NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 2/17/2026*US WARPLANES ON THE MOVE*10 SKIERS MISSING AFTER AVALANCHE IN CALIFORNIA*US-IRAN TALKS*JESSE JACKSON DEAD AT 84*LINDSEY GRAHAM DETAILS EMIRATES-ISRAEL COOPERATION, WANTS US PROTECTION FOR UAE**

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           Later in the summary the US-Iran talks but first...

                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

This evening the movement of US warplanes supported by tanker aircraft in the Eastern US.   

50 aircraft involved in movement that is believed to be towards the Middle East...OSINT Europe "X"

IN THE UKRAINIAN CITIES OF KHARKIV AND MYKOLAIV EXPLOSIONS LATE TONIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

10 SKIERS MISSING WITH SIX OTHERS AWAITING RESCUE IN THE CALIFORNIA AREA OF LAKE TAHOE NEAR THE NEVADA STATE BORDER.

A GROUP OF FOUR GUIDES AND 12 SKIERS ON A TOUR WHEN AN AVALANCHE OCCURRED...KCRA SACRAMENTO

In Israel tonight nationalist settlers attacking a Bedouin hamlet outside Ramallah near Jerusalem.

The Israeli military eventually employing riot control tactics against the Bedouin residents...Times Of Israel

IN LEBANON THE IRAN-ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT WILL NOT DISARM UNDER A PLAN BEING PUSHED BY THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT.

HEZBOLLAH SAYS THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT IS DOING THE BIDDING OF ISRAEL.

At the Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removing an aide to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.   That aide was a spokesman for former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley...The Hill USA

IN FRANCE NINE SUSPECTS ROUNDED UP IN THE DEATH OF NATIONALIST QUENTIN DERANQUE.

HE WAS HIT IN THE HEAD DURING A FIGHT WITH LEFTISTS ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12TH IN LYON.

ONE OF THOSE ARRESTED AN AID TO LEFT-WING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAPHAEL ARNAULT...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

11 killed in three US military attacks on boats linked to drug trafficking.

Two boats with four crew attacked in the Pacific Ocean and another boat with three crew members attacked in the Caribbean Sea...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE CHINESE-OWNED RETAIL FASHION PLATFORM 'SHEIN' UNDER EUROPEAN COMMISSION INVESTIGATION.

THE PROBE CENTERS ON SALE OF 'ILLEGAL PRODUCTS' LIKE CHILDLIKE SEX DOLLS AND WEAPONS.

SHEIN HAD ALREADY REACHED AN UNDERSTANDING WITH FRENCH AUTHORITIES BUT THE EC IS SAYING THE UNDERSTANDING FALLS SHORT OF WHAT SHOULD BE DONE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 32.26 points.

The NASDAQ rose 31.71 points.

In New York tonight after hours trading at 723 pm the price of oil at 62 dollars 32 cents a barrel down once cent from closing price...Marketwatch

INFLATION IN CANADA EASED LAST MONTH MOVING DOWN TO 2.3 PERCENT FROM 2.4 PERCENT IN DECEMBER.

A 16.7 PERCENT DECLINE IN GASOLINE PRICES PRIMING THE LOWER OVERALL INFLATION RATE...CBC NEWS CANADA

                         US-IRAN TALKS

                                                      (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)

The second round of US-Iran talks in Geneva today.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaking of an understanding on 'guiding principles' following the talks.

He spoke of work needing to be done...News Agencies-Times Of Israel...

Meanwhile Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saying that 'the strongest military in the world, however, can sometimes be struck so hard that it cannot even get back on it's feet"...(Press TV Iran)...Press TV Iran

THE US AMBASSADOR IN BELGIUM CALLED IN BY THE FOREIGN MINISTRY FOR OBJECTING TO GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN ORTHODOX JEWISH CIRCUMCISION PRACTICES.

THE GOVERNMENT WANTING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN THE CIRCUMCISIONS.

AMBASSADOR BILL WHITE URGING ACTION TO LEGALIZE THE ACTIVITY OF THOSE WHO CIRCUMCISE ("MOHELS").   THE GOVERNMENT DELAYING.

THREE JEWISH CIRCUMCISERS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH WHITE CALLING THE GOVERNMENT'S ACTION 'RIDICULOUS AND ANTI-SEMITIC'.

THE AMBASSADOR ALSO SAYING THE MINSTER OF HEALTH IS BOTH 'ANTI-AMERICAN' AND 'RUDE' BASED ON A RECENT MEETING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson dead at age of 84.  

Jackson first protested for racial integration in North Carolina during the days of legalized segregation in the early 1960's.

He worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago in the mid 1960's and was part of the group of people present at King's assassination in Memphis in 1968.

Jackson later known as a leader in Chicago and as a Democratic Party Presidential candidate in the 1980's.  

Around 1970 he often spoke of the notion of a third black political party in the United States...(News Agencies)...BBC News Blog

VISITING ISRAEL US SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

GRAHAM MEETING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WARNING OF A DECISION ABOUT IRAN IN 'WEEKS, NOT MONTHS'...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)...

SENATOR GRAHAM HEADING FOR THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PRAISING ITS COOPERATION WITH ISRAEL AND URGING THE US TO DEFEND THE UAE.

SENATOR GRAHAM SAID THE EMIRATES HAVE BACKED ISRAEL EXTENSIVELY REPEATING MR. NETANYAHU:

"Bibi asked me to tell the media he was amazed at the level of cooperation and the significance of the partnership between the UAE and Israel-

that Mohammed bin Zayed did everything that was asked and even more."...

                                         (COMMENT)

IN SAUDI ARABIA RECENTLY CLERICS CLOSE TO THE GOVERNMENT PREACHING A MESSAGE STRESSING THE EMIRATES AS ENABLERS OF ISRAEL IN ACTIONS AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS.

THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE IN THE UNITED STATES HAS CRITICIZED THE PREACHING OF 'ANITSEMITISM' IN SAUDI ARABIA...

          MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Stormy weather moving to New Zealand's South Island following heavy rains and high winds that impacted the North Island.

Power knocked out to some areas with extensive flooding reported...One News New Zealand

                 "We're talking to Cuba"

THAT COMMENT FROM US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON AIR FORCE ONE.  

THE CONVERSATIONS FOLLOW US ACTIONS TO CUT OFF THE FLOW OF OIL TO CUBA.

