NEWSDUMP UPDATE: EPSTEIN FILES CONGRESSMAN SURROUNDED BY ARMED ISRAELI NATIONALISTS
The co-sponsor of the Epstein Files Transparency Act Democrat Congressman Ro Khanna of California found himself surrounded by militant Israeli nationalists as he visited Palestinian communities.
The nationalists were later cleared by Israeli security forces...
Welcome your host on the road today but reminding you of two things.
One: Walmart has cut prices on thousands of items.
Two: My work schedule has been cut by one half-hour per week.
Some music from the 1970's this song a big hit from 1973...
"MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA"-GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS
"YOU'RE SIXTEEN"-RINGO STARR
"DANIEL"-ELTON JOHN
"SHOT DOWN"-LARRY NORMAN
Your host listening to that tune recently bouncing his grandson on his knee.
Larry Norman was someone I never saw performing but I saw him at the annual conventions of the National Religious Broadcasters with his distinctive long blond hair standing out from the rest of the crowd.
GRAHAM PLATNER REMINDS ME OF WHAT I READ AROUND PAGE 69 OF A FAMOUS PIECE OF LITERATURE
"Now about sex. Many of us needed an overhauling there. But above all, we tried to be sensible on this question.
It's so easy to get way off the track. Here we find human opinions running to extremes--absurd extremes perhaps.
One set of voices cry that sex is a lust of our lower nature, a base necessity of procreation.
Then we have the voices who cry for sex and more sex, who bewail the institution of marriage; who think that most of the troubles of the race are traceable to sex causes.
They think we do not have enough of it, or that it isn't the right kind. They see its significance everywhere.
One school would allow man no flavor for his fare and the other would have us all on a straight pepper diet.
We want to stay out of this controversy. We do not want to be the arbiter of anyone's sex conduct. We all have sex problems. We'd hardly be human if we didn't. What can we do about them?
We reviewed our own conduct over the years past. Where had we been selfish, dishonest or inconsiderate? Whom had we hurt? Did we unjustifiably arouse jealousy, suspicion or bitterness? Where we were at fault, what should we have done instead? We got this all down on paper and looked at it.
In this way we tried to shape a sane and sound ideal for our future sex life. We subjected each relation to this test-was it selfish or not? We asked God to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them. We always remembered that our sex powers were God-given and therefore good, neither to be used lightly or selfishly nor to be despised and loathed...
ANOTHER PIECE OF LITERATURE TO CONSIDER AS WELL...
"What Works For Us"
"Those of us recovering in Sexaholics Anonymous were driven here by many forms of the same problem. Some of us fit society's stereotypes of what a sexaholic might be and some of us did not.
Some of us were driven to buy or sell sex on the streets, others to have it anonymously in bars or public places. Some of us found ourselves in painful and destructive affairs or consumed by an unhealthy obsession with a particular person or succession of persons.
Many of us kept our obsessions to ourselves, resorting to compulsive masturbation pictures, fetishes, voyeurism, or exhibitionism. Some of us victimized others.
And with many of us, our compulsions took a toll on family, coworkers, and friends. Very often, we felt that we were the only ones who could not stop, that we were doing this--whatever it was---against our will"
Instead of self-righteously thinking oneself better than Mr. Platner consider one's own situation men and women out there and anyone else for that matter...
TAKING OUT GRAHAM PLATNER DOES NOT CHANGE THE BLOODY RAMPAGE OF VIOLENCE ISRAEL HAS INDULGED IN SINCE OCTOBER 7, 2023
Now as you know Graham Platner was critical of Israel so we get to learn about his sexual activities real or made up in detail to drive him out of the political arena.
I think Israel has killed too many people in Gaza since two thousand died in Israel back on October 7th, 2023. 73-thousand plus more than 1,000 since President Trump proclaimed a ceasefire last fall.
Four thousand plus killed in Lebanon since the Iran War began at the end of February as well.
Ronald Reagan called out Israel's extreme violence in Lebanon back in 1982 telling then Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to his face it was a "Holocaust". Begin later said he was hurt by that but Mr. Reagan fearlessly made his point.
I guess Mr. Reagan was the kind of guy who had his sex life in order back in 1982 unlike myself. A mature adult if you will.
He certainly was no Pontius Pilate washing himself of Israel's bloodbath back then. We certainly miss Reagan like leadership in our day.
WAS IT ONLY YESTERDAY I STUDIED HEBREW TO WHAT END?
God is not mocked. In Fifth Grade the secularized religious school teacher told us students that Antisemitism was wrong and that bullying was wrong.
The Antisemitism part didn't seem to click but the bullies were chased around the playground by a mob of students because of her messaging and that of the other teachers.
