Thursday, February 19, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/19/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*IRAN WAR PREP*BOARD OF PEACE MEETING*FORMER BRITISH PRINCE ARRESTED OVER EPSTEIN TIES*FMR. S. KOREAN PRESIDENT'S LIFE SENTENCE FOR MARTIAL LAW*BILLIONAIRE EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE SPEAKS 'CON MAN'*

 

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A federal district judge vacating an immigration court ruling authorizing mass detention of illegal immigrants without bond hearings.


In her ruling Judge Sunshine Sykes arguing against the Department of Homeland Security's view that 'the worst of the worst' of illegal immigrants linked to violent crime are being detained without bond...The Hill USA





AN IRANIAN-FLAGGED VESSEL DETAINED BY DANISH AUTHORITIES.  THE DANISH GOVERNMENT CITING INCORRECT REGISTRATION AS JUSTIFICATION FOR THE DETENTION.


THE US SUSPECTS THE VESSEL IS PART OF RUSSIA'S 'SHADOW FLEET' OPERATING IN VIOLATION OF SANCTIONS RELATED TO THE UKRAINE WAR...TASS RUSSIA...TV 2 DENMARK (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



A 'SECURITY SUMMIT' HELD IN RWANDA WITH US AND ISRAELI PARTICIPATION INCLUDING US SENATOR REPUBLICAN TED CRUZ OF TEXAS AND DEMOCRAT US SENATOR JACKY ROSEN OF NEVADA.


RWANDA LAST YEAR INVADING NEIGHBORING CONGO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE M23 REBEL GROUP TAKING MINERAL RICH REGIONS.


THIS LED TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S INTERVENTION TO CUT A 'DEAL' ENDING THE CONFLICT...TIMES OF ISRAEL



      "Bad things will happen if it doesn't"


US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CALLING FOR IRAN'S COMPLIANCE WITH US AND ISRAELI DEMANDS AMID ALL-OUT US AND ISRAELI PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.


MR. TRUMP SPEAKING AT THE 'BOARD OF PEACE'...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)




A joint operation off the coast of Iran involving Iranian and Russian warships.


They practiced retaking a hijacked ship...Press TV Iran



A SPECIAL 'CRISIS RESPONSE' AIRCRAFT LINKED TO THE US CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY HAS FLOWN TO ISRAEL.


THE C-32B 'GATEKEEPER' PLANE LANDING IN TEL AVIV...OSINTdefender "X"



The US Central Intelligence Agency had advance knowledge of Ukrainian plans to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022.

The pipelines carried Russian natural gas to Germany.

This according to the German magazine "Der Spiegel". 

The CIA says the report is 'completely and utterly false'...Tass Russia



In Israel the High Court of Justice issuing an order against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


Justice Minister Yariv Levin ordered to explain his boycott of Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit.


The boycott has led to the failure of the government to appoint judges and court officials to posts across Israel...Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)




IN WASHINGTON PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OFFICIALS FROM OTHER NATIONS AT A MEETING OF HIS 'BOARD OF PEACE'.  TRUMP PLEDGING 10 BILLION DOLLARS TO THE BOARD...(NEWS AGENCIES)...


MR. TRUMP ANNOUNCING THAT 10 NATIONS ARE CONTRIBUTING TROOPS AND POLICE FOR A 'STABILIZATION' FORCE IN GAZA...BARAK RAVID AXIOS CHANNEL12 ISRAEL "X"



The markets today opened lower with oil prices higher...Marketwatch



FORMER BRITISH PRINCE ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE OVER HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


HIS FORMER ROYAL LODGE HOME SEARCHED BY POLICE.



KING CHARLES SAYING 'THE LAW MUST TAKE ITS COURSE' ALSO EXPRESSING HIS 'DEEP CONCERN'.



DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION TO EPSTEIN APPEARS TO FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN THE CASE...


                      BBC NEWS BLOG


              SKY NEWS UK LIVE BLOG


In South Korea former President Yoon Suk-Yeol given a life sentence over his December 2024 declaration of martial law.


Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for the former Conservative President.  He was convicted on a charge of insurrection.


From time-to-time US President Donald Trump has expressed his dismay over the prosecution of Yoon...

   YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



                          BBC NEWS BLOG



83-YEAR-OLD JOSE MARIA BALCAZAR ELECTED THE PRESIDENT OF PERU LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.


THE 64-46 VOTE IN CONGRESS NECESSITATED BY YESTERDAY'S IMPEACHMENT OF JOSE JERI.


BALCAZAR IS PERU'S 11TH PRESIDENT IN EIGHT YEARS.   HE IS A FORMER JUDGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEFTIST 'FREE PERU' PARTY.


AND LIKE HIS PREDECESSORS THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION SURROUNDING HIM NAMELY THE ILLICIT APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.


MR. BALCAZAR SERVING IN AN INTERIM ROLE UNTIL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS SET FOR APRIL AND JUNE...RPP PERU LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


The CEO of Facebook owner Meta Platforms Mark Zuckerberg testifying in a lawsuit brought by a 20-year-old woman who says she became addicted to social media in her youth.


Zuckerberg says that the company is no longer making applications designed to keep people on social media platforms for long periods of time.


Plaintiffs in the suit are seeking damages and already settled with Snapchat and TikTok...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



DEMOCRAT MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE QUESTIONED OHIO BILLIONAIRE LES WEXNER YESTERDAY.

NO REPUBLICAN MEMBERS APPEARED FOR THE DEPOSITION OF WEXNER OVER HIS TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN. 

MR, WEXNER MAINTAINED IN AN OPENING STATEMENT THAT HE WAS 'DUPED BY A WORLD-CLASS CON MAN'.

WEXNER SAYING HE HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO WHAT HE DESCRIBED AS 'OUTRAGEOUS UNTRUE STATEMENTS'...BRIAN KRASSENSTEIN "X"...


