NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/6/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*US EASING RUSSIAN OIL SANCTIONS*STOCKS DOWN, OIL RISES 12.67 PERCENT*NEW ATTEMPT ASSASSINATE IRANIAN LEADERS*TRUMP SEX ASSAULT ALLEGATION EPSTEIN FILES*HUNGARY TAKES UKRAINE GOLD*DEADLY IRAN GIRLS SCHOOL ATTACK LINKED TO US*DUTCH MINISTER WON'T RULE OUT MILITARY DRAFT*

 

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                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

In Ecuador the US military attacking a drug trafficking supply complex. 

The military operation described as successful...The Hill USA

  IN TORONTO THREE OF THE 12 CHARGES DROPPED AT THE SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL OF BILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN FRANK STRONACH.

THE JUDGE IN THE CASE INDICATING A LACK OF CONVICTING EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE CHARGES.

SEVEN WOMEN CAME FORWARD TO MAKE ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE AGAINST STRONACH DATING FROM DECADES AGO...CBC NEWS CANADA

Fox News reporting the movement of a third US aircraft carrier to the Middle East region.

The "George HW Bush" carrier will go to the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

The "Gerald Ford" carrier previously there is already moving south through the Suez Canal with the "Abraham Lincoln" carrier positioned southeast of Iran in the Arabian Sea...DD Geopolitics "X" (Fox News Video Embed)

HEZBOLLAH FORCES IN LEBANON ON THE BORDER WITH SYRIA FIGHTING ISRAELI TROOPS LANDED BY HELICOPTER LATE TONIGHT.

THIS HAPPENING IN THE BAALBEK REGION AROUND BRITAL, LEBANON.

THE REPORT ORIGINATING WITH THE 'AL MAYADEEN' MEDIA OUTLET...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                  LATE IRAN WAR NEWS

                         (SOME UPDATING POSSIBLE IN THIS SECTION)

NBC NEWS REPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS EXPRESSED 'PRIVATE INTEREST' IN SENDING US GROUND TROOPS TO IRAN.  TALK OF SMALL GROUPS TAKING ON 'SPECIAL MISSIONS'.

EXTENSIVE ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS INSIDE IRAN TONIGHT.

SOME IRANIAN MISSILES FIRED AT ISRAEL DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO SATURDAY.   NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

THE US STATE DEPARTMENT BYPASSING CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE SALE OF 12,000 BOMBS TO ISRAEL.   THE 151.8 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL INVOLVES 1,000 POUND BOMBS.

SAUDI ARABIA SAYS IT DOWNED AN IRANIAN MISSILE AIMED AT AN AIRBASE NEAR RIYADH...

NEWS INSIDE MARCH 7TH, 2026 BLOG OF TIMES OF ISRAEL

Three Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tankers diverting from Europe to make their deliveries in Asia.   That's because Asian customers are willing to pay more for the natural gas amid shortages triggered by the Iran War...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

TO DEAL WITH SKYROCKETING OIL PRICES THE US EASING SOME OIL SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA WITH MORE EASING POSSIBLE.

US TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSANT THAT INDIA HAS BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO IMPORT RUSSIAN OIL...TASS RUSSIA

In Chicago today a funeral service for the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Jackson participated in the 1960's civil rights movement then entered politics first as a third-party advocate later as a Democrat seeking the Democratic Party presidential nomination multiple times.

Three former Democrat presidents spoke at the service Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama.

Mr. Obama offered a eulogy praising the work of Reverend Jackson but also offered some remarks seen as indirect criticism of President Trump.

In part Obama saying: "Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions.  Another setback to the idea of the rule of law.  An offense to common decency"...The Hill USA

ISLAMIC MILITANTS KIDNAPPING MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA TODAY.

THE MASS KIDNAPPING BELIEVED TO RETALIATION FOR THE KILLING OF THREE MILITANT LEADERS BY NIGERIA'S MILITARY.

THE US MILITARY IS TRAINING NIGERIA'S MILITARY TO SHARPEN ITS WARFARE AGAINST THE ISLAMIST FORCES...NDTV INDIA

US President Donald Trump with a demand for 'unconditional surrender' from Iran.

This comes alongside a new attempt by Israel to assassinate the top leadership of Iran.

Israel attacking a bunker in Iran believed to be used by those top leaders.

