Friday, March 20, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/20/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*FRANCE SEIZES RUSSIA-LINKED OIL TANKER*ETANYAHU TALKS 'GROUND COMPONENT' FOR IRAN WAR*NETANYAHU PARDON PUSH MOVES FORWARD*ISRAELI ATTACKS IN SYRIA*WARNING ON WAR VIDEOS IN GULF STATES*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH FINAL POSTING 11 PM OR LATER EASTERN US TIME)

(MORE STORIES ADDING IN THE LOWER HALF AND UPPER HALF)



                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:


CZECH AUTHORITIES CONVENING AN EMERGENCY MEETING FOLLOWING THE TORCHING OF A FACILITY ASSOCIATED WITH AN ISRAEL ARMS MAKER.


THE ARSON ATTACK BEING CALLED TERRORISM.  A RESEARCH AREA WAS DESTROYED...TASS RUSSIA




(Updated) Russia said to have proposed a quid pro quo to the United States that it would decline to share intelligence data with Iran if the US would stop sharing its intelligence data with Ukraine.


This offer said to have rejected by the US according to two sources cited by "Politico"...Politico EU...


Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev describing the report as "fake news'...Tass Russia




The markets today...Marketwatch



ANOTHER BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING ATTACKED BY THE US MILITARY IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN.


THREE CREW MEMBERS SURVIVED THE ATTACK WITH NO WORD YET ON WHETHER THEY WERE RESCUED...STARS AND STRIPES




FRANCE SEIZING AN OIL TANKER OF RUSSIA'S 'SHADOW FLEET'.


THE TANKER 'DENYA' SEIZED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.


THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF SUCH SEIZURES BY EUROPEAN NATIONS.


EARLIER THIS WEEK A TOP RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DISCUSSED SECURITY MEASURES FOR RUSSIAN VESSELS.


THEY WOULD INCLUDE SECURITY TEAMS USING DEFENSIVE MEASURES AND THE USE OF WARSHIPS AS ESCORTS...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



                    (NEWS, COMMENT ANALYSIS)


"There are many possibilities for this ground component, and I take the liberty of not sharing with you all these possibilities"


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking about military forces on the ground being needed to overthrow the present government in Iran.


He spoke at a news conference for foreign media in Israel last evening.


His comments came as more than 2,000 US Marines were on the move from the West Coast of the United States to join a similar sized force entering the area of the Iran War Zone.


But the possibilities for use of ground forces against the present Iranian government to incite a 'revolution' could involve the use of Arab military forces and mercenaries.


They would be backed and funded by the Gulf Arab states that have varying degrees of secret under the table relationships with Israel.


They could use the fact that Iran attacked their nations as a justification for helping Israel to overthrow the Iranian government...The Hill USA





IN ISRAEL A LEGAL OPINION COMPLETED TO SUPPORT THE PARDON OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FOR THE CORRUPTION CHARGES HE IS CURRENTLY ON TRIAL FOR.


US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY DEMANDED A PARDON OF NETANYAHU BY ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG SCOLDING HIM FOR NOT ACTING ON THE MATTER.


THE LEGAL OPINION IS BE PRESENTED SOON TO PRESIDENT HERZOG...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                        IRAN WAR DAY 21

                                (UPDATNG WHEN ABLE)


IRAN ATTACKING ISRAEL TODAY WITH MISSILES WHILE HEZBOLLAH HAS FIRED ROCKETS FROM LEBANON INTO ISRAEL.


THE NEW SUPREME RULER OF IRAN AYATOLLAH MOJTABA KHAMENEI SPEAKING OF THE WAR INSTILLING A 'STRANGE UNITY' IN IRANIANS WHILE 'A FRACTURE HAS EMERGED IN THE ENEMY'.


HE URGED THE COUNTRIES NEIGHBORING IRAN ON THE EAST AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN TO HEAL THEIR CONFLICT THAT BROKE OUT RIGHT BEFORE THE IRAN WAR STARTED.



AYATOLLAH KHAMANEI SAID THAT SOME ATTACKS ON OMAN AND TURKEY ATTRIBUTED TO IRAN WERE FALSE FLAGS DESIGNED TO DRAW THOSE COUNTRIES INTO THE CONFLICT.




POLAND PULLING ITS SOLDIERS OUT OF IRAQ.  THEY WERE THERE IN SUPPORT OF US-LED MILITARY ACTIVITIES.



AN ISRAELI OIL COMPANY SAYS OPERATIONS AT ITS HAIFA REFINERY WERE PARTIALLY DISRUPTED BY YESTERDAY'S IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.   A KEY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DAMAGED.


ISRAEL ATTACKING SYRIA TODAY.   THE ATTACKS IN SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOW THE FIRING OF ROCKETS INTO THE ISRAELI CONTROLLED GOLAN HEIGHTS.


ISRAEL CONDUCTING DECAPITATION STRIKES IN TEHRAN OVERNIGHT KILLING AN IRANIAN GENERAL WHO WAS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS.



DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE IN LEBANON...


                 AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


                                ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




IN MEXICO AT LEAST 11 KILLED AS THE CRACKDOWN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CONTINUES.


RAIDS CONDUCTED AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WITH A DRUG KINGPIN OF THE SINALOA CARTEL ARRESTED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




         VIDEO OF KIM JONG-UN AND DAUGHTER JU-AE AT TANK DRILL



In North Korea ruler Kim Jong-Un overseeing a combat drill involving new main battle tanks.


Kim speaking of the new tank as 'very superior' and 'unequaled in the world'.


By Kim's side witnessing the drill his teenage daughter Ju-Ae now considered to be his likely successor.


At one point she drove the tank in a video released by North Korea...Yonhap News Agency



THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEIZING WEBSITES LINKED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS BY IRAN.

THE FOUR SITES SAID TO HAVE SPREAD TERRORIST PROPAGANDA...CNN USA





THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APPROVING A MAJOR MEDIA MERGER.


NEXSTAR ACQUIRING TEGNA BOTH COMPANIES MAJOR PLAYERS IN LOCAL VIDEO BROADCASTING IN THE USA.


THE FCC LIFTING A CAP ON LOCAL BROADCAST OWNERSHIP RULES ALLOWING THE NEW COMPANY TO REACH 70 PERCENT OF US HOUSEHOLDS...THE HILL USA





Canada warning its citizens in Gulf Arab nations not to make war videos.

The advisory says videos of damage caused by Iranian attacks on those countries as well as military activity could lead to fines, imprisonment or deportation.

Counties mentions in the warning include Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates...CBC News Canada



IN AUSTRALIA FRIDAY MORNING SHOUTS AIMED AT AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE AND HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER TONY BURKE.


BOTH MEN APPEARED AT A WESTERN SYDNEY MOSQUE FOR AN EVENT MARKING THE END OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN (EID-AL-FITR).


THOSE SHOUTING AT THE POLITICIANS OBJECTING TO THEIR SUPPORT OF ISRAELI POLICIES CONSIDERED GENOCIDE INCLUDING THE CURRENT DEADLY MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN LEBANON.


THE MOSQUE IS ATTENDED BY LEBANESE WORSHIPERS....ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



Chuck Norris passing at the age of 86.


Norris emerged from the martial arts where he was a champion performer to become a movie and television acting star.