SURVIVORS-VICTIMS OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN HAVE PAINTED A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF MR WEXNER POINTING TO THE NOTION OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN SEX TRAFFICKING.

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 2/18/2026*DEMOCRATS ONLY SHOW FOR DEPOSITION OF EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE*EIGHT SKIERS FOUND DEAD IN CALIFORNIA FOLLOWING AVALANCHE*PUTIN OBJECTS TO US CUBAN SANCTIONS*TRUMP SAID TO BE 'FED UP' WITH IRAN*WAR WITH IRAN WARNINGS*UN PANEL SAYS EPSTEIN FILES SUGGEST 'GLOBAL CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE'*

 

                            (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)



                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Israeli air attacks in Lebanon tonight.  The attacks linked to the Iranian-aligned Hezbollah movement...Times of Israel



A TANK ON FIRE AT AN OIL DEPOT IN THE RUSSIAN TOWN OF VELIKIYE LUKI LATE TONIGHT.   THE FIRE LINKED TO A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON THE TOWN NEAR THE BORDER OF BELARUS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


No breakthrough after two days of talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine in Geneva.


The talks described as difficult with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Russia of stalling... The New Daily Australia



(UPDATED) IN OHIO TODAY HOUSE DEMOCRATS ON THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AT THE ESTATE OF BILLIONAIRE LES WEXNER FOR A DEPOSITION OVER HIS TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


NO REPUBLICANS ATTENDED WITH COMMITTEE CHAIR KENTUCKY REPUBLICAN JAMES COMER SPEAKING OF PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED ORAL SURGERY.


TOMORROW THE DEPOSITION OF FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON BY THE COMMITTEE...THE HILL USA...


DEMOCRATS SKEPTICAL OF MR. WEXNER'S CLAIMS OF BEING HOODWINKED BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN.   THEY NOTED HE WAS NOT CONTACTED BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES OVER HIS EPSTEIN TIES.



Eight skiers found dead following an avalanche in the California area of Lake Tahoe.


Six survivors rescued with another skier missing and presumed dead...KCRA Sacramento 



                              (NEWS AND COMMENT)



THE LATEST MESSAGING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE SPEAKS OF WEEKS OF ACTIVITY PRIOR TO ANY US MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN.


WHAT ISRAEL CHOOSES TO DO NOT MENTIONED.  MR. TRUMP SENT FALSE SIGNALING LAST JUNE PRIOR TO AN ISRAELI ATTACK THAT IGNITED 12 DAYS OF WAR...OSINTdefender "X"



DETAINED AND QUESTIONED BY ISRAELI AUTHORITIES MEDIA PERSONALITY TUCKER CARLSON...(NEWS AGENCIES)...MORE ON HIS VISIT TO ISRAEL LATER IN THE SUMMARY...




        "We do not accept anything like this"


Those words from Russian President Vladimir Putin as he met Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla in Moscow.


Putin carrying the message of Russia's objection to the new US energy sanctions against Cuba.


Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov describing the fuel shortage situation in Cuba as critical.  He said Russia is discussing options to resolve the shortage and assist Cuba...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




TWO ISRAELI SOURCES TELLING CNN OF AN INCREASE IN ISRAEL'S ALERT LEVEL AND STEPPED UP MILITARY PREPARATIONS FOR WAR WITH IRAN.


ONE SOURCE TELLING CNN OF COORDINATED US AND ISRAELI ATTACKS ON IRAN IF US PRESIDENT TRUMP GIVES THE GO AHEAD...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



AT LEAST 37 PEOPLE DIED IN NIGERIA FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AT AN ILLEGAL MINE.

DOZENS OF OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.  AN INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AFTER AN EXPLOSION AT THE MINE THIS MORNING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



(Updated) US media personality, podcaster and influencer Tucker Carlson noting his presence in Israel...Tucker Carlson "X" (Photo Embed)...He is there to interview US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.



THE US AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'GERALD R. FORD' SIGNALING ITS PRESENCE DURING PASSAGE THROUGH THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.


THE CARRIER SAID TO BE ABLE TO POSITION ITSELF OFF THE COAST OF ISRAEL WITHIN FOUR DAYS (BEFORE SATURDAY)...OSINTdefender "X"



Iran announcing a military exercise involving its navy and a Russian warship in the Sea of Oman and northern Indian Ocean.


The exercise is to take place tomorrow.  Iran saying that a Russian navy vessel described as a 'helicopter carrier' has arrived in a southern Iranian port...Press TV Iran



MESSAGING AND WARNINGS OF WAR WITH IRAN FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S US-IRAN TALKS IN GENEVA.



THE MESSAGES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES IN THE US AND ISRAEL.


A WHITE HOUSE SOURCE GIVING A 90 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF WAR SAYING  'THE BOSS IS FED UP' AN OBVIOUS REFERENCE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP...TIMES OF ISRAEL...TASS RUSSIA




The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 129.47 points or .26 percent.



The NASDAQ rising 175.25 points or .78 percent.


At 432 pm New York Time the price of oil in a steep rise to 65 dollars 30 cents a barrel up two dollars 97 cents or 4.76 percent...Marketwatch



12 KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION AT A FIREWORKS SHOP IN CENTRAL CHINA.  THE DEADLY BLAST AMID CELEBRATIONS OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

EIGHT WERE KILLED SUNDAY IN ANOTHER FIREWORKS EXPLOSION IN CHINA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Hungary cutting supplies of diesel fuel to Ukraine.   It's retaliation for Ukraine cutting the flow of Russian oil to Hungary...Tass Russia



IN PERU LATER TODAY CONGRESS WILL CONSIDER FOUR CANDIDATES TO BE ELECTED THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS AND THE COUNTRY.


