Tuesday, October 27, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 10/27/2026*EURO LEADERS TALK PUTIN UKRAINE*BOLSONARO FLEES BRAZIL*IRAN PRES PUTIN MEET*YEMEN WAR*ELECTION DAY ISRAEL*CHINA SPECIAL ENVOY TO WAR ZONE*RUSSIAN CEASEFIRE ON PART OF WAR FRONT*

 


                 (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)

                     (PERSONAL COMMMITMENTS LIMIT SERVICE)




           The election in Israel but first...



               LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



'It is our collective responsibility' to learn 'the lessons of what happened and the drift of our public debate'.


Words coming from suburban Paris Mayor Ali Rabeh following last Friday's shooting attacks west of Paris that killed one and wounded four.


He said 'society as a whole has surrendered' to racism.


The attacks aimed at Muslim-Black residents of two suburban Paris communities described by President Emmanuel Macron as attacks based on race and religion.


Mayor Rabeh said that in his community of Trappes 'the dominant feeling is obviously fear'...BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)





THE PRESIDENT OF FINLAND ALEXANDER STUBB AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY JONAS GAHR STORE SPOKE ABOUT THE UKRAINE WAR WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.


THEIR CONVERSATION TOOK PLACE TODAY A WEEK AFTER THE VISIT OF US NEGOTIATOR STEVE WITKOFF TO NORWAY AND RUSSIA FOR TALKS RELATED TO THE UKRAINE WAR...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




After losing Sunday's Presidential runoff election Rightist Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has fled to the United States.


Mr. Bolsanaro fearful that the Pro President Lula da Silva Supreme Court was moving to charge him over alleged corruption and restrict his movement.


His father former President Jair Bolsanaro imprisoned for 27 years over an insurrection plot linked to January 6th style events in Brazil's capital city of Brasilia on January 8th, 2023...Bloomberg Story Limited Access...


Mr. Bolsonaro given a visa by the United States with Leftist President Lula da Silva describing his departure as proof he 'is guilty of something'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




IN MOSCOW TODAY IRAN'S PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN.  MR. PEZESHKIAN MEETING PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN.


THEY WERE PART OF A CONFERENCE OF NATURAL GAS EXPORTING COUNTRIES THAT INCLUDED NATURAL GAS EXPORTER QATAR WHICH HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY IMPACTED ALONG IRAN IN THE IRAN WAR...TASS RUSSIA




In Tehran today the Houthi ambassador met Iran's security council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei.


They discussed developments in Yemen.


Mr. Rezaei characterized his recent meeting with key officials of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey (Türkiye) as a meeting to establish regional security arrangements and secure the withdrawal of foreign forces from the region...Al Jazeera Qatar-Tass Russia 





THE YEMEN WAR TODAY SAUDI ARABIA REPORTING DAMAGE FROM MISSILE DEBRIS IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF RIYADH.


A BUILDING A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND A VEHICLE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED...DAWN PAKISTAN





In Egypt an independent news site "Mada Masr" shut down.   The editor-in-chief Lina Attalah fined 50,000 euros (55,695 dollars) for not having a license to operate the site.


Attalah was also arrested the website's equipment confiscated.


Groups ranging from Amnesty International to the International Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) describing the Egyptian government crackdown on the website and its editor as an 'unprecedented attack on press freedom'.. NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)






                  ELECTION DAY ISRAEL

                                                 (UPDATED AS ABLE)




TONIGHT, THE FIRST PROJECTION IN ISRAEL'S ELECTION SHOWING PARTIES OPPOSING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WITH MORE SEATS THAN THOSE SUPPORTING HIM.  (52-50)


A LATER PROJECTION REVERSED THE SITUATION TO SHOW NETANYAHU'S PARTIES AT 52 SEATS WITH OPPOSITION PARTIES AT 50.


BUT THOSE PARTIES FALL SHORT OF A MAJORITY OF 61 SEATS IN ISRAEL'S 120 SEAT PARLIAMENT.


LEADING OPPOSITION POLITICIAN GADI EISENKOT COULD BE GIVEN THE MANDATE TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT BY PRESIDENT ISSAC HERZOG.


ARAB POLITICAL PARTIES GAINING AN UNPRECEDENTED 18 SEATS.


MR. EISENKOT SAYING 'THE PUBLIC HAS DECIDED IN FAVOR OF CHANGE'.


MR. NETANYAHU SPEAKING OF A 'DECISIVE WIN' FOR A 'RIGHT-WING BLOC'.


NETANYAHU ALSO SPOKE OF A 'ONE TIME HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY ' TO DEFEAT IRAN ONCE AND FOR ALL...


CHANNEL 12 NEWS ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



 

RECORD LEVELS OF VOTING DESCRIBED AS AN HISTORIC HIGH.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION OF VOTING HOURS.

HIS REQUEST REJECTED.

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE CLAIMS OF ELECTION IRREGULARITIES SO FAR THEY ARE REJECTED BY THE CENTRAL ELECTION COMMITTEE...TIMES OF ISRAEL



60 people killed in tribal fighting in southern Ethiopia in recent days.


Rebels of the "Oromo" ethnic group seeking more autonomy attacked two villages killing 14 in one and 46 in the others.


The attacks described as massacres aimed at members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church who are Christians...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


CHINA SENDING A SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE IRAN AND YEMEN WAR ZONES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.


FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN GUO JIAKUN SAYS THE ENVOY WILL VISIT RELEVANT COUNTRIES TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTE DIALOGUE AMONG OTHER THINGS.


CHINA HOPES TO 'HELP EASE TENSIONS AND PREVENT THE SITUATION FROM DETERIORATING FURTHER'...REUTERS-DAWN PAKISTAN



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 15.99 points.

The NASDAQ up 308.43 points or 1.18 percent.

At 522 pm New York Time the price of oil 100 dollars 20 cents a barrel down one dollar 56 cents or 1.53 percent...Marketwatch



RUSSIA IMPLEMENTING A CEASEFIRE IN THE KHERSON REGION OF THE UKRAINE WAR.



ITS DESIGNED TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN THE TOWN OF ALESHKI (OLESHKI) AS ADVOCATED FOR US FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA














Monday, October 26, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 10/26/2026*JORDAN ATTACKS SYRIA FIVE KILLED*SHIP ATTACK PERSIAN GULF*'MECCA DEFENSE PACT' COUNTRIES IRAN TALKS*NETANYAHU TALKS 'LEFT-WING ANARCHIST' ELECTION DISRUPTION*DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS GAZA*OIL SPILL OFF UAE CLOSES BEACHES*YEMEN WAR*

 


                                (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING)




                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




IN THE UKRAINE WAR LATE TONIGHT NUMEROUS EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN KIEV.   UKRAINE'S CAPITAL CITY UNDER RUSSIAN ATTACK...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




THERE'S A NEW TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INDICTMENT OF FORMER FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY.