I'm honestly not here to be enlisted by rage over the symptoms of sin we see in Antisemitism or Racism etc. etc.
The Top Ten List of God does not say:
"Thou shalt not be an Antisemite"
"Thou shalt not be a Racist"
Antisemitism or Racism point us back to what really matters God's Commandments.
Antisemites, Racists want to kill 'them' in their hearts, covet what 'those people' have lust after the women of the 'inferior' group.
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
The Paris Court of Appeal offering up what could rightly be called a 'murky ruling' on Marine Le Pen's appeal of her conviction for misuse of European Parliament funds.
Le Pen, leader of the National Rally in France's National Assembly, convicted and given a three-year prison sentence with one year wearing an ankle bracelet.
She was disqualified from being a political candidate for 45 months, but 30 of the months were suspended clearing the way for her to run in next April's presidential election.
Le Pen appealing to France's Court of Cassation regarding the appeals court conviction which orders her to wear an ankle bracelet for the next year.
For now, that means she is not subject to house arrest or electronic monitoring...
The Ukrainian suspect who fled through France after planting a backpack bomb that wounded a Ukrainian businessman and his family in Monaco killed when she reached Ukraine.
39-year-old Anastasiia Berezovska shot in the head with Ukrainian authorities describing two suspects in her killing as an intelligence employee and a former police officer.
Businessman Vadim Ermolaev, targeted in the bombing, linked to business deals with Russia in Crimea...
THIS WEEK PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON IN SYRIA RE-ESTABLISHING FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS CONNECTIONS TO A COUNTRY FORMERLY RULED BY FRANCE FROM THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE UNTIL 1943.
DURING HIS VISIT TWO BOMB EXPLOSIONS NEAR THE HOTEL WHERE MR. MACRON WAS STAYING.
ONE PERSON KILLED AND 36 WOUNDED.
ON FRIDAY SYRIAN AUTHORITIES SAYING THE ISLAMIC STATE (DAESH) WAS BEHIND THE BOMBINGS ALTHOUGH THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF HAS NOT CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BLASTS...
(EXPECT DISRUPTIONS IN DAYTIME HOURS WITH FINAL POSTING IN THE EVENING)
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
APPLE FILING A LAWSUIT AGAINST 'OPEN AI'. THE SUIT ALLEGES 'OPEN AI' STOLE TRADE SECRETS.
'OPEN AI' SAID TO HAVE USED THE STOLEN SECRETS TO DEVELOP HARDWARE FOR ITS CHAT GPT.
TWO FORMER APPLE EMPLOYEES SPECIFICALLY NAMED ACCUSED OF SHARING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION WITH THEIR NEW EMPLOYER OPEN AI. ..NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING WITH THE SAUDI RULER CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN.
THEIR DISCUSSION SAID TO INCLUDE REGIONAL MATTERS LIKE US-IRAN TALKS AND OTHER REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.
A SAUDI STATEMENT SAID THEIR TALKS INCLUDED THE NOTION OF SECURITY OF NAVIGATION AND MARITIME PASSAGES...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)...
Iran's foreign ministry contradicting US President Trump's saying there is no Iranian request for talks with the US.
A mediator from another country did visit Iran for talks today.
Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei saying repeated US violations of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be met with reciprocal action...Press TV Iran
We are being told the US is demanding that Iran make public statements agreeing to US demands for the Strait of Hormuz.
Those demands already rejected by Iran include no toll charges for passage or attacks on vessels not using Iranian approved travel routes...Tass Russia
The US sanctions on Iran piling up higher and deeper. The latest sanctions include a man described as a 'key financier' for Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
Ali Ansari is an Iranian businessman based in Dubai.
He is one of 14 individuals and entities named in today's list from the US Treasury Department...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
In the UK an arrest this afternoon in the murder of former MP and cabinet minister Ann Widdecombe. The suspect described by police as a 26-year-old British male.
Widdecombe found dead in her home yesterday.
She was in the Conservative Party but in more recent times Widdecombe joined the Reform UK Party.
Reform leader Nigel Farage saying he was 'deeply upset' by her murder.
Police are saying they see no political motive in her killing and do not consider it an act of terrorism...SKY NEWS UK BLOG
THIS EVENING A NATIONWIDE POWER BLACKOUT IN CUBA. ITS THE SECOND SUCH OUTAGE THIS WEEK.
THE COMMUNIST RULED ISLAND NATION UNDER PRESSURE FROM RESTRICTIONS ON ITS OIL SUPPLY IMPOSED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP...AL JAZEERA QATAR
In Venezuela the death toll from the double earthquakes on June 24th now 4,118.
