Wednesday, January 28, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 1/28/2026*US DEMANDS ON IRAN*NATIONALISTS BLOCK RETIRED ISRAELI COURT CHIEF*DOJ STILL UNABLE TO RELEASE EPSTEIN FILES*TRUMP:"WITH SPEED AND VIOLENCE IF NECESSARY"*IRAN REJECTS THREATS AS BASIS FOR TALKS*HUNGARY ACCUSES UKRAINE OF ELECTION INTERFERNCE*

 

                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)




                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




TONIGHT, WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS GIVEN IRAN A LIST OF DEMANDS.


THEY ARE RELATED TO ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM AND IRAN'S POSSESSION OF MISSILES WITH CONVENTIONAL EXPLOSIVES DUBBED "BALLISTIC MISSILES"


WE ARE ALSO BEING TOLD IRAN HAS SINGALED REJECTION OF SOME OF THESE DEMANDS.


THE 'WALL STREET JOURNAL' REPORTING THIS...OSINTdefender "X"



15 people on board killed when a small plane crashed in Colombia.


Lawmaker Diogenes Quintero among the dead.   


Quintero involved in defending human rights in the border region near Venezuela scene of armed conflict between the government and leftist FARC organization...CBS News USA



IN THE 'WEST BANK' TONIGHT ISRAELI NATIONALIST SETTLERS TORCHING THREE HOMES IN A BEDOUIN ENCLAVE.

THE ATTACK IN KHALLET AL-SIDRA LOCATED NEAR JERUSALEM...TIMES OF ISRAEL



In Israel former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak blocked from leaving a parking lot by right-wing nationalists.


Demonstrators calling him a "dictator" and "criminal".  He was eventually able to leave.


Barak had just spoken at an event dubbed "The First Liberal Congress.



He blasted the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it was delegitimizing the judiciary and failing to fight crime in the Arab Israeli community.


Mr. Barak also sharply criticized the Netanyahu government for failing to appoint an independent panel to investigate the October 7th 2023 Hamas attack...Times of Israel 




THE FBI CARRYING OUT A SEARCH AT THE FULTON COUNTY (ATLANTA) ELECTIONS OFFICE.


FULTON COUNTY A FLASHPOINT IN THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITH SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CLAIMING FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH THE VOTE THAT HEAVILY FAVORED FORMER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN...THE HILL USA



IN MOSCOW RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN RECEIVING THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT AHMED AL-SHARAA.


PUTIN SUPPORTING THE TERRITORIAL UNITY OF SYRIA.


HE SAID RUSSIA WILL DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH SYRIA ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS...Shafaq News Iraq...Tass Russia




The US Justice Department telling a federal judge it is still working on a review of its Jeffrey Epstein files.


Some of the process involving millions of pages of documents completed with the remainder expected to be finished 'in the near term'.



The Epstein Files Transparency Act signed into law in November required full release of the Epstein Files by December 19th of last year with redactions to be limited in scope...NBC NEWS USA





THE US FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD DECIDING TO KEEP THE PRIME INTEREST RATE STEADY BUT EXPRESSING OPTIMISM ABOUT THE US ECONOMY...(NEWS AGENCIES)...


IN THE BACKGROUND OF TODAY'S DECISION US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DEMAND FOR LOWER INTEREST RATES AND THE TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF FED CHAIR JEROME POWELL.



THE BANK OF CANADA MAINTAINING AN INTEREST RATE OF 2.25 PERCENT.

GOVERNOR TIFF MACKLEM EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT TRADE CONFLICT WITH THE UNITED STATES AND GEOPOLITICAL RISKS IN GENERAL...CBC NEWS CANADA



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 12.19 points.   

The NASDAQ rose 40.35 points or .17 percent.

At 436 pm New York Time the price of oil 63 dollars 52 cents up one dollar 13 cents or 1.81 percent..Marketwatch



  RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST PAKISTAN'S TIRAH REGION FEARFUL OF PAKISTANI MILITARY ACTION AGAINST NEIGHBORING AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN'S TALIBAN.


70,000 RESIDENTS HAVE FLED THEIR HOMES.



PAKISTAN'S DEFENSE MINISTER DENYING MILITARY ACTION LINKING THE SITUATION TO WEATHER CONDITIONS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



"We categorically reject the blatant American interference in Iraq's internal affairs"



FORMER IRAQI PRIME MINISTER NOURI AL-MALIKI ON SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WARNED AGAINST AL-MALIKI'S ELECTION AS IRAQ'S NEW PRIME MINISTER.


TRUMP LINKING HIM TO IRAN...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)



German police conducting raids at Deutsche Bank offices in Berlin and Frankfurt.


An investigation is underway into money laundering with unknown officials and employees accused...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)



     "with speed and violence if necessary"

        "The next attack will be far worse"



PARTS OF THE EARLY MORNING SOCIAL MEDIA POST OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REGARDING A GROUP OF US WARSHIPS NEAR IRAN...RAW STORY...TIMES OF ISRAEL




Kim Heon Lee, the wife of former Conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. sentence to 20 months in prison.


She was convicted on charges of bribery and corruption.  Prosecutors sought a 15 year sentence.



Those charges related to Kim's acceptance of Chanel bags and a diamond necklace as gifts...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




"negotiations don't go along with threats and talks can only take place when there are no longer menaces and excessive demands"


IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER ABBAS ARAGCHI SPEAKING ABOUT THE TENSIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND ALLIES BACKED BY ISRAEL.


HE NOTES NO CONTACTS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH US ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF IN RECENT DAYS AND IRAN IS NOT SEEKING TALKS.



MEANWHILE US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING OF A 'BEAUTIFUL ARMADA' APPROACHINF IRAN...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL



"We did not seek conflict, yet for days now, Hungary has been in the crosshairs"


Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaking of Ukrainian interference in its April 12th election.



He says it includes the use of 'paramilitary groups'.


Orban also maintaining firm opposition to any European Union ban on importing Russian oil and gas.


Such a ban announced recently by the EU...




                                           Tass Russia




North Korea says the missiles test fired yesterday involved an upgraded large-caliber multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS).


North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un was in attendance for yesterday's missile test...Yonhap News Agency South Korea




TWO RUSSIAN WOMEN DETAINED FOR 'UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY' AT THE US MARINE CORPS BASE AT CAMP PENDELTON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.


THE WOMEN TAKEN TO AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY WITH THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY ASSISTING THEM...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




ANGER IN ITALY OVER THE INVOLVEMENT OF US IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IN PROVIDING SECURITY FOR THE 2026 WINTER OLYMPICS.


THE INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION OF ICE INVOLVED.


THE MAYOR OF HOST CITY MILAN DESCRIBING ICE AS 'A MILITIA THAT KILLS' SAYING IT IS NOT WELCOME...NBC NEWS USA




An Israeli influencer denied entry into Australia accused of 'spreading hatred'.


Sammy Yahood has made online comments describing Islam as a 'disgusting ideology'.   His visa cancelled.


Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke saying "spreading hatred is not a good reason to come" to Australia.


Mr, Yahood speaking of "tyranny, censorship and control"...AFP France-Times of Israel

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