Friday, October 9, 2026
Thursday, October 8, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 10/8/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*PUTIN MEETS IRAN PRES*ISRAEL BLOCKS PALESTINIAN ELECTION OFFICIALS*INDIA PROTEST MOVEMENT SAYS THOUSANDS ARRESTED*TRUMP SAYS HE WON'T ATTACK*ANDREW EPSTEIN WARRANTS QUASHED*NEW MADURO CHARGE*FORMER GERMAN SPY BOSS LINKED CHINA*TRUMP-NETANYAHU IRAN WAR RESTART COULD CANCEL ISRAEL'S ELECTION*EU DEBT RISING*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ALEXANDRE DE MORAES ISSUING AN ARREST WARRANT FOR THE BROTHER OF OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FLAVIO BOLSONARO.
EDUARDO BOLSONARO WHO LIVES IN THE US SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS AND TWO MONTHS IN PRISON FOR LOBBYING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO SANCTION JUSTICE MORAES AND OTHER BRAZILIAN OFFICIALS.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN CONVICTING AND SENDING HIS FATHER FORMER PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO TO PRISON FOR INSURRECTION AND CENSORING INTERNET SPEECH INVOLVING HIS SUPPORTERS.
THE MOVE COMES AS POLLING DATA SHOWS FLAVIO BOLSONARO LEADING INCUMBENT LEFTIST PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA BY 53-47 PERCENT IN THE OCTOBER 25TH RUNOFF ELECTION...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)
In Northern Iraq two drones attacking a Kurdish military camp. Two explosions in a camp of forces fighting Iran's government. The attack believed to have been carried out by Iran...DD Geopolitics "X" (Video Embeds)
In Central Asia Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Their meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit focused on the Iran War and the Middle East situation in general.
Putin said Iran is 'making real attempts to end the conflict that broke out in the region through no fault of its own'.
The Russian president also spoke of a 21 percent increase in trade involving Russia and Iran in the last year.
Iran's drone technology has helped Russia to wage the Ukraine War in recent years...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
PALESTINIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ARE POSTPONED.
THE REASON GIVEN BY THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION IS THE REFUSAL OF ISRAEL TO ALLOW ELECTION OFFICIALS INTO GAZA.
AN ELECTION WAS PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 28TH IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK), EAST JERUSALEM AND GAZA...TASS RUSSIA
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India's "Cockroach Movement" of student protests associated with the opposition Congress Party says thousands of its supporters have been arrested.
The arrests ahead of a planned protest in the capital city of New Delhi tomorrow.
The movement pushing for replacement of India's top elections official alleging voter lists rigged in favor of the ruling BJP Party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India is a major player in the 'BRICS' economic alliance including Brazil, Russia, China and Iran. That alliance seen as a challenge to US economic dominance exercised through the G7 alliance...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
THE US GOVERNMENT SUSPENDING TECH COMPANIES FROM A VISA PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN WORKERS.
THE PROGRAM OFFERING A PATHWAY TO US CITZENSHIP FOR FOREIGN WORKERS IS SUSPECTED OF FRAUD.
VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE SAYS THIS REGARDING US TECH GIANT MICROSOFT:
"You're a great American company, but you've got to hire great American workers"
MR. VANCE ALSO SAYING LAID-OFF AMERICAN WORKERS WERE REPLACED WITH 'FOREIGN INDENTURED SERVANTS'.
THE VICE-PRESIDENT ALSO SAYING THE GOVERNMENT IS PROBING NINE UNIVERSITIES OVER THEIR USE OF FOREIGN STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS TO UNDERCUT WAGES OF AMERICAN WORKERS.
THE INVESTIGATION REGARDS THE 'J-1' VISA PROGRAM. HARVARD, YALE AND STANFORD UNIVERSITIES AMONG THE UNIVERSITIES UNDER SUSPICION...
News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
The Hill USA
After the news story leaked out last night by White House connected Israeli journalist Barak Ravid suggesting joint US-Israeli warfare against Iran before US or Israeli elections new messaging from President Trump.
On social media Mr. Trump saying in part:
"we will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections"
The President also speaking of oil getting through the Strait of Hormuz and 'productive discussions' with Iran. He also put in all capital letters: "IRAN WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!"...
OSINTdefender "X (Image Truth Social Post)
IN THE YEMEN WAR SAUDI ARABIA INTECEPTING TWO HOUTHI MISSILES AIMED AT ITS CAPITAL CITY OF RIYADH TODAY...(NEWS AGENCIES)
Search warrants against former Prince Andrew related to his connections with Jeffrey Epstein quashed by a judge today.
Police acknowledging legal errors in the warrants.
High Court Justice Nicholas Hilliard stating the quashing of warrants "does not bring an investigation to an end or mean that the whole of the investigation was unlawful'.
The Thames Valley Police speak of "legal proceedings" to decide if police can retain material seized under the search warrants to support their investigation into whether Andrew Mountbatten Windsor gave Jeffrey Epstein confidential government information...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
US FEDERAL PROSECUTORS DROPPING NEW CHARGES ON VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO AND HIS WIFE CILIA FLORES.
THEY ARE EACH CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT TORTURE.
THESE CHARGES ARE IN ADDITION TO THE DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES THEY ALREADY FACE...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
News magazine "Der Spiegel" reporting that former German intelligence chief August Hanning is suspected of passing information to China.
Hanning was arrested on Tuesday.
Authorities found sensitive documents from more recent times than his service as head of the 'BND' spy agency between 1998 and 2005.
Mr. Hanning's contacts with Chinese intelligence officials are involved in the German authorities investigation. He was said to have passed secret information as recently as 2022...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
In the UK two Latvian nationals arrested outside a British air base. Counterterrorism police conducting an investigation. There is suspicion the suspects wanted to harm the UK...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
The British government cutting a deal with Israel that will reduce its diplomatic presence in Palestinian East Jerusalem.
The consulate that the UK operates there will now be called a 'mission' with fewer personnel present there.
Israel at odds with Britain over its support for the State of Palestine existing next to the state of Israel as separate independent countries...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
IN LIEGE, BELGIUM STUDENT PROTESTS THIS WEEK SPILLING OVER FROM FRANCE WITH AUTHORITIES CRACKING DOWN.