There have been 6,462 rescues from the rubble of the quakes which are estimated to have damaged or destroyed 59,000 buildings...NTN 24 Venezuela (Published In Colombia)
THE OFFICIAL CASUALTY COUNT OF THE IRAN WAR UPDATED WITH ONE ADDITIONAL 'NON-HOSTILE' DEATH RECORDED.
14 KILLED IN THE CONFLICT SEVEN CONSIDERED 'HOSTILE' DEATHS IN COMBAT.
413 WERE WOUNDED IN ACTION NO CHANGE IN THE UPDATED COUNT THERE.
BUT THESE CASUALTY FIGURES CONTRAST WITH A CONTINUING FLOW OF MEDICAL EVACUATION FLIGHTS INTO THE UNITED STATES RAISING QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER ALL CASUALTIES ARE LISTED YET...TheIntelFrog "X"
A group of US senators reaching agreement with the White House on tightening sanctions against Russia.
The bipartisan group of senators pushing harsher sanctions on Russia includes Republicans Lindsey Graham of South Carolin and Roger Wicker of Mississippi along with Democrats Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire...Tass Russia
In Sudan at least 114 people dead from an outbreak of cholera. 1300 others have been infected.
Cholera is a contagious intestinal disease spread by poor hygiene.
Sudan in the midst of a civil war right now with the World Health Organization particularly concerned about the situation in the besieged city of al-Obeid.
A GASOLINE PRICE UPDATE HERE IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA THE BENCHMARK PRICE AT SAM'S CLUB UP TWO CENTS A GALLON TO 368.9.
IT ROSE FOUR CENTS A GALLON EARLIER IN THE WEEK AMID THE HEATING UP OF WARFARE WITH IRAN.
THE PRE-IRAN WAR PRICE WAS 273.9 A GALLON.
THE PENTAGON RELEASING A NEW BATCH OF FILES RELATED TO UFO'S (UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS) NOW BEING CALLED UAP'S (UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON).
THERE ARE 19 VIDEOS INCLUDED IN THE 40 FILES NOW DECLASSIFIED. THIS IS THE FOURTH BATCH OF FILES RELEASED...THE HILL USA
President Trump speaking of Iran 'wanting" talks with the US on social media.
Trump also states that the ceasefire in the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran is 'over'...OSINTdefender "X"
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING HE WILL NOT SIGN HOUSING LEGISLATION IN PROTEST OF THE FAILURE OF CONGRESS TO PASS HIS 'SAVE ACT' ELECTION LEGISLATION.
THE LEGISLATION CAN BECOME LAW WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE...(NEWS AGENCIES)
China's foreign ministry condemning the "Chinese threat" myth including 'the creation of tensions and confrontation in the Arctic'.
Spokesperson Mao Ning noting the comments of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte this week about preventing Russia and China from getting a foothold in the Arctic.
China says its Arctic activities are peaceful and in accordance with international law.
US President Donald Trump in his push for US control of Greenland in the Arctic has said that Russia and China seek to control its territory...Tass Russia
FOUR ARAB ISRAELI CITIZENS ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF PLOTTING A MASS SHOOTING ATTACK ON THE BEERSHEBA BUS STATION IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL.
THE FOUR SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED AS BEDOUINS FROM THE TOWN OF SEGEV SHALOM ARE ALSO SAID TO HAVE PLANNED TO HARM SECURITY FORCES...TIMES OF ISRAEL
In the Andalusia region of southern Spain 12 killed, eight injured with 23 others missing in a raging wildfire.
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez says the US Justice Department is hindering his probe of sexual abuse and or other crimes at Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch.
Torrez citing the failure of the DOJ to release unredacted files related to Epstein.
He says the uncensored files would help his probe by providing the names of survivors, witnesses and co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein...Reuters
A US State Department spokeswoman warning South Korea's government over new 'network' legislation regarding online activity in the country.
The warning says that 'disproportionate' burdens should not be placed on US social media companies.
It also warns about the new law being used 'as a mechanism to demand censorship of free speech'...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 149.60 points or .29 percent.
The NASDAQ up 74.72 or .29 percent.
In New York tonight after the close of trading the price of oil 71 dollars 51 cents a barrel down 57 cents or .79 percent...Marketwatch
GERMAN AUTOMAKER VOLSKWAGEN PLANNING MAJOR REDUCTIONS IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
THOSE CONDITIONS INCLUDE A THRIVING CHINESE ELECTRIC CAR INDUSTRY AND US TARIFFS.
MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDING TO THE COMPANY'S BOARD CUTTING THE NUMBER OF MODELS PRODUCED IN HALF AND REDUCING PRODUCTION CAPACITY.
THERE IS ALSO TALK OF CLOSING FOUR VOLKSWAGEN OWNED FACTORIES AND CUTTING 100,000 JOBS IN GERMANY.
WORKERS FROM THE GERMAN LABOR UNION 'IG METALL' PROTESTING AS THE VOLKSWAGEN BOARD MET TO CONSIDER FUTURE PLANS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The United States approving the sale of long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Germany.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz saying the missiles will be stationed in Germany.
Merz saying they will 'close an important strategic gap in our defenses'.
ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN TONIGHT IN RUSSIA'S LENINGRAD REGION.
THE REGION IS AROUND RUSSIA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA
At least 28 killed in a fire at a shoe factory in China. A major search and rescue operation underway at the scene of the fire in the city of Jinjiang.
ITALY EXPELLING TWO RUSSIAN MILITARY ATTACHES. IT'S SAID THAT THE TWO MEN ASSIGNED TO RUSSIA'S EMBASSY IN ITALY WERE ENGAGED IN ESPIONAGE...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The Russian security agency FSB says it broke up a major Ukrainian plot to attack military and defense facilities and kill Russian military officials.
A Russian female suspect arrested in connection with the plot...Tass Russia
IRAN WAR DEVELOPMENTS
(UPDATED AS ABLE)
IRAN CONTINUING TO FIGHT BACK FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT'S DEADLY US ATTACKS ON DOZENS OF TARGETS.
IRAN LAUNCHED MISSILES AT A US BASE IN JORDAN BEING USED FOR ATTACKS ON IRAN IN RECENT DAYS...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...
ACCORDING TO THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION GUARDS CORPS TEN MISSILES WERE FIRED AS A US COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTER IN 'WEST ASIA' ALONG WITH THE MILITARY BASE IN JORDAN...Press TV Iran...
IRANIAN ATTACKS ON BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT WITH SIRENS REPORTED IN QATAR.
AT LEAST 14 KILLED, 78 WOUNDED IN LAST NIGHT'S US ATTACKS WHICH INCLUDED BUSHEHR WHERE A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IS LOCATED.
EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN BUSHEHR WITH ATTACKS ON AN IRANIAN RAILWAY CORRIDOR THAT LEADS TO CENTRAL ASIA ACCESSING CHINA AND RUSSIA...
The wrapped gifts of Turkish ruler President Recep Tayyip Erdogan causing a stir among leaders of NATO countries.
Erdogan handing out a firearm to each of them. The pistols in cases with six bullets and cleaning kits.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte expressed thanks for his pistol but refused to accept it.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaving his behind at his country's embassy in Ankara.
Other leaders like Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever turned their weapons over to police...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 139.02 points or .27 percent.
The NASDAQ sharply higher up 336.24 points or 1.3 percent.
The price of oil lower after the close in New York. At 826 pm 71 dollars 82 cents a barrel down 26 cents...Marketwatch
A US OFFICIAL TELLS ABC NEWS THAT 30 MQ-9 REAPER DRONES HAVE DOWNED BY IRAN IN THE ONGOING CONFLICT.
The top lawyer for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff leaving his position early.
Brigadier General Eric Widmar citing 'personal reasons' for his decision to step down one year early.
Media reporting links his departure of those of other top officials at the Pentagon since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took over last year...The Hill USA
In Paris French authorities continuing to question the Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov. Durov traveling to France from his home in the United Arab Emirates for six-hours of questioning.
Durov still being probed after his 2024 arrest at Le Bourget Airport in Paris with French authorities seeking to link him to illegal criminal activity on the Telegram messaging app...Tass Russia
IN NEW ZEALAND THE GOVERNMENT DECIDING THAT FIVE OF ITS NINE 'ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE' ARE BEING DEVELOPED ON A SLOW TRACK.
IN 2023 THE GOVERNMENT SAID ALL NINE ROADS WERE TO BE BUILT.
NOW ONLY FOUR HIGHWAYS ARE MOVING FORWARD.
TRANSPORTATION MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP SAYING THAT THE OTHER FIVE PLANNED ROADS ARE DELAYED WITH ISSUES LIKE LAND ACQUISITION INVOLVED...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
Iranian attacks on US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait late tonight...(News Agencies)
IN ISRAEL TONIGHT ULTRA-ORTHODOX DRAFT PROTESTERS FORCING ENTRY AT A MILITARY BASE.
THE BASE HOUSES A MILITARY PRISON AND MILITARY COURTS.
THE DEMONSTRATORS OBJECTING TO THE ARREST OF A DRAFT DODGER.
