Tuesday, June 2, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 6/2/2026*IRAN WAR ATTACKS*UK TENSIONS OVER MURDER VICTIM'S POLICE TREATMENT*NETANYAHU MEDIA CONTROL BILL ADVANCES*TRUMP GIVES HOUSING OFFICIAL EXTRA INTELLIGENCE JOB*FIGHTING CONTINUES IN LEBANON AFTER TRUMP TRUCE ANNOUNCEMENT*DEADLY RUSSIAN ATTACKS UKRAINE*ISRAELI LAWMAKERS PAVE WAY TO ELECTION*

 


                         (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)



                                The Iran War heating up tonight but first...


                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES ACTIVE TONIGHT AS URKAINIAN DRONES ATTACK MOSCOW.   THIS FOLLOWS LAST NIGHT'S RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON KIEV AND OTHER UKRAINIAN CITIES...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                         (UPDATED WITH COMMENT)



US AND IRANIAN MILITARY ATTACKS TONIGHT.


THE US MILITARY ATTACKS IN AND NEAR SOUTHERN IRAN WITH THE IRANIANS ATTACKING US BASES IN KUWAIT AND BAHRAIN.



THE US MILITARY SAYS MISSILE ATTACKS BY IRAN WERE REPULSED.


BUT LATE TONIGHT WORD OF AN IRANIAN DRONE ATTACK ON KUWAIT WITH SOME OF THEM DOWNED.


THE US MILITARY SAYING NO AMERICAN PERSONNEL WERE HURT.



IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS WARNING OF MORE SERIOUS RETALIATION IF US ATTACKS CONTINUE...OSINTdefender "X" (IRGC Statement Embed)...



THERE ARE VIDEOS BEING SHOWN OF AIR DEFENSES ACTIVE IN BAHRAIN LATE TONIGHT.


WE MAY BE WITNESSING THE STANDARD US-ISRAELI TACTIC OF ATTACKING ENEMIES TO PROVOKE ESCLATION.


THIS WOULD BE USED TO JUSTIFY ESCALATION OF THE CONFLICT BACK TO ALL-OUT WAR SEEKING 'REGIME CHANGE' IN IRAN.



BUT IRAN'S ATTACKS MAY BE A WAY OF DRIVING OIL PRICES UP AND HURTING US STOCK MARKETS TO PRESSURE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MAKE CONCESSIONS...


                 ...OSINTdefender "X"...



                     NEWS AGENCIES-TIMES OF ISRAEL US ATTACK



REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL IRANIAN ATTACK



                AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG



In the UK tensions are high over the death of a teenager handcuffed by police when his now convicted killer made an accusation of a racist attack.


Henry Nowak telling police "I can't breathe" after the man who stabbed him Vickrum Digwa led police to the scene of Digwa's crime.



Video footage emerged during Digwa's recent trial.



Tonight riot police clashed with protesters in Southampton.


Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledging there are 'serious questions for police' over what was seen on the video...BBC News



IN ISRAEL CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA CONTROL LEGISLATION MOVING FORWARD IN PARLIAMENT.


THE PROPOSAL BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU INCLUDES EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT POWER TO REGULATE BROADCASTING, NEWS WEBSITES AND OTHER MEDIA.


THE 52-45 VOTE SPLITS THE LEGISLATION INTO SEPARATE BILLS TO HELP EASE ITS ADVANCE THROUGH PARLIAMENT.


LEGAL ADVISERS FOR LAWMAKERS SAY THE MOVE VIOLATES ACCEPTED LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE.


BOTH ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARA AND LEGAL STAFF OF THE PARLIAMENT SAY THE LEGISLATION UNDERMINES PRESS FREEDOM AND INCREASES THE POSSIBILITY OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN THE MEDIA...TIMES OF ISRAEL



                                          (News, Comment, Analysis)


PRESIDENT TRUMP APPOINTING BILL PULTE AS THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.


PULTE REPLACING TULSI GABBARD WHO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HER RESIGNATION.


MR. PULTE WILL REMAIN IN HIS PRESENT POSITIONS LEADING THE FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY AND CHAIRING THE FEDERAL ENTITIES SUPPORTING THE MORTGAGE MARKET, COMMONLY CALLED 'FANNIE MAE' AND 'FREDDIE MAC'.


PULTE APPEARS TO BE PART OF A CIRCLING OF WAGONS AROUND MR. TRUMP WHO SEEMS TO HAVE A CLOSE CIRCLE OF ADVISORS WHO HOLD MULTIPLE POSTS LIKE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO WHO IS ALSO NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER...NBC NEWS USA...