THIS LATEST INDICTMENT INVOLVES DISCLOSURE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION TO A REPORTER IN 2016.


A FEDERAL JUDGE UNSEALING THE INDICTMENT AT THE REQUEST OF MR. COMEY.



US DISTRICT JUDGE TREVOR MCFADDEN SAYS HE WILL ADDRESS ISSUES RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHARGES INCLUDING THE NOTION OF A 10 YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS 'IN DUE COURSE'...OSINTdefender "X"




Jordan has launched air attacks in southern Syria at terrorist 'hideouts'.



Five civilians killed according to Syria's Daraa Governate...Tass Russia...


This led Syria to close the Nassib border crossing with Jordan that is used by both passenger and commercial vehicles.


Jordan says its air attacks were aimed at 'terrorist groups' involved in last Friday's deadly attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan...Reuters-Times of Israel




An attack on a merchant vessel off the coast of Iraq in the western Persian Gulf.   

Sources pointing the finger at Iran.   Meanwhile details of the reported attack are sketchy...UKMTO "X"




THE YEMEN WAR TONIGHT THE SAUDIS DOWNING THREE ATTACKING HOUTHI MISSILES IN EASTERN REGIONS....REUTERS-TIMES OF ISRAEL...


EARLIER YEMEN WAR NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.




Authorities in Romania say they uncovered a group committing acts of sabotage directed at military enterprises both government and private.

The sabotage acts carried out at the direction of the Russian secret service in both Romania and other countries.

Suspects are in custody in Germany and Poland with Romania seeking extradition...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)




THE 'MECCA DEFENSE PACT' COUNTRIES TURKEY, PAKISTAN AND SAUDI ARABIA HOLDING TALKS WITH IRAN TODAY IN TEHRAN.


THEY AGREED TO CONTINUE TALKS TO 'STRENGTHEN COOPERATION' INCLUDING MATTERS OF 'REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY'...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL




In a meeting yesterday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Police Chief Commissioner Daniel Levy that 'left wing anarchist' riots would harm Israel's election tomorrow.


The chairman of Israel's Central Elections Committee Justice Noam Sohlberg had allowed the meeting on condition that election integrity would not be a matter of discussion.


Senior law enforcement officials told the "Haaretz" newspaper Justice Sohlberg was 'deceived' by Netanyahu and needs 'to be more alert' as Israel votes tomorrow...Times of Israel





Two Palestinians hurt in an Israeli nationalist settler attack.   The attack reported in a Judean village south of Hebron...Times of Israel




ON THE DAY BEFORE ISRAEL'S ELECTION DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS IN GAZA.

FIVE KILLED WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN WOUNDED.

THE NUMBER OF THOSE KILLED IN GAZA SINCE THE HAMAS ATTACK ON ISRAEL OF OCTOBER 7TH, 2023 NOW 74,555, INCLUDING 1,559 SINCE THE PROLOCLAMATION OF A 'CEASEFIRE' LAST YEAR...AL JAZEERA QATAR



AT LEAST 24 KILLED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION BETWEEN A BUS AND A TRUCK IN SOUTHERN KENYA YESTERDAY.


THE BUS CARRYING PASSENGERS HOME FROM THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOR A PASTOR...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




An oil spill off the United Arab Emirates leading to the closure of beaches in the UAE.


The spill caused by damage to an oil tanker when it was attacked...Reuters-Dawn Pakistan




THE YEMEN WAR CONTINUED TODAY WITH THE HOUTHI CLAIM THEY ATTACKED PUMPING STATIONS ON THE EAST-WEST OIL PIPELINE IN SAUDI ARABIA.


THE SAUDIS SAY THEY SHOT DOWN A HOUTH MISSILE ATTACKING RIYADH...REUTERS-DAWN PAKISTAN




The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 146.42 points or .28 percent today.

The NASDAQ up 214.04 points or. 82 percent.

At 448 pm the price of oil in New York 101 dollars 37 cents a barrel down one dollar 90 cents or 1.84 percent. ..Marketwatch



THE HERDITARY PRINCE OF LIECHTENSTEIN EXERCISING HIS VETO POWER AFTER A CITIZEN INITIATIVE LEGALIZED ABORTION DURING THE FIRST 12 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.


PRINCE ALOIS EXERCISES THE POWER OF THE MONARCH PRINCE HANS ADAM II IN THE PRINCIPALITY BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND.


HE SPOKE OF THE NEED TO 'PROTECT UNBORN LIFE' IN EXERCISING HIS VETO POWER.


CURRENT LAW ONLY ALLOWS ABORTIONS AS A MATTER OF MEDICAL NECESSITY.


THERE WAS A PROTEST AGAINST THE PRINCE'S VETO OF THE ABORTION LAW DEMONSTRATORS ENDING UP IN FRONT OF HIS CASTLE ON SATURDAY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Sunday, October 25, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 10/25/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*'STUDENT' PARTY WINS SERBIA*GANDHI MARCH ON DELHI*LULA WINS BRAZIL RUNOFF*IRAN: FOREIGN POWERS PROTECT ISRAEL*YEMEN WAR*NETANYAHU TALKS CONFLICT, ISOLATION, ELECTION*UKRAINE HITS RUSSIA FULL 'STAR' POWER*

 


                      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING)




    Brazil's presidential runoff election plus updated news of the Yemen, Iran and Ukraine wars but first...






                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



In Serbia the parliamentary election leading to a win for the "Student List" party over the currently governing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).


The government accused of corruption by the student party with the Progressive Party linking the student protesters to Pro-European Union, Anti-Russia forces...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)






THE ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT OF BULGARIA.  


CURRENT PRESIDENT ILIANA IOTOVA SUPPORTING DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA FACING PRO-NATO CHALLENGER ANDREY GYUROV.


IOTOVA WINNING THE FIRST-ROUND VOTE OVER GYUROV BUT SHORT OF A MAJORITY FORCING A SECOND ROUND OF VOTING BETWEEN THE TWO...2026 BULGARIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WIKIPEDIA...TASS RUSSIA




The Indian opposition leader calling for a "Save The Vote, Save The Country" march on the capital city of Delhi next Sunday.