He was known as the star of a series of action movies and the television series "Walker Texas Ranger"...CNN USA







Thursday, March 19, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/19/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*MORE MARINES MOVING TO WAR ZONE*NETANYAHU SIGNALS WAR OFF RAMP*US CUTS DEAL WITH BELARUS*LAWSUIT AGAINST ISRAELI FAR-RIGHT MINISTER STOPPED BY WAR*ARAB DIPLOMAT SAYS US 'HAS LOST CONTROL OF ITS OWN FOREIGN POLICY'*US GROUND INVASION OF IRANIAN COAST?*US NATIONAL DEBT TOPS 39 TRILLION*

 

                                      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)



                            News of the Iran War but first...



                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



The USS Boxer with 2,200 more Marines leaving San Diego to join the 2,200 Marines on the USS Tripoli in the Iran War Zone...OSINTdefender "X"



US DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD QUESTIONED ABOUT HER VIEWS ON IRAN IN A HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING.


GABBARD NOTING THAT ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE DIFFERENT GOALS IN THE CONFLICT WITH ISRAEL MORE FOCUSED ON A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN IRAN...THE HILL USA



        IRAN WAR DAY 20 FINAL UPDATE

                              (SOME INFORMATION MAY BE ADDED)


AIR RAID ALERTS IN KUWAIT AND THE UAE LATE TONIGHT.



POWERFUL EXPLOSIONS IN TEHRAN EARLY FRIDAY WITH AIR ATTACKS UNDERWAY ON IRAN'S CAPITAL CITY.


SIRENS ACTIVATED IN BAHRAIN FOR IRANIAN ATTACKS EARLY FRIDAY.


IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS FOCUSED ON THE HAIFA AREA OF NORTHERN ISRAEL LATE TONIGHT.


NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.


ROCKETS FIRED FROM LEBANON INTO THE NORTHERN BORDER REGION OF ISRAEL BY HEZBOLLAH.


EARLIER EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN THE JERUSALEM AREA DURING IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS...


                  AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


                   ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



"Iran can no longer enrich uranium and produce ballistic missiles"


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making those comments to foreign media tonight.


They could indicate Mr. Netanyahu is ready to seek an end to the Iran War he launched...


                                  ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




Belarus, a nation bordering both Russia and Ukraine as well as NATO nations, getting a break on United States sanctions.


This following the release of 250 political prisoners by the authoritarian president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.


Lukashenko held talks with Trump Administration envoy John Coale to arrange the deal...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)





AT A EUROPEAN SUMMIT HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA BLOCKING A 90 BILLION EURO (103.81 BILLION US DOLLAR) LOAN FOR UKRAINE.


THIS ANGERING OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND EUROPEAN UNION LEADERSHIP.


THEIR ANGER ESPECIALLY AIMED AT HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN.


ORBAN FACES RE-ELECTION NEXT MONTH AND IS DEMANDING UKRAINE ALLOW RUSSIAN OIL TO PASS THROUGH TO HUNGARY.


THE LEFT-WING OPPOSITION IN HUNGARY IS ALIGNED WITH THE EU ON UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


In Israel the High Court delaying a lawsuit seeking to remove Israel's 'far-right' National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.


Opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government say Ben-Gvir has abused power politicizing his position that controls policing and prisons in Israel.


The court forced to delay action as Prime Minister Netanyahu says wartime conditions prevent him from responding to the lawsuit...Times Of Israel



BUSES SUBWAYS AND TRAMS SHUT DOWN IN SEVERAL PARTS OF GERMANY TODAY.  WORKERS STAGING WARNING STRIKES.


WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS AT THE CENTER OF THE LABOR DISPUTES BETWEEN PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATORS AND WORKERS IN THOSE GERMAN REGIONS...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 203.72 points or .44 percent.

The NASDAQ down 61.73 points or .28 percent.

At 416 pm in New York the price of oil 94 dollars 96 cents a barrel down one dollar 36 cents or 1.41 percent...Marketwatch


                         IRAN WAR DAY 20

                                                      (UPDATED AS ABLE)


AN ATTACK TONIGHT ON A HEADQUARTERS OF THE IRANIAN-ALLIED POPULAR MOBILIZATION FORCES IN IRAQ.


THE PMF CONDENMNING THE US ATTACKS AS AN ESCALATION AND A THREAT TO IRAQ'S NATIONAL STABILITY.


SPAIN EVACUATING 99 OF ITS SOLDIERS IN IRAQ WHO WERE WORKING ON MISSIONS LED BY THE UNITED STATES.


FRANCE'S FOREIGN MINISTER VISITING LEBANON. JEAN-NOEL BARROT SAYS HE IS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE OF LEBANON. 


HE WILL VISIT ISRAEL TOMORROW.


FRANCE ALLOCATING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF HUMANITARIAN AID FOR LEBANON.



IRAN SAYS A US F-35 STEALTH WARPLANE WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.


AN F-35 MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT A US MILITARY BASE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ACCORDING TO US CENTRAL COMMAND.  THE PILOT SAID TO IN 'STABLE CONDITION'.



Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi saying 'there would be no winners in a prolonged conflict' urging an end to military operations in the Iran War.


He was speaking with the British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper also saying talks to permanently end the war should be held through 'equal dialogue'...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Turkiye)



MISSILE FRAGMENTS CAUSING SOME DAMAGE AT AN OIL REFINERY IN HAIFA, ISRAEL.


FOUR PALESTINIAN WOMEN REPORTED DEAD IN THE IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL.


IRAQ EXTENDING CLOSURE OF ITS AIRSPACE FOR ANOTHER 72 HOURS.


"America has lost control of its own foreign policy"


OMAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER BADR ALBUSAIDI WRITING IN 'THE ECONOMIST'.   

HIS COMMENTS NOTING WARS WITH IRAN TWICE IN LESS THAN A YEAR THEIR IMPLICATION IS THAT ISRAEL CONTROLS US FOREIGN POLICY.

HE CONDEMNED IRAN'S ATTACKS ON GULF ARAB STATES BUT ALSO NOTED THAT IRAN'S GOVERNMENT IS IN A SURVIVAL MODE.


PRESIDENT TRUMP REPEALING A FEDERAL LAW (JONES ACT) BANNING FOREIGN SHIPPING FROM MOVING GOODS IN THE UNITED STATES.   THIS IS DESIGNED TO EASE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE WAR.  THE REPEAL IN EFFECT FOR 60 DAYS.


PATIENTS AND HOSPITAL STAFF INJURED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.



ATTACKS CONTINUE ON IRAN ONE ATTACK IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF IRAN KILLING TWO AND WOUNDING THREE.   ONE OF THE DEAD DESCRIBED AS A MEMBER OF THE SECURITY FORCES...



                                AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG../



PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW CONSIDERING DEPLOYMENT OF US GROUND TROOPS IN THE IRAN WAR.


THIS INCLUDES THEIR POSSIBLE USE TO TAKE OVER THE NORTH SHORE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN IRAN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



The US national debt now topping 39 trillion dollars.   It was just five month ago that the debt crossed the 38 trillion-dollar mark.


Some budget watchdogs and economic academics speaking of an unsustainable situation...FORTUNE



RUSSIA IS HELPING CUBA WITH ITS OIL SHORTAGE SHIPPING FUEL THERE.

ACCORDING TO 'FOX NEWS' ONE TANKER SWITCHED OFF ITS TRANSPONDER DISGUISING ITS TRIPT TO CUBA TO DELIVER RUSSIAN FUEL.