MR. RUBIO HAS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE PROMOTION RECENTLY AS A POTENTIAL 2028 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OPPOSING CURRENT VICE-PRESIDENT JD VANCE.




A New Mexico legislative committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein's activities in the state connected to Zorro Ranch sending out 14 subpoenas.


The New Mexico Truth Commission sending those subpoenas to 14 entities including the FBI, New Mexico Department of Justice, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase and the Santa Fe Institute.



The commission speaking of sending any information about any wrongdoing linked to Epstein will sent to an "appropriate law enforcement agency"...The Hill USA



THE STATE OF FLORIDA SUING 'OPEN AI' AND ITS CEO SAM ALTMAN CONTENDING A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY FROM THE 'ChatGPT' CHATBOT.


THE LAWSUIT CENTERS ON A DEADLY SHOOTING ATTACK AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND WOUNDED SIX OTHERS.


THE ACCUSED SHOOTER SOUGHT ADVICE FROM 'ChatGPT' BEFORE CARRYING OUT THE ATTACK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In Kenya a court extending the injunction against a US Ebola facility for three weeks.


The court directing Kenya's government to release the agreement it made with the United States government to establish the facility.


The US seeking to operate the Ebola facility to house Americans with Ebola rather than returning them to the United States...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)...


More news related to this story deeper in the summary.


The World Health Organization has scaled back the number of suspected cases of Ebola in the Central African outbreak.


Now there are only 116 suspected cases alongside the 330 confirmed cases.   Previously some 900 cases were suspected...CBS News USA




THE CONFLICT IN LEBANON CONTINUES TODAY FOLLOWING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S DRAMATIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF A TRUCE LAST EVENING THAT LED TO A SHARP DROP IN OIL PRICES.




DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS REPORTED WITH SIX BODIES PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE AT ONE LOCATION.


TWO LEBANESE SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN ANOTHER ISRAELI ATTACK...AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG




(Updated) At least 22 killed (BBC News, News Agencies) in Ukraine following heavy Russian attacks last night.  


The attacks centered on the capital city of Kiev.


Ukraine totaled use of 73 missiles and 656 drones in the attacks with 40 missiles and 602 drones destroyed by air defenses...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany



Two reported killed in Kenya during a protest against a proposed center to house Americans infected with Ebola.


The organizers of the protest say police shot demonstrators dead with the police not confirming their story.


A Kenyan judge has issued a temporary injunction while the matter is considered in court and today followed that up with an injunction lasting three weeks...(See Story Higher Up In Post)



President William Ruto supports the center and has urged calm...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




The markets today

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 228.91 points or .45 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 7.09 points.

At 452 pm New York Time the price of oil 93 dollars 47 cents a barrel up one dollar 31 cents or 1.47 percent...Marketwatch



IN ISRAEL EARLY THIS MORNING PARLIAMENT GIVING INITIAL SUPPORT TO LEGISLATION THAT MAY PUSH THE PLANNED OCTOBER 27TH ELECTION TO AN EARLIER DATE POSSIBLY SEPTEMBER 8TH.


THE BILL MUST BE APPROVED TWO MORE TIMES TO BECOME LAW...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Russian officials disputing French statements on the seizure of on oil tanker that left Russia enroute to Cameroon.


Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saying the European countries are rewriting international law and international norms in a recent series of seizures of  'shadow fleet' tankers linked to Russia.


Kremlin spokesman describing the seizure of the "Tagor" tanker as illegal and an action that borders on piracy.


The tanker seized more than 400 miles off the French coast in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday...Tass Russia



In Washington today Maine Democrat US Senate candidate Graham Platner meeting Senate Democrats.

His meeting was planned weeks ago but it follows leaked news last weekend regarding the vetting process for Platner.

His wife Amy Gertner speaking about discovering messages on Platner's phone to other women of sexually explicit nature.

Following that news leak she is standing by her husband...The Hill USA



THERE'S A NEW GOVERNMENT IN DENMARK FOLLOWING RECENT ELECTIONS WITH INCUMBENT PRIME MINISTER METTE FREDRIKSEN REMAINING IN OFFICE.


HER SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, THE SOCIALIST PEOPLE'S PARTY THE RADIKALE VENSTRE PARTY AND THE MODERATES PARTY IN THE GOVERNMENT COALITION...AFP FRANCE-FRANCE 24

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