THIS FOLLOWNG IMPEACHMENT OF JOSE JERI WHO WAS INSTALLED JUST FOUR MONTHS AGO AS PERU'S PRESIDENT FOLLOWING IMPEACHMENT OF THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT AND FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT DINA BOLUARTE.


JERI, WHO WAS ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS, EMBROILED IN CONTROVERSY OVER PERSONAL ENRICHMENT DURING HIS YEARS AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.


MOST RECENTLY HE BECAME SUSPECT OVER MEETINGS WITH A CHINESE BUSINESSMAN...RPP PERU (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



"If we do not resist decisively, the English, the French and even the Balts will soon be so bold as to try to block access to the seas for our country, at least in the Atlantic basin"


Those words from Kremlin aide Nikolai Patrushev who deals with shipping.  


Mr. Patrushev noting 'piracy-like attacks' on oil tankers of the "shadow fleet" of Russia sanctioned over the Ukraine War.


He suggests deployment of Russia's navy to protect shipping.


Just weeks ago France seizing a Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar



The millions of pages of the Jeffrey Epstein Files released by the US Justice Department suggest a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the threshold of crimes against humanity.



A panel of experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council with that conclusion...Reuters "X"



In New Zealand the Reserve Bank holding the key interest rate ("Official Cash Rate") steady at 2.25 percent...One News New Zealand








Tuesday, February 17, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 2/17/2026*US WARPLANES ON THE MOVE*10 SKIERS MISSING AFTER AVALANCHE IN CALIFORNIA*US-IRAN TALKS*JESSE JACKSON DEAD AT 84*LINDSEY GRAHAM DETAILS EMIRATES-ISRAEL COOPERATION, WANTS US PROTECTION FOR UAE**


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           Later in the summary the US-Iran talks but first...


                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



This evening the movement of US warplanes supported by tanker aircraft in the Eastern US.   

50 aircraft involved in movement that is believed to be towards the Middle East...OSINT Europe "X"



IN THE UKRAINIAN CITIES OF KHARKIV AND MYKOLAIV EXPLOSIONS LATE TONIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



10 SKIERS MISSING WITH SIX OTHERS AWAITING RESCUE IN THE CALIFORNIA AREA OF LAKE TAHOE NEAR THE NEVADA STATE BORDER.


A GROUP OF FOUR GUIDES AND 12 SKIERS ON A TOUR WHEN AN AVALANCHE OCCURRED...KCRA SACRAMENTO



In Israel tonight nationalist settlers attacking a Bedouin hamlet outside Ramallah near Jerusalem.


The Israeli military eventually employing riot control tactics against the Bedouin residents...Times Of Israel



IN LEBANON THE IRAN-ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT WILL NOT DISARM UNDER A PLAN BEING PUSHED BY THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT.


HEZBOLLAH SAYS THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT IS DOING THE BIDDING OF ISRAEL.




At the Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removing an aide to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.   That aide was a spokesman for former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley...The Hill USA



IN FRANCE NINE SUSPECTS ROUNDED UP IN THE DEATH OF NATIONALIST QUENTIN DERANQUE.


HE WAS HIT IN THE HEAD DURING A FIGHT WITH LEFTISTS ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12TH IN LYON.



ONE OF THOSE ARRESTED AN AID TO LEFT-WING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAPHAEL ARNAULT...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



11 killed in three US military attacks on boats linked to drug trafficking.

Two boats with four crew attacked in the Pacific Ocean and another boat with three crew members attacked in the Caribbean Sea...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


THE CHINESE-OWNED RETAIL FASHION PLATFORM 'SHEIN' UNDER EUROPEAN COMMISSION INVESTIGATION.


THE PROBE CENTERS ON SALE OF 'ILLEGAL PRODUCTS' LIKE CHILDLIKE SEX DOLLS AND WEAPONS.


SHEIN HAD ALREADY REACHED AN UNDERSTANDING WITH FRENCH AUTHORITIES BUT THE EC IS SAYING THE UNDERSTANDING FALLS SHORT OF WHAT SHOULD BE DONE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 32.26 points.


The NASDAQ rose 31.71 points.


In New York tonight after hours trading at 723 pm the price of oil at 62 dollars 32 cents a barrel down once cent from closing price...Marketwatch



INFLATION IN CANADA EASED LAST MONTH MOVING DOWN TO 2.3 PERCENT FROM 2.4 PERCENT IN DECEMBER.


A 16.7 PERCENT DECLINE IN GASOLINE PRICES PRIMING THE LOWER OVERALL INFLATION RATE...CBC NEWS CANADA


                         US-IRAN TALKS

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


The second round of US-Iran talks in Geneva today.


Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaking of an understanding on 'guiding principles' following the talks.


He spoke of work needing to be done...News Agencies-Times Of Israel...


Meanwhile Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saying that 'the strongest military in the world, however, can sometimes be struck so hard that it cannot even get back on it's feet"...(Press TV Iran)...Press TV Iran



THE US AMBASSADOR IN BELGIUM CALLED IN BY THE FOREIGN MINISTRY FOR OBJECTING TO GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN ORTHODOX JEWISH CIRCUMCISION PRACTICES.


THE GOVERNMENT WANTING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THE CIRCUMCISIONS.


AMBASSADOR BILL WHITE URGING ACTION TO LEGALIZE THE ACTIVITY OF THOSE WHO CIRCUMCISE ("MOHELS").   THE GOVERNMENT DELAYING.



THREE JEWISH CIRCUMCISERS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH WHITE CALLING THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTION 'RIDICULOUS AND ANTI-SEMITIC'.



THE AMBASSADOR ALSO SAYING THE MINSTER OF HEALTH IS BOTH 'ANTI-AMERICAN' AND 'RUDE' BASED ON A RECENT MEETING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson dead at age of 84.  