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CANCELLING FLIGHTS BECAUSE OF FUEL SHORTAGES IN CUBA...THE HILL USA

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NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 2/16/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*EPSTEIN FILES FINANCIAL PROBE IN FRANCE*RUBIO IN HUNGARY*MTG MEETS MAYOR OF BETHLEHEM IN JUDEA*FORMER TRUMP SECURITY ADVISOR ON BANNON-ESPTEIN TIES ANTI-TRUMP?*CHINA TARIFF-FREE ACROSS AFRICA*UFO OVER WESTERN US*

 

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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

French authorities carried out Epstein Files related searches today.

They involve allegations of tax fraud and money laundering against former Minister of Culture Jack Lang and his daughter...(BFM-TV France)....News Story (Translation Prompt)

THE CEO OF HYATT HOTELS TOM PRITZKER RESIGNING.  PRITZKER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES RELATED TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN...FORBES "X"

Explosions in three Ukrainian cities late tonight under Russian attack.  One of the cities attacked is the southern port of Odessa...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

IN PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND THE FATHER OF A STUDENT SHOOTING FIVE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY AT AN ICE HOCKEY GAME.

TWO KILLED, THREE CRITICALLY WOUNDED THE FATHER THEN TAKING HIS OWN LIFE.

POLICE LINKING THE ATTACK TO A 'TARGETED FAMILY DISPUTE'...WPRI PROVIDENCE

President Trump directing federal authorities to protect the Potomac River.

This follows a wastewater spill in Maryland last month.

Mr. Trump attributing responsibility for the pollution of the river on Democrats in general and Maryland Governor Wes Moore in particular.

President Trump in a dispute with Governor Moore in recent weeks...The Hill USA

ACTOR ROBERT DUVALL HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 95.

MANY REMEMBER DUVALL FOR HIS ROLES IN MOVIES WITH SPIRITUAL THEMES LIKE 'TENDER MERCIES' AND 'THE APOSTLE'.

BUT DUVALL PLAYED MANY CHARACTERS SOME OF THEM VILIANOUS, OTHER HISTORICAL LIKE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE OR GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

AND DUVALL EVEN PORTRAYED CHARACTERS WHO WERE RELIGIOUS HYPOCRITES LIKE MAJOR FRANK BURNS IN THE MOVIE "M*A*S*H" AND THE COMMANDER IN "THE HANDMAID'S TALE" MOVIE...THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

More US warplanes continuing to move to areas close to Iran.

18 F-35's and four heavy lift C-17 transport planes on the move today across Europe and the Mediterranean Sea...OSINT Europe "X"

US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO VISITING HUNGARY AHEAD OF ITS APRIL 12TH ELECTION.

HE TOLD PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN 'YOUR SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS' SAYING THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 'DEEPLY COMMITTED TO YOUR SUCCESS'.

A NUCLEAR POWER AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS.

 ORBAN FACING A TOUGH POLITICAL CHALLENGE FROM THE OPPOSITION LED BY PETER MAGYAR...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"Israel's illegal actions aiming to consolidate settlements and impose sovereignty over Palestinian land threaten to exacerbate the conflict"

Jordanian King Abdullah with a statement on new Israeli regulations establishing control over land in Judea and Samaria (The West Bank).  The statement during a visit to London...AFP France-Times of Israel...

Meanwhile former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene highlighting attacks on Christians in the West Bank and Gaza meeting the Mayor of Bethlehem in Judea.

Mayor Maher N. Canawati says he desires to live in peace with Muslim and Jewish neighbors.   But Jewish nationalist settlers continue their attacks and encroachment with Israeli government support...Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene "X"

FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP IN HIS FIRST TERM GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN NOTING THE EMAIL CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN STEVE BANNON AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN ABOUT THE 25TH AMENDMENT.

THE 25TH AMENDMENT INCLUDES THE NOTION OF HOW THE CABINET CAN DECLARE THE PRESIDENT INCAPICITATED AND REMOVE HIM FROM POWER.

THERE WAS MUCH TALK ABOUT THE 25TH AMENDMENT FROM MR BANNON WHO ADVISED PRESIDENT TRUMP POLITICALLY AND SERVED IN THE EARLY PART OF HIS FIRST TERM AS A WHITE HOUSE AIDE.

GENERAL FLYNN SAYING IF BANNON AND EPSTEIN WERE TRYING TO UNDERMINE TRUMP'S PRESIDENCY BANNON SHOULD BE QUESTIONED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ON THIS AND OTHER TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN.

GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN FORCED OUT OF HIS POST THEN UNSUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED AS A FOREIGN AGENT FOR TURKEY.     

CURRENT US AMBASSADOR TO TURKEY AND REPRESENTATIVE FOR SYRIA TOM BARRACK WAS IN EMAIL CONTACT WITH EPSTEIN IN THE PAST...GENERAL MICHAEL FLYNN "X"

The markets today.  The Dow and NASDAQ closed for President's Day.

In New York at 437 pm the price of oil at 63 dollars 73 cents a barrel up 84 cents or 1.34 percent...Marketwatch

The position of the US on Iran's nuclear program has become 'more realistic'.

It's a 'cautious assessment' from Iran's foreign ministry on the eve of new talks between Iran and the United States...Times of Israel

CHINA EXPANDING A ZERO-TARIFF POLICY FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO ALL BUT ONE OF THEM EFFECTIVE MAY 1ST.

MOST GOODS FROM 53 AFRICAN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA WILL BE EXEMPTED.

THE ZERO-TARIFF POLICY PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO 33 AFRICAN COUNTRIES.  

EXCLUDED FROM THE ZERO TARIFF POLICY IS ESWATINI A COUNTRY THAT HAS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN WHICH CHINA CONSIDERS TO BE A PROVINCE...TIMES OF INDIA

Canadian passport holders getting visa-free travel to China starting on Thursday.

China says the 30-day visa free travel policy will be in effect until December 31st.

47 plus countries are on China's visa-free travel list this year...CBC News Canada

ON SUNDAY MORNING TWO US F-16 WARPLANES SCRAMBLED TO INTERCEPT AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT.

IT WAS FIRST SIGHTED OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MOVING IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION.

A CIVILIAN CARGO PLANE REPORTING THE OBJECT 'GLOWING AND DIMMING'.

THE F-16'S WERE CALLED BACK FOR A SECOND SIGHTING OF THE OBJECT WITH ONE PILOT RECORDED DESCRIBING A BALLOON...Aircraft Spots "X" (Details In Thread)...

