NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 6/26/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*TOP PERU ELECTION OFFICIAL FIRED AMID COUNT*DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACK GAZA*EPSTEIN BILLIONAIRE ASSOCIATE BALKS*RESCUE, RELIEF EFFORTS VENEZUELA QUAKES*FRANCE, ITALY TALK LEBANON FORCE*NZ TOP COP PROBE*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
As the vote count in Peru's Presidential Runoff Election nears its conclusion word that a top election official was ousted.
This evening it was revealed that the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) dismissed Secretary General Elar Bolanos Llanos Tuesday after Llanos submitted his resignation.
Mr. Llanos's resignation letter citing the altering of his computer systems with information he did not generate...RPP Peru (Translation Prompt)...
The vote count in the Presidential Runoff tonight at 98.899 percent of the total with Rightist candidate Keiko Fujimori leading Leftist Robert Sanchez by nearly 46,000 votes.
The Sanchez Camp filing a formal complaint alleging electoral irregularities particularly with votes of Peruvians living in foreign countries.
The complaint names current President Jose Maria Balcazar and Keiko Fujimori among others...RPP Peru (Translation Prompt)
A MISSILE ATTACK ALERT DEEP INSIDE RUSSIA LATE TONIGHT IN THE ORENBURG REGION SOUTHEAST OF MOSCOW...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Three killed in an Israeli drone attack in Gaza. Others wounded in the attack.
Those killed identified as police officers.
1,031 killed in Israeli attacks since US President Donald Trump.
The total number of those killed in the conflict in Gaza over the last two and half years is more than 73,000...Al Jazeera Qatar...
In Gaza today an event promoted in Israeli media in recent days a protest demonstration opposing the rule of Hamas in Gaza.
The event taking place amid Israeli control of around 60 percent of Gaza's territory.
Media reports from Israel speak of people demonstrating in spite of threats from Hamas...Times of Israel
A DEAL REGARDING LEBANON TODAY IT'S INCREMENTAL CALLED 'THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING' BY US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO
THE US BROKERED AGREEMENT SIGNED BY LEBANESE AND ISRAELI REPRESENTATIVES LAYS OUT A PATHWAY TO ACHEIVE ISRAEL'S GOAL OF REMOVING THE IRANIAN ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH FORCES FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON...AL JAZEERA QATAR...
MORE NEWS RELATED TO LEBANON LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
MORE US ATTACKS ON IRAN TONIGHT.
THE ATTACKS ON RADAR SITES AND DRONE STORAGE FACILITIES LINKED TO YESTERDAY'S IRANIAN ATTACK THAT DAMAGED A MERCHANT VESSEL...AL JAZEERA QATAR
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Jeffrey Epstein associate billionaire investor Leon Black refusing answers to questions regarding Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA's).
It happened during his testimony before the House Government Oversight Committee regarding his connections to Epstein.
This led the committee to issue subpoenas related to the NDA's with Committee Chairman James Comer wanting to know if Epstein was involved in any of them.
Black and his legal team emphasizing that Mr. Black never abused any woman and was not involved with any underage woman or sex trafficking...
Journalist Julie K. Brown of the "Miami Herald" says that Black is one of 25 men suspected of making payments of millions of dollars.
Those payments linked to secret legal settlements involving young women, some of whom are identified as victims of Jeffrey Epstein...
ON SOCIAL MEDIA US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID IRAN FIRED FOUR DRONES AT COMMERCIAL SHIPPING IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AREA.
HE NOTED THAT ONE DRONE CAUSED DAMAGE TO A MERCHANT VESSEL. MR TRUMP REFERENCING AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY PREVIOUSLY REPORTED HERE.
TRUMP DEFINING THIS AS A 'FOOLISH VIOLATION' OF THE CEASEFIRE.
IRAN WARNING SHIPS TO USE ONLY APPROVED ROUTES TO TRANSIT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ...OSINTdefender "X"...
MORE NEWS RELATED TO THIS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
A small plane crashed into the tallest building in Beijing, China this evening.
Debris falling from the 108-story tall "Citic Tower" also called "China Zun".
Authorities asking people not to take any pictures of the crash and to delete images...The Hill USA
IRAN SAYS IT TURNED BACK THREE TANKERS ATTEMPTING TO TRANSIT THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
THEY WERE OPERATING ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE STRAIT.