The damage caused is now being assessed.

The story from insider journalist Barak Ravid of Israel's Channel 12 and Axios in the US...Barak Ravid "X"

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASING FILES ON THE ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL AND PHYSICAL ASSAULT AGAINST US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

THE ACCUSATIONS A PREVIOUSLY UNREVEALED PART OF THE EPSTEIN FILES.

A WOMAN INTERVIEWED IN 2019 DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST TERM BY THE FBI MAKING AN ALLEGATION DATING BACK TO THE 1980'S WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER...MIAMI HERALD...

REPORTER JULIE K. BROWN OF THE 'MIAMI HERALD' SAYS MORE THAN 30 PAGES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACCUSER REMAINS MISSING...JULIE K. BROWN "X"

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The markets today.  

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 453.19 points or .95 percent.

The NASDAQ plunging 361.31 points or 1.59 percent.

In New York this evening the price of oil closed at 91 dollars, 27 cents a barrel up ten dollars 26 cents or 12.67 percent...Marketwatch

UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE US ROSE TO 4.4 PERCENT...(NEWS AGENCIES)

Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales dropping his re-election bid following revelation of his affair with a former staffer who later killed herself.

He had come under pressure from Republican leadership and other members after he publicly acknowledged the affair this week...The Hill USA

HUNGARY MOVING AGAINST UKRAINE ARRESTING SEVEN UKRAINAN BANK EMPLOYEES AND SEIZING A SHIPMENT OF GOLD MOVING THROUGH ITS TERRITORY.

THIS FOLLOWS CUTOFF OF OIL FROM RUSSIA ON A PIPELINE THROUGH UKRAINE.

PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN THREATENING MORE MEASURES TO GET THE OIL FROM RUSSIA MOVING INTO HUNGARY.

THIS WOULD MEAN CUTTING OFF IMPORTS OF GOODS TO UKRAINE THAT MOVE THROUGH HUNGARY.

THE TENSIONS UNDERWAY WITH VOTERS IN HUNGARY GOING TO THE POLLS ON APRIL 12TH...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

BRITISH LABOUR PARTY MP JOANI REID VOLUNTARILY SUSPENDED.    THIS FOLLOWS HER HUSBAND'S ARREST OVER ACCUSATIONS OF SPYING FOR CHINA...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

                     IRAN WAR DAY SIX 

                                               (UPDATED AS ABLE)

                                    (NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)

Day Six of the Iran War.

Iran announcing attacks on US facilities in Kuwait.

Iran says 1,332 have died in the US and Israeli attacks.

Two US officials saying the deadly attack on an Iranian girls school that killed 175 happened as the US military was attacking the area.

The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk calling for a prompt and transparent US investigation of the attack...Al Jazeera Qatar Blog...

Israeli attacks and incursions continue in Lebanon with Hezbollah launching attacks into Israel.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the war has created a greater demand for Russian oil and natural gas.

Tensions in northern Iraq as a militarized camp of Kurdish Iranian was attacked likely by Pro-Iranian Iraqi forces.

Kurdish officials in northern Iraq officially say they will not be part of any ground invasion of Iran which the US and Israel appear to be seeking.

The Oil Minister of Qatar speaking of normality in energy deliveries being set back months by the war that has included Iranian attacks damaging infrastructure of the energy industry.

He spoke of energy production being forced into a shutdown within weeks in an interview with the "Financial Times".

Last night's Israeli airstrikes in Tehran described as the 'worst ever' on the city...

                        BBC News Blog

IN THE DUTCH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE STATE SECRETARY (DEPUTY MINISTER) FOR DEFENSE DERK BOSWIJK ADMITTING DUTCH YOUNG PEOPLE MAY BE DRAFTED TO JOIN THE ARMED FORCES.

THE NETHERLANDS SETTING A GOAL OF 122,000 UNIFORMED AND NON-UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY IN FOUR YEARS.

IF THAT CANNOT BE ACHIEVED YOUNG PEOPLE WILL END UP FACING COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Germany's historic Cologne Cathedral will charge admission for visitors.

The gothic house of worship is facing increased costs for its maintenance, operation and protection.

The amount of the fee to be introduced later this year remains to be determined.

Access to the cathedral still free for believers and worshipers...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)