Congress Party leader Raul Gandhi pressing the campaign against India's current election's chief over removal of more than 100 million names from the electoral rolls.


Gandhi speaking of votes being stolen by the ruling BJP Party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi....News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany







THE VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER MARIA CORINA MACHADO HAS RETURNED TO VENEZUELA.


MACHADO SPENT NEARLY A YEAR OVERSEAS INCLUDING NORWAY WHERE SHE RECEIVED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.


'I'M HERE. WITH YOU' SHE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.


MACHADO'S RETURN TO THE VENEZUELA SEEN AS A WAY TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT TO HOLD NEW ELECTIONS.


VICE-PRESIDENT DELCY RODRIGUEZ OF THE CURRENT LEFTIST REGIME MAINTAINS POWER IN COORDINATION WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





BRAZIL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RUNOFF-LULA DEFEATS BOLSONARO

                                             (UDPATED AS ABLE)




THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RUNOFF IN BRAZIL BETWEEN LEFTIST INCUMBENT LULA DA SILVA AND RIGHTIST SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO.


LULA CRTICIAL OF THE POLICICES OF ISRAEL AND US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHILE BOLSONARO IS SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH.


MR. LULA THE WINNER 51.78 PERCENT TO 48.22 PERCENT FOR MR. BOLSONARO WITH 100 PERCENT OF THE VOTE COUNTED...


            SBT NEWS BRAZIL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



       WIKIPEDIA-2026 BRAZILIAN GENERAL ELECTION






REUTERS REPORTED THAT QATARI MEDIATORS VISITED IRAN'S CAPITAL OF TEHRAN TODAY.


THEIR VISIT SAID TO BE IN COORDINATION WITH THE UNITED STATES AND PART OF EFFORTS AIMED AT DEESCALATION...TASS RUSSIA




(Updated) Iranian media reporting an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz caused by an anti-ship missile...Fars Iran-Dawn Pakistan...


Iran also says it shot down a US drone was shot down in the southern part of the country...Press TV Iran-Dawn Pakistan



IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS THAT FOREIGN POWERS NEED TO BE KEPT OUT OF SECURITY ARRAGEMENTS IN THE PERSIAN GULF.


ABBAS ARAGHCHI SAYS THAT THOSE FOREIGN POWERS ARE SEEKING SECURITY FOR ISRAEL.


ARAGHCHI SUPPORTING SECURITY PLANS ORIGINATING IN THE REGION...PRESS-TV IRAN-DAWN PAKISTAN



 The bodies of four missing soldiers from El Salvador found in Haiti.   They were helicopter technicians assisting an international gang suppression force.


The badly burned bodies turned over to a Salvadoran military team sent to Haiti by President Nayib Bukele to bring back the four soldiers.


The soldiers went missing last Sunday after their vehicle came under attack as they returned from a market to their base...Reuters-MSN



(UPDATED) THE YEMEN WAR THE SAUDIS SAY THEY SHOT DOWN 10 HOUTHI MISSILES AIMED AT THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY...AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN...

THIS MORNING THREE EXPLOSIONS IN RIYADH AFTER AN ATTACK ALERT.

THE SAUDIS SAY A MISSILE LAUNCHED TOWARDS RIYADH WAS SHOT DOWN...AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN...

EARLIER A DRONE WAS SHOT DOWN BY SAUDI AIR DEFENSES IN THE RIYADH REGION.

THE HOUTHIS WARNING AGAINST RESUMPTION OF OPERATIONS AT RIYADH AIRPORT THAT RESUMED THIS MORNING...REUTERS-DAWN PAKISTAN...


EARLIER YEMEN WAR NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY.



The Bank of Israel rebuking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the weekend before Israel's election.


The central bank saying cryptocurrency is not a 'route for bypassing sanctions'...Times of Israel...


Mr. Netanyahu gave a speech saying Israel needs to be ready for isolating worldwide sanctions with the use of crypto to circumvent banking sanctions.


He also spoke of the eventual end of US military aid to Israel...I 24 News Israel...


NETANYAHU LAUCHING A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION THIS WEEKEND IN HEBRON IN JUDEA (THE WEST BANK).


MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES WITH 10 'SUSPECTS' IN CUSTODY.


TWO ISRAELI SOLDIERS KILLED IN A DEADLY SHOOTOUT WITH ATTACKERS ON FRIDAY...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



In Israel on Saturday night opponents of Mr. Netanyahu 100,000 strong rallying in Tel Aviv...


"In Three Days, Vote For A State Commission Of Inquiry"


The title of the demonstration seeking an independent probe into the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023.

Elhanan Danino, whose son was murdered in captivity in Gaza, says the Netanyahu government failed to set up such an investigation because it has 'something to hide'...Times Of Israel



THE YEMEN WAR ON SATURDAY THE SAUDIS SAID DEBRIS FELL OVER SEVERAL SAUDI CITIES WHEN TWO MISSILES WERE INTECEPTED ON SATURDAY.


THE HOUTHIS DENYING THE SAUDI CLAIM THOSE MISSILES TARGETED THE HOLY CITIES OF MECCA AND MEDINA.


THE HOUTHIS ALSO SAYS THEIR ATTACKS ON SAUDI ARABIA WERE SUCCESSFUL...REUTERS-DAWN PAKISTAN





(Updated) The Ukraine War the center of the city of Belgorod came under a massive Ukrainian drone attack late Saturday night.

Casualties and damage reported...Tass Russia...At least one fatality reported (RIA Novosti)




On Saturday Ukraine announcing it had full "Starlink" "Starshield" service and attacking deep inside Russia...


                          BARAK RAVID AXIOS "X"...


An Ozon logistics center in the Siberian city Omsk attacked by Ukrainian drones.


The attack ignited a fire...Tass Russia...Three now reported wounded in the Omsk Region...Tass Russia



ELON MUSK EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 'STARSHIELD' AND 'STARLINK' SAYING THE 'STARSHIELD' SYSTEM IS CONTROLLED BY THE US MILITARY.

AS FOR 'STARLINK' MR. MUSK SAYS THAT A LOOPHOLE ALLOWING ITS USE TO ATTACK CIVILIAN TARGETS WAS CLOSED LAST WEEK...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...



One killed, four wounded in Ukrainian attacks on Russia's Bryansk Region...Tass Russia...


One killed, two wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia's Belgorod Region bordering Ukraine...Tass Russia



IN EASTERN NIGERIA AS MANY AS 40 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED KILLED IN A FRIDAY ATTACK.


