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Thursday, August 6, 2026
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 8/5/2026*NEW MEXICO SUES DOJ EPSTEIN FILES*1100 MINORS LEFT BEHIND IN SPANISH TERRITORY*ISRAEL ATTACKS LEBANON*GERMAN LEAKS ON RUSSIAN ELECTION MEDDLING*IRAN-OMAN HORMUZ DEAL*NETANYAHU DENIES AGREEMENT WITH GAZA DEAL*DEADLY RUSSIAN ATTACK KIEV*US MISSILE INTERCEPTOR SHORTAGE*UNEMPLOYMENT SPIKE NEW ZEALAND*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Late tonight two explosions reported by a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman. The crew and ship reported safe...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization "X"
NEW MEXICO'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SUING THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OVER IT'S REFUSAL TO PROVIDE JEFFREY EPSTEIN DOCUMENTS TO ASSIST ITS INVESTIGATION INTO EPSTEIN'S ZORRO RANCH.
AG RAUL TORREZ'S LAWSUIT ALLEGES STONEWALLING BY THE DOJ 'ACTIVELY HARMS VICTIMS AND UNDERMINES THE PUBLIC INTEREST'.
THE SUIT NOTES FEDERAL AUTHORITIES DID NOT CARRY OUT ANY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN NEW MEXICO RELATED TO EPSTEIN LIKE IT DID IN NEW YORK, FLORIDA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CONTENDS IT HAS TO PROTECT SOME VICTIM'S NAMES BECAUSE OF COURT ORDERS AND CANNOT PROVIDE THOSE DOCUMENTS TO NEW MEXICO AUTHORITIES...ASSOCIATED PRESS NBC NEWS USA
REPUBLICANS TRYING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR CONGRESSMAN CHUCK EDWARDS OF NORTH CAROLINA WHO'S DROPPED OUT OF HIS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
EDWARDS ABANDONING HIS CAMPAIGN AFTER A HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE REPORT RECOMMENDED HIS CENSURE FOR VIOLATING HOUSE SEXUAL HARASSMENT RULES INVOLVING TWO FEMALE EMPLOYEES...AXIOS USA
In Russia the CEO of a company that produces drones seriously wounded while his security guard was killed in a bomb blast.
Ukraine has routinely carried out bombing attacks to kill high profile business and military leaders in Russia during the Ukraine War...Tass Russia
THE SPANISH NORTH AFRICAN TERRITORY OF CEUTA SAYS THAT THERE ARE 2500 PEOPLE STILL THERE FOLLOWING THE MASS INFLUX OF 72,000 PEOPLE LATE LAST WEEK WHO CROSSED THE BORDER FROM MOROCCO.
AT LEAST 72 PEOPLE DIED DURING THE MASS BORDER CROSSING.
BUT THE CHALLENGE NOW IS THAT 1100 OF THOSE LEFT BEHIND ARE UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. THERE ARE ONLY ACCOMODATIONS FOR 90 MINORS.
EXTRA HELP HAS BEEN REQUESTED FROM SPAIN'S CENTRAL GOVERNMENT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
(This Story Is Updated)
The Houthis in Yemen say they attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden. The attacked linked to Saudi attacks on the Houthis and their blockade of Houthi territory in Yemen...Press TV Iran...
Earlier the Master of a tanker reported a loud explosion near the vessel sailing in waters between Yemen and the northern Somali coast.
Crew members reported safe...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
CLAIMING CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS ISRAEL LAUNCHING ATTACKS IN LEBANON TODAY.
AT LEAST ONE PERSON KILLED IN THE ATTACKS.
TALKS MEDIATED BY THE US BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON CONTINUED IN ROME TODAY...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina says she is returning home from India where she has lived in exile.
A new Pro-Western government now in power after her ouster following violent student protests.
Hasina saying she will announce the specific date of her return later but she hopes it will happen in December.
The 78-year-old Hasina sentenced to death for her crackdown on those student protests in 2024.
Hasina has made allegations that prior to her ouster the United States was pressuring her to use an island located near the neighboring nation of Myanmar...Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar
GERMAN SECURITY OFFICIALS MAKING ACCUSATIONS OF RUSSIAN ELECTION INTERFERNCE THROUGH LEAKS TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
THE ELECTION INTERFERNCE INVOLVES STATE ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH IN SAXONY-ANHALT, MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN AND THE ELECTION IN THE CITY OF BERLIN.
ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AGAINST CANDIDATES POSTED ONLINE ARE BEING LINKED TO RUSSIA BY THE UNNAMED SECURITY OFFICIALS.
THE POLITICIANS SAID TO BE TARGETED BY RUSSIA ARE FROM PARTIES OTHER THAN THE ALTERNATIVE FOR GERMANY (AfD) PARTY.
THE AfD NOW LEADS POLLING IN THE TWO GERMANY STATES AND IS TIED FOR THE LEAD IN BERLIN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Iran and Oman have reached agreement on how shipping traffic will use the Strait of Hormuz.
That word from Iran's foreign ministry.
Spokesman Esmail Baghaei says it's up to the United States to go along with the deal...Tass Russia
ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT AGREEING WITH OPPOSITION PARTIES ISSUING A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION FREEZING SOME GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWISH GROUPS.
THE FREEZE WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL JUSTICES CAN HOLD A HEARING AND RULE ON THE MATTER.
OPPOSITION PARTIES ARGUE A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARING TO APPROVE THE FUNDING AHEAD OF ADJOURNMENT FOR ISRAEL'S ELECTION WAS FLAWED...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly denying any Israeli agreement with the Board of Peace plan to disarm Hamas in Gaza.
He also says there will be no pullback of Israeli forces in Gaza until there is full disarmament by Hamas.
Israel is now in the midst of an election campaign with voters going to the polls on October 27th.
As reported in yesterday's summary (Israel National News Story) Israel's government has decided to tighten its policies on killing people with targeted assassinations in response to the disarmament deal.
Such killings will now require the approval of Israel's Chief of Staff...Times of Israel
17 KILLED IN RUSSIAN ATTACKS IN AN AROUND KIEV OVERNIGHT. 28 MISSILES AND 115 DRONES USED IN THE ATTACK.
NO MISSILES DOWNED BY UKRAINIAN DEFENSES.
WAREHOUSES TARGETS OF THE ATTACKS. UKRAINE HAS HIT RUSSIAN WAREHOUSES LINKED TO ONLINE RETAILER 'WILDBERRIES' IN RECENT WEEKS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
MORE UKRAINE NEWS LATER IN SUMMARY.
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 263.24 points or .49 percent.
The NASDAQ down 221.55 points or .83 percent.
At 440 pm New York Time the price of oil 75 dollars eight cents a barrel down 69 cents or .91 percent..Marketwatch
CNN REPORTING THAT THE US IS RUNNING LOW ON INTECEPTOR MISSILES USING HALF OF ITS PATRIOT INTERCEPTORS AND 80 PERCENT OF ITS THAAD INTERCEPTORS IN THE IRAN WAR...OSINTdefender "X"
MEANWHILE UKRAINE IS SAID TO HAVE JUST ONE PATRIOT MISSILE INTERCEPTOR AND TO BE IN DESPERATE NEED OF MORE.
BOTH THE US AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES LACK ADDITIONAL INTERECEPTORS TO PROVIDE TO UKRAINE.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS SAID TO HAVE REJECTED A REQUEST FROM UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY FOR EMERGENCY DELIVERY OF 300 OF THE PATRIOT INTERCEPTORS...BERLINER ZEITUNG GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In Switzerland authorities investigating 24 Swiss nationals suspected of fighting for Ukraine in the war against Russia. 10 of those investigations completed the rest ongoing.
It is against Swiss law for its citizens to fight in foreign wars.
Russia kept statistics on foreigners fighting for Ukraine up through March of 2024 indicating 13,387 mercenaries arrived in Ukraine with 5,962 killed...Tass Russia
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN NEW ZEALAND RISING TO 5.6 PERCENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING IN JUNE.
THAT'S UP FROM 5.4 PERCENT IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
IT'S THE HIGHEST RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT RECORDED IN 11 YEARS...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
Longtime Canadian news anchor Lloyd Robertson is dead at the age of 92.
Robertson anchored for two major networks, CBC and CTV, starting in 1970 before retiring from full-time work in 2011.
He was the recipient of numerous honors including the "Order of Canada" and the "Gordon Sinclair Award"...CBC News Video Report...Lloyd Robertson Wikipedia
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 8/4/2026*ABDUL EL-SAYED WINS MICHIGAN PRIMARY*NEW ISRAELI KILL RULES IN GAZA REPORTED*US REVOKES BRAZIL AMBASSADOR'S VISA*CARGO SHIP ATTACKED, SUNK RED SEA*SPOKANE WILDFIRE ARSON SUSPECT*DEADLY MOSCOW DRONE ATTACK
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY FOUND ARMED AND APPEARING TO BE MONITORING SECURITY PREPARATIONS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FUNDRAISING APPEARANCE IN CALIFORNIA LATER THIS WEEK.
