Friday, October 23, 2026
Thursday, October 22, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 10/22/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*TIBET QUAKE*ISRAEL ATTACKS, THREATS LEBANON*MACRON PARTIAL PROTEST BAN*CANADA-TURKEY PARTNERSHIP*YEMEN WAR*TRUMP 'LITTLE CONFLICT'EPSTEIN ASSOCIATES SUED*DEADLY ISRAELI INCURSION SYRIA*IRAN WAR RESUMING?*AIPAC REBRAND*
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)
The updated Yemen War news later but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A strong magnitude 7.0 earthquake striking Tibet tonight. Chinese media reporting 16 deaths with 32 injured...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THAT ELON MUSK HAS BROUGHT THE 'STARSHIELD' SYSTEM SUPPORTING UKRAINE'S ATTACKS ON RUSSIA UP TO FULL SPEED...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AWARDING ITS 2026 SAKHAROV PRIZE FOR FREEDOM OF THOUGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC).
THE AWARD RECOGNIZING THE COURT'S WORK IN UPHOLING INTERNATIONAL LAW AND JUSTICE.
THE UNITED STATES PLANNING SWEEPING SANCTIONS ON THE ICC FOLLOWING ITS WAR CRIME ARREST WARRANTS FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND FORMER ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT.
BOTH MEN ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES IN THE GAZA WAR...
CBC NEWS CANADA
ISRAEL ATTACKING TOWNS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH AIR ATTACKS, DRONE ATTACKS AND SHELLING.
ISRAELI DRONES OVERFLYING BEIRUT WITH DEFENSE MINISTER ISRAEL KATZ WARNING ANY ATTACKS ON ISRAEL FROM LEBANON WILL LEAD TO ATTACKS ON SOUTHERN BEIRUT.
THE ATTACKS JUST FIVE DAYS BEFORE ISRAEL'S ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ
French President Emmanuel Macron imposing a ban on any Saturday protests not sponsored by a labor union.
Mr. Macron spoke of "organized far-left groups who want to overthrow the Republic".
Demonstrators expected again on French streets this Saturday objecting to the high cost of living linked to high energy prices following the Ukraine, Iran and Yemen Wars.
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu planning a large deployment of police and soldiers on French streets...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
CANADA'S SUPREME COURT HEARING A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPEAL OF THE COURT OF APPEAL RULING AGAINST THE 2022 EMERGENCY POWERS ACT CRACKDOWN ON THE TRUCKER CONVOY PROTEST IN OTTAWA AND OTHER PARTS OF CANADA AT US BORDER CROSSINGS.
THE COURT OF APPEAL RULED USING THE EMERGENCY POWERS ACT VIOLATED CANADA'S CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS...CBC NEWS CANADA
ON A CONTROVERSIAL VISIT CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY IS IN TURKEY (TURKIYE).
MR. CARNEY AND TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN LAUNCHING A THREE-YEAR 'CANADA-TURKIYE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP' AIMING FOR A 'CANADA-TURKIYE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT'.
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CONCERNED OVER TURKISH GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWNS AIMED AT COMEDIANS AND MEDIA OUTLETS CRITICAL OF MR. ERDOGAN AS WELL AS OPPOSITION PARTIES, POLITICIANS AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY...AL JAZEERA QATAR
US President Donald Trump praising Russian President Vladimir Putin for the release of US citizen Donald Hubbard.
Hubbard jailed in Russia for supporting combat operations of the Ukrainian military...Tass Russia
(UPDATED) THE YEMEN WAR TONIGHT AN ATTACKING HOUTHI MISSILE SHOT DOWN ATTACKING THE SOUTHERN SAUDI CITY OF NARJAN...DAWN PAKISTAN BLOG...
TODAY THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE SAUDI CAPITAL OF RIYADH FOLLOWING HOUTHI ATTACKS...FARS IRAN-DAWN PAKISTAN...
HOUTHI ATTACKS REPORTED ON MULTIPLE SAUDI CITIES.
THE HOUTHIS SAY THEY ATTACKED THE SAUDI DEFENSE MINISTRY IN RIYADH, ARAMCO IN YANBU AND THE DAMMAM AIRPORT IN EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA...REUTERS-DAWN PAKISTAN...
A SECOND DEATH NOW FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S HOUTHI ATTACK ON THE DAMMAM AIRPORT.
MEANWHILE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING ON THE SUFFERING IN YEMEN'S THIRD LARGEST CITY OF TAIZ.
TAIZ NOW CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT BUT SURROUNDED BY HOUTHI FORCES FOLLOWING THEIR RECENT OFFENSIVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN YEMEN.
SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND WATER ARE CUT OFF BY THE FIGHTING WITH THE SOUNDS OF WAR GETTING CLOSER TO THE CITY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"little conflict with Iran"
"we're going to have something one way or another. It'll happen fairly soon"
The messaging of US President Donald Trump on the Iran War....
AL JAZEERA-DAWN PAKISTAN
New Mexico's Attorney General filing a federal civil suit against Jeffrey Epstein's personal attorney and personal accountant.
Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn are accused of financing and helping to conceal sex trafficking involving Epstein including Epstein's Zorro Ranch property in New Mexico.
The two men are co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate and eligible for bequests from the estate.
Attorney General Raul Torrez announcing the suit at a news conference including two survivors of Jeffrey Epstein-linked sexual abuse.
An attorney for the Epstein estate rejects the allegations as "false"...CNBC USA
ISRAELI FORCES ATTACKING IN SOUTHERN SYRIA LAST EVENING.
THE INCURSION INTO THE DARAA GOVERNATE ON THE BORDER WITH JORDAN.
SNIPERS DEPLOYED AND ARTILLERY SHELLS FIRED A MAN WITH SPECIAL DISABILITIES KILLED BY THE ISRAELIS...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
THE ISRAELI MILITARY ACTIVITY IS IN THE WEEK LEADING UP TO ISRAEL'S ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY.
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 11.89 points.
The NASDAQ sharply lower down 694 points or 2.6 percent.
The price of oil in New York at 615 pm 99 dollars 10 cents a barrel down 37 cents or .37 percent since the close...Marketwatch
The "New York Times" with a story saying the United States and Israel are getting ready to attack Iran after the upcoming elections in Israel and the US.
US-Israeli drills reportedly taking place. The US keeps a fleet of refueling planes in Israel that could support Israeli or US attacks on Iran.
This as the US signals imminent war pulling out diplomats and military personnel from Middle East nations...Times of Israel
THE AMERICA ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (AIPAC) REBRANDING.
AIPAC DISCONTINUING ITS PRACTICE OF DIRECTLY ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING FINANCIALLY CANDIDATES FOR US CONGRESS.
AIPAC SAYING IT WILL PROMOTE ORGANIZED DIRECT SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATES FROM INDIVIDUAL AMERICAS.
MEANWHILE AIPAC IS KEEPING A SUBSIDIARY KNOWN AS THE 'UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT' WHICH SPENDS UNLIMITED AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN INDIVIDUAL POLITICAL RACES...TIMES OF ISRAEL
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaking of a rescue mission in Haiti where four El Salvadorans are reported kidnapped.
The four are aviation technicians with the international gang suppression force now operating in the country.
Bukele speaking of things getting worse if the four are not released unharmed.
He sent his message on X in the Creole language of Haiti...Liberty Daily-The Daily Caller
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 10/21/2026*UKRAINE WAR RAGES ON*US EVACUATING MID-EAST*ISRAELI WARPLANES FLY IRAN ATTACK ROUTE*TRUCKER BLOCKADES ITALY*LEADING ISRAELI OPPOSITION POLITICIAN WILL NOT SERVE UNDER NETANYHU*YEMEN WAR*WITKOFF IN RUSSIA
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)
The latest from the Yemen War but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The Ukraine War raging on tonight explosions reported as Kiev comes under Russian attack...(RIA Novosti Russia)
Moscow is getting hit by Ukraine tonight at least 630 drones said to have been aimed at the city. At least two wounded...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
THE MESSAGING REGARDING EXPLOSIONS IN SOUTHERN IRAN TONIGHT IS THAT A PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE NOT CONFIRMED TO BE AMERICAN WAS CARRIED OUT ON MISSILE LANCHING SITES.
THE IRANIAN MISSILE SITES SAID TO BE LAUNCHING INTO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ...OSINTdefender "X"
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AMERICANS MILITARY AND CIVILIAN BEING MOVED OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST.
THE US PULLING MILITARY FORCES OUT OF JORDAN, QATAR AND KUWAIT.
THE US EMBASSY IN SAUDI ARABIA REDUCING ITS STAFFING.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT PLANNING STAFF REDUCTIONS OF OTHER EMBASSIES IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION...Reuters-Dawn Pakistan
SUCH MOVES COULD SIGNAL THE IMMINENCE OF A RESUMPTION OF ALL-OUT HOSTILITIES WITH IRAN BY THE US OR ISRAEL.
THEY COULD ALSO BE AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE FEAR IN IRAN TRIGGERING IRANIAN AGGRESSION THAT WOULD JUSTIFY US-ISRAEL AGGRESSION INVOLVING IRAN...OSINTdefender "X"
(Updated) The Yemen War tonight the Yemen government announced attacks on Houthi positions south of Taiz.
Two killed and five wounded in Houthi attacks in the Taiz region. The city of Taiz under a Houthi siege...(Al Jazeera)
One killed, eight wounded in a Houthi attack on the Dammam airport in eastern Saudi Arabia...Tass Russia...
Two killed, two wounded by falling shrapnel from an attacking Houthi drone in Saudi Arabia.
The drone attacking an Aramco oil facility. Those killed and wounded foreign workers...Saudi Press Agency-Dawn Pakistan
ISRAEL'S CHANNEL 12 REPORTING THAT DOZENS OF ISRAELI WARPLANES FLEW AN ATTACK ROUTE TO IRAN THIS WEEK.
BUT THEY RETURNED TO ISRAEL BEFORE ENTERING IRANIAN AIRSPACE.