CUBA SHORT ON FUEL AFTER THE END OF VENEZUELAN FUEL SHIPMENTS EARLIER THIS YEAR...FOX NEWS USA

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 3/18/2026**RESIGNED OFFICIAL KENT SAYS KIRK URGED HIM TO STOP IRAN WAR**STOCKS DOWN SHARPLY*RUSSIAN WARSHIPS TO ESCORT MERCHANT SHIPS FOLLOWING ATTACKS, SEIZURES*IRANIAN OIL FACILITIES ATTACKED BY ISRAEL*SUDAN CIVIL WAR FIGHTING*EPSTEIN ASSOCIATES RECRUITED SWEDISH GIRLS*FORMER EPSTEIN CONTACT ACTIVE IN REROUTING OIL FROM IRAQ*

 

                            (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)


                     Updated news of the Iran War but first...


                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



RESIGNED COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL JOE KENT SPEAKING WITH MEDIA PERSONALITY TUCKER CARLSON.


NEWS LEAKED OUT THAT KENT WHO RESIGNED OVER THE IRAN WAR IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI.


IN THE INTERVIEW KENT SAID THAT THE ASSASSINATED CONSERVATIVE LEADER CHARLIE KIRK SAID BEFORE HE WAS GUNNED DOWN:


     "Joe stop us from going to war with Iran"



MR. KENT ALSO SAYING HE WAS PREVENTED FROM INVESTIGATING ANY FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT IN KIRK'S KILLING INDICATING THERE IS EVIDENCE POINTING TO IT.


...TUCKER CARLSON "X" (VIDEO EMBED)



One killed, two wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian port city of Sevastopol in Crimea.

27 attacking drones shot down according to the local governor...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)



         IRAN WAR DAY 19 FINAL UPDATE

                                 (SOME INFORMATION MAY BE ADDED)



PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT WITH A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR QATAR THREATENING IRAN DENYING US KNOWLEDGE OF ISRAEL'S ATTACK TODAY ON THE PARS NATURAL GAS FIELD IN THE PERSIAN GULF.

IN HIS STATEMENT MR. TRUMP SAYING ISRAEL WILL NOT ATTACK THE GAS FIELD AGAIN.

TONIGHT HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON HITTING ISRAEL WITH ROCKETS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.  INJURIES REPORTED IN THE ATTACKS...OSINTdefender "X"...



ISRAEL ATTACKING NORTHERN IRAN INCLUDING THE IRANIAN NAVAL FLOTILLA ON THE CASPIAN SEA.



SAUDI ARABIA SAYING IRANIAN ATTACKS ON GULF NATIONS MUST STOP AS A GROUP OF FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC) MET IN RIYADH.


SAUDI ARABIA RESERVING THE RIGHT TO ATTACK IRAN.


THERE HAS BEEN AN ATTACK ON A MERCHANT VESSEL OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SOUTH OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

A FIRE IGNITED ON THE SHIP...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"


DAMAGE TO OIL AND NATURAL GAS FACILITIES REPORTED IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LATE TONIGHT.


ONE MAN IDENTIFIED AS A FOREIGN WORKER KILLED IN CENTRAL ISRAEL FROM MISSILE SHRAPNEL DURING AN IRANIAN ATTACK.


MEANWHILE IN SOUTH LEBANON ISRAELI SOLDIERS HAVE POSTED A VIDEO OF THEMSELVES INVOLVED IN LOOTING A HOME...


                         BBC NEWS BLOG



IN THE UK AN OUTBREAK OF MENINGITIS WITH TWO DEATHS REPORTED.


NINE CASES CONFIRMED ANOTHER 11 UNDER INVESTIGATION.


YOUNG ADULTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE OUTBREAK IMPACTING TWO UNIVERSITIES IN KENT...SKY NEWS UK


An end of Ramadan truce agreed to between Afghanistan and Pakistan in their ongoing conflict.


Meanwhile in Kabul a mass funeral for 143 people killed in a Pakistani attack on a medical clinic Monday...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



RUSSIAN WARSHIPS WILL ESCORT MERCHANT VESSELS.   THAT WORD FROM PRESIDENTIAL AIDE NIKOLAI PATRUSHEV.


THE DECISION FOLLOWS RECENT ATTACKS ON MERCHANT VESSELS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ATTIRBUTED TO UKRAINE.


THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEIZURES OF MERCHANT VESSELS APPROACHING AND LEAVING RUSSIA BY EUROPEAN NATIONS IN THE BALTIC SEA, THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.


RUSSIA WILL ALSO PLACE SECURITY TEAMS AND INSTALL DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT ON MERCHANT VESSELS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                       The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 768.11 points or 1.63 percent.

The NASDAQ dropping 327.11 points or 1.46 percent.

At 446 pm New York Time the price of oil at 100 dollars six cents a barrel up three dollars 85 cents or four percent...

                             Marketwatch




IN WASHINGTON TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PICK TO HEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PROMISING AN OVERHAUL.


REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN OF OKLAHOMA SAYING THAT DHS NEEDS TO BE 'RESTRUCTURED, NOT ELIMINATED'.


DEMOCRATS IN THE US SENATE HAVE BEEN BLOCKING FUNDING OF THE DEPARTMENT OVER THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN.


THIS FOLLOWED THE KILLING OF TWO PEOPLE DURING DHS OPERATIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS...THE HILL USA





17 killed and 66 wounded in fighting in Sudan's Civil War.

Positions of the Sudanese Army on the border with Chad attacked by the United Arab Emirates backed Rapid Support Forces.


The army saying it was able to repel those attacks...Associated Press-ABC News USA




SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON IS THE SENTENCE DEMANDED FOR THE SON OF NORWAY'S CROWN PRINCESS.


MARIUS BORG HOIBY ACCUSED OF FOUR RAPES AND OTHER OFFENSES.   HE IS ALSO ACCUSED OF FILMING THE RAPES.


HIS MOTHER CROWN PRINCESS METTE-MARIT IS EMBOILED IN CONTROVERSY OVER HER TIES WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN.   


THOSE TIES REVEALED TO BE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN SHE ORIGINALLY REVEALED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Young women in Sweden lured to a luxury hotel just over 20 years ago to serve Jeffrey Epstein and his associates.



They met both Ghislaine Maxwell key Epstein associate and Dr. Eva Andersson-Dubin, now under investigation by Mt. Sinal Hospital in New York, for her Epstein ties...


                SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                  THE IRAN WAR DAY 19

                                                 (UPDATES IF ABLE)



IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MOHAMMAD BAGHER GHALIBAF SPEAKING OF A 'NEW LEVEL OF CONFRONTATION' IN THE WAR FOLLOWING ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON OIL AND NATURAL GAS FACILITIES IN IRAN TODAY.



ISRAEL NOW ATTACKING TARGETS IN NORTHERN IRAN.


DAMAGE IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA OATAR FOLLOWING IRANIAN ATTACKS THIS EVENING.  THE INDUSTRIAL AREA SITE OF AN LNG PROCESSING FACILITY.


THOSE ATTACKS IN RETALIATION FOR THE ISRAELI STRIKES ON IRAN'S ENERGY FACILITIES TODAY.


THE UNITED STATES IS DENYING INVOLVEMENT IN THE ATTACKS ON IRAN'S ENERGY FACILITIES TODAY THOSE ATTACKS ATTRIBUTED TO ISRAEL.



IRAN ATTACKING TARGETS IN SAUDI ARABIA'S CAPITAL OF RIYADH THIS EVENING RESPONDING TO ATTACKS ON ITS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY THAT INCLUDED BOTH OIL AND NATURAL GAS FACILITIES.



