Tuesday, June 9, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 6/9/2026*MISSILE ATTACK ALERTS RUSSIA*EPSTEIN TESTIMONY MENTIONS TRUMP*NORTHERN IRELAND VIOLENCE*US ATTACKS IRAN*IRAN-TRUMP DIFFER ON CHOPPER DOWN*THREE MAJOR CHINESE FIRMS GET 'MILITARY DESIGNATION' FROM US*DAMAGE ISRAELI AIRBASE?*US CHOPPER SHOT DOWN NEAR HORMUZ*IRAN WAR CONTINUES IN LEBANON*XI, KIM VOW CLOSER CHINA-NK TIES*



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The US launching multiple waves of attacks on Iran tonight but first...


                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



Missile attack alerts in multiple Russian regions hundreds of miles to the east of Moscow.


Some of the regions border the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan the area in question the Ural Mountain region of Russia (Ural Federal District)


RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


     SECOND RIA NOVOSTI ALERT STORY



TOMORROW BILL GATES WILL TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE GOVERMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TOMORROW ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN.


A FORMER COUNSEL FOR THE COMMITTEE JAKE GREENBERG IS ASSISTING GATES WITH HIS TESTIMONY RAISING ETHICAL QUESTIONS...RAW STORY



A FORMER AIDE TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN TESTIFYING BEFORE THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IN A CLOSED SESSION.


LESLEY GROFF SPOKE OF ARRANGING PHONE CALLS BETWEEN EPSTEIN AND DONALD TRUMP.


THE PHONE CALLS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES BUT THEY WERE NOT FREQUENT.


DEMOCRATS ON THE COMMITTEE REVEALING THE TESTIMONY BEFORE THE TRANSCRIPT IS MADE PUBLIC.


GROFF ALSO SAYING SHE DID NOT SEE EPSTEIN DOING ANYTHING 'IMPROPER'...NEWSMAX USA




US POLITICS INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM THE WINNER OF HIS PRIMARY ELECTION IN SOUTH CARLOLINA...(NEWS AGENCIES)



In the Ukraine War tonight explosions from Russian attacks in Odessa and Sumy in Ukraine...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...

Attacking Ukrainian drones destroyed as they approached Moscow late tonight...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)




ISRAELI NATIONALIST SETTLERS TORCHING AN AREA NEAR THE CHRISTIAN VILLAGE OF TAYBEH IN THE 'WEST BANK'.


EARLY REPORTS SAID THERE WERE NO INJURIES...TIMES OF ISRAEL




(Updated) Violence on the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland fires being set all day and into the night following a stabbing last night.


Buildings torched including a "Middle Eastern" grocery store and homes.


A 30-year-old suspect described as Sudanese in custody charged with attempted murder.


Local British nationalist politician Jim Allister saying a 'man is fighting for his life' and that he was a 'victim of open borders'.


Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill of the Leftist "Sinn Fein" party describing the violence as 'disgusting cowardice' and 'outright thuggery'.


O' Neill said that: "Racism, intimidation and violence are wrong".


North Belfast pastor Jack McKee said people were being burned out of their homes 'because they're black' saying the victims he's helping are "good Christian people"...


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US ATTACKS ON IRAN FOLLOW DOWNING OF US HELICOPTER 

                              (Updated)





Iran attacking US military bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan in retaliation for tonight's US attacks on Iran...OSINTdefender "X"




US Central Command proclaiming an end to attacks after the third wave of strikes on Iran...Tass Russia...




A third wave of US attacks in southern Iran near the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday morning...AFP France-Times Of Israel...



"Our powerful armed forces will leave no threat or attack unanswered"


 Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on social media after the US launched retaliatory attacks on Iran tonight.


The attacks following an incident where an Iranian drone struck a US helicopter forcing it down.  


US President Donald Trump described the incident as an Iranian attack.


Tonight Mr. Trump speaking of a strong response...(News Agencies)...


The attacks began at a time when oil trading briefly shuts down in New York...



                           Al Jazeera Qatar Blog




IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER IT'S BEST FOREIGN FORCES TO LEAVE THE AREA.


THIS FOLLOWS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S STATEMENT NOTING THE US IS OBLIGED TO RESPOND TO THE DOWNING OF AN ATTACK HELICOPTER.