SOURCES POINTING TO AN ATTEMPT TO PROVOKE IRAN JUST DAYS BEFORE ISRAEL'S OCTOBER 27TH ELECTION...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Iranian media reporting explosions in the southern Sirik region tonight. The origin of the explosions not immediately known...
DAWN PAKISTAN MID-EAST WAR BLOG
UPDATING THE DEVELOPING STORY ABOUT THE EFFORTS OF US ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF REGARDING THE UKRAINE WAR.
WIKTOFF HAS LEFT RUSSIA SAYING HIS TALKS WERE 'CONSTRUCTIVE' AND ARE LEADING TO THREE PARTY TECHNICAL TALKS INVOLVING THE US, RUSSIA AND UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA...BARAK RAVID "X"
The US Supreme Court declining to lift a lower court judge's order keeping accommodations in place for transgender inmates in federal prisons.
Those policies included both medical treatments and 'social accommodations' like hair-removal devices.
Conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissenting...The Hill
ITALIAN TRUCK DRIVERS ARE BLOCKING HIGHWAYS AND PORTS IN SOUTHERN ITALY.
THE PROTEST OVER HIGH DIESEL FUEL PRICES HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN A WEEK.
AS A RESULT, GROCERY STORE SHELVES ARE GOING EMPTY. A PASTA FACTORY WAS FORCED TO SHUT DOWN OVER LACK OF GRAIN DELIVERIES.
SOUTHERN ITALY IS POORER THAN NORTHERN ITALY WITH HIGH COSTS A VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE.
BUT EVEN IN NORTHERN ITALY PROTESTERS TOOK TO THE STREETS IN MILAN RECENTLY TO PROTEST THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE IN THE MIDST OF THE DEMONSTRATION WITH HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS LEADING ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI TO DEPLOY 500 SOLDIERS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN THE WESTERN PERSIAN GULF OFF THE COAST OF IRAQ A TANKER STRUCK BY AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE. NO INJURIES REPORTED...UKMTO "X"
Israeli politics Gadi Eisenkot whose Yachar Party leads Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Paty in the polling says he will not serve in a government led by Mr. Netanyahu.
There's talk of a possible rotation deal where both Netanyahu and Eisenkot alternate as Prime Minister.
Eisenkot says he does not support any deal making Netanyahu prime minister due to his responsibility for the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack.
The Israeli election is six days fromm today...Times of Israel
ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ A TANKER STRUCK BY AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE IGNITING A FIRE. THE FIRE PUT OUT NO INJURIES REPORTED...UKMTO "X"
(UPDATED) IN THE YEMEN WAR THE SAUDIS SAY THEY INTERCEPTED FIVE ATTACKING HOUTHI DRONES.
THE HOUTHIS DENYING THE NOTION THEY WERE ATTACKING THE HOLY CITY OF MEDINA WITH DRONES.
THE HOUTHIS SAY ATTACKED A SAUDI RUN MILITARY CAMP IN ADEN.
THE UNITED NATIONS WARNING ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN THE CITY OF TAIZ IN YEMEN.
TAIZ IS CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT BUT UNDER SEIGE BY HOUTH FORCES...DAWN PAKISTAN MID-EAST WAR BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 360.21 points or .69 percent.
The NASDAQ rising 278.04 points or 1.05 percent.
At 452 pm New York Time the price of oil 97 dollars 52 cents a barrel down 30 cents or .31 percent. ..Marketwatch
US ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF IS IN RUSSIA.
WITKOFF WILL DISCUSS PROPOSALS REGARDING THE UKRAINE WAR INCLUDING THE NOTION OF A THREE-WAY MEETING INVOLVING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN AND UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/20/2026*NETANYAHU TALKS IRAN GOV'T ELIMINATION*YEMEN WAR*IRAN CLAIMS TANKER, DRONE HITS*CALL TO ARREST ISRAELI COMMANDER IN US*GAZA FOOD AID CUT*US ENVOY UKRAINE TALKS*
(SERVICE AS ABLE IMPACTED BY PERSONAL COMMITMENTS DURING THE DAY)
(SERVICE SUSPENDED DUE TO PERSONAL COMMITMENTS WILL RESUME WEDESDAY)
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS HE TOLD US PRESIDENT TRUMP OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ELIMINATING IRAN'S CURRENT GOVERNMENT.
HE SPOKE OF IT AS A 'TERRORIST REGIME'.
NETANYAHU SPEAKING ONE WEEK BEFORE ISRAEL'S ELECTION...(NEWS AGENCIES)
(Updated) In the Yemen War two explosions heard in Riyadh Saudi Arabia's capital.
The Saudis say one Houthi missile was shot down.
Later the downing of a drone was reported in Riyadh.
The Yemeni government aligned with Saudi Arabia says a Houthi attack on besieged city of Taiz was repelled...