MILITARY POLICE SUCCESSFULLY REMOVING THE PROTESTERS...TIMES OF ISRAEL
US politics Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner pulling out amid sex-related allegations.
Platner again denying those allegations as he withdrew from the general election.
The "Progressive" critic of Israeli war policy saying 'for the movement to continue, it can't be me'...The Hill USA
IRANIAN MEDIA SAYS TONIGHT'S US ATTACKS ARE TARGETING THE POWER GRID OF SOUTHERN IRAN AND INCLUDE AN ATTACK ON A HOSPITAL...(PRESS TV IRAN)...Press TV News Story
At least 42 killed in separatist rebel attacks the Balochistan Region of Pakistan near its border with Iran and Afghanistan...Al Jazeera Qatar
NINE KILLED IN THE LATEST ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN GAZA INCLUDING TWO CHILDREN.
12 OTHERS WOUNDED IN THOSE ATTACKS ACCORDING TO PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES.
FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW US ATTTACKS ON IRAN. THE STATED US PURPOSED FOR CONTINUED ATTACKS IS TO KEEP THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ OPEN TO SHIPPING...(NEWS AGENCIES)...
TONIGHT'S ATTACKS ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF IRAN.
Federal authorities in the US announcing charges against the leader of an Indian criminal group in connection with the assassination of a Sikh nationalist leader in Canada.
Following Hardeep Singh Nijjar's murder former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke of Indian government involvement leading to tensions between Canada and India.
The US charges in Nijjar's killing involve leader Lawrence Bishnoi and his friend Satinderjeet Singh with Mr. Bishnoi now in custody Mr. Singh still at large.
37 arrests made in the case in the US, Europe and Asia with seven others still being sought.
Authorities speaking of a criminal network of three Indian crime syndicates linked to a variety of crimes including extortion, drug dealing and kidnapping...Associated Press USA-Al Jazeera Qatar
US President Donald Trump says the US will give Ukraine licensing to produce Patriot air defense systems.
Trump meeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Turkey (Türkiye)...OSINTdefender "X"...
Mr. Trump acknowledging US land ownership in Ukraine through a mineral resources agreement signed last year.
Trump describing land in Ukraine as 'the best land anywhere in the world for rare earth'...Tass Russia
THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES CONTINUE FOR IRAN'S ASSASSINATED SUPREME LEADER AYTATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI WITH HIS REMAINS NOW INSIDE IRAQ.
THE SHIA MUSLIM LEADER HONORED IN THE CITY OF NAJAF WITH THE CROWD OF MOURNERS ESTIMATED AT 2.5 MILLION...TASS RUSSIA
In Germany at least two students wounded in an attack at a high school in Bavaria.
Two girls seriously wounded by stabbing according to authorities.
IRAN HITS 'PIGGY BANK' OF NATIONS BY ATTACKING QATAR LNG TANKER IN STRAIT
(SPECIAL COMMENTARY)
AMONG THE SHIPS THE US SAYS WERE ATTACKED BY IRAN IN RECENT DAYS A LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS TANKER FROM QATAR.
QATAR A MAJOR PRODUCER OF LNG WHICH PROVIDES IT WITH REVENUE.
THE ANGRY REACTION OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE STRONG US ATTACKS ON IRAN UNDERSCORE THE FINANCIAL SENTITIVITY OF ATTACKS LINKED TO QATAR.
FOUR POINTS:
1. QATAR IS A KEY ALLY OF TURKEY (TURKIYE) HOST OF THE NATO SUMMIT. IT FINANCIALLY SUPPORTS TURKEY WITH THE TURKS BASING MILITARY FORCES IN QATAR.
2. PRESIDENT TRUMP VERY FRIENDLY TO BOTH QATAR AND TURKEY.
QATAR PROVIDING THE US WITH AN AIRPLANE NOW USED BY MR. TRUMP AS 'AIR FORCE ONE'.
3. A CRIMINAL CASE IN ISRAEL NOW PROBES THE PAYMENTS GIVEN BY QATAR TO AIDES OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU BETWEEN 2021 AND 2024.
4. QATAR PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE HAMAS MOVEMENT TO GOVERN GAZA AND WAS ALLOWED TO DO SO BY ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT.
THIS HAS BECOME A VERY CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL ISSUE IN ISRAEL AS THE FIGHT OVER CREATING AN INDEPENDENT PROBE OF THE OCTOBER 7, 2023 HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL CONTINUES.
"I think it's over. It's scum. They're sick people"
Today's public statement of US President Donald Trump regarding the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iran regarding the Iran War.
