Tuesday, October 6, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/6/2026*FORMER GERMAN SPY CHIEF ARRESTED SPYING*SAUDI AIRPORTS ATTACKED YEMEN WAR*PRO-ISRAEL ETHIOPIA LEADER PUSHES RED SEA PORT EPSTEIN CONNECTION*'TAKE OUT A CITY' TRUMP IRAN WAR COMMENT*FRENCH STUDENT PROTESTS*G7 TAPS RUSSIA ASSETS UKRAINE*
THE ETHIOPIAN PRESIDENT ACCUSING NEIGHBORING NATIONS OF SUPPORTING REBELS FIGHTING HIS GOVERNMENT IN A CIVIL WAR THAT REIGNITED IN RECENT WEEKS...AL JAZEERA QATAR...
Monday, October 5, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 10/5/2026*QUEBEC ELECTION*US NAVY CHOPPER EMERGENCY YEMEN WAR ZONE*PAK, TURKEY DEFENSE SUPPORT SAUDIS YEMEN WAR*HORMUZ SHIPS HIT*CARGO SHIP SINKS BLACK SEA, RUSSIA ACCUSED*FRENCH SCHOOL PROTESTS TEENS WOUNDED*SPANISH ELECTION CALLED*EPSTEIN-LUTNICK SOURCE SUICIDE*FOUR PRESIDENTS STATEMENT SUDAN, ETHIOPIA WARS*
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In Canada's second most populous province tonight the results of a hotly contested election involving multiple parties and a fragmented popular vote.
Voters in Quebec favoring the Parti Quebecois allowing the separatist PQ to form a minority government. The PQ winning with less than 30 percent of the popular vote.
The Liberal Party finished in second place just under 25 percent the Conservatives in third place with almost 21 percent and the Leftist Quebec Solidaire with a fourth place finish just over 12 percent of the vote.
Completely wiped out in terms of winning Quebec National Assembly seats the currently governing secularist populist CAQ Party which picked up just over 13 percent of the popular vote.
The CAQ won 79 of 127 seats in the last election...CBC News Canada...2026 Quebec General Election Wikipedia
IN THE YEMEN WAR ZONE A US NAVY HELICOPTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND DISAPPEARING FROM FLIGHT TRACKING.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED OFF THE STRATEGIC SAUDI PORT CITY OF YANBU OVER THE RED SEA.
FRANCE RECENTLY COMMITTED MILITARY RESOURCES INCLUDING TROOPS, RADAR AND AIR DEFENSE MISSILES TO DEFEND YANBU...BNO NEWS STORY
The "Mecca Defense Pact" activated with Turkey (Türkiye) and Pakistan supporting Saudi Arabia militarily.
The Saudis coming under attack from Houthi forces in Yemen following their support for the Yemeni government in the Yemen War...Al Jazeera Qatar...
More Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia this evening...DD Geopolitics "X"...
The Saudis bombing missile launch sites used by the Houthis in Yemen...(News Agencies)...
Conflicting claims about the war on the ground in southwestern Yemen the government claiming success in taking back territory the Houthis disputing that...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
(UPDATED) UKRAINIAN DRONES ATTACKING MOSCOW TONIGHT WITH RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES ACTIVE LATE INTO THE NIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)....
MOSCOW'S MAYOR SAID 650 DRONES WERE AIMED AT THE CITY WITH 105 SHOT DOWN ON THEIR FINAL APPROACH...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
MULITPLE ATTACKS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ TODAY INVOLVING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) AND CRUDE OIL TANKERS...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X" (Scroll Down To See Posts)
Two dead in a fire on a cargo boat off the coast of Romania in the Black Sea.
11 others rescued with the boat sinking.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says there was a Russian drone attack on the vessel carrying corn to Turkey...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO A COLLISION BETWEEN TWO BOATS.
AT LEAST 30 KILLED DOZENS MISSING. THE TWO BOATS COLLIDING AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO NAVIGATE THE CONGO RIVER LAST NIGHT...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-AL JAZEERA QATAR
(UPDATED) IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA A MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE CRASHED WITH 25 PASSENGERS AND A CREW OF SEVEN ON BOARD.
ALL ARE CONFIRMED TO HAVE DIED...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
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The school protests continuing in France today with hundreds of demonstrations.
Many schools were closed down to prevent disturbances.
The government working on proposals to present to a student union that called for protest actions to resume tomorrow.
In one incident today a 15-year-old student had his hand torn off when he picked up a police grenade.
The mother of a 14-year-old wounded in the face by police in an earlier incident says she is 'angry'.
190 students wounded in the protests according to the Ministry of Education.
Leftist political leader and 2027 Presidential Election candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon comparing this protest movement to the historic university student protests that swept France in 1968...
BFM-TV France Blog
IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AN OIL TANKER OFF THE COAST OF OMAN INTERCEPTED BY THE IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS (IRGC).
THE VESSEL ON ITS WAY INTO THE PERSIAN GULF HEEDING AN IRGC WARNING AND TURNING BACK...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
In the UK former Prince Andrew seeking to quash police search warrants carried out earlier this year.
Those warrants before his arrest as authorities seek to link Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to any leaking of confidential material to convicted child sex offender-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
A court hearing in the matter set for later this week...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
SPANISH PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SANCHEZ CALLING FOR NEW ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 29TH.
HOUSING LEGISLATION PROPOSED BY HIS GOVERNMENT LAST WEEK FAILED TWICE IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
THE RIGHT-LEANING CATALAN INDEPENDENCE PARTY 'JUNTS' LED BY FORMER CATALAN PRESIDENT CARLES PUIGDEMONT FAILED TO SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION.
MR. SANCHEZ DEPENDENT ON THAT PARTY FOR A PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY.
IN CALLING FOR AN ELECTION SANCHEZ ACKNOWLEDGING MISTAKES AND SEEKING A 'PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY'.
PRIME MINISTER SANCHEZ'S GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FOLLOWING OPPOSITION TO US IRAN WAR POLICY AND RECOGNITION OF THE STATE OF PALESTINE.
WEEKS AGO, SANCHEZ SPOKE OF ISRAELI AND RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A man who notified Congress about the close ties between convicted child sex trafficker-offender Jeffrey Epstein and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dead by suicide.
57-year-old Simon Andriesz was a British Wall Street banker who worked for Lutnick.
Back in February Secretary Lutnick told the US Senate Appropriations Committee "I don't recall why we did it" when asked about his family's visit to Epstein's island in the US Virgin Islands back in 2012...The Daily Beast-MSN
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 90.94 points or .18 percent.