Jackson first protested for racial integration in North Carolina during the days of legalized segregation in the early 1960's.

He worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago in the mid 1960's and was part of the group of people present at King's assassination in Memphis in 1968.

Jackson later known as a leader in Chicago and as a Democratic Party Presidential candidate in the 1980's.  

Around 1970 he often spoke of the notion of a third black political party in the United States...(News Agencies)...BBC News Blog



VISITING ISRAEL US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH CAROLINA.


GRAHAM MEETING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WARNING OF A DECISION ABOUT IRAN IN 'WEEKS, NOT MONTHS'...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)...


SENATOR GRAHAM HEADING FOR THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRAISING ITS COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL AND URGING THE US TO DEFEND THE UAE.


SENATOR GRAHAM SAID THE EMIRATES HAVE BACKED ISRAEL EXTENSIVELY REPEATING MR. NETANYAHU:


"Bibi asked me to tell the media he was amazed at the level of cooperation and the significance of the partnership between the UAE and Israel-

that Mohammed bin Zayed did everything that was asked and even more."...



                                         (COMMENT)



IN SAUDI ARABIA RECENTLY CLERICS CLOSE TO THE GOVERNMENT PREACHING A MESSAGE STRESSING THE EMIRATES AS ENABLERS OF ISRAEL IN ACTIONS AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS.


THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE IN THE UNITED STATES HAS CRITICIZED THE PREACHING OF 'ANITSEMITISM' IN SAUDI ARABIA...



          MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Stormy weather moving to New Zealand's South Island following heavy rains and high winds that impacted the North Island.


Power knocked out to some areas with extensive flooding reported...One News New Zealand



                 "We're talking to Cuba"


THAT COMMENT FROM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON AIR FORCE ONE.  


THE CONVERSATIONS FOLLOW US ACTIONS TO CUT OFF THE FLOW OF OIL TO CUBA.


INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CANCELLING FLIGHTS BECAUSE OF FUEL SHORTAGES IN CUBA...THE HILL USA










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Monday, February 16, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 2/16/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*EPSTEIN FILES FINANCIAL PROBE IN FRANCE*RUBIO IN HUNGARY*MTG MEETS MAYOR OF BETHLEHEM IN JUDEA*FORMER TRUMP SECURITY ADVISOR ON BANNON-ESPTEIN TIES ANTI-TRUMP?*CHINA TARIFF-FREE ACROSS AFRICA*UFO OVER WESTERN US*

 

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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




French authorities carried out Epstein Files related searches today.

They involve allegations of tax fraud and money laundering against former Minister of Culture Jack Lang and his daughter...(BFM-TV France)....News Story (Translation Prompt)



THE CEO OF HYATT HOTELS TOM PRITZKER RESIGNING.  PRITZKER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES RELATED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN...FORBES "X"




Explosions in three Ukrainian cities late tonight under Russian attack.  One of the cities attacked is the southern port of Odessa...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)



IN PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND THE FATHER OF A STUDENT SHOOTING FIVE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY AT AN ICE HOCKEY GAME.


TWO KILLED, THREE CRITICALLY WOUNDED THE FATHER THEN TAKING HIS OWN LIFE.


POLICE LINKING THE ATTACK TO A 'TARGETED FAMILY DISPUTE'...WPRI PROVIDENCE



President Trump directing federal authorities to protect the Potomac River.


This follows a wastewater spill in Maryland last month.



Mr. Trump attributing responsibility for the pollution of the river on Democrats in general and Maryland Governor Wes Moore in particular.



President Trump in a dispute with Governor Moore in recent weeks...The Hill USA




ACTOR ROBERT DUVALL HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 95.


MANY REMEMBER DUVALL FOR HIS ROLES IN MOVIES WITH SPIRITUAL THEMES LIKE 'TENDER MERCIES' AND 'THE APOSTLE'.


BUT DUVALL PLAYED MANY CHARACTERS SOME OF THEM VILIANOUS, OTHER HISTORICAL LIKE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE OR GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.


AND DUVALL EVEN PORTRAYED CHARACTERS WHO WERE RELIGIOUS HYPOCRITES LIKE MAJOR FRANK BURNS IN THE MOVIE "M*A*S*H" AND THE COMMANDER IN "THE HANDMAID'S TALE" MOVIE...THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER



More US warplanes continuing to move to areas close to Iran.


18 F-35's and four heavy lift C-17 transport planes on the move today across Europe and the Mediterranean Sea...OSINT Europe "X"



US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO VISITING HUNGARY AHEAD OF ITS APRIL 12TH ELECTION.



HE TOLD PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN 'YOUR SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS' SAYING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 'DEEPLY COMMITTED TO YOUR SUCCESS'.


A NUCLEAR POWER AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS.


 ORBAN FACING A TOUGH POLITICAL CHALLENGE FROM THE OPPOSITION LED BY PETER MAGYAR...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



"Israel's illegal actions aiming to consolidate settlements and impose sovereignty over Palestinian land threaten to exacerbate the conflict"


Jordanian King Abdullah with a statement on new Israeli regulations establishing control over land in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank).  The statement during a visit to London...AFP France-Times of Israel...



Meanwhile former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene highlighting attacks on Christians in the West Bank and Gaza meeting the Mayor of Bethlehem in Judea.


Mayor Maher N. Canawati says he desires to live in peace with Muslim and Jewish neighbors.   But Jewish nationalist settlers continue their attacks and encroachment with Israeli government support...Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene "X"



FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS FIRST TERM GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN NOTING THE EMAIL CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN STEVE BANNON AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN ABOUT THE 25TH AMENDMENT.


THE 25TH AMENDMENT INCLUDES THE NOTION OF HOW THE CABINET CAN DECLARE THE PRESIDENT INCAPICITATED AND REMOVE HIM FROM POWER.



