NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 9/30/2026*ARRESTS, INJURIES FRENCH SCHOOL PROTESTS*HORMUZ ATTACKS*MID-EAST AIRLINER INCIDENT*SUSPECT CALLED COPS IN US AIRBASE INCIDENT*DUTCH DATA CENTERS CONCEAL ELECTRIC, WATER USE*AUSTRALIA 4% INFLATION*

 

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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

PROTESTERS FACE OFF WITH POLICE OUTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN PARIS

625 ARRESTS MORE THAN 100 INJURIES REPORTED IN A THIRD DAY OF STUDENT-TEACHER PROTESTS AT HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS FRANCE.

THE PROTESTS ARE OVER THE CONDITIONS AT THE SCHOOLS LINKED BY DEMONSTRATORS TO A LACK OF MONEY AND STAFF.

FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER LAURENT NUNEZ DECRYING A 'RISE IN VIOLENCE' ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROTESTS...AFP-BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In the Yemen War two Houthi attacks killing five wounding others in the Taiz Region.

Word of the attacks from the Yemen's internationally recognized government...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)

A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT DELAYING THE TENNESSEE EXECUTION OF 50-YEAR-OLD CHRISTA PIKE CONVICTED OF TORTURING AND MURDERING 19-YEAR-OLD COLLEEN SLEMMER IN 1996.

THE COURT DELAY JUST ONE HOUR BEFORE THE DEATH SENTENCE WAS TO BE CARRIED OUT TODAY.

PROTESTERS PRESENT OUTSIDE THE PRISON WHERE PIKE IS TO BE EXECUTED.

THE ISSUE CAUSING THE JUDICIAL DELAY THE ARGUMENTS OF HER LAWYERS THAT UNTREATED MENTAL ILLNESS RELATED TO PTSD AND BIPOLAR DISORDER MEANS PIKE SHOULD NOT BE PUT TO DEATH.

TENNESSEE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL ASKING THE US SUPREME COURT TO ALLOW THE EXECUTION TO PROCEED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz three reports of attacks yesterday with several tankers struck by projectiles...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"

THERE HAS BEEN AN INCIDENT ON AN AIRLINER FLYING FROM DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TO TEL AVIV, ISRAEL.

THE CO-PILOT STABBING THE OTHER PILOT ATTEMPTING TO SEIZE CONTROL OF THE PLANE.

THE ATTACKING PILOT WAS SUBDUED.

THE AIRLINER LANDING AT AN AIRPORT IN SAUDI ARABIA.

THIS INCIDENT FOLLOWS THE TRUMPETING OF A DANGER TO ISRAEL'S SECURITY BY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WHO IS SEEKING RE-ELECTION ON OCTOBER 27TH.

IT ALSO FOLLOWS THE UNUSUAL INCIDENT OUTSIDE THE US AIRBASE IN THE UK LAST WEEKEND.   THAT AIRBASE HOME TO HEAVY US BOMBERS INVOLVED IN THE IRAN WAR.

MORE ON THAT STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY...OSINTdefender "X"

The latest on that incident outside the US airbase (RAF Fairford) in the UK late Saturday night.

It turns out the first call to police about the three white vans and masked men came from one of the suspects himself.

Police getting the call one hour before a local resident contacted authorities on the '999' emergency call system.

This is the story being reported in British media today...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

Pirates killed five crew members of a seized oil tanker in the Horn of Africa.    Four others wounded.

The tanker "MT Honour 25" seized off the coast of Somalia back in April.

The killings of the crew members in conjunction with a rescue operation launched to free the tanker.  The rescue operation carried out by security forces of the semi-autonomous "Puntland" region of northeast Somalia...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar

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IN THE NETHERLANDS MOST DATA CENTERS ARE KEEPING THEIR ELECTRICITY AND WATER USAGE A SECRET.

IT'S IN SPITE OF THE FACT THEY ARE LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO DO SO.

ATTEMPTS BY JOURNALISTS IN THE NETHERLANDS AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO GET DATA CENTER ELECTRIC AND WATER USAGE THROUGH GOVERNMENT OPEN RECORDS LAWS HAVE FAILED.

DATA CENTERS REQUIRE LARGE QUANTITIES OF BOTH ELECTRICITY AND WATER IN ORDER TO FUNCTION.

RECORDS FROM 2024 SHOWING DATA CENTERS CONSUMING 4.6 PERCENT OF ELECTRICITY IN THE NETHERLANDS.   NO INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR 2025...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average 443.87 points or .86 percent.

The NASDAQ up 63.52 points or .24 percent.

At 442 pm New York Time the price of oil 90 dollars 45 cents a barrel up one dollars seven cents or 1.2 percent...Marketwatch

INFLATION IN AUSTRALIA REPORTED AT 4 PERCENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING IN AUGUST.

THAT'S UP FROM 3.5 PERCENT IN JULY...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA

Boeing awarded a contract by the US Navy to develop a "sixth generation" strike fighter warplane.

The contract is worth more than 20 billion US dollars.

The contract involves construction of test aircraft for the FA-XX generation of warplanes envisioned to give the United State air superiority in the future...Anadolu Agency-Turkey (Türkiye)

THE POPULIST ROMANIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO WON THE FIRST ROUND VOTE IN 2024 BEFORE THE SECOND ROUND ELECTION WAS CANCELLED IS NOW IN JAIL.

CALIN GEORGESCU ARRESTED AS AUTHORITIES PURSUE CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM.

GEORGESCU ACCUSED OF FRAUD AND SETTING UP A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION.

THE WESTERN MEDIA NARRATIVE IS THAT MR. GEORGESCU IS A 'PRO-RUSSIAN' POLITICIAN WITH FASCIST TENDENCIES...

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 9/28/2026*ISRAELI OPPOSITION: 'NO REASON TO PUT PUBLIC IN A PANIC'*SUPREME COURT OK 3RD COUNTRY DEPORTATION*FRENCH STRIKE PROTESTS*ISRAEL VIOLENCE*UK US BASE INCIDENT?*4 HURT US AIRCRAFT CARRIER ACCIDENT*FRENCH POLITICS*RUSSIA WARNS NATO BLOCKADE*

 

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                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

Russian attacks on Kiev continued tonight with three series of explosions.  Other Russian attacks on Ukraine with blasts in Kharkov and Cherkasy...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

ISRAELI JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID REPORTING VIA 'AXIOS' THAT LITTLE PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN US-IRAN TALKS.    

THIS IS SAID TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ALL-OUT CONFLICT RESUMING...BARAK RAVID "X"

"there's no reason to put the public in a panic"

THAT MESSAGE TONIGHT FROM ISRAEL'S OPPOSITION LEADER YAIR LAPID FOLLOWING A MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.

NETANYAHU TOUTING THE THREAT OF AN ATTACK ON ISRAEL IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE OCTOBER 27TH ELECTION.

MR. LAPID ALSO SAYING "ISRAEL'S SECURITY AND IDF BASES ARE NOT THE SETTING FOR ELECTION VIDEOS"

HE ASLO SLAMMED MR. NETANYAHU FOR NOT DRAFTING ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWISH MEN INTO ISRAEL'S MILITARY RANKS AMID A SHORTAGE OF COMBAT SOLDIERS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

EARLIER DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY.

