(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH FINAL POSTING 11 PM OR LATER EASTERN US TIME)
(MORE STORIES ADDING IN THE LOWER HALF AND UPPER HALF)
Updated news of the Iran War but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The testimony of Jeffrey Epstein personal attorney Darren Indyke before the House Government Oversight Committee raising suspicions.
Mr. Indyke giving a deposition saying he had 'no knowledge whatsoever' of any crimes by Epstein against women and girls.
Indyke testified about hard-drives held by private investigators who worked for Epstein.
Committee chair Republican James Comer of Kentucky saying Indyke was convinced by Epstein that his 2008 plea deal conviction for child sex abuse and trafficking was a mistake.
Indyke has been linked to efforts to keep women from talking to authorities about sexual abuse involving Epstein and destruction of hard drives.
Democrats on the committee saying Mr. Indyke was an integral part of the Epstein sex trafficking operation an 'insider' and 'enabler' who was 'managing legal strategies that helped Epstein avoid government scrutiny'...
In an interview with Norway's public broadcaster NRK Crown Princess Mette-Marit portraying herself as a victim of Jeffrey Epstein.
She spoke of Epstein being a blackmailer and manipulator.
The crown princess also painting a picture of feeling unsafe while visiting Epstein in Palm Beach, Florida but also denying any knowledge of illegal activity.
Mette-Marit saying she became convinced that Epstein was a 'bad person' and regretted not telling others about this...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
UNITED AIRLINES CUTTING SCHEDULED FLIGHTS BY FIVE PERCENT FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
THIS MOVE LINKED TO HIGHER OIL PRICES CREATING HIGHER JET FUEL COSTS.
CEO SCOTT KIRBY SAYING THE AIRLINE IS BRACING FOR OIL PRICES AS HIGH AS 175 DOLLARS A BARREL AND OVERALL PRICES ABOVE 100 DOLLARS A BARREL UNTIL THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
THIS WOULD CREATE AN ANNUAL FUEL BILL OF 11 BILLION DOLLARS FOR UNITED TWICE ITS PROFIT IN ITS BEST YEAR...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
10 KILLED, 59 INJURED IN A FIRE AT AN AUTO PARTS PLANT IN DAEJEON, SOUTH KOREA. FOUR OTHERS ARE MISSING...TASS RUSSIA
IRAN WAR DAY 21 FINAL UPDATE
(SOME ADDITIONAL INFO MAY BE POSTED DURING EVENING)
IN LEBANON LATE TONIGHT NEW ISRAELI EVACUATION ORDERS FOR SOUTHERN BEIRUT SUBURBS AHEAD OF PLANNED AIR ATTACKS.
IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL LATE TONIGHT. NO REPORTS OF ANY CASUALTIES.
ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS EVENING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REJECTING ANY TRUCE IN THE IRAN WAR.
TRUMP SAYING OBJECTIVES ARE 'VERY CLOSE' TO BEING MET AGAINST WHAT HE CALLED THE 'TERRORIST REGIME OF IRAN'...TRUTH SOCIAL POST...
THIS AS US MARINES THAT COULD BE USED TO SEIZE IRANIAN TERRITORY ARE MOVING TOWARDS OR HAVE ARRIVED IN THE WAR ZONE.
ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS ON TEHRAN LATE TONIGHT AND ALSO ON BEIRUT, LEBANON.
A JURY FINDING ELON MUSK LIABLE FOR MISLEADING INVESTORS IN HIS 2022 PURCHASE OF TWITTER (NOW "X"). MUSK FOUND TO HAVE DELIBERATELY DRIVEN DOWN THE VALUE OF THE COMPANY'S STOCK.
BUT JURORS DECIDED THAT MUSK WAS NOT LIABLE OVER SOME ALLEGATIONS THAT HE DEFRAUDED INVESTORS...ASSOCIATED PRESS-NBC NEWS USA
Heavy rains leading to flooding in Hawaii with thousands of residents ordered to evacuate on the island of Oahu (Honolulu).