IRAN WARNING THAT VESSELS CAN ONLY USE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ ON IRANIAN APPROVED ROUTES...TASS RUSSIA
More than 900 now confirmed dead in the twin earthquakes in Venezuela. The number of injured exceeds 3,300...(News Agencies)...
Search and rescue operations underway with foreign assistance pouring in including search and rescue teams.
LEBANESE PRESIDENT JOSEPH AOUN WELCOMING A FRENCH-ITALIAN INITIATIVE TO CREATE A NEW INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN LEBANON.
THE MANDATE OF THE CURRENT UN FORCE CONCLUDES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
YESTERDAY FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI MET.
MR. MACRON SAYING THE TWO NATIONS WANTED TO LAUNCH A COALITION TO PREVENT LEBANON FROM BEING A SOURCE OF INSTABILITY IN THE FUTURE...AFP FRANCE-ARAB NEWS
An Iranian statement says US military bases in the Persian Gulf are a source of insecurity.
The statement follows US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's trip to the region which led to a joint statement denounced by Iran as containing "interventionist, irresponsible and provocative positions".
Iran also says it should control the Strait of Hormuz jointly with Oman...Reuters-Times of Israel
SOUTH KOREA'S FORMER FIRST LADY SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR BRIBERY.
KIM KEON HEE IS SAID TO HAVE TAKEN GIFTS INCLUDING A TWO CHANEL BAGS AND A DIAMOND NECKLACE IN EXCHANGE FOR FAVORS.
THE WIFE OF THE FORMER CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA YOON SUK YEOL WAS ACQUITTED OF CHARGES INVOLVING STOCK FRAUD AND CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
HER HUSBAND MR. YOON WITH MULTIPLE SENTENCES PILED ON HIM INCLUDING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR INSURRECTION IN CONNECTION WITH MARTIAL LAW HE DECLARED IN DECEMBER OF 2024.
IN ADDITION HE RECEIVED A 30-YEAR SENTENCE FOR SENDING DRONES INTO NORTH KOREA TO PROVOKE IT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 44.51 points.
The NASDAQ declined 60.99 points or .24 percent.
The price of oil closed in New York at 70 dollars 24 cents a barrel down one dollar 68 cents or 2.34 percent...Marketwatch
In Russia a decision to ban cryptocurrency mining in the Moscow area and certain parts of the Kursk Region.
The ban to take effect next Wednesday July 1st and be in effect until the end of 2032.
In the Moscow region the ban is linked to electricity usage by data centers. Russian authorities have imposed crypto mining bans in other parts of the country some of them linked to months where there is peak use of electricity...Tass Russia
FOUR ISRAELI SOLDIERS WOUNDED IN A HEZBOLLAH GRENADE ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON...TIMES OF ISRAEL
FORMER WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JOHN BOLTON ENTERING A GUILTY PLEA IN A CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CASE.
BOLTON, AN ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN CRITIC OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, TARGETED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OVER PERSONAL USE OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.
BOLTON'S GUILTY PLEA INCLUDES NO PRISON TIME, BUT INVOLVES A FINE OF 2.25 MILLION DOLLARS AND 100 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE...AP-Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar
In New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers is under investigation.
The probe relates to allegations made about Chambers conduct towards women on two occasions since last November.
Chambers says he "strongly rejects the claims that have been made". He says he is not required to leave his post at this time...One News New Zealand
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTING THAT THE US IS CONSIDERING RELOCATING MIDDLE EAST BASES FURTHER AWAY FROM IRAN.
THIS FOLLOWS DAMAGE INFLICTED ON THEM DURING THE IRAN WAR.
SOME US BASES MAY RELOCATE TO ISRAEL...TIMES OF ISRAEL
There are 275 flu cases reported at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The flu outbreak last week involved 160 cases.
Four people are hospitalized with one death on June 16th still under investigation to determine a cause...The Hill USA
ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI DISPUTING NATO SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTE'S ACCOUNT OF HOW ITALY HELPED THE US AND ISRAEL DURING THE IRAN WAR.
RUTTE TOLD FOX NEWS ITALY ALLOWED 500 US MILITARY PLANES TO USE ITALIAN BASES.
MELONI INSISTING THE USE OF ITALIAN BASES WAS FOR LOGISTICAL AND TECHNICAL REASONS NOT TO DIRECTLY ATTACK IRAN.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP CRITICAL OF ITALY AND OTHER NATO COUNTRIES FOR NOT SUPPORTING THE WAR...POLITICO EU
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