Wednesday, May 6, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 5/6/2026*COMMERCE SECRETARY GIVES NEW VERSION EPSTEIN TIES CLOSED DOOR HEARING*DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA*CNN FOUNDER TED TURNER DIES*NEWS LEAKS DESIGNED TO INFLUENCE MARKETS CONTINUE*ISIS LINKED WOMEN AND CHILDREN TARGETED ON RETURN TO AUSTRALIA*

 


      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH PERSONAL COMMITMENTS LIMITING SERVICE)



                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



(UPDATED) A FEDERAL JUDGE RELEASING A SUICIDE NOTE ATTRIBUTED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN...THE HILL USA...


THAT NOTE READS IN PART:


"They investigated me for months--FOUND NOTHING!!!"


THE NOTE ALSO SPEAKS OF AN INVESTIGATION BASED ON PRIOR CHARGES AGAINST EPSTEIN ADJUDICATED THROUGH A CONTROVERSIAL PLEA DEAL.



Israeli drone and air strikes in Lebanon killing 16 and wounding 21.   Paramedics among those killed according to Lebanese officials...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye) 



US COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK GIVING TESTIMONY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS TO THE US HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.


MR. LUTNICK TALKING ABOUT HIS TIES TO EPSTEIN AFTER THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES REVEALED CONTACT BETWEEN EPSTEIN AND LUTNICK LATER THAN MR. LUTNICK ADMITTED BEFORE.


SECRETARY LUTNICK CHANGING HIS ACCOUNT ADMITTING TO VISITING EPSTEIN'S ISLAND IN 2012 FOLLOWING MR. EPSTEIN'S PLEA DEAL CONVICTION FOR CHILD SEX OFFENSES...POLITICO US



Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convening his security cabinet this evening.


Netanyahu speaking of 'full coordination' between Israel and the United States amid leaked news stories about a possible US-Iran agreement to stop the Iran War...Israel National News




FIVE KILLED IN THE LATEST ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA WHERE US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PROCLAIMED A CEASEFIRE LAST FALL.


DOZENS WOUNDED IN THE ATTACKS...TIMES OF ISRAEL




CHINA CALLING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE CEASEFIRE IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION.


FOREIGN MINISTERY SPOKESMAN LIN JIAN SPOKE AS IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ABBAS ARAGHCHI MET TOP CHINESE OFFICIALS IN BEIJING.



THE CHINESE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAYING THE SOVEREIGNTY, SECURITY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF NATIONS IN THE REGION MUST BE RESPECTED...TASS RUSSIA




The founder of CNN Ted Turner dead at the age of 87.  


Turner emerged as a broadcaster and sports team owner in Atlanta in the 1970's.


He then founded the "Cable News Network" in 1980 as the first 24-hour television news channel.



Turner built a media empire that he eventually sold to Time Warner for 7.3 billion dollars.



The outspoken Turner was at one time married to actress Jane Fonda.   


He donated to causes including the United Nations and publicly identified himself as an atheist...News Agencies-Euronews



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 612.34 points or 1.24 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 512.82 points or 2.02 percent.

At 420 pm New York Time the price of oil at 95 dollars 36 cents a barrel down six dollars 89 cents or 6.74 percent...Marketwatch




IN GERMANY POLICE CONDUCTING RAIDS ON 'FAR RIGHT CRIMINAL GROUPS'.


NO ARRESTS IN THE RAIDS BUT EVIDENCE IS BEING COLLECTED THAT COULD LEAD TO ARRESTS OF DOZENS OF PEOPLE LINKED TO THE GROUPS.


THE SUSPECTS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR ATTACKS ON MIGRANTS AND LGBTI PEOPLE ACCORDING TO GERMAN AUTHORITIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



News continuing to be leaked out that drives oil prices down and stock markets higher.


The latest Trump Administration leak speaks of movement towards a "Memorandum of Understanding" to end warfare leading to a period of negotiation between the US and Iran.


This reported by insider media outlet "Axios"...Times of Israel





AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES PLANNING SPECIAL MEASURES WHEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ASSOCIATED WITH ISLAMIC STATE (DAESH) IN SYRIA RETURN TO AUSTRALIA.