This is due to the threat of a dam collapse...Hawaii News Now
IN AN EFFORT TO CONTRAIN RISING FUEL PRICES THE US EASING ITS SANCTIONS ON IRANIAN OIL.
THE EASING IN EFFECT FOR 30 DAYS...(NEWS AGENCIES)
US federal prosecutors probing Colombia's outspoken leftist President Gustavo Petro.
They are investigating him over links to drug trafficking in Colombia.
Petro has a tense relationship with the US opposing the deadly US attacks on drug trafficking boats.
More recently he has suggested Colombians are being killed by neighboring Ecuador whose Pro-US President is allied with the US-led drug trafficking crackdown.
CZECH AUTHORITIES CONVENING AN EMERGENCY MEETING FOLLOWING THE TORCHING OF A FACILITY ASSOCIATED WITH AN ISRAELI ARMS MAKER.
THE ARSON ATTACK BEING CALLED TERRORISM. A RESEARCH AREA WAS DESTROYED...TASS RUSSIA
(Updated) Russia said to have proposed a quid pro quo to the United States that it would decline to share intelligence data with Iran if the US would stop sharing its intelligence data with Ukraine.
This offer said to have rejected by the US according to two sources cited by "Politico"...Politico EU...
Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev describing the report as "fake news'...Tass Russia
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 443.96 points or .96 percent.
The NASDAQ fell 443.08 points or 2.01 percent.
In New York at the close the price of oil 98 dollars 81 cents a barrel up two dollars 67 cents or 2.78 percent...Marketwatch
ANOTHER BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING ATTACKED BY THE US MILITARY IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN.
THREE CREW MEMBERS SURVIVED THE ATTACK WITH NO WORD YET ON WHETHER THEY WERE RESCUED...STARS AND STRIPES
FRANCE SEIZING AN OIL TANKER OF RUSSIA'S 'SHADOW FLEET'.
THE TANKER 'DENYA' SEIZED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
THIS IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF SUCH SEIZURES BY EUROPEAN NATIONS.
EARLIER THIS WEEK A TOP RUSSIAN OFFICIAL DISCUSSED SECURITY MEASURES FOR RUSSIAN VESSELS.
"There are many possibilities for this ground component, and I take the liberty of not sharing with you all these possibilities"
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking about military forces on the ground being needed to overthrow the present government in Iran.
He spoke at a news conference for foreign media in Israel last evening.
His comments came as more than 2,000 US Marines were on the move from the West Coast of the United States to join a similar sized force entering the area of the Iran War Zone.
But the possibilities for use of ground forces against the present Iranian government to incite a 'revolution' could involve the use of Arab military forces and mercenaries.
They would be backed and funded by the Gulf Arab states that have varying degrees of secret under the table relationships with Israel.
They could use the fact that Iran attacked their nations as a justification for helping Israel to overthrow the Iranian government...The Hill USA
IN ISRAEL A LEGAL OPINION COMPLETED TO SUPPORT THE PARDON OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FOR THE CORRUPTION CHARGES HE IS CURRENTLY ON TRIAL FOR.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS REPEATEDLY DEMANDED A PARDON OF NETANYAHU BY ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG SCOLDING HIM FOR NOT ACTING ON THE MATTER.
THE LEGAL OPINION IS BE PRESENTED SOON TO PRESIDENT HERZOG...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
IRAN WAR DAY 21
(UPDATNG WHEN ABLE)
IRAN ATTACKING ISRAEL TODAY WITH MISSILES WHILE HEZBOLLAH HAS FIRED ROCKETS FROM LEBANON INTO ISRAEL.
THE NEW SUPREME RULER OF IRAN AYATOLLAH MOJTABA KHAMENEI SPEAKING OF THE WAR INSTILLING A 'STRANGE UNITY' IN IRANIANS WHILE 'A FRACTURE HAS EMERGED IN THE ENEMY'.