The US Treasury Department moving to automatically enroll children under the age of 18 in "Trump Accounts".   Seven million enrolled so far but the US Treasury Department believes the number eligible is around 70 million.

The mass automatic enrollment will allow privately donated money to be put into those accounts which have been described as "Starter IRA's".   Children born between 2025 and 2028 are eligible for 1,000 dollars of seed money for those accounts...The Hill USA

The Pentagon is cutting top brass with a 20 percent reduction in the number of generals and admirals.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announcing the move tomorrow as part of his sometimes controversial efforts to overhaul the US military...The Hill USA

 IN A 6-3 DECISION THE US SUPREME COURT TEMPORARILY ALLOWING DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO THIRD COUNTRIES.

THE HIGH COURT WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS ON THE MATTER IN DECEMBER AND ISSUE A FINAL DECISON LATER.   

THREE LIBERAL JUSTICES DISSENTING FROM THE MAJORITY DECISION THAT OVERTURNED A RULING FROM A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYING DEPORTEES WERE NOT BEING GIVEN DUE PROCESS...NBC NEWS USA            

In Morocco a first with a woman appointed to be Prime Minister following recent elections.

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri represents the Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) Party close to King Mohammed VI.

A coalition of various parties will be required to obtain a majority of the 395 seats in Morocco's parliament...AFP France-Al Jazeera Qatar

ISRAELI POLITICS PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WITH A VAGUE WARNING OF AN ATTACK ON ISRAEL BEFORE ITS OCTOBER 27TH ELECTION.

OPPOSITION POLITICIANS EXPRESSING ALARM OVER THE WARNING SUGGESTING IT MAY BE A TACTIC TO UNDERMINE THE ELECTION.

MR. NETANYAHU MEETING OPPOSITION LEADER YAIR LAPID TO OFFER EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT HIS ATTACK WARNING...TIMES OF ISRAEL

IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ OVERNIGHT A VESSEL STRUCK BY AN UNKNOWN PROJECTILE.

A FIRE WAS IGNITED BUT WAS LATER EXTINGUISHED...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"

(Updated) A day of protest in France government workers demonstrating against government plans to partially freeze wages.

The workers on strike to drive home their demand for a wage increase just days before the government's 2027 budget announcement.

In addition, student-teacher protests over conditions in French schools continued for a second day.

Hundreds of thousands on the streets of France today including tens of thousands in Paris...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL TWO ARAB MEN ATTACKED BY A MOB IN JERUSALEM LAST NIGHT OUTSIDE THE DAMASCUS GATE TO THE OLD CITY.

POLICE MADE 11 ARRESTS...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

MEANWHILE ISRAELI LEADERS INCLUDING PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG AND PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CONDEMNING THE NATIONALIST SETTLER VIOLENCE LAST NIGHT IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (WEST BANK).

A GROUP OF 100 NATIONALISTS ATTACKING PALESTINIAN HOMES FIGHTING ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES ENFORCING A SUPREME COURT ORDER TO CLEAR THEM AND ALLOW PALESTINIANS TO RETURN HOME...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)

In the Ethiopian War government forces say they are advancing against rebels in the Tigray region.

Pro-government forces said to be advancing on the rebel held Tigrayan capital of Mekelle...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar

"clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor"

US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO SPEAKING OF A 'FOREIGN ACTOR' BEING INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT OUTSIDE A US MILITARY BASE IN THE UK.

FIVE MEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INCIDENT WERE RELEASED ON BAIL YESTERDAY AFTER BEING ARRESTED BY ANTI-TERRORISM POLICE.

IT IS NOT CUSTOMARY FOR TERRORISM SUSPECTS TO BE RELEASED RIGHT AFTER THEY ARE ARRESTED.

ALSO UNUSUAL IS THE NON-DISCLOSURE OF THE SUSPECTS NAMES.

OFFICIALLY THE FIVE ARE NOW CHARGED WITH PREPARING AN ACT OF TERRORISM UNDER THE EXPLOSIVES ACT LAW.

RESIDENTS OF THE AREA EVACUATED SUNDAY MORNING ARE NOW BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES...

                                  BBC NEWS BLOG

Four hurt onboard the USS Dwight Eisenhower aircraft carrier in a plane landing accident.

The crew of the two-seat aircraft ejected into the sea and were recovered.

One of the injured taken to a hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.

The accident happened off the coast of Virginia where the aircraft carrier was involved in qualifications following repairs...USNI News USA

The markets today...Marketwatch

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 131.59 points or .26 percent.

The NASDAQ declining 22.84 points or .09 percent.

At 434 pm New York Time the price of oil 89 dollars seven cents down three dollars 58 cents or 3.81 percent.

FRENCH POLITICS THE ALLEGATION OF 'ANTISEMITISM' LEVELED ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL RALLY (RN) PARTY JORDAN BARDELLA.

THE RESEARCH PLATFORM 'MEDIAPART' QUOTES BARDELLA AS A TEENAGER ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING 'ALL BANKS ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE JEWS' AND 'THE JEW MUST DOMINATE OTHER PEOPLE CRUSH AND ROB THEM'.

MR. BARDELLA STRONGLY DENYING EVER MAKING THOSE STATEMENTS BACK IN 2013 SPEAKING OF 'BLATANT LIES'.

A LAWYER FOR BARDELLA SPEAKING OF FILING A FORMAL COMPLAINT OVER THE MATTER.

THE RN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR NEXT YEAR MARINE LE PEN SAYING 'NO SANE PERSON CAN BELIEVE THIS NONSENSE'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

THE ALLEGATION AGAINST THE NATIONAL RALLY PARTY LEADER FOLLOWS THE PARTY'S SUCCESS IN THE RECENT SENATE ELECTION WHERE THE PARTY AND ITS ALLIES GAINED 15 SEATS IN THE 348-SEAT UPPER CHAMBER OF PARLIAMENT.

THIS NEW ALLEGATION AGAINST MR. BARDELLA ALSO FOLLOWS A NEW POLITICAL POLL SHOWING MARINE LE PEN IN A STRONG POSITION TO WIN THE APRIL 2027 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE SECOND ROUND.

SHE WINS 57 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE POPULAR VOTE IN THE TOLUNA-HARRIS POLL DEPENDING ON WHO HER OPPONENT IS IN THE SECOND ROUND VOTING...THE TIMES OF INDIA-MSN

The Russian Embassy in Belgium where NATO headquarters is located warning about any NATO blockade of the Russian Baltic Sea territory of Kaliningrad sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania.

Russia assesses the Baltic to be a NATO dominated lake including newest members Sweden and Finland.

It is projecting an active NATO attempt to block Russian ports in the Baltic including the landlocked Kaliningrad territory.

The Russian warning to NATO notes the increased possibility of a 'direct armed clash' if NATO carries out blockade plans.

