NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/13/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*GERMAN LEADER DISAGREES WITH MAGA*TRUMP WARNS IRAN*BRITISH PALESTINE GROUP BAN OVERTURNED*TRUMP PUSHES NETANYAHU PARDON*AUSTRALIAN OPPOSITION LEADER OUSTED*TOMMY ROBINSON LINKS EPSTEIN TO SAUDI ARABIA*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A DEADLY UKRAINIAN MISSILE ATTACK IN RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION ON THE BORDER WITH UKRAINE.
TWO KILLED AND THREE WOUNDED WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNOR SAYING THE ATTACK WAS ON AN 'INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY'...TASS RUSSIA
The Chairman and Chief Executive of port operator DP World in Dubai Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem resigning today.
This week Bin Sulayem's ties to Jeffrey Epstein were revealed.
The sultan's name unredacted from the Epstein Files when members of Congress protested to the Justice Department including Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky...Rep. Thomas Massie "X"
"The culture war of the MAGA Movement is not ours"
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz detailing Europe's differences with the United States at the Munich Security Conference.
Mr. Merz noting Europe is sticking with the climate treaty and World Health Organization. He criticized tariffs calling for 'free trade'.
He says the US claim to world leadership is 'contested, perhaps squandered'.
Merz speaking of a European defense alliance within NATO that includes the United Kingdom...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 48.95 points.
The NASDAQ down 50.48 points.
In New York today the price of oil near the close at 62 dollars 87 cents a barrel up three cent...Marketwatch
THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUING HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
HARVARD ACCUSED OF WITHHOLDING INFORMATION NEEDED TO DETERMINE IF THE SCHOOL HAS GIVEN UP ON USING 'AFFIRMATIVE ACTION' IN ADMISSIONS...THE HILL USA
President Trump warning Iran of "traumatic" consequences unless some deal is reached within a month.
This follows a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who listed a steep set of demands Iran must comply.
They include ending uranium enrichment, stopping support for militant groups across the Middle East and eliminating of all missiles with a range of more than 300 miles.
Mr. Trump saying a deal must be reached in the next month. The US is sending a second aircraft carrier to waters near Iran in the weeks ahead...India Today
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa deploying the army to the Johannesburg and Cape Town areas to support the police fighting organized crime.
Criminal gangs are involved in activities ranging from drug trafficking to illegal mining.
THE BRITISH HIGH COURT RULING A GOVERNMENT ANTI-TERRORISM BAN ON THE GROUP 'PALESTINE ACTION' IS UNLAWFUL.
THE BAN REMAINS IN PLACE UNTIL A HEARING NEXT FRIDAY TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
BRITISH POLICE HAVE MADE HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS OF PEOPLE WHO DEMONSTRATED IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE ACTION UNDER THE BAN.
THE COURT FINDING THAT WHILE THE GROUP COMMITTED ACTS IN VIOLATION OF LAW THOSE ACTS DID NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF 'TERRORISM'.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL APPEAL THE DECISION...BBC NEWS BLOG
(Updated) US President Donald Trump saying Israeli President Issac Herzog 'should be ashamed of himself" for not pardoning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu currently involved in a long-running trial on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust.
Trump's comments come in the wake of his meeting with Mr. Netanyahu at the White House this week...Times of Israel...
Responding to Mr. Trump, President Herzog saying that:
"Israel operates by the law"
Herzog's office indicating that the pardon issue is under review by Israel's Justice Ministry before a decision based on the law and President Herzog's conscience is made...Middle East Monitor
In Bangladesh elections held following the overthrow of the previous government through street protests.
The Nationalist Party of Bangladesh winning the vote.
It defeated the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami Party.
The Awami League of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was not allowed to participate in the vote...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt
In Australia the main opposition Liberal Party ditching its leader Sussan Ley.
Ley resigning from the House of Representatives after losing to challenger Angus Taylor in a 34-17 vote of parliament members.
The Liberals and their National Party allies faring badly in recent polling amidst a sharp rise in support for the populist nationalist One Nation Party...ABC News Australia Blog
BRITISH ANTI-ISLAMIZATION ACTIVIST TOMMY ROBINSON IS LINKING JEFFREY EPSTEIN TO ISLAMIC NATIONS PARTICULARLY SAUDI ARABIA.
ROBINSON'S VIEWS PRESENTED BY THE 'JERUSALEM POST' INCLUDED THIS:
"Epstein did not live or behave like someone ideologically committed to the Jewish state. In fact, much of his fascination pointed elsewhere"
ROBINSON GOING ON TO NOTE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EPSTEIN AND THE SAUDIS INCLUDING ADMIRATION FOR CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN...
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PLENTY HAS BEEN REVEALED LINKING JEFFREY EPSTEIN TO ISRAEL INCLUDING ITS FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND DEFENSE MINISTER EHUD BARACK WITH WHOM EPSTEIN HAD A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.
IN THE EPSTEIN FILES MR. EPSTEIN COMMUNICATED WITH AN INDIAN BUSINESSMAN LEVERAGING A VISIT TO ISRAEL BY INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI IN 2017 THAT VISIT LED TO INDIA PURCHASING ISRAELI WEAPONRY...MIDDLE EAST MONITOR
THE SANCTIONED FOREIGN ASSETS OF RUSSIA'S LUKOIL ARE BEING ACQUIRED BY A SAUDI COMPANY.
MIDAD ENERGY PLACING ITS CASH PURCHASE OFFER IN ESCROW WHILE REGULATORY APPROVALS ARE SOUGHT INCLUDING APPROVAL OF THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA
Japan seizing a Chinese fishing vessel in its economic zone and arresting its captain.
This happened in waters off the southwestern coast of Japan.
There is concern the seizure could inflame tensions between Japan and China...Al Jazeera Qatar
A top North Korean official urging South Korea to prevent "reoccurrence of provocative sovereignty violation".
Kim Yo-jong sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un speaking following a drone intrusion attributed to a South Korean civilian.
The Unification Minister of South Korea has expressed 'deep regret' over the drone launch...Reuters-Asia One Singapore
IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA A US MARINE IS PRESUMED DEAD AFTER HE FELL OVERBOARD.
LANCE CORPORAL CHUKWUEMEKA OFORAH, 21, WAS SERVING ON THE USS IWO JIMA WHEN HE WENT INTO THE WATER LAST SATURDAY.
A SEARCH FOR OFORAH WAS CARRIED OUT FOR 72-HOURS. AN INVESTIGATION NOW UNDERWAY...USNI NEWS USA
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