JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T
MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE
MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET
SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO
OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST
FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of
the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the
adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 121 JUNE 28,26 - IRAN AND US TRADE STRIKES.
THE
NEXT US-ISRAEL HIT ON IRAN SHOULD BE VERSE 37. ALL OFFENSIVE NUKE SITES
MISSLES,DRONES,AND OF COURSE KHEMENI AND THE IRGC GUARDS.THEN AFTER
IRANS REGIME CHANGE. MUSLIMS COME TO JESUS BY THE MILLIONS.
JEREMEIAH 49:32-39 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITES AND ALL OFENSIVE WEAPONS DESTROYED IN IRAN)
Jeremiah 49:32-39
32
Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a
spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of
their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of
them, says Yahweh.
33 Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a
desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of
man sojourn therein.(Location & Size: It was strategically located
along the Via Maris (Way of the Sea), a major trade route connecting
Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.)
34 The word of Yahweh that came to
Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(IRAN) in the beginning of the
reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus says Yahweh of
Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS)
the chief of their might.(MISSLES AND NUKE SITES)
36 On Elam (IRAN)
will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will
scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where
the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(SINCE 1979 IRANIANS HAVE GOTTIN OUT
OF IRAN BECAUSE OF KHEMENI AND HIS APOCOPOLIPTIC DEATH CULT
BELIEF-BLACK HATER 12ERS)
37 I will cause Elam (IRAN) to be dismayed
before their enemies, and before those who seek their life;(ISRAEL THE
LITTLE SATAN AND THE U.S THE BIG SATAN) and I will bring evil on them,
(MISSLES) even my fierce anger,(FIRE) says Yahweh; and I will send the
sword after them,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) until I have consumed them;
(DESTROYED THEM ALL NUKE SITES,MISSLES ETC)
38 and I will set my
throne in Elam,(IRAN WILL BECOME A CHRISTIAN NATION) and will destroy
from there king (KHEMENI, ISLAM) and princes, says Yahweh.(IRANIAN ARMY
GUARDS)
39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring
back the captivity of Elam,(IRAN) says Yahweh.(WERE IN THE LATTER DAYS
NOW)
WHEN ARE THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL IN THE SPRING TIME.(GET READY ISLAM TO BE BIRD SEED FOR THESE BIRDS)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m0bXU5Xqc5M
The
500 million migratory birds in Israel during the spring arrive from
Africa and head toward Europe and Asia, with the peak migration
occurring in March and April. While migration starts in late February,
the most intense movements, particularly of birds of prey, storks, and
pelicans, occur during the third week of March and continue into April.
Key Details on the Spring Migration
Peak Period: Mid-March through April.
Main
Migration Route: The birds use the Great Rift Valley, which includes
the Hula Valley and Eilat, acting as a "bottleneck" where millions of
birds fly through the narrow land bridge.
Best Spots: The Hula Lake
Park (Northern Israel) and the Eilat Birding Center (Southern Israel)
are primary locations for observing the migration.
Key Species:
Hundreds of thousands of white storks, along with black kites, raptors,
and pelicans, pass through over these months.
uration: The spring migration runs from late February and continues into June, though the heaviest traffic is in March/April.
The
500 million migratory birds fly over Israel in the fall between late
August and mid-December. The peak migration period for the autumn, when
the highest volume of bird traffic occurs, is typically October and
November.
Key Fall Migration Details
Location: The Hula Valley (Agamon Hula Park) in northern Israel is the premier spot to witness this phenomenon.
Timing: Migration starts as early as late June with some waders, but intensifies from mid-August through November.
Peak Festival: The "Annual Hula Valley Bird Festival" is usually held in November to align with the peak migration traffic.
Key
Species: Many birds of prey (raptors), including honey buzzards and
steppe eagles, cross during this time, along with massive flocks of
storks and cranes.