AUSTRALIA CUTTING SECURITY DEALS WITH SOUTH PACIFIC NATIONS TONGA, SAMOA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND FIJI.
THE DEALS CONNECT AUSTRALIA TO THOSE NATIONS FOR DEFENSE WITH AUSTRALIA IN TURN CONNECTED TO THE UNITED STATES AND UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH THE "AUKUS" MILITARY ALLIANCE
A search underway for a missing cargo plane off the coast of Pakistan that plunged from an altitude of 36,550 feet.
The aircraft missing over the Arabian Sea after it left the United Arab Emirates bound for Karachi. It was off the southern coast of Pakistan less than 200 miles from both Karachi and Pakistan's border with Iran.
The plane carried a crew of five.
It reported a navigational fault before disappearing.
The "Flightradar24" system showing a five-thousand-foot descent followed by a six-thousand-foot climb and finally the more than 36,000 foot drop in an almost vertical position...Al Jazeera Qatar
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 576.76 points or 1.09 percent.
The NASDAQ up 51.96 points or .20 percent.
At 415 pm New York Time the price of oil 74 dollars 24 cents a barrel up three dollars 80 cents or 5.39 percent...Marketwatch
IRAN SAYS IT HAS HIT 85 US MILITARY SITES IN KUWAIT AND BAHRAIN IN RETALIATION FOR LAST NIGHT'S US ATTACKS ON IRAN...(NEWS AGENCIES)
It's been a day of disruption for internet and phone service in Australia because of a major outage involving "Telstra" the country's largest telecom service provider.
Train service also went down in parts of Australia along with payment services and online shopping...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA BLOG
AT THE NATO SUMMIT SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE JAE MYUNG PLEDGING 100 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE.
SOUTH KOREA STRESSING ITS SUPPORT DOES NOT INVOLVE 'LETHAL WEAPONS'.
SOUTH KOREA WILL BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS WITH NATO TO ENTER THE NATO DEFENSE PROCUREMENT MARKET...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
In the conflict in Mali Russia's "Africa Corps" claiming success fighting alongside Malian government forces against jihadists who launched a major series of attacks last Saturday.
Some field commanders along with most of the attacking jihadists said to have been eliminated...Tass Russia
PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETING THE TURKISH RULER PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN AS HE VISITS TURKEY (TURKIYE) FOR THE NATO SUMMIT.
MR. TRUMP SAYING THE US IS LIFTING SANCTIONS ON TURKEY AND WILL SOON DECIDE ON RESUMING TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE US CONTROLLED F-35 WARPLANE PROJECT.
A STICKING POINT WITH TURKEY ITS POSSESSION OF RUSSIAN S-400 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS WHICH IT PURCHASED IN RECENT YEARS.
IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THOSE SYSTEMS NEED TO BE SENT TO A 'THIRD COUNTRY' IN ORDER FOR TURKEY TO BE LET BACK INTO THE F-35 PROJECT...AL JAZEERA QATAR
Iran warning that the US decision to revoke oil sanctions waivers on Iranian oil is a violation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two countries.
Iran's foreign ministry condemning the decision announced by the US Treasury Department today.
In addition, the ministry warns Iran will take any measure it deems necessary to safeguard its interests and national security...Reuters-Times of Israel
US ATTACKS ON IRAN TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO ATTACKS ON TANKERS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN RECENT DAYS.
THOSE ATTACKS ATTRIBUTED TO IRAN BY THE UNITED STATES...(NEWS AGENCIES)...OSINTdefender "X"...
THE ATTACKS DESCRIBED AS MORE INTENSE THAT PREVIOUS ONES.
NIGEL FARAGE RESIGNING FROM HIS SEAT IN PARLIAMENT SO HE CAN FACE VOTERS IN A SPECIAL ELECTION.
THE REFORM UK LEADER ACCUSED OF TAKING IMPROPER GIFTS WHICH HE SAYS WERE NOT LINKED TO POLITICS AND ALLOWED UNDER ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMRNT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The main suspect in last week's bombing attack in Monaco on a Ukrainian businessman tied to Russia found dead in Ukraine.
Anastasiia Berezovska shot in the head according to authorities who also say two suspects are in custody.
The suspects made transfers of cryptocurrency and money to accounts linked to Berezovska...Tass Russia
(Updated) Two tankers attacked in the Strait of Hormuz today. Both vessels were hit off the coast of Oman suffering some structural damage...UKMTO "X" (1st Attack)...UKMTO "X" (2nd Attack)...