THERE WERE MORE THAN 50 ARRESTS AFTER VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN THE CITY.
AS OF TODAY, PUBLIC GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN THREE PEOPLE ARE BANNED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In France the student protest movement manifesting itself mainly in street demonstrations today with government officials meeting a group of students.
Minister of Education Edouard Geffray speaking of a "respectable movement tarnished by unspeakable violence"...
BFM-TV FRANCE BLOG (VIDEO EMBEDS)
(UPDATED) A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES ARRESTED ACCUSED OF PREPARTING TO TRANSFER INFORMATION TO BENEFIT A FOREIGN POWER.
COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE ARRESTING 24-YEAR-OLD TOBY YOUNG OF THE ROYAL NAVY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION...REUTERS-AL JAZEERA QATAR...
THE SUSPECT IS SAID TO HAVE TRIED TO FIND RUSSIAN CONTACTS ONLINE TO PASS ALONG THE INFORMATION HE POSSESSED...(NEWS AGENCIES)
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THE WHITE HOUSE-CONNECTED ISRAELI JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID REPORTING ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IRAN WAR RESTART OPTIONS.
RAVID BRINGING ISRAELI SOURCES INTO HIS REPORTING TO SPREAD THE NOTION OF TRUMP RESTARTIG WARFARE AGAINST IRAN PRIOR TO UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN THE US AND ISRAEL.
SOURCES SPEAKING OF PRE-ELECTION WARFARE ON IRAN AS A WAY FOR MR. TRUMP TO DEMONSTRATE STRENGTH TO AMERICAN VOTERS.
THE NOTION OF THE US AND ISRAEL JOINTLY ATTACKING IRAN IS PRESENTED.
MASSIVE US-ISRAELI ATTACKS ON IRAN WOULD TRIGGER ISRAEL-IRAN WARFARE TIMED CLOSE TO ISRAEL'S OCTOBER 27TH ELECTION.
IF ISRAEL IS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN WARFARE WITH IRAN IT COULD CANCEL ISRAEL'S ELECTION AND OR STRENGTHEN THE POLITICAL POSITION OF INCUMBENT PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
BUT THERE IS STILL THE VERY STRONG OPTION THAT TRUMP WILL NOT ORDER ATTACKS ON IRAN UNTIL FOLLOWING THE ELECTIONS.
SEPARATE REPORTING ON TRUMP AND AN IRAN WAR RESTART PUBLISHED BY 'THE ATLANTIC'...
Barak Ravid "X"...
Barak Ravid Channel 12 Israel Story (Translation Prompt)...
Tass Russia ("The Atlantic" Story)
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 51.77 points or .1 percent.
The NASDAQ down 345.35 points or 1.25 percent.
At 433 pm New York Time the price of oil 90 dollars 75 cents a barrel up two dollars 48 cents or 2.81 percent...Marketwatch
The debt burden of the European Union is on the rise. The EU's debt expected to climb from 740 billion Euros (828.73 billion US Dollars) this year to 1 trillion Euros (1.12 trillion US dollars) next year.
The European Court of Auditors linking the rising debt to support for Ukraine, increased defense spending, a COVID recovery fund and rising interest rates...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
On New Zealand's South Island a rash of copper thefts in the city of Christchurch the copper cut off an electric vehicle charger while in the nearby countryside irrigators targeted for removal of copper cables.
The cost of those irrigator copper thefts estimated to be 130,000 dollars (72,748 US dollars) before labor costs to repair damage and down time expenses are taken into account...One News New Zealand
THE 87-YEAR-OLD SPANISH WOMAN WHOSE EVICTION IGNITED A NATIONWIDE PROTEST MOVEMENT HAS DIED.
MARICARMEN ABASCAL BECAME THE FACE OF GRIEVANCES OVER THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING IN SPAIN.
THIS WEEK THE GOVERNMENT ISSUED DECREES CAPPING RENTS, BANNING EVICTIONS AND PROHBITING BUSINESS ENTITITES FROM PURCHASING HOUSING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A former Roman Catholic bishop in Australia sentenced to more than six years in prison for historic sexual offenses against two indigenous young men.
76-year-old Christopher Saunders found guilty earlier this year of 13 charges.
Saunders served as the Bishop of Broome in a remote region of Western Australia...ABC News Australia
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 10/7/2026*OCTOBER 7TH MEMORIAL ISRAEL*9/11 VICTIMS SAUDI SUIT CONSIDERED*TANKER HIT IN GULF NEAR QATAR*DEADLY HOUTHI ATTACKS SAUDI AIRPORTS*FRANCE STOPS STUN GRENADES STUDENT PROTESTS*RUSSIA DISPUTES PLAGUE SCARE*NK SUPPORTS 'ONE CHINA' AGAINST US*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
"In the name of the murdered and fallen, and for the sake of future generations, we will bear witness and tell the story of the day the sky fell upon us. We will remember them all, and we will never forget"
Former Gaza hostage Eli Sharabi who lost his wife and two daughters in the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, speaking at a non-governmental memorial event in Tel Aviv this evening.
50,000 people attending the event where tributes from families of the victims and special toned-down performances from musical stars were presented.
Opposition leaders in the crowd for the event government ministers stayed away.
Mr. Sharabi continuing the calls of victim families and former hostages for an independent and thorough investigation of October 7th. He said in part:
"Investigate how it happened, don't let time blur the truth"...
TIMES OF ISRAEL
US SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH VISITING WITH AND SPEAKING TO CREW MEMBERS OF THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN AIRCRAFT CARRIER PRAISING THE CREW AND ITS PERFORMANCE DURING THE IRAN WAR.
HIS VISIT AS THE SHIP RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA FROM A RECORD-LONG DEPLOYMENT.
HEGSETH ATTACKING MEDIA COVERAGE OF PROBLEMS ON BOARD THE CARRIER INCLUDING THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDES OF CREW MEMBERS.
