Wednesday, February 4, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 2/4/2026*TRUMP NOT PLEASED WITH MINNEAPOLIS PROTESTER KILLINGS*REPORT OF IRAN TALKS BREAKDOWN REVERSED BUT FRIDAY NIGHT COULD BE REGIME CHANGE NIGHT*TRUMP XI TALK, XI PUTIN TALK IRAN DISCUSSED*ISRAELI HIGH COURT WANTS 'FAR RIGHT' MINISTER FIRED*COURT ORDER AGAINST ICE IN PORTLAND*GAZA SMUGGLING ACCUSATION AGAINST SPY CHIEF'S BROTHER*

 


                          (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)



                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:






INTERVIEWED FOR 'NBC NIGHTLY NEWS' PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE DOES NOT CONSIDER THE TWO PEOPLE RECENTLY KILLED BY FEDERAL AGENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS TO BE 'ANGELS'.


BUT HE ALSO SAYS REGARDING THE KILLINGS OF ALEX PRETTI AND RENEE GOOD:



    "I'm not pleased with what happened there"



TRUMP ALSO LOUDLY SUPPORTING AND PRAISING LAW ENFORCEMENT CALLING THEM 'GREAT PEOPLE'.



IN ADDITION HE SAYS REGARDING LAW ENFORCEMENT:



"We have to back them.  If we don't back them, we don't have a country"...



                              The Hill USA





Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will continue tomorrow in the United Arab Emirates.


The US is represented by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and a delegation...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)


IN ISRAEL AUTHORITIES PROBING AN ARSON AND VANDALISM ATTACK ATTRIBUTED TO NATIONALIST SETTLERS TARGETING A PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN VILLAGE.


GRAFFITI LINKED TO THE ATTACK IN TABYEH READING 'REVENGE' AND 'THE NATION OF ISRAEL LIVES'...TIMES OF ISRAEL



The man who tried to kill US President Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign given a life prison sentence without the possibility of parole.


59-year-old Ryan Routh discovered lying in wait outside a Florida golf course where Mr. Trump was to play a round of golf...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



THE US SUPREME COURT REJECTING AN EMERGENCY BID BY REPUBLICANS IN CALIFORNIA TO SHUT DOWN THE DEMOCRAT PLAN THAT WILL REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS THERE IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRATS.


THE HIGH COURT'S MOVE DOES NOT PRECLUDE ANY LAWSUITS CHALLENGING THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REDRAW ONCE IT'S APPROVED AND IMPLEMENTED...THE HILL USA


          NEWS ALERT IRAN UPDATED:

                                  (NEWS, ANALYSIS, COMMENT)



Tonight, the new message is that Iran-US talks will occur in Oman on Friday.


Nine Arab countries asking the United States to participate in those talks.



The Iranian foreign minister thanking Oman for arranging for the talks.



Insider Israeli journalist Barak Ravid (Axios, Channel 12 Israel) earlier spoke of US-Iran talks set for Friday being off.


Iran's position on those talks given as the reason for the US to reject talks.



Any cessation of talks opens the door to US and or Israeli military action to kill or kidnap Iran's top leaders to bring down the present government...(Barak Ravid "X")



Such cessation could happen on Friday.



Israel's security cabinet will meet tomorrow at 4 pm...



                  TIMES OF ISRAEL IRAN TALKS STORY



            TIMES OF ISRAEL SECURITY CABINET STORY





US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING.


ISSUES INCLUDING THE SITUATION WITH IRAN DISCUSSED AS WELL AS THE UKRAINE WAR.



THE PRESIDENT CALLING THE CONVERSATION 'EXCELLENT'.



MR. TRUMP WILL VISIT CHINA IN APRIL...




                            FOX NEWS USA...




MEANWHILE PRESIDENT XI SPOKE WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.


THEIR ONE HOUR 25-MINUTE CONVERSATION INCLUDED DISCUSSION OF RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES AND THE 'INTERNATIONAL SITUATION' ACCORDING TO THE KREMLIN.


THE RUSSIAN STATEMENT NOTING 'TENSE AND EXPLOSIVE SITUATIONS...AROUND THE WORLD'.



BOTH LEADERS NOTING RUSSIA-CHINA COOPERATION IS AT AN 'UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL'...


                                TASS RUSSIA


In Nigeria at least 162 killed in an attack on a village in the western part of the country.


Residents killed execution style with structures torched in the attack...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 'BORDER CZAR' TOM HOMAN SAYS 700 MEMBERS OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE PULLING OUT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN.