These attacks follow a similar attack yesterday. Qatar has lodged a protest with Iran regarding an attack on an LNG tanker...Tass Russia
(News Analysis)
NATO LEADERS INCLUDING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP GATHERING IN ANKARA, TURKEY (TURKIYE) FOR THE NATO LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.
DEFENSE CONTRACTORS INCLUDING MAJOR US FIRMS ALSO A BIG PART OF THE EVENT.
NATO MEMBERS ARE INCREASING THEIR DEFENSE SPENDING IN LINE WITH US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DEMANDS FOR FIVE PERCENT OF GDP TO BE SPENT ON DEFENSE.
THIS WILL POSITION NATO COUNTRIES TO OPPOSE RUSSIA AND CONTRIBUTE TO OPPOSING CHINA IN THE 'INDO-PACIFIC' REGION...DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY BLOG
MARINE LE PEN LOSING APPEAL OF CONVICTION GETS PRISON SENTENCE BUT IS ELIGIBLE FOR RUN FOR PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR
LE PEN SAYS SHE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT
(STORY UPDATED)
In Paris this afternoon the Paris Court of Appeal deciding on whether to allow Marine Le Pen to run for President in next year's election.
The court rejected Le Pen's appeal giving her a three-year prison sentence and a 45-month sentence of political ineligibility suspending 30 months of it making her eligible to run for political office.
The leader of the National Rally (RN) in France's National Assembly had been disqualified based on her conviction for misuse of European Parliament funds when she was a member.
Le Pen now says she will be a candidate for President and in her words 'will not be wearing an electronic bracelet'.
Standing in the wings to replace her Jordan Bardella, President of the National Rally, who leads opinion polls in first round voting.
Last week European prosecutors conducted raids pursuing a probe of political contractors linked to Bardella on allegations of misuse of European Parliament funds.
French police have also raided RN offices in recent months seeking evidence of financial wrongdoing...
IN DAMASCUS, SYRIA TWO BOMB EXPLOSIONS WITH AT LEAST 18 WOUNDED INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS.
THE EXPLOSIONS ACCOMPANYING THE VISIT OF FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON TO SYRIA WHERE HE'S MEETING SYRIA'S NEW LEADERS TO PURSUE FRENCH ECONOMIC VENTURES IN SYRIA.
THEY HAPPENED NEAR THE HOTEL WHERE MR. MACRON WAS STAYING.
THE BLASTS ALSO ACCOMPANY STRONG ISRAELI CRTICISM OF THE SYRIAN JIHADIST GOVERNMENT'S ALLY TURKEY (TURKIYE)...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 130.76 points.
The NASDAQ declined 302.47 points or 1.16 percent.
At 430 pm in New York the price of oil 72 dollars a barrel up three dollars 45 cents or 5.03 percent...
THERE IS MUCH SPECULATION REGARDING THE HEALTH OF REPUBLICAN US SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL OF KENTUCKY.
MCCONNELL HOSPITALIZED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS WITH STAFF ISSUING STATEMENTS SAYING HE IS 'RECEIVING EXCELLENT CARE' 'CONTINUING HIS RECOVERY' AND THE LATEST OFFICIAL STATEMENT LAST THURSDAY SAYING HE 'CONTINUES TO IMPROVE'.
HIS LATEST LONG-TERM HOPSITALIZATION FOLLOWS EARLIER HOSPITALIZATIONS.
IT IS NOT KNOWN IF MCONNELL WILL BE PRESENT WHEN THE SENATE GOES BACK INTO SESSION...THE GUARDIAN UK
MILLIONS OF MOURNERS ON THE STREETS OF TEHRAN FOR THE FUNERAL PROCESSION OF AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI ASSASSINATED BY ISRAEL AT THE START OF THE IRAN WAR ON FEBURARY 28TH.
THE MOURNERS DRESSED IN BLACK AND BEATING THEIR CHESTS DURING THE PROCESSION...
(UPDATED) TONIGHT A TANKER HIT BY A PROJECTILE IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ OFF THE COAST OF OMAN. A FIRE IGNITED BUT NO CASUALTIES REPORTED...UKMTO "X"...
AMPLIFYING THIS STORY ARE US SOURCES TELLING INSIDER JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID (AXIOS, CHANNEL 12 ISRAEL, CNN) OF TWO VESSELS BEING HIT AND DAMAGED IN THE STRAIT TONIGHT.
In Russia tonight heavy Ukrainian attacks on the city of Belgorod and the Belgorod Region near the Ukraine border. No casualties reported with an 'infrastructure facility' hit causing a fire...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...
Ukrainian drones attacking Moscow have also been downed late tonight...(RIA Novosti Russia)
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IN MAINE DEMOCRAT US SENATE CANDIDATE GRAHAM PLATNER BEING FORCED OUT OF THE RACE.