The NASDAQ up 286.45 points or 1.05 percent.
After the close at 833 pm in New York oil 89 dollars 26 cents a barrel up 17 cents...Marketwatch
THE FBI ARRESTING A 34-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR CHINA.
WANYING Z ARRESTED BEFORE SHE BOARDED A FLIGHT TO CHINA IN LOS ANGELES.
A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR SAYS SHE TRAVELED TO THE US TO MONITOR THE ACTIVITIES OF A CLOSE RELATIVE OF A TAIWANESE OFFICIAL...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE
Four African leaders calling for dialogue over conflict as warfare rages in both Sudan and Ethiopia.
The Presidents of Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan met in Egypt Sunday.
Ethiopia's Pro-Israel government making allegations of the four nations plotting against it in connection with recently re-ignited civil war in Ethiopia.
Sudan's civil war underway since April of 2023 involves the Sudanese Army and the United Arab Emirates backed Rapid Support Forces...Al Jazeera Qatar
IN THE SUDANESE CIVIL WAR AN AIR ATTACK ON RELIEF TRUCKS. ONE TRUCK DRIVER KILLED.
THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) DID NOT IDENTIFY WHO ATTACKED THE RELIEF CONVOY.
THE CONVOY TRAVELING BETWEEN TWO CITIES CONTROLLED BY THE SUDANESE ARMY IN SOUTH KORDOFAN STATE.
SUDAN'S MILITARY IS FIGHTING THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF) PARAMILITARY GROUP BACKED BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES A NATION ALLIED WITH ISRAEL IN ITS ONGOING WAR WITH IRAN...AFP FRANCE-AL JAZEERA QATAR
US President Donald Trump nominating lawyer John Coale as his "Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs".
Mr. Coale has worked on release of Americans and others imprisoned in foreign countries and served as Special Envoy to Belarus a nation neighboring Russia.
Coale is married to noted media personality-lawyer Greta Van Susteren and both are members of the Church of Scientology...Tass Russia...John Coale Wikipedia
Sunday, October 4, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 10/4/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*DEADLY US ATTACK 'NARCO-TERRORIST' BOAT*SPANISH POLICE OPERATION MIGRANTS*BRAZIL ELECTION TESTS US DOMINANCE*DEBRIS FOUND MISSING AIR AMBULANCE*UKRAINE, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN, YEMEN WARS*FIVE KILLED ISRAELI GAZA ATTACK*
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There will be a second round in Brazil's Presidential Election but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE PRICE OF GASOLINE AS MEASURED AT SAM'S CLUB HERE IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA NOW DOWN SLIGHTLY TO 407.9 A GALLON. IT'S A SIX-CENT DROP SINCE FRIDAY.
There were explosions near a tanker off the coast of Yemen. No damage or injuries reported...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
AFTER THE WEIRD INCIDENT AT THE MILITARY BASE (RAF FAIRFORD) IN THE UK LAST WEEKEND THE US MOVING B-1 BOMBERS OUT OF THE BASE.
THIS ACCORDING TO 'THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'...TASS RUSSIA
A new deadly US military attack on an alleged 'narco-terrorist' boat in the Caribbean Sea...
OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...Four crew members killed in the attack.
AS A PRE-EMPTIVE MEASURE HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS CLOSED IN FRANCE TOMORROW AMID FEARS OF STUDENT PROTESTS TURNING VIOLENT.
THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN VIOLENT SCENES OUTSIDE SCHOOLS ACROSS FRANCE.IN RECENT DAYS.
MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND ARRESTS 85 PERCENT OF THEM INVOLVING MINORS.
A STUDENT UNION SUPPORTING THE DEMONSTRATIONS CALLING FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST AND RESUMPTION OF DEMONSTRATIONS ON TUESDAY...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
Spanish police launching a major operation to clear a migrant camp in the North African enclave of Ceuta.
Hundreds of police deployed to move three thousand migrants encamped on a beach.
The migrants given the options of staying in government housing for migrants or returning to Morocco...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)
Israeli air and artillery attacks in southern Lebanon today...Dawn Pakistan
DEMOSTRATIONS ACROSS INDIA THIS WEEKEND AS THE OPPOSITION-YOUTH PROTEST MOVEMENT DEMANDS THE RESIGNATION OF ELECTIONS CHIEF GYANESH KUMAR.
THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS THAT MR. KUMAR HAS REVISED VOTING ROLLS REMOVING MILLIONS OF VOTERS TO FAVOR THE BJP PARTY OF PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI.
POLICE MAKING ARRESTS IN NEW DELHI SEEKING TO SUPPRESS DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF INDIA...NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR
BRAZILIAN ELECTION
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THE ELECTION RESULTS IN BRAZIL WITH LEFTIST PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA SEEKING RE-ELECTION.
HIS MAIN OPPONENT IS RIGHTIST SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO SUPPORTED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
EARLY RESULTS PUT MR. BOLSONARO IN THE LEAD HE WAS GETTING OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE POPULAR VOTE WITH 41 PERCENT OF THE RESULTS COUNTED.
BUT WITH 99 PERCENT OF THE VOTE COUNTED BOLSONARO AT 47.03 PERCENT AND LULA AT 45.13 PERCENT.
MINOR CANDIDATES ARE ON THE BALLOT IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE ELECTION WITH SEVERAL OF THEM OPENLY HOSTILE TO PRESIDENT LULA AND THE SUPREME COURT'S CRACKDOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA CONSIDERED HOSTILE TO LULA.
BUSINESSMAN AND CANDIDATE ROMEU ZEMA ENDORSING SENATOR BOLSONARO IN THE SECOND ROUND THIS EVENING WORD OF HIS ENDORSEMENT LEAKED OUT AS VOTING WAS UNDERWAY TODAY.
US ATTEMPTS TO DOMINATE THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE AND BEYOND ARE TIED TO THE ELECTION.
FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF ANDREI RODRIGUES SAYS THERE WERE NO ATTACKS PLANNED ON FOREIGN EMBASSIES...(SBT NEWS BRAZIL)
IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION EMBASSIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 'FIVE EYES' INTELLIGENCE ALLIANCE COUNTRIES (US, UK, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA) SHUT DOWN CITING SECURITY CONCERNS.
BRAZIL A KEY PLAYER IN 'BRICS' THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE INCLUDING RUSSIA, CHINA AND INDIA AMONG OTHER NATIONS.
IF NO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WINS A MAJORITY THERE IS A SECOND ROUND OF VOTING ON OCTOBER 25TH.