BUT 2000 OF THEM WILL REMAIN...(NEWS AGENCIES)



THE 'WASHINGTON POST' CUTTING ONE-THIRD OF ITS STAFF.  THE LAYOFFS OCCURRING ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS OF THE LEGENDARY NEWSPAPER...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-TIMES OF ISRAEL


The markets today.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 260.31 points or .53 percent.


The NASDAQ down 350.61 points or 1.51 percent.


At 411 pm New York Time the price of oil at 64 dollars 32 cents a barrel up one dollar 11 cents or 1.76 percent...Marketwatch



             (UPDATED WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS)




THE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS VOTING FOR A RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO PETER MANDELSON'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBSSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES.



SOME DOCUMENTS DEEMED SENSITIVE WILL BE REVIEWED FOR RELEASE BY A PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.



THIS AMIDST NEW JEFFREY EPSTEIN RELATED REVELATIONS ABOUT THE FORMER BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE US AND LABOUR PARTY INSIDER PETER MANDELSON.


MANDELSON LOBBYING THE US ABOUT CHANGING BANKING RULES AT THE REQUEST OF EPSTEIN ACCORDING TO INFORMATION SEEN IN THE FILES.


MANDELSON MET IN 2010 WITH OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ECONOMIC ADVISOR LARRY SUMMERS TO REQUEST THE CHANGES.


MR. SUMMERS RECENTLY BACKED AWAY FROM TEACHING AT HARVARD DISGRACED BY HIS ASSOCIATION WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN...BBC NEWS BLOG...



SPECIAL POST ON THIS BLOG REGARDING EARLIER EPSTEIN FILE DEVELOPMENTS



In Israel the High Court asking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu why he hasn't fired "Far-Right" National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.


Israel's Attorney General finding that Mr. Ben-Gvir of the "Otzma Yehudit" or "Jewish Power" party has abused his power.



Ben-Gvir saying that the High Court "doesn't just want to fire me, it wants to fire the nation".


Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir given until March 10th to respond to the court...Times of Israel




At least 21 Palestinian killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza today. The attacks continuing in the midst of what is supposed to be a ceasefire.


The Israel Defense Forces report a soldier seriously wounded this morning.  That attack leading to another massive round of attacks by Israel in Gaza.


Israel shutting down the Rafah border crossing with Egypt after a limited reopening on Monday...Al Jazeera Qatar Blog




IN PORTLAND A FEDERAL JUDGE LIMITING THE USE OF FORCE BY IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS.


DISTRICT JUDGE MICHAEL A. SIMON SAYING FEDERAL AGENTS CANNOT USE TEAR GAS, PEPPER SPRAY,  RUBBER BULLETS OR OTHER MUNITIONS UNLESS THERE IS AN 'IMMINENT THREAT'.


THIS RULING COMES IN A LAWSUIT FILED LAST YEAR BUT FOLLOWS RECENT USE OF FORCE BY FEDERAL AGENTS AT AN ICE BUILDING IN PORTLAND AGAINST PROTESTERS...MAXINE BERNSTEIN PORTLAND OREGONIAN-OREGON LIVE "X" (LINK TO NEWS STORY)




AT LEAST 14 KILLED IN A COLLISION BETWEEN A GREEK COAST GUARD VESSEL AND A BOAT CARRYING MIGRANTS.


THE COLLISION IN THE AEGEAN SEA OFF THE COAST OF CHIOS ISLAND NEAR TURKEY.


GREEK AUTHORITIES SPEAK OF AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE BOAT TO CHANGE COURSE PRIOR TO THE COLLISION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The brother of Israel's domestic intelligence chief selected recently by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused of smuggling goods into Hamas-controlled Gaza.


Bezalel Zini is an Israeli military reservist who served in Gaza.


His brother David Zini was in recent months as chief of Shin Bet domestic intelligence.


The accusations against Mr. Zini revolve around smuggling goods into Gaza like cigarettes whose value is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of shekels (100 thousand plus US dollars).



He and 15 other suspects expected to indicted on a number of charges with aiding an enemy in wartime being the most serious one...Times of Israel



A FEDERAL JUDGE HEARING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE PENTAGON SEEMS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PUNISHING EX-NAVAL OFFICER SENATOR MARK KELLY OVER A VIDEO HE MADE.


THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SEEKING TO CENSURE AND DEMOTE KELLY FOR MAKING A VIDEO ALONG WITH OTHER LAWMAKERS CALLING ON MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY 'UNLAWFUL ORDERS'...THE HILL USA







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