FULL DAWN PAKISTAN MID-EAST WAR BLOG
AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN MID-EAST WAR BLOG
IRAN SAYS TWO TANKERS ARE 'ABLAZE' AND HAVE BEEN STOPPED IN THE SOUTHERN STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
THIS IS LINKED TO THE VESSEL HITTING MINES PLANTED BY IRANIAN FORCES...TASNIM NEWS AGENCY IRAN
IRAN ALSO CLAIMS TO HAVE SHOT DOWN A US MQ-9 REAPER DRONE OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. IRAN SAYING THIS IS THE 54TH SUCH DRONE IT DESTROYED IN THE IRAN WAR...FARS IRAN-DAWN PAKISTAN WAR BLOG
Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan calling for the arrest of an Israeli soldier reportedly in the United States over war crime allegations.
Sean Glass, now reported in the US, was commander of a unit that shot and killed five-year-old Hind Rajab, then killed medics trying to rescue her.
The child spoke by cell phone from the vehicle she was in after her family members died and before her own death on January 29, 2024.
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filing an emergency appeal to the US Justice Department to arrest Glass.
Congresswoman Tlaib notes that as a party to the Genocide Convention and Geneva Convention the US is obliged to arrest and investigate him for war crimes and genocide...Al Jazeera Qatar
FOOD AID FOR RESIDENTS OF GAZA IS BEING CUT BACK DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDS.
THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) SAYS IT RECEIVED LESS THAN HALF ITS FUNDING THIS YEAR THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AS A RESULT FOOD AID IS ENDING FOR 500,000 GAZA RESIDENTS.
AND THE FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR 1.1 MILLION OTHER RESIDENTS IS BEING REDUCED IN SCOPE.
THE WFP SEEKING 450 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING TO MAINTAIN CRITICAL OPERATIONS IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS...AL JAZEERA QATAR
US envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo, Norway today talking with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and representatives of the NATO nations supporting Ukraine.
Witkoff then expected to visit Russia and meet President Vladimir Putin...
Barak Ravid "X"
The markets today.
The Dow rising 529.85 points or 1.02 percent.
The NASDAQ down 6.07 points.
At 430 pm in New York the price of oil down two dollars 57 cents or 2.48 percent...Marketwatch
INTERNATIONAL GROCERY RETAILER AHOLD DALHAIZE REPORTING A CYBER ATTACK TO DUTCH AUTHORITIES JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER IT HAPPENED.
THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION SERVICE IN THE NETHERLANDS APPEALED TO THE COMPANY TO FILE A REPORT.
THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS BEEN STRUGGLING DUE TO 'MALICIOUS ACTION BY THIRD PARTIES'.
VARIOUS AHOLD DALHAIZE BRANDS ARE IMPACTED INCLUDING 'ALBERT HEIJN' STORES IN THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM AND 'GIANT FOOD STORES' IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
ONLINE SHOPPING REMAINS DISRUPTED BY THE CYBER ATTACK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Monday, October 19, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 10/19/2026*HEGSETH-NETANYAHU MEETING*ALBERTA REFERENDUM*CURFEWS IN FRANCE*PAK MILITARY CHIEF VISITING IRAN MEDIATION WITH US*FLORIDA MURDER CHARGES RAUL CASTRO*ISRAELI POLICE DETAIN ATTACK SUSPECTS*YEMEN WAR*RUSSIAN FM MEETS IRAN PRES*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Sudan's civil war more than 160 people killed in drone attacks in recent days.
Both sides the Sudanese Army and the United Arab Emirates backed Rapid Support Forces are held accountable for the attacks by groups monitoring the war...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
US DEFENSE (WAR) SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH MEETING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AT AN AIR BASE IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL.
THEIR MEETING EIGHT DAYS BEFORE ISRAEL'S ELECTION AT THE OVDA AIR BASE IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL WHERE US WARPLANES AND REFUELING PLANES ARE BASED.
HEGSETH ALSO MEETING US MILITARY PERSONNEL DURING HIS VISIT.
HIS VISIT ONE DAY AFTER US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ENDORSEMENT OF NETANYAHU IN ISRAEL'S ELECTION NEXT WEEK.
THE VISIT AMID DISCUSSIONS OF RESUMING WARFARE AGAINST IRAN POSSIBLY BEFORE THE ISRAELI AND US ELECTIONS...JERUSALEM POST ISRAEL
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In the western Canadian province of Alberta, a referendum question described as an 'independence question' and framed as 'breaking away' from Canada.
The question offered by Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith was one that if approved would have set the stage for negotiations and an actual vote on independence from Canada.
The referendum question stirred emotions with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney using it to drive home his differences on tariffs and trade with US President Donald Trump.
Just two days before the vote there was a fiery disaster at a Canadian military base in Wainwright, Alberta with four soldiers killed and 39 wounded.
106 polling stations got off to a slow start this morning meaning they were kept open late.
The non-binding question on moving towards an independence referendum was defeated...
CBC News Results Live
CBC News Canada
CURFEWS IN SOME FRENCH CITIES TONIGHT INCLUDING A GENERAL CURFEW IN CERTAIN PARTS OF PARIS BETWEEN 11 PM AND 6 AM.
BUT IN THE NORTHERN CITY OF LILLE AND THE SOUTHERN CITY OF NICE CURFEWS INVOLVING MINORS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED.