THE HOME OF SUSPECT JEANINE JOHN TAELE WAS SEARCHED WITH FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, BODY ARMOR AND NOTEBOOKS WITH 'DISTURBING STATEMENTS' SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
US politics primary elections in multiple states today.
In Missouri former Democrat Congresswoman Cori Bush's effort to get back into the House failing in the Democrat Primary.
Bush defeated by the Pro-Israel PAC supported incumbent Representative Wesley Bell...News Agencies-Times of Israel...
Much attention focused on the Democrat US Senate Primary with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed defeating Representative Haley Stevens.
El-Sayed's victory seen as a breakthrough for Arab-Americans.
He will face former Republican Representative Mike Rogers in the general election in November...NBC News USA
ISRAEL SAID TO BE TIGHTENING ITS POLICY REGARDING ASSASSINATIONS ROUTINELY CARRIED OUT IN GAZA.
THE TARGETING KILLINGS OF 'TERRORISTS' WILL REQUIRE HIGHER LEVEL APPROVAL TO BE CARRIED OUT.
ISRAELI SOLDIERS WILL STILL BE ABLE TO KILL IF THEY FACE AN IMMINENT THREAT.
THE NEW KILLING POLICY IN GAZA AN ISRAELI POLITICAL DECISION FOLLOWING THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED AGREEMENT WITH HAMAS ON DISARMING IN GAZA CONCLUDED BY THE 'BOARD OF PEACE'...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
The European Union sending additional assistance to Spain to reinforce border security.
The decision follows a meeting of EU interior ministers today following last week's incursion by tens of thousands of people into the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta.
Spain's Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska noting the border of the "Schengen Area" of Europe was not compromised by the sudden wave of illegal arrivals in Ceuta...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
THE US REVOKING THE VISA OF BRAZIL'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S RETALIATION JUST DAYS AFTER TWO US OFFICIALS WERE DENIED VISAS TO VISIT BRAZIL.
THE VISIT OF THOSE OFFICIALS BEFORE BRAZIL'S UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SEEN AS AN ATTEMPT AT ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY THE US...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent interviewed by business news channel "CNBC" exuding optimism about an agreement between the US and Iran over the future of the Strait of Hormuz...News Agencies-Times Of Israel
(UPDATED) EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN KIEV THIS EVENING. THERE WAS AN AIR RAID ALERT FOR A RUSSIAN ATTACK...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
A HIGH-RISE BUILDING IN FLAMES IN KIEV LATE TONIGHT DUE TO FALLING DRONE DEBRIS.
THE RUSSIAN ATTACK SAID TO HAVE INVOLVED DOZENS OF MISSILES ALONG WITH DRONES...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
157 migrants trying to reach the UK rescued when their ship caught fire in the English Channel.
The fire broke out after French authorities stopped the vessel in waters off the coast of France.
The rescued migrants were then returned to the northern coast of France...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
An India-flagged cargo ship attacked and sunk in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen
14 crew members, 13 of them Indian nationals, have been rescued.
The Indian government describing the attack on the ship as "unprovoked"...NDTV India
A LEGAL LETTER SENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL (SOCCER) FEDERATION FIFA FROM THE EUROPEAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (UEFA).
IT CALLS FOR PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS, ELECTRONIC MESSAGES AND DATA RELATED TO THE ABANDONED PLAN TO BRING PRIVATE INVESTORS INTO WORLD CUP EVENTS.
A PLAN TO BRING IN PRIVATE INVESTORS INCLUDING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER ABANDONED JUST DAYS AGO....Al Jazeera Qatar
A suspect has been arrested in Spokane, Washington accused of arson following a devastating wildfire that may have consumed more than 1,100 structures mostly homes.
The 37-year-old-man seen acting nervously near the place where the inferno ignited. He was found to have lighter fluid and matches in his possession...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
A DEADLY UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK IN MOSCOW. FIVE KILLED, 10 WOUNDED. THE ATTACK IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.