It also speaks of Russia's willingness to use 'the entire arsenal of weapons at its disposal' if NATO countries try to isolate Kaliningrad...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 9/28/2026*ISRAELI NATIONALIST VIOLENCE*RUSSIAN ATTACKS UKRAINE*SWEDISH POLITICAL IMPASSE*'TERROR SUSPECTS' US AIRBASE UK RELEASED*BRITISH NATIONALIST MARCH BLOCKED NORTHERN IRELAND*MORE THAN FIVE SEEN AROUND US BASE UK?*EIGHT MORE WOUNDED IRAN WAR*POPE DEFENDS LIFE AT LOURDES*

 

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AT LEAST TWO DEAD AFTER A BOAT CARRYING 60 PEOPLE CAPSIZED OFF THE COAST OF PUERTO RICO.

THE US COAST GUARD RESCUING 40 OTHERS ON BOARD.

THE IMPROVISED VESSEL TRAVELING ON A ROUTE KNOWN TO BE USED BY MIGRANTS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Explosions in Kiev late tonight as Russian attacks on the city continued...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

(UPDATED) IN ISRAEL TONIGHT A PALESTINIAN HOME TORCHED BY NATIONALIST SETTLERS ON OUTSKIRTS OF THE 'WEST BANK' VILLAGE OF JALUD.

THE NATIONALISTS CARRYING OUT THE ARSON ATTACK AS ISRAELI SOLDIERS ARRIVED TO ENFORCE A SUPREME COURT TO CLEAR THE AREA SO PALESTINIANS COULD RETURN TO THEIR HOMES.

THE ISRAELI ARMY AND BORDER POLICE REPORTED IN CLASHES WITH 100 NATIONALISTS RESISTING THEM...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

MEANWHILE AN ELDERLY PALESTINIAN WOMAN WAS ATTACKED BY ISRAELI NATIONALIST SETTLERS IN THE VILLAGE OF QARYUT IN SAMARIA (NORTHERN WEST BANK).

THE VICTIM SUSTAINING A HEAD INJURY...TIMES OF ISRAEL...

THERE'S ALSO A PALESTINIAN REPORT LATE TONIGHT OF ISRAELI NATIONALIST SETTLERS LIGHTING FIRES INVOLVING CARS AND HOMES.

THIS HAPPENING IN THE VILLAGE OF AL-MUGHAYYIR...TIMES OF ISRAEL

US politics Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issuing instructions to combat 'foreign actors to protect the 2026 midterm elections'.

The instructions include the notion that use of 'advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities' should be carried out while 'maintaining the fundamental freedoms that characterize out country'.

The memo was written last Tuesday (September 22nd) and was disclosed today...The Hill USA

IN THE YEMEN WAR THE SAUDI COALITION FORCES ATTACKING THE HOUTHIS WEST OF THE SOUTHERN CITY OF TAIZ TODAY.

TAIZ IS IN TERRITORY RECENTLY CAPTURED BY THE HOUTHI FORCES...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)

Russian attacks on Ukraine today including the capital city of Kiev where the National Academy of Sciences building was torched.

One killed others wounded.   Russia says its attacks are retaliation for Ukraine's repeated attacks on warehouses and logistics facilities across Russia...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)

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THE OPPOSITION PARTIES IN SWEDEN ARE UNABLE TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING THE RECENT ELECTION.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CENTER PARTY AND LEFT PARTY FORCING SOCIAL DEMOCRAT LEADER MAGDALENA ANDERSSON TO ABANDON HER EFFORT TO FORM A GOVERNMENT.

THE CENTER PARTY COULD END UP JOINING THE CURRENT GROUP OF PARTIES SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT TO FORMER A NEW CENTER-RIGHT GOVERNMENT...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY

                       BREAKING NEWS: 

BRITISH POLICE RELEASING ON BAIL THE FIVE SUSPECTS ARRESTED NEAR A US AIRBASE AND UNDER INVESTIGATION BY ANTI-TERRORISM POLICE...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL...

MORE ON THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY.

RUSSIA TOUTING A NEW LASTER WEAPON DESIGNED TO TAKE DOWN DRONES.

RUSSIAN NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ASSISTING A DEFENSE CONTRACTOR IN TESTING THE LASER WEAPON IN THE LENINGRAD REGION.

THE TESTS LEADING TO RECOMMENDATIONS ON IMPROVING THE WEAPON...TASS RUSSIA

A HURRICANE LEADING TO FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES IN INDIA AND NEPAL WITH MORE THAN 100 KILLED.

OTHERS ARE MISSING WITH SOME INJURED.

MORE THAN 1000 HOMES DESTROYED BY THE MUDSLIDES...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

Three migrants dead including a child when their inflatable boat took on water in the English Channel.

The vessel had picked up migrants on the French coast and was attempting to cross to the UK.

French authorities rescuing more than 100 others on board the boat...AFP France-Al Jazeera Qatar

IN NORTHERN IRELAND A SMALL GROUP OF BRITISH NATIONALISTS AGAIN ATTEMPED THE "ORANGE MARCH' AT 4AM BUT THIS TIME WERE BLOCKED BY POLICE.

ATTEMPTS TO CARRY OUT THE MARCH YESTERDAY INVOLVNG 35 MEN AFTER EARLIER COURT APPROVAL WERE BLOCKED BY COUNTERPROTESTERS.

MEANWHILE BRITISH NATIONALISTS (LOYALISTS) FROM THE DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY SHARPLY CRITICAL OF THE LEFTIST IRISH NATIONALIST FIRST MINISTER MICHELE O'NEILL OF SINN FEIN.

SHE AND OTHER SINN FEIN POLITICIANS PRESENT AND PAST STOOD IN THE WAY OF THE BRITISH NATIONALISTS.

THERE IS A DEBATE IN NORTHERN IRELAND'S LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TODAY INVOLVING THE NATIONALIST POLITICIANS AND OTHER NON-NATIONALIST POLITICIANS...Belfast Telegraph UK...BBC News Blog

(Updated) In the UK the police investigation into those five men arrested on terrorism offenses outside the Fairford US military base continues...

They are described as men in their 20's British nationals and residents of London...(BBC News)...

Local residents sighted three white vans late Saturday night.  Then they saw men in balaclavas (masks) running in front of them.

A call to the base police to alert the base got no answer.

A "999" call to the local police led to a major response.

The woman who originally saw the masked men believe some escaped because there were more than five of them.

The three vehicles involved in the incident had a business name and phone number.  

When the number is dialed callers are sent to voice mail.

The business named on the vehicles is the name of a legitimate business that denies any connection to the vehicles involved in the incident...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN RECENT DAYS THE PENTAGON ADDING EIGHT MORE WOUNDED TO A CASUALTY LIST ASSOCIATED WITH THE IRAN WAR.

THE EIGHT MARINES ON A VESSEL IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ HIT BY AN IRANIAN MISSILE ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

THEIR INJURIES DESCRIBED AS LIGHT INVOLVING SMOKE INHALATION AND CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS WITH POSSIBLE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES.

IT'S REPORTED THOSE MARINES LATER RETURNED TO DUTY...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)

"Your crutches, your wheelchairs and your hidden tears are not obstacles; instead, they are the very place where you are fully respected and welcomed"

"Lourdes is blessed as a place for professing the beauty and sanctity of life, for life is welcomed here as a precious gift from God"

SPEAKING AT THE LOURDES SHRINE IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE POPE LEO XIV OFFERING A SPIRITED DEFENSE OF THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE.