GUNMEN ON MOTORCYLCES ATTACKING THE VILLAGE OF BINNARI IN TARABA STATE.    THEY TOOK FOOD FROM LOCAL SHOPS BEFORE LEAVING.


POLICE REPORTED 10 DEAD ON FRIDAY BUT OTHER GROUPS REPORTING AS MANY AS 40 DEAD ON SATURDAY...NEWS AGENCIES-AL JAZEERA QATAR




              "You can't censor a free press"



That message shouted at protests across Turkey (Türkiye) on Saturday.    


Thousands protesting in ten cities over the crackdown on media outlets by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.


Recently the opposition channel "Halk TV" raided and taken off the air.   The government appointed an executive to run the channel accusing its existing owner of corruption...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



IN SOUTHERN GERMANY A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AFTER A FIRE WAS SET AT THE FORMER 'EAGLES NEXT' RETREAT OF ADOLF HITLER WHICH WAS TURNED INTO A RESTAURANT AND BEER GARDEN.


THE BUILDING COMPLETELY INVOLVED AFTER AUTHORITIES WERE ALERTED TO THE FIRE ON FRIDAY EVENING.


THE 33-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS A GERMAN CITIZEN WITH TIES TO THE BERCHTESGADEN AREA.  HE SHOWED SIGNS OF MENTAL ILLNESS BUT AUTHORITIES ARE CONSDERING A POLITICAL MOTIVE.


BAVARIA'S INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS A 'RUIN' WILL NOT BE LEFT REBUILDING WILL TAKE PLACE...CBS NEWS










Saturday, October 24, 2026

NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*NEWSDUMP ALERTS*IRAN WAR ULTIMATELY...*DUMBER AND DUMB*AND THE COMMIE SAID*EVERY TRIBE, EVERY NATION*10 YEARS AGO OREGON STANDOFF TRIAL*

 

                     (SOME MATERIAL COULD BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE)






The Sunday News Summary posts starting at Midnight Eastern US Time...LINK





NEWSDUMP ALERT: MAJOR ISRAELI MILITARY INCURSION INTO HEBRON FORCING THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS OUT OF THEIR HOMES ON THE WEEKEND BEFORE ISRAEL'S ELECTION...



                                       Times of Israel


NEWSDUMP ALERT: PROTESTS IN FRANCE TODAY OVER THE COST OF LIVING AND OPPOSING MARINE LE PEN'S NATIONAL RALLY CONGRESS IN ORLEANS...



               Coverage Via Weekly France Yellow Vests Post




NEWSDUMP ALERT: YEMEN WAR ATTACKS CONTINUE


SAUDIS HIT HOUTHI CAPTIAL SANAA WITH AT LEAST THREE DEAD


SAUDIS TAKE DOWN INCOMING HOUTHI MISSILES.


HOUTHIS CLAIM SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS ON SAUDI ARABIA...



                  Dawn Pakistan Middle East War Blog





ILHAN OMAR HAS A FAKE NAME THAT MEANS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS A REAL NAME BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND THAT'S GOING TO COST HIM SOME VOTES ON NOVEMBER 3RD.


THE IRAN WAR IS TRUMP'S WAR BUT ULTIMATELY NETANYAHU'S WAR AND THE SUFFERING IT HAS ENTAILED.


I LOOK AT THE BALLOT SHOULDN'T EVERY GOP HOUSE AND SENATE CANDIDATE JUST HAVE 'BENJAMIN NETANYAHU' AS THEIR NAME.



EVEN TALKING ABOUT IRAN WAR INFLATION SUFFERING ETC. DOESN'T IDENTIFY ITS ROOT CAUSE IN TERMS OF POLITICS AND ELECTIONS...


                 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU 


It would be "Dumber" to attack Iran again before Brazil votes tomorrow it is in the interests of Netanyahu and Trump to see Flavio Bolsonaro win kick down "BRICS" if you will.


After 5 or 6 pm Sunday it's just plain "Dumb" to attack Iran.  Let's hope and pray that doesn't happen.


               AND THE COMMIE SAID


"It should pain everybody.  It's a distillation of us being trapped in history and a tribal, elemental, unforgiving divide.


It's a sort of madness.


The fact is that the Jewish people, for millennia were oppressed, discriminated against, killed.  Europe was responsible for much of it. They understandably sought a refuge.


That is undeniable.  What is undeniable is that they took land off people and they were expelled.  And those people understandably said., 'This is injustice and I want my land back'"

FORMER US PRESIDENT BARRACK OBAMA SPEAKING ON RECEIVING AN HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY IN BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND EARLIER THIS MONTH...LINK



Some "Commies" have a nicer demeanor than others and Barack Obama is one of them.


I would agree with those who characterize Obama's background as clearly far-left.


He went to Indonesia as a child taken there by his left-wing mother.


My late mother worked at the State Department a friend of hers at our embassy in Jakarta in those days.  She told mom of her displeasure with Obama she was in a place to know more.


Now even the Devil quotes the Bible so it may not be "Gospel Truth" but there's some 'truth' in President Obama's schtick.


It's a truth that seems to be sucking in the whole world right now.


Certain the world is being drug in economically over Benjamin Netanyahu's ideology will it end up being sucked in militarily.   Stay Tuned.


DOESN'T THIS SPLITTING UP INTO TRIBES JEWS VERSUS 'JEW HATERS' ULTIMATELY SEPARATE US ALL FROM A GOD WHO SEEKS A PEOPLE FROM EVERY TRIBE AND EVERY NATION...



"After this I looked and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands"...Revelation 7:9 ESV Bible...


                BIBLE GATEWAY-REVELATION 7:9-17



The music this song caught my ear on "Radio 5" in South Africa back in the 1980's the 1980's was a music video decade MTV on the air.

Gotta dig those "Choose Life" shirts George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley wore in the video didn't know they were "Pro-Lifers" heck...


                                           "WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO"-WHAM



    "PIECE OF MY HEART"-JANIS JOPLIN (BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY)



                                     "MAKE MY LIFE A PRAYER TO YOU"-KEITH GREEN




TEN YEARS AGO, THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRIED TO SELL A JURY IN OREGON A 'BILL OF GOODS' ABOUT 'RIGHT-WING MILITIA OCCUPIERS' OR 'DOMESTIC TERRORISTS'.


BUT AN OREGON JURY DIDN'T DRINK THAT VAT OF 'JIM JONES KOOL AID'.


ALL SEVEN DEFENDANTS CONSIDERED LEADERS OF THE 'OREGON STANDOFF' PROTEST ACQUITTED OF FELONY CHARGES.