  (UPDATED WITH CLARIFICATION FROM MR. OBAMA)

                            "They're real"

FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ACKNOWLEDING THE EXISTENCE OF SPACE ALIENS.

MR. OBAMA SAYS HE BELIEVES IN EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE BUT NOTES ALIENS ARE NOT BEING KEPT BY THE US GOVERNMENT AT AREA 51.  

HE SAYS HE'S NEVER SEEN ANY ALIENS AND IF HE'S BEEN KEPT FROM SEEING THEM THERE WAS 'ENORMOUS CONSPIRACY' TO HIDE IT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...TIME...

MR. OBAMA LATER CLARYIFYING HIS REMARKS TO SAY HE HAS BEEN SHOWN NO EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF ALIENS FROM SPACE.

IT IS HIS PERSONAL CONVICTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Heavy rains and high winds in New Zealand with flooding and fallen trees blocking highways.  Floodwaters forcing evacuations.

Power is also knocked out for tens of thousands of residents across the southern part of the North Island...One News New Zealand Liveblog

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/15/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*RIOT IN ORTHODOX ISRAELI CITY*MASSIE SAYS EPSTEIN SURVIVORS FBI FORMS NOT RELEASED*STRANGE EPSTEIN FILES LETTER FROM BONDI*ANTI-IRAN STRATEGY SAID TO INCLUDE CHINA OIL*RUBIO SEEKS US-EUROPE TIES*ACCUSATION OF POISONING OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER*

 

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                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

US Air Force refueling tankers on the move tonight heading east.  This may take the planes across the Atlantic to Europe.  From there they could potentially deploy to the Middle East near Iran....OSINTdefender "X"

EXPLOSIONS LATE TONIGHT IN KIROVOHRAD, UKRAINE.  AN AIR WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR RUSSIAN ATTACKS IN THE KIROVOHRAD REGION AT THE TIME...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

President Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States would back Israeli attacks on Iran if talks fail.

Trump's comments linked to a visit by Mr. Netanyahu to the White House in December...Times of Israel

AN ISRAELI ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.  ISRAEL SAYING FOUR MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC JIHAD GROUP WERE KILLED...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Electricity and heating cut off in parts of Russia's Bryansk Region.

This follows Ukrainian attacks on the energy infrastructure of the region on Ukraine's border.

The local governor says repairs are underway...Tass Russia

IN ISRAEL RIOTING IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH CITY OF BNEI BRAK TRIGGERED BY THE PRESENCE OF TWO FEMALE SOLDIERS.

THOSE SOLDIERS ORDERED TO MAKE A HOME VISIT WARNED THEIR COMMANDERS OF THE DANGER POSED BEFORE THEY ENTERED THE CITY.

THE FEMALE SOLDIERS CAME UNDER ATTACK TRIGGERING INTERVENTION BY POLICE.

A POLICE CAR OVERTURNED WITH A POLICE MOTORCYCLE TORCHED BY RIOTERS.   12 ARRESTS MADE.

THE INCIDENT AMID THE BACKDROP OF MILITARY EFFORTS TO GET ULTRA-ORTHODOX MEN TO OBEY DRAFT NOTICES AND JOIN ISRAEL'S MILITARY.

WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF THE RIOTERS WITH THE ARMY INVESTIGATING...TIMES OF ISRAEL...CHANNEL 12 ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

"And so, what these survivors need, they need to see some of their own 302 forms, which haven't been released, and they also need to see some of the men they implicated prosecuted"

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie talking about unreleased files related to Jeffrey Epstein.  Namely the FBI forms when they were first interviewed about being victimized by Jeffrey Epstein and others.

Interviewed on ABC's "This Week" Massie also noting that US Attorney General Pam Bondi "was afraid" to look at those who were victimized by Epstein and others as they sat behind her in a hearing room last Wednesday...The Hill USA

THE UNITED STATES HAS INTERCEPTED AN OIL TANKER IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

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THE "VERONICA III" WAS IN WATERS SOUTH OF INDONESIA.

THE OIL TANKER HAD SAILED THERE FROM VENEZUELA...THE HILL USA

"What kind of files are the FBI and DOJ keeping on us?"

FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR WHOSE NAME IS MENTIONED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES LETTER OF ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI

US Attorney General Pam Bondi with a letter this weekend speaking of all names being released in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein Files.

Bondi mentioning a wide range of names including music star Janis Joplin who died in 1970 and Republicans in the House who sought full release of the Epstein Files like Thomas Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace along with Democrat Ro Khanna.

Former Congresswoman Greene noting how the letter seems to not make sense asking "What is actually going on?"...

    Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene "X Post

THE IMPRISONED FORMER PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER IMRAN KHAN IS TO BE MOVED TO AN EYE HOSPITAL AFTER LOSING PARTIAL VISION IN ONE EYE.

KHAN'S LAWYER AND SUPPORTERS SAID THAT AUTHORITIES WERE IGNORING HIS MEDICAL CONDITION AND NOT PROVIDING HIM WITH NECESSARY TREATMENT...THIS WEEK INDIA

At least 10 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza this weekend.   Israel says Hamas violated terms of the Gaza ceasefire...Al Jazeera Blog

THIS WEEKEND INSIDER JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID OF 'AXIOS' WRITING OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ON AN ANTI-IRAN STRATEGY.

IT INCLUDES ECONOMIC PRESSURE THAT WILL INCLUDE OIL SHIPMENTS THAT IRAN SENDS TO CHINA...BARAK RAVID "X"

Israeli President Issac Herzog said to be seeking clarification from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over President Trump's dissing of Mr. Herzog for failing to pardon Netanyahu.

Mr. Trump's Thursday blast at President Herzog calling him "disgraceful" came a day after the Trump-Netanyahu meeting at the White House.

Herzog wants to know if Netanyahu brought up the pardon issue during his meeting with Trump.

A source at Mr. Netanyahu's office stating the Trump demand for a Presidential pardon of Netanyahu was entirely Mr. Trump's initiative not prodded by Netanyahu...Times Of Israel

        At the Munich Security Conference US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking in favor of close ties between the US and Europe.

Rubio supporting a stronger more confident Europe speaking of "new Western civilization" that ties Europe to the US.

Mr. Rubio's speech described as more conciliatory than the remarks at last year's Munich conference by US Vice-President JD Vance who was critical of European crackdowns of online speech among other things.

In their speeches on Friday French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz drew distinctions between Europe and the US.

But they advocated for a Europe that is stronger militarily and economically...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...