ARRESTS, INVESTIGATIONS AND DIRECTION OF CHILDREN INTO PROGRAMS OF INTEGRATION AND COUNTERING EXTREMISM ARE PLANNED...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



Consumer prices in South Korea surged to an annual rate of 2.6 percent in April.   It's the highest rate of inflation in 21 months.

Driving the higher inflation rate a 21.9 percent annual rise in petroleum products...Yonhap News Agency South Korea




UNEMPLOYMENT IN NEW ZEALAND DOWN SLIGHTLY TO 5.3 PERCENT IN THE MARCH QUARTER.


THE LAST REPORT IN THE DECEMBER QUARTER SHOWED A 5.4 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND














Tuesday, May 5, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 5/5/2026*TRUMP BACKS OFF HORMUZ MILITARY OPERATIONS, OIL PRICES FALL*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING PERSONAL COMMITMENTS LIMITING SERVICE)



                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



THREE KILLED IN THE LASTEST US MILITARY ATTACK ON A BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING.


THE ATTACK IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed Of Attack)



A deadly Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's region of Crimea.  Five killed in the attack on the city of Dzhankoi...Tass Russia



MERCHANT VESSELS HAVE BEEN ATTACKED IN THE AREA OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"



US President Donald Trump moving oil prices lower by announcing an end to US military operations escorting merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.


Mr. Trump claiming "great progress" in negotiations with Iran...Times of Israel...


He also spoke of his decision being at the request of Pakistan...OSINTdefender "X" (Trump Social Media Embed)



TWO KILLED IN A LATEST US MILITARY ATTACK ON A SMALL BOAT LINKED TO TRUCK TRAFFICKING...OSINTdefender "X"


At least 26 killed and 61 injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in China.


Local residents evacuated in a 3-kilometer radius with a search and rescue operation carried out...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



IRAN SAYS THE WARFARE IN THE PERSIAN STRAIT OF HORMUZ REGION YESTERDAY IS A RESULT OF US  'MILITARY ADVENTURISM'.


THE US SAYS IT IS SEEKING TO PROTECT SHIPPING IN THE AREA...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG



The markets today...Marketwatch



AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACCUSES A REBEL GROUP IN CONGO OF WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.


THE ALLIED DEMOCRATIC FORCES CITED FOR MURDER, ABDUCTIONS, SEXUAL ABUSE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AND OTHER OFFENSES.



THE ADF GROUP HAS PLEDGED ALLIEGANCE TO ISIS (DAESH) AND IS FIGHTING THE CONGOLESE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT...AL JAZEERA QATAR




In South Australia Anglican Bishop Keith Dalby ordered out of his position.


A standards board finding that Dalby violated standards of honesty, fidelity and integrity.



Bishop Dalby was in a relationship with a woman who he supervised and ordained as a priest.


Dalby appealing the decision saying his punishment was 'harsh and disproportionate'...ABC News Australia

Monday, May 4, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 5/4/2026*IRAN HITS UAE, US SINKS IRANIAN BOATS*IRAN WARNS US AFTER TRUMP ANNOUNCEMENT

 

                           (LIMITED SERVICE DUE TO PERSONAL COMMITMENTS)



                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




IN THE LENINGRAD REGION OF RUSSIA AT LEAST 18 ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN TONIGHT.

A FIRE IGNITED IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA DURING THE ATTACKS NO FURTHER DETAILS FROM RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In Leipzig, Germany two killed, others injured three of them seriously when a car drove into a group of people.


A suspect arrested identified as a 33-year-old man born in Germany.


Authorities speaking of rampage...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)



THE IRAN WAR PICKING UP TODAY WITH IRAN FOCUSING ITS ATTACKS ON THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.


THE US SINKING SEVEN IRANIAN SMALL BOATS...OSINTdefender "X"



A Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow with two drones shot down.   A third drone struck a high rise building.  No injuries...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


THIS MORNING IRAN'S FARS NEWS AGENCY SAYS A US NAVY VESSEL WAS STRUCK WITH TWO MISSILES.


THE NAVY SHIP TRYING TO ENTER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ ACCORDING TO THE IRANIANS.


