Sunday, February 1, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/1/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*FBI INFORMANT LINKS EPSTEIN, DERSHOWITZ TO FOREIGN SPY WORK*DOZENS KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA*IRAN, TRUMP SIGNAL NEGOTIATIONS*DEADLY SEPARATIST ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN NEAR IRAN*

 

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




                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




President Trump announcing closure of the Trump-Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington for restoration on July 4th.


Many artists scheduled to perform at the center have pulled out over the decision to add Mr. Trump's name to the center originally called the "Kennedy Center".


Mr. Trump speaking of a two-year project to create a "new and spectacular Entertainment Complex"...The Hill USA




BRITISH LABOR PARTY INSIDER PETER MANDELSON LEAVING THE PARTY AFTER NEW REVELATIONS ABOUT HIS TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


MR. MANDELSON SAID TO HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF SEVERAL PAYMENTS FROM EPSTEIN ACCORDING TO THE EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED ON FRIDAY.



MANDELSON SPEAKING OF THE NEED TO CONDUCT HIS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO THOSE PAYMENTS SAYING HE HAS 'NO RECORD OR RECOLLECTION OF THEM'...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL



ISRAEL KICKING OUT THE 'DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS' (MSF) HUMANITARIAN GROUP FROM GAZA.


MSF WILL NOT COMPLY WITH NEW ISRAELI RULES ABOUT DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT ITS INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL STAFF WORKING IN GAZA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The next round of talks on the war in Ukraine reset from today to mid-week.   Those discussions in the United Arab Emirates now set for Wednesday and Thursday...Tass Russia...More news related to this later in the summary.




"The Americans should know that if they start the war this time it will be a regional war"


Iran's Supreme Leaders Ayatollah Khamenei warning the US against starting a war also saying 'we do want to attack any country' adding 'the Iranian nation will deliver a hard punch to anyone who attacks and harasses it'...Press TV Iran




ISRAEL DELAYING THE EXPECTED REOPENING OF THE RAFAH BORDER CROSSING FOR ONE DAY.


TODAY'S BORDER OPENING NOW DEFINED AS A TEST INVOLVING 50 PALESTINIANS WHO BE ABLE TO LEAVE GAZA TOMORROW.



ISRAEL'S CONTROL OF THE BORDER CROSSING INVOLVES ALLOWNG 200 PALESTINIANS TO LEAVE GAZA EACH DAY, BUT ONLY 50 WILL BE ALLOWED TO RE-ENTER...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In Israel a huge political rally Saturday night brought together Jewish protesters opposed to the government of Benjamin Netanyahu with Arab demonstrators opposing crime in their community.


40,000 people rallied in the center of Tel Aviv...Times of Israel




US politics the Democrats winning a State Senate seat in Texas in a special election.   Taylor Rehmet the Democrat winner in a district that favored President Trump by 17 percent in the 2024 election.


With 95 percent of the vote counted Rehmet at 57 percent of the vote with Republican Leigh Wambsganss at 43 percent...The Hill USA





ISRAELI ATTACK ON GAZA POLICE STATION 1/31/2026



IN SPITE OF A 'CEASEFIRE' A WAVE OF ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA THIS WEEKEND WITH AT LEAST 30 KILLED...The Guardian UK (Video Embed)



THERE IS TALK OF NEGOTIATIONS THIS WEEKEND INVOLVING IRAN.   


THE PRIME MINISTER OF QATAR VISITING TEHRAN TALKING TO IRAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY CHIEF ALI LARIJANI.


THE TALKS DESCRIBED AS AN EFFORT TO 'LOWER TENSIONS IN THE REGION'...TIMES OF ISRAEL...


MR. LARIJANI ON SOCIAL MEDIA SPEAKING OF 'STUCTURAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEGOTIATIONS PROGRESSING'...OSINTdefednder "X"



"They are talking to us, seriously talking to us"


THOSE COMMENTS ABOUT IRAN FROM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING TO REPORTERS ON AIR FORCE ONE SATURDAY NIGHT AS TRAVELED TO PALM BEACH, FLORIDA...OSINTdefender "X" (Audio Link)



          (Updated More Casualties Reported) 


In southwestern Pakistan near Iran a wave of terrorist attacks that targeted police and security forces in Balochistan.