HIS COMMENTS APPEARING DIRECTED AT THE RECENT LAW IN FRANCE REGARDING 'ASSISTED DEATH'.    

SIMILAR LAWS AND POLICIES HAVE EITHER BEEN CONSIDERED OR ADOPTED IN NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES LIKE THE UK AND CANADA WHERE INCREASED DEFENSE SPENDING REDUCES SPENDING ON THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED.

IN HIS REMARKS THE PONTIFF ALSO SAID:

"impossible to regard causing death as something normal".

"What is legal is not necessarily moral.  We must reject the temptation to cause death under the guise of false compassion"

POPE LEO ALSO ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL ABUSE INVOLVING THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH MEETING SEVEN ADULT SURVIVORS OF ABUSE...

NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 347.11 points or .67 percent.

The NASDAQ declined 248.34 points or .92 percent.

The price of oil in New York at 429 pm is 93 dollars two cents a barrel up 61 cens or .66 percent...Marketwatch

The "ShinyHunters" hackers who tapped into the database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US showing evidence they tapped into medical records of FBI staff.

This is an escalation from the hackers who previously revealed their possession of other personnel records about people who work at the FBI.

There are fears of the data ending up in the hands of foreign intelligence agencies...Reuters-Asia One Singapore

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 9/27/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*SUDAN GOV'T DENIES ROLE ETHIOPIA WAR*NETANYAHU IN UAE*IRAN WAR MARKET MESSAGES*AFGHAN-PAK CONFLICT*DUTCH 'WAR FEVER' PROTEST*TERROR PROBE NEAR US UK NUKE BOMBER BASE EVACUATED*ISRAELI NATIONALIST 'GO TO WAR' WEST BANK*CHINA VP HITS US IRAN, CUBA POLICIES*US CUBA MILITARY PLANS*TRUMP REJECT IRAN OFFER*ISRAEL BOMBS LEBANON*TIKTOK ALABAMA DEAL*US-CHINA TARIFF DEAL*

 

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The incident linked to terrorism near a US military base in England and a tense Irish-British nationalist confrontation in Northern Ireland today but first...

                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

In the Ethiopian Civil War which ignited last week the Sudanese Army which rules Sudan in the midst of its own civil war denying it supports rebel ethnic groups fighting Ethiopia's government.

Sudan's army says that Ethiopia provides support for the United Arab Emirates backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) opposing its rule...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Turkiye)...

Meanwhile the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the United Arab Emirates meeting its President Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ) today.

The UAE revealed as an Israeli ally during the Iran War with Israel sending air defense support to the Emiratis under attack by Iran.

The report of Netanyahu's coming from Israel's Channel 12 (N12)...Jerusalem Post Israel

THE IRAN WAR MESSAGING AS OIL MARKETS REOPEN FOR TRADING FIRST US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING TALKS ARE TO BE HELD THIS WEEK...TASS RUSSIA...

AN IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY REPORTING NO SUCH TALKS ARE PLANNED...TIMES OF ISRAEL

RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON KIEV DURING THE DAY WITH EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN THE CITY....TASS RUSSIA

AFGHANISTAN SAYS IT KILLED 28 INVADING FIGHTERS FROM PAKISTAN AMID THE ONGOING CONFLICT IN THE BORDER REGION.

THE INVADERS DESCRIBED AS AFGHAN FIGHTERS RECRUITED BY PAKISTANI INTELLGENCE AS WELL AS ISIS (ISIL) MEMBERS.

PAKISTAN DISPUTING THE AGHAN ACCOUNT...REUTERS-AL JAZEERA QATAR

In the UK two protesters arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool for holding signs expressing support for the outlawed "Palestine Action" group...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)

IRAN'S FARS NEWS AGENCY CLAIMS 19 SHIPS INTERCEPTED IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ THIS WEEKEND...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)...

IRAN ALSO CLAIMING CAPTURE OF US UNDERWATER DRONE.   VIDEO POSTED SHOWING THE DRONE.   THE US IS DENYING THE IRANIAN CLAIM...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)

In the Netherlands today a protest against 'war fever'.   Thousands gathered to decry plans to spend more on defense linked to the Ukraine War and a Russian threat.

The demonstration on a weekend when Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten is consulting with political parties on his budget plans for next year...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

VOTERS IN SWTIZERLAND REJECTING STRICTER NEUTRALITY.   

THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REJECTED IN TODAY'S REFERNDUM WOULD HAVE PREVENTED SWISS PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND COOPERATION WITH THE NATO ALLIANCE.

THE REFERENDUM VOTE PUSHED BY A POPULIST GROUP DESCRIBED AS 'RIGHT-WING' CONCERNED ABOUT THE SWISS GOVERNMENT'S LEANING TOWARDS UKRAINE IN THE ONGOING WAR WITH RUSSIA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards naval official says if war breaks out again US naval vessels in the Indian Ocean will be targets.

The naval official challenging US President Donald Trump's assertion of US control of the Strait of Hormuz saying that the US should 'bring one of its warships into the area' to prove it...Press TV Iran

     US MILITARY BASE INCIDENT IN UK

FIVE TERRORISM SUSPECTS ARRESTED NEAR BASE

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                 (News, Comment, Analysis)

POLICE IN THE UK FORCING RESIDENTS OUT OF THEIR HOMES NEAR THE US MILITARY BASE AT FAIRFORD THIS MORNING.

COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE MAKING FIVE ARRESTS AND CONDUCTING A SEARCH FOR EXPLOSIVES.

RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SPOKE OF INCREASED SECURITY AT THE BASE IN RECENT WEEKS INCLUDING CONCRETE WALLS AND HEAVY VEHICLES AT BASE ENTRANCES.

US HEAVY BOMBERS CAPABLE OF CARRYING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND OTHER HEAVY BOMBS TO IRAN ARE BASED AT FAIRFORD.

THE BASE HAS SEEN INCREASED USE THIS YEAR IN CONNECTION WITH THE IRAN WAR.

ALREADY SPECULATION OF A TERRORIST PLOT WITH LINKS TO IRAN BEING SUGGESTED IN MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING.

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING OF THE SUSPECTS 'LOOKING TO DO BIG DAMAGE'

HE ALSO SPOKE OF THEM BEING 'UNDER VIEW FOR A LONG TIME' A COMMON THEME REGARDING INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED AS TERRRORISM SUSPECTS...BBC NEWS BLOG

(Updated) In Northern Ireland an attempt by British nationalists of the Orange Order to hold a traditional march banned for many years is being blocked by counterprotesters today.

Among them is the Leftist First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill from the Sinn Fein Party.

O'Neill says permission to allow the nationalist protest questions the 'peace process' in Northern Ireland that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President Bill Clinton initiated in the 1990's.

Police trying to clear a path for the nationalist march but there has been on ongoing impasse throughout the day.

Nationalist British and Nationalist Irish politicians posturing differing positions about the situation.

The British government of Labour Party Prime Minister Andy Burnham calling for calm and compromise.

As of tonight, no agreement to allow the British nationalist march to proceed through the Irish nationalist neighborhood...BBC News Live Blog

IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN NATIONALIST FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH SAYS ISRAEL SHOULD 'GO TO WAR' IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK) 'TO DO WHAT WE DID IN GAZA'.