THIS FOLLOWS ISOLATED ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND LOOTING ON THE SIDELINES OF RECENT STUDENT PROTESTS OVER SCHOOL CONDITIONS AND GENERAL PROTESTS OVER THE COST OF LIVING.
DURING THE DAY A BAN ON PROTESTS AND GATHERINGS IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF MARSEILLE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"hundreds of thousands of shekels"
Those words from Jonatan Urich an aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describing the money he received from Qatar between 2021 and 2024.
Mr. Urich speaking those words under interrogation by Israeli police probing the "Qatargate" scandal in which aides to Mr. Netanyahu received cash to help improve the image of Qatar.
Urich's work continued even after the Hamas attack on Israel in October of 2023 by the Qatari-financed Hamas organization based in Gaza.
Mr. Urich has been indicted in another scandal involving the leaking of classified information to the German newsmagazine "Bild".
The revelation of Mr. Urich's interrogation in Israeli media coming days before Israel's election...Times Of Israel
PAKISTAN'S MILITARY CHIEF VISITING IRAN TOMORROW. THIS ACCORDING TO IRANIAN MEDIA.
FIELD MARSHAL ASIM MUNIR IS THE POWER BEHIND PAKISTAN'S CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT AND CONNECTED TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
MUNIR'S VISIT LINKED TO MEDIATION OF THE IRAN WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES...TASNIM NEWS AGENCY IRAN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IRAN'S NAVY SAYS THE US ATTACKED A BASE ON THE SOUTHEASTRN COAST OF IRAN THIS MORNING.
TWO WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK...AL-JAZEERA-DAWN PAKISTAN
A Florida state court issuing an arrest warrant for former Cuban President and Defense Minister Raul Castro.
Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier says that Castro is charged with conspiracy to commit first degree murder.
Mr. Castro already facing a federal indictment in the US for the 1996 shoot down of two aircraft that killed four men in waters between Cuba and the United States.
The "Brothers to the Rescue" aircraft were seeking to assist Cubans in boats trying to reach the United States...NBC Miami
UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS THERE WAS NO EARLY WARNING FROM NATIONS SUPPORTING UKRAINE WHEN 16 RUSSIAN MISSILES HIT KIEV THIS MORNING.
ONE PERSON KILLED IN THE ATTACK WITH POWER KNOCKED OUT TO MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.
RUSSIA CHARACTERIZING ITS ATTACKS ON UKRAINE EARLY TODAY AS 'MASSIVE' AND VERY SUCCESSFUL...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
In Israel police detained 10 suspects in the nationalist attacks on a Washington Post photojournalist and European Union officials in the "West Bank".
Evidence linking them to the attacks was found. Police also seized vehicles...Times Of Israel
At least 12 migrants have died in two separate incidents in the Aegean Sea.
Greek authorities speak of one incident where six people were killed when a migrant speedboat collided with a police patrol boat.
Six others died when their boat capsized.
22 people rescued from both incidents. A 37-year-old Turkish man arrested as a suspected migrant smuggler...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
(UPDATED) IN THE YEMEN WAR 50 KILLED IN A HOUTHI ATTACK ON A GOVERNMENT MILITARY CAMP.
THERE WAS AN ATTACK ALERT IN SAUDI ARABIA THIS AFTERNOON.
SAUDI AUTHORITIES WARNING THE PUBLIC NOT TO POST VIDEOS RELATED TO THE ALERT...DAWN PAKISTAN MIDDLE EAST WAR BLOG
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 36.38 points.
The NASDAQ rising 290.85 points or 1.11 percent.
At 443 pm New York Time the price of oil 103 dollars 89 cents a barrel up two dollars 48 cents or 2.45 percent...Marketwatch
IN TEHRAN TODAY IRAN'S PRESIDENT RECEIVING RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER.
MASOUD PEZESHKIAN MEETING SERGEI LAVROV AMID THE US-IRAN WAR STALEMATE.
THE MEETING ALSO TAKING PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF APPARENT US OVERTURES TO RUSSIA RELATED TO THE UKRAINE WAR.
PRESIDENT TRUMP DEFERRING HARSH SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA AND THIRD COUNTRIES WHILE STARLINK SATELLITE SERVICES ASSISTING UKRAINE'S WAR EFFORT WERE SLOWED DOWN FOR A WHILE LAST WEEK...TASS RUSSIA
Sunday, October 18, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 10/18/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*UKRAINE APOLOGY DRONE INCIDENT*YEMEN WAR*LE PEN SEES GOV'T 'IMPOTENCE'*JANUARY 6TH, MACRON, THE LEFT, FRENCH PROTESTS*4 KILLED CANADA MILITARY BASE*EURO OFFICIALS ATTACKED WEST BANK CHRISTIAN VILLAGE*ISRAELI SETTLER ATTACKS*EURO ECONOMIC PROTESTS CLASHES*UKRAINE WAR*
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We are watching the latest developments in France, Canada and Israel as able but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The "Wall Street Journal" reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin is proposing a three-way meeting to discuss the Ukraine War.