THERE WAS MUCH TALK ABOUT THE 25TH AMENDMENT FROM MR BANNON WHO ADVISED PRESIDENT TRUMP POLITICALLY AND SERVED IN THE EARLY PART OF HIS FIRST TERM AS A WHITE HOUSE AIDE.


GENERAL FLYNN SAYING IF BANNON AND EPSTEIN WERE TRYING TO UNDERMINE TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY BANNON SHOULD BE QUESTIONED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ON THIS AND OTHER TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN FORCED OUT OF HIS POST THEN UNSUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED AS A FOREIGN AGENT FOR TURKEY.     


CURRENT US AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY AND REPRESENTATIVE FOR SYRIA TOM BARRACK WAS IN EMAIL CONTACT WITH EPSTEIN IN THE PAST...GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN "X"



The markets today.  The Dow and NASDAQ closed for President's Day.

In New York at 437 pm the price of oil at 63 dollars 73 cents a barrel up 84 cents or 1.34 percent...Marketwatch



The position of the US on Iran's nuclear program has become 'more realistic'.


It's a 'cautious assessment' from Iran's foreign ministry on the eve of new talks between Iran and the United States...Times of Israel



CHINA EXPANDING A ZERO-TARIFF POLICY FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO ALL BUT ONE OF THEM EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST.


MOST GOODS FROM 53 AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA WILL BE EXEMPTED.


THE ZERO-TARIFF POLICY PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO 33 AFRICAN COUNTRIES.  


EXCLUDED FROM THE ZERO TARIFF POLICY IS ESWATINI A COUNTRY THAT HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN WHICH CHINA CONSIDERS TO BE A PROVINCE...TIMES OF INDIA



Canadian passport holders getting visa-free travel to China starting on Thursday.


China says the 30-day visa free travel policy will be in effect until December 31st.


47 plus countries are on China's visa-free travel list this year...CBC News Canada




ON SUNDAY MORNING TWO US F-16 WARPLANES SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT.


IT WAS FIRST SIGHTED OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MOVING IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION.



A CIVILIAN CARGO PLANE REPORTING THE OBJECT 'GLOWING AND DIMMING'.



THE F-16'S WERE CALLED BACK FOR A SECOND SIGHTING OF THE OBJECT WITH ONE PILOT RECORDED DESCRIBING A BALLOON...Aircraft Spots "X" (Details In Thread)...



  (UPDATED WITH CLARIFICATION FROM MR. OBAMA)


                            "They're real"


FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ACKNOWLEDING THE EXISTENCE OF SPACE ALIENS.


MR. OBAMA SAYS HE BELIEVES IN EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE BUT NOTES ALIENS ARE NOT BEING KEPT BY THE US GOVERNMENT AT AREA 51.  



HE SAYS HE'S NEVER SEEN ANY ALIENS AND IF HE'S BEEN KEPT FROM SEEING THEM THERE WAS 'ENORMOUS CONSPIRACY' TO HIDE IT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...TIME...


MR. OBAMA LATER CLARYIFYING HIS REMARKS TO SAY HE HAS BEEN SHOWN NO EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF ALIENS FROM SPACE.


IT IS HIS PERSONAL CONVICTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





Heavy rains and high winds in New Zealand with flooding and fallen trees blocking highways.  Floodwaters forcing evacuations.


Power is also knocked out for tens of thousands of residents across the southern part of the North Island...One News New Zealand Liveblog

Sunday, February 15, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/15/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*RIOT IN ORTHODOX ISRAELI CITY*MASSIE SAYS EPSTEIN SURVIVORS FBI FORMS NOT RELEASED*STRANGE EPSTEIN FILES LETTER FROM BONDI*ANTI-IRAN STRATEGY SAID TO INCLUDE CHINA OIL*RUBIO SEEKS US-EUROPE TIES*ACCUSATION OF POISONING OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER*

 

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




                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



US Air Force refueling tankers on the move tonight heading east.  This may take the planes across the Atlantic to Europe.  From there they could potentially deploy to the Middle East near Iran....OSINTdefender "X"



EXPLOSIONS LATE TONIGHT IN KIROVOHRAD, UKRAINE.  AN AIR WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSIAN ATTACKS IN THE KIROVOHRAD REGION AT THE TIME...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



President Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States would back Israeli attacks on Iran if talks fail.


Trump's comments linked to a visit by Mr. Netanyahu to the White House in December...Times of Israel




AN ISRAELI ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.  ISRAEL SAYING FOUR MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC JIHAD GROUP WERE KILLED...TIMES OF ISRAEL




Electricity and heating cut off in parts of Russia's Bryansk Region.


This follows Ukrainian attacks on the energy infrastructure of the region on Ukraine's border.


The local governor says repairs are underway...Tass Russia



IN ISRAEL RIOTING IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH CITY OF BNEI BRAK TRIGGERED BY THE PRESENCE OF TWO FEMALE SOLDIERS.


THOSE SOLDIERS ORDERED TO MAKE A HOME VISIT WARNED THEIR COMMANDERS OF THE DANGER POSED BEFORE THEY ENTERED THE CITY.


THE FEMALE SOLDIERS CAME UNDER ATTACK TRIGGERING INTERVENTION BY POLICE.



A POLICE CAR OVERTURNED WITH A POLICE MOTORCYCLE TORCHED BY RIOTERS.   12 ARRESTS MADE.



THE INCIDENT AMID THE BACKDROP OF MILITARY EFFORTS TO GET ULTRA-ORTHODOX MEN TO OBEY DRAFT NOTICES AND JOIN ISRAEL'S MILITARY.


WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF THE RIOTERS WITH THE ARMY INVESTIGATING...TIMES OF ISRAEL...CHANNEL 12 ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



"And so, what these survivors need, they need to see some of their own 302 forms, which haven't been released, and they also need to see some of the men they implicated prosecuted"


Republican Congressman Thomas Massie talking about unreleased files related to Jeffrey Epstein.  Namely the FBI forms when they were first interviewed about being victimized by Jeffrey Epstein and others.


Interviewed on ABC's "This Week" Massie also noting that US Attorney General Pam Bondi "was afraid" to look at those who were victimized by Epstein and others as they sat behind her in a hearing room last Wednesday...The Hill USA



THE UNITED STATES HAS INTERCEPTED AN OIL TANKER IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

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THE "VERONICA III" WAS IN WATERS SOUTH OF INDONESIA.


THE OIL TANKER HAD SAILED THERE FROM VENEZUELA...THE HILL USA


"What kind of files are the FBI and DOJ keeping on us?"

FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR WHOSE NAME IS MENTIONED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES LETTER OF ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI


US Attorney General Pam Bondi with a letter this weekend speaking of all names being released in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein Files.

Bondi mentioning a wide range of names including music star Janis Joplin who died in 1970 and Republicans in the House who sought full release of the Epstein Files like Thomas Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace along with Democrat Ro Khanna.

Former Congresswoman Greene noting how the letter seems to not make sense asking "What is actually going on?"...

    Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene "X Post


THE IMPRISONED FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN IS TO BE MOVED TO AN EYE HOSPITAL AFTER LOSING PARTIAL VISION IN ONE EYE.


KHAN'S LAWYER AND SUPPORTERS SAID THAT AUTHORITIES WERE IGNORING HIS MEDICAL CONDITION AND NOT PROVIDING HIM WITH NECESSARY TREATMENT...THIS WEEK INDIA



At least 10 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza this weekend.   Israel says Hamas violated terms of the Gaza ceasefire...Al Jazeera Blog



THIS WEEKEND INSIDER JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID OF 'AXIOS' WRITING OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ON AN ANTI-IRAN STRATEGY.


IT INCLUDES ECONOMIC PRESSURE THAT WILL INCLUDE OIL SHIPMENTS THAT IRAN SENDS TO CHINA...BARAK RAVID "X"



Israeli President Issac Herzog said to be seeking clarification from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over President Trump's dissing of Mr. Herzog for failing to pardon Netanyahu.


Mr. Trump's Thursday blast at President Herzog calling him "disgraceful" came a day after the Trump-Netanyahu meeting at the White House.


Herzog wants to know if Netanyahu brought up the pardon issue during his meeting with Trump.


A source at Mr. Netanyahu's office stating the Trump demand for a Presidential pardon of Netanyahu was entirely Mr. Trump's initiative not prodded by Netanyahu...Times Of Israel



        At the Munich Security Conference US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking in favor of close ties between the US and Europe.


Rubio supporting a stronger more confident Europe speaking of "new Western civilization" that ties Europe to the US.


Mr. Rubio's speech described as more conciliatory than the remarks at last year's Munich conference by US Vice-President JD Vance who was critical of European crackdowns of online speech among other things.


In their speeches on Friday French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz drew distinctions between Europe and the US.

But they advocated for a Europe that is stronger militarily and economically...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...


There was a mass protest held in Munich alongside the security conference to call for a change of government in Iran.   250,000 people said to have participated...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



THIS WEEKEND FIVE COUNTRIES ANNOUNCING THERE IS EVIDENCE PROVING THAT RUSSIAN OPPOSITON LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY WAS POISONED.


FRANCE. GERMANY, THE UK, THE NETHERLANDS AND SWEDEN SAYING A TOXIN LINKED TO FROGS IN SOUTH AMERICA WAS USED.


THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF NAVALNY'S DEATH IN A RUSSIAN PRISON...EURONEWS



US CENTRAL COMMAND ANNOUNCING 10 ATTACKS ON MORE THAN 30 TARGETS IN SYRIA.

THE ATTACKS OCCURRED STARTING FEBURARY 3RD AND THEY ENDED LAST THURSDAY.

TARGETS LINKED TO ISIS (DAESH) WERE ATTACKED...THE HILL USA



The commanding officer of a US warship fired from his job Friday.  Captain Chavius Lewis relieved of command of the destroyer USS Mason.  A loss of confidence in his ability to command cited in an official news release.

The Mason was involved in military exercises off the eastern US coast this week...USNI News



Saturday, February 14, 2026

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*THE UNRELEASED FILES ARE...*KEN STARR SAID WHAT TO EPSTEIN*GUILTY PLEA INDIAN GOV'T SIKH MURDER PLOT*SIR TOM JONES, THE BIBLE AND 'LOVE'*THE ESPTEIN UPDATE*FOR THE VICTIMS-SURVIVORS OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN*

 

               (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)


       (ADDITIONAL MATERIAL WILL INSERT AS ABLE IN THIS POST)







NEWSDUMP UPDATE: MASSIE CITES FBI FORMS OF THOSE VICTIMIZED BY EPSTEIN, OTHERS AS UNRELEASED EPSTEIN FILES...


"And so what these survivors need, they need to see some of their own 302 forms, which haven't been released, and they also need to see some of the men they've implicated prosecuted"...

REP. THOMAS MASSIE (R-KENTUCKY) ON ABC 'THIS WEEK' SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15TH, 2026



Massie's comments follow the Saturday night release of a letter listing hundreds names mentioned in the files by US Attorney Pam Bondi.


Bondi stating that all the Epstein Files had been released...


                             The Hill USA...


NEWSDUMP UPDATE: FORMER CLINTON SPECIAL PROSECUTOR BECAME EPSTEIN LAWYER AND FRIEND-KEN STARR 



"It was great having Jeffrey here.  He's a prince"

NEW KEN STARR EMAIL IN DOJ EPSTEIN FILES SENT FOLLOWING AN ESPTEIN VISIT TO BAYLOR UNIVERSITY WHERE STARR WAS PRESIDENT IN 2012


"As you know, I believed in you (still do) and your cause. Come see me..."