A MAJOR OIL REFINERY ATTACKED IN IRAN TODAY WITH IRAN VOWING RETALIATION FOR THE LATEST ESCALATION OF THE WAR FROM ISRAEL AND THE US.


THE ATTACKS TODAY ATTRIBUTED TO ISRAEL SPECIFICALLY.


IRAN DESIGNATING FIVE OIL INDUSTRY TARGETS IN THE GULF NATIONS TO BE ATTACKED SAYING THE US AND ISRAEL WILL PAY FOR THE ESCALATION



LEBANON CONDEMNING ISRAELI KILLINGS OF CIVIL DEFENSE WORKERS INCLUDING PARAMEDICS DURING ITS MILITARY ATTACKS IN LEBANON.



ISRAEL CLAIMING THE KILLING OF IRAN'S INTELLIGENCE MINISTER.



IRAN SAYS IT ARRESTED 111 INDIVIDUALS IN 26 CITIES LAST NIGHT ACCUSED OF BEING OPPOSITION MONARCHISTS AND SPIES FOR THE UNITED STATES, ISRAEL AND OTHER NATIONS.



12 KILLED IN ONE OF THE LATEST ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS ON BEIRUT AS ITS LEBANESE OFFENSIVE AGAINST HEZBOLLAH INTENSIFIES.


ISRAEL ADMITTING TO AN ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON THAT WOUNDED THREE UN SOLDIERS.


IRAQ USING A PIPELINE THROUGH ITS KURDISH TERRITORY TO MOVE SOME OIL TO TURKEY FOR EXPORT.


US AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY-SYRIA ENVOY TOM BARRACK, A FORMER CONTACT OF SEX OFFENDER-FINANCIER JEFFREY EPSTEIN, A KEY PLAYER IN ARRANGING THE DEAL...


                             AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


                                         PRESS TV IRAN




Five people killed in a fire outside an oil refinery in southern Mexico.


The blaze starting in oil contaminated water.



Operations at the refinery continue in spite of the fire...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



RISING FUEL COSTS CAUSING SCANDANAVIAN AIRLINES (SAS) TO CANCEL MORE THAN 130 DOMESTIC FLIGHTS.


THE CANCELED FLIGHTS INVOLVED WERE BETWEEN AIRPORTS IN NORWAY...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)


The Vatican Court of Justice overturning the 2023 conviction of Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight others in a trial involving use of funds for the poor to buy real estate.


The court saying procedural errors were made by the Vatican Prosecutor's Office and former Pope Francis.


There will be a meeting June 22 for parties to agree on the next steps in the legal process...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




Tuesday, March 17, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 3/17/2026*ARSON SUSPECTED ON IRAN WAR US CARRIER*HEAVY BOMBS USED ON IRAN BY US*CHINA SENDING AID TO IRAN, LEBANON OTHER NATIONS*US COUNTERTERROR OFFICIAL RESIGNS OVER IRAN WAR*DEADLY BOMBINGS IN NIGERIA*ISRAEL CLAIMS KILLINGS OF IRANIAN LEADERSHIP*CLAIM OF US-IRAN COMMUNICATION DISPUTED, CALLED ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE OIL PRICES*

 

                                      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)


                              News of the Iran War but first....


                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



A UNITED METHODIST PASTOR IN MISSOURI SUSPENDED FOR A PROBE OF HER TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.

REV. STEPHANIE REMINGTON SERVED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR EPSTEIN AND A PROPERTY MANAGER FOR EPSTEIN'S LITTLE SAINT JAMES ISLAND.


REMINGTON ACKNOWLEDGING SHE KNEW EPSTEIN WAS A CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER.


SHE SAYS SHE SAW NOTHING WHILE WORKING FOR EPSTEIN FROM AUGUST 2018 TO MAY 2019 JUST MONTHS BEFORE EPSTEIN'S SECOND ARREST AND DEATH IN PRISON...THE HILL USA 





The Greek newspaper "Kathimerini" says the probe of a fire on the USS "Gerald R. Ford" includes suspicion of arson by crew members.


The crew members have been on a long deployment now lasting more than 10 months.


The carrier in the Red Sea participating in the Iran War when the laundry room fire broke out last Thursday it took 30 hours to extinguish.


600 sailors displaced from their living quarters by the blaze.


The carrier enroute to a US naval base on the island of Crete for repairs...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)...Greek City Times




FOUR KILLED IN THE COLLAPSE OF SCAFFOLDING AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN VIENNA.


WORKERS DOING CONCRETE WORK IN THE COURTYARD OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Colombian President Gustavo Petro says that neighboring Ecuador is behind recent bombing attacks that killed 27 people.


The attacks linked to coca leaf planting in southern Colombia.


Ecuador is waging a campaign against drug trafficking backed by the US military.


Mr. Petro saying he has reached out to US President Donald Trump over the deadly bombing.


Pro-US Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa denying his country is involved...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)




          IRAN WAR DAY 18 FINAL UPDATE

                           (INFORMATION MAY BE ADDED)



DEBRIS FROM IRANIAN MISSILES FALLING ON DUBAI WEDNESDAY MORNING.



AN ATTACK ON A PRO-IRANIAN MILITIA BASE IN KIRKUK, IRAQ LATE TONIGHT.



ISRAEL ORDERING EVACUATION OF THE SOUTHERN LEBANESE CITY OF TYRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING REFUGEE CAMPS.


IRAN CONFIRMING THE DEATH OF ITS SECURITY CHIEF ALI LARIJANI IN AN ISRAELI ASSASSINATION ATTACK EARLIER TODAY.


THE US USING 5,000 POUND BOMBS TO STRIKE IRANIAN SITES DEEP UNDERGROUND AROUND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.


TWO KILLED IN AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK ON CENTRAL ISRAEL TONIGHT FATALLY WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL THAT ENTERED THEIR APARTMENT.


THE IRANIAN ATTACK LEADING TO A SUSPENSION OF TRAIN SERVICE IN THE TEL AVIV AREA DUE TO DAMAGE AT A TRAIN STATION...

                            ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

                           AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


"We can't lose focus on what's going on in Ukraine and the need for our support"


British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaking alongside the visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.


Zelensky's visit in the midst of the Iran War with Starmer driving home an anti-Russia message in front of the media.



Mr. Starmer saying "Putin can't be the one who benefits from the conflict in Iran" emphasizing the need for 'resolve' in supporting Ukraine...EURONEWS



China announcing humanitarian aid for nations in the Middle East impacted by the Iran War.   They include Iran, Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan.


Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaking of 'grave humanitarian catastrophes' caused by the war in multiple countries...AFP France-Dawn Pakistan


The UK, Netherlands and Finland joining together to finance purchases of defense equipment and supplies.


The Multilateral Defense Mechanism set to launch next year is also rooted in the notion that other nations with good credit ratings will join the transnational financial institution...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER JOE KENT RESIGNING.


KENT SAYING A CAMPAIGN OF MISINFORMATION ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL'S INTERESTS LED TO US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DECIDING TO GO TO WAR WITH IRAN.


MR. KENT APPOINTED TO HIS POSITION BY PRESIDENT TRUMP...AL JAZEERA QATAR



Deadly bombing attacks in northeastern Nigeria last night.


At least 23 killed and more than 100 wounded in three suicide attacks in the city of Maiduguri.



