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Thursday, April 9, 2026
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 4/8/2026*CHINA BROKERED TALKS BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN*MASSIVE ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON 250+ KILLED*IRAN WARNS OVER ISRAELI CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS*BONDI WILL NOT COMPLY WITH EPSTEIN PROBE SUBPOENA*NETANYAHU SAYS NO CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON, ATTACKS CONTINUE*NORTH KOREA FIRES MISSILES*TAIWAN PASSING ON MORE MILITARY SPENDING*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHING ROCKETS AT NORTHERN ISRAEL LATE TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE ISRAELI ATTACKS ON LEBANON TODAY...TIMES OF ISRAEL
IN WESTERN CHINA TALKS HELD IN THE LAST WEEK BETWEEN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN.
CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN MAO NING SAYS THE TWO SIDES AGREED NOT TO TAKE ACTIONS TO ESCALATE CONFLICT.
SHE SAID THE TWO NATIONS ENGAGED IN 'FRANK AND PRAGMATIC DISCUSSIONS IN A POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE'.
THERE HAVE BEEN A SERIES OF VIOLENT EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES THE MOST RECENT ONE BREAKING OUT RIGHT BEFORE THE WAR INVOLVING NEIGHBORING IRAN BEGAN...AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS EVENING CITICIZING NATO OVER THE RECENT IRAN WAR.
HIS CRITICAL COMMENTS FOLLOW A MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE NATO SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTE.
FOLLOWING THE MEETING MR. RUTTE NOTED MR. TRUMP'S DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE OTHER NATIONS IN THE ALLIANCE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A US Appeals Court rejecting a bid by AI maker Anthropic to have its US government 'supply chain risk' designation removed.
While there will be no temporary injunction, the three-member court panel will expedite arguments in Anthropic's lawsuit against the federal government.
The appeals court will hear arguments on May 19th...The Hill USA
THE ARTEMIS II MISSION THAT FLEW BY THE MOON NOW HEADING BACK TO EARTH.
THE FOUR ASTRONAUTS EXPECTED TO SPLASH DOWN NEAR SAN DIEGO FRIDAY AFTERNOON LOCAL TIME...SKY NEWS UK BLOG
An Israeli attack in Gaza killing a journalist for the Qatar-based Al Jazeera media outlet.
Mohammed Wishah died when the car he was riding in was attacked by an Israeli drone...Al Jazeera Qatar
IRAN PREPARING A 'HEAVY RESPONSE' TO THE DEADLY ISRAELI AIR ASSAULT IN LEBANON TODAY AND ILLEGAL DRONE OVERFLIGHTS IN IRAN ITSELF...(TASNIM NEWS AGENCY IRAN)...
IRAN'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MOHAMMED BAGHER GHALIBAF SAYS THREE OF THE 10 POINTS IN THE PROPOSAL MADE BY IRAN TO END HOSTILITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN BREACHED...(AL JAZEERA QATAR)...OSINTdefender "X" (With Iranian Statement On Violations)
(This Story Is Updated Casualties Revised)
ISRAEL LAUNCHING DEVASTATING ATTACKS ACROSS LEBANON TODAY WITH AT LEAST 254 KILLED.
1,165 OTHERS WOUNDED...(LBC NEWS LEBANON, LEBANESE HEALTH MINISTRY)
ISRAEL STRIKING THE HEART OF BEIRUT NOT JUST SOUTHERN SUBURBS WHERE THE IRAN-ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT IS HEADQUARTERED.
AL JAZEERA LIVE BLOG
A HIGH-RANKING UNNAMMED IRANIAN OFFICIAL SAYS IRAN COULD 'RISE UP IN FULL SCALE DEFENSE' AT ANY MOMENT.
THIS IS DUE TO ISRAELI CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS INCLUDING BOTH THE DEADLY ATTACKS IN LEBANON TODAY AS WELL AS AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAN ITSELF.
THE IRANIAN OFFICIAL URGING MEDIATING COUNTRIES TO PUT ISRAEL 'IN ITS PLACE' IMMEDIATELY...PRESS TV IRAN
(Update) Some ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz today after last night's ceasefire announcement in the Iran War...Tass Russia...
The "Financial Times" in the UK reporting that Iran is charging one US dollar per barrel of oil passing through the strait.
The fee is paid in bitcoin to avoid sanctions on Iran...The Hill USA...
Late word is that Iran has halted passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz due to the Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI WILL NOT COMPLY WITH A SUBPOENA TO APPEAR BEFORE THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES.
THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PASSING THAT MESSAGE TO THE COMMITTEE...THE HILL USA
(This Story Is Updated)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1,325.64 points or 2.85 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 617.15 points or 2.8 percent.
At 435 pm New York Time the price of oil at 96 dollars 31 cents a barrel higher than this morning.
The price of oil dropped sharply overnight 16 dollars 61 cents a barrel or 14.71 percent due to President Trump speaking of a ceasefire in the Iran War...Marketwatch
US COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK IS TO GIVE HIS DEPOSITION TO THE US HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON MAY 6TH.
