EXPLOSIONS IN TEL AVIV THIS EVENING DURING AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.
Iraqi security forces on the attack against Pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Forces in western Iraq. That according to the Iraqi government
THIS EVENING IN ISRAEL AIR RAID SIRENS IN THE SOUTH POSSIBLE THEY ARE WARNING OF AN ATTACK FROM THE SOUTH NAMELY THE HOUTHIS IN YEMEN.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told ABC News in the US that Iran's military capabilities remain intact in spite of the massive attacks.
Iran claims destruction of the US THAAD missile system operated by the United Arab Emirates for defense of its territory.
THOSE AMERICANS THREE MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY KILLED IN AN IRANIAN ATTACK WERE IN KUWAIT WE ARE TOLD.
KUWAIT ONE OF THE COUNTRIES COMING UNDER IRANIAN MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACK IN THE WAR.
THE ATTACKS LINKED TO THE PRESENCE OF US MILITARY FACILITIES IN THOSE COUNTRIES.
Other news unfolding this weekend tensions with Russia ratcheted up with the seizure of an oil tanker related to Russia by Belgium also the deadly attack in Austin, Texas early this morning suspected as terrorism...News Summary-Intelligence Report Sunday 3-1-2026
FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON THE PHONE WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
A British Typhoon warplane pre-positioned to Qatar before the war began shooting down an Iranian drone approaching Qatar.
THE FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'CHARLES DE GAULLE' RELOCATING TO THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN FROM ITS PRESENT BALTIC SEA STATION.
THE CARRIER WAS TO BE INVOLVED IN NATO MANEUVERS AIMED AT RUSSIA. THIS ACCORDING TO BFM-TV IN FRANCE.
IN IRAN 20 REPORTED KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON A GYM IN THE CITY OF LAMARD.
THE CITY OF SHARJAH IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CAME UNDER ATTACK BY IRAN.
A HOSPITAL IN TEHRAN SAID TO HAVE BEEN HIT IN AN ATTACK
The death toll in that earlier Iranian rocket attack on Beit Shemesh, Israel is now nine with more than 40 wounded.
A bomb shelter smashed and a synagogue destroyed in the attack.
Israel announcing the call up of nearly 100,000 reservists whose use would likely be in ground warfare.
Where Israel Intends To Launch A Ground War Is Not Clear Gaza a distinct possibility perhaps Lebanon depending on the situation but there may be other options not clear at this time.
IRAN SAYS IT ATTACKED THREE BRITISH AND AMERICAN TANKERS IN NEARBY WATERS.
20 killed and more than 100 injured in anti-US protests in Pakistan.
Iran's government radio and television building attacked in Tehran.
THE US AND ISRAEL ARE NOW SAID TO HAVE ACHIEVED 'AIR SUPERIORITY' IN IRAN WITH GREAT FREEDOM TO CARRY OUT BOMBING ATTACKS THROUGHOUT IRAN.
More explosions tonight in Tehran as the US-Israeli bombing attacks on Iran's capital city continue.
Pro-Iranian forces attacking the US military facility at the Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq. Drones used in the attack.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THAT NINE IRANIAN SHIPS HAVE BEEN SUNK.
TRUMP ALSO SAYS THAT IRAN'S NEW LEADERSHIP WANTS TO TALK WITH HIM.
(COMMENT)
MR. TRUMP SPEAKING WORDS THAT HELP MARKETS REDUCE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE WAR.
The US military claiming the sinking of an Iranian warship in a southern Iranian port.
US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTS THREE DEATHS IN THE US MILITARY. FIVE WERE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
THE CASUALTIES LIKELY FROM IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS.
"We will continue the path of the leader. Our armed forces are crushing the bases of the enemy."
THE AIR RAID SIRENS GOING OFF IN ISRAEL THIS MORNING IN TEL AVIV SEVERAL ALERTS IN JUST ONE HOUR
In the wake of yesterday's assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei three men now carrying out his responsibilities.
They are President Masoud Pezeshkian, the leader of Iran's judiciary and a clerical member of the Guardian Council.
148 deaths in the attack on a girl's elementary school in southern Iran
MANAMA THE CAPITAL OF BAHRAIN ATTACKED THIS MORNING BY IRAN ITS THE SITE OF THE US NAVY'S FIFTH FLEET HEADQUARTERS
MORE MISSILE ATTACKS FROM IRAN ON BOTH DOHA THE CAPITAL OF QATAR AND DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES THIS MORNING
This morning confirmation of more assassinations of Iranian leadership in the Israeli attacks.