These bombings appear to be linked to the Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


                        IRAN WAR DAY 18

                                               (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



IRAN SAYS AN 'ENEMY PROJECTILE' HIT NEAR ITS BUSHEHR NUCLEAR REACTOR.



IRAN CONFIRMING THE DEATH OF THE COMMANDER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS 'BASIJ' UNIT...ISRAEL SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)


ROCKET AND DRONE ATTACKS AGAINST THE US EMBASSY COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD THIS EVENING.


THEY ARE IN RESPONSE TO US ATTACKS ON MILITIAS AFFILIATED WITH IRAN IN IRAQ.


US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EXPRESSING ANGER WITH NATO ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR REFUSING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WAR USING THEIR NAVAL FORCES IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.


BUT SPEAKING TO REPORTERS MR. TRUMP SAYING 'WE DON'T NEED ANY HELP'.



FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SAYING HIS COUNTRY IS 'NOT PARTY TO THE CONFLICT' WHEN SPEAKING OF NON-PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY ACTIONS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.



THE DEATH TOLL FROM ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON NOW 912 ACCORDING TO THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT.


ISRAEL CLAIMING THE ASSASSINATION OF IRAN'S SECURITY CHIEF ALI LARIJANI.


ISRAEL ALSO CLAIMS THE ASSASSINATION OF GHOLAMREZA SOLEIMANI LEADER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS BASIJ FORCE.


EXPLOSIONS IN FOUR MAJOR IRANIAN CITIES AS ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE.


ISRAEL CONTINUING AIR ATTACKS ON LEBANON.


                            AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


                       The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 46.85 points or .1 percent.   The NASDAQ up 105.35 points or .47 percent.

At 442 pm New York Time the price of oil 96 dollars 13 cents a barrel up two dollars 63 cents or 2.81 percent...

                            Marketwatch


"Any claim to the contrary appears geared solely to mislead oil traders and the public"

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denying any channel of communication between him and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.


Araghchi linking reporting about such a channel of communication as an attempt to rig oil prices to a lower level...BARAK RAVID AXIOS-ISRAEL CHANNEL 12 "X"



In South Korea President Lee Jae Myung calling for measures to meet the worst-case scenario if the Iran War drags on.

Lee speaking at a meeting of his cabinet today...Yonhap News Agency South Korea


IN THE CENTRAL ASIAN NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN VOTERS APPROVING A NEW CONSTITUTION.


90 PERCENT OF THE VOTES IN FAVOR OF IT WITH A 70 PERCENT VOTER TURNOUT.


THE DOCUMENT STRENGTHENS THE POWER OF PRESIDENT KASSYM-JOMART TOKAYEV.


IT ALSO CREATES A NEW POSITION OF VICE-PRESIDENT AND CHANGES THE COUNTRY'S PARLIAMENT AMONG OTHER PROVISIONS...EURONEWS



A Palestinian woman released from a US immigration detention center after being held for more than a year.


Leqaa Kordia's arrest followed her participation in protests opposing Israel's military offensive in Gaza staged at Columbia University.


Kordia's release comes in response to a third ruling in favor of her release by a federal judge the two previous orders contested in appeals courts...NBC News USA

Monday, March 16, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 3/16/2026*THIRD NIGHT OF MASS UKRAINAN DRONE ATTACKS ON MOSCOW*CUBAN GRID DOWN*PAKISTAN ATTACKS AFGHAN CAPITAL, TALIBAN SAYS 200 DEAD*LEADERS SHUN HORMUZ MISSION*IRAN SECURITY CHIEF CHALLENGES MUSLIM NATIONS*US MESSAGE PROMOTES HIGHER STOCK PRICES, LOWER OIL PRICES*IRAN WAR DAY 17*FOUR KILLED IN 'BRUTAL MASSACRE'*

 


                             (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)



                                The Iran War news in this summary but first...


                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




A federal district judge issuing a preliminary injunction against Trump Administration vaccine policies.


District Judge Brian Murphy, appointed by former President Joe Biden, ruling in a lawsuit brought by the American Academy of Pediatrics.


The policies ruled against include changes to recommended childhood immunizations and changes to a vaccine advisory panel...The Hill USA



Ukrainian drones attacking Moscow for the third night in a row at least 26 downed tonight.


250 drones downed by Moscow's air defenses the two previous nights...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)



         IRAN WAR DAY 17 LATE UPDATE

                                    (LATE NEWS WILL BE ADDED)


A FIRE BROKE OUT AN OIL DEPOT IN FUJAIRAH IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FOLLOWING A DRONE ATTACK EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.



NO INJURIES IN THE TONIGHT'S MISSILE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL BY IRAN.


EXPLOSIONS IN NORTHERN TEHRAN TONIGHT AS ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS ON THE CITY CONTUINUE.



DRONES ATTACKING THE US EMBASSY COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ LATE TONIGHT.   SOME DRONES EXPLODING INSIDE IT...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...  



ATTACKS ON PRO-IRAN MILITIA GROUPS IN IRAQ CONTINUE.



A TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF AIRSPACE IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DUE TO MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACKS...(AL JAZEERA QATAR)...


                    AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG



A TOTAL COLLAPSE OF CUBA'S POWER GRID KNOCKING OUT ELECTRICITY TO TEN MILLION PEOPLE.


THE GOVERNMENT ELECTRIC COMPANY INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE OUTAGE.


THIS COMES AS CUBA IS SUFFERING UNDER THE UNITED STATES CUTOFF OF OIL THAT USED TO COME FROM VENEZUELA.


SHORTAGES OF FOOD, FUEL AND MEDICINE REPORTED...AL JAZEERA QATAR


                      (This Story Is Updated)


A Pakistani air attack on Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul tonight said to have been deadly.

There were also attacks on Nangarhar in Afghanistan according to Pakistani security sources.

Late tonight Pakistani sources speaking of six air attacks aimed at weapons depots and a drone workshop.

Parts in the drone workshop linked by those Pakistani sources to India and Israel.

Tonight Taliban authorities in Afghanistan speak of more than 400 dead (News Agencies) from an attack on a 'rehab clinic' in Kabul...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

The conflict reignited just days before the Iran War began.

China is calling for dialogue instead of conflict between the two nations...

                           DAWN PAKISTAN

                                  Tass Russia 



FIVE MEMBERS OF THE IRANIAN WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM HEADING HOME AFTER WITHDRAWING REQUESTS FOR ASYLUM IN AUSTRALIA.


THEY LEFT MALAYSIA ON A FLIGHT TO OMAN AFTER LEAVING AUSTRALIA LAST WEEK.


TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM GRANTED ASYLUM IN AUSTRALIA...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA



Meeting in Berlin Dutch and German leaders declining participation in a military mission in the Strait of Hormuz.


Prime Minister Rob Jetten and Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed concern about Antisemitism related to the Iran War.


Chancellor Merz calling for a quick end to the war with a clear strategy saying bombing to change the government of Iran is not likely to work.


Jetten and Merz discussing the Ukraine War and European issues in their talks...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



US TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT SAYS THE US IS ALLOWING IRANIAN OIL TANKERS TO USE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.


ALSO, CHINESE SHIPS ARE BEING ALLOWED TO LEAVE IN THE NAME OF MAKING THE WORLD WEALTHY.