A FIRE IGNITED BY THE ATTACK...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
RUSSIA ANNOUNCING ATTACKS ON SEVEN SHIPS CARRYING CARGO FOR UKRAINE'S MILITARY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
Stocks sharply higher with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 907.47 points or 1.71 percent.
The NASDAQ rose 671.10 points or 2.59 percent.
At 419 pm New York Time the price of oil 75 dollars 74 cents a barrel down four dollars 60 cents or 5.73 percent...Marketwatch
BOEING GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT BY THE US FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TO DELIVER ITS 737 MAX 7 AIRCRAFT.
APPROVAL DELAYED FOR YEAR FOLLOWING DEADLY ACCIDENTS INVOLVING OTHER VERSIONS OF THE BOEING 737 MAX.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WILL RECEIVE THE FIRST DELIVERIES OF 737 MAX 7 MODELS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
New Zealand's largest bank "ANZ" moving interest rates on home equity loans higher in reaction to Iran War developments. Rate increases from .1 to .26 percent taking effect on Thursday...One News New Zealand
In the Iran War's early days a close relationship between Israel and United Arab Emirates revealed including supplies of weaponry like drones and the Iron Dome air defense system.
There was even a secret wartime visit to the UAE by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...Avi Scharf "Haaretz" Israel "X"
Monday, August 3, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 8/3/2026*DEADLY DRONE ATTACK RUSSIAN BEACH*CYCLOSPORIASIS DEATHS IN MICHIGAN*DANISH MILITARY DRAFTEES REPORT*BLANCHE AG CONFIRMATION PATH CLEARING*IRAN: NO TALKS WITH US*HOUSE COMMITTEE HYPED MORROCAN RULE SPANISH TERRITORIES*US POWER FLICKER LINKED TO DATA CENTER CLUSTER*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Israel's "I24 News" reporting on a drone attack on northern Kuwait attributed to Iran...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)
THE COMMANDER OF A US BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE RELIEVED OF COMMAND.
THE NAVY ANNOUNCED SATURDAY THAT COMMANDER JOSEPH SAMMUR NO LONGER COMMANDED THE 'USS WEST VIRGINIA' DUE TO A LOSS OF CONFIDENCE.
THE REMOVAL FROM COMMAND FOLLOWS INVESTIGATION INTO A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. THE SUB IS CURRENTLY IN PORT FOR MAINTENANCE...USNI NEWS
"I want to give them every last chance before decapitation"
US President Donald Trump describing his approach to the Iran War which is currently in a state of limbo as far as attacks from the US and Israel.
Mr. Trump questioned by reporters at the White House over his approach to the war the President noting high gasoline prices linked to the war saying energy companies are making 'too much money'.
On social media Mr. Trump saying Iran begged for talks before denying they are occurring. He spoke of Iran's leadership as 'unbelievably duplicitous'...News Agencies-Times of Israel
An attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz tonight. The ship hit off the coast of Oman...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
A DEADLY DAY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE UKRAINE WAR TODAY 11 KILLED IN BOTH RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ATTACKS NOT RELATED TO FRONT-LINE FIGHTING.
SEVEN DIED WHEN DRONE DEBRIS FELL ONTO A SOUTHERN RUSSIAN BEACH. 40 OTHERS WOUNDED...NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR
Two dead in the outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the United States.
The deaths in the state of Michigan where the intestinal disease outbreak is centered.
Underlying conditions cited in connection with the death's officials speaking of cyclosporiasis not being a life-threatening illness.
11,234 cases reported in Michigan with 193 hospitalizations linked to the outbreak...CNN USA
Limited reaction from Morocco's government to the unprecedented influx of migrants into the Spanish territory of Ceuta late week.
The tens of thousands said to have been directed by criminal networks on social media.
A similar view expressed by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Other views from outside Morocco's government include the notion that serious grievances exist among residents of northern Morocco who live near Ceuta.
In Spanish media the notion presented that Morocco deliberately manufactured the mass influx into the Spanish territory...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
A TURKISH SHIP CARRYING VEGETABLES AND FRUITS FROM TURKEY TO RUSSIA ATTACKED BY UKRAINIAN DRONES IN THE BLACK SEA.
A FIRE IGNITED WITH FOUR CREW MEMBERS HURT IN THE ATTACK...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Military service becoming mandatory for some 18-year-old Danes.
1600 young men and women reporting for training today including a princess of Denmark's royal family.
The Danish military short of volunteers in recent months bringing forward mandatory military service slated to being next year forward by five months.