Commander In Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Mohammed Pakpour and Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani Secretary of Iran's Defense Council killed.
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
There has been a major news story linked to Jeffrey Epstein and the recently released Department of Justice Files this weekend.
It's about a network of medical professionals who treated girls being used by Epstein.
It was said among other things that the medical services provided were to 'keep his girls sexually fit'.
The New York Times published the story using information contained in the three million pages of DOJ files.
Pelvic exams, liposuction and mole removal among the services provided.
One picture from the files shows a medical procedure being performed involving stitches being removed from a woman's head by a prominent New York plastic surgeon.
It happened in Jeffrey Epstein's New York apartment...Daily Beast Story
The Iran War is causing a reaction on the New York oil market Sunday night the price at 70 dollars 89 cents a barrel up three dollars 87 cents or 5.77 percent at 1140 pm Eastern US Time...Marketwatch
The early morning shooting attack in Austin, Texas that killed three and wounded 14 a suspected act of terrorism.
The suspect a naturalized US citizen. He wore a sweatshirt with the words "Property of Allah" on it and underneath said to have had a t-shirt with the Iranian flag on it...Fox News USA
Afghan forces conducting an operation in Pakistan killing ten ISIS members.
ISIS has been conducting terrorist attacks in Afghanistan since US and allied forces were expelled from the country by the Taliban.
THE OPENING OF 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' TONIGHT FEBRUARY 28, 2026...
Time for music and in the 1970's my go to music was Country Music a sampling from 1974...
"JOLENE"-DOLLY PARTON
"THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES"-JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ
"NO CHARGE"-MELBA MONTGOMERY
There's a song I listened to a lot in 1974 not really able to fully appreciate its content. My maturity was interrupted only recently has it emerged in a fuller bloom.
REMEMBERING MOM
Melba Montgomery's "No Charge" reminds me of the passing of my mother five years ago this past week.
Mom did so much for me in my immaturity over the years filled voids and gaps too many of them for a child who just wasn't able to grow up.
Sexual harms happened when I was young but one thing I spoke to my mother in the morphine coma on that awful COVID-era day she passed was this.
I appreciated the fact that she kept me from going to some man's house back when I was 11 years old. That guy and a buddy of his he worked with collected pictures of children and yes eventually the law got involved.
But the punishment was mild compared to today "Alan Dershowitz Law" was in force the "Epstein Deal" of decades ago heck more the norm of those times.
That's a heck of a lot to think about. You just need God's Word after this...
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy'.
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.
He causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and unrighteous"
MATTHEW 5:43-45 NIV BIBLE
I think about mobs wanting to demonize people right now hurt them harm them during this Holy Season we are reminded of the mob that said:
"Crucify Him!"
WHO DO YOU WANT TO CRUCIFY RIGHT NOW?
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Ilhan Omar, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Alan Dershowitz, Ghislaine Maxwell. Heck Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky. Maybe Bret Baier or Wolf Blitzer I actually gave them a few minutes this weekend.
There's a prayer list for you this weekend but for me I think of the people in the 12-step program and certainly my family members.
Pray for the peace and serenity that these folks need in their lives I am fortunate to have something of those things on this very troubling weekend.
I identify openly as a Pharisee, a Hypocrite I want to criticize others not look at myself.
More Music "Would You Crucify Him?"...
"WOULD YOU CRUCIFY HIM?"-JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT
"DON'T SHOOT THE WOUNDED"-CHUCK GIRARD
"EYE OF THE STORM"-MARK HEARD
Let's go to the China War Update the steady stream of negative news about China turning into dropping the "A-Bomb" on China in some of the latest media reporting...
You notice Carl Douglas wearing a star in that music video but it wasn't the Star of David China is now getting the big red "A" painted on it yes China stands accused of moving in the direction of "Antisemitism"...
ON SUNDAY THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL WAR POST ALONGSIDE THE REGULAR NEWS SUMMARY IN OUR REGULAR SUMMARY SOME FASCINATING VIDEO OF THE TEENAGE GIRL EXPECTED TO SUCCEED KIM JONG-UN AS RULER OF NORTH KOREA.
This week's post of French news includes the story of a drone incident involving a French aircraft carrier in Sweden linked to Russia...
Looking at a letter from a prisoner who's been locked up for 13 months hoping to get a trial this month maybe a plea deal who knows. I'll pray for him.