SMOTRICH SPOKE AS ISRAEL ORDERED A ONE-WEEK CLOSURE OF THE WEST BANK PALESTINIAN REGION DUE TO THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OF SUKKOT...AL JAZEERA QATAR

"We should settle differences and disputes through dialogue and consultation, and oppose unilateral military actions that violate the UN Charter and circumvent Security Council authorization"

"International industrial and supply chains should be kept stable and unimpeded, and global trade should be safeguarded"

"bringing the Palestinian question back onto the right track of the two-state solution at an early date"

THE CHINESE VICE-PRESIDENT HAN ZHENG SPEAKING AT THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SATURDAY MORNING.

HAN SPEAKING TO IRAN WAR AND YEMEN WAR RELATED ISSUES AS WELL AS THE PALESTINIANS RELATIONSHIP TO ISRAEL IN HIS REMARKS.

ON THE UKRAINE WAR HE SPOKE OF CHINA'S 'CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN ITS OWN WAY'.

MR. HAN ALSO OPPOSED US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA URGING:

"the relevant country to immediately stop using the threat of force against Cuba and immediately and completely lift the blockade and sanctions against Cuba"...

              Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)

THERE IS US MILITARY PLANNING UNDERWAY REGARDING CUBA.

CBS NEWS REPORTS THE US ARMY RESERVE GETTING READY FOR DEPLOYMENT OF MILITARY POLICE, MEDICAL AND LOGISTICS UNITS TO SOUTHERN COMMAND.

THE DEPLOYMENT SET FOR THE NEXT 90 TO 120 DAYS.

OFFICIALS SAY IS ABOUT CUBA.

MILITARY ACTIONS AROUND CUBA INVOLVE SEAFLOOR RECONAISSANCE, INCREASED READINESS OF AIRPOWER UNITS AND DISCUSSION OF AN ASSAULT BY THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION.

NO FINAL DECISIONS MADE BUT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DID SAY CUBA'S CURRENT GOVERNMENT 'WILL FALL' DURING HIS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH DAYS AGO...OSINTdefender "X"...

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov telling the UN General Assembly on Saturday that Russia supports lifting of the US blockade on Cuba.

Lavrov spoke of Cuba being under 'unprecedented pressure from its northern neighbor'.   He said Cuba needs assistance to deal with a 'dire humanitarian situation'...Tass Russia...

THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ALSO ADDRESSED THE UKRAINE WAR IN HIS REMARKS TO THE UN MEETING, SAYING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE HAMPERING EFFORTS AT PEACE TALKS.

MR. LAVROV LINKING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO PEACE EFFORTS BEING THWARTED BY EUROPE...TASS RUSSIA...

EARLY IN THE WEEKEND AT LEAST 10 CIVILIAN DEAD AS BOTH SIDES OF THE UKRAINE WAR TRADED ATTACKS AWAY FROM THE FRONT LINES.

 MILITARY CASUALTIES IN WAR ARE MASKED BY RUSSIA AND UKRAINE...NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR

         "They made an offer, but I rejected it"

President Trump confirming to reporters the Friday night "Wall Street Journal" report of his rejection of a fast-track seven-day reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

The Iranian offer based on the Memorandum of Understanding Mr. Trump signed with Iran just months ago...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

"We have no trust in the American side and do not know on what basis an understanding can be reached with it"

Those words from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.   They were given during an interview with "Al Jazeera" this weekend...Al Jazeera Qatar

IRAN DENYING REPORTS IT PLANS TO USE MILITARY FORCE AGAINST COUNTRIES COMPLYING WITH US SANCTIONS ON ITS AIRLINES.

NOTABLY CHINA IS NOT COMPLYING WITH IRAN SAYING IT IS NEGOTIATING WITH NEARBY NATIONS TO ALLOW ITS AIRLINES TO FLY THERE...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)

Israeli warplanes bombing Lebanon on Saturday.   The attacks on mountainous areas north of the Litani River.

Targets hit said to be facilities of the Iran-allied Hezbollah movement...Tass Russia

IN THE YEMEN WAR DRONES ATTACKING THE SAUDI CAPITAL CITY OF RIYADH BOTH OF THEM SAID TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN.

TWO HOUTHI BALLISTIC MISSILES ATTACKING A SOUTHWEST SAUDI CITY WHERE AN AIRBASE IS LOCATED WITH BOTH REPORTED DESTROYED.

A HOUTHI SPOKESMAN SPEAKING OF 'A SMALL-SCALE REHEARSAL FOR A FULL-SCALE ESCALATION'...AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN

THE US AND CHINA CUTTING A 30-BILLION-DOLLAR DEAL ON TARIFFS.

CHINA ANNOUNCING THE DEAL ON SATURDAY WITH CONFIRMATION FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

THE DEAL IMPACTS 'NON-SENSITIVE GOODS' AMID US-CHINA DISPUTES, SANCTIONS AND RESTRICTIONS INVOLVING CRITICAL MATERIALS RELATED TO DEFENSE AND TECHNOLOGY.

THE US AND CHINA WILL CONTINUE DIALOGUE ON TRADE AND MAINTAIN COMMUNICATION REGARDING AI...AXIOS...REUTERS

TikTok cutting a deal with the State of Alabama to avoid a trial.

The deal imposing restrictions on young users of TikTok in Alabama. 

Among them children being limited to two hours of TikTok use a day with the app shut down for kids between Midnight and 6 am. 

The social media giant also agreeing to pay Alabama's government 100 million dollars...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

IN BANGKOK, THAILAND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE CITY WITH FLOODS REPORTED ACROSS 21 THAI REGIONS...THE INDEPENDENT UK (VIDEO EMBED)

17 killed in a plane crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo including two senior military officers...Reuters-The Jerusalem Post

THE US AMBASSADOR IN THE NETHERLANDS JOE POPOLO SAYING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) BASED IN THE DUTCH CAPITAL THE HAGUE SHOULD 'KEEP ITS HANDS OFF THE US'.

THE AMBASSADOR RESPONDING TO DUTCH PRIME MINISTER ROB JETTEN'S DEFENSE OF THE COURT IN HIS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH.

JETTEN'S REMARKS AIMED AT THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT NAMING IT INCLUDED THE PHRASE 'HANDS OFF THE COURT'.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TAKING AIM AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT IN THE AFTERMATH OF ITS ARREST WARRANTS FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND FORMER ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT.

BOTH MEN ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES IN GAZA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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NEWSDUMP ALERT:  HOUTHI ATTACKS ON SAUDI ARABIA ALLY OF THE YEMENI GOVERNMENT CONTINUE

Drones launched by Yemen's Houthi forces attacking the Saudi capital of Riyadh today.   They were said to have been shot down.

Two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthis at a southwest Saudi city where an airbase is located also reported destroyed by air defenses.

A Houthi spokesman describing these attacks as 'a small-scale rehearsal for a full-scale operation'...AFP France-Dawn Pakistan

NEWSDUMP ALERT:  CHINA OPPOSES 'UNILATERAL MILITARY ACTIONS' IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH

CHINESE VP ALSO ENDORSES TWO-STATE SOLUTION FOR PALESTINIANS

Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng opposing 'unilateral military actions' in a speech to the UN General Assembly today.