There was a mass protest held in Munich alongside the security conference to call for a change of government in Iran.   250,000 people said to have participated...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THIS WEEKEND FIVE COUNTRIES ANNOUNCING THERE IS EVIDENCE PROVING THAT RUSSIAN OPPOSITON LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY WAS POISONED.

FRANCE. GERMANY, THE UK, THE NETHERLANDS AND SWEDEN SAYING A TOXIN LINKED TO FROGS IN SOUTH AMERICA WAS USED.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF NAVALNY'S DEATH IN A RUSSIAN PRISON...EURONEWS

US CENTRAL COMMAND ANNOUNCING 10 ATTACKS ON MORE THAN 30 TARGETS IN SYRIA.

THE ATTACKS OCCURRED STARTING FEBURARY 3RD AND THEY ENDED LAST THURSDAY.

TARGETS LINKED TO ISIS (DAESH) WERE ATTACKED...THE HILL USA

The commanding officer of a US warship fired from his job Friday.  Captain Chavius Lewis relieved of command of the destroyer USS Mason.  A loss of confidence in his ability to command cited in an official news release.

The Mason was involved in military exercises off the eastern US coast this week...USNI News

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*THE UNRELEASED FILES ARE...*KEN STARR SAID WHAT TO EPSTEIN*GUILTY PLEA INDIAN GOV'T SIKH MURDER PLOT*SIR TOM JONES, THE BIBLE AND 'LOVE'*THE ESPTEIN UPDATE*FOR THE VICTIMS-SURVIVORS OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN*

 

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NEWSDUMP UPDATE: MASSIE CITES FBI FORMS OF THOSE VICTIMIZED BY EPSTEIN, OTHERS AS UNRELEASED EPSTEIN FILES...

"And so what these survivors need, they need to see some of their own 302 forms, which haven't been released, and they also need to see some of the men they've implicated prosecuted"...

REP. THOMAS MASSIE (R-KENTUCKY) ON ABC 'THIS WEEK' SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15TH, 2026

Massie's comments follow the Saturday night release of a letter listing hundreds names mentioned in the files by US Attorney Pam Bondi.

Bondi stating that all the Epstein Files had been released...

                             The Hill USA...

NEWSDUMP UPDATE: FORMER CLINTON SPECIAL PROSECUTOR BECAME EPSTEIN LAWYER AND FRIEND-KEN STARR 

"It was great having Jeffrey here.  He's a prince"

NEW KEN STARR EMAIL IN DOJ EPSTEIN FILES SENT FOLLOWING AN ESPTEIN VISIT TO BAYLOR UNIVERSITY WHERE STARR WAS PRESIDENT IN 2012

"As you know, I believed in you (still do) and your cause. Come see me..."

FROM PREVIOUS EPSTEIN FILES A 2016 KEN STARR EMAIL TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN...

And Ken Starr was a Republican trashed for investigating the Clintons back in the 1990's...

                  Baylor Lariat News Story

NEWSDUMP ALERT: INDIAN NATIONAL ENTERS GUILTY PLEA IN US FEDERAL COURT IN PLOT TO MURDER SIKH NATIONALIST

Nikhil Gupta entered guilty pleas to charges of murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder for hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

He was implicated of being in a plot to murder Sikh nationalist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

Gupta seeking to hire an assassin at the direction of Vikash Yadav.  Yadav identified in court documents as an employee of India's Cabinet Secretariat, which houses its foreign intelligence service.

India's government denies involvement in any plot to kill Pannun.

But in recent years a major diplomatic row between Canada and India when Canadian authorities linked the murder of a Sikh nationalist in British Columbia to India's government...

                          Telegraph India

To the music I used to medicate my life with a three thousand song music collection playing those songs as I worked.

But others got to listen to them when they came into the high school I cleaned at every morning.  And a lot of folks liked my musical medication.

Here's a sampling of the music...

                                      "YESTERDAY ONCE MORE"-THE CARPENTERS

                                        "I SAW HER AGAIN"-THE MAMA AND THE PAPAS

                                                        "IT'S MY PARTY"-LESLEY GORE

                                         "WITHOUT LOVE"-TOM JONES (LIVE TV 1969)

There's Sir Tom Jones singing on television my mom loved to watch "This Is Tom Jones" on ABC back there in 1969.

    SIR TOM JONES GOD'S WORD AND THE WORD 'LOVE' THE WHOLE STORY FROM I CORINTHIANS 13

Sir Tom referencing a portion of the Bible used at many weddings over the years and "Love" is an operative word on this Valentines Day.

"If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing"

                     I CORINTHIANS 13:2 NIV BIBLE

But there more to it than what Tom Jones was singing...

"Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

                          I CORINTHIANS 13:4-7 NIV BIBLE

                       (WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT)

The "Jeffrey Epstein Update" brings out many possibilities for theme songs let's bring in Bob Dylan "When You Gonna Wake Up"...

I WON'T QUOTE THE LATEST STOCK MARKET NEWS AS GOOD AS IT MAY BE FOR ME WHEN I CONSIDER THE VICTIMS OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN.

I AM A SINNER TOO A LUSTER, LIAR, THIEF, CHARACTER ASSASSIN NO NEED TO BE SELF-RIGHTEOUS ABOUT THIS MESS.   

WHAT WILL SAVE US ALL IN THE END???

"That led to Epstein being arrested. In the indictment, he was charged with 'sex trafficking' in underage girls-sometimes just 14 years old.  A search of one of his homes in Manhattan yielded thousands of nude photos of young girls.

The asset manager is said to have lured dozens of girls to his homes and paid them for nude massages, which often ended in sex."

FROM THE STORY LINKED BELOW...

"Jeffrey Epstein, 'girl trafficker' who made a thousand victims"-NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

                   

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

As it is written:

'For your sake we face death all day long, we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered'

No in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us

For I am convinced that neither death nor life neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 

neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

                        ROMANS 8:35-39 NIV BIBLE

"More than a hundred international organizations have signed a manifesto calling for a ban on apps that allow people to be digitally 'stripped' down...

The manifesto call for a global ban on these so-called nudifying tools..."

PART OF THE NEWS STORY LINKED BELOW...

                   "Experts call for a global ban on AI stripping software"-NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

I HAVE MENTALLY UNDRESSED WOMEN IN MY IMAGINATION I KNOW MY SIN WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY THE SIN IS PASSED ONTO THE NEXT GENERATIONS.

THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HAS SAVED ME FROM MY SIN HE WAS STRIPPED NAKED AND TORTURED FOR ALL OF US INCLUDING THE WOMEN WHO WERE STRIPPED NAKED AND TORTURED BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND THOSE AROUND HIM.

                  Topical Bible-The Division Of Jesus Garments

This next song took the Nashville Gospel Music scene by storm in the mid 1970's...

                                             "RISE AGAIN"-DALLAS HOLM AND PRAISE

                                              "ONE OF THE DOMINOES"-MARK HEARD

                              "HOW CAN THEY LIVE WITHOUT JESUS"-KEITH GREEN

THE SUNDAY NEWS SUMMARY STARTS POSTING AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME.

Dining out this weekend at a Chinese buffet guess some of the critics figure I was getting my orders from Beijing.

The guy sitting in the booth next to me sounded like Alex Jones to be honest with you.

"If the person said to him, 'Let the fat be burned first and then take whatever you want.' the servant would answer, "No, hand it over now; if you don't, I'll take it by force.'

The sin of the young men was very great in the Lord's sight, for they were treating the Lord's offering with contempt."

                           I SAMUEL 2:16-17 NIV BIBLE

"We are living in a period when everything is instant"

DR. BILLY GRAHAM SPEAKING IN THE AUDIO LINKED BELOW BEGINNING AT 2:13...

   "False Expectations of Youth-Dr. Billy Graham Boston 1982

                                                Good Night. God Bless.  

Closing with a song from a couple I saw back in 1982 at the Creation 82 festival in southern Lancaster County Mickey and Becki Moore part of the Christian Music scene in those days...

                    "LOVE SONG FOR NUMBER TWO"-MICKEY AND BECKI MOORE

                                                 "WILLING HEART"-KELLY WILLARD

                                           "GLORY TO GOD"-JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 376*JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES INVOLVE FRENCH DIPLOMAT AT UN*MACRON SPEAKS RAPID EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT*PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POLITICS*NATIONALIST DIES AFTER FIGHT WITH LEFTISTS*

 

          (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

                                           (FINAL VERSION EDITED FOR CLARITY)

This week both French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pushed rapid European economic development.   They spoke at a European industrial conference in Antwerp, Belgium.

Macron and Merz citing the competition of both the United States and China linking the need for rapid development to a notion of European sovereignty.

With Europe often following the line of the United States on various issues including the pressure being applied to Iran over its nuclear program and more questioning of Chinese business operations on its territory one wonders exactly what a notion of European "independence" or "sovereignty" actually means.

Macron made clear the need for huge amounts of investment in key areas saying that Europe must:

"invest massively, all together, in the sectors, that will shape tomorrow's power: quantum computing, AI, green technologies and defense..."...

"Macron: Europe must accelerate independence"-Breaking The News

IT IS ALREADY WELL-KNOWN THAT EUROPE IS COMMITTED TO MASSIVE INCREASES IN DEFENSE SPENDING.

THIS SEEMS TO BE A PATHWAY TOWARDS EUROPEAN PARTICIPATION IN FUTURE CONFLICTS WITH RUSSIA AND OR CHINA ALONGSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

BUT THE MILITARY BUILDUP CAN ALSO BE CLEARLY SEEN AS A DEMAND BY THE US THAT EUROPE IS COMPLYING WITH.

IT'S ALSO PORTRAYED AS WAY FOR EUROPE TO COUNTER THE US MILITARILY WHEN PERHAPS AN EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO CONFUSE OR MISLEAD RUSSIA AND CHINA WHO ARE THE ULTIMATE ADVERSARIES.

For his part Chancellor Merz stressed the need to eliminate economic regulations that stifle economic development clearly advocating for more free market liberal capitalism in Europe.

In the aftermath of their speeches European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen setting a deadline of June for new more liberal economic rules in Europe.

The notion that a group of leading nations like France, Germany, Spain, Poland and Italy will go forward with accelerated investment and economic development is moving forward.   At least nine EU countries would be needed for such a plan to go forward...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

ON FRIDAY AT THE MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE BOTH PRESIDENT MACRON AND CHANCELLOR MERZ STRESSING THE NEED FOR A STRONG EUROPEAN DEFENSE IN THE FUTURE.

FRENCH DIPLOMAT UNDER SUSPICION OVER JEFFREY EPSTEIN LINKS

Longtime French Diplomat Fabrice Aidan under scrutiny by the public prosecutor over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

Aidan mentioned more than 200 times in recently released US Justice Department Epstein Files...BFM-TV France Story

On Thursday President Emmanuel Macron saying it was 'unacceptable' that Mr. Aidan remained in his position in spite of an FBI child pornography investigation involving him...AFP-BFM-TV France Story

Mr. Aidan serving 25 years at France's foreign ministry including working directly for the United Nations.

Aidan served as an aide to UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen who is now being probed by Norwegian authorities.

The Epstein Files reveal Mr. Aidan sending UN documents and reports to Jeffrey Epstein.

Mr. Aidan was on leave from the Foreign Ministry working with the energy company "Engie" which suspended him over the Epstein files revelations....

"Who is Fabrice Aidan, the French diplomat implicated in the Epstein affair?-BFM-TV Story (Translation Prompt)

A team of magistrates appointed by the Paris Prosecutors Office now pouring through the Epstein Files to identify French nationals who may have been involved with Jeffrey Epstein.

The Paris Prosecutors Office also taking a new look at the file of Jean-Luc Brunel Epstein's closest French associate who died just like Jeffrey Epstein did found hanging in his prison cell following his arrest...

"Epstein Files: magistrates appointed by Paris prosecutors office to find possible French nationals involved"-BFM-TV (Translation Prompt)

MAINSTREAM 'RIGHT' POLITICIAN BRUNO RETAILLEAU ANNOUNCING A RUN FOR PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR.

RETAILLEAU SERVED AS INTERIOR MINISTER FOR PRESIDENT MACRON'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER MICHEL BARNIER.

THERE HE GAINED A REPUTATION AS A TOUGH LAW AND ORDER ADVOCATE INCLUDING A TOUGH LINE ON IMMIGRATION.

MR. RETAILLEAU HELPED TO BRING DOWN THE FIRST GOVERNMENT OF THE NOW PRIME MINISTER SEBASTIEN LECORNU SAYING IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO PRESIDENT MACRON.