FROM PREVIOUS EPSTEIN FILES A 2016 KEN STARR EMAIL TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN...


And Ken Starr was a Republican trashed for investigating the Clintons back in the 1990's...



                  Baylor Lariat News Story




NEWSDUMP ALERT: INDIAN NATIONAL ENTERS GUILTY PLEA IN US FEDERAL COURT IN PLOT TO MURDER SIKH NATIONALIST



Nikhil Gupta entered guilty pleas to charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder for hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering.


He was implicated of being in a plot to murder Sikh nationalist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.



Gupta seeking to hire an assassin at the direction of Vikash Yadav.  Yadav identified in court documents as an employee of India's Cabinet Secretariat, which houses its foreign intelligence service.


India's government denies involvement in any plot to kill Pannun.


But in recent years a major diplomatic row between Canada and India when Canadian authorities linked the murder of a Sikh nationalist in British Columbia to India's government...


                          Telegraph India



To the music I used to medicate my life with a three thousand song music collection playing those songs as I worked.

But others got to listen to them when they came into the high school I cleaned at every morning.  And a lot of folks liked my musical medication.

Here's a sampling of the music...


                                      "YESTERDAY ONCE MORE"-THE CARPENTERS





                                        "I SAW HER AGAIN"-THE MAMA AND THE PAPAS




                                                        "IT'S MY PARTY"-LESLEY GORE





                                         "WITHOUT LOVE"-TOM JONES (LIVE TV 1969)





There's Sir Tom Jones singing on television my mom loved to watch "This Is Tom Jones" on ABC back there in 1969.



    SIR TOM JONES GOD'S WORD AND THE WORD 'LOVE' THE WHOLE STORY FROM I CORINTHIANS 13


Sir Tom referencing a portion of the Bible used at many weddings over the years and "Love" is an operative word on this Valentines Day.



"If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing"

                     I CORINTHIANS 13:2 NIV BIBLE


But there more to it than what Tom Jones was singing...



"Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.


Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth.


It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."


                          I CORINTHIANS 13:4-7 NIV BIBLE




                       (WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT)



The "Jeffrey Epstein Update" brings out many possibilities for theme songs let's bring in Bob Dylan "When You Gonna Wake Up"...








I WON'T QUOTE THE LATEST STOCK MARKET NEWS AS GOOD AS IT MAY BE FOR ME WHEN I CONSIDER THE VICTIMS OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


I AM A SINNER TOO A LUSTER, LIAR, THIEF, CHARACTER ASSASSIN NO NEED TO BE SELF-RIGHTEOUS ABOUT THIS MESS.   


WHAT WILL SAVE US ALL IN THE END???



"That led to Epstein being arrested. In the indictment, he was charged with 'sex trafficking' in underage girls-sometimes just 14 years old.  A search of one of his homes in Manhattan yielded thousands of nude photos of young girls.


The asset manager is said to have lured dozens of girls to his homes and paid them for nude massages, which often ended in sex."

FROM THE STORY LINKED BELOW...


"Jeffrey Epstein, 'girl trafficker' who made a thousand victims"-NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

                   


"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?


As it is written:



'For your sake we face death all day long, we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered'


No in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us


For I am convinced that neither death nor life neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 


neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."


                        ROMANS 8:35-39 NIV BIBLE



"More than a hundred international organizations have signed a manifesto calling for a ban on apps that allow people to be digitally 'stripped' down...


The manifesto call for a global ban on these so-called nudifying tools..."


PART OF THE NEWS STORY LINKED BELOW...



                   "Experts call for a global ban on AI stripping software"-NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


I HAVE MENTALLY UNDRESSED WOMEN IN MY IMAGINATION I KNOW MY SIN WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY THE SIN IS PASSED ONTO THE NEXT GENERATIONS.


THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HAS SAVED ME FROM MY SIN HE WAS STRIPPED NAKED AND TORTURED FOR ALL OF US INCLUDING THE WOMEN WHO WERE STRIPPED NAKED AND TORTURED BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND THOSE AROUND HIM.



                  Topical Bible-The Division Of Jesus Garments



This next song took the Nashville Gospel Music scene by storm in the mid 1970's...



                                             "RISE AGAIN"-DALLAS HOLM AND PRAISE





                                              "ONE OF THE DOMINOES"-MARK HEARD





                              "HOW CAN THEY LIVE WITHOUT JESUS"-KEITH GREEN







THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS POSTING AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.


Dining out this weekend at a Chinese buffet guess some of the critics figure I was getting my orders from Beijing.

The guy sitting in the booth next to me sounded like Alex Jones to be honest with you.


"If the person said to him, 'Let the fat be burned first and then take whatever you want.' the servant would answer, "No, hand it over now; if you don't, I'll take it by force.'


The sin of the young men was very great in the Lord's sight, for they were treating the Lord's offering with contempt."


                           I SAMUEL 2:16-17 NIV BIBLE


"We are living in a period when everything is instant"

DR. BILLY GRAHAM SPEAKING IN THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW BEGINNING AT 2:13...


   "False Expectations of Youth-Dr. Billy Graham Boston 1982


                                                Good Night. God Bless.  



Closing with a song from a couple I saw back in 1982 at the Creation 82 festival in southern Lancaster County Mickey and Becki Moore part of the Christian Music scene in those days...



                    "LOVE SONG FOR NUMBER TWO"-MICKEY AND BECKI MOORE




                                                 "WILLING HEART"-KELLY WILLARD




                                           "GLORY TO GOD"-JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT




FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 376*JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES INVOLVE FRENCH DIPLOMAT AT UN*MACRON SPEAKS RAPID EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT*PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POLITICS*NATIONALIST DIES AFTER FIGHT WITH LEFTISTS*

 

          (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

                                           (FINAL VERSION EDITED FOR CLARITY)



This week both French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pushed rapid European economic development.   They spoke at a European industrial conference in Antwerp, Belgium.