HE SAID THE COVERAGE OF THE SHIP'S MALFUNCTIONS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES OF CREW MEMBERS REPRESENTED THE MEDIA'S ATTEMPT TO SYMBOLIZE A 'FAILED MISSION'...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
Families of 9/11 victims in a federal courtroom today where three appeals court judges considered arguments over whether a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia could proceed.
The suit is based on evidence pointing to two of the 19 terrorist hijackers being aided by the government of Saudi Arabia through money provided to charitable groups.
Lawyers for Saudi Arabia want the lawsuit thrown out.
No indication from the judges as to how they may rule but Terry Strada, whose husband Tom died in the World Trade Center, was pleased with the judges line of questioning...Associated Press-NBC News USA
A TANKER HIT BY MULTIPLE PROJECTILES IN THE PERSIAN GULF THIS EVENING.
THERE ARE CASUALTIES REPORTED ON THE SHIP THAT WAS ATTACKED 51 NAUTICAL MILES FROM MADINAT ASH SHAMAI, QATAR...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
Three killed and 36 wounded in Houthi attacks on international airports in Saudi Arabia yesterday and today.
Two killed and 28 wounded in the attack on the Abha International Airport.
One killed and eight wounded in the attack on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport.
Damage to the facilities of both airports reported...Tass Russia...
Earlier news of the Yemen War later in the summary.
RUSSIAN ATTACKS REPORTED IN KIEV TONIGHT ALONG WITH THE IMPOSITION OF EMERGENCY SHUTDOWNS OF ELECTRICITY IN THE CITY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IN MALI THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT TAKING BACK THE STRATEGIC NORTHERN TOWN OF KIDAL FROM SEPARATIST FORCES ALLIED WITH AL-QAEDA JIHADISTS.
THE AZAWAD LIBERATION FRONT GROUP CITING AERIAL ATTACKS FROM RUSSIAN FORCES SUPPORTING MALI'S MILITARY AS THE REASON FOR THEIR WITHDRAWAL...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
Finnish authorities telling Google to suspend preparations to build two data centers.
The order linked to completion of environmental impact assessments.
The tech giant given until October 23rd to end major actions changing the environment at the Muhos and Kajaani sites...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
24 KILLED AND 60 WOUNDED IN RUSSIAN ATTACKS ACROSS UKRAINE LAST NIGHT.
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SAYS FOUR CHILDREN ARE AMONG THE DEAD...INDIA TODAY
TEN WOUNDED IN A MASS STABBING ATTACK AT A SCHOOL IN NORTHERN POLAND.
A 19-YEAR-OLD- STUDENT OF THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL ARRESTED AS THE SUSPECTED ATTACKER...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
In France Interior Minister Laurent Nunez ordering police to stop using stun grenades at student protests.
One 15-year-old losing his left hand when he picked up a police grenade at a high school demonstration in northern France.
The student protest movement planning street marches across France tomorrow the government ordering classes at schools suspended at the end of the week for a cooling off period of 'democratic' activities...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN THE YEMEN WAR HOUTHI FORCES TAKING RESPONSIBILTY FOR RECENT ATTACKS ON BOTH THE ADEN AIRPORT IN YEMEN AND RIYADH AIRPORT IN SAUDI ARABIA.
THE YEMENI GOVERNMENT BACKED BY SAUDI ARABIA STAGING A GROUND OFFENSIVE SEEKING TO TAKE BACK TERRITORY WON BY HOUTHI FORCES...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
One killed, 16 wounded when Israeli nationalist settlers and soldier are reported to have raided a Palestinian village.
The incident in the village of Burqua north of Nablus in Samaria (West Bank).
It is said to have begun when Palestinians began to fight with the nationalists wounding five settlers...Times of Israel
THE ISRAELI CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN ORDERING REMOVAL OF A VIDEO FROM PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NOAM SOHLBERG SAYS THE VIDEO FILMED AT AN AIR FORCE BASE CONTAINS 'ELEMENTS OF ELECTION PROPAGANDA'.
IN THAT VIDEO MR. NETANYAHU WARNS OF POSSIBLE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL BEFORE THE OCTOBER 27TH ELECTION...TIMES OF ISRAEL
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 341.41 points or .86 percent.
The NASDAQ declined 61.20 points or .22 percent.
At 413 pm New York Time the price of oil 88 dollars 96 cents a barrel down 48 cents or .54 percent...Marketwatch
KENYA CONFIRMED ITS FIRST EBOLA CASE YESTERDAY.
A KENYAN NATIONAL DYING AFTER HE HAD TRAVELED TO NAIROBI FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO WHERE THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IS CENTERED.
29 OTHERS ARE QUARANTINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE...NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR
Russia is disputing Western government and media messaging about anti-plague measures following the death of an employee at an anti-plague research facility in Irkutsk.
Russia noting the woman's death remains under investigation with pneumonia suspected.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying Russia needs to 'share more information with the world'...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
NORTH KOREAN SUPPORT FOR CHINA AGAINST THE UNITED STATES REAFFIRMED BY STATE MEDIA.
NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN POLICY ANALYST KIM MYONG-CHOL'S COMMENTARY IS ENTITLED 'U.S. IS ACTING RASHLY'.
HE SPEAKS OF THE US SEEKING TO PROVOKE CHINA WITH MORE THAN 39 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN IN THE LAST DECADE.
THE COMMENTARY AFFIRMS CHINA'S VIEW OF 'ONE CHINA' THAT INCLUDES THE OFFSHORE PROVINCE OF TAIWAN AND SAYS TAIWAN IS AN 'INTERNAL AFFAIR OF CHINA'...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/6/2026*THIRD ANNIVERSARY OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK ISRAEL*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*
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The latest on mass protests involving French schools but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
US MILITARY FORCES ON THE JAPANESE ISLAND OF OKINAWA GOING ON A 48-HOUR 'OPERATIONAL PAUSE' FROM NOON TOMORROW TILL NOON ON FRIDAY.
TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED FOLLOWING THE ARREST OF A US MARINE STATIONED ON THE ISLAND FOR THE MURDER AND ROBBERY OF A JAPANESE WOMAN.
