NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 4/16/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*EPSTEIN TOP BRITISH CIVIL SERVANT OUT*RUSSIAN OFFICIAL: TRUMP WILL NOT 'TAKE ALL THE OIL'*POPE: 'WOE TO THOSE WHO MANIPULATE RELIGION'*TRUMP TALKS LEBANON CEASEFIRE*CHINA DISPUTES TRUMP ON IRAN ARMS LETTERS*DEADLY RUSSIAN ATTACKS UKRAINE*SANDERS SENATE RESOLUTIONS OPPOSE ISRAEL AID*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE ACTING HEAD OF US IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) IS LEAVING HIS POST.
TODD LYONS DEPARTING ON MAY 31ST.
THIS IS A FIRST MAJOR DECISION FROM NEW THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MARKWAYNE MULLIN...THE HILL USA
Finland and the Baltic nations (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) warned about their connection to recent Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia.
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu citing Article 51 of the UN charter giving Russia the right of self-defense.
There have been drone attacks in the St. Petersburg area of Russia by Ukrainian drones overflying those four nations...Tass Russia
NEW JEFFREY EPSTEIN RELATED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UK.
IT TURNED OUT THAT EPSTEIN ASSOCIATE PETER MANDELSON FAILED SECURITY CLEARANCE VETTING WHEN HE WAS BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO THE US IN 2025.
BUT THE SECURITY SERVICES OVERRULED BY THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE...THE GUARDIAN UK...
TONIGHT THE TOP CIVIL SERVANT AT THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE SIR OLLY ROBBINS IS OUT.
PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER AND HIS GOVERNMENT SAYING THE FOREIGN OFFICE MADE THE DECISION ON MANDELSON'S VETTING WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE...SKY NEWS UK BLOG
The former Democrat Lt. Governor of Virginia Justin Fairfax killing his wife Dr. Cerina Fairfax then taking his own life.
The murder-suicide in the couple's northern Virginia home amid an ongoing divorce dispute...WTVR Richmond
"One fellow from across the ocean says: 'We will come and take all the oil'..."
The outspoken Deputy Chairman of Russia's National Security Council commenting on US President Donald Trump's March 30th statement about preferring to 'take all the oil' from Iran.
Dmitry Medvedev messaging a notion no one will let Mr. Trump 'take all the oil everywhere'...Tass Russia
"#Peace is not something we must invent: it is something we must embrace by accepting our neighbor as a brother or sister...We are one family, inhabiting the same home: this wonderful planet that ancient cultures have cared for over millenia."
Part of the social media message of Pope Leo XIV as he continues his African trip visiting Cameroon...Pope Leo XIV "X"...
The Pontiff also posting this message on social media from his visit it says in part:
"Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military political or economic gain..."
US President Donald Trump proclaiming a ten-day ceasefire in Lebanon.
Trump proclaiming it in connection with a conversation between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin.
Mr. Trump speaking of the notion of brokering talks at the White House involving Aoun and Netanyahu...
THREE KILLED IN THE LATEST US MILITARY ATTACK IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC.
A BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING DESTROYED IN THE ATTACK, TRAFFICKING LABELED 'NARCO-TERRORISM' BY THE UNITED STATES...REUTERS-AL JAZEERA QATAR
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has no information about any exchange of letters between the US and China regarding weapons being provided to Iran.
Spokesman Guo Jiakun says the US and China maintain 'regular contacts' regarding next month's visit to China by President Donald Trump.
Yesterday Mr. Trump spoke of letters being exchanged between the US and China with President Xi Jinping saying China will not supply any weapons to Iran...Tass Russia
AT LEAST 16 KILLED IN RUSSIAN ATTTACKS ACROSS UKRAINE.
NINE DEATHS REPORTED IN THE SOUTHERN PORT CITY OF ODESSA.
HUNDREDS OF DRONES AND DOZENS OF MISSILES USED IN THE ATTACKS.
TWO KILLED IN A UKRAINIAN ATTACK ON THE SOUTHERN RUSSIAN PORT CITY OT TUPASE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In the US Senate many Democrats putting themselves on the record opposing US aid to Israel in this election year.
40 of the 47 Democrats supporting a resolution opposing sale of bulldozers to Israel.
36 of the Democrats opposing the sale of 1,000-pound bombs to Israel.
IN EL SALVADOR A NEW LAW ALLOWING 12-YEAR-OLDS TO BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON.
LIFE SENTENCES COULD BE IMPOSED FOR CRIMES LIKE HOMICIDE, TERRORISM OR RAPE.
THE NEW LAW THE LATEST IN AN ONGOING EFFORT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT NAYIB BUKELE TO CRACKDOWN ON GANG VIOLENCE...REUTERS-AL JAZEERA QATAR
THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (BBC) FACING LAYOFFS OF 1800-2000 EMPLOYEES TEN PERCENT OF ITS WORKFORCE.
THE CENTURY-OLD PUBLIC BROADCASTER NEEDS TO CUT 500 MILLION EUROS (590.3 MILLION DOLLARS) IN SPENDING OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
THE MESSAGE FROM THE CORPORATION TO EMPLOYEES IS THAT DIFFICULT CHOICES WILL BE MADE.
THIS INCLUDES ELIMINATION OF EXISTING BROADCAST CHANNELS TO PRESERVE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES ..NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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