BRAZIL ALSO ELECTING 54 OF ITS 81 SENATORS TODAY AND ALL 513 MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES...
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LIVE RESULTS-THE GUARDIAN UK
SBT NEWS BRAZIL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
WIKIPEDIA 2026 BRAZIL ELECTION
In Latvia an election this weekend. Voters in the Baltic nation bordering Russia electing a 100 seat parliament.
The Pro-EU, NATO "United List" led by Adris Kulbergs winning 42 of the seats...2026 Latvian Election-Wikipedia
IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ A TANKER HIT BY AN UNKOWN PROJECTILE. NO ONE HURT BUT DAMAGE REPORTED IN THE ENGINE ROOM...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"
IN THE YEMEN WAR THE HOUTHIS HAVE ENCIRCLED THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED SOUTHERN CITY OF TAIZ...AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN...
MORE YEMEN WAR NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
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The US Coast Guard has found debris from the missing air ambulance that was flying from Bermuda to Boston.
The debris discovered off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
The plane with six on board went missing early Saturday morning as it was bringing a patient and family member back to the US.
The four crew members are Canadians working for an air ambulance service based in Hamilton, Ontario...CBC News Canada
THIS WEEKEND IN THE UKRAINE WAR ONE KILLED, NINE WOUNDED IN UKRAINAIAN ATTACKS ON RUSSIA DONETSK REGION ANNEXED FROM UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA...
IN BELGOROD, RUSSIA SIX WOUNDED IN SATURDAY EVENING ATTACKS BY UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
AT LEAST SIX KILLED IN THE LATEST RUSSIAN ATTACKS IN UKRAINE KIEV'S NORTHERN BRIDGE DAMAGED...ASSOCIATED PRESS-HUFF POST
In the Ethiopian Civil War government forces advancing taking the airport of Mekele capital city of the rebelling Tigray Region.
Ethiopia accusing the neighboring nations of Eritrea and Sudan as well as Egypt of supporting the rebel forces...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...
Meanwhile in neighboring Sudan the civil war continues with government forces claiming a major victory over the United Arab Emirates backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Sudan's army says it took control of al-Mazroub in North Kordofan state as it seeks to cut RSF supply lines...Anadolu Turkey-Al Jazeera Qatar
THE YEMEN WAR THIS WEEKEND THE HOUTHIS REPORT A MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACK ON AN ARAMCO OIL FACILITY SOUTH OF RIYADH.
A REPORTER FOR AFP NEWS AGENCY SAW SMOKE AND FLAMES RISING FROM THE FACILITY...REUTERS-AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN...
MEANWHILE THE HOUTHIS WAGING A GROUND WAR IN THE TAIZ AREA AGAINST GOVERNMENT FORCES (DD Geopolitics "X").
A SAUDI DRONE ATTACK REPORTED TO HAVE KILLED TWO IN TAIZ...PRESS TV IRAN BREAKING "X"...
AND THE HOUTHIS ALSO SAY THEIR CAPITAL OF SAN'AA CAME UNDER SAUDI AIR ATTACK...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED IN A FRIDAY NIGHT ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN GAZA.
ISRAEL APPARENTLY TRYING TO KILL A HAMAS OFFICIAL BUT OTHERS KILLED IN THE ATTACK.
AT LEAST NINE OTHERS KILLED IN EARLIER ISRAELI ATTACKS LAST WEEK.
IN SOME OF THOSE CASES ISRAEL LINKING THE ATTACKS TO THE HAMAS ORGANIZATION THAT BRUTALLY ATTACKED ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2023...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Israeli troops and tanks entering southern Syria and opening fire this weekend. Israel artillery also opening fire in the direction of residential areas.
The incidents in the Quneitra governate between the Golan Heights and Damascus...Tass Russia
In the UK a dual British-Iranian national released on bail after being arrested and charged over the unusual incident outside a US military base last weekend.
The charge for the man is 'suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts'.
Five others were arrested last weekend, then released in connection with the incident...The New Arab
IN JORDAN A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE 'SHINYHUNTERS' HACKER GROUP ARRESTED THIS WEEK.
THAT PERSON SAID TO BE COOPERATING WITH THE US FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI).
'SHINHUNTERS' RECENTLY RELEASED EVIDENCE THAT IT POSSESSES EMPLOYMENT AND HEALTH RECORDS OF FBI EMPLOYEES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE TOP CORRECTIONS OFFICIAL IN TENNESSEE RESIGNING.
FRANK STRADA LEAVING HIS POST FOLLOWING THE BOTCHED EXECUTION OF CONVICTED MURDERER CHRISTA PIKE.
PIKE NOW HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING FAILURE OF TWO INJECTIONS OF LETHAL DRUGS TO TAEK HER LIFE...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-AL JAZEERA QATAR
In Spain this weekend mass protests held to demand affordable housing. Hundreds of thousands protesting in dozens of cities and towns.
The demonstrations part of the continuing uproar following the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home.
Two emergency bills to deal with the issue failed in Spain's parliament on Friday...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
Saturday, October 3, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*HOUTHIS HIT SAUDI OIL*NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL IRAN, YEMEN*OCTOBER 7 ISRAEL'S SUFFERING*CHUTZPAH DEFINES HIS EXISTENCE*HEADING TOWARDS ELECTIONS*'GO WHERE YOU WANT ME TO GO'*
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The Sunday News Summary posts beginning at Midnight Eastern US Time...
NEWSDUMP ALERT: SAUDI OIL FACILITY HIT BY HOUTHIS
Smoke and flames seen rising from an Aramco facility south of Riyadh the Saudi capital.
The Houthis claim a missile and drone attack on the facility...Reuters-AFP France-Dawn Pakistan
NEWSDUMP ALERT: US SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIALS MEET AT CAMP DAVID
(UPDATED)
The National Security Council led by Vice-President JD Vance met at the Camp David retreat in Maryland on Friday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine and CIA Director John Ratcliffe in attendance.
The Iran and Yemen wars discussed this according to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid...Channel 12 News Israel (Translation Prompt)...
The previous time such a meeting was held was in May of 2025.
It occurred right before the Israel-Iran 12-day war initiated by Israel with US support.
NEWSDUMP UPDATE: ARRESTED SUSPECT RELEASED IN MURKY US AIRBASE INCIDENT
The dual UK-Iranian national arrested over the weird incident outside the US heavy bomber base RAF Fairford last weekend released on bail...