OFF-BASE LIBERTY IS BANNED AS WELL AS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL WILL FOCUS ON STANDARDS, DISCIPLINE AND BEING PART OF THE COMMUNITY ON OKINAWA...USNI NEWS
Three years ago today the brutal Hamas attack on southern Israel that led to thousands of deaths in Israel and then tens of thousands of deaths in Gaza as Israel retaliated.
In the southern Israeli village of Nir Oz rebuilding underway survivors of the attacks considering how to the evidence of the attack while building a new future...Deutsche Welle Germany Video Report
IN THE YEMEN WAR TWO HOUTHI MISSILES TARGETING THE ADEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SOUTHERN YEMEN...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY (TURKIYE)...
MORE YEMEN WAR NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
IN THE UKRAINE WAR TONIGHT RUSSIAN ATTACKS ON KIEV FOLLOWING LAST NIGHT'S DRONE BARRAGE AIMED AT MOSCOW.
MANY EXPLOSIONS REPORTED...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
AT LEAST 20 MISSILES SAID TO HAVE STRUCK THE KIEV REGION...DD GEOPOLITICS "X"...
AN OIL SLICK BURNING IN THE BLACK SEA OFF THE RUSSIAN PORT OF SOCHI FOLLOWING A UKRAINIAN SEA DRONE ATTACK ON A TANKER.
THE CREW REPORTED SAFE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
TODAY THERE WERE ATTACKS ON TWO MERCHANT VESSELS IN THE BLACK SEA OFF THE COAST OF BULGARIA LINKED TO UKRAINE.
SOME CREW MEMBERS RESCUED OTHERS MISSING...BBC NEWS UK-MSN
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.
THE TEST OBSERVED BY FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...
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)
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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"
BFM-TV FRANCE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
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
Monday, October 5, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 10/5/2026*QUEBEC ELECTION*US NAVY CHOPPER EMERGENCY YEMEN WAR ZONE*PAK, TURKEY DEFENSE SUPPORT SAUDIS YEMEN WAR*HORMUZ SHIPS HIT*CARGO SHIP SINKS BLACK SEA, RUSSIA ACCUSED*FRENCH SCHOOL PROTESTS TEENS WOUNDED*SPANISH ELECTION CALLED*EPSTEIN-LUTNICK SOURCE SUICIDE*FOUR PRESIDENTS STATEMENT SUDAN, ETHIOPIA WARS*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
In Canada's second most populous province tonight the results of a hotly contested election involving multiple parties and a fragmented popular vote.
Voters in Quebec favoring the Parti Quebecois allowing the separatist PQ to form a minority government. The PQ winning with less than 30 percent of the popular vote.
The Liberal Party finished in second place just under 25 percent the Conservatives in third place with almost 21 percent and the Leftist Quebec Solidaire with a fourth place finish just over 12 percent of the vote.
Completely wiped out in terms of winning Quebec National Assembly seats the currently governing secularist populist CAQ Party which picked up just over 13 percent of the popular vote.
The CAQ won 79 of 127 seats in the last election...CBC News Canada...2026 Quebec General Election Wikipedia
IN THE YEMEN WAR ZONE A US NAVY HELICOPTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND DISAPPEARING FROM FLIGHT TRACKING.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED OFF THE STRATEGIC SAUDI PORT CITY OF YANBU OVER THE RED SEA.
FRANCE RECENTLY COMMITTED MILITARY RESOURCES INCLUDING TROOPS, RADAR AND AIR DEFENSE MISSILES TO DEFEND YANBU...BNO NEWS STORY
The "Mecca Defense Pact" activated with Turkey (Türkiye) and Pakistan supporting Saudi Arabia militarily.
The Saudis coming under attack from Houthi forces in Yemen following their support for the Yemeni government in the Yemen War...Al Jazeera Qatar...
More Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia this evening...DD Geopolitics "X"...
The Saudis bombing missile launch sites used by the Houthis in Yemen...(News Agencies)...
Conflicting claims about the war on the ground in southwestern Yemen the government claiming success in taking back territory the Houthis disputing that...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
(UPDATED) UKRAINIAN DRONES ATTACKING MOSCOW TONIGHT WITH RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES ACTIVE LATE INTO THE NIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)....
MOSCOW'S MAYOR SAID 650 DRONES WERE AIMED AT THE CITY WITH 105 SHOT DOWN ON THEIR FINAL APPROACH...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
MULITPLE ATTACKS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ TODAY INVOLVING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) AND CRUDE OIL TANKERS...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X" (Scroll Down To See Posts)
Two dead in a fire on a cargo boat off the coast of Romania in the Black Sea.
11 others rescued with the boat sinking.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says there was a Russian drone attack on the vessel carrying corn to Turkey...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO A COLLISION BETWEEN TWO BOATS.
AT LEAST 30 KILLED DOZENS MISSING. THE TWO BOATS COLLIDING AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO NAVIGATE THE CONGO RIVER LAST NIGHT...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-AL JAZEERA QATAR
(UPDATED) IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA A MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE CRASHED WITH 25 PASSENGERS AND A CREW OF SEVEN ON BOARD.
ALL ARE CONFIRMED TO HAVE DIED...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
(Story Is Updated)
The school protests continuing in France today with hundreds of demonstrations.
Many schools were closed down to prevent disturbances.
The government working on proposals to present to a student union that called for protest actions to resume tomorrow.
In one incident today a 15-year-old student had his hand torn off when he picked up a police grenade.
The mother of a 14-year-old wounded in the face by police in an earlier incident says she is 'angry'.
190 students wounded in the protests according to the Ministry of Education.
Leftist political leader and 2027 Presidential Election candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon comparing this protest movement to the historic university student protests that swept France in 1968...
BFM-TV France Blog
IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AN OIL TANKER OFF THE COAST OF OMAN INTERCEPTED BY THE IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS (IRGC).
THE VESSEL ON ITS WAY INTO THE PERSIAN GULF HEEDING AN IRGC WARNING AND TURNING BACK...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
In the UK former Prince Andrew seeking to quash police search warrants carried out earlier this year.