THE IRANIAN REPORT DENIED BY THE US...PRESS TV IRAN...



(COMMENT)...THIS KIND OF STORY WOULD INFLUENCE OIL PRICES TO GO HIGHER.


The markets today...Marketwatch



IRAN WARNED THE UNITED STATES TO STAY OUT OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.


THIS FOLLOWS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THAT SUGGESTS THE US WOULD ASSIST SHIPS TO MOVE THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.


THAT ANNOUNCEMENT COINCIDED WITH THE OPENING OF TRADING ON OIL MARKETS AND HAD THE POTENTIAL TO DRIVE OIL PRICES LOWER...REUTERS-AL JAZEERA QATAR




A South Korean earth observation satellite successfully entering a low-orbit launch.


The satellite launched from the Vandenburg Space Force Base in California using a Space X Falcon 9 rocket.


South Korean officials say the satellite will be used for disaster monitoring and observing agriculture...Yonhap News Agency South Korea

Sunday, May 3, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 5/3/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*ISRAELI AG'S TERMS FOR NETANYAHU PLEA DEAL TALKS*TRUMP TALKS HORMUZ SHIP PASSAGE AS OIL MARKETS OPEN*UKRAINE WAR CONTINUES*LEBANON WAR CONTINUES*

 


(SERVICE AS ABLE WITH VERY LIMITED SERVICE DUE TO PERSONAL COMMITMENTS)



                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARA RESPONDING TO THE ISRAELI PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR PLEA DEAL TALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.


SHE IS WILLING TO PARTICPATE IN PLEA DEAL TALKS IF THERE ARE NO PRECONDITIONS AND MR. NETANYAHU'S CORRUPTION TRIAL IS ALLOWED TO PROCEED.



PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG PUSHING PLEA DEAL TALKS AS HE FACED PRESSURE FROM MR. NETANYAHU'S LEGAL TEAM BACKED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO GRANT NETANYAHU A PARDON.


MR. NETANYAHU'S LAWYERS HAVE NOT YET RESPONDED TO THE PRESIDENT'S PLEA DEAL TALKS PROPOSAL...TIMES OF ISRAEL




As the oil trading markets opened tonight US President Donald Trump announcing a plan to move merchant vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.


The plan stops short of using US warships to escort vessels in the region.


It dangles a notion of US intervention to help ships that may be threatened...OSINTdefender "X"





IN WESTERN NIGERIA AT LEAST 41 FULANI HERDSMEN KILLED.


GOVERNMENT BACKED-MILITIAS CONDUCTED RAIDS ON THE HERDSMEN.



THEY WERE SUSPECTED OF BEING INFORMANTS FOR THE 'ANSARU' JIHADIST GROUP...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Six Russian civilians wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia's Belgorod Region.   Damage at two apartment houses...Tass Russia...



Russian air defenses taking down 59 attacking Ukrainian drones over the Leningrad Region around Russia's second largest city St. Petersburg Sunday morning.


The Ukrainian attacks aimed at oil export facilities in the area.


Over 334 Ukrainian drones taken down over Russian regions Saturday night into Sunday morning...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




AN ABORTION PILL MAKER WITH AN EMERGENCY APPEAL TO THE US SUPREME COURT.


THIS FOLLOWS FRIDAY'S APPEALS COURT RULING IN FAVOR OF A LOUISIANA STATE LAWSUIT SEEKING PROHIBITION OF PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING THE ABORTION DRUG MIFEPRISTONE ONLINE...THE HILL USA 



An oil tanker seized off the coast of Yemen and forced towards Somalia.  It's the fourth such attack to take place near Yemen recently.


Pirates have become more active with naval forces in the region distracted by the Iran War...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar-Yahoo News




ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN LEBANON KILLED DOZENS IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD THIS WEEKEND AS FIGHTING WITH THE IRAN-ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT CONTINUES.


