Tuesday, February 24, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 2/24/2026*TRUMP STATE OF THE UNION*US STEALTH WARPLANES DEPLOYED TO ISRAEL*SUICIDE ATTEMPT REPORTED BY FORMER NORWEGIAN PM LINKED TO EPSTEIN*US AMBASSADOR IN FRANCE TALKS TO FOREIGN MINISTER AMID TENSIONS*CHINA, HONG KONG PROTEST PANAMA PORT TAKEOVERS*UKRAINE WAR ANNIVERSARY

 


                                  (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)



                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




PRESIDENT TRUMP DELIVERING THE STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE TONIGHT...


             BBC NEWS UK LIVE BLOG



DOZENS OF DEMOCRATS IN THE US SENATE AND HOUSE DECLINING TO ATTEND THE SPEECH WITH A PROTEST EVENT BEING HELD OUTSIDE THE US CAPITOL...


BRIAN KRASSENSTEIN "X" (DEMOCRAT)






(UPDATED) 12 US F-22 WARPLANES BEING DEPLOYED AT A SOUTHERN ISRAELI AIR BASE...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)...Times of Israel...

12 PLANES LEFT ENGLAND WITH ONE OF THEM FORCED TO TURN BACK...THE OTHER 11 SAFELY REACHING AN AIRBASE IN THE NEGEV DESERT OF SOUTHERN ISRAEL...OSINTdefender "X"



(Updated) The former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland accused of corruption related to Jeffrey Epstein said to have been hospitalized following a suicide attempt.


He is reported in critical condition...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)...


The Norwegian Public Broadcaster NRK published a story following foreign media reports.

It says that Mr. Jagland is "hospitalized"..."as a result of the pressure surrounding the aftermath of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein".

The report noting that: "Several media outlets have written about the case".

A lawyer for Jagland speaking of him receiving "long-term follow-up in the healthcare system"...NRK Norway (In Norwegian)



IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR 28 KILLED AND 39 WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BACKED RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF).


THE ATTACK DESTROYED A MEDICAL CENTER IN THE TOWN OF MISTERIHA WITH ONE MEDICAL EMPLOYEE CAPTURED BY THE RSF...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



US Ambassador to France Charles Kushner holding a phone conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot.


This after Mr. Kushner failed to show for a meeting last evening to discuss US government social media posts blaming the Left for the killing of a French nationalist.



The French Foreign ministry had spoken of Mr. Kushner being barred from direct contact with French government officials for missing that meeting.


But the message now is that differences have been settled and that Mr. Kushner and Mr. Barrot will meet in the coming days...Politico EU




THE NEW TARIFFS PROMISED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE IN FORCE TODAY.


BUT THEY ARE 10 PERCENT TARIFFS, NOT THE 15 PERCENT TARIFFS MR. TRUMP TOUTED OVER THE WEEKEND IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST.


CERTAIN CONSUMER GOODS LIKE BEEF AND COFFEE ARE EXEMPT FROM THE TARIFFS...(CBC RADIO ONE CANADA NEWS NOON EASTERN TIME)...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 370.44 points or .76 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 236.41 points or 1.04 percent.

At 624 pm in New York the price of oil higher at 66 dollars four cents a barrel up 41 cents from today's close...

                             Marketwatch




China and Hong Kong protesting Panama's seizure of port ownership on the Panama Canal.


The two ports seized by Panama under pressure from the United States worried about Chinese influence over the strategic canal.



US President Donald Trump had accused China of 'running the Panama Canal'.



Ownership of the ports moving from Hong Kong's CK Hutchinson to a consortium including the US financial giant "BlackRock".



China's Foreign Ministry saying that "China will firmly safeguard the company's legitimate and lawful rights and interests"...News Agencies-TRT World Turkey (Turkiye)




TODAY IS THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF ALL-OUT WAR IN UKRAINE THAT HAS ITS ROOTS IN THE 2014 COUP THAT OVERTHREW AN ELECTED GOVERNMENT FRIENDLY TO RUSSIA.


IT IS A DAY OF PROPAGANDA OF MESSAGING WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS NOT 'BROKEN' THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.


KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SPEAKING OF THE WAR LEADING TO A 'MATURING OF SOCIETY' IN RUSSIA,..AL JAZEERA QATAR LIVE BLOG...TASS RUSSIA




Four killed in Iran in the crash of military helicopter.   The mishap in the town of Dorcheh near a military base in Isfahan Province.


The accident happened as Iran is in a heightened state of alert for an expected US and or Israeli attack...Al Jazeera Qatar




SEVEN KILLED IN THE CRASH OF AN AMBULANCE PLANE IN EASTERN INDIA.   THE PLANE HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FOR NEW DELHI WHEN IT WENT DOWN IN A FORESTED AREA.

AUTHORITIES SUSPECT TURBULENCE CAUSED BY BAD WEATHER LED TO THE CRASH...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




IN NORTH KOREA THE SISTER OF RULER KIM JONG-UN PROMOTED TO NEW POSITION AT THE CONGRESS OF THE RULING WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY.


KIM YO JONG NAMED DIRECTOR OF A DEPARTMENT DEALING WITH INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS AND EXTERNAL STRATEGIES.



SHE HAS MADE STRONG STATEMENTS DIRECTED AT SOUTH KOREA IN RECENT MONTHS


HER PROMOTION ANNOUNCED DURING THE RULING PARTY CONGRESS AN EVENT HELD EVERY FIVE YEARS...THE INDEPENDENT UK

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