The previous four-month service period for volunteers now extended to 11 months for new recruits including five months of basic training and six months of duty in military units.
After the young people are released from their military service, they will create a trained cadre of soldiers to be returned to duty when needed in the future.
The threat from Russia and tensions in the Arctic cited in connection with the decision to bring forward mandatory military service...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE PENGAGON CUTTING DEALS WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF AIR DEFENSE MISSILE INTERCEPTORS.
THOSE AGREEMENTS EXPECTED TO MULTIPLY "PATRIOT" INTERCEPTOR PRODUCTION THREE TIMES AND "THAAD" INTERCEPTOR PRODUCTION FOUR TIMES IN THE FUTURE...TASS RUSSIA
The path to Todd Blanche's confirmation as US Attorney General now clearing.
A Sunday night memo by Acting Attorney General Blanche formally rescinds the controversial 'anti-weaponization fund' objected to by some Republican senators.
The Senate Judiciary Committee announced Friday night that it will hold a meeting tomorrow that now appears will vote to confirm Mr. Blanche.
Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas speaking of a 'deal' on the fund matter to move Blanche's nomination forward...The Hill USA
THE DEPUTY LEADER OF THE REFORM PARTY IN THE UK, RICHARD TICE, BEING PROBED FOR FAILING TO DECLARE HIS PRO-ISRAEL INTERESTS IN PARTICULAR A TRIP TO ISRAEL LAST SEPTEMBER.
MR. TICE DENOUNCING THE INVESTIGATION SAYING ITS BASED ON A COMPLAINT FROM AN 'ANTISEMITIC ANTI-ISRAEL LOBBYING GROUP'...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
Iran's Foreign Ministry making it clear there are no talks going on with the United States.
The only talks Iran is participating in involve Oman and they concern operation of the Strait of Hormuz...Press TV Iran
THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT IS CALLING FOR A EUROPEAN COMMISSION INVESTIGATION INTO LAST WEEK'S MASS STORMING OF THE SPANISH NORTH AFRICAN TERRITORY OF CEUTA.
DUTCH MINISTER OF ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION BART VAN DEN BRINK SAYS IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT NO ONE WHO ENTERED CEUTA HAS TRAVELED ONTO THE SPANISH MAINLAND IN EUROPE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
Just weeks before the mass migration into Spanish African territories from Morocco late last week a US House committee passing a 40-million-dollar aid bill for Morocco.
A committee report accompanying the vote supported Moroccan sovereignty over those Spanish territories.
Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky posting information on social media about this...Rep. Thomas Massie "X"
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 693.38 points or 1.32 percent.
The NASDAQ climbing 540.04 points or 2.13 percent.
At 444 pm New York Time the price of oil 79 dollars 96 cents a barrel down four dollars 71 cents or 5.56 percent...Marketwatch
The power grid in Cuba again going down amid a US cutoff of fuel supplies from Venezuela.
No word on when power will return...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
A FLICKERING OF ELECTRIC POWER ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES 12 DAYS AGO IS LINKED TO A LINE FAILURE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA INVOLVING A CLUSTER OF DATA CENTERS.
THE FLICKERING AROUND 8AM WEDNESDAY JULY 22ND LASTED FOR TEN MINUTES AND EXTENDED FROM BOSTON TO MIAMI AND WESTWARDS TO CHICAGO.
THE POWER GRID'S VULNERABILITY TO A MAJOR BLACKOUT EXPOSED BY THE INCIDENT...THE COOL DOWN-MSN USA
In Sudan's civil war at least 35 people killed in a Sudanese Army drone attack on a village in North Darfur state controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The attack happened in the middle of the day Sunday as a traditional court was in session to hear local disputes...AFP France-Al Jazeera Qatar
IN ISRAEL SUNDAY NIGHT DEFENSE MINISTER ISRAEL KATZ NAMING A NEW GENERAL TO COMMAND TROOPS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA ("THE WEST BANK").
THIS MOVE IMMEDIATELY CONTESTED BY THE MILITARY SAYING HE LACKS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SUCH A DECISION.