IT TOOK A POWERFUL DEFENSE ATTORNEY TO BEAT THE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND THEIR 98 PERCENT CONVICTION RATE.


THE LATE MARCUS MUMFORD WAS SUCH A MAN.   HE WAS TARGETED BY THE FEDS EVEN BEFORE THE TRIAL ENDED...



"OREGON STANDOFF: BUNDY LAWYER TACKLED, TASED, ARRESTED NOW FIGHTING DISBARMENT"




Ammon Bundy is out there on social media today at this link...Real A Bundy "X"

Yo

The reporter who covered the "Oregon Standoff" trial for the "Portland Oregonian/Oregon Live" Maxine Bernstein can be found here on social media...Maxine Bernstein "X"


    "You probably know our mission statement can you say it with me...


'To be used by God to bring them in, build them up and send them out by His Grace and for His Glory'


And remember that's not bringing them in Grace Fellowship Church although we love when people do that it's bringing them into fellowship with God through Jesus Christ.


It's inviting people to know the Lord because knowing the Lord changes everything about us"

PASTOR JEFF SMITH SPEAKS AT 30:55 INTO THE VIDEO LINKED BELOW...





                                              Good Night.  God Bless.

FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 412*THREE WARS, ONE PROTEST MOVEMENT*MACRON VISITS GULF REGION*CREDIT RATING KEEPS NEGATIVE OUTLOOK*DEADLY ATTACKS, TRUMP COMMENTS*PARIS PROTEST DIVERTED*TEAR GAS DEPLOYED*HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PROTEST*

 


        (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)







TEAR GAS FIRED AS PROTESTERS GATHERED IN LYON TODAY OCTOBER 24TH, 2026



FRANCE'S CREDIT RATING KEPT THE SAME BY MOODY'S AGENCY AT 'Aa3' IN A LATE FRIDAY NIGHT ANNOUCEMENT.

THE RATING CARRYING A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK.

OTHER RATINGS AGENCIES HAVE DOWNGRADED THEIR RATINGS FOR FRANCE THE SEVERITY OF GOVERNMENT FINANCES AND POLITICAL STABILITY CITED.

THE GOVERNMENT WELCOMING MOODY'S DECISION AS IT SEEKS TO PUSH THROUGH A 2027 BUDGET AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A CENSURE VOTE FORCING NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS...REUTERS



Much has been tossed about regarding the reasons for the recent protests in France, not to mention other European countries.


But one issue runs through all the protests it is the cost of living.



Price rises are driven by the cost of fuel including the cost of diesel fuel used by trucks to deliver goods to stores.


And the rising cost of fuel is driven by the Ukraine War, the Iran War and the Yemen War.


For the political leaders of nations including France to admit that would discredit the wars.   


France under President Emmanuel Macron's current leadership is fully committed to the Ukraine War, participating in the Iran War by defending Israel's close ally the United Arab Emirates.


Now it defends Saudi Arabia in the Yemen War from Houthi attacks through a missile defense deployment.


Indeed, President Emmanuel Macron visited the Persian Gulf region this week.  


His visit illustrating the region's importance as a center of money and energy resources that debt-straddled France is in need of. 


There he offered up comments hostile to a very unpopular world leader without naming him.



"Unacceptable and stupid comments from foreign leaders...those who campaign on the back of France"


The comments of President Macron follow US President Donald Trump's lambasting of the protests and violent incidents surrounding them as being the byproduct of mass immigration into France.


Mr. Trump specifically spoke of a France 'stormed looted and burned by migrants, jihadists and communists'


Trump said that if Democrats win the US election on November 3rd America faces a similar fate.


                   BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)


Then the turn of events towards the end of the week first the government's ban on Saturday protests not sponsored by labor unions.

Curfews imposed in some parts of Paris during overnight hours.

Then the announcement that 70,000 police would be deployed to counter today's protests.

And then the attacks yesterday in the western Paris suburbs a gunman killing one wounding five.

Those attacks called an act of terrorism by President Emmanuel Macron as well as a racist attack a 'turning point in the life of our Republic'.

He pointed to an attack based on skin color and religion as he appeared in Trappes near the scenes of the attacks.

Macron calling for 'concord' and 'unity' in France.



                   BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)



The mayor of the town of Trappes Ali Rabeh said a 12-year-old girl hurt in attack is in intensive care...BFM-TV STORY



US President Donald Trump urging the NFL to cancel a Sunday game being played in Paris.   


Mr. Trump on Monday blamed the violence in France on mass immigration into country including Muslims.


At one point Mr. Trump said "Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon"...






                    THE PROTESTS TODAY 



Police closed 24 Metro stations in Paris today.


Police banning a protest route negotiated with union organizers in the city of Paris.



One could describe these as very deliberate moves to prevent and provoke demonstrations today.


This morning the use of tear gas discussed its effects in the media in the end tear gas deployed in Lyon today to disperse a crowd.


People gathered to protest in spite of a ban on demonstrations imposed there.


The protest route desired by police near the ring road around Paris far from its center is where the demonstration took place this afternoon.


Police used water cannon on the demonstrators in Paris amid various crackdowns in other cities.



TONIGHT, THE COFLICTING CLAIMS OF PROTEST CROWDS.


THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR WITH AN ESTIMATE OF 410,000 THE CGT TRADE UNION FEDERATION REPORTING 800,000.


FOR THE PARIS DEMONSTRATION THE GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE 110,000 THE CGT 250,000...






THE PROTEST IN PARIS SATURDAY OCTOBER 24TH, 2026



Outside Lyon in St. Etienne 400 protesters reported blocking the A 72 motorway in both directions.


There were nearly 1,000 arrests according to Interior Minister Laurent Nunez.



                                      BFM-TV LIVE BLOG



                                                 For now that's news from France.




                            

Friday, October 23, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 10/23/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*MACRON FRANCE RACIST ATTACK*CHURCH ATTACK JORDAN*UKRAINE WAR*MAINE TARIFF TWEAK*NETANYAHU'S THREAT*DOJ ALASKA SENATE BLOCK*EBOLA SPREAD*BRAZIL ELECTION*YEMEN WAR*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING TILL 11 PM EASTERN US TIME OR LATER)


                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



SOME LATE DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO SATURDAY PROTESTS IN FRANCE.   

POLICE CLOSED 24 METRO STATIONS IN PARIS AND BANNED A PROTEST IN PARIS ON A ROUTE PREVIOUSLY NEGOTIATED WITH UNION ORGANIZERS.

THE ORGANIZERS TAKING THE MATTER TO COURT.