The meeting would involve Mr. Putin, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The three leaders could meet on November 18th and 19th on the sidelines of a economic summit in China...OSINTdefender "X"
IRAN SAYS THAT AN OIL TANKER HIT A MINE IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND IS ON FIRE.
THE TANKER USING THE 'SOUTHERN ROUTE' WHERE THE US MILITARY OFFERS ASSISTANCE TO MERCHANT VESSELS USING THE STRAIT...AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN
UKRAINE APOLOGIZING AFTER DRONE DEBRIS DAMAGED A MOVING CAR IN NORTHERN LITHUANIA.
UKRAINE SUGGESTING RUSSIAN JAMMING OF ATTACKING DRONES LED TO THE INCIDENT.
WARPLANES SCRAMBLED IN RESPONSE TO THE DRONE THREAT...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE...
(Updated) Nine days before Israel's election US President Donald Trump endorsing the re-election of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Mr. Trump characterizing Netanyahu as 'Strong...Brave...Brilliant"...Al Jazeera Qatar...
Mr. Netanyahu saying that following Israel's election both he and Trump will eliminate the Iranian 'threat'.
The European Union demanding 'full accountability' from Israel following yesterday's attack on diplomats from Belgium, France and Poland by Israeli nationalist settlers.
The EU foreign policy spokesperson also called for 'effective measures' to prevent nationalists from attacking Palestinians as has been the case in recent weeks during the olive harvest season...Times Of Israel
The Yemen War today the Houthis report nine killed in Saudi attacks with the Saudis saying six were wounded in a Houthi attack on Najran in southern Saudi Arabia...DAWN PAKISTAN MID-EAST WAR BLOG...
More Yemen War developments later in the summary.
FRANCE PROTEST TURMOIL
MACRON DECRIES VIOLENCE, SUPPORTS LOCAL OFFICIALS ACTING TO BAN PROTESTS AMID WIDESPREAD STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN RECENT WEEKS
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FOLLOWING PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S SPEECH TONIGHT WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM OPPOSITION POLITICIANS.
SOME NOTED HE DID NOT ADDRESS CONCERNS OF THOSE PROTESTING YESTERDAY REGARDING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
MACRON DECRYING INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE SEEN ALONGSIDE MANY PEACEFUL PROTESTS THIS WEEKEND.
MR. MACRON SPEAKING OF 'FULL TRANSPARENCY' IN MAINTAINING ORDER SAYING THAT LOCAL OFFICIALS SHOULD MAKE DECISIONS TO BAN PROTESTS DEEMED DANGEROUS OR THREATENING.
THIS APPEARS TO GIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PRETEXT TO SHUT DOWN STUDENT-LED DEMONSTRATIONS OUTSIDE HIGH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES IN RECENT WEEKS.
"an exhausted disoriented Macronist power, which now seems incapable of doing anything other than commenting on its own impotence.
We are experiencing a deep crisis of confidence, of authority that poses a threat to democracy.
The observation should alert us: our country is trapped, even hostage, between violence and powerlessness."
LEADING 2027 FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARINE LE PEN ON THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS IN FRANCE
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FRANCE FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S PROTESTS WITH ISOLATED BUT DRAMATIC INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE AND LOOTING IN THE JANUARY 6TH VEIN.
THE CENTRIST GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON POINTING A FINGER AT LEFTISTS FOR THE VIOLENCE.
THE NUMBER OF THOSE ARRESTED REVISED ABOVE 2,000.
HIS CENTIST POLITICAL FACTION NOW IN THIRD PLACE FOR NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL BEHIND MARINE LE PEN AND LEFTIST JEAN-LUC MELENCHON.
THE ONLY WAY FOR MACRON'S CENTRIST CANDIDATE LE HAVRE MAYOR EDOUARD PHILIPPE TO FACE MARINE LE PEN IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE 2027 ELECTION IS TO DIMINISH SUPPORT FOR THE LEFT.
MR. PHILIPPE THIS AFTERNOON CALLED FOR A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE EVENTS OF OCTOBER 17TH.
PHILIPPE DECRYING 'THE DIVISION THAT IS HITTING THE COUNTRY'.
MEANWHILE THE PRESIDENT OF MARINE LE PEN'S POLITICAL PARTY THE NATIONAL RALLY (RN) JORDAN BARDELLA SAID:
"order no longer exists in France today"
MR. BARDELLA APPEARED BEFORE THE MEDIA OUTSIDE A POLICE STATION.
HE SPOKE OF THE NOTION OF PRESIDENT MACRON RESIGNING.
THIS AFTERNOON A PROTEST CALLED AT THE PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE IN PARIS A SCENE OF CONFRONTATION YESTERDAY.
POLICE DEPLOYED IN RESPONSE TO THE SUDDENLY ANNOUNCED DEMONSTRATION...
BFM-TV FRANCE BLOG TODAY OCTOBER 18TH (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
BFM-TV FRANCE WEBSITE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
EARLIER DEVELOPMENTS LATER IN SUMMARY.
(UPDATED) IN THE UKRAINE WAR RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES DOWNING 126 ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG.
AT LEAST ONE FATALITY NOW REPORTED IN THE ATTACK FIVE OTHERS WERE WOUNDED...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)
THE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK TARGETING AN OIL TERMINAL AND DATA CENTER.
A FIRE REPORTED AT THE ST. PETERSBURG OIL TERMINAL...TASS RUSSIA...
MORE UKRAINE WAR NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
A TUG STRUCK BY TWO PROJECTILES OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. NO INJURIES REPORTED...UKMTO 'X'
IN KOLKATA, INDIA 19 KILLED IN A STAMPEDE AT A FESTIVAL.
A MISLEADING ANNOUNCEMENT IS SAID TO HAVE LED TO THE STAMPEDE.
POLICE MAKING SEVEN ARRESTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DISASTER...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...
15 DEATHS REPORTED IN A TRUCK ACCIDENT IN MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA.
THE TRUCK RAN OVER DEVOTEES GATHERED NEAR A TEMPLE IN GWAILOR.
OTHERS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT...NDTV INDIA
In the Yemen War an attack alert in the Saudi capital Riyadh Sunday morning.
Two Houthi missiles intercepted and destroyed by air defenses in southwestern Saudi Arabia...Dawn Pakistan Middle East War Blog...
More Yemen War news later in the summary.
(This Story Is Updated)
FOUR KILLED IN A FIERY DISASTER AT A CANADIAN MILITARY BASE IN ALBERTA.
PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY SAYS NEXT OF KIN HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
39 OTHERS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
LAST NIGHT ALBERTA'S PREMIER DANIELLE SMITH SPOKE OF A 'SIGNIFICANT AND TRAGIC FIRE' AT CFB WAINWRIGHT.
HOSPITALS IN THE CITY OF EDMONTON WENT ON 'CODE ORANGE' TO ACCEPT MASS CASUALTIES.
A FIRE TRIGGERED BY THE DISASTER SPREAD BEYOND THE BOUDARIES OF THE MILITARY BASE BUT HAS BEEN CONTAINED.
A RESIDENT OF THE AREA SAID HE HEARD A BIG BANG, THEN LATER SAW SMOKE AND FIRE....
CBC NEWS CANADA
There is condemnation from Israeli officials following the attack on European diplomats and officials visiting the Christian Palestinian village of Taybeh near Ramallah in the "West Bank".
But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office expressed doubt about the authenticity of the attack.
Video of the attack has been posted online including French mayor Bernard Baudoux lying on the ground...Ynet News Israel (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)...
Mayor Baudoux put on a French tricolor sash to identify himself as the attackers arrived but they beat him anyway...Associated Press-MSN USA...
French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Barrot demanding that Israel arrest those responsible for attacking the mayor and bring them to justice...AFP France-The Hindu India...
The group attacked included diplomats from European countries and representatives of the Roman Catholic Church.
Meanwhile six Palestinians injured in a nationalist settler attack on residents of the village of Ma'in south of Hebron.
There were other incidents including the wounding of two Palestinians by settler gunfire in a village west of Ramallah...Al Jazeera Qatar...
The tensions just days before Israelis vote on October 27th...
"I probably would have been dead"
Heidi Levine, a photojournalist for the "Washington Post", thanking Palestinians who intervened when she was attacked by Israeli nationalist settlers on Friday in the "West Bank".
Levine beaten for ten minutes by the settlers ending up with one finger almost severed.
She is being treated at a hospital in Israel saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's denial that she was attacked is 'such a lie and the biggest insult'...Times of Israel
A NATIONWIDE DAY OF PROTEST BRINGING MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ONTO THE STREETS OF FRANCE SATURDAY INCLUDING MORE THAN 100,000 IN PARIS.
THE STUDENT PROTEST MOVEMENT THAT SWEPT HIGH SCHOOLS AND SOME UNIVERSITIES MERGING WITH PROTESTERS OBJECTING TO THE HIGH COST OF LIVING.
LEFT-WING POLITICAL LEADERS IN FRANCE SUPPORTING THE PROTESTS WITH THE CENTRIST GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND PRIME MINISTER SEBASTIEN LECORNU DECRYING VIOLENT INCIDENTS ON THE FRINGES OF THE PROTEST.
THEY SUGGEST AN EXTREME THREAT TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
ON SATURDAY EVENING AN INCIDENT INVOLVING THE TORCHING OF THE TOWN HALL IN LIMOGES...
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 411 INCLUDES COVERAGE OF PROTESTS
BESIDES THE DEMONSTRATIONS IN FRANCE, THERE WERE SIMILAR PROTESTS IN NEIGHBORING BELGIUM AS WELL AS ITALY AND PORTUGAL.
THEY ALL FOCUSED ON THE HIGH COST OF LIVING DRIVEN IN LARGE PART BY ENERGY PRICES DRIVEN UP BY THE UKRAINE, IRAN AND YEMEN WARS.
CLASHES WITH POLICE REPORTED AT THE DEMONSTRATIONS...AL JAZEERA QATAR...
