NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/6/2026*FORMER GERMAN SPY CHIEF ARRESTED SPYING*SAUDI AIRPORTS ATTACKED YEMEN WAR*PRO-ISRAEL ETHIOPIA LEADER PUSHES RED SEA PORT EPSTEIN CONNECTION*'TAKE OUT A CITY' TRUMP IRAN WAR COMMENT*FRENCH STUDENT PROTESTS*G7 TAPS RUSSIA ASSETS UKRAINE*
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING WITH PERSONAL COMMITTMENTS INTERRUPTING SERVICE DURING DAY)
The latest on mass protests involving French schools but first...
The Spanish Supreme Court pulling the arrest warrant against former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont.
Puigdemont living in exile in Belgium as a Member of the European Parliament.
His legal troubles began with a failed referendum on Catalonia's independence from Spain in 2017.
Today's high court ruling is that amnesty for Catalonian independence supporters given by the current government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez applies to Mr. Puigdemont in relation to charges of embezzlement.
Last week Puigdemont's "Junts" party withdrew support for Mr. Sanchez's government over housing legislation leading to the call for a new Spanish election on November 29th...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
A FORMER GERMAN SPY CHIEF ARRESTED ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR ANOTHER COUNTRY.
AUGUST HANNING LED THE BND FROM 1998 TO 2005.
IT HAS NOT BEEN REVEALED WHAT FOREIGN COUNTRY HANNING IS ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR.
AN ACCOMPLICE IDENTIFIED ONLY AS 'MANFRED D' ALSO ARRESTED HE WAS MR. HANNING'S CHIEF OF STAFF AT THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
In Germany a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) elected speaker of the state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt.
The AfD won the election there last month short of a majority. The vote for speaker led to Tobias Rausch of the AfD winning with 44 of 83 votes.
Rausch was elected with support from five members of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). This could be a sign of the BSW's willingness to ultimately support an AfD government in Saxony-Anhalt...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
FRANCE TEST-LAUNCHING A NUCLEAR-CAPABLE MISSILE FROM A SUBMARINE.
FRANCE'S NUCLEAR WARHEADS ARE CURRENTLY MOUNTED ON MISSILES THAT ARE FIRED FROM AIRPLANES...TASS RUSSIA
In the Yemen War two airports in Saudi Arabia attacked with three wounded.
The Gulf Cooperation Council including Saudi Arabia and allied Persian Gulf nations speaking of a "dangerous escalation"...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
(News Analysis)
SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION OF HIS INAUGURATION YESTERDAY THE PRO-ISRAEL ETHIOPIAN PRESIDENT ABIY AHMED SPOKE OF HIS COUNTRY'S NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE RED SEA.
HIS COMMENTS FOLLOW A FOUR-NATION STATEMENT ON SUNDAY FROM EGYPT, ERITREA, SOMALIA AND SUDAN CALLING FOR DIALOGUE OVER CONFLICT BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES WITH RED SEA ACCESS.
THE ETHIOPIAN PRESIDENT ACCUSING NEIGHBORING NATIONS OF SUPPORTING REBELS FIGHTING HIS GOVERNMENT IN A CIVIL WAR THAT REIGNITED IN RECENT WEEKS...AL JAZEERA QATAR...
WEEKS AGO, THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF ERITREA A NATION DIRECTLY NORTH OF ETHIOPIA BORDERING THE RED SEA SPOKE ABOUT 'PORT IMPERIALISM' INVOLVING THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND ISRAEL.
THAT 'PORT IMPERIALISM' WITH A WIDE REACH IN THE HORN OF AFRICA REGION LINKED TO UAE PORT COMPANIES INCLUDING 'DP WORLD' WHOSE FORMER CEO SULTAN AHMED BIN SULAYEM RESIGNED IN FEBRUARY...MIDDLE EAST EYE...
THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES RELEASED BY THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SHOWING A DISTURBING EMAIL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE SULTAN AND EPSTEIN.
EPSTEIN SAID HE LIKED A 'TORTURE VIDEO' PROVIDED BY THE SULTAN...THE INDEPENDENT UK
"They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. It's a very small price to pay"
Comments offered up by US President Donald Trump in western Nebraska as he sought to justify high fuel prices caused by the Iran War.
Trump speaking of a conflict that in his words would 'end one way or another' at some point.
Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom on social media offering up criticism of the President rooted in Mr. Trump's use of National Guard troops to enforce immigration law but also speaking of 'foreign enemies'...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
The latest in the ongoing Israeli incursions into southern Syria this morning. Two Israeli tanks and soldiers advancing towards a village in the Quneitra Governate southwest of Damascus...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
(Updated Story)
IN FRANCE THE STUDENT PROTESTS CONTINUING INTO A SECOND WEEK WITH STREET DEMONSTRATIONS UNDERWAY IN CITIES ACROSS FRANCE THIS MORNING.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROTESTS.
AUTHORITIES SAY NEARLY 900 HIGH SCHOOLS WERE SHUT DOWN DUE TO THE PROTEST MOVEMENT.
THE GOVERNMENT DECIDING TO SHUT DOWN CLASSES COMPLETELY AT THE END OF THIS WEEK FOR WHAT PRIME MINISTER SEBASTIEN LECORNU IS CALLING 'A TIME OF INTERNAL DEMOCRACY' WITHIN EACH SCHOOL.
ONE STUDENT UNION LEADER SPEAKING OF PROTESTING UNTIL 10 BILLION EUROS (11.2 BILLION US DOLLARS) OF SPENDING IS DESIGNATED FOR SCHOOLS.
THE GOVERNMENT OPENING UP A WEBSITE FOR STUDENTS TO REGISTER THEIR GRIEVANCES.
THE DAYS OF DEMONTRATIONS PUNTUCATED BY BLOCKADES OF HIGH SCHOOLS AND CLASHES WITH POLICE THAT HAVE WOUNDED TEENAGE PROTESTERS AND LED TO THOUSANDS OF ARRESTS.
POLICE AND SCHOOL STAFF HAVE ALSO BEEN HURT IN THE DEMONSTRATIONS.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP COMMENTED ON THE SITUATION TODAY CITING 'ISLAM' AND 'IMMIGRATION' AS FORCES DRIVING THE PROTESTS.
SOME FRENCH POLITICIANS CRITICAL WITH LEFTIST JEAN-LUC MELENCHON SAYING MR. TRUMP OFERED A 'FANTASIZED ACCOUNT'.
THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER JEAN-NOEL BARROT SAYING IN RESPONSE TO MR. TRUMP:
"If we don't write our own story, others will write it"
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 253.32 points or .49 percent.
The NASDAQ up 122.48 points or .45 percent.
At 403 pm New York Time the price of oil 89 dollars 82 cents a barrel up 39 cents or .44 percent...Marketwatch
G7 nations have tapped into the interest income of frozen Russian assets to finance a 50-billion-dollar loan to Ukraine.
This is in line with a decision made back in 2024. While the US did take one billion dollars of interest from frozen Russian assets back then, it has not done so since.
The other G7 member countries (Canada, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan) have been more deeply involved in using seized Russian asset interest to support Ukraine...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
US PRESIDENT TRUMP RESORTING TO AN EMERGENCY MEASURE TO LOWER DIESEL FUEL COSTS.
MR. TRUMP SIGNING AN ORDER ALLOWING TAX-EXEMPT DIESEL FUEL USED FOR FARM AND CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES TO BE USED IN VEHICLES THAT USE ROADS...THE HILL USA
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