AT THIS POINT HIS CANDIDACY APPEARS TO BE A LONGSHOT IN A FIELD WHERE CANDIDATES OF THE NATIONAL RALLY AND PRESIDENT MACRON'S CENTRIST ALLIANCE SEEM TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND IN MAKING IT TO THE SECOND ROUND.

THE NATIONAL RALLY (RN) STILL HOPING TO SEE MARINE LE PEN AS THEIR STANDARD BEARER HER LEGAL APPEAL OF AN EMBEZZLEMENT CONVICTION HEARD THIS WEEK WITH THE COURT OF APPEAL SET TO RULE AT 130 PM ON JULY 7TH.

IF SHE LOSES THE APPEAL JORDAN BARDELLA WILL REPLACE HER AS THE RN CANDIDATE...POLITICO EU

This weekend a 23-year-old nationalist activist named "Quentin" is dead after he was struck in the head and wounded.

He was attacked in Lyon as he and other far-right activists protested a Leftist meeting to discuss the Middle East.

A leftist demonstrator injured in a separate clash before Quentin was attacked at a different location.

President Emmanuel Macron saying in response to Quentin's death:

       "Hatred that murders has no place in our country"...

"Quentin, a young nationalist activist seriously wounded in Lyon, has died"-BFM-TV (Translation Prompt)

                                                    For now that's news from France.

                                          

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/13/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*KEN STARR-JEFFREY EPSTEIN*FED AGENTS LYING PROBE*GERMAN LEADER DISSES MAGA*TRUMP WARNS IRAN*BRITISH PALESTINE GROUP BAN TOSSED*TRUMP PUSH NETANYAHU PARDON*AUSSIE OPPOSITION LEADER OUSTED*TOMMY ROBINSON LINKS EPSTEIN TO SAUDIS*

 

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(MORE STORIES ADDING IN THE LOWER AND UPPER SECTIONS OF THIS POST)

                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

"It was great having Jeffrey here...he's a prince"

KEN STARR EMAIL REGARDING JEFFREY EPSTEIN IN 2012

The Republican lawyer who probed the Clinton's in the 1990's had a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein socializing with former Special Prosecutor Ken Starr whose "Starr Report" was used to impeach Bill Clinton in connection with his sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and the sexual harassment lawsuit of Paula Jones.

The new Epstein Files reveal an Epstein visit to Baylor University where Mr. Starr served as President in 2012.

In 2016 after losing his job at Baylor Starr emailed Epstein saying in part:

"As you know I believed in you (still do) and your cause"

Mr. Starr closely involved in the legal defense team that got Epstein lenient treatment with a plea deal in 2007 and 2008 when Epstein was first linked to child sex abuse and trafficking...

                                      BAYLOR LARIAT

                                          FACTUALLY

THREE KILLED IN THE LATEST US MILITARY ATTACK ON A BOAT LINKED TO DRUG TRAFFICKING.

THIS ATTACK HAPPENING IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA...TASS RUSSIA

THE NAACP THREATENING TO SUE ELON MUSK'S XAI OVER GAS TURBINES IN TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI THAT POWER DATA CENTERS.

THOSE TURBINES ARE SAID TO BE POLLUTING COMMUNITIES ACCORDING TO NAACP CLIMATE AND JUSTICE DIRECTOR ABRE CONNER...THE HILL USA

Los Angeles police say a federal agent was attacked and hurt this afternoon in the midst of a protest against the illegal immigration crackdown.

A group attacking the agent then blending in with a student protest in downtown LA.

The condition of the injured agent not known...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES (VIDEO EMBED)

NEXT WEEK IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND TALKS BETWEEN THE US, RUSSIA AND UKRAINE TO DISCUSS AN END TO THE FIGHTING IN THE UKRAINE WAR.

PRESIDENT TRUMP PUSHING A JUNE DEADLINE TO REACH A DEAL...AL JAZEERA QATAR

Late this afternoon US President Donald Trump says that a change of government in Iran 'would be the best thing that could happen'.

Trump visiting US troops at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina...Associated Press-PBS USA...

Meanwhile media reports say the US military is preparing a major protracted military campaign that will last week's hitting both nuclear facilities and government targets in Iran including its military...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)...

More Iran related news later in this summary.

A deadlocked jury leading to a mistrial in San Jose, California for five Stanford University students who protested against Israel and for Palestinians.

They were accused of felony vandalism and conspiracy after the June 5th, 2024 protest when they barricaded themselves inside the university president's office.

A 9-3 majority of jurors supporting the felony vandalism charge an 8-4 majority favored the conspiracy charge.

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen intends to retry the case...Associated Press USA-Times-Colonist Canada

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IS INVESTIGATING TWO IMMIGRATION AGENTS FOR LYING.

THE PROBE STEMS FROM AN INCIDENT ON JANUARY 14TH IN MINNEAPOLIS WHEN A VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANT ENDED UP BEING SHOT IN THE LEG.

THE TWO OFFICERS STATED THAT THEY HAD COME UNDER ATTACK IN THE INCIDENT WITH A BROOM AND SNOW SHOVEL.

VIDEOS AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS APPEAR TO CONTRADICT THEIR STATEMENTS.

FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAYING IT APPEARS THAT THE IMMIGRATION OFFICERS LIED.

THE DHS ALSO NOTING THAT THE TWO OFFICERS COULD BE LOSE THEIR JOBS AND BE PROSECUTED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS FOLLOWING THE INVESTIGATION...THE HILL USA

The US ending Temporary Protected Status for migrants from Yemen.  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem allowing Yemeni migrants to have the TPS status is 'contrary to our national interests'.

Yemenis currently in the US who have only TPS allowing them to remain now have 60 days to voluntarily leave the United States...Shafaq News Iraq

A DEADLY UKRAINIAN MISSILE ATTACK IN RUSSIA'S BELGOROD REGION ON THE BORDER WITH UKRAINE.   

TWO KILLED AND THREE WOUNDED WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNOR SAYING THE ATTACK WAS ON AN 'INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY'...TASS RUSSIA

The Chairman and Chief Executive of port operator DP World in Dubai Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem resigning today.

This week Bin Sulayem's ties to Jeffrey Epstein were revealed.

The sultan's name unredacted from the Epstein Files when members of Congress protested to the Justice Department including Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky...Rep. Thomas Massie "X"

"The culture war of the MAGA Movement is not ours"

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz detailing Europe's differences with the United States at the Munich Security Conference.

Mr. Merz noting Europe is sticking with the climate treaty and World Health Organization.  He criticized tariffs calling for 'free trade'.