THE TOTAL DEATH TOLL SINCE THE LEBANON WAR BEGAN ALONGSIDE THE IRAN WAR TWO MONTHS AGO IS NOW WELL OVER 2,600 WITH MORE THAN EIGHT THOUSAND WOUNDED ACCORDING TO LEBANESE HEALTH OFFICIALS...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-AL JAZEERA QATAR



POLICE IN AUSTRIA ARRESTING A MAN SUSPECTED OF PUTTING RAT POISON IN BABY FOOD.


HE IS ACCUSED OF EXTORTING GERMAN BABY FOOD MAKER "HIPP" WITH A DEMAND FOR TWO MILLION EUROS WORTH OF CRYPTOCURRENCY.


AT LEAST FIVE POISONED JARS OF BABY FOOD DISCOVERED IN THREE COUNTRIES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In Mexico a governor and a mayor resigning this weekend following US drug trafficking indictments.


Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya denied the accusations against him of protecting a drug cartel and taking bribes from it...Associated Press-PBS USA



Pope Leo XIV appointing a new bishop in West Virginia who became a United States citizen after entering the US illegally.


Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala currently serves as an auxiliary bishop in Washington D.C....Associated Press-PBS USA



LOW-COST US AIRLINE SPIRIT AIRLINES SHUTTING DOWN THIS WEEKEND.

A POSSIBLE BAILOUT DEAL WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FELL THROUGH.

IRAN WAR RELATED FUEL COSTS A MAJOR FACTOR IN FORCING THE AIRLINE OUT OF BUSINESS...AFP-REUTERS AL JAZEERA QATAR

Saturday, May 2, 2026

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*THESE PRICES ARE HIGHER TOO*LOVING SPORTS WITHOUT THE $*DO YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING THEY SAY?*

 


                              (SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)




A SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY BEGINS TO POST AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME SATURDAY NIGHT.



                THE INFLATION REPORT:


In the month of March a 3.3 percent inflation rate in the USA but here are some prices that took an even bigger jump at Walmart recently:


1.  A 12 ounce jar of medium roast coffee jumped from 7 dollars 42 cents to 8 dollars 88 cents (19.7 percent higher).


2.   A package of 36 "Fun Pops" freezer pops rising from 2 dollars 98 cents to 3 dollars 27 cents (9.7 percent higher).


There's more to higher prices than gasoline.




                  (WARNING: DISTURBING MATERIAL)



"These are the first pictures out of Guyana on the incredible orgy of death that took place in the People's Temple agricultural mission at Jonestown.


This is picture number one.  This picture was taken from up high.  


It shows what the mass suicide looks like when over 400 cultists who believed in everything that Jim Jones said took their own lives"

SAN FRANCISCO ANCHORMAN VAN AMBURG REPORTS ON THE MASS MURDER-SUICIDE IN JONESTOWN, GUYANA IN 1978 



                    Video KGO News Scene 1978 Jonestown



That bit of history reminds me of the many faces out there telling us what they think each day.  In the end Jim Jones in Guyana turned out to be a Marxist-Leninist. 


For those of you in Rio Linda "Reverend Jim Jones" was a Communist who pretended to be a Protestant follower of Jesus.


Jones called the "Peoples Temple" a "Marxist-Leninist organization" in the final audio tape as the deadly Kool Aid was mixed and dispensed.


So here's a list of "voices" I encounter in the course of a week via social media:


                                          TUCKER CARSLON


                                           THOMAS MASSIE


                                       NICHOLAS J. FUENTES


                                            CANDACE OWENS


                                              JULIE K. BROWN


                                                 SARAH PALIN


                                             DOUGLAS WILSON


                                              PETER HITCHENS 


                                    MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE


                                                  BARAK RAVID


                                              DONALD J. TRUMP



Those folks and others are inputs into my life and I do not blindly follow them agree with everything they say etc. but I do pay attention to what they share.


Blindly following other human beings could have dangerous consequences IMHO.


And another thing descending into anger or resentment of these folks even though some may push at buttons with their over-the-top rhetoric is a dead end.




"See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no 'root of bitterness' springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled..."

                                 HEBREWS 12:15 ESV BIBLE




Feminism claims Men are the problem but of course Women make mistakes too here's a country song from the 1970's Crystal Gayle singing about taking the "wrong road again".   This is the music I listened to in the 1970's...