THIS KIND OF STATEMENT A STIMULUS FOR STOCK MARKETS TO RISE AND OIL PRICES TO FALL...TASS RUSSIA


IN CANADA A POSITIVE INFLATION REPORT FOR LAST MONTH.  LOWER 1.8 PERCENT INFLATION RECORDED BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE IRAN WAR...CBC NEWS CANADA


The mother of an American student murdered in Aruba filing a report with Dutch police against Joran van der Sloot.


He confessed to the murder of Natalee Holloway during an investigation into extortion of his mother Beth Holloway.


Van der Sloot never prosecuted for Natalee Holloway's murder but he is now serving 48 years in a Peruvian prison.

One sentence for murdering Stephany Flores in Peru and the other for extorting Beth Holloway...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



                          IRAN WAR DAY 17

                                                  (UPDATES WHEN ABLE)



IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTION GUARDS CORPS (IRGC) WARNING WORKERS AT INDUSTRIAL SITES OWNED BY US COMPANIES IN THE PERSIAN GULF NATIONS TO EVACUATE AHEAD OF ATTACKS.



THREE WOUNDED IN A HEZBOLLAH ROCKET ATTACK ON NORTHERN ISRAEL THIS EVENING.


886 PEOPLE KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS ON LEBANON SO FAR IN THE WAR.


                      "Which side are you on?"


IRANIAN SECURITY CHIEF ALI LARIJANI ASKING MUSLIM NATIONS TO FIND UNITY IN OPPOSITION TO ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES.


HE NOTES SOME NATIONS HAVE DENOUNCED IRAN FOR ATTACKING US BASES IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST.


HE SAYS AMERICA HAS NO LOYALTY AND THAT ISRAEL IS 'YOUR ENEMY'.



IRAN DEMANDING THAT ARAB COUNTRIES IN THE PERSIAN GULF CLARIFY THEIR POSITIONS ON THE ISRAELI-AMERICAN ATTACKS AGAINST IT.


THIS FOLLOWING A REPORT THAT SAUDI CROWN PRINCE AND RULER MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN SUPPORTED ATTACKS AGAINST IRAN.


IT'S BEEN DENIED BY SAUDI MEDIA.



EXPLOSIONS IN THE JERUSALEM AREA THIS AFTERNOON IRANIAN MISSILE SHRAPNEL LANDING IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS A FIRE IGNITED REPORTS OF CASUALTIES ARE COMING IN


A PIECE OF A MISSILE INTERCEPTOR STRUCK A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN JERUSALEM CAUSING DAMAGE WITH NO CASUALTIES


QATAR REPORTING A MISSILE ATTACK 


CASUALTIES IN TEHRAN FOLLOWING AN ISRAELI ATTACK


THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SAYS IT WAS ATTACKED BY SIX MISSILES AND 21 DRONES SO FAR TODAY



IRAN SAYS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS OPEN TO NATIONS THAT ARE NOT ITS ENEMIES...



                         AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


                          ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...



THE ISRAELI MILITARY REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO CALL-UP 450,000 RESERVISTS.


THE CALL-UP SEEN AS A SIGN THAT ISRAEL IS SEEKING TO SUSTAIN MAJOR MILITARY OPERATIONS INSIDE LEBANON TO FIGHT THE IRANIAN-ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 387.94 points or .83 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 268.82 points or 1.22 percent.

At 434 pm New York Time the price of oil 93 dollars 65 cents down five dollars six cents or 5.13 percent...Marketwatch



FOUR PALESTINIANS KILLED SHOT IN THE HEAD BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS INCUDING A MOTHER, FATHER AND TWO CHILDREN.


THE SOLDIERS SAYING THEY FELT THREATENED DURING AN ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATION WHEN THE CAR APPROACHED THEM.


THE PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CALLING THE SATURDAY NIGHT KILLINGS A 'BRUTAL MASSACRE'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



13 KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA OVER THE WEEKEND.   


NINE OF THE DEAD POLICE OFFICERS AT A STATION THAT CAME UNDER ATTACK...AL JAZEERA QATAR



In France the first round of voting in municipal elections with leads recorded by parties of the Right, Center and Left in the mayoral contests with some candidates in the smaller cities elected outright.


In Paris Socialist Emmanuel Gregoire well ahead of the mainstream Right candidate Rachida Dati gaining 37.5 percent to her 24.9 percent.


In Le Havre Edouard Philippe a Centrist Presidential candidate in next year's election winning 43.76 percent of the vote.


Candidates of the 'far-right' National Rally (RN) doing well in some cities.  In Marseille Franck Allisio with 34.3 percent of the vote close to Leftist Benoit Payan at 36.8 percent.


In the southern city of Nimes National Rally candidate Julien Sanchez leading Communist Vincent Bouget by 163 votes with just over 30 percent of the vote.  Mainstream Right candidate Franck Proust with 19.55 percent of the vote in that contest.


Right politician Eric Ciotti gaining 41 percent of the vote in the contest for Mayor of Nice he is aligned with the National Rally of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella.


The final round of voting next Sunday will determine the winners...


                      BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)

Sunday, March 15, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 3/15/2026*TRUMP SUGGESTS CHINA TRIP DELAY*OSCARS HANDED OUT*US OFFERS REWARD FOR INFO ON IRAN LEADERS*ABUSE AT EPSTEIN ZORRO RANCH*OPPOSITION LEADER LEAVES UGANDA*WAR CRITIC WARNS US GOV'T MAY LINK HIM TO CRIME*IRAN SAYS IT'S NOT BLOCKING STRAIT*TRUMP VOWS EFFORT TO OPEN STRAIT*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)



                     Updated news of the Iran War but first...



                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



AS THE IRAN WAR DRAGS ON US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SUGGESTS HIS TRIP TO CHINA PLANNED FOR THE END OF THIS MONTH MAY BE DELAYED.


TRUMP ALSO TELLING THE 'FINANCIAL TIMES' HE THINKS CHINA SHOULD HELP WITH HIS STATED INTENTION TO KEEP THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ OPEN TO SHIPPING...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY KOREA



Early Monday morning attacking Ukrainian drones downed over Moscow.  Debris fell to the ground...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)


Tonight in Hollywood the motion picture industry's Academy Awards.   Six Oscars win by the film "One Battle After Another"...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



THREE WOUNDED IN A UKRAINIAN DRONE ATTACK IN THE KURSK REGION OF RUSSIA.   THEY WERE HIT BY SHRAPNEL FROM THE DRONE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



A rising death toll in Kenya after heavy rains led to flooding.


At least 62 killed and thousands left homeless by the deluge of water.


Heavy rains continue creating a threat of more flooding...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



         IRAN WAR DAY 16 SUNDAY NEWS

                                (UPDATED WITH SOME LATE INFO)


A KURDISH POLITICAL PARTY IN IRAQ SAYS THREE MISSILES STRUCK ONE OF ITS SITES WITH NO ONE HURT.


ISRAEL'S HEALTH MINISTRY REPORTING 108 WOUNDED IN IRANIAN ATTACKS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.


SIX DRONES SHOT DOWN BY SAUDI ARABIA THIS EVENING.


IRAN SAYS ITS READY FOR A LONG WAR.



MORE DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON.


THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SIGNALING A DEAL WITH SOME NATIONS TO ESCORT MERCHANT VESSELS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BUT NO ANNOUNCEMENT YET.


FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON SPEAKING WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN REPEATING US-ISRAELI TALKING POINTS ABOUT IRAN NOT HAVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR LONG-RANGE MISSILES.


MACRON SAYING FRANCE'S INTEREST IN THE IRAN WAR IS 'DEFENSIVE'.