Vice President Han urging stable and open international supply chains.

Regarding the Palestinians he called for 'bringing the Palestinian question right back onto the right track of the two-state solution at an early date'...

                             Anadolu Agency Turkey (Turkiye)

NEWSDUMP ALERT: DEADLY TALIBAN BOMBING PAKISTAN 

                                             (UPDATED AS ABLE)

The Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict continues a Pakistani police checkpoint bombed at least 13 (Outlook India) now reported killed and 30 wounded near the Afghan border...

                                    Al Jazeera Qatar

                   RUSH AND I BOTH 'MALE LESBIANS'

                 "Help I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body"

Well back with you again your currently sober drunk host a 'male lesbian' just as sure as El Rushbo identified himself back in the 1990's but with a twist of sobriety from lust to enjoy with you this weekend.

I posted something on Free Republic the other day amidst the discussion about the Texas US Senate race Ken Paxton "Conservative Christian" divorced by his wife on 'biblical grounds' versus "Liberal Christian" James Talarico whose church has a lesbian pastor...

"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God' Romans 3:23

Rush Limbaugh said he was a "male lesbian" and I must acknowledge myself in that category as well my lust put me in the 'male lesbian' category...."

FROM THE FREE REPUBLIC POST LINKED IN FULL HERE...LINK

And what does the Bible say about those who say they follow Jesus?

"It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate...."

                   I CORINTHINIANS 5:1 NIV BIBLE

The Apostle Paul got his reports back then but it's still relevant to here and now.

I have heard first-hand accounts from those who say they follow Jesus today regarding all kinds of sexual immorality they are involved in reminding me of my own and the need to repent inside and out each day.

The music this weekend first a song from the "British Invasion" of the 1960's that this "Culture War" veteran played during his years of lurking inside the world of public education as a janitor...

                                          "CATCH US IF YOU CAN"-DAVE CLARK FIVE

                                               "A WORLD OF OUR OWN"-THE SEEKERS\

                                          "I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU"-FRANK SINATRA

Frank Sinatra singing a song written by the gay songwriter Cole Porter who's describing the 'kick' he gets from another man comparing it to alcohol and cocaine which mean nothing to him by comparison.

Is there such a thing as being a 'lust drunk' wasn't it  k.d. lang who sang "Constant Craving"?...

      "Jesus said in this chapter that when one person turns to God, turns away from sin and repents the angels in Heaven rejoice.

Many people ask what is God like?

I want you to see a picture in this passage of the father and how much the father loved the son even though the son broke all the rules and left home.

The father never ceased loving just as our heavenly father never ceases loving us"

DR. BILLY GRAHAM SPEAKING AT 2:34 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW...

The Time To Come Home-Dr. Billy Graham Minneapolis 1996

                                             Good Night.  God Bless.

                                       "LOVELY JESUS (HERE I AM)"-HONEYTREE

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 408*THREE WARS STRAIN ENERGY SUPPLY*FRENCHMAN'S FREEDOM AND RUSSIAN SANCTIONS*PAPAL VISIT AI WARNING**

 

  (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

THE HARSH REALITY FOR FRANCE AND FRENCH CONSUMERS IS THAT THREE WARS HAVE SQUEEZED FRANCE'S ENERGY SUPPLIES AND SURGED ITS ENERGY PRICES.

FIRST THE UKRAINE WAR CUTTING OFF OIL AND NATURAL GAS FROM RUSSIA DUE TO SANCTIONS.

THEN THE IRAN WAR SHUTTING DOWN PERSIAN GULF OIL AND NATURAL GAS SHIPPED THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

AND FINALLY, THE YEMEN WAR WITH HOUTHI FORCES IN YEMEN ABLE TO DISRUPT A MAJOR OIL PIPELINE FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS VITAL TO SUPPLYING FRANCE AND EUROPE.

SAUDI ARABIA BEGGING NATIONS IN ALL DIRECTIONS FOR HELP INCLUDING THE US, UK, FRANCE AND ITS ISLAMIC ALLIES TURKEY AND PAKISTAN.

AFTER A BRITISH ANNOUNCEMENT OF AIR TANKER SUPPORT FOR SAUDI WARPLANES ATTACKING THE HOUTHIS FRANCE ANNOUNCING DEPLOYMENT OF SOLDIERS, DEFENSE RADAR AND DEFENSE MISSILE SYSTEMS TO PROTECT THE SAUDI OIL PORT OF YANBU.

PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON DISCLOSING THE DECISION IN A NATIONAL TELEVISION INTERVIEW THURSDAY NIGHT.

MACRON ALSO SOUGHT TO REASSURE FRANCE THAT THERE ARE ADEQUATE GAS AND OIL SUPPLIES FOR THE COMING WINTER SEASON.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS EXTENDED FUEL PRICE SUBSIDIES FOR KEY SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY INTO THE WINTER MONTHS AS PUBLIC CONCERN OVER ENERGY PRICES IS RISING.

THE INTERVIEW COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MR. MACRON DENYING A SPANISH NEWSPAPER REPORT OF A US CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WARNING ABOUT RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACKS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA...

"France to send military to protect Saudi Arabia on Red Sea oil route"-Radio France International

This week a Frenchman accused of espionage was freed from a prison in Azerbaijan.   

The release of Martin Ryan linked to a European Union decision to lift Ukraine War sanctions on two Russian oligarchs.

Ryan was one of two French nationals imprisoned on spy charges in Azerbaijan until he was pardoned by that country's president and released.

France spoke of Ryan's pardon as an act that 'paves the way for better relations' between France and Azerbaijan a nation bordering both Russia and Iran.

Uzbek-Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov's sanction's listing was labeled 'unjust' by Azerbaijan...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

ON A VISIT TO FRANCE THIS WEEKEND POPE LEO XIV.  

FRIDAY THE FIRST DAY OF THE PONTIFF'S VISIT INCLUDED A STOP AT UNESCO HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS, A SERVICE AT NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL AND A PRAYER VIGIL INVOLVING 80,000 YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE STADE DE FRANCE...VATICAN NEWS VIDEO STORY...

DURING HIS REMARKS AT UNESCO POPE LEO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE RISE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI).

HIS CONCERN INCLUDING THE NOTION THAT WITH 'INTELLIGENCE' BEING ATTRIBUTED TO COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS HUMANITY IS BEING INCREASINGLY JUDGED BY EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY.

AT ONE POINT HE SAID:

"we struggle to recognize the inalienable dignity of human persons"

THE PONTIFF NOTING THAT 'AI' CAN PROCESS LARGE AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION BUT DOES NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE WHICH CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN A SHARED LIVING EXPERIENCE AMONG HUMANS...VATICAN NEWS STORY...

TODAY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS CROWDING THE CHAMPS ELYSEES FOR AN OUTDOOR MASS.   LATE TODAY THE PONTIFF JOURNEYED TO LOURDES.   HIS VISIT TO FRANCE WILL CONCLUDE IN METZ ON MONDAY...

                                      ASSOCIATED PRESS VIDEO REPORT

                                                          For now that's news from France.