MEDIA DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF 'CS GAS' SUGGESTING ITS POTENTIAL USE BY THE POLICE...



(BFM-TV FRANCE) (MORE COVERAGE FUTURE POSTS)



THE US DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE JAY CLAYTON SPEAKS OF 'LETHAL PLOTTING EFFORTS' BY IRANIAN AGENTS THAT HAVE 'REACHED ADVANCED STAGES' IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND OTHER COUNTRIES.


THE IRANIANS SAID TO BE TARGETING AMERICAN OFFICIALS.


HE SENT OUT A LETTER TO TOP US OFFICIALS NOW PUBLISHED BY ISRAELI JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID...TIMES OF ISRAEL



"a planned terrorist act to kill our compatriots, our children, because of their skin color and religion they are given"


THE WORDS SPOKEN BY FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON THIS EVENING AS HE APPEARED NEAR THE SCENES OF SHOOTING ATTACKS THAT KILLED ONE AND WOUNDED FIVE OTHERS IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF PARIS.


MACRON SAYING FRANCE SHOULD 'NOT ALLOW THIS TERRORIST ATTACK TO DIVIDE US'.


THE 39-YEAR-OLD ATTACKER ARRESTED IN POSSESSION OF A SUBMACHINE GUN AND TEAR GAS GRENADES...



BFM-TV FRANCE STORY (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (FRENCH VIDEO EMBED)...


THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF TRAPPES ALI RABEH SPEAKING OF A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK BEING IN INTENSIVE CARE...BFM-TV (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


ON MONDAY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS:

          "migrants have taken over France"

"Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon"...


                                USA TODAY-MSN STORY...




EARLIER NEWS OF THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY.



Could the US attack Iran this weekend?  "Absolutely" the word offered up by US Special Envoy and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack when asked.


Barrack, a former confidante of Jeffrey Epstein as revealed in Epstein Files emails, also speaking of President Trump as  'accessible to a deal' and the US 'at the table for months and months and months'...AFP France-Dawn Pakistan...




THE UKRAINE WAR TONIGHT A UKRAINIAN ATTACK KNOCKING OUT POWER TO THE CITY OF SEVASTOPOL IN CRIMEA.


INFRASTRUCTURE OUTSIDE THE CITY HIT CAUSING THE OUTAGE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


MORE UKRAINE WAR NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY...



THE LATEST IN THE YEMEN WAR ATTACK ALERTS IN THE SAUDI CAPITAL RIYADH AND SOUTHERN CITY OF NARJAN LATE TONIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


TWO EXPLOSIONS IN THE SAUDI CAPITAL WITH ONE ATTACKING HOUTHI MISSILE SHOT DOWN...AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN


MORE ON THE YEMEN WAR LATER IN THE SUMMARY.



Fighting in southern Ethiopia killing nine people causing 2,500 others to flee into Kenya.


The clashes involving rival members of the Oromo and Somali ethnic groups...REUTERS-MSN



             CHURCH ATTACK JORDAN

                            (News, Comment, Analysis)


At least seven killed, 34 wounded when gunmen opened fire at a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan.


The attack during a funeral procession.



Survivors speaking of an explosion followed by the entry of masked gunmen who opened fire.


Three terrorist attackers said to have been involved police say they are searching for them.


The suspects described as members of a 'radical Takfiri organization'.


"Takfiri" a term applied to groups like ISIS (ISIL, Islamic State, Daesh) or Al-Qaeda.


These groups have western intelligence (CIA, MI6) links from their actions in the Syrian Civil War plus support linked to the United Arab Emirates now identified as an ally of Israel.


Shamima Begun who lost British her citizenship over joining ISIS as a teenager was smuggled into Syria to join ISIS by a Canadian intelligence operative in Turkey...


                  Reuters-Al Jazeera Qatar


                               Tass Russia




(UPDATED) THE OFFICE OF FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP PROCLAIMING A TRUCE ON THE UKRAINE WAR FRONT IN THE CITY OF OLESHKY (ALYOSHKI).


THE CEASEFIRE NEXT WEDNESDAY WILL ALLOW THE SAFE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS TRAPPED IN FIGHTING INCLUDING THE ELDERLY...OSINTdefender "X"...


TONIGHT THE RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCY TASS REPORTING ON THE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE CITY BY RUSSIAN PARATROOPERS...TASS RUSSIA





The messaging from Ukraine still speaking of speed cutbacks "Starlink" and "Starshield" satellite links that support Ukraine's war effort...Barak Ravid "X"



British Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke with US President Donald Trump today.


His messages to Trump included both support for Ukraine and for Saudi Arabia under attack by the Houthis in the Yemen War...(Sky News UK)




US POLITICS A SAMPLING OF POLLS TODAY THE US SENATE RACE IN MAINE A TIE ACCORDING TO A FOX NEWS POLL.


BOTH REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS AND DEMOCRAT TROY JACKSON AT 49 PERCENT.



THE US SENATE RACE IN IOWA REPUBLICAN ASHLEY HINSON AT 47 PERCENT DEMOCRAT JOSH TUREK AT 45 PERCENT IN THE INSIDER ADVANTAGE POLL.


THE MICHIGAN US SENATE RACE DEMOCRAT ABDUL EL-SAYED 47 PERCENT, REPUBLICAN MIKE ROGERS AT 46 PERCENT IN ANOTHER INSIDER ADVANTAGE POLL.



IN OHIO'S US SENATE RACE DEMOCRAT SHERROD BROWN WITH 47 PERCENT, REPUBLICAN JON HUSTED AT 44 PERCENT ALSO IN A POLL FROM INSIDER ADVANTAGE.


THAT US SENATE RACE IN TEXAS DEMOCRAT JAMES TALARICO AT 51 PERCENT REPUBLICAN KEN PAXTON AT 47 PERCENT THIS ACCORDING TO TEXAS PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH.


THAT US SENATE RACE IN MINNESOTA DEMOCRAT PEGGY FLANAGAN 48 PERCENT, REPUBLICAN MICHELE TAFOYA 45 PERCENT A RASMUSSEN REPORTS POLL.


PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POPULARITY 57 PERCENT DISAPPROVE, 42 PERCENT APPROVE IN TWO SEPARATE POLLS DONE BY RASMUSSEN REPORTS AND RMG RESEARCH...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS (ALL POLLS)




PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS TWEAKED FOR A STATE WITH A CRITICAL US SENATE RACE.