He says the US claim to world leadership is 'contested, perhaps squandered'.

Merz speaking of a European defense alliance within NATO that includes the United Kingdom...Tagesschau Germany (Translation Prompt)

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 48.95 points.

The NASDAQ down 50.48 points.

In New York today the price of oil near the close  at 62 dollars 87 cents a barrel up three cent...Marketwatch

In a Democrat Special Primary Election for a New Jersey US House seat a "Progressive" candidate declared the winner.

Analilia Mejia was backed by US Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among others.

A political action committee aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) intervened in the race to attack the second-place candidate former Congressman Tom Malinowski...The Hill USA

THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SUING HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

HARVARD ACCUSED OF WITHHOLDING INFORMATION NEEDED TO DETERMINE IF THE SCHOOL HAS GIVEN UP ON USING 'AFFIRMATIVE ACTION' IN ADMISSIONS...THE HILL USA 

President Trump warning Iran of "traumatic" consequences unless some deal is reached within a month.

This follows a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who listed a steep set of demands Iran must comply.

They include ending uranium enrichment, stopping support for militant groups across the Middle East and eliminating of all missiles with a range of more than 300 miles.

Mr. Trump saying a deal must be reached in the next month.  The US is sending a second aircraft carrier to waters near Iran in the weeks ahead...India Today

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa deploying the army to the Johannesburg and Cape Town areas to support the police fighting organized crime.

Criminal gangs are involved in activities ranging from drug trafficking to illegal mining.

Deadly violence is also associated with the gang activity...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE BRITISH HIGH COURT RULING A GOVERNMENT ANTI-TERRORISM BAN ON THE GROUP 'PALESTINE ACTION' IS UNLAWFUL.

THE BAN REMAINS IN PLACE UNTIL A HEARING NEXT FRIDAY TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

BRITISH POLICE HAVE MADE HUNDREDS OF ARRESTS OF PEOPLE WHO DEMONSTRATED IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE ACTION UNDER THE BAN.

THE COURT FINDING THAT WHILE THE GROUP COMMITTED ACTS IN VIOLATION OF LAW THOSE ACTS DID NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF 'TERRORISM'.

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WILL APPEAL THE DECISION...BBC NEWS BLOG

(Updated) US President Donald Trump saying Israeli President Issac Herzog 'should be ashamed of himself" for not pardoning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu currently involved in a long-running trial on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust.

Trump's comments come in the wake of his meeting with Mr. Netanyahu at the White House this week...Times of Israel...

Responding to Mr. Trump, President Herzog saying that:

                  "Israel operates by the law"

Herzog's office indicating that the pardon issue is under review by Israel's Justice Ministry before a decision based on the law and President Herzog's conscience is made...Middle East Monitor

In Bangladesh elections held following the overthrow of the previous government through street protests.

The Nationalist Party of Bangladesh winning the vote.

It defeated the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami Party.

The Awami League of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was not allowed to participate in the vote...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt

In Australia the main opposition Liberal Party ditching its leader Sussan Ley. 

 

Ley resigning from the House of Representatives after losing to challenger Angus Taylor in a 34-17 vote of parliament members.

The Liberals and their National Party allies faring badly in recent polling amidst a sharp rise in support for the populist nationalist One Nation Party...ABC News Australia Blog

BRITISH ANTI-ISLAMIZATION ACTIVIST TOMMY ROBINSON IS LINKING JEFFREY EPSTEIN TO ISLAMIC NATIONS PARTICULARLY SAUDI ARABIA.

ROBINSON'S VIEWS PRESENTED BY THE 'JERUSALEM POST' INCLUDED THIS:

"Epstein did not live or behave like someone ideologically committed to the Jewish state.  In fact, much of his fascination pointed elsewhere"

ROBINSON GOING ON TO NOTE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EPSTEIN AND THE SAUDIS INCLUDING ADMIRATION FOR CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN...

                                        (COMMENT)

PLENTY HAS BEEN REVEALED LINKING JEFFREY EPSTEIN TO ISRAEL INCLUDING ITS FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND DEFENSE MINISTER EHUD BARACK WITH WHOM EPSTEIN HAD A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.

IN THE EPSTEIN FILES MR. EPSTEIN COMMUNICATED WITH AN INDIAN BUSINESSMAN LEVERAGING A VISIT TO ISRAEL BY INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI IN 2017 THAT VISIT LED TO INDIA PURCHASING ISRAELI WEAPONRY...MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

THE SANCTIONED FOREIGN ASSETS OF RUSSIA'S LUKOIL ARE BEING ACQUIRED BY A SAUDI COMPANY.

MIDAD ENERGY PLACING ITS CASH PURCHASE OFFER IN ESCROW WHILE REGULATORY APPROVALS ARE SOUGHT INCLUDING APPROVAL OF THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA

Japan seizing a Chinese fishing vessel in its economic zone and arresting its captain.

This happened in waters off the southwestern coast of Japan.

There is concern the seizure could inflame tensions between Japan and China...Al Jazeera Qatar

A top North Korean official urging South Korea to prevent "reoccurrence of provocative sovereignty violation".

Kim Yo-jong sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un speaking following a drone intrusion attributed to a South Korean civilian.

The Unification Minister of South Korea has expressed 'deep regret' over the drone launch...Reuters-Asia One Singapore 

IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA A US MARINE IS PRESUMED DEAD AFTER HE FELL OVERBOARD.

LANCE CORPORAL CHUKWUEMEKA OFORAH, 21, WAS SERVING ON THE USS IWO JIMA WHEN HE WENT INTO THE WATER LAST SATURDAY.

A SEARCH FOR OFORAH WAS CARRIED OUT FOR 72-HOURS.  AN INVESTIGATION NOW UNDERWAY...USNI NEWS USA 

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 2/12/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*TOP WALL STREET LAWYER TO RESIGN OVER EPSTEIN LINKS*SYRIAN JIHADIST FORCES REPLACE US TROOPS AT KEY BASE*ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN ENDING IN MINNEAPOLIS*CLAIM OF BODIES BURIED NEAR EPSTEIN RANCH*US MILITARY CONTRACTOR IN CONGO CONFLICT*

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                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

The top lawyer at Wall Street's Goldman Sachs Kathryn Ruemmler resigning over her links to Jeffrey Epstein.

Ruemmler's resignation delayed until June 30th.

She was a White House counsel during the Obama Administration.