ISRAEL SPEAKING OF THREE MORE WEEKS OF WAR IN IRAN AIMED AT DESTROYING IRAN'S INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY



DRONES AND ROCKETS HITTING A US MILITARY BASE AS BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN IRAQ.


IRAN FIRING MULTIPLE VOLLEYS OF MISSILES AT ISRAEL TODAY.


THE US OFFERING A TEN MILLION DOLLAR REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON IRAN'S LEADERS.


IRANIAN SECURITY OFFICIAL ALI LARIJANI SAYS THERE ARE PLOTS TO STAGE AT 9/11 STYLE ATTACK AND BLAME IT ON IRAN.


LARIJANI REFERENCING 'MEMBERS OF EPSTEIN'S NETWORK' IN CONNECTION WITH THIS ALLEGATION.


IRAN ALSO SAYS DRONE ATTACKS ON SAUDI ARABIA ARE NOT ITS RESPONSIBILITY BUT STAGED ACTS TO DISCREDIT IRAN...PRESS TV IRAN...


ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU APPEARING IN A VIDEO TO DISPEL RUMORS OF HIS DEATH IN THE WAR...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...


A KUWAITI NEWS ORGANIZATION REPORTING IRAN'S NEW SUPREME LEADER MOJTABA KHAMENEI BEING TAKEN TO RUSSIA FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AFTER BEING WOUNDED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK.


IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS THE SUPREME LEADER IS IN GOOD HEALTH AND IN CHARGE.


ISRAEL EXPANDING ITS AIR ATTACKS ON IRAN TO INLCUDE REGIONAL CITIES AND RURAL AREAS WHERE COMMAND AND CONTROL FACILITIES ARE SUSPECTED TO BE OPERATING...

                                 AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


                                   ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS


"Cease fire. Let paths of dialogue be reopened! Violence can never lead to justice stability and peace that people await."


POPE LEO XIV SPEAKING ABOUT THE IRAN WAR TODAY.   


THE PONTIFF NOTING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND MILLIONS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES.


AUTHORITIES IN LEBANON WHERE MUCH OF THE POPULATION IS CHRISTIAN SPEAK OF MORE THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE BEING FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES.

HE ALSO NOTED THE ATTACK ON A SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN IRAN LINKED TO THE UNITED STATES AND CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE US MILITARY...WRAL-TV RALEIGH



On Saturday North Korea conducted a test of multiple rocket launchers.


In attendance for the 'firepower strike drill' ruler Kim Jong-Un with his teenage daughter and presumed successor Ju-Ae...Yonhap News Agency South Korea



                      IRAN WAR DAY 16

                                           (UPDATING WHEN ABLE)


AFTER SAUDI ARABIA'S INTERCEPTION OF 10 DRONES IRAN DENYING ANY RESPONSIBILITY SAYING THE SAUDIS SHOULD INVESTIGATE TO FIND THE ACTUAL SOURCE OF THE DRONES.


IRANIAN ATTACKS THIS MORNING ON BAHRAIN, KUWAIT AND THE UAE.   IRAN SAYS IT IS TARGETING US MILITARY BASES.


IN SATURDAY'S IRAQI MILITIA DRONE ATTACK ON THE US EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD A RADAR SYSTEM USED TO DEFEND THE COMPOUND WAS DAMAGED...OSINTdefender "X" (Photo Embeds)...


MORE MISSILE FIRE AIMED AT ISRAEL OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING.  AT LEAST TWO WOUNDED FROM FLYING SHRAPNEL.


REPORTING THAT ISRAEL IS CENSORING NEWS OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY IRANIAN MISSILES THAT SPREAD SHRAPNEL WHEN THEY ARE INTERCEPTED AND DESTROYED...(AL JAZEERA QATAR)


HEZBOLLAH CLAIMING ROCKET ATTACKS ON ISRAELI SOLDIERS FROM ITS POSITIONS IN LEBANON.


SAUDI ARABIA REPORTS TEN DRONES DESTROYED THIS MORNING IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY...


                          AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


              ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS WAR TICKER



At least 10 women and girls say they were groomed for sexual abuse at Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico.


Authorities searched the ranch property recently as a part of a probe led by New Mexico's Attorney General.


A previous New Mexico probe in 2019 shut down at the request of federal authorities.


An unverified tip given to the FBI spoke of two 'foreign girls' being killed and buried at the ranch...NBC News USA...


Meanwhile ITV News in the UK revealing a photo of two key British associated of Jeffrey Epstein.


The picture showing former Prince Andrew (Andrew Mountbatten Windsor) and former British cabinet minister Peter Mandelson with Epstein.


Both men in bathrobes at Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts alongside Epstein...BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)




UGANDA'S OPPOSITION LEADER BOBI WINE SAYS HE HAS LEFT THE COUNTRY. 


WINE MAKING THE STATEMENT IN A VIDEO POSTED ON "X".


HE HAS BEEN IN HIDING SINCE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN JANUARY SAID TO HAVE BEEN WON BY INCUMBENT YOWERI MUSAVENI WINNING HIS SEVENTH TERM IN OFFICE.


MR. WINE SAYING HE WILL RETURN TO UGANDA TO 'CONTINUE THE MISSION' AT 'THE RIGHT TIME'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



"countries tend to become more authoritarian during wartime...

the stakes are high, people's emotions have risen to a very high point...

the United States always fights wars on behalf of freedom but there's always less of it in our country during war."

MEDIA PERSONALITY TUCKER CARLSON ON EXPECTATIONS OF A CRIMINAL REFERRAL FROM THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AGAINST HIM OVER HIS CONTACTS WITH IRANIANS PRIOR TO THE WAR (FULL 5 MINUTE 22 SECOND VIDEO BELOW)...






Meanwhile US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr threatening to take away licenses of media outlets broadcasting 'hoaxes' about the Iran War.


Carr saying broadcasters carrying 'fake news...have a chance now to correct course' before their licenses come up for renewal before the FCC...The Guardian UK...


Mr. Carr's social media post comes ahead of the Academy Awards ceremony being broadcast from Hollywood this evening where anti-war statements could be made. 



THE IRAN WAR DAY 15 SATURDAY DEVELOPMENTS



THE MESSAGING OF IRAN'S GOVERNMENT SATURDAY IS THAT IRAN CONTROLS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BUT IS NOT TRYING TO BLOCK ITS USE.


ONE OFFICIAL SAYING SHIPS OF NATIONS NOT CONSIDERED HOSTILE WOULD BE ALLOWED THROUGH THE STRAIT.


SOME SHIPS BOUND FOR CHINA AND INDIA INCLUDING OIL TANKERS HAVE GAINED PASSAGE THROUGH THE STRAIT IN RECENT DAYS.


THE MESSAGING OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SATURDAY IS THAT THE WARSHIPS OF OTHER NATIONS WERE NEEDED TO OPEN UP THE STRAIT.


HE PROMISED CONTINUED US ATTACKS ON IRAN IN THE NAME OF OPENING THE STRAIT.


ONE IRANIAN OFFICIAL THREATENING ATTACKS ON US OIL INTERESTS FOLLOWING THE US ATTACK ON IRAN'S KRARG ISLAND AND MR. TRUMP'S THREAT TO ATTACK IRANIAN OIL INFRASTRUCTURE.


THREE HURT IN AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK ON THE SOUTHERN ISRAELI PORT CITY OF EILAT.