KATZ GOING AFTER MAJOR GENERAL AVI BLUTH FOR BEING TOO HARSH WITH ISRAELI NATIONALIST SETTLERS WHO HAVE BEEN THREATENING AND ATTACKING PALESTINIAN COMMUNITIES...TIMES OF ISRAEL
Sunday, August 2, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 8/2/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*ISRAELI ATTACKS KILL DOZENS GAZA*MAGA SENATOR CALLS ON MAGA CONGRESSMAN TO RESIGN*RUSSIAN TANKER STOPPED BY NATO OFF ITALY*SPOKANE, WASHINGTON WILDFIRES*DEADLY MOSCOW BOMB BLAST POINTS TO URKAINE*TRUMP TALKING IRAN TALKS*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES SAY A CHILD DIED IN A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK IN THE BELGOROD REGION ON UKRAINE'S BORDER.
THE ATTACK HAPPENED NEAR A PLAYGROUND...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A tanker reporting an explosion near it while sailing in Strait of Hormuz waters off the coast of Oman...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
"within the context of psychological operations and a war of calculations"
Iran's acting defense minister Majid Ebn-e-Raza characterizing US President Donald Trump's social media messaging in the last 24 hours about backing away from attacking Iran.
Iran claiming control of Strait of Hormuz saying ships are jammed up there unable to pass through...Al Jazeera Qatar...
President Trump specifically spoke tonight of talks that begin tomorrow afternoon causing oil prices to plunge tonight.
MORE ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA TODAY AT LEAST 19 PEOPLE KILLED ACCORDING TO LATE REPORTING...TASS RUSSIA...
OVERALL DOZENS KILLED AND A MEDICAL SUPPLY WAREHOUSE DESTROYED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS IN RECENT DAYS.
THE ESCALATING ATTACKS BELIEVED BY PALESTINIAN ADVOCATES TO BE A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT BY ISRAEL TO DERAIL A DEAL TO DISARM HAMAS IN GAZA...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)-AL JAZEERA QATAR...
EARLIER GAZA NEWS LATER IN SUMMARY.
REPUBLICAN US SENATOR BERNIE MORENO OF OHIO CALLING ON REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN MAX MILLER OF OHIO TO RESIGN.
MILLER IS MORENO'S FORMER SON-IN-LAW AND HE IS ACCUSED BY MORENO'S DAUGHTER OF ABUSING HER AND HER DAUGHTER.
SENATOR MORENO SAYING CONGRESSMAN MILLER NEEDS 'SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP'...THE HILL USA
(Updated) At least 14 killed others wounded when a bomb was detonated outside a police station in Pakistan.
The attack happened in a region near the border with Afghanistan.
A crowd of people outside the police station protesting the lack of government action against terrorist activities...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
AN OIL TANKER LINKED TO RUSSIA STOPPED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA BY THE ITALIAN NAVY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OTHER NATO COUNTRIES.
THE ITALIAN ARMED FORCES CARRYING OUT WHAT IS BEING DESCRIBED AS AN INSPECTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
MORE EVACUATIONS IN GREECE DUE TO WILDFIRES. TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED ACCUSED OF ARSON.
THEY ARE LINKED TO ELECTRICAL CABLES CONNECTING A WIND FARM TO THE POWER GRID...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)...
MEANWHILE TWO ARE DEAD AFTER FIREFIGHTING HELICOPTERS COLLIDED IN THE SKIES OVER GREECE.
ONE CHOPPER CRASHED WHILE THE OTHER MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING...TASS RUSSIA
An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire off the island of Java with at least five people dead.
Dozens are missing with rescue operations underway...Associated Press-CBS News USA
Two killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Saratov Region. Damage is also reported in the attack...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...
Russia says that 635 attacking Ukrainian drones were destroyed overnight into Sunday...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
(UPDATE) IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON THOUSANDS ORDERED TO EVACUATE AS A WILDFIRE RAPIDLY SPREAD INTO NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CITY.
HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY THE FLAMES.
PATIENTS AND STAFF AT THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL IN SPOKANE FORCED TO EVACUATE.
ELECTRICITY SHUT OFF FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN SOME AREAS AS A PRECAUTION...SPOKANE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW...KHQ-TV LIVE
In Moscow a bomb explosion near a restaurant Saturday evening killing three and wounding 21.
Information and visual images of the scene spread by Western media including intelligence related sites quickly afterwards...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...
Reports of a general's birthday party at the restaurant.
A guard did not allow a woman carrying the bomb into the restaurant right before detonation.
The woman and the guard among the dead. Russian anti-terrorism officials investigating the bombing...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
SEVEN KILLED A VITAL MEDICAL WAREHOUSE DESTROYED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA THIS WEEKEND.