The New Arab
HEADING TOWARDS ELECTION DAY IN THE USA
THE VOTE IS FOUR WEEKS FROM TUESDAY MY OPINION HUMBLE AS IT IS DOES NOT WANT TO SWERVE INTO RAGING CRITICISM BUT SIMPLY REFLECT HEARTFELT FEELINGS.
THE IRAN WAR IS A CULMINATION OF THE POST-9/11 COURSE SET BY FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND HIS 'NEO-CONSERVATIVE' TEAM.
THE 9/11 TERRORISM DID NOT ORIGINATE IN IRAN OR IRAQ OR SYRIA OR LIBYA NATIONS THE US GOT INTO WARFARE WITH FOLLOWING 9/11.
IT ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN SAUDI ARABIA A NATION THE US HELPS TO DEFEND NOW MORE THAN EVER.
9/11 LEADER OSAMA BIN LADEN HID IN AFGHANISTAN BUT FLED TO PAKISTAN KILLED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION YEAR OF 2012.
WE GOT BOGGED DOWN IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 20 YEARS A COUNTRY ON IRAN'S EASTERN BORDER BEFORE BEING FORCED OUT IN 2021.
9/11 WAS A PRETEXT REMINDING ME OF NEWS STORIES THIS WEEK THE INCIDENT OUTSIDE THE US AIRBASE THE ATTACK ON AN AIRLINE PILOT BY HIS CO-PILOT BETWEEN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND ISRAEL.
BOTH EVENTS TURNING INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROPAGANDA TO HELP POLITICAL NARRATIVES ABOUT EXTREME MUSLIM TERRORISM AND IRAN AS A PERPETRATOR OF TERRORIST ATTACKS.
NARRATIVES FOR ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 27TH AND THE US ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
PERHAPS PRETEXTS FOR WARFARE IN THE FUTURE BEFORE OR AFTER THE ELECTIONS.
THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER 7TH THE PAIN INFLICTED ON ISRAEL
"The suffering of the October 7th victims followed by the suffering of the @IDF including reservists torn from normal lives to devastate #Gaza has wounded @Israel deeply
But @netanyahu keeps up the chutzpah that defines his existence his key enabler IMHO @realDonaldTrump"
AS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEKEND....LINK
Your host is a Zionist but not a butcher.
The music this week Freddy Weller was part of "Paul Revere and the Raiders" in the 1960's but in the 1970's he sang country music including this hit a cover of a Chuck Berry rock n' roll song with 1960's civil rights overtones.
Many country songs of the 70's were reworked versions of popular hits including the oldies of previous decades drawing radio listeners disillusioned with the direction rock music took in the "hippie era"...
"PROMISED LAND"-FREDDY WELLER
"WORKING AT THE CAR WASH BLUES"-JIM CROCE (BBC-TV LIVE)
"LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK"-PAUL SIMON
"ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD"-ANTRIM MENNONITE CHOIR
Wow what a powerful hymn I certainly grew up with that traditional style of worship including the music and finally the Holy Spirit has overcome me to realize the reality of those lyrics.
"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth"
ACTS 1:8 ESV BIBLE
" and whatever their government, whatever the color of their skin they're people for whom Christ died and we have a responsibility to deliver the message..."
DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 11:06 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW...
"That All Nations May Hear"-Dr. Billy Graham Anaheim, California 1981
"you must be willing to say 'I'll go where you want me to go and be what you want me to be Lord I'm yours' that's what I'm asking you"
DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 11:56 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED ABOVE
Good Night. God Bless.
"I'M YOURS"-JAMIE OWENS COLLINS
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 409*TIGHT BELT 2027 BUDGET MORE SALES, RICH TAXES, LESS CORPORATE TAXES*SCHOOL PROTESTS*GOV'T WORKERS STRIKE*LE PEN LEADS POLLS*ANTISEMTISM ALLEGATION NATIONAL RALLY PRES*YELLOW VESTS TODAY*RAUCOUS DISTRACTION*
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
On Thursday the 2027 French budget proposal put on the table. The new budget seeking to reach a five percent of GDP deficit target but not expected to get there.
That is being projected to materialize in 2028.
Mainstream media was spinning the seriousness of France's budget and debt situation in the months leading up to Thursday's announcement.
The need to freeze government employees' salaries stirring up a Tuesday strike action by some government workers ahead of the budget announcement.
43 billion Euros (48.39 billion Dollars) in 'recovery measures' thrown into mix to reduce government spending. The government touting the notion of 54 billion Euros (60.67 billion Dollars) of effort to cut spending.
The tax structure includes more Value Added Tax (sales) taxation plus income taxes targeting 'the rich' with tax breaks restricted so that those in higher income brackets pay a minimum 20 percent income tax.
The pro-business taxation pattern of President Emmanuel Macron is also reflected in the 2027 budget with corporate taxes cut by 1.8 billion Euros (2.026 billion Dollars).
18 billion Euros (20.26 billion Dollars) of additional tax revenue is projected...
"French PM presents belt-tightening 2027 budget, including frozen wages and new taxes"-France 24
"54 billion euros of effort, pensions, civil servants, new taxes...What to remember from the government's 2027 draft budget"-BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)
Teachers and students shutting down hundreds of schools across France this week to protest crowded conditions and lack of funding.
Authorities cracking down with thousands of arrests as hundreds were wounded in clashes between protesters and police.
Many minors arrested with the government pointing to damage caused by the protests and what Interior Minister Laurent Nunez characterized as 'violence against agents of public authority'.
On Friday political leaders opting to close 400 schools to prevent violence but demonstrations continued to pop up.
A student union saying the government fell short in providing answers to demands so protests are set to resume again on Tuesday.
Many on the Right and in the Center of French politics blame Leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon who is running for President next year. Melenchon endorsed the student protest movement before it began.
Mr. Melenchon urging peaceful protests after violence broke out.
On Friday National Rally (RN) Vice-President Sebastien Chenu urged a return to classes asking students to wait until next year's election promising that in seven months there will be 'big changes' adding 'we will turn the page on Macronia'...
On Tuesday a nationwide strike and day of protest by government workers concerned about the government's budget plans freezing them out of salary increases.
Firefighters in the vanguard of the protest involving tens of thousands on the streets of Paris and hundreds of thousands on the streets nationwide.
POLITICS THIS WEEK AN ACCUSATION OF ANTISEMITISM LEVELED AT NATIONAL RALLY PRESIDENT JORDAN BARDELLA.
MR. BARDELLA DENYING THE ALLEGATION AND FILING SUIT.