                                        "WRONG ROAD AGAIN"-CRYSTAL GAYLE





     "DON'T COME HOME A DRINKIN' (WITH LOVIN' ON YOUR MIND)-LORETTA LYNN





                                              "I DO I DO I DO I DO I DO"-ABBA (LIVE)





My wife and I in the car hearing that song yesterday and I thought was that song pre-selected by the AI considering our 40th wedding anniversary is tomorrow.



                                  REMEMBERING DAD


Wow there's been a lot in this week the passing of my father he loved sports when the $$$$ just wasn't in it.


He came out of a river town (Sunbury, PA) where he was a high school basketball star, then went to work in a factory and played basketball games in the "Industrial League" back in the 1950's here in York.


In those days the NFL players would come to town to play basketball in the off season my dad got to play basketball against the "Baltimore Colts".



                 I READ THIS BEFORE I FELL TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT:



"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.


for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.


Do everything without grumbling or arguing, 


so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generations.  Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky


as you hold firmly to the word of life.  And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.


But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.


So you too should be glad and rejoice with me."


                                 PHILIPPIANS 4:12-18 NIV BIBLE




                                                            Good Night.  God Bless.






FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 387*JOINT FRANCE-NORWAY EPSTEIN PROBE*MAY DAY IN FRANCE*ILLEGAL RAVE DRAWS THOUSANDS*

 


                     (NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)


Norway and France now conducting a joint investigation of diplomats from both countries connected to Jeffrey Epstein.


The diplomats all did work at the United Nations in the past.


Financial crimes are suspected in cases involving French diplomat Fabrice Aidan and Norwegian diplomats Terje Rod-Larsen and Monica Juul...


"Norway and France launch joint police probe into diplomats' alleged links with Epstein"-Euronews


It was previously reported by Reuters that confidential United Nations documents were transferred to Epstein by Mr. Aidan when he worked for the UN.


That suggests espionage activity related to Jeffrey Epstein.


"Paris Offices of Swiss Bank Searched by Authorities in Epstein-Related Probe"-Independent UK March 24, 2026






                                  MAY DAY RALLY IN PARIS-MAY 1, 2026




ON FRIDAY MAY DAY A TRADITIONAL LEFTIST DAY OF PROTEST BRINGING OUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ONTO THE STREETS OF FRANCE.


TOP POLITICIANS INCLUDING POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANIDATES MAKING SPEECHES.


LEFTIST JEAN-LUC MELENCHON DESCRIBING THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AS ILLEGITIMATE.


MELENCHON ENGAGING IN DEBATE WITH 'CENTRIST' GABRIEL ATTAL ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LIKELY TO RUN NEXT YEAR.



MELENCHON TRASHED ATTAL FOR SPEAKING TO PEOPLE WORKING ON MAY DAY WHILE ATTAL SHOT BACK AT MELENCHON FOR FORCING PEOPLE TO WORK ON MAY DAY PREPARING HIS SPEAKING PLATFORM.


AS FOR ATTAL HE DID A MAY DAY RADIO INTERVIEW WITH A VERY PRO-CAPITALIST FLAVOR.


ATTAL SUPPORTED DROPPING RETIREMENT AGE IN FRANCE KEEPING PEOPLE IN THE WORKFORCE LONGER.




            BFM-TV News Story (Translation Prompt)



Much attention focused on an illegal rave in the center of France near Bourges.  Tens of thousands descending on the site this weekend a former military training ground.


The event dubbed "Teknival"...






                     NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



                                                        For now that's news from France.




Also available the "Unplugged" post..."Nextrush Unplugged Weekend*These Prices Are Higher Too*Loving Sports Without The $*Do You Believe Everything They Say?*


                        









Friday, May 1, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 5/1/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*EPSTEIN COLLEGE CHIEF RETIRES*MAIL-ORDER ABORTION DRUG RULING*5,000 US TROOPS LEAVING GERMANY*TRUMP SLAMS IRAN POSITION, WAR POWERS ACT*ARREST JERUSALEM NUN ATTACK*CHINESE COMPANY FIGHTS AUSTRALIA PORT SEIZURE*CANADA HOST NATO BANK*

 


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




                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



THE PRESIDENT OF BARD COLLEGE OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY RETIRING FOLLOWING REVELATION ABOUT A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP TO CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN.