INCUMBENT US SENATOR REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS ANNOUNCING THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO DROP TARIFFS ON GOODS INCLDUING SOME PAPER AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS, REFRIGERATION AND PACKAGING EQUIPMENT AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AMONG OTHER ITEMS.


BUT THE US IS LEVYING A NEW 50 PERCENT TARIFF ON A RANGE OF CANADIAN PRODUCTS INCLUDING SHAMPOOS, WINDOW AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT...CBC NEWS CANADA  



The US strategic oil reserve tapped for emergency release of up to 400,000 barrels of oil.   The move linked to a supply disruption at the Phillips 66 Lake Charles, Louisiana refinery...Reuters-Free Malaysia Today-MSN



(UPDATED) WITH JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE ISRAEL'S ELECTION PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU THREATENING A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK).


NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL WILL CHOOSE THE TIME OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION...AL JAZEERA QATAR-DAWN PAKISTAN...


THE ENTIRE 'WEST BANK' IN A LOCKDOWN FOLLOWING A SHOOTOUT IN HEBRON WHERE TWO ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND TWO PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED.


LATE TONIGHT THE ISRAELI MILITARY MOVING INTO HEBRON.



In Florida the spike in Dengue Fever cases experienced in Hillsborough County (St. Petersburg) spreading into Pinellas County (Tampa).

Efforts are underway to fight and contain the mosquito-borne disease which has led to 425 locally acquired infections in Florida since the beginning of the year...WFLA TAMPA-THE HILL USA



            (This Story Is Updated, Expanded)


Health authorities in Nigeria investigating an EBOLA case.   


The woman infected was in Uganda where some EBOLA cases had been discovered with Uganda declaring itself EBOLA free at the end of July.


The center of the current EBOLA outbreak is the Democratic Republic Of Congo.


One suspected link is the woman's use of Entebbe International Airport in Uganda.   


A Kenyan man died of EBOLA earlier this month after he returned to Kenya from Entebbe...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...


Authorities in Kenya announcing a second EBOLA death today.   

She is a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the man who died from EBOLA earlier this month.  Her symptoms developed while she was in quartantine.


Seven EBOLA cases are being treated at two isolation sites in Kenya right now.  They represent 'one cluster, with no evidence of community spread'...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar




(UPDATED) THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUING TO BLOCK CERTIFICATION OF THE US SENATE ELECTION IN ALASKA.


THE CASE ARGUES THAT IF INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN SENATOR DAN SULLIVAN LOSES HIS BID HIS LOSS IS TAINTED BY THE INCLUSION OF A SECOND CANDIDATE NAMED 'DANIEL J. SULLIVAN'...THE HILL USA...


PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS IT WAS HIS IDEA TO FILE THE LAWSUIT AND HE MADE THE DECISION ON TUESDAY.



                             (News, Comment, Analysis)



The second round of Brazil's Presidential Election on Sunday.   A hard-fought contest between incumbent Leftist critic of Israel President Lula da Silva and Rightist Pro-Trump Pro-Israel Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.


Brazil is a key player in the 'BRICS' economic alliance that includes India, Russia, China and South Africa.   BRICS is seen as a threat to US economic dominance of the world.


Online activity is being closely monitored by Brazil's Supreme Court whose majority is friendly to Lula and hostile to Bolsonaro.   Social media postings are being removed in the days prior to the election.


Latest polling showing a tight race as close as one percentage point of difference between the candidates...


Wikipedia-Opinion Polling for the 2026 Brazilian Presidential Election Second Round



                      SBT News Brazil (Translation Prompt)




ONE KILLED FOUR WOUNDED IN TWO SHOOTING ATTACKS IN THE SUBURBS OF PARIS.


THE SUSPECT FIRING FROM A VEHICLE.  THE 38-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT LATER ARRESTED...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)...


ANTI-TERRORISM POLICE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON CALLING THE ATTACK TERRORIST AND RACIST (SEE STORY NEAR TOP SUMMARY)




IN ISRAEL THE SECURITY COORDINATOR FOR A JEWISH SETTLEMENT CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH WOUNDING A PALESTINIAN WOMAN ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.

PINHAS SHEM TOV RAN FIRED AT A PALESTINIAN CAR FROM AN UNAUTHORIZED ROADBLOCK...TIMES OF ISRAEL



A Ukrainian man arrested in Germany as a suspected Russian spy.   He is said to have provided information on the production of weapons in Germany.  The suspect is also said to have monitored NATO military installations...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



IN THE YEMEN WAR THE SAUDIS SAY THEY INTERCEPTED A MISSILE AIMED AT THE SAUDI CAPITAL RIYADH...DAWN PAKISTAN...

THE HOUTHIS REPORTING THEY HAVE COME UNDER AIR ATTACK IN TWO GOVERNATES OF YEMEN...AL JAZEERA QATAR-DAWN PAKISTAN


The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 652.82 points or 1.23 percent.

The NASDAQ declined 53.52 points or .21 percent.

The price of oil in New York tonight following the close 103 dollars 44 cents a barrel up three dollars 97 cents or 3.99 percent...Marketwatch



ISRAEL'S MILITARY CHIEF SAYS THERE IS NO OPERATIONAL NEED TO ATTACK IRAN BEFORE TUESDAY'S ELECTION IN ISRAEL.


BUT LT. GENERAL EYAL ZAMIR ALSO SPEAKING OF IRAN BEING ATTACKED IF IT IS DETERMINED TO BE NECESSARY...TIMES OF ISRAEL

Thursday, October 22, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 10/22/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*TIBET QUAKE*ISRAEL ATTACKS, THREATS LEBANON*MACRON PARTIAL PROTEST BAN*CANADA-TURKEY PARTNERSHIP*YEMEN WAR*TRUMP 'LITTLE CONFLICT'EPSTEIN ASSOCIATES SUED*DEADLY ISRAELI INCURSION SYRIA*IRAN WAR RESUMING?*AIPAC REBRAND*



                                (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                  The updated Yemen War news later but first...




                        LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



A strong magnitude 7.0 earthquake striking Tibet tonight.   Chinese media reporting 16 deaths with 32 injured...News Agencies-Deutsche Welle Germany



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THAT ELON MUSK HAS BROUGHT THE 'STARSHIELD' SYSTEM SUPPORTING UKRAINE'S ATTACKS ON RUSSIA UP TO FULL SPEED...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AWARDING ITS 2026 SAKHAROV PRIZE FOR FREEDOM OF THOUGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC).


THE AWARD RECOGNIZING THE COURT'S WORK IN UPHOLING INTERNATIONAL LAW AND JUSTICE.