Her long email relationship with Epstein until five days before his death in 2019 detailed in the latest Epstein files revelations.  She ended her correspondence with the signature "xoxo".

Earlier Ruemmler downplaying her relationship with Epstein before the latest files emerged...

 New York Post (Warning: Disturbing Content)

HUNGARIAN OPPOSITION LEADER PETER MAGYAR SAYS THE RULING POLITICAL PARTY OF PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN IS ABOUT TO RELEASE A SEX TAPE OF HIM.

HUNGARIANS ARE GOING TO THE POLLS ON APRIL 12TH WITH THE LEFT-LEANING OPPOSITION HOPING TO DEFEAT THE NATIONALIST-POPULIST GOVERNMENT AMID ECONOMIC TURMOIL AND CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

In Washington DC a federal district judge ruling against the US Department of War's attempts to discipline retired members of the military in Congress over a video they made.

The video called on members of the military to disobey 'illegal orders'.

District Judge Richard Leon ruling that members of Congress who are retired military have very strong First Amendment rights that the Pentagon cannot abridge.

Democrat US Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona brought a lawsuit when the Pentagon ordered discipline over his participation in the video...CNN USA

A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE ORDERING US IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES TO ALLOW A GROUP OF VENEZUELAN MEN SENT TO A PRISON IN EL SALVADOR TO RETURN TO THE US WHILE THEIR IMMIGRATION CASES ARE HEARD. 

 THAT GROUP OF MORE THAN 130 WAS TRANSFERRED TO VENEZUELA LAST SUMMER IN A PRISONER SWAP.

DISTRICT JUDGE JAMES BOASBERG SAYING FEDERAL AUTHORITIES DENIED THE GROUP THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS...NBC NEWS USA

In Syria a transfer of control from US forces at the "Al-Tanf" base near the Jordanian and Iraqi borders.

The American troops pulling out replaced by forces of the new jihadist government in Syria.

The remaining US military forces in Syria relocating to the far northeast of the country...Al Jazeera Qatar

Two US Navy ships collided in the Caribbean Sea injuring two sailors.   

The accident happened yesterday as the guided missile destroyer USS Truxtun was being replenished by a supply ship.

A military spokesman said the injuries were minor with both ships sailing safely.  An investigation is also underway...ABC News USA

AFTER HIS TALKS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP YESTERDAY, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SKEPTICAL OF ANY TALKS WITH IRAN.

HE REPEATED HIS DEMANDS THAT IRAN'S MISSILES MUST BE CONTROLLED ALONG WITH IRANIAN SUPPORT FOR MILITANT GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

In Norway police searching the home of former Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland along with other properties he owns.

Jagland under investigation for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

He is one of several Norwegians in high positions being probed over their connections to Epstein.

Attention is being paid to possible financial corruption.   Jagland asked Epstein to help finance an apartment in Oslo in 2014 according to an email in the Epstein Files...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE TRUMP DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FIRING THE US ATTORNEY FOR UPSTATE NEW YORK AFTER HE WAS APPOINTED BY A PANEL OF FEDERAL JUDGES YESTERDAY.

DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE SAYING 'JUDGES DON'T POINT US ATTORNEYS'.   HE CITED ARTICLE II OF THE US CONSTITUTION...THE HILL USA

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN ANNOUNCING AN END TO THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN MINNEAPOLIS.

HOMAN SAYING ITS TIME TO END OPERATIONS WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW COOPERATING.    HE SAYS HE URGED PRESIDENT TRUMP TO AGREE TO THE MOVE.

HE TOUTED THE APPREHENSION OF MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DURING 'OPERATION METRO SURGE'.

THE DECISION FOLLOWS THE RECENT KILLINGS BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OF TWO PROTESTERS OPPOSING THE SURGE.

IT ALSO COMES IN THE MIDST OF STUBBORN RESISTANCE IN CONGRESS TO FUNDING THE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...NBC NEWS USA

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 669.42 points or 1.34 percent.

The NASDAQ dropped 469.32 points or 2.03 percent.

At 420 pm New York Time the price of oil 62 dollars 85 cents a barrel down one dollar 78 cents or 2.75 percent...Marketwatch

South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) concluding that ruler Kim Jong-Un's teenage daughter is his designated successor.

Ju-ae now considered Kim's successor in a new intelligence assessment.  Previously it was assessed that she was being 'trained for the role.

This is based on her increasing presence at public events and her expression of views on policies of the North Korean regime...Yonhap News Agency South Korea

There will be no new home connections to the electrical grid in central parts of the Netherlands after this summer.

Rapidly increasing demand and work on new electric facilities are held responsible for the decision...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

   (THIS STORY MAY BE DISTURBING ON OFFENSIVE)

IN NEW MEXICO THIS WEEK GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SPEAKING OUT AND CALLING FOR INVESTIGATION OF A CLAIM OF BODIES BURIED NEAR JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S ZORRO RANCH.

IN 2019 A LOCAL RADIO HOST RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS EMAIL FROM SOMEONE CLAIMING TO BE A FORMER STAFFER AT THE RANCH.

THE SENDER SAID TWO FOREIGN GIRLS WERE KILLED BY STRANGULATON DURING BRUTAL SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS, THEN BURIED ON ORDERS FROM EPSTEIN AND 'MADAME G'.

THE EMAILER ALSO ASKED THE LOCAL HOST FOR BITCOIN. 

RADIO HOST EDDIE ARAGON PASSED THE INFORMATION ONTO THE FBI BUT HEARD NOTHING BACK...KOAT ALBUQUERQUE

In the conflict in Congo a private military contractor friendly to US President Donald Trump has become involved.

Derek Prince said to be providing support to the Congolese military in efforts to clear Rwandan forces and their M23 rebel allies from a key city in a mineral rich region.

The involvement of Prince said to be linked to US access to the minerals in eastern Congo...Times Live South Africa...

                                (COMMENT)

US President Donald Trump has spoken of peacefully settling the conflict in Congo.

Yesterday in Iran massive celebrations on the 47th anniversary of the revolution that overthrew the monarchy and installed the current Shia Islamic Revolutionary regime...Press TV Iran

GERMAN AUTOMAKER BMW RECALLING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES WORLDWIDE.

THE RECALL INVOLVES VARIOUS MODELS AND IS LINKED TO A STARTER MOTOR PROBLEM.

THAT PROBLEM COULD CAUSE SMOKE WHEN THE STARTER WEARS OUT AND FAILS OR POSSIBLY EVEN A FIRE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)