NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 4/3/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*FBI AGENTS EPSTEIN NOTES TRUMP ACCUSER*NEW RUSSIA-LINKED TANKER GRAB*AUSTRIA BANS US WARPLANES BUT...*IRAN DOWNS US WARPLANES*TRUMP 1.5 TRILLION DEFENSE*CUBA FREES 2,000+ PRISONERS*
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News of the Iran War but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
UKRAINE ON THE ATTACK LATE TONIGHT IN RUSSIA. DRONES TAKEN DOWN IN NUMEROUS REGIONS.
IN THE ROSTOV REGION AN 'AIR ATTACK' KILLED ONE PERSON AND WOUNDED FOUR INCLUDING A FOREIGN NATIONAL ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL GOVERNOR...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA...
RUSSIA ATTACKING UKRAINE WITH EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN KIEV ON SATURDAY MORNING...(RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA)
The notes of FBI agents from their 2019 interview with a woman alleging sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein in the 1980's in South Carolina have been reviewed.
Reporting from the Charleston, South Carolina "Post And Courier" says the agents wrote notes containing possible corroborating witnesses and other information regarding her accusations.
She alleged an encounter with President Trump that included being forced into a sex act. The White House denying the accusation.
The FBI agents notes not part of the public record of the Epstein Files released by US Justice Department earlier this year.
Another woman who made 1980's South Carolina sexual assault allegations in a lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 settled in December of 2021...Charleston Post And Courier USA
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Controversy in Washington over President Trump's budget cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The 16 billion dollars worth of cuts encompass 12.5 percent of the HHS budget...The Hill USA
AN IRANIAN DRONE ATTACK ON THE US EMBASSY IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA MARCH 3RD CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
IT'S NOW BEING REVEALED THAT A THREE-STORY SECTION OF THE BUILDING INCLUDING THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY STATION RECEIVED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE SOME OF IT DESCRIBED AS 'IRREVERSIBLE'...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The "Wall Street Journal" reporting that the much touted mediation effort by Pakistan and other countries regarding the Iran War is not happening...News Agencies-Times of Israel
US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAMUEL ALITO FELL ILL WHILE IN PHILADELPHIA RECENTLY.
HE WAS EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR WHO TREATED JUSTICE ALITO FOR DEHYDRATION WITH FLUIDS.
JUSTICE ALITO RETURNED TO WORK AT THE HIGH COURT WITHIN THREE DAYS OF HIS ILLNESS ON MONDAY MARCH 23RD...NBC NEWS USA
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hitting Afghanistan and Pakistan with at least eight reported dead on the outskirts of Kabul.
The quake centered in the Hindu Kush mountain range around 90 miles (150 kilometers) east of the city of Kunduz...Associated Press-PBS USA
IN PARIS 31 NOW FORMER AFTER-SCHOOL CARE EMPLOYEES ARE SUSPECTED OF 'SEXUAL VIOLENCE'.
78 WORKERS IN AFTER-SCHOOL CARE FACILITIES SUSPENDED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
REPORTS OF CHILDREN BEING FORCED TO UNDRESS AND BEING INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED AFTER EMERGED ALONG WITH STORIES OF ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR IN AFTER-SCHOOL CARE SITUATIONS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
An Israeli tank firing on a 'suspect' who approached its Golan Heights border in a car this evening.
The Israeli military commenting after a Syrian media report on the killing...Times Of Israel
IRAN WAR DAY 35 FINAL UPDATE
(ADDITIONAL INFO ADDED AS ABLE)
NEW ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BEIRUT LATE TONIGHT.
THE SOUTHERN IRANIAN CITY OF ABADAN NEAR THE BORDER WITH IRAQ ATTACKED WITH MULTIPLE TARGETS STRUCK...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...
A PRO-IRANIAN IRAQI MILITIA BASE ATTACKED TONIGHT IN THE CITY OF MOSUL.
A FIRE IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA OF SOUTHERN ISRAEL NOW UNDER CONTROL. THE FIRE IGNITED BY AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.
THE LATEST CASUALTY NUMBERS INCLUDE 2,076 KILLED IN IRAN, 1,345 KILLED IN LEBANON, 109 KILLED IN IRAQ, 24 KILLED IN ISRAEL, 12 KILLED IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, 13 MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY KILLED.
ALSO, FATALITIES AND INJURIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION IN THE FIRST SEVEN WEEKS OF THE CONFLICT.
11 WOUNDED INCLUDING THREE MEDICAL WORKERS IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON THE TYRE REGION OF LEBANON.
ISRAEL DESTROYED TWO BRIDGES IN SOUTHERN LEBANON TODAY.
IRAN ATTACKED CENTRAL ISRAEL WITH A MISSILE LATE TONIGHT. AT LEAST ONE MAN WOUNDED BY SHRAPNEL. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO HIGHWAYS REPORTED AS WELL A NEIGHBORHOOD POWER OUTAGE.
HEAVY AIR ATTACKS IN AND AROUND TEHRAN TONIGHT
VIDEO BEING POSTED ONLINE OF THESE ATTACKS
ONE KILLED AND FOUR WOUNDED IN AN IRANIAN ATTACK ON A NATURAL GAS FACILITY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS A US A-10 WARPLANE WENT DOWN NEAR STRAIT OF HORMUZ THE PILOT RESCUED AND SAID TO BE 'SAFE'...OSINTdefender "X"...