Macron and Merz citing the competition of both the United States and China linking the need for rapid development to a notion of European sovereignty.


With Europe often following the line of the United States on various issues including the pressure being applied to Iran over its nuclear program and more questioning of Chinese business operations on its territory one wonders exactly what a notion of European "independence" or "sovereignty" actually means.



Macron made clear the need for huge amounts of investment in key areas saying that Europe must:


"invest massively, all together, in the sectors, that will shape tomorrow's power: quantum computing, AI, green technologies and defense..."...



"Macron: Europe must accelerate independence"-Breaking The News


IT IS ALREADY WELL-KNOWN THAT EUROPE IS COMMITTED TO MASSIVE INCREASES IN DEFENSE SPENDING.


THIS SEEMS TO BE A PATHWAY TOWARDS EUROPEAN PARTICIPATION IN FUTURE CONFLICTS WITH RUSSIA AND OR CHINA ALONGSIDE THE UNITED STATES.


BUT THE MILITARY BUILDUP CAN ALSO BE CLEARLY SEEN AS A DEMAND BY THE US THAT EUROPE IS COMPLYING WITH.


IT'S ALSO PORTRAYED AS WAY FOR EUROPE TO COUNTER THE US MILITARILY WHEN PERHAPS AN EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO CONFUSE OR MISLEAD RUSSIA AND CHINA WHO ARE THE ULTIMATE ADVERSARIES.





For his part Chancellor Merz stressed the need to eliminate economic regulations that stifle economic development clearly advocating for more free market liberal capitalism in Europe.


In the aftermath of their speeches European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen setting a deadline of June for new more liberal economic rules in Europe.


The notion that a group of leading nations like France, Germany, Spain, Poland and Italy will go forward with accelerated investment and economic development is moving forward.   At least nine EU countries would be needed for such a plan to go forward...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



ON FRIDAY AT THE MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE BOTH PRESIDENT MACRON AND CHANCELLOR MERZ STRESSING THE NEED FOR A STRONG EUROPEAN DEFENSE IN THE FUTURE.




FRENCH DIPLOMAT UNDER SUSPICION OVER JEFFREY EPSTEIN LINKS



Longtime French Diplomat Fabrice Aidan under scrutiny by the public prosecutor over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Aidan mentioned more than 200 times in recently released US Justice Department Epstein Files...BFM-TV France Story

On Thursday President Emmanuel Macron saying it was 'unacceptable' that Mr. Aidan remained in his position in spite of an FBI child pornography investigation involving him...AFP-BFM-TV France Story

Mr. Aidan serving 25 years at France's foreign ministry including working directly for the United Nations.

Aidan served as an aide to UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen who is now being probed by Norwegian authorities.

The Epstein Files reveal Mr. Aidan sending UN documents and reports to Jeffrey Epstein.

Mr. Aidan was on leave from the Foreign Ministry working with the energy company "Engie" which suspended him over the Epstein files revelations....


"Who is Fabrice Aidan, the French diplomat implicated in the Epstein affair?-BFM-TV Story (Translation Prompt)



A team of magistrates appointed by the Paris Prosecutors Office now pouring through the Epstein Files to identify French nationals who may have been involved with Jeffrey Epstein.


The Paris Prosecutors Office also taking a new look at the file of Jean-Luc Brunel Epstein's closest French associate who died just like Jeffrey Epstein did found hanging in his prison cell following his arrest...



"Epstein Files: magistrates appointed by Paris prosecutors office to find possible French nationals involved"-BFM-TV (Translation Prompt)




MAINSTREAM 'RIGHT' POLITICIAN BRUNO RETAILLEAU ANNOUNCING A RUN FOR PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR.


RETAILLEAU SERVED AS INTERIOR MINISTER FOR PRESIDENT MACRON'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER MICHEL BARNIER.


THERE HE GAINED A REPUTATION AS A TOUGH LAW AND ORDER ADVOCATE INCLUDING A TOUGH LINE ON IMMIGRATION.


MR. RETAILLEAU HELPED TO BRING DOWN THE FIRST GOVERNMENT OF THE NOW PRIME MINISTER SEBASTIEN LECORNU SAYING IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO PRESIDENT MACRON.


AT THIS POINT HIS CANDIDACY APPEARS TO BE A LONGSHOT IN A FIELD WHERE CANDIDATES OF THE NATIONAL RALLY AND PRESIDENT MACRON'S CENTRIST ALLIANCE SEEM TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND IN MAKING IT TO THE SECOND ROUND.


THE NATIONAL RALLY (RN) STILL HOPING TO SEE MARINE LE PEN AS THEIR STANDARD BEARER HER LEGAL APPEAL OF AN EMBEZZLEMENT CONVICTION HEARD THIS WEEK WITH THE COURT OF APPEAL SET TO RULE AT 130 PM ON JULY 7TH.


IF SHE LOSES THE APPEAL JORDAN BARDELLA WILL REPLACE HER AS THE RN CANDIDATE...POLITICO EU



This weekend a 23-year-old nationalist activist named "Quentin" is dead after he was struck in the head and wounded.


He was attacked in Lyon as he and other far-right activists protested a Leftist meeting to discuss the Middle East.


A leftist demonstrator injured in a separate clash before Quentin was attacked at a different location.


President Emmanuel Macron saying in response to Quentin's death:




       "Hatred that murders has no place in our country"...


"Quentin, a young nationalist activist seriously wounded in Lyon, has died"-BFM-TV (Translation Prompt)


                                                    For now that's news from France.