HE DID NOT MAKE CAMPAIGN APPEARANCES IN RECENT DAYS.
A SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATION INVOLVING PLATNER PUBLISHED THIS AFTERNOON.
(Updated-Corrected) In the last 24 hours a controversy surrounding the World Cup of soccer (football) underway in the US.
US President Donald Trump intervening with FIFA President Gianni Infantino to urge reversal of a one-game suspension for US star player Folarin Balogun.
Balogun's suspension lifted following Trump's intervention.
The "red card" given to Balogun after he stepped on the knee of a player for the team from Bosnia-Hercegovina.
Belgium is appealing the reversal of Balogun's suspension...The Hill USA...
Meanwhile FIFA deciding to fine Balogun 40,000 dollars with US Soccer to pay half of it...Tass Russia
AT LEAST 25 KILLED AND ALMOST 100 INJURED IN A PRISON RIOT IN SRI LANKA.
In southern Lebanon four killed in an Israeli drone attack on a car.
A woman identified as a school principal along with her mother, a domestic worker and a Syrian national killed in the attack...Al Jazeera Qatar
HAMAS GIVES UP POLITICAL POWER IN GAZA TO NEW TECHNOCRATIC GROUP
(NEWS, COMMENT ANALYSIS)
IN GAZA HAMAS RELINQUISHING GOVERNING POWER WITH ITS LEADERSHIP SAYING THERE IS NO LONGER ANY EXCUSE FOR ISRAEL TO CONTINUE ATTACKING THE TERRITORY.
MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE KILLED BY ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA SINCE THE 'CEASEFIRE' WAS PROCLAIMED LAST FALL BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
THE HAMAS MOVE LINKED TO THE WORK OF THE 'BOARD OF PEACE' WHICH ESTABLISHING A NEW COMMITTEE TO RUN GAZA DESCRIBED AS TECHNOCRATIC.
THE HAMAS GROUP SUDDENLY APPEARED IN GAZA BACK IN 2007 SEIZING CONTROL OF THE ENCLAVE BY FORCE FROM THE LEFTIST FATAH MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY BASED IN RAMALLAH.
IT IS BELIEVED BY MANY THAT ISRAEL ENABLED THIS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO DIVIDE PALESTINIANS AND IMPEDE MOMENTUM TOWARDS A PALESTINIAN STATE...AL JAZEERA QATAR
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 155.84 points or .29 percent.
The NASDAQ up 288.49 points or 1.12 percent.
At 433 pm New York Time the price of oil 68 dollars 69 cents a barrel no change in price...Marketwatch
WEEKLONG CHINA-RUSSIA NAVAL DRILLS BEGINNING AT THE CHINESE NAVAL BASE IN QINGDAO.
RUSSIAN REAR ADMIRAL SERGEI SINKO SPEAKING OF THE DRILLS BEING DEFENSIVE IN NATURE AND NOT DIRECTED AGAINST ANY THIRD COUNTRY...TASS RUSSIA
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin warning Latvia about launching Ukrainian drones to attack Russia.
Galuzin noting Russia's SVR intelligence has warned about such a possibility and detected the presence of Ukrainian drone operators at Latvian military bases.
He said Latvia would be mistaken if it thinks it would get away with allowing Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia using its NATO membership as an umbrella.
THE DEMOCRAT US SENATE PRIMARY IN MICHIGAN NARROWED TO A 'MODERATE' VERSUS 'PROGRESSIVE' CONTEST.
CANDIDIATE MALLORY MCMORROW SUSPENDING HER CAMPAIGN SUNDAY.
THAT LEAVES THE CONTEST AS A TWO-WAY RACE BETWEEN HALEY STEVENS AND ABDUL EL-SAYED.
MR. EL-SAYED CONSIDRED THE 'EXTREME' CANDIDATE WITH HIS CRITICISM OF ISRAEL FIGURING PROMINENTLY IN THE CONTEST.
EL-SAYED ISSUING A STATEMENT FOLLOWING MCMORROW'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE RACE.
HE NOTED HE IS IN A FIGHT AGAINST THE DEMOCRAT PARTY ESTABLISHMENT, LARGE CORPORATIONS AND THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (AIPAC)...THE HILL USA
In the UK MP Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK Party, being accused of accepting undeclared gifts. A referral made to a parliamentary standards watchdog.
Those undeclared gifts linked to crypto investor George Cottrell.
There have been similar allegations involving crypto currency billionaire Christopher Harborne.
Now in both cases Mr. Farage saying the gifts were in a personal capacity not linked to political activities meaning no rules were broken.