While roughly 500 million birds pass through in
the autumn on their way to Africa, the same number crosses again in the
spring (mid-February to May) on their way back to Europe and Asia.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23
Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they
have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the
sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath
seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in
travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of
war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I
will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it
shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN
DAMASCUS)
Attacked Gulf states slam Iranian 'aggression'Iran
attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes, threatens to end
negotiations-FM Araghchi cites Hormuz ‘arrangements’ as reason for
tension; Bahrain says residential building in capital damaged, nobody
killed; Trump: Iran violated truce with ship attack By AP and ToI Staff
Today, 4:43 pm
Iran launched drone and missile attacks Sunday
morning targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to early morning US
airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic, and threatened a “complete
halt” in negotiations to end the war if Washington continued its
attacks.Efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz without Iran’s direct
oversight sparked the crossfire now gripping the region and have
imperiled negotiations for a lasting ceasefire. A multinational maritime
body overseen by the US Navy said Saturday that it would expand a route
near Oman for both inbound and outbound traffic, setting up a new
flashpoint with Tehran.The global community has long considered the
strait an international passageway, despite its sitting in Iran’s and
Oman’s territorial waters. In recent days, Iran has twice attacked
vessels going through a route on the Omani side of the strait backed by a
United Nations agency.Iran insists that it alone must govern the
strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf that once carried a fifth
of the world’s oil and natural gas.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas
Araghchi reiterated the claim during a state visit to Iraq on
Sunday.“Any interference in this matter, any attempt to establish new or
separate arrangements from those currently being carried out by the
Islamic Republic of Iran, will only lead to further complications, delay
the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and increase the level of
tension, just as over the past two nights we witnessed incidents in the
Strait of Hormuz that led to an increase in tension and confrontation,”
he said in Baghdad.The United States and Iran are still debating the
terms of an interim peace deal, including shipping arrangements through
the strait, removing a US blockade and sanctions and addressing the
future of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.Under the
memorandum of understanding signed earlier this month, the US and Iran
have 60 days to iron out the details, though the continued tit-for-tat
strikes threaten to torpedo the deal before it can be
finalized.Bahrain,Kuwait slam Iranian ‘aggression’The Kuwaiti military
said air defenses intercepted incoming Iranian drones and missiles
Sunday morning, just after the US strikes.Kuwait, which hosts a major US
Army base, said it had detected and intercepted two ballistic missiles
and there were no reports of injuries or damage.Kuwait’s foreign
ministry said in a statement that it “expresses its condemnation and
denunciation of… in the strongest terms, the recurrence of Iran’s
heinous aggression against the State of Kuwait, the latest of which was
at dawn today, in a flagrant violation of its sovereignty.”Bahrain’s
Interior Ministry said the Iranian strikes damaged a residential
building near the international airport and no one was killed.The
ministry released photos of an eight-story building, with the top floor
destroyed, filled with rubble and its windows blown out.Bahrain Ministry
of Interior reports material damage to a residential building in
Muharraq Governorate following an Iranian attack. Advertisement No
casualties reported. Authorities are on-site.#Bahrain ???????? Source:
@moi_bahrainhttps://t.co/nkpgHup0fW pic.twitter.com/Cvb5HdD327 — Shin
(@hey_itsmyturn) June 28, 2026-Bahrain is home to the US Navy’s 5th
Fleet, whose base there came under repeated attack during the war. The
damaged building on Sunday was not near the fleet’s headquarters, in
downtown Manama.Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry denounced what it called “a
dangerous escalation that reveals that what Tehran is doing is not a
passing act, nor an isolated incident, but rather a deliberate approach
and a systematic pattern of repeated aggression.”Iran’s paramilitary
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility for both
attacks.Trump accuses Iran of violating ceasefire with ship attack-The
latest strikes came after the US and Iran traded attacks earlier in the
weekend.The US military’s Central Command said it struck Iranian
military “surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air
defense sites, drone storage facilities and minelayer capabilities” on
Sunday, following an attack on a ship at sea early Saturday morning.That
ship, the Panamanian-flagged tanker Kiku, carried crude oil for the
state-run energy company of Qatar, a key mediator between Iran and the
US.In a social media post, Trump said the US had “struck Iranian missile
and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the
Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!” He warned of a point where the US may no
longer be able to be reasonable “and will be forced to militarily
complete the job.”“If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no
longer exist!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.The incident followed a
similar back-and-forth that occurred just days prior, when an Iranian
drone struck a merchant vessel off the coast of Oman on Thursday, and
the US military retaliated with strikes.