Those warrants before his arrest as authorities seek to link Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to any leaking of confidential material to convicted child sex offender-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
A court hearing in the matter set for later this week...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
SPANISH PRIME MINISTER PEDRO SANCHEZ CALLING FOR NEW ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 29TH.
HOUSING LEGISLATION PROPOSED BY HIS GOVERNMENT LAST WEEK FAILED TWICE IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
THE RIGHT-LEANING CATALAN INDEPENDENCE PARTY 'JUNTS' LED BY FORMER CATALAN PRESIDENT CARLES PUIGDEMONT FAILED TO SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION.
MR. SANCHEZ DEPENDENT ON THAT PARTY FOR A PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY.
IN CALLING FOR AN ELECTION SANCHEZ ACKNOWLEDGING MISTAKES AND SEEKING A 'PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY'.
PRIME MINISTER SANCHEZ'S GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FOLLOWING OPPOSITION TO US IRAN WAR POLICY AND RECOGNITION OF THE STATE OF PALESTINE.
WEEKS AGO, SANCHEZ SPOKE OF ISRAELI AND RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
A man who notified Congress about the close ties between convicted child sex trafficker-offender Jeffrey Epstein and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dead by suicide.
57-year-old Simon Andriesz was a British Wall Street banker who worked for Lutnick.
Back in February Secretary Lutnick told the US Senate Appropriations Committee "I don't recall why we did it" when asked about his family's visit to Epstein's island in the US Virgin Islands back in 2012...The Daily Beast-MSN
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 90.94 points or .18 percent.
The NASDAQ up 286.45 points or 1.05 percent.
After the close at 833 pm in New York oil 89 dollars 26 cents a barrel up 17 cents...Marketwatch
THE FBI ARRESTING A 34-YEAR-OLD WOMAN ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR CHINA.
WANYING Z ARRESTED BEFORE SHE BOARDED A FLIGHT TO CHINA IN LOS ANGELES.
A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR SAYS SHE TRAVELED TO THE US TO MONITOR THE ACTIVITIES OF A CLOSE RELATIVE OF A TAIWANESE OFFICIAL...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE
Four African leaders calling for dialogue over conflict as warfare rages in both Sudan and Ethiopia.
The Presidents of Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan met in Egypt Sunday.
Ethiopia's Pro-Israel government making allegations of the four nations plotting against it in connection with recently re-ignited civil war in Ethiopia.
Sudan's civil war underway since April of 2023 involves the Sudanese Army and the United Arab Emirates backed Rapid Support Forces...Al Jazeera Qatar
IN THE SUDANESE CIVIL WAR AN AIR ATTACK ON RELIEF TRUCKS. ONE TRUCK DRIVER KILLED.
THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) DID NOT IDENTIFY WHO ATTACKED THE RELIEF CONVOY.
THE CONVOY TRAVELING BETWEEN TWO CITIES CONTROLLED BY THE SUDANESE ARMY IN SOUTH KORDOFAN STATE.
SUDAN'S MILITARY IS FIGHTING THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES (RSF) PARAMILITARY GROUP BACKED BY THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES A NATION ALLIED WITH ISRAEL IN ITS ONGOING WAR WITH IRAN...AFP FRANCE-AL JAZEERA QATAR
US President Donald Trump nominating lawyer John Coale as his "Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs".
Mr. Coale has worked on release of Americans and others imprisoned in foreign countries and served as Special Envoy to Belarus a nation neighboring Russia.
Coale is married to noted media personality-lawyer Greta Van Susteren and both are members of the Church of Scientology...Tass Russia...John Coale Wikipedia
Sunday, October 4, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 10/4/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*DEADLY US ATTACK 'NARCO-TERRORIST' BOAT*SPANISH POLICE OPERATION MIGRANTS*BRAZIL ELECTION TESTS US DOMINANCE*DEBRIS FOUND MISSING AIR AMBULANCE*UKRAINE, ETHIOPIA, SUDAN, YEMEN WARS*FIVE KILLED ISRAELI GAZA ATTACK*
(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FINAL POSTING 1130 PM-12 MIDNIGHT)
There will be a second round in Brazil's Presidential Election but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
THE PRICE OF GASOLINE AS MEASURED AT SAM'S CLUB HERE IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA NOW DOWN SLIGHTLY TO 407.9 A GALLON. IT'S A SIX-CENT DROP SINCE FRIDAY.
There were explosions near a tanker off the coast of Yemen. No damage or injuries reported...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
AFTER THE WEIRD INCIDENT AT THE MILITARY BASE (RAF FAIRFORD) IN THE UK LAST WEEKEND THE US MOVING B-1 BOMBERS OUT OF THE BASE.
THIS ACCORDING TO 'THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'...TASS RUSSIA
A new deadly US military attack on an alleged 'narco-terrorist' boat in the Caribbean Sea...
OSINTdefender "X" (Video Embed)...Four crew members killed in the attack.
AS A PRE-EMPTIVE MEASURE HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS CLOSED IN FRANCE TOMORROW AMID FEARS OF STUDENT PROTESTS TURNING VIOLENT.
THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN VIOLENT SCENES OUTSIDE SCHOOLS ACROSS FRANCE.IN RECENT DAYS.
MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND ARRESTS 85 PERCENT OF THEM INVOLVING MINORS.
A STUDENT UNION SUPPORTING THE DEMONSTRATIONS CALLING FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST AND RESUMPTION OF DEMONSTRATIONS ON TUESDAY...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
Spanish police launching a major operation to clear a migrant camp in the North African enclave of Ceuta.
Hundreds of police deployed to move three thousand migrants encamped on a beach.
The migrants given the options of staying in government housing for migrants or returning to Morocco...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt) (Video Embed)
Israeli air and artillery attacks in southern Lebanon today...Dawn Pakistan
DEMOSTRATIONS ACROSS INDIA THIS WEEKEND AS THE OPPOSITION-YOUTH PROTEST MOVEMENT DEMANDS THE RESIGNATION OF ELECTIONS CHIEF GYANESH KUMAR.
THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS THAT MR. KUMAR HAS REVISED VOTING ROLLS REMOVING MILLIONS OF VOTERS TO FAVOR THE BJP PARTY OF PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI.