THE ATTACKS JUST DAYS AFTER US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF GAZA INCLUDING THE DISARMING OF HAMAS...AL JAZEERA QATAR
13 killed including 11 foreign tourists when a small plane crashed in Peru.
The tourists were from Germany, Italy and Spain. Two Peruvian crew members also died in the crash...RPP Peru (Translation Prompt)
10 MOUNTAINEERS ARE DEAD FOLLOWING AN AVALANCHE IN PAKISTAN.
THE AVALANCHE HAPPENED THURSDAY ON BROAD PEAK.
AMONG THOSE KILLED FAMOUS NEPALESE MOUNTAINEER NIRMAL PURJA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
AN AMERICAN CLIMBER MALLORY GEIS OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ALSO AMONG THE MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS KILLED IN THE AVALANCHE...
WOAI-TV VIDEO REPORT
Two wounded in an Israeli attack in Lebanon on Saturday. The attack happened in the town of Nabatieh.
Since the beginning of March 4,333 killed and 12,236 wounded in Lebanon...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
ON SATURDAY NIGHT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TALKING ABOUT TALKS WITH IRAN INSTEAD OF ATTACKING IRAN.
HE SPEAKS OF IRAN REQUESTING THE TALKS...OSINTdefender "X" (Truth Social Post Embed)...
US EUROPEAN COMMANDER GENERAL ALEXUS GRYNKEWICH SPEAKING OF LIMITED NAVAL FORCES TO DEFEND ISRAEL FROM MISSILE ATTACKS...OSINTdefender "X"
IN HUNGARY THIS MORNING A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SHUTTING DOWN.
THE 'PAKS' PLANT FORCED TO CEASE OPERATIONS DUE TO RECORD HEAT CAUSING RECORD LOW WATER LEVELS IN THE DANUBE RIVER...TASS RUSSIA
Saturday, August 1, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*DEADLY MOSCOW BOMB*ISRAEL DESTROYS GAZA MEDICAL SUPPLIES*NEWSDUMP UPDATES*70'S COUNTRY MUSIC*THE ABDUL UPDATE*'LAMP OF THE WICKED WILL BE SNUFFED OUT'*
(SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)
The Sunday News Summary starts to post at Midnight Eastern US Time...Link
The "banned" Friday News Summary is posted here...
News Summary-Intelligence Report Friday 7/31/2026
NEWSDUMP ALERT: DEADLY BOMB BLAST OUTSIDE MOSCOW RESTAURANT
Three killed when a security guard stopped a woman carrying a bomb from entering a restaurant. 21 wounded in the blast with Russian anti-terrorism authorities investigating.
Ukraine suspected in what may have been an assassination attempt on a Russian general attending a birthday party at the restaurant...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
NEWSDUMP ALERT: ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA KILL SEVEN DESTROY MEDICAL SUPPLY WAREHOUSE....
Al Jazeera Qatar
NEWSDUMP ALERT: SECURITY WARNINGS ISSUED BY US EMBASSIES IN MIDDLE EAST...OSINTdefender "X"
NEWSDUMP UPDATE: IRAN WARNS ARAB NATIONS HELPING US-ISRAEL THEY WILL 'BURN IN FIRE OF WAR'
Iran launched an attack on US ally Kuwait again today according to Kuwaiti authorities...(News Agencies)...
Press TV Iran
NEWSDUMP UPDATE: 67 NOW CONFIMRED DEAD IN THE MASS SURGE OF MIGRANTS INTO THE SPANISH NORTH AFRICAN TERRITORY OF CEUTA
A FLOATING FENCE IN USE TO HELP STEM ANY FUTURE BORDER CROSSINGS MOST OF THOSE WHO ENTERED IN RECENT DAYS BACK IN MOROCCO...NOS NETHERLANDS
This week's music from the collection of three thousand songs let's go to the country music.
Back in the 1970's truck driving songs and country music DJ's with trucking shows were the norm my teenage radio listening experience re-created...
" "KEEP ON TRUCKIN'"-DAVE DUDLEY
"SUPERMAN"-DONNA FARGO
"I'M JUST ME"-CHARLEY PRIDE
"I'm Just Me" a bit of a personal theme song I passed it onto my granddaughter some years ago.
Country music radio in the 1970's meant the music of Charley Pride it also meant music from Ray Stevens and that brings us to the "Abdul Update" lets watch "Ahab the Arab"...