At least 67 Baloch separatists killed along with ten members of the security forces and 11 civilians...Associated Press USA-France 24...


Later reporting has raised the number of casualties in the fighting...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



(EDITORIAL NOTE:  JOURNALIST GLENN GREENWALD REMINDS US THAT INFORMATION IN THE EPSTEIN FILES MAY CONTAIN CLAIMS THAT ARE FALSE OR REMAIN TO BE PROVEN)



EPSTEIN FILES INCLUDE FBI INFORMANT LINKING EPSTEIN ATTORNEY ALAN DERSHOWITZ TO ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE.


THE INFORMANT ALSO SAID THAT MR. DERSHOWITZ TOLD US ATTORNEY FOR SOUTH FLORIDA ALEX ACOSTA THAT JEFFREY EPSTEIN HAS BE TREATED LENIENTLY.



THIS WAS BECAUSE EPSTEIN WORKED FOR 'US AND ALLIED INTELLIGENCE'...


                GLENN GREENWALD "X"



AMONG THE PEOPLE MR. DERSHOWITZ HAS DEFENDED OVER THE YEARS IN THE PUBLIC ARENA TWO US PRESIDENTS DONALD TRUMP AND BILL CLINTON DURING THEIR IMPEACHMENT CASES.


BOTH MEN LINKED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.



MEANWHILE AN OFFICIAL IN THE EASTERN EUROPEAN NATION OF SLOVAKIA RESIGNING OVER HIS ASSOCIATION WITH EPSTEIN.


MIROSLAV LAJCAK MET WITH EPSTEIN AS REVEALED IN PHOTOS AND EMAILS RELEASED YESTERDAY.


MR. LAJCAK INVOLVED IN MEDIATING CONFLICTS IN THE BALKANS AMONG OTHER THINGS.


BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER SUGGESTING THAT ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR (FORMER PRINCE ANDREW) SHOULD COOPERATE WITH US INVESTIGATORS TELLING THEM WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT ESPTEIN'S ACTIVITIES...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA





(Updated News) 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father now back in Minnesota after being released from federal immigration detention...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...




A federal district judge in Texas this weekend ordered the release of a five-year-old child from federal immigration detention along with his father.


The two taken by authorities to Texas after being taken into custody in Minnesota.



The detention of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos as he returned home from pre-school caused outrage.



In his ruling Judge Fred Biery saying the child and father are seeking a 'modicum of due process and the rule of law'.



The judge gave federal authorities until Tuesday to release the pair...The Hill USA





A CANADIAN SOLDIER DEAD WHILE SERVING IN THE BALTIC NATION OF LATVIA NEIGHBORING RUSSIA.


GUNNER SEBASTIEN HALMAGEAN'S DEATH UNDER INVESTIGATION BY CANADIAN AND LATVIAN AUTHORITIES.



THERE IS NO CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHER CANADIAN SOLDIERS BASED IN LATVIA BECAUSE OF HIS DEATH.



STATEMENTS OF CONDOLENCE FROM CANADIAN OFFICIALS INCLUDING PRIIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY...CBC NEWS CANADA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev was in Miami ahead of the talks on Ukraine in the United Arab Emirates today.


The meeting with US negotiator Steve Witkoff called "productive"...Tass Russia




THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AND KURDISH SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES (SDF) REACHING WHAT'S CALLED A ''COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT".


THE DEAL DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE THE KURDS INTO THE MILITARY, SECURITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE INSTITUTIONS OF SYRIA.


ONE PART OF THE AGREEMENT IS THE CREATION OF AN ARMY DIVISION COMPRISING KURDISH SDF FORCES.


US AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY AND SYRIAN ENVOY TOM BARRACK HAILING THE AGREEMENT AS AN 'HISTORIC MILESTONE'...ASHARQ AL-AWSAT












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