POLICE MAKING ARRESTS IN NEW DELHI SEEKING TO SUPPRESS DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF INDIA...NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR
BRAZILIAN ELECTION
(News, Comment, Analysis)
(Updated As Able)
THE ELECTION RESULTS IN BRAZIL WITH LEFTIST PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA SEEKING RE-ELECTION.
HIS MAIN OPPONENT IS RIGHTIST SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO SUPPORTED BY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
EARLY RESULTS PUT MR. BOLSONARO IN THE LEAD HE WAS GETTING OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE POPULAR VOTE WITH 41 PERCENT OF THE RESULTS COUNTED.
BUT WITH 99 PERCENT OF THE VOTE COUNTED BOLSONARO AT 47.03 PERCENT AND LULA AT 45.13 PERCENT.
MINOR CANDIDATES ARE ON THE BALLOT IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE ELECTION WITH SEVERAL OF THEM OPENLY HOSTILE TO PRESIDENT LULA AND THE SUPREME COURT'S CRACKDOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA CONSIDERED HOSTILE TO LULA.
BUSINESSMAN AND CANDIDATE ROMEU ZEMA ENDORSING SENATOR BOLSONARO IN THE SECOND ROUND THIS EVENING WORD OF HIS ENDORSEMENT LEAKED OUT AS VOTING WAS UNDERWAY TODAY.
US ATTEMPTS TO DOMINATE THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE AND BEYOND ARE TIED TO THE ELECTION.
FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF ANDREI RODRIGUES SAYS THERE WERE NO ATTACKS PLANNED ON FOREIGN EMBASSIES...(SBT NEWS BRAZIL)
IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION EMBASSIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 'FIVE EYES' INTELLIGENCE ALLIANCE COUNTRIES (US, UK, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA) SHUT DOWN CITING SECURITY CONCERNS.
BRAZIL A KEY PLAYER IN 'BRICS' THE ECONOMIC ALLIANCE INCLUDING RUSSIA, CHINA AND INDIA AMONG OTHER NATIONS.
IF NO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WINS A MAJORITY THERE IS A SECOND ROUND OF VOTING ON OCTOBER 25TH.
BRAZIL ALSO ELECTING 54 OF ITS 81 SENATORS TODAY AND ALL 513 MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES...
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LIVE RESULTS-THE GUARDIAN UK
SBT NEWS BRAZIL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
WIKIPEDIA 2026 BRAZIL ELECTION
In Latvia an election this weekend. Voters in the Baltic nation bordering Russia electing a 100 seat parliament.
The Pro-EU, NATO "United List" led by Adris Kulbergs winning 42 of the seats...2026 Latvian Election-Wikipedia
IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ A TANKER HIT BY AN UNKOWN PROJECTILE. NO ONE HURT BUT DAMAGE REPORTED IN THE ENGINE ROOM...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"
IN THE YEMEN WAR THE HOUTHIS HAVE ENCIRCLED THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED SOUTHERN CITY OF TAIZ...AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN...
MORE YEMEN WAR NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
(This Story Is Updated)
The US Coast Guard has found debris from the missing air ambulance that was flying from Bermuda to Boston.
The debris discovered off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
The plane with six on board went missing early Saturday morning as it was bringing a patient and family member back to the US.
The four crew members are Canadians working for an air ambulance service based in Hamilton, Ontario...CBC News Canada
THIS WEEKEND IN THE UKRAINE WAR ONE KILLED, NINE WOUNDED IN UKRAINAIAN ATTACKS ON RUSSIA DONETSK REGION ANNEXED FROM UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA...
IN BELGOROD, RUSSIA SIX WOUNDED IN SATURDAY EVENING ATTACKS BY UKRAINE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
AT LEAST SIX KILLED IN THE LATEST RUSSIAN ATTACKS IN UKRAINE KIEV'S NORTHERN BRIDGE DAMAGED...ASSOCIATED PRESS-HUFF POST
In the Ethiopian Civil War government forces advancing taking the airport of Mekele capital city of the rebelling Tigray Region.
Ethiopia accusing the neighboring nations of Eritrea and Sudan as well as Egypt of supporting the rebel forces...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...
Meanwhile in neighboring Sudan the civil war continues with government forces claiming a major victory over the United Arab Emirates backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Sudan's army says it took control of al-Mazroub in North Kordofan state as it seeks to cut RSF supply lines...Anadolu Turkey-Al Jazeera Qatar
THE YEMEN WAR THIS WEEKEND THE HOUTHIS REPORT A MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACK ON AN ARAMCO OIL FACILITY SOUTH OF RIYADH.
A REPORTER FOR AFP NEWS AGENCY SAW SMOKE AND FLAMES RISING FROM THE FACILITY...REUTERS-AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN...
MEANWHILE THE HOUTHIS WAGING A GROUND WAR IN THE TAIZ AREA AGAINST GOVERNMENT FORCES (DD Geopolitics "X").
A SAUDI DRONE ATTACK REPORTED TO HAVE KILLED TWO IN TAIZ...PRESS TV IRAN BREAKING "X"...
AND THE HOUTHIS ALSO SAY THEIR CAPITAL OF SAN'AA CAME UNDER SAUDI AIR ATTACK...REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED IN A FRIDAY NIGHT ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN GAZA.
ISRAEL APPARENTLY TRYING TO KILL A HAMAS OFFICIAL BUT OTHERS KILLED IN THE ATTACK.
AT LEAST NINE OTHERS KILLED IN EARLIER ISRAELI ATTACKS LAST WEEK.
IN SOME OF THOSE CASES ISRAEL LINKING THE ATTACKS TO THE HAMAS ORGANIZATION THAT BRUTALLY ATTACKED ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2023...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Israeli troops and tanks entering southern Syria and opening fire this weekend. Israel artillery also opening fire in the direction of residential areas.
The incidents in the Quneitra governate between the Golan Heights and Damascus...Tass Russia
In the UK a dual British-Iranian national released on bail after being arrested and charged over the unusual incident outside a US military base last weekend.
The charge for the man is 'suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts'.