IRAN REPORTING 15 KILLED IN AN ISRAELI AIR ATTACK.


A DRONE ATTACK ON KUWAIT WITH RADAR AT THE KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PARTIALLY DAMAGED.


PRO-IRANIAN MILITIAS LAUNCHING DRONE ATTACKS ACROSS IRAQ FOLLOWING US BOMBING ATTACKS FRIDAY NIGHT.    SOME DAMAGE AT THE US EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD.   ALSO, DAMAGE AT AN OIL REFINERY IN NORTHERN IRAQ'S KURDISH REGION....



      AL JAZEERA QATAR SATURDAY BLOG




IN TORONTO ON SATURDAY A PRO-IRAN ANTI-ISRAEL "JERUSALEM DAY" (QUDS DAY) PROTEST WAS HELD NEAR THE US CONSULATE.


ON FRIDAY ONTARIO PREMIER DOUG FORD WENT TO COURT IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE PROTEST SAYING IT WAS ANTISEMITIC AND GLORIFIED TERRORISM.



BUT A JUDGE RULED THAT THE PROTEST COULD PROCEED THAT IT WAS PROTECTED UNDER CANADA'S CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS.



"JERUSALEM DAY" WAS FIRST PROCLAIMED IN IRAN IN 1979 IT REPRESENTS THE IRAN'S OPPOSITION TO ISRAELI CONTROL OF PALESTINAIAN RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN TERRITORIES LIKE GAZA AS WELL AS JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK)...CBC NEWS CANADA



Police in the Netherlands are looking for two suspects following an explosion outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam Friday night.


There was another incident involving a fire outside a synagogue in Rotterdam on Thursday evening.


Government officials expressing outrage over the incidents linked to the Iran War with Israeli critics speaking of an epidemic of Antisemitism in the Netherlands...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



At least one person killed 600,000 acres damaged by three wildfires in central and western Nebraska.


The Nebraska National Guard assisting with firefighting efforts including the use of two Blackhawk helicopters.


The governor of Nebraska and legislators touring the fire area Saturday...KETV Omaha



ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE BELGOROD DISTRICT OF RUSSIA DAMAGED IN A UKRAINIAN ROCKET ATTACK THIS WEEKEND...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)










Saturday, March 14, 2026

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*PRICE AT THE PUMP IS...*INFLATION UPDATE*THE LEGO VIDEO FROM IRAN*THE WAR CONTINUES*"THE US MILITARY OPERATION IN IRAN" SOUNDS LIKE...*'I WILL CHANGE YOU IF YOU WILL LET ME'*

 

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(SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS TO POST RIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT EASTERN US)



                         THE PRICE AT THE PUMP IS...


The price at Sam's Club here in York on Saturday night 343.9 that's up from 273.9 since the start of the Iran War.


The price rise 70 cents or 25.56 percent.


Updating this story the price spiked at 345.9 on Sunday and fell back to 339.9 Sunday evening.



                                  INFLATION UPDATE:


The one-gallon container of Hawaiian Punch at Walmart 3 dollars 22 cents up from 2 dollars 97 cents when I shopped on Friday afternoon.



I WENT TO WALMART WITH MY GRANDAUGHTER THIS WEEKEND SHE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL TO BE BUILDING LEGOS.


I SAW PLENTY OF LEGO BOXES INSIDE LOCKED GLASS CASES.


LEGO'S POPULAR EVERYWHERE EVEN IN IRAN WHICH PUT OUT THIS LEGO-THEMED WAR VIDEO IT STARTS WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SHOWING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HIS JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILE...





           NEWSDUMP ALERT:  THE IRAN WAR DAY 17 

                                   (MONDAY NEWS)



AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN REBUFFING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S PUSH FOR WARSHIPS TO BE SENT TO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.



ATTACKS AGAINST PRO-IRAN MILITIAS UNDERWAY IN IRAQ FOLLOWING ATTACKS ON US BASES IN IRAQ.


AN IRANIAN RED CRESCENT CLINIC DAMAGED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK IN TEHRAN...




                             AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG





          NEWSDUMP ALERT:  THE IRAN WAR DAY 15

                                  (SATURDAY NEWS)



Several people hurt in the southern Israeli port city of Eilat in an Iranian missile attack.



Two drones struck the US Embassy in Baghdad following a night of American air attacks in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq aimed at Shia Muslim militias aligned with Iran.



Iran continuing attacks in the Persian Gulf region following the massive US attack on Iran's strategic Kharg Island last night with 90 targets said to have been hit.


Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz speaking of a 'decisive phase' in the war.


Nine missiles and 33 drones intercepted by the United Arab Emirates during the day.



                                     AL JAZEERA QATAR NEWS BLOG



                   TRUMP'S STRAIT OF HORMUZ SCHEME



US President Donald Trump messaging the notion of warships from many nations coming to the Strait of Hormuz to keep the flow of oil from the region moving.


This following reports that some nations like India and China have understandings with Iran to allow oil bound for those countries to move through the Strait...


                                                           The Hill USA


The President of the United States trying to talk those oil prices down no doubt.



THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY POSTING JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME SUNDAY.




I an "your anchorman" as El Rushbo used to say.

I do news the old fashioned way six days a week.

Here are the anchormen I watched as a child Chet Huntley and David Brinkley from November 6, 1968...






       IN RUSSIA WHEN THE MEDIA CALLS THE 'UKRAINE WAR' A:


               "Special Military Operation"


   WE CALL THAT PROPAGANDA SUGARCOATING A HARSH REALITY.



          THIS WEEK I SAW SOMEONE ON TELEVISION SPEAKING OF:



        "The US Military Operation In Iran"


       I SMELL THAT PROPAGANDA THE SUGARCOATING OF REALITY.


To the music I remember walking to school around fifth or sixth grade carrying my transistor radio with me.  

I was ahead of the times carrying my "device" around back in 1971.

Among the songs I heard on that device this one from Johnny Cash...


                                 "SINGIN' IN VIETNAM TALKIN' BLUES"-JOHNNY CASH




                                     "BLOWIN' IN THE WIND"-PETER, PAUL AND MARY




                                                         "HYMN"-RANDY STONEHILL




"All along a muddy, sunken roadway they lay, hundreds of wounded, brown blanket shapes, some shouting, some moaning, some singing in delirium...

The sound of their cries had a uniform level of muted anguish and despair.  

During the night they'd become little boys again and were crying in the heat for their mothers, for help, for water, for death, for God, in a vast and terrible monotone, while an elderly staff officer moved among them, trying to tell them it was worth it as we'd won."

                   FROM 'COVENANT WITH DEATH' BY JOHN HARRIS-

                                                   Peter Hitchens "X" Post


"Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming"

                                             I PETER 1:13 NIV BIBLE


Your host a 'recovering politician' working on political sobriety to face reality with confidence I am led to this message that Dr. Billy Graham gave in 1980 called "World Revolution"...


"Jesus said our problems come from within.  Your problems are not without.  It's not the environment of your home or neighborhood or any of those other things.  The basic problem is in your heart.

And it cannot be solved by these superficial remedies that we bring like alcohol or drugs or something else.

It's solved by a revolution that God brings 'I will overturn it' he says 'I will change you if you will let me'..."

         DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 13:26 INTO THE AUDIO LINK BELOW...


                      World Revolution-Dr. Billy Graham Edmonton, Canada 1980


                                               Good Night.  God Bless.


                                                 "EMPTY HANDED"-JOHN PANTRY