Injuries reported as protesters took to the streets of Albania's capital city of Tirana for a fifth straight day.
Water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets used by police.
The demonstrators led by students demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
They object to corruption and economic conditions in Albania...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The Yemen War this weekend Saudi officials say four attacking Houthi drones were shot down over Saudi Arabia...(News Agencies)...
The Yemen government backed by the Saudis claiming more than 1,400 attacks on the Houthis.
The Houthis report 12 deaths in attacks by Saudi warplanes...Dawn Pakistan Blog Iran-Yemen Wars...
Meanwhile Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaking of his country's willingness to defend Saudi Arabia if asked...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
IN THE UKRAINE WAR UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACKS ON MOSCOW FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY INCLUDING A 75-DRONE ATTACK SATURDAY MORNING.
THE ATTACKING DRONES DOWNED BY AIR DEFENSES.
EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO SITES WHERE DRONE DEBRIS FELL...TASS RUSSIA...
IN THE BLACK SEA NEAR UKRAINE ROMANIAN WARPLANES SHOT DOWN TWO DRONES.
THERE HAVE BEEN DRONE ATTACKS IN RECENT WEEKS ON MERCHANT SHIPPING OFF THE COASTS OF BULGARIA AND ROMANIA...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY...
MEANWHILE UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WARNING THAT RUSSIA IS SEEKING TO TAKE DOWN HIS COUNTRY'S ENERGY GRID.
MR. ZELENSKY SAID THAT RUSSIA SEEKS TO KEEP RESIDENTS OF UKRAINE IN THE COLD THIS COMING WINTER.
REPORTS FROM UKRAINE OF INTENSIFIED RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY...
MEANWHILE THE 'FINANCIAL TIMES' IN THE UK SAYS THAT PRESIDENT ZELENSKY IS TELLING REPORTERS ON 'WHATS APP' THAT THE 'STARLINK' SATELLITE SYSTEMS ARE STILL OPERATING AT SLOW SPEED.
HE SPOKE OF A 'PLANNED OPERATION' TO KEEP STARLINK SLOWED DOWN IN UKRAINE.
THERE ARE MEDIA REPORTS THAT STARLINK OWNER ELON MUSK PROPOSED THE STARLINK SLOWDOWN TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP...OSINTdefender "X"
(Updated) Two killed, 11 injured when a black truck drove into a crowd in Wichita, Kansas.
It happened in a field at the Stryker Sports Complex during a soccer game.
The driver of the truck a 34-year-old woman taken into custody with two girls said to have been inside the truck.
The incident being called a 'tragedy'...
KWCH 12 WICHITA (VIDEO EMBED)
KWCH LIVE VIDEO STREAM
POPE LEO XIV DISCHARGED FROM THE GEMELLI HOSPITAL IN ROME SATURDAY FOLLOWING LUNG CANCER SURGERY.
HE SPOKE TO PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE THE HOPSITAL AS HE LEFT.
THE PONTIFF IS ALLOWED TO RESUME HIS NORMAL DUTIES...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)
Saturday, October 17, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*ISRAEL NATIONALISTS ATTACK EURO OFFICIALS*TANKER ATTACKS OFF SAUDI ARABIA*FRENCH PROTESTS*IRAN GETS THE INITIATIVE*HOPELESS YET THERE IS HOPE*
(SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)
There will be a Sunday News Summary starting at Midnight Eastern US Time tonight...LINK
NEWDUMP ALERT: ISRAELI NATIONALIST ATTACK ON EUROPEAN OFFICIALS, DIPLOMATS IN WEST BANK VILLAGE DENOUNCED BY ISRAELI OFFICIALS BUT DOUBTED BY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU...
Ynet News Israel Story (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)
NEWSDUMP ALERT: HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PROTEST HIGH PRICES, SCHOOL CONDITIONS IN FRANCE...
France Yellow Vests Post Including Details
NEWSDUMP ALERT: TWO TANKER ATTACKS OFF SAUDI ARABIA
Two tankers attacked off the coast of Saudi Arabia...
UKMTO Attack Warning One
UKMTO Attack Warning Two
ISRAEL USED TO DO THE SATURDAY ATTACKS ON ITS ENEMIES INCLUDING THE ASSASSINATION OF IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENI EARLIER THIS YEAR.
NOW IRAN HAS THE SATURDAY ATTACK INITIATIVE.
The music this week and instrumental music in the 1960's the 'easy listening' sound parents enjoyed like this hit from Bert Kaempfert...
"AFRICAN BEAT"-BERT KAEMPFERT
'FUN, FUN, FUN"-THE BEACH BOYS (LIVE FRANCE 1964)
"CELEBRATE THIS HEARTBEAT"-RANDY STONEHILL
"I'm a little bit like Jeremiah my wife calls me Jeremiah sometimes.
Because you know Jeremiah watched for 40 years the deterioration of his country.
He saw his country captured. He saw the city of Jerusalem destroyed."
DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 1:50 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW...
Dr. Billy Graham-"Hopeless Yet There Is Hope"
(MORE WILL BE POSTED LATER)
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