THE AIRCRAFT CAME UNDER HEAVY FIRE OVER IRAN...
More on the US F-15 warplane shot down by Iran later in the summary.
ISRAEL INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF TIME RESERVE SOLDIERS SERVE. THE MOVE AMIDST WAR-DISTURBANCES ON MULTIPLE FRONTS INCLUDING IRAN, LEBANON, GAZA AND 'THE WEST BANK'.
RESERVISTS NOW EXPECTED TO SERVE NINE WEEKS OF 'OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY' THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF SIX...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The Swedish Coast Guard boarding an oil tanker that left Russia subject to sanctions related to the Ukraine War.
The tanker enroute to the port of Santos in Brazil.
The official reason for seizing the "Flora 1" tanker flying the flag of Cameroon in Africa is that it caused an oil spill in the Baltic off the Swedish island of Gotland.
This is the latest in a series of seizures of Russia-linked tankers by European countries...Danmarks Radio Denmark (Translation Prompt)
Austria's government refusing US requests to use its airspace in connection with the Iran War
The government citing its policy of neutrality adopted in 1955 during the US-Soviet Cold War following occupation by Allied troops after World War 2...Newsweek...
But the Austrian public broadcaster ORF is reporting that US warplanes have crossed over Austria's airspace.
They have occurred in coordination with the US State Department.
It turns out that US military aircraft are able to fly over Austria if they are not launching attacks on Iran...ORF Austria (In German) (Translation Prompt)
IRAN SHOOTING DOWN A US F15-E WARPLANE. IRAN'S CLAIM EARLIER TODAY CONFIRMED BY US SOURCES.
THOSE SOURCES SAY THE PILOT OF THE PLANE WAS RESCUED AND EVACUATED FROM IRAN BY MILITARY SEARCH AND RESCUE.
THOSE SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS DRAWING IRANIAN FIRE IN KHUZESTAN PROVINCE EAST OF SOUTHERN IRAQ AND THE IRAQI CITY OF BASRA.
US President Donald Trump requesting 1.5 trillion dollars of military spending in the 2027 budget.
Mr. Trump suggested that amount months ago.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth spoke earlier this year about a defense budget that would be a 'message to the world'...The Hill USA
VIDEO FOOTAGE OF TIGER WOODS FROM HIS ARREST LAST FRIDAY HAS BEEN RELEASED.
WOODS TELLING OFFICERS HE SPOKE WITH 'THE PRESIDENT' BEFORE HIS ARREST.
HE IS CURRENTLY IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EX-WIFE VANESSA AND IS CONNECTED SOCIALLY TO MR. TRUMP...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IRAN CALLING ON ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI TO DENOUNCE THE WAR LAUNCHED BY ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES.
MELONI IS ON A MIDDLE EAST VISIT WITH STOPS IN SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today in the US are shut down on Good Friday...Marketwatch...
US unemployment dropped to 4.3 percent in March from 4.4 percent in February. Non-farm payrolls rising by 178,000 more than anticipated...CNBC USA
IRAN WAR DAY 35
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ISRAEL LAUNCHING AIR ATTACKS ON THE LEBANESE CAPTIAL OF BEIRUT AND THE IRANIAN CAPITAL OF TEHRAN TODAY.
IRAN CLAIMING TO HAVE SHOT DOWN A US AIRCRAFT OVER CENTRAL IRAN.
IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AT LEAST 43 PEOPLE KILLED IN ATTACKS BY AN ISIS (DAESH) LINKED GROUP. 44 HOMES TORCHED.
SOME VICTIMS KILLED WITH MACHETES OTHERS BURNED ALIVE IN THEIR HOMES THERE WERE ALSO TWO ABDUCTIONS.
THE ALLIED DEMOCRATIC FORCES GROUP (ADF) ARE FORMER UGANDAN REBELS ACTIVE IN NORTHEASTERN CONGO...NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR
United Airlines and Jet Blue raising fees for checked bags. Its a way of paying for higher fuel costs caused by the Iran War.
Jet fuel costs up at least 80 percent or more since the war began..UPI USA
Cuba announcing pardons of 2,010 prisoners.
The Communist-ruled island nation under pressure from US President Donald Trump.
Violent criminals not involved in the pardons but Cuba is reported to be holding more than 1,200 political prisoners...CBS News USA
US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO CRITICIZING CHINA FOR DETAINING PANAMANIAN FLAGGED MERCHANT SHIPS IN CHINESE PORTS.
DETENTION OF THE PANAMANIAN VESSELS FOLLOWS PANAMA'S DECISION TO SEIZE CONTROL OF TWO PANAMANIAN PORTS ON EITHER SIDE OF STRATEGIC PANAMA CANAL.
PANAMA TOOK ACTION UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE UNITED STATES...NEWSWEEK WORLD-MIAMI HERALD
An appeals court in Colorado ordering resentencing of election clerk Tina Peters who sought to find evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election.
The court said Peters nine-year sentence for tampering with voting machines was improper because the trial judge criticized her personal beliefs at sentencing...Associated Press USA-Al Jazeera Qatar
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