Five others were arrested last weekend, then released in connection with the incident...The New Arab
IN JORDAN A PROMINENT MEMBER OF THE 'SHINYHUNTERS' HACKER GROUP ARRESTED THIS WEEK.
THAT PERSON SAID TO BE COOPERATING WITH THE US FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI).
'SHINHUNTERS' RECENTLY RELEASED EVIDENCE THAT IT POSSESSES EMPLOYMENT AND HEALTH RECORDS OF FBI EMPLOYEES...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE TOP CORRECTIONS OFFICIAL IN TENNESSEE RESIGNING.
FRANK STRADA LEAVING HIS POST FOLLOWING THE BOTCHED EXECUTION OF CONVICTED MURDERER CHRISTA PIKE.
PIKE NOW HOSPITALIZED FOLLOWING FAILURE OF TWO INJECTIONS OF LETHAL DRUGS TO TAEK HER LIFE...ASSOCIATED PRESS USA-AL JAZEERA QATAR
In Spain this weekend mass protests held to demand affordable housing. Hundreds of thousands protesting in dozens of cities and towns.
The demonstrations part of the continuing uproar following the eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her home.
Two emergency bills to deal with the issue failed in Spain's parliament on Friday...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany
Saturday, October 3, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*HOUTHIS HIT SAUDI OIL*NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL IRAN, YEMEN*OCTOBER 7 ISRAEL'S SUFFERING*CHUTZPAH DEFINES HIS EXISTENCE*HEADING TOWARDS ELECTIONS*'GO WHERE YOU WANT ME TO GO'*
(SOME MATERIAL MAY BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)
The Sunday News Summary posts beginning at Midnight Eastern US Time...
NEWSDUMP ALERT: SAUDI OIL FACILITY HIT BY HOUTHIS
Smoke and flames seen rising from an Aramco facility south of Riyadh the Saudi capital.
The Houthis claim a missile and drone attack on the facility...Reuters-AFP France-Dawn Pakistan
NEWSDUMP ALERT: US SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIALS MEET AT CAMP DAVID
(UPDATED)
The National Security Council led by Vice-President JD Vance met at the Camp David retreat in Maryland on Friday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Caine and CIA Director John Ratcliffe in attendance.
The Iran and Yemen wars discussed this according to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid...Channel 12 News Israel (Translation Prompt)...
The previous time such a meeting was held was in May of 2025.
It occurred right before the Israel-Iran 12-day war initiated by Israel with US support.
NEWSDUMP UPDATE: ARRESTED SUSPECT RELEASED IN MURKY US AIRBASE INCIDENT
The dual UK-Iranian national arrested over the weird incident outside the US heavy bomber base RAF Fairford last weekend released on bail...
The New Arab
HEADING TOWARDS ELECTION DAY IN THE USA
THE VOTE IS FOUR WEEKS FROM TUESDAY MY OPINION HUMBLE AS IT IS DOES NOT WANT TO SWERVE INTO RAGING CRITICISM BUT SIMPLY REFLECT HEARTFELT FEELINGS.
THE IRAN WAR IS A CULMINATION OF THE POST-9/11 COURSE SET BY FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND HIS 'NEO-CONSERVATIVE' TEAM.
THE 9/11 TERRORISM DID NOT ORIGINATE IN IRAN OR IRAQ OR SYRIA OR LIBYA NATIONS THE US GOT INTO WARFARE WITH FOLLOWING 9/11.
IT ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN SAUDI ARABIA A NATION THE US HELPS TO DEFEND NOW MORE THAN EVER.
9/11 LEADER OSAMA BIN LADEN HID IN AFGHANISTAN BUT FLED TO PAKISTAN KILLED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION YEAR OF 2012.
WE GOT BOGGED DOWN IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 20 YEARS A COUNTRY ON IRAN'S EASTERN BORDER BEFORE BEING FORCED OUT IN 2021.
9/11 WAS A PRETEXT REMINDING ME OF NEWS STORIES THIS WEEK THE INCIDENT OUTSIDE THE US AIRBASE THE ATTACK ON AN AIRLINE PILOT BY HIS CO-PILOT BETWEEN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND ISRAEL.
BOTH EVENTS TURNING INTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROPAGANDA TO HELP POLITICAL NARRATIVES ABOUT EXTREME MUSLIM TERRORISM AND IRAN AS A PERPETRATOR OF TERRORIST ATTACKS.
NARRATIVES FOR ELECTIONS IN ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 27TH AND THE US ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
PERHAPS PRETEXTS FOR WARFARE IN THE FUTURE BEFORE OR AFTER THE ELECTIONS.
THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER 7TH THE PAIN INFLICTED ON ISRAEL
"The suffering of the October 7th victims followed by the suffering of the @IDF including reservists torn from normal lives to devastate #Gaza has wounded @Israel deeply
But @netanyahu keeps up the chutzpah that defines his existence his key enabler IMHO @realDonaldTrump"
AS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THIS WEEKEND....LINK
Your host is a Zionist but not a butcher.
The music this week Freddy Weller was part of "Paul Revere and the Raiders" in the 1960's but in the 1970's he sang country music including this hit a cover of a Chuck Berry rock n' roll song with 1960's civil rights overtones.
Many country songs of the 70's were reworked versions of popular hits including the oldies of previous decades drawing radio listeners disillusioned with the direction rock music took in the "hippie era"...
"PROMISED LAND"-FREDDY WELLER
"WORKING AT THE CAR WASH BLUES"-JIM CROCE (BBC-TV LIVE)
"LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK"-PAUL SIMON
"ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD"-ANTRIM MENNONITE CHOIR
Wow what a powerful hymn I certainly grew up with that traditional style of worship including the music and finally the Holy Spirit has overcome me to realize the reality of those lyrics.
"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth"
ACTS 1:8 ESV BIBLE
" and whatever their government, whatever the color of their skin they're people for whom Christ died and we have a responsibility to deliver the message..."
DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 11:06 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW...