Arabs in the USA in the mainstream nowadays running for US Senate but the spin is about "Democratic Socialists" as we head for a Michigan Primary that looks like a win for Dr. Abdul El- Sayed...
Abdul El-Sayed "X"
"US Arabs Eye 'Historic' Senate Win For Abdul El-Sayed Despite AIPAC Attacks"-Al Jazeera Qatar
THE DEMOCRAT INSIDER POOBAHS STEERING CLEAR OF ANY NOTION OF 'AIPAC' MONEY AND POWER IN POLITICS BUT WORRYING A LOT ABOUT THE 'DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST' OR 'EXTREMIST' OR DARE I SAY 'COMMUNIST' LABEL ON DEMOCRATS.
THAT LABEL IS BEING APPLIED TO THEM MESSAGING FUNDED BY TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PRO-REPUBLICAN AIPAC MONEY.
AND PRO-ISRAEL MESSENGERS ARE CARRYING THE WATER WARNING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA BEING COMMUNIST ZEALOTS...
BILL MAHER 'REAL TIME' FRIDAY 7/31/2026
MEANWHILE JAMES CARVILLE WARNING ABOUT "VANITY VOTING" IN THE DEMOCRAT PRIMARIES IN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN IN THE WEEKS AHEAD...
"Not A Time For A Vanity Vote | Politics War Room Podcast (Full Episode)
YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ ABOUT THAT DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR IN WISCONSIN WHO HAS TALKED ABOUT 'DEFUNDING THE POLICE'...
"Francesca Hong"-Wikipedia
There's politics for you and now this...
"Do not fret because of evildoers or be envious of the wicked,
for the evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out"
PROVERBS 24:19-20 NIV BIBLE
"And when the devil sees that his time is short he's going to grow very angry and he's going to intensify his efforts to get you to hate each other and to kill each other and fight each other"
DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 4:09 IN THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW....
"Anti-Christ"-Dr. Billy Graham Seattle 1976
Good Night. God Bless.
"AWESOME GOD"-RICH MULLINS
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 400*US-FRANCE HUMAN RIGHTS ISRAEL TENSIONS*GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON RUSSIAN ADVOCATE*WILDFIRE CONTAINED BUT UNCONTROLLED*
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
US DIPLOMATS WALKING OUT OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL WHEN FRENCH DIPLOMATS TOOK THE FLOOR.
IT HAPPENED DURING A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE UKRAINE WAR.
THE US WALKOUT WAS LINKED TO FRENCH COMMENTS ABOUT US OPPOSITION TO THE RE-ELECTION OF OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN POLICIES VOLKER TURK TO HEAD THE UN'S HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE.
FRANCE'S UN MISSION IN GENEVA MADE COMMENTS LINKING THE US TO GOVERNMENTS LIKE THOSE OF NORTH KOREA, RUSSIA, MALI AND NICARAGUA.
THE COMMENTS ALSO INCLUDED THE NOTION THAT THE US WAS NO LONGER A 'BEACON OF HUMAN RIGHTS'.
US DIPLOMAT DAN NEGREA SAYING FRANCE MUST RENOUNCE ITS 'CONSESCENDING AND DISRESPECTFUL RHETORIC'.
THE US UN AMBASSADOR MIKE WALZ SAYING FRANCE SUPPORTED MR. TURK WHO CRITICIZED 'DEMOCRACIES' LIKE THE US, UK AND ISRAEL WHILE 'COZYING UP' TO 'OPPRESSORS'...
"US DIPLOMATS WALK OUT AS FRANCE ADDRESSES UN SECURITY COUNCIL"-NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR
The former head of the "Russia Today" media outlet in France Xenia Fedorova given an expulsion order this week.
Fedorova's assets now frozen with an order to report daily to a police station.
Her lawyers appealing the expulsion order.
Fedorova says she is being subjected to 'political pressure' and 'censorship' as she continues to express Pro-Russia opinions.
The French government claiming her views constitute 'disinformation and destabilization' at the direction of Russian authorities to 'manipulate public opinion'...
""Censorship' 'Political Pressure': Xenia Fedorova denounces the deportation order against her for interference"- BFM-TV News Story
THE MASSIVE WILDFIRE IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE'S GIRONDE REGION DECLARED CONTAINED BUT UNCONTROLLED.
AROUND 42,000 HECTARES (103,784 ACRES) BURNED IN THE BORDEAUX AREA....FRANCE 24 (VIDEO EMBED)
For now that's news from France.
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