LEON BOTSTEIN SAYS HE WILL LEAVE AT THE END OF JUNE REMAINING AS A TEACHER AND MUSICIAN ON THE FACULTY.


HIS DECISION FOLLOWS COMPLETION OF AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-DAILY MAIL UK...


THAT PROBE FOUND 25 BOTSTEIN VISITS TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S MANHATTAN TOWNHOUSE AND A TWO-DAY VISIT TO 'ESPTEIN ISLAND'  BY BOTSTEIN.


JEFFREY EPSTEIN ALSO MAKING TWO VISITS TO BARD COLLEGE ACCOMPANIED BY FEMALES LATER IDENTIFIED AS EPSTEIN VICTIMS...JULIE K. BROWN "X"



In New Mexico investigators casting a wide net as they probe Jeffrey Epstein's "Zorro Ranch".   More than a dozen former employees questioned.


They are being asked about visitors to the ranch and other things they saw.


It has been suggested that Epstein envisioned turning the ranch into a 'baby-making facility' where women would give birth to children bearing his DNA...Mirror UK




POPULARITY POLLING FOR US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SHOWING HIGH LEVELS OF UNPOPULARITY.


THE TRADITIONALLY FRIENDLY 'RASMUSSEN REPORTS' POLL OUT TODAY WITH A 56 PERCENT DISAPPROVAL RATING FOR TRUMP ONLY 43 PERCENT APPROVING OF HIS PERFORMANCE.


ANOTHER POLL FROM 'RMG RESEARCH' WITH 57 PERCENT DISAPPROVAL AND 42 PERCENT APPROVAL FOR THE PRESIDENT.


THE MORE SKEWED AGAINST REPUBLICANS 'PEW RESEARCH' POLL GIVES TRUMP A 64 PERCENT DISPPROVAL RATING VERSUS 34 PERCENT APPROVAL...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS



Shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz at its lowest level since the start of the Iran War.


Between April 23rd and April 29th (Last Wednesday) only 24 ships transited the strait.


If the strait were re-opened now, it would take until September for traffic to return to normal...USNI News USA




A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULING AGAINST MAIL-ORDER DISTRUBTION OF AN ABORTION DRUG.


THE FIFTH US CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS AGREEING WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA IN ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.



THE RULING MEANS THAT THE ABORTION DRUG 'MIFEPRISTONE' MUST BE PRESCRIBED AND DISPENSED IN PERSON...THE HILL USA




In Istanbul 500 protesters arrested at a May Day demonstration.  They wanted to march to Taksim Square but Turkish authorities ban protests there...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



THE PENTAGON ANNOUNCING A PULLOUT OF US TROOPS IN GERMANY.     


FIVE THOUSAND OF THE 38,000 TROOPS BASED THERE WILL LEAVE IN THE NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS...ABC NEWS USA



President Trump contesting the validity of the "War Powers Act" in a letter to Congressional leadership.


Mr. Trump saying the ending of hostilities 41 days into the Iran War negates any notion of Congressional approval for warfare 60 days into the conflict as provided for in the law.


Today is 60 days since the war began...Associated Press-Times Of Israel



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE REJECTS IRAN'S REPORTED BUT UNDISCLOSED RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN.


THAT RESPONSE REPORTED EARLIER TODAY BY INSIDER MEDIA OUTLET 'AXIOS'...(NEWS AGENCIES)...


MR. TRUMP SAYING IRAN WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL BUT ALSO SAYING 'I'M NOT SATISFIED WITH IT' WHEN IT COMES TO IRAN'S POSITION ON SUCH A DEAL...









In Israel a 36-year-old man arrested for the attack on French Catholic nun in Jerusalem's Old City.


The attack was recorded on video.


Police arresting the suspect 'on suspicion of a racially motivated attack'.


Video of the attack shows the nun bruised and the attacker wearing an undergarment associated with observant Jewish men...Euronews




CHINA'S UN AMBASSADOR SAYS A DECISION TO END THE MANDATE OF THE UN FORCE IN LEBANON SHOULD BE REVISITED.