"That All Nations May Hear"-Dr. Billy Graham Anaheim, California 1981
"you must be willing to say 'I'll go where you want me to go and be what you want me to be Lord I'm yours' that's what I'm asking you"
DR. BILLY GRAHAM AT 11:56 INTO THE AUDIO LINKED ABOVE
Good Night. God Bless.
"I'M YOURS"-JAMIE OWENS COLLINS
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 409*TIGHT BELT 2027 BUDGET MORE SALES, RICH TAXES, LESS CORPORATE TAXES*SCHOOL PROTESTS*GOV'T WORKERS STRIKE*LE PEN LEADS POLLS*ANTISEMTISM ALLEGATION NATIONAL RALLY PRES*YELLOW VESTS TODAY*RAUCOUS DISTRACTION*
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
On Thursday the 2027 French budget proposal put on the table. The new budget seeking to reach a five percent of GDP deficit target but not expected to get there.
That is being projected to materialize in 2028.
Mainstream media was spinning the seriousness of France's budget and debt situation in the months leading up to Thursday's announcement.
The need to freeze government employees' salaries stirring up a Tuesday strike action by some government workers ahead of the budget announcement.
43 billion Euros (48.39 billion Dollars) in 'recovery measures' thrown into mix to reduce government spending. The government touting the notion of 54 billion Euros (60.67 billion Dollars) of effort to cut spending.
The tax structure includes more Value Added Tax (sales) taxation plus income taxes targeting 'the rich' with tax breaks restricted so that those in higher income brackets pay a minimum 20 percent income tax.
The pro-business taxation pattern of President Emmanuel Macron is also reflected in the 2027 budget with corporate taxes cut by 1.8 billion Euros (2.026 billion Dollars).
18 billion Euros (20.26 billion Dollars) of additional tax revenue is projected...
"French PM presents belt-tightening 2027 budget, including frozen wages and new taxes"-France 24
"54 billion euros of effort, pensions, civil servants, new taxes...What to remember from the government's 2027 draft budget"-BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)
Teachers and students shutting down hundreds of schools across France this week to protest crowded conditions and lack of funding.
Authorities cracking down with thousands of arrests as hundreds were wounded in clashes between protesters and police.
Many minors arrested with the government pointing to damage caused by the protests and what Interior Minister Laurent Nunez characterized as 'violence against agents of public authority'.
On Friday political leaders opting to close 400 schools to prevent violence but demonstrations continued to pop up.
A student union saying the government fell short in providing answers to demands so protests are set to resume again on Tuesday.
Many on the Right and in the Center of French politics blame Leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon who is running for President next year. Melenchon endorsed the student protest movement before it began.
Mr. Melenchon urging peaceful protests after violence broke out.
On Friday National Rally (RN) Vice-President Sebastien Chenu urged a return to classes asking students to wait until next year's election promising that in seven months there will be 'big changes' adding 'we will turn the page on Macronia'...
On Tuesday a nationwide strike and day of protest by government workers concerned about the government's budget plans freezing them out of salary increases.
Firefighters in the vanguard of the protest involving tens of thousands on the streets of Paris and hundreds of thousands on the streets nationwide.
POLITICS THIS WEEK AN ACCUSATION OF ANTISEMITISM LEVELED AT NATIONAL RALLY PRESIDENT JORDAN BARDELLA.
MR. BARDELLA DENYING THE ALLEGATION AND FILING SUIT.
BARDELLA IS A POTENTIAL NOMINEE FOR PREMIER IF MARINE LE PEN WINS NEXT APRIL'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
MR. BARDELLA DOGGED BY THE ALLEGATIONS WITH INVESTIGATIVE WEBSITE 'MEDIAPART' MAKING THE ALLEGATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK.
THEN ON THURSDAY IT RELEASED MORE DETAILS INCLUDING SCREENSHOTS OF ALLEGED 2013 TO 2015 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS BY MR. BARDELLA...REUTERS STORY...
JORDAN BARDELLA MADE A HIGHLY PUBLICIZED APPEARANCE IN ISRAEL AT AN ANTISEMITISM CONFERENCE LAST YEAR.
IN THE FACE OF THE ALLEGATION ISRAEL'S DIASPORA AFFAIRS MINISTER AMICHAI CHIKLI DEFENDING BARDELLA.
MR. CHIKLI SAYING 'A MAN IS NOT SEALED AT 17. WHAT MATTERS IS THE 15 YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, AND THE MAN HE BECAME'...Jewish Telegraphic Agency
NEW POLLING FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOWING MARINE LE PEN THE CLEAR FAVORITE.
SHE DEFEATS LEFTIST JEAN-LUC MELENCHON 69 TO 31 PERCENT AND CENTRIST EDOUARD PHILIPPE BY 57 TO 43 PERCENT.
THOSE MEN THE MOST LIKELY SECOND PLACE FINISHERS IN THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTING TO LE PEN.
THE NATIONAL RALLY (RN) NOW WITH AN OFFICIAL SENATE GROUP.
THE PROCESS OF ELECTING A NEW FRENCH SENATE GIVING THE RN AND ITS ALLIES A GROUP OF AT LEAST 15 SENATORS IN THE 348-SEAT UPPER CHAMBER...The Times Of India-MSN Story
As for the Yellow Vests movement in the midst of the outbreak of student protests there is hope in the call for a national protest two weeks from today on October 17th.
This afternoon's protest video from Paris opens with a newspaper displayed on the screen headlining this week's school protest movement.
The video shows a small group of people with spectators and bystanders on the street...
Yellow Vests Video Stream Paris October 3, 2026
ONE THING WORTH NOTING IN RESTROSPECT THIS WEEK.
THE SCHOOL PROTESTS PROVIDED A RAUCOUS DISTRACTION FROM THE AUSTERITY BUDGET OF PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON WITH ITS CORPORATE TAX CUTS AND WAGE FREEZES FOR GOVERMENT WORKERS.
For now that's news from France.
ALSO AVAILABLE THE 'UNPLUGGED' POST..."Nextrush Unplugged Weekend*Houthis Hit Saudi Oil*National Security Council Iran, Yemen*October 7 Israel's Suffering*Chutzpah Defines His Existence*Heading Towards Elections*"Go Where You Want Me To Go"*
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