ALSO POSTED THIS WEEKEND'S 'UNPLUGGED' POST..."Nextrush Unplugged Weekend*Support Free Republic*Yemen War*China Opposes 'Unilateral Military Actions',Supports Palestine State*Taliban Bombing Pakistan*A "Male Lesbian" Too*The Bible Says That*

                                        

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 9/25/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*2 KILLED GAZA ATTACKS*XI-TRUMP IRAN*EGYPT WARNED ISRAEL HAMAS ATTACK*GOP MAP LOSES SUPREME COURT 3X*PUTIN WAR COMMENTS*INDIA PROTEST??*NET DISRUPTED ETHIOPIA WAR*PAK, SAUDI MILITARY CHIEFS MEET YEMEN WAR*ARAB PARTY EXCLUSION ISRAEL*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING TILL 11 PM EASTERN US TIME)

                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

The Justice Department has turned over Jeffrey Epstein related FBI notes to US District Judge Emmet Sullivan for private review.

Those unredacted notes involve interviews with a woman who alleged sexual abuse involving President Donald Trump decades ago when she was a teenager.

Journalist Katie Phang seeking release of the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files related to the woman's allegations after they were redacted in the Epstein Files release by the Justice Department.

Phang's lawyers confirming with a Justice Department lawyer that those files were given to Judge Sullivan before his deadline of 11 am yesterday...Raw Story-MSN

ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA KILLING TWO, WOUNDING FOUR TODAY.

ISRAELI DRONE ATTACKS INVOLVED IN THE FATALITIES AND ISRAELI ARTILLERY FIRE WOUNDING OTHERS...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)

President Trump cancelling almost one billion dollars in government spending through the 'pocket recission' process.

The programs cut by the President supported illegal immigrants in the United States.

The White House says the defunded programs supported pro-illegal immigration activities and put unaccompanied children entering the US in danger among other things...The Hill USA

THREE KILLED IN A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON RUSSIA'S KUBAN REGION TONIGHT WITH ONE PERSON SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.

A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING DAMAGED WITH FIRES BREAKING OUT AT TWO 'ENTERPRISES'...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

ON IRAN CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING URGED US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO RETURN TO THE MEMORADUM OF UNDERSTANDING FRAMEWORK INCLUDING UNFREEZING OF IRANIAN ASSETS AND LIFTING OF THE US NAVAL BLOCKADE OF IRAN.

MR. TRUMP URGING XI TO STOP ANY CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO IRAN...

                THE TECTONIC "X" (BASED ON 'AXIOS' REPORT)

THE 'WALL STREET JOURNAL' REPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REJECTION OF THE IRAN'S SEVEN-DAY PLAN TO REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BASED ON THAT MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

THE REPORT SPEAKS OF MR. TRUMP TELLING AIDES BOMBING OF IRAN WILL RESUME AFTER THE ELECTION BUT ALSO INCLUDES THE NOTION THE PRESIDENT COULD CHANGE HIS MIND...

             REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL

MORE ON THAT IRANIAN SEVEN-DAY PROPOSAL LATER IN THE SUMMARY.

EBOLA HAS BEEN DETECTED IN TWO NEW REGIONS OF NORTHERN CONGO BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 63.

THE LATEST STATISTICS IN THE OUTBREAK OF THE BUNIBUGYO VARIANT OF EBOLA PUT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES AT 7890 WITH 3799 DEATHS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In eastern Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state the Christian Democrats sitting out an attempt by Social Democrats to forge a new government without the Alternative for Germany (AfD).

The AfD got the most votes in the September 6th election but fell three seats short of a legislative majority.

The situation is murky because all other parties including the BSW (Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance) and the Greens would have to fall into line with Christian Democrats to keep the AfD out of government.

The BSW critical of the Social Democrats move to attempt a new government without the AfD...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)

EGYPT'S INTELLIGENCE CHIEF VISITED ISRAEL DAYS BEFORE THE BRUTAL HAMAS ATTACK OF OCTOBER 7TH, 2023.  

ABBAS KAMEL WARNED OF HAMAS PREPARATIONS FOR AN ATTACK IN A CONVERSATION WITH SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICIALS ON SEPTEMBER 26TH.

THIS ACCORDING TO 'THE ATLANTIC'.

THE NEW STORY REPEATS INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED INCLUDING A DIRECT CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR. KAMEL AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WITH NETANYAHU BEING GIVEN A WARNING ABOUT THE PLANNED ATTACK...TIMES OF ISRAEL

"Flavio Bolsonaro is Trump's candidate.  He wants to hand over our country and our wealth to the United States"

THAT'S INCUMBENT LEFTTIST PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA'S MESSAGE IN BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

NEW CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING LINKS LULA'S RIGHTIST OPPONENT SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

THE AD ALSO SPEAKS OF BRAZIL BEING COLONIZED AGAIN IF BOLSONARO WINS THE ELECTION.

MUCH OF THE COMMERCIAL DEVOTED TO THE CONFLICT OVER SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OPPOSING PRESIDENT LULA AND US PRESSURE TO PREVENT BRAZIL'S SUPREME COURT FROM CENSORING THEM.

THE FIRST ROUND OF THE ELECTION IS ONE WEEK FROM SUNDAY...LULA OFICIAL "X" (Portuguese Video Embed)...

LATER IN THE SUMMARY COMMENTARY ON INDIA'S 'COCKROACH' PROTESTS LINKING IT TO THE 'BRICS' ECONOMIC ALLIANCE AND BRAZIL'S UPCOMING ELECTION.

Explosions reported in the southern Saudi port city of Jazan tonight under attack from Houthi forces in Yemen...Press TV Iran Breaking News "X"

IRAN PROPOSING A DEAL TO RE-OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN SEVEN DAYS.

IT WOULD INVOLVE QUICK ACTION BY THE US TO UNFREEZE 12 BILLION DOLLARS IN IRANIAN ASSETS ALONG WITH AN END TO OIL SANCTIONS AND THE LIFTING OF THE NAVAL BLOCKADE ON IRAN.

IRAN WOULD THEN PARTICIPATE IN TALKS ON ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

AGREEMENT TO SUCH A PLAN LIKELY TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON OIL PRICES AHEAD OF THE NOVEMBER MID TERM ELECTIONS IN THE USA...Moon Of Alabama Opinion Piece

The US Supreme Court ruling again against the Missouri Republican House District map for this November's election.

For a third time the court giving a thumbs down to the Missouri House map drawn up by the GOP after a federal appeals court offered a ruling favoring the map just days ago.

The Missouri Supreme Court ended up ruling against the map drawn up by state legislators to get rid of the currently Democrat congressional district covering Kansas City...Associated Press-NPR USA

THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN WASHINGTON DC UPHOLDING THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S BAN ON USE OF ADVANCED AI MODELS FROM 'ANTHROPIC'.

THE 2-1 COURT DECISION AFFIRMING THE PENTAGON'S DECISION MOVE AGAINST ANTHROPIC'S ADVANCED AI BASED ON NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS...THE HILL USA

"the thesis that Russia itself is allegedly going to attack someone.  This is complete nonsense"

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN SPEAKING ON THE UKRAINE WAR TODAY REGARDING THE MESSAGING OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES STRONGLY SUPPORTING THE WAR.