BARDELLA IS A POTENTIAL NOMINEE FOR PREMIER IF MARINE LE PEN WINS NEXT APRIL'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
MR. BARDELLA DOGGED BY THE ALLEGATIONS WITH INVESTIGATIVE WEBSITE 'MEDIAPART' MAKING THE ALLEGATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
THEN ON THURSDAY IT RELEASED MORE DETAILS INCLUDING SCREENSHOTS OF ALLEGED 2013 TO 2015 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS BY MR. BARDELLA...REUTERS STORY...
JORDAN BARDELLA MADE A HIGHLY PUBLICIZED APPEARANCE IN ISRAEL AT AN ANTISEMITISM CONFERENCE LAST YEAR.
IN THE FACE OF THE ALLEGATION ISRAEL'S DIASPORA AFFAIRS MINISTER AMICHAI CHIKLI DEFENDING BARDELLA.
MR. CHIKLI SAYING 'A MAN IS NOT SEALED AT 17. WHAT MATTERS IS THE 15 YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, AND THE MAN HE BECAME'...Jewish Telegraphic Agency
NEW POLLING FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOWING MARINE LE PEN THE CLEAR FAVORITE.
SHE DEFEATS LEFTIST JEAN-LUC MELENCHON 69 TO 31 PERCENT AND CENTRIST EDOUARD PHILIPPE BY 57 TO 43 PERCENT.
THOSE MEN THE MOST LIKELY SECOND PLACE FINISHERS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING TO LE PEN.
THE NATIONAL RALLY (RN) NOW WITH AN OFFICIAL SENATE GROUP.
THE PROCESS OF ELECTING A NEW FRENCH SENATE GIVING THE RN AND ITS ALLIES A GROUP OF AT LEAST 15 SENATORS IN THE 348-SEAT UPPER CHAMBER...The Times Of India-MSN Story
As for the Yellow Vests movement in the midst of the outbreak of student protests there is hope in the call for a national protest two weeks from today on October 17th.
This afternoon's protest video from Paris opens with a newspaper displayed on the screen headlining this week's school protest movement.
The video shows a small group of people with spectators and bystanders on the street...
Yellow Vests Video Stream Paris October 3, 2026
ONE THING WORTH NOTING IN RESTROSPECT THIS WEEK.
THE SCHOOL PROTESTS PROVIDED A RAUCOUS DISTRACTION FROM THE AUSTERITY BUDGET OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON WITH ITS CORPORATE TAX CUTS AND WAGE FREEZES FOR GOVERMENT WORKERS.
For now that's news from France.
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Friday, October 2, 2026
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News of the Ukraine, Yemen and Iran wars tonight but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
(News, Comment, Analysis)
(Updated)
THE US SUSPENDING CONSULAR SERVICES AT ITS EMBASSY AND CONSULATES IN BRAZIL.
AUSTRALIA OPTING TO CLOSE ITS BRAZILIAN EMBASSY AS WELL FOLLOWING THE US LEAD.
CANADA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ALSO CLOSING EMBASSIES...(GLENN GREENWALD "X")
THESE MOVES TWO DAYS BEFORE BRAZIL VOTES IN THE FIRST ROUND OF ITS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT SPEAKING OF COOPERATION WITH BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES REGARDING SECURITY CONCERNS.
TWO ARRESTS BY BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES REPORTED...(GLENN GREENWALD "X")
THERE ARE TENSIONS AS LEFTIST INCUMBENT PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA A CRITIC OF US AND ISRAELI POLICIES FACES HIS LEADING OPPONENT PRO-TRUMP PRO-ISRAEL SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO.
OTHER CANDIDATES ON SUNDAY'S BALLOT WITH BOLSONARO AND LULA EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE SECOND-ROUND VOTE ON OCTOBER 25TH.
BRAZIL A KEY PARTNER IN THE 'BRICS' ECONOMIC ALLIANCE INCLUDING RUSSIA, CHINA, INDIA, IRAN AND SOUTH AFRICA SEEN AS A RIVAL AND THREAT TO US ECONOMIC POWER.
LULA'S CAMPAIGN MESSAGING THE NOTION THAT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WANTS BOLSONARO ELECTED LEADING TO BRAZIL'S SUBJUGATION BY THE UNITED STATES...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
There was another day of bloody violence in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank).
One 19-year-old Palestinian shot dead with conflicting accounts on whether he was killed by nationalist settlers or Israeli soldiers.
Palestinians clashing with settlers who erected a barricade to confine Palestinians to their village. Then Israeli soldiers arrived opening fire.
Palestinians and settlers were reported fighting each other Palestinians said to have used Molotov cocktails...Times of Israel
(News, Comment, Analysis)
THE GOVERNMENT OF SPANISH PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SANCHEZ LOSING HOUSING REFORM VOTES IN PARLIAMENT.
THE CATALAN "JUNTS" PARTY SAYING THE REFORMS WOULD MAKE THE HOUSING SITUATION IN SPAIN WORSE.
THE RECENT EVICTION OF AN 87-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM HER HOME SETTING OFF MASS PROTESTS AND MORE CONTROVERSY FOR MR. SANCHEZ AND HIS SOCIALIST PARTY GOVERNMENT DEPENDENT ON SUPPORT FROM REGIONAL PARTIES.
SANCHEZ BELEAGURED BY VARIOUS ISSUES INCLUDING THE SUDDEN MIGRANT INVASION IN SPAIN'S NORTH AFRICAN TERRITORY WEEKS AGO.
THE FAILURE OF THE HOUSING REFORM VOTES MAY BRING DOWN HIS GOVERNMENT.
HE SPOKE A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT ISRAELI AND RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT.
SPAIN AMONG THE FIRST THREE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO ANGER ISRAEL BY RECOGNIZING THE STATE OF PALESTINE JOINED BY IRELAND AND NORWAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
TONIGHT IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ THE SECOND REPORTED TANKER ATTACK IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE STRIKING THE VESSEL OFF THE COAST OF OMAN WITH NO INJURIES REPORTED...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
North Korea test firing a missile eastwards into the Sea of Japan (East Sea).
The early Saturday launch followed a denial by North Korea of any responsibility for a landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) last week that wounded three South Korean soldiers...Yonhap News Agency South Korea
ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT OVERTURNING AN ELECTION COMMITTEE DECISION BANNING ARAB POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE OCTOBER 27TH ELECTION.
THE COMMITTEE DOMINATED BY MEMBERS OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S RULED TO BAN THOSE PARTIES RECENTLY.