THE UNITED STATES PLANNING SWEEPING SANCTIONS ON THE ICC FOLLOWING ITS WAR CRIME ARREST WARRANTS FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AND FORMER ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT.


BOTH MEN ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES IN THE GAZA WAR...


                                  CBC NEWS CANADA




ISRAEL ATTACKING TOWNS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH AIR ATTACKS, DRONE ATTACKS AND SHELLING.


ISRAELI DRONES OVERFLYING BEIRUT WITH DEFENSE MINISTER ISRAEL KATZ WARNING ANY ATTACKS ON ISRAEL FROM LEBANON WILL LEAD TO ATTACKS ON SOUTHERN BEIRUT.


THE ATTACKS JUST FIVE DAYS BEFORE ISRAEL'S ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY...SHAFAQ NEWS IRAQ




French President Emmanuel Macron imposing a ban on any Saturday protests not sponsored by a labor union.


Mr. Macron spoke of "organized far-left groups who want to overthrow the Republic".


Demonstrators expected again on French streets this Saturday objecting to the high cost of living linked to high energy prices following the Ukraine, Iran and Yemen Wars.


Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu planning a large deployment of police and soldiers on French streets...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



CANADA'S SUPREME COURT HEARING A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPEAL OF THE COURT OF APPEAL RULING AGAINST THE 2022 EMERGENCY POWERS ACT CRACKDOWN ON THE TRUCKER CONVOY PROTEST IN OTTAWA AND OTHER PARTS OF CANADA AT US BORDER CROSSINGS.


THE COURT OF APPEAL RULED USING THE EMERGENCY POWERS ACT VIOLATED CANADA'S CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS...CBC NEWS CANADA




ON A CONTROVERSIAL VISIT CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY IS IN TURKEY (TURKIYE). 


MR. CARNEY AND TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN LAUNCHING A THREE-YEAR 'CANADA-TURKIYE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP' AIMING FOR A 'CANADA-TURKIYE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT'.


HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CONCERNED OVER TURKISH GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWNS AIMED AT COMEDIANS AND MEDIA OUTLETS CRITICAL OF MR. ERDOGAN AS WELL AS OPPOSITION PARTIES, POLITICIANS AND THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY...AL JAZEERA QATAR 




US President Donald Trump praising Russian President Vladimir Putin for the release of US citizen Donald Hubbard.


Hubbard jailed in Russia for supporting combat operations of the Ukrainian military...Tass Russia




(UPDATED) THE YEMEN WAR TONIGHT AN ATTACKING HOUTHI MISSILE SHOT DOWN ATTACKING THE SOUTHERN SAUDI CITY OF NARJAN...DAWN PAKISTAN BLOG...


TODAY THERE WAS SMOKE IN THE SAUDI CAPITAL OF RIYADH FOLLOWING HOUTHI ATTACKS...FARS IRAN-DAWN PAKISTAN...



HOUTHI ATTACKS REPORTED ON MULTIPLE SAUDI CITIES.


THE HOUTHIS SAY THEY ATTACKED THE SAUDI DEFENSE MINISTRY IN RIYADH, ARAMCO IN YANBU AND THE DAMMAM AIRPORT IN EASTERN SAUDI ARABIA...REUTERS-DAWN PAKISTAN...


A SECOND DEATH NOW FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S HOUTHI ATTACK ON THE DAMMAM AIRPORT.


MEANWHILE THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORTING ON THE SUFFERING IN YEMEN'S THIRD LARGEST CITY OF TAIZ.



TAIZ NOW CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT BUT SURROUNDED BY HOUTHI FORCES FOLLOWING THEIR RECENT OFFENSIVE INTO SOUTHWESTERN YEMEN.



SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND WATER ARE CUT OFF BY THE FIGHTING WITH THE SOUNDS OF WAR GETTING CLOSER TO THE CITY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                  "little conflict with Iran"


"we're going to have something one way or another.  It'll happen fairly soon"


The messaging of US President Donald Trump on the Iran War....



                         AL JAZEERA-DAWN PAKISTAN




New Mexico's Attorney General filing a federal civil suit against Jeffrey Epstein's personal attorney and personal accountant.


Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn are accused of financing and helping to conceal sex trafficking involving Epstein including Epstein's Zorro Ranch property in New Mexico.


The two men are co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate and eligible for bequests from the estate.


Attorney General Raul Torrez announcing the suit at a news conference including two survivors of Jeffrey Epstein-linked sexual abuse.


An attorney for the Epstein estate rejects the allegations as "false"...CNBC USA 




ISRAELI FORCES ATTACKING IN SOUTHERN SYRIA LAST EVENING.   


THE INCURSION INTO THE DARAA GOVERNATE ON THE BORDER WITH JORDAN.


SNIPERS DEPLOYED AND ARTILLERY SHELLS FIRED A MAN WITH SPECIAL DISABILITIES KILLED BY THE ISRAELIS...SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


THE ISRAELI MILITARY ACTIVITY IS IN THE WEEK LEADING UP TO ISRAEL'S ELECTION NEXT TUESDAY.



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 11.89 points.

The NASDAQ sharply lower down 694 points or 2.6 percent.

The price of oil in New York at 615 pm 99 dollars 10 cents a barrel down 37 cents or .37 percent since the close...Marketwatch


The "New York Times" with a story saying the United States and Israel are getting ready to attack Iran after the upcoming elections in Israel and the US.


US-Israeli drills reportedly taking place.  The US keeps a fleet of refueling planes in Israel that could support Israeli or US attacks on Iran.


This as the US signals imminent war pulling out diplomats and military personnel from Middle East nations...Times of Israel



THE AMERICA ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (AIPAC) REBRANDING.   


AIPAC DISCONTINUING ITS PRACTICE OF DIRECTLY ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING FINANCIALLY CANDIDATES FOR US CONGRESS.


AIPAC SAYING IT WILL PROMOTE ORGANIZED DIRECT SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATES FROM INDIVIDUAL AMERICAS.



MEANWHILE AIPAC IS KEEPING A SUBSIDIARY KNOWN AS THE 'UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT' WHICH SPENDS UNLIMITED AMOUNTS OF MONEY IN INDIVIDUAL POLITICAL RACES...TIMES OF ISRAEL


El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaking of a rescue mission in Haiti where four El Salvadorans are reported kidnapped.


The four are aviation technicians with the international gang suppression force now operating in the country.


Bukele speaking of things getting worse if the four are not released unharmed.


He sent his message on X in the Creole language of Haiti...Liberty Daily-The Daily Caller