ABBAS ARAGHCHI NOTING THE DOWNING OF THE US CHOPPER MAY HAVE BEEN ACCIDENTAL...OSINTdefender "X"




Russian air defenses taking down 292 attacking Ukrainian drones today...RIA Novosti Russia


A MAN KILLED IN A CAR BOMB EXPLOSION NEAR MOSCOW TODAY.   


THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS BOMBINGS-ASSASSINATIONS IN MOSCOW LINKED TO UKRAINIAN INTELLIGENCE SINCE THE UKRAINE WAR BEGAN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


MEANWHILE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES PUTTING OUT WORD A SUSPICIOUS DEVICE WAS FOUND ON ANOTHER CAR IN THE MOSCOW AREA.    


THAT DEVICE SAID TO HAVE BEEN 'NEUTRALIZED'...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



The US designating three major Chinese businesses as 'military companies'.   


They include BYD a company selling less expensive electric cars than US based electric car maker Tesla.


Also included the Chinese based technology company "Alibaba" and the Chinese internet service and AI company "Baidu".


This move by the US Department of War (Defense) sets those companies up for imposition of more serious sanctions in the future...OSINTdefender "X"


US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NOW ACKNOWLEDGING IRAN SHOT DOWN A US HELICOPTER.


TRUMP SAYS THE US IS OBLIGATED TO RESPOND...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                                      (Updated One Killed In Protest)


In Kenya police firing tear gas and making six arrests at a demonstration opposing a US Ebola treatment center being prepared for American exposed to the virus.


A Kenyan judge barring the center from operating as he considers the lawsuit against it.   


But preparations for operation of the center continue at an airbase in Nanyuki...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...


Late news reports say one person was killed during the demonstrations...(News Agencies)



IMAGES FROM A EUROPEAN COMMISSION SATELLITE SUGGEST DAMAGE AT ISRAEL'S RAMAT DAVID AIR BASE FOLLOWING IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS.

IMAGERY FROM YESTERDAY SHOWING A DISCOLORED PATCH WHERE A HANGER IS LOCATED.

ISRAEL SAYS 24 IRANIAN MISSILES WERE FIRED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

ALL MISSILES SHOT DOWN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MOST MISSILES WERE DOWNED ON MONDAY...TIMES OF ISRAEL



(Updated) A US army helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz.

Sources tell The New York Times the two-member crew of the Apache AH-64E attack helicopter were rescued.

It is still not known if the chopper was shot down...OSINTdefender "X"...US President Donald Trump confirming rescue of the crew without providing further details.



EIGHT KILLED IN THE LATEST ISRAELI ATTACK IN TYRE, LEBANON.   IT CAME AFTER AN ORDER TO EVACUATE FROM THE ISRAELI MILITARY.


IRAN HAS WARNED OF ATTACKS IF ISRAEL CONTINUES TO LAUNCH ATTACK IN LEBANON AIMED AT THE IRAN-ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT...AFP FRANCE-AL JAZEERA QATAR



The markets today.   


The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 86.10 points or .17 percent.


The NASDAQ declined down 250,84 points or .97 percent.


At 418 pm New York Time the price of oil 88 dollars 51 cents a barrel down two dollars 79 cents or 3.06 percent...Marketwatch





CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING WELCOMED IN PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA FOR STATE VISIT BY KIM JONG UN




NORTH KOREA AND CHINA VOW A NEW ERA OF CLOSER RELATIONS DURING A VISIT BY CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING.


XI VISITING NORTH KOREA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS.


HE SAID CHINA IS RESOLVED TO 'DEFEND THE COMMON INTERESTS OF BOTH SIDES'.


KIM SPEAKING OF A 'SPECIAL, GENUINE AND SOLID STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP' WITH CHINA...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



The Pentagon reversing classification of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints the "Mormon Church" as a non-Christian group.


Controversy ignited when the Defense Department trimmed the number of recognized faiths from 200 to just 31.


The LDS Church not one of the 21 Christian denominations on the trimmed list.


Republican US Senator Mike Lee of Utah described the non-Christian classification of his faith as ' very unfortunate' and bringing the government into a 'doctrinal dispute'...The Hill USA

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