ARAB PARTIES POLLING AT A RECORD LEVEL IN ISRAEL AND IF THEY WIN 10-15 SEATS AS SUGGESTED IT WILL CREATE DIFFICULTIES FOR ANTI-NETANYAHU POLITICAL PARTIES TO FORM A 61 SEAT MAJORITY IN ISRAEL'S PARLIAMENT...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE US COAST GUARD ANNOUNCING SEIZURE OF TWO TANKERS CARRYING OIL TO CUBA.
ONE VESSEL THE 300-FOOT 'GRACE' SEIZED ON SEPTEMBER 5TH WITH ANOTHER VESSEL SEIZED BACK IN JUNE.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ENFORCING AN OIL BLOCKADE ON CUBA FOR FORCE ITS COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.
THE BLOCKADE LEADING TO FREQUENT SHUTDOWNS OF CUBA'S POWER GRID...DELTAPLEX NEWS
In the Ukraine War Kiev now under heavy Russian attack with bridges in the city damaged and or closed.
During air raid alerts in the city all bridges across the Dniepr River are closed to traffic.
This is causing major disruptions in the city...Tass Russia...
Pro-Ukraine Western media painting a deteriorating picture of the situation in Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko says 'it's no longer possible to pretend that we can live as we do in peacetime'.
Ukraine's energy minister speaking of Russian plans to destroy energy facilities and make cities cold and dark this winter.
Western diplomats making plans to move their embassies out of Ukraine's capital city to alternate locations in the city of Lvov in western Ukraine or into eastern Poland.
Their messaging links such moves to 'deliberate targeting' of embassies by Russia...The Guardian UK
(UPDATED) IN THE YEMEN WAR THREE HOUTHI MISSILES INTERCEPTED BY SAUDI AIR DEFENSES TONIGHT...(OSINTdefender "X")...
TONIGHT SAUDI ARABIA REPORTED ONE INJURY DUE TO SHRAPNEL FROM AN INTERCEPTED MISSILE...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL...
ALSO IN THE YEMEN WAR 94 SAUDI ATTACKS REPORTED ON THE HOUTHI CONTROLLED AREAS OF YEMEN IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
A HOUTHI STATEMENT REPORTING A TOTAL OF 1,350 SAUDI ATTACKS DURING THE RECENT ESCALATION IN FIGHTING...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announcing a one-day 'stand down' for the US military in order to vote in the November elections.
October 15th is the day designated.
The Pentagon announcing a new policy of giving members of the military time off to vote that will be in effect for US elections during the even numbered years when federal government offices are contested...The Hill USA
The man accused of killing Reform UK spokesperson Ann Widdecombe in July is now charged with preparing acts of terrorism against Reform Party leader Nigel Farage.
The new charge dropped today by the Crown Prosecution Service accuses 28-year-old Joshua Kerry of engaging in preparing acts against Mr. Farage between May 31st of 2024 and July 8th of this year...The Guardian UK
THE US GIVING IRAQ BREATHING SPACE ON IRANIAN AIRLINE SANCTIONS.
IRAQ'S PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCING PERMISSION FOR IRANIAN AIRLINES TO FLY UP TO 40 FLIGHTS TO AND FROM NAJAF IN IRAQ.
MASS PROTESTS ON THE STREETS OF IRAQ IN RECENT DAYS OPPOSING THE US SANCTIONS.
ONE IRANIAN AIRLINE REMAINS PROHBITED FROM USING IRAQ'S AIRPORTS. MAHAN AIR CONSIDERED CLOSE TO IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTION GUARDS CORPS...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
Swedish politics a second chance for Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson to form a new government following last month's election...BSS News Bangladesh...
Late today the Center Party inviting the other opposition parties in the majority including the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Left for talks next week.
There appears to be a thawing of differences between the Center and the Left on conditions for participating in a new government...(Additional information from SVT News Sweden)
A TANKER EXITING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ STRUCK BY AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE.
NO INJURIES THE VESSEL ABLE TO GET UNDERWAY AFTER PUTTING OUT A FIRE AND DEALING WITH A BLACKOUT ONBOARD...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
Armed groups attacking security posts and homes in southern Syria today. Government media describing the attackers as 'outlaws'.
There was a similar attack in the area more than a month ago that wounded four members of the security forces...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
AN UPTICK IN US UNEMPLOYMENT LAST MONTH. THE JOBLESS RATE RISING TO 4.2 PERCENT WITH ONLY 29,000 JOBS ADDED...CNN
There are now more than four thousand deaths in the Ebola outbreak in Congo.
4,018 dead with 8,300 confirmed cases according to the latest official statistics.
The outbreak is taking place in a war zone where rebel forces are fighting the Congolese government backed by Rwanda.
Soldiers burning an Ebola transit camp this week searching for weapons forcing 19,000 people to flee...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
FIREBOMB CLEANUP AT SCHOOL IN PARIS
(UPDATE) ANOTHER DAY OF SCHOOL PROTESTS IN FRANCE HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 735 'DISRUPTIONS' NOTED BY AUTHORITIES.
A NATIONAL STUDENT UNION DEMANDING A 'CONCRETE ANNOUNCEMENT' FROM THE GOVERNMENT IN RESPONSE TO PROTESTERS DEMANDS.
THE UNION DECIDING ON A RESUMPTION OF PROTEST ON TUESDAY.
TODAY INJURIES REPORTED AMONG STUDENTS AND POLICE.
UNIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DISTANCING THEMSELVES FROM VIOLENCE BUT CALLING FOR DEMONSTRATIONS TO CONTINUE...
BFM-TV FRANCE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"No one in the world has such means of destruction as Russia"
Russian President Vladimir Putin warning if Russia is directly attacked by its NATO adversaries use of all weapons at Russia's disposal are on the table.
Putin answers at Moscow's Valdai Discussion Club.
He was addressing the notion of NATO attacking Russia in the context of rising Baltic tensions surrounding the landlocked Russian territory of Kaliningrad sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland in addition to Russian ships being seized on the high seas by NATO countries.
In his speech Putin noting the world is at a turning point citing technological change but also saying that the dominant role of the United States is ending without mentioning the US by name...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
THE G7 NATIONS AGREEING TO DUMP RESERVES OF DIESEL FUEL AND 100 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL IN GENERAL SEEKING TO LOWER FUEL PRICES...CBC NEWS CANADA...
THE UNITED STATES PRESSURED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES PARTICULARLY FRANCE AND GERMANY TO RELEASE STOCKPILES OF DIESEL FUEL.