HE URGED THE COUNTRIES NEIGHBORING IRAN ON THE EAST AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN TO HEAL THEIR CONFLICT THAT BROKE OUT RIGHT BEFORE THE IRAN WAR STARTED.
AYATOLLAH KHAMANEI SAID THAT SOME ATTACKS ON OMAN AND TURKEY ATTRIBUTED TO IRAN WERE FALSE FLAGS DESIGNED TO DRAW THOSE COUNTRIES INTO THE CONFLICT.
POLAND PULLING ITS SOLDIERS OUT OF IRAQ. THEY WERE THERE IN SUPPORT OF US-LED MILITARY ACTIVITIES.
AN ISRAELI OIL COMPANY SAYS OPERATIONS AT ITS HAIFA REFINERY WERE PARTIALLY DISRUPTED BY YESTERDAY'S IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK. A KEY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DAMAGED.
ISRAEL ATTACKING SYRIA TODAY. THE ATTACKS IN SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY FOLLOW THE FIRING OF ROCKETS INTO THE ISRAELI CONTROLLED GOLAN HEIGHTS.
ISRAEL CONDUCTING DECAPITATION STRIKES IN TEHRAN OVERNIGHT KILLING AN IRANIAN GENERAL WHO WAS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS.
DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE IN LEBANON.
THE 'WALL STREET JOURNAL' REPORTING THAT IRAN FIRED TWO MISSILES IN THE DIRECTION OF THE US BASE ON DIEGO GARCIA IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WITH ONE MISSILE INTERCEPTED THE OTHER FAILING TO REACH ITS TARGET...
VIDEO OF KIM JONG-UN AND DAUGHTER JU-AE AT TANK DRILL
In North Korea ruler Kim Jong-Un overseeing a combat drill involving new main battle tanks.
Kim speaking of the new tank as 'very superior' and 'unequaled in the world'.
By Kim's side witnessing the drill his teenage daughter Ju-Ae now considered to be his likely successor.
At one point she drove the tank in a video released by North Korea...Yonhap News Agency
THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SEIZING WEBSITES LINKED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS BY IRAN.
THE FOUR SITES SAID TO HAVE SPREAD TERRORIST PROPAGANDA...CNN USA
THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION APPROVING A MAJOR MEDIA MERGER.
NEXSTAR ACQUIRING TEGNA BOTH COMPANIES MAJOR PLAYERS IN LOCAL VIDEO BROADCASTING IN THE USA.
THE FCC LIFTING A CAP ON LOCAL BROADCAST OWNERSHIP RULES ALLOWING THE NEW COMPANY TO REACH 70 PERCENT OF US HOUSEHOLDS...THE HILL USA
Canada warning its citizens in Gulf Arab nations not to make war videos.
The advisory says videos of damage caused by Iranian attacks on those countries as well as military activity could lead to fines, imprisonment or deportation.
Counties mentions in the warning include Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates...CBC News Canada
IN AUSTRALIA FRIDAY MORNING SHOUTS AIMED AT AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE AND HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER TONY BURKE.
BOTH MEN APPEARED AT A WESTERN SYDNEY MOSQUE FOR AN EVENT MARKING THE END OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN (EID-AL-FITR).
THOSE SHOUTING AT THE POLITICIANS OBJECTING TO THEIR SUPPORT OF ISRAELI POLICIES CONSIDERED GENOCIDE INCLUDING THE CURRENT DEADLY MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN LEBANON.
Norris emerged from the martial arts where he was a champion performer to become a movie and television acting star.
He was known as the star of a series of action movies and the television series "Walker Texas Ranger"...CNN USA
A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE RULING FOR THE 'NEW YORK TIMES' AND AGAINST THE PENTAGON OVER ITS CHANGE IN POLICY FOR JOURNALISTS LAST YEAR.
THE PENTAGON ONLY ALLOWING JOURNALISTS IN WHO SIGNED ONTO ITS POLICIES LIMITING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE REPORTERS ASSIGNED TO WORK THERE...OSINTdefender "X"
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