MR. LUTNICK AGREED TO TESTIFY AFTER THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EPSTEIN FILES REVEALED A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND EPSTEIN THAT MR. LUTNICK PREVIOUSLY ADMITTED TO.
THIS INCLUDED VISITING EPSTEIN'S ISLAND ESTATE...UK INDEPENDENT-IRISH INDEPENDENT'
Despite the announced Iran War ceasefire there are attacks reported on Gulf nations and even an attack on Iran today....OSINTdefender "X"...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war is still on in Lebanon despite the announcement of a ceasefire with Iran overnight.
Netanyahu endorsing a two-week ceasefire with Iran but saying Lebanon is excluded...Al Jazeera Qatar...
Israeli air attacks continued in southern Lebanon today.
Pakistan had said the ceasefire included Lebanon when it was announced last night...AFP FRANCE-NEW STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA
North Korea firing off a series of missiles this morning.
The two missiles fired eastwards into the Sea of Japan (East Sea). They flew 240 kilometers (149 miles)...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
IN TAIWAN OPPOSITION PARTIES IN THE LEGISLATURE REBUFFING PRESIDENT LAI CHING-TE'S ATTEMPT TO INCREASE DEFENSE SPENING.
LAI PUSHED FOR INCREASING MILITARY SPENDING FROM 2.45 PERCENT TO 3.3 PERCENT OF GDP.
BUT OPPOSITION PARTIES QUESTIONED THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE PLAN AND LATE DELIVERIES OF US WEAPONS SYSTEMS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE TOP CANADIAN MILITARY OFFICER IN LATVIA NEIGHBORING RUSSIA HAS BEEN REASSIGNED TO DUTY IN CANADA.
COLONEL JAMES SMITH IS BEING PROBED OVER IRREGULARITIES IN COMPENSTATION AND BENEFITS.
WHEN THE PROBE WAS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT SMITH REMAINING IN HIS POST CONTRARY TO NORMAL PRACTICE...CBC NEWS CANADA
A music festival cancelled in the UK after Kanye West was denied entry into Britain.
West was set to headline each night of the Wireless Festival.
Controversy in the days leading up to the British government decision to ban West from the UK with strong criticism of Antisemitism linked to the music star. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer among the critics...Sky News UK
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 4/7/2026*TRUMP'S LAST-MINUTE IRAN MESSAGING*TRUMP: "A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT"*VANCE SAYS EU MEDDLING IN HUNGARY VOTE*DECORATED AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER WAR CRIMES ARREST*
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Iran War News but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
BILLIONAIRE BILL GATES WILL TESTIFY BEFORE THE US HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON JUNE 10TH REGARDING HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
HIS TESTIMONY WILL BE PRIVATE AND TRANSCRIBED LIKE THE TESTIMONY OF FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON.
GATES EXPRESSED REGRET OVER HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN AND HAS ACKNOWLEDGED AFFAIRS WITH TWO RUSSIAN WOMEN ALLUDED TO BY EPSTEIN IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES...RTHK HONG KONG
In Georgia Republican Clay Fuller winning the Special Election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in the US House.
Fuller defeating Democrat Shawn Harris 56-44 percent.
Fuller's margin of victory significantly less than Greene's 64-36 percent margin of victory over Harris in the 2024 Election...NBC News USA
IRAN WAR DAY 39-40 FINAL UPDATE
IN THE HOURS BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CEASEFIRE VIOLENT ATTACKS ON GULF STATES AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT SOME MISSILES FIRE FROM IRAN AT ISRAEL.
ISRAEL SAYING ITS ATTACKS ON IRAN CONTINUED LATE TONIGHT...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)
THERE WERE ALSO INTENSE ATTACKS IN IRAQ WITH MILITIA UNITS FRIENDLY TO IRAN ATTACKED AND THE MILITIAS LAUNCHING ATTACKS ON ISRAEL...
AL JAZEERA QATAR...
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REVERSING HIS COURSE AT THE LAST MOMENT DECIDING NOT TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON BURTAL IRAN ATTACK PLANS IMPLIED IN HIS EARLIER STATEMENT.
PAKISTAN, WHOSE MILITARY CHIEF HAS VISITED MR. TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE LAST YEAR, MAKING THE REUQEST FOR A TWO-WEEK DELAY.
TRUMP LINKING HIS DELAY TO OPENING OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ...DAWN PAKISTAN...OSINTdefender "X" (Truth Social Post)...
WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT ISRAEL IS ALSO INVOLVED IN A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES FOR TWO WEEKS THAT WILL INCLUDE LEBANON.
US-IRAN TALKS ENVISIONED FOR ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN FRIDAY ACCORDING TO INSIDER REPORTER BARAK RAVID...Barak Ravid "X"
IRAN PROCLAIMING THE US ACCEPTANCE OF A TEN-POINT PROPOSAL IT MADE CLAIMING AN 'HISTORIC AND CRUSHING DEFEAT' OF THE UNITED STATES AFTER 40 DAYS OF WAR...PRESS TV IRAN...
BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF WHAT WILL TRANSPIRE IN THE HOURS AND DAYS AHEAD INCLUDING SURPRISE ATTACKS AGAINST IRAN BY THE US OR ISRAEL.
THIS COULD INCLUDE THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF SOME SORT.
NEGOTIATIONS HAVE SOMETIMES BEEN A WAY TO COVER MILITARY ACTION BY ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES.
"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.
I don't want that to happen, but it probably will.
However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen..."
The social media message of US President Donald Trump 12 hours before his 8 pm Eastern US Time deadline for Iran to comply with his demands which by implication are also the demands of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....OSINTdefender "X"
CHINA AND RUSSIA VETOING A UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION REGARDING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
THE RESOLUTION SPONSORED BY BAHRAIN CALLED FOR REOPENING THE STRAIT WITHOUT MENTIONTING DIRECTLY THE USE OF FORCE...TIMES OF ISRAEL...
RUSSIA BELIEVES THE RESOLUTION LACKED A CLEAR CALL FOR A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF THE IRAN WAR...TASS RUSSIA
(More on the Iran War Later)
US VICE-PRESIDENT JD VANCE VISITING HUNGARY.
THE VISIT JUST DAYS BEFORE SUNDAY'S ELECTION A SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR INCUMBENT PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN.
MR. VANCE SAID THAT THE EU IS INTERFERING IN HUNGARY'S ELECTION TO PREVENT THE POPULIST ORBAN FROM BEING RE-ELECTED...REUTERS...
VANCE ALSO SAID UKRAINE WAS INVOLVED IN INTERFERENCE.
In Northern France a high-speed train colliding with a truck in a military convoy.
The train driver killed with 13 others injured, two seriously...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
AT LEAST THREE KILLED WITH TWO POLICE OFFICERS WOUNDED WHEN GUNFIRE ERUPED OUTSIDE THE ISRAELI CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL.
POLICE KILLED ATTACKERS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING...NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR
IRAN WAR DAY 39
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ISRAEL ATTACKING TEN TRAIN STATIONS AROUND TEHRAN. THE ATTACKS SEEN AS A METHOD OF ISOLATING THE CITY AHEAD OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN TONIGHT.
50 ATTACKS ON IRAN'S OIL TERMINAL ISLAND KHARG ISLAND. MILITARY TARGETS HIT.
IT'S BEING SUGGESTED THE US WILL INVADE THE ISLAND TONIGHT WITH GROUND TROOPS.
ATTACKS ACROSS IRAN WITH IRANIANS WARNED TO STAY AWAY FROM TRAIN STATIONS BY ISRAEL AHEAD OF THE ATTACKS.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING OF 'COMPLETE DEMOLITION' OF IRAN IF HIS 8PM DEADLINE IS NOT MET....
AL JAZEERA QATAR
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 85.42 points or .18 percent. The NASDAQ up 21.51 points or .1 percent.
At 448 pm New York Time the price of oil 111 dollars 34 cents a barrel down one dollar seven cents or .95 percent...Marketwatch
PRO-ISRAEL BILLIONAIRE BILL ACKMAN SEEKING TO TAKE OVER THE UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP.
ACKMAN'S PERSHING SQUARE HOLDINGS WITH A 64.75 BILLION US DOLLAR (56 BILLION EURO) OFFER FOR THE MUSIC COMPANY OF TAYLOR SWIFT AND OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDING ARIANA GRANDE AND KENDRICK LAMAR...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In Australia decorated Afghanistan War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith arrested on suspicion of war crimes.
Smith's arrest follows his failed appeal of a trial judge's finding that media reports about his alleged war crimes in Afghanistan were substantially true.
He sued Nine Newspapers in Australia alleging defamation...ABC News Australia
IN NEW ZEALAND AIR NEW ZEALAND CUTTING FOUR PERCENT OF FLIGHTS IN MAY AND JUNE.
THE DECISION A WAY TO CUT RISING FUEL COSTS CAUSED BY THE IRAN WAR.
THE CUTS SAID TO IMPACT ONLY ONE PERCENT OF PASSENGER TRAFFIC...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
TAIWAN'S OPPOSITION LEADER CHENG LI-WUN VISITING MAINLAND CHINA.
THE LEADER OF THE KUOMINTANG (KMT) PARTY MEETING TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
HER VISIT DRAWING CRITICISM WITH ACCUSATIONS THAT SHE IS HELPING CHINA'S CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO ASSERT CONTROL OVER TAIWAN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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
(SOME ADDITIONAL INFO MAY BE ADDED)
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)
(Story Updated, Expanded)
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
(UPDATED WHEN ABLE)
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*
(SOME MATERIAL MAY DISTURB OR OFFEND)
(ADDITIONAL MATERIAL WHEN ABLE)
"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
(UPDATING AS ABLE)
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*
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
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.
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