SUCH A MOVE WOULD LOWER DIESEL FUEL PRICES IN THE US LEADING UP TO THE MID-TERM ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH.
THE EUROPEAN UNION HELD AN EMERGENCY MEETING TO DISCUSS THE MATTER TODAY...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
Iran urging Iraq to fully lift sanctions on air travel between the two countries imposed by the United States on third countries.
Partial resumption of air travel occurred this week at one Iraqi airport...News Agencies-Dawn Pakistan
POLLING IN THE BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOWING INCUMBENT LULA DA SILVA LEADING HIS PRIMARY OPPONENT IN THE SECOND ROUND.
LULA WITH A 48-45 PERCENT LEAD OVER SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATAFOLHA POLL.
THE FIRST ROUND OF BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS ON SUNDAY WITH THE SECOND ROUND SET FOR SUNDAY OCTOBER 25TH...REUTERS-MSN
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial rose 250.40 points or .49 percent.
The NASDAQ up 319.27 points or 1.19 percent.
In New York tonight the price of oil 91 dollars 26 cents a barrel down one dollar 61 cents or 1.73 percent at the close of trading...Marketwatch
In New Zealand an electronics firm fined over attempted shipments to Singapore and Hong Kong last year.
The 18,720 dollar (10,464 US dollar) fine imposed on APVM Electronics Private Limited for trying to export integrated circuits that have potential military use without notifying the New Zealand government.
More than 9,000 circuits involved in those attempted shipments...One News New Zealand
MEDIA OUTLET 'AXIOS' REPORTS THE DISPATCH OF US PATRIOT MISSILE BATTERIES ONE EACH TO QATAR AND SAUDI ARABIA.
THEY ARE SAID TO BE PROTECTING KEY ENERGY FACILITIES IN BOTH COUNTRIES...TASS RUSSIA
DEFENSE (WAR) SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH ANNOUNCING AN ORGANIZATIONAL SHAKEUP AT THE PENTAGON.
THE USE OF DRONES ACROSS THE ARMED FORCES WILL BE COORDINATED BY A NEW 'AUTONOMOUS WARFARE COMMAND'.
OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDE 'FORTRESS AMERICA' AN EFFORT TO GET MILITARY BASES OPERATING ON THEIR OWN POWER SOURCES INDEPENDENT OF THE POWER GRID.
THE PENTAGON ALSO ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS. SECRETARY HEGSETH SAYS ITS NEEDED TO ENSURE 'FIRST CLASS RELIGIOUS SUPPORT' FOR THE MILITARY.
HE SAID THAT 95 PERCENT OF THE FORCE 'RECOGNIZES ALMIGHTY GOD'...OSINTdefender "X"
Two lawsuits filed in connection with the killing of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on January 7th.
One names the US government as a defendant the other names specific government officials including Deputy White House Chief of Staff and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The lawsuits filed on behalf of relatives of Good.
The law firm filing the suit speaks of Good's death not being accidental but 'the predictable result of a coordinated campaign' to 'target Minnesotans of Somali or Hispanic origin'...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
Thursday, October 1, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 10/1/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*BRAZIL US INTERFERENCE ALLEGED*3RD US CARRIER IRAN WAR ZONE*HORMUZ ATTACK*ISRAEL SETTLERS KILL PALESTINIAN*ETHIOPIA CIVIL WAR ITENSIFIES*IRAN PROTESTS BRITISH INSINUATION AIRBASE INCIDENT*FRENCH SCHOOL PROTESTS SPREAD*PAK-AFGHAN CONFLICT*AFD BAN TALK GERMANY*VW BATTERY DEAL CHINESE FIRM*
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The school protests in France thousands of arrests hundreds of injuries some late developments but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
IN THE YEMEN WAR A MAJOR SAUDI AIR ATTACK ON SAN'AA THE HOUTHI CAPITAL CITY LEADING TO A MISSILE ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIA TONIGHT.
THE SAUDIS SAY THEY INTERCEPTED THE ATTACKING MISSILE...OSINTdefender "X"
In Brazil Attorney General Jorge Messias calling on law enforcement to probe alleged efforts by the United States to interfere in Brazilian politics.
His call follows a published report by "The Guardian" in the UK suggesting the US government is sending a million dollars to groups opposing online censorship by the Brazilian Supreme Court.
The allegation of US interference in Brazilian politics just days before Sunday's first round vote in Brazil's Presidential Election.
Incumbent Leftist President Lula da Silva facing a rising challenge from Rightist Senator Flavio Bolsonaro friendly to US President Donald Trump and a supporter of Israel...AFP France-Al Jazeera Qatar
IN TENNESSEE CONVICTED MURDERER CHRISTA PIKE IN CRITICAL CONDITION HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING FAILED ATTEMPTS TO EXECUTE HER BY LETHAL INJECTION LAST NIGHT.
HER LAWYERS WANT GOVERNOR BILL LEE TO COMMUTE HER SENTENCE.
THEY SPEAK OF THE FAILURE OF PIKE'S EXECUTION AS 'CRUEL' 'TORTUOUS' AND 'PREDICTABLE'.
MEANWHILE GOVERNOR LEE POSTPONING A SCHEDULED EXECUTION LATER THIS YEAR ORDERING AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW...THE TENNESSEAN BLOG...CBS NEWS USA
FROM THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN CONGO AN EMPLOYEE OF THE 'DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS' CHARITY FLOWN TO THE NETHERLANDS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.
THE EMPLOYEE BEING TREATED FOR EBOLA INFECTION AT THE LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (LUMC)...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A third US aircraft carrier heading to the Iran War zone.
It is reported by "The Wall Street Journal" that the USS Theodore Roosevelt and accompanying warships are enroute.
More US Marines are also moving towards the area as well. Their arrival there in late November.
The move will give US President Donald Trump more options to wage war after the November election.
The President has spoken of bringing the Iran War to a finish through either a deal or quick decisive warfare following the election...
CNBC USA (VIDEO REPORT)
IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ ANOTHER TANKER ATTACKED.
AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE STRUCK THE VESSEL IGNITING A FIRE. THE CREW REPORTED SAFE...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
In the UK there now is an arrest in connection with the unusual incident outside the US military base where five suspects were arrested and released last weekend.
British counter-terrorism police arresting a 27-year-old man who has dual British-Iranian citizenship...(BBC News)...BBC News...
More on this story later in the summary.
A PALESTINIAN MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY ISRAELI NATIONALIST SETTLERS IN THE VILLAGE OF YASUF IN THE WEST BANK.