THE MANDATE OF THE PEACEKEEPING TROOPS SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE YEAR...TIMES OF ISRAEL




US President Donald Trump announcing a 25 percent tariff on vehicles made in the European Union.

Mr. Trump says the EU is not complying with a trade deal.

His move follows EU moves against US tech companies that could lead to billions of dollars in revenue collection by the Europeans...Tass Russia



INSIDER JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID LEAKING A STORY ABOUT IRAN'S RESPONSE TO PAKISTANI MEDIATORS OVER US DEMANDS.

NO DETAILS REPORTED...OSINTdefender "X"



                            (This Story Is Updated)



Israel releasing almost all of the Gaza flotilla activists on the Greek island of Crete after seizing their boats in nearby waters.


Greek authorities taking a group of around 200 people into custody moving them to Athens for repatriation to their home countries...Euronews...


But two of the activists taken to Israel for interrogation one a Spanish-Palestinian national the other Brazilian.


48 boats anchored off Crete from the flotilla. Those vessels were not seized by Israel...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




IN BRAZIL LAWMAKERS OVERRIDING PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA'S VETO TO PASSING A BILL REDUCING THE PRISON SENTENCE OF FORMER PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO.


BOLSONARO GIVEN A 27-YEAR SENTENCE FOR ALLEGEDLY PLOTTING A COUP IN CONNECTION WITH PROTESTS IN BRAZIL'S CAPITAL CITY ON JANUARY 8, 2023.


THE NEW LAW CUTTING 20 YEARS OFF THE SENTENCE WILL BE CHALLENGED IN COURT...FRANCE 24




A Chinese-owned company going to a World Bank associated court over Australia's decision to seize control of the Port of Darwin from it.


Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged in the last election campaign to take back control of the northern Australian port.    He said it was necessary for national security...ABC News Australia



In the Netherlands firefighters tackling wildfires at various locations including a military training ground.   Additional firefighters have arrived from Germany and France to help put the fires out...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 152.87 points or .31 percent. 

The NASDAQ up 222.13 points or .89 percent.

The price of oil in New York  closed at 102 dollars 50 cents a barrel down two dollars 57 cents or 2.45 percent...Marketwatch



THE NEW YORK TIMES SEEKING TO RELEASE A FILE CONTAINING A SUICIDE NOTE WRITTEN BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


IT'S IN THE FILE OF EPSTEIN'S FORMER CELLMATE CONVICTED QUADRUPLE MURDERER NICOLAS TARTAGLIONE.


TARTAGLIONE SAID HE FOUND IT AFTER EPSTEIN ATTEMPTED TO KILL HIMSELF IN JULY OF 2019.



A FEDERAL JUDGE ASKING PARTIES IN THE MATTER TO RESPOND BY MONDAY...ABC NEWS USA





Canada selected as the host nation for a bank to finance military projects of NATO countries.


The bank will provide 'low-cost, long-term financing' to NATO nations and allies.



Canada's Big Six banks all committed to the project which would lower costs of borrowing money for military spending...GLOBAL NEWS CANADA





IN MYANMAR FORMER LEADER AUNG SAN SUU KYI MOVED TO HOUSE ARREST.


ITS PART OF A BROADER MOVE BY THE MILITARY RULED COUNTRY TO REDUCE SENTENCES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS AND SEEK NEGOTIATIONS WITH REBEL FORCES...REUTERS-ASSOCIATED PRESS-AL JAZEERA QATAR



Political polling in Germany showing a surge in political support for the "far-right" Alternative for Germany Party (AfD).


The rising support accompanies negative economic news in Germany associated with the Iran War.


Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats trailing the AfD by four to five percentage points in recent polling...Wikipedia-"Opinion polling for the next German federal election"



INTERNET AND PHONE CUSTOMERS IN NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCED OUTAGES LINKED TO PROVIDER "ONE NZ" TODAY.


THE AREAS MOST SERIOUSLY IMPACTED AROUND THE CITIES OF CHRISTCHURCH AND WELLINGTON.


THE OUTAGE IS BEING INVESTIGATED...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND