Thursday, May 21, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 5/21/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY HOLIDAY*RUBIO CALLS CUBA 'NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT'*EPSTEIN ASSISTANT TESTIFIES*GAZA FLOTILLA ACTIVISTS "TREATED LIKE ANIMALS"*GREENLAND PROTEST OPPOSES US CONSULATE*TRUMP SENDS TROOPS FROM GERMANY TO POLAND*MERZ PUSHES SPECIAL EU STATUS FOR UKRAINE*RECORD NVIDIA EARNINGS*ARREST ORDER FOR PHILIPPINE SENATOR OVER ICC CHARGES*

 

    (SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH LENGTHY DAYTIME INTERRUPTION EXPECTED)


                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:


                   "national security threat"


US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO WITH A HOSTILE TONE TOWARDS CUBA.


BESIDES CALLING CUBA A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT, MR. RUBIO ALSO SAYING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A PEACEFUL AGREEMENT IS 'NOT HIGH'...OSINTdefender "X"





"He groomed me, sexually and psychologically abused me, controlled me, manipulated me, dominated me, and gaslit me, until I could no longer tell which thoughts were mine, and which were his"



TALKING TO THE US HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TODAY A LONGTIME PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


SARAH KELLEN SPOKE THE WORDS QUOTED ABOVE IN HER OPENING STATMENT.


COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER OF KENTUCKY SPOKE OF KELLEN GIVING THE NAMES OF THREE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN ABUSE.


THE FULL TRANSCRIPT WITH THOSE NAMES EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED AS WE GO INTO THE NEWSDUMP HOLIDAY WEEKEND...ABC NEWS USA




          "We have been treated like animals"


THAT MESSAGE FROM A DUTCH ACTIVIST HELD BY ISRAELI AUTHORITIES AFTER BOATS OF A RELIEF FLOTILLA BOUND FOR GAZA WERE SEIZED.


THE ACTIVISTS BROUGHT TO TURKEY FOLLOWING DEPORTATION.


THEY ARRIVES ON WHERE SOME RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THEIR INJURIES ATTRIBUTED TO THE ISRAELIS...NOS NETHERLANDS (VIDEO EMBED)



A court in Turkey ousting the main opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from his post as head of the Republican Peoples Party.

The court claiming irregularities in the election of Ozgur Ozel.

Its ruling reinstates the CHP's 2023 Presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu as leader of the party...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL



IN GREENLAND TODAY PROTESTERS AT THE OPENING OF A US CONSULATE.


HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING GREENLANDIC FLAGS SIGNS READING 'STOP USA' AND 'GO HOME'...DANMARKS RADIO DENMARK (PARTIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION)...THE HILL USA



President Trump announcing relaxation of rules that would force changes in refrigeration used in grocery stores.


The climate related rules were designed to limit hydrofluorocarbons in commercial refrigerators...The Hill USA



The US Justice Department indicting 15 individuals in Minnesota over alleged misuse of federal funding for healthcare.


The scheme is said to have involved 90 million dollars in various federal programs including Medicare...The Hill USA



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE MOVEMENT OF FIVE THOUSAND US TROOPS TO POLAND.


HIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS THE EARLIER US DECISION TO PULL FIVE THOUSAND US TROOPS OUT OF GERMANY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



German Chancellor Friedrich Merz proposing a special European Union relationship (status) for Ukraine.


Merz trying to sidestep the lengthy process of getting Ukraine into the EU by giving it special status on a shorter timeline...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)




THE PHILIPPINE JUSTICE MINISTRY ORDERING THE ARREST OF FORMER NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF SENATOR RONALD DELA ROSA ON AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) WARRANT.


THIS FOLLOWS LAST WEEK'S SHOTS FIRED INCIDENT AT THE PHILIPPINE SENATE AIMED AT NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI) AGENTS SEEKING TO ARREST HIM.



THE SENATOR IS IN HIDING SINCE THAT INCIDENT.



HE IS ACCUSED IN CONNECTION WITH KILLINGS THAT OCCURRED DURING FORMER PRESIDENT RODRIDGO DUTERTE'S CRACKDOWN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING.


MR. DUTERTE ALREADY HELD BY THE COURT IN THE NETHERLANDS FACING CHARGES...INQUIRER PHILIPPINES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




RECORD EARNINGS FOR CHIP MAKER NVIDIA.  TURNOVER OF 81.6 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST QUARTER.


PROFITS OF 58.3 BILLION DOLLARS RECORDED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 276.31 points or .55 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 22.74 points.

At 534 pm New York Time the price of oil 98 dollars a barrel down 26 cents or .26 percent...Marketwatch



China's President Xi Jinping may soon visit North Korea.  This word from intelligence sources in South Korea...Tass Russia



Russia and China pushing back against 'hegemony' at this week's talks between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.


A joint statement saying 'attempts by a number of states to single-handedly manage world affairs have failed'.


This is apparently a reference that includes the United States...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




TECH GIANT SAMSUNG CUTTING A LAST-MINUTE DEAL WITH ITS LARGEST LABOR UNION IN SOUTH KOREA.


BOTH LABOR AND MANAGEMENT SAID TO BE DRIVEN BY CONCERNS OVER THE ECONOMIC IMPACT A STRIKE WOULD HAVE HAD ON SOUTH KOREA'S ECONOMY AND THE GLOBAL CHIP SUPPLY CHAIN.


ONE PART OF THE AGREEMENT CREATING A SYSTEM OF SEMICONDUCTOR PERFORMANCE BONUSES FOR THOSE PARTS OF THE COMPANY EARNING MONEY...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA





'SPACE X' MOVING TO BECOME A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY.   THE INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF STOCK HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE SPACE X CEO ELON MUSK A TRILLIONAIRE...NBC NEWS USA

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