ISRAELI POLICE MOVED INTO THE AREA FOLLOWING THE KILLING WITH LOCAL PALESTINIANS REPORTED THROWING STONES...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The civil war in Ethiopia intensifying with explosions heard in the capital city of Addis Ababa.
Rebel forces say they attacked the city with drones.
Ground fighting between government and rebel troops continues in the northern part of the country.
Ethiopia closing its embassy in Eritrea the country neighboring it to the north and ordering Eritrean diplomats out of the country.
Eritrea denying it is helping rebel forces in a previous conflict back in 2021 Eritrea supported government forces fighting a rebellion in the Tigray Region.
Ethiopia's government is accusing Eritrea of 'direct and indirect acts of hostility and belligerence'...Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar
Iran calling in the British Ambassador in Tehran to offer a 'strong protest' over the 'destructive approach' of the British government.
This follows Prime Minister Andy Burnham's linkage of Iran to the bizarre incident outside a US airbase last weekend.
Iran seeking official clarification from UK saying it must 'correct its inappropriate approach'...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)...
More on this story later in the summary.
FRENCH SCHOOL PROTESTS EXPAND
ALMOST 2,000 ARRESTS, HUNDREDS INJURED
(UDPATED AS ABLE)
PROTESTS AT SCHOOLS IN FRANCE
HIGH SCHOOL IN NANTES, FRANCE TORCHED DURING PROTESTS
IN FRANCE A CRISIS MEETING OF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS AS SOMETIMES VIOLENT STUDENT PROTESTS SPREAD FROM HIGH SCHOOLS TO AT LEAST ONE UNIVERSITY.
MORE THAN 1000 PROTEST ACTIONS REPORTED TODAY.
INJURIES AND ARRESTS TODAY ONE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DOUSED WITH GASOLINE A STUDENT WOUNDED IN THE EYE BY POLICE.
AUTHORITIES REPORT 1,949 ARRESTS NATIONWIDE AND 305 INJURIES AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT.
MORE THAN 400 SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW WITH A BAN ON PROTESTS AROUND THEM.
THE DEMONSTRATIONS FORCING A SHUTDOWN OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OF MARSEILLE.
IN LE HAVRE MAYOR EDOUARD PHILIPPE A 'CENTRIST' CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN NEXT APRIL'S ELECTION CLOSING SCHOOLS TOMORROW.
PHILIPPE SPOKE OF 'YOUNG PEOPLE BEING MANIPULATED FOR POLITICAL ENDS'.
OTHER POLITICIANS COMMENTING ON THE SITUATION INCLUDE LAURENT WAUQUIEZ LEADER OF THE 'MAINSTREAM RIGHT' LES REPUBLICAINS (LR).
WAUQUIEZ SPEAKING OF LEGITIMATE GRIEVANCES WHILE DECRYING 'RIOTERS'.
THE LEFTIST LEADER JEAN-LUC MELENCHON CONDEMNED FOR PROMOTING THE DEMONSTRATIONS WITH A CALL TONIGHT FOR PEACEFUL METHODS ONLY IN DEMONSRATIONS.
PROTESTERS ARE BLOCKING ACCESS TO SCHOOLS AND CLASHING WITH POLICE AT TIMES.
THE DEMONSTRATIONS DEMANDING MORE STAFF AND MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.
FROM THE OPPOSITON POLITICAL RANKS POLL LEADING 2027 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARINE LE PEN SAYS LEFTIST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JEAN-LUC MELENCHON BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VIOLENCE.
MR. MELENCHON POINTS TOWARDS THE GOVERMENT AND LE PEN...
BFM-TV FRANCE LIVE BLOG COVERAGE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Nine civilians killed in the latest Pakistani air attacks on Afghanistan that's the word from the Taliban.
Meanwhile Pakistan claiming 22 Afghan fighters were killed.
Pakistan says it attacked hideouts of groups attacking its territory....Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar
THE TALK CONTINUES ABOUT THAT EARLY SUNDAY INCIDENT WHERE FIVE MEN WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY NEAR A US MILITARY BASE IN THE UK.
THEY WERE LATER RELEASED.
ONE OF THEM SAID TO HAVE CALLED POLICE WHILE THE GROUP USING THREE WHITE VANS WAS NEAR THE US AIR BASE (RAF FAIRFORD) IN ENGLAND.
'STRONG INDICATIONS' OF IRAN'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE INCIDENT ACCORDING TO BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ANDY BURNHAM.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IRAN DENIES.
A SOURCE TELLING 'THE WALL STREET JOURNAL' OF AN IRANIAN GROUP RECRUITING UK NATIONALS 'FOR THE OPERATION'
BUT AS OF THIS TIME FIVE MEN RELEASED FROM CUSTODY NO CHARGES FOR CRIMES NO NAMES OF SUSPECTS...OSINTdefender "X"
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 20.51 points.
The NASDAQ rose 10.53 points.
At 424 pm in New York the price of oil 93 dollars eight cents a barrel up two dollars 66 cents or 2.94 percent...Marketwatch
In Germany talk about banning the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party.
A late-night discussion held in the parliament of the eastern state of Thuringia regarding an AfD ban.
Claims made that the AfD is 'radicalized' and 'operating in the tradition of National Socialism'.
A lawyer for the AfD speaking of 'a political choice to damage a party'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
GERMAN AUTOMAKER BMW IS CUTTING MANAGEMENT AND DIVISIONS BY 20 PERCENT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI).
THE MOVES WILL STREAMLINE THE COMPANY IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGING MARKET CONDITION...WALL STREET JOURNAL USA
MEANWHILE ANOTHER GERMAN AUTOMAKER VOLKSWAGEN (VW) EXPANDING ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINESE CAR BATTERY MAKER 'GOTION HIGH-TECH'.
THE PLAN TO PROVIDE ELECTRIC CAR BATTERIES TO THE EUROPEAN MARKET INVOLVES THREE PLANTS IN SPAIN, SLOVAKIA AND MOROCCO.
VOLKSWAGEN WILL HOLD MAJORITY OWNERSHIP IN THE FACILITY IN SPAIN PRODUCING BATTERIES WHILE GOTION WILL HOLD MAJORITY OWNERSHIP IN THE BATTERY-MAKING FACILITY IN SLOVAKIA.
BOTH EUROPEAN FACTORIES MAKING LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE (LFP) BATTERY CELLS.
IN ADDITION, GOTION WILL BE THE MAJORITY OWNER OF A PLANT IN MOROCCO PRODUCING CATHODE MATERIALS FOR ELECTRIC CAR BATTERIES...DAX STREET
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