THOSE COUNTRIES STRONGLY HINTING AT THE NOTION RUSSIA WILL ATTACK THEM.

MR. PUTIN SAID RUSSIA IS THINKING CAREFULLY ABOUT RECENT CALLS FOR NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THE WAR.

HE SAYS ANY FINAL DECISIONS WILL BE 'BASED ON STATE INTERESTS'...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

A 6-3 majority of the US Supreme Court allowing the Department of Homeland Security to overhaul the immigration database in time for the November elections.

DHS had been seeking an overhaul of the database in a quest to combat voter fraud.

Three Liberal justices opposing the interim decision made while the issue is still entangled in litigation for a final judicial ruling...The Hill USA

                  (This Story Is Updated)

THIS AFTERNOON NEW JERSEY LT. GOVERNOR DALE CALDWELL RESIGNED.

EARLIER DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR MIKIE SHERRILL MOVING TO TAKE POWERS AWAY FROM FELLOW DEMOCRAT LT. GOVERNOR DALE CALDWELL.

SHERRILL CALLED ON MR. CALDWELL TO RESIGN YESTERDAY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION BY A LAW FIRM CONCLUDED THAT HE 'BEHAVED INAPPROPRIATELY AROUND WOMEN'.

CALDWELL, A METHODIST PASTOR AND FORMER UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT, PICKED BY SHERRILL AS HER RUNNING MATE IN LAST YEAR'S ELECTION.

REPUBLICANS RAISING THE ALARM CONCERNING CALDWELL WHO HAS A ROLE OVESEEING ELECTIONS IN NEW JERSEY.

CALDWELL'S ATTORNEY 'CATEGORICALLY DENIES' THE ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST THE LT. GOVERNOR...ABC NEWS USA...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA

    INDIA PROTESTS RAISE QUESTIONS

                (News, Comment, Analysis)

Protests in multiple Indian cities today demanding the resignation of election chief Gyanesh Kumar.

Kumar accused of rigging voting lists to favor the ruling BJP party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In the capital city of Delhi water cannon used by police to keep demonstrators from reaching the election headquarters building.  Some protesters arrested by police.

Mainstream media outside of India linking the demonstrations to the "Cockroach Movement" "Cockroach Janta Party" youth protests.

Media inside India pointing to the opposition Congress Party as the driving force behind the demonstrations.

The "Cockroach Movement" threatening mass protests next Friday October 2nd if Mr. Kumar does not step down.

India a key player in the "BRICS" economic alliance that includes Russia, China, Iran and South Africa among other nations.

The US pressuring "BRICS" nations including Brazil where voters go the polls a week from Sunday the US leaning towards opposition candidate Flavio Bolsonaro.

Meanwhile, it should be noted that 'youth protests' in recent years overthrew the existing governments in two nations neighboring India Bangladesh and Nepal a nation also next to China.

Former Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina spoke of US pressure to use her country's territory prior to the student protests leading to her ouster...NDTV India Story...Reuters-MSN Story

INTERNET DISRUPTION IN NORTHERN ETHIOPIA AMID FIGHTING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND REGIONAL MINORITY GROUPS.

RESIDENTS IN THE TIGRAY REGION OF ETHIOPIA EMPTYING STORE SHELVES FEARING FOOD SHORTAGES AND LOSS OF ELECTRICITY...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY

In Africa a deadly ferryboat disaster.  At least 41 and 49 missing after the boat capsized and sank.

The ferry was on a run between Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania at the time...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

EIGHT WOUNDED IN A MASSIVE UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON RUSSIA'S ULYANOVSK REGION ON THE VOLGA RIVER.

THE REGIONAL GOVERNOR SPEAKS OF SEVEN ADULTS AND A CHILD HURT WITH MOST 'MODERATELY SEVERELY WOUNDED'...TASS RUSSIA...

ONE KILLED IN A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK ON RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION ON THE BORDER WITH UKRAINE...(TASS RUSSIA)

Fighting between Afghanistan and Pakistan continued today.  Pakistan saying more Afghans were killed.

Yesterday there were Pakistani air attacks on Afghanistan killing four according to an Afghan spokesman...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar

MILITARY CHIEFS OF TURKEY (TURKIYE), SAUDI ARABIA AND PAKISTAN MEETING TO DISCUSS HOW TO USE THEIR MUTUAL DEFENSE PACT IN CONNECTION WITH THE YEMEN WAR...(NEWS AGENCIES)...

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF SAUDI ARABIA, TURKEY AND PAKISTAN TALKED ABOUT ACTIVATING THEIR MUTUAL DEFENSE PACT IN CONNECTION WITH THE YEMEN WAR AT THE UN YESTERDAY.

THERE WAS DENUNCIATION OF AN ALLEGED HOUTHI ATTACK ON MECCA ACCORDING TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY...MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

SPEAKING AT THE UNITED NATIONS YESTERDAY, DUTCH PRIME MINISTER ROB JETTEN DEFENDING THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) BASED IN CAPITAL CITY OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE HAGUE.

JETTEN SAYING:  "HANDS OFF THE COURT AND ALL OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT PROTECT THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER".

MR. JETTEN SPEAKING AFTER US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DENOUNCED THE COURT IN HIS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH.

THE COURT HAS ARREST WARRANTS OUT FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND FORMER ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT OVER CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN GAZA.

THE US HAS IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS OF THE COURT AND HAS REPORTEDLY NOTIFIED THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT OF PLANS FOR SWEEPING SANCTIONS TO SHUT DOWN THE COURT'S OPERATION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 478.64 points or .93 percent.

The NASDAQ up 129.34 points or .48 percent.

At 417 pm New York Time the price of oil 92 dollars 44 cents a barrel down 2 dollars 17 cents or 2.29 percent...Marketwatch

Starbucks closing down 250 more North American stores by the end of this week.  It's the second major round of store closures in one year.  Last September 627 stores were shut down.

Chief Operating Officer Mike Grams saying the locations closing weren't delivering acceptable financial results or providing the desired experience for customers and employees...Associated Press-The Kore Times

IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN A VOTE BY ISRAEL'S ELECTION COMMITTEE TO EXCLUDE ARAB PARTIES FROM THE OCTOBER 27TH ELECTION.

THE DECISION EXPECTED TO BE REVERSED NEXT WEEK BY ISRAEL'S SUPREME COURT.

THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT IN THE COMMITTEE TO EXCLUDE THE NATIONALIST OTZMA YEHUDIT (JEWISH POWER) PARTY OF NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN GVIR FROM THE ELECTION BUT IT FAILED.

THE VOTE CAME FOLLOWING RECENT POLLING DATA SHOWING ARAB PARTIES GAINING A RECORD 13 SEATS IN ISRAEL'S 120 SEAT PARLIAMENT.

THAT MEANS ARAB PARTIES THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE BLOCS SUPPORTING AND OPPOSING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

After being banned from the Ed Sheeran tour over his "Free Palestine" comments rapper Mackemore launching a 'Free Palestine" tour.

Concert dates in London, Paris and Dublin next month with planned performances here in the United States.

Proceeds of the tour benefiting organizations helping Palestinians...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)