US strikes Iran after
attack on cargo ship; Vance vows ‘violence will be met with
violence’Iranian Revolutionary Guards claim to target US sites around
region in retaliation for strikes, threaten that ‘if the aggression is
repeated, our response will be broader’By Agencies 27 June 2026, 4:32 am
The
US struck Iran on Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier on
a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The confrontation marked the most
significant test yet to an interim understanding reached a week ago by
the two countries to begin working to end their months-long war and
reopen the pivotal waterway.US President Donald Trump said the drone
attack violated the ceasefire. The strikes came shortly after Trump told
reporters, “You’ll find out,” whether the US would respond.US Central
Command said the military struck missile and drone locations and coastal
radar sites in Iran.“I don’t like the fact that they took a shot
yesterday, actually four of them,” Trump said at the White House shortly
before the US struck back. When asked why there would be strikes when
Trump has insisted talks with Tehran are going well, Trump said of Iran:
“They’re a little bit different.”He then abruptly cut off questions,
and reporters were ushered out of his office.Ebrahim Azizi, who heads
the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, responded to
Trump on social media earlier Friday, saying, “The Strait of Hormuz is
governed by Iran, so: Respect the rules” and to “not mistake control for
escalation.”“This is not a violation of the ceasefire; it is ceasefire
management,” Azizi wrote.Friday evening, Vice President JD Vance said on
social media that Iran should “pick up the phone” if there are
disagreements about the ceasefire agreement.“But violence will be met
with violence,” Vance said.Strikes conclude an hour later-The US strikes
on Iran concluded about an hour after US Central Command announced the
military action on social media, a US official with knowledge of the
situation told the Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of
anonymity to discuss an ongoing military operation.Following the
strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened a “swift
and decisive” response, Iran’s state TV reported.The IRGC claimed it
repelled an attack by the US against Sirik Island, which is located on
the shores of the Strait of Hormuz, later announcing that it attacked US
sites in the Gulf region in retaliation for the American strikes.“If
the aggression is repeated, our response will be broader than this,” the
IRGC said, according to a post by state TV on Telegram.The British
military said on Thursday that a container ship was hit by a projectile
off the coast of Oman, coming hours after Iran threatened vessels to
stop using the route. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations
center said no injuries were reported.The development came during a
fragile time for the US and Iran as they work to negotiate a permanent
end to the war. Iran has increasingly challenged the region and the US
over its control of the Strait of Hormuz, even with the current interim
deal it reached with the US last week.The attack on the cargo ship
happened while a United Nations maritime agency was beginning an
operation to move stranded ships out of the strait this week, using an
alternative route, hugging the shores of Oman rather than sailing
through the central part of the strait.The International Maritime
Organization halted the evacuations after the attack and said on Friday
that they won’t resume until there are guarantees that the other ships
won’t be attacked.About 115 ships were able to move out of the strait in
recent days, leaving about 500 still in the area, said Arsenio
Dominguez, the agency’s secretary-general.The opening of the alternative
passage through the strait was expected to relieve pressure on the
world economy and remove Iran’s main source of leverage in ongoing peace
talks with the US.The US and Iran are still negotiating the terms of
the deal, including issues such as getting ships through the key strait
and addressing the future of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched
uranium. Under the interim deal, the two sides have 60 days to work out
the details.Cargo ship attack poses a test for shipping-Shipping
analysts said the drone strike cast a shadow over what had been a
growing stream of trapped vessels finally leaving the Gulf and an
increasing flow of tankers carrying crude oil.“A week of widening
commercial confidence in the Strait of Hormuz has hit its first
significant test,” said marine data company Windward on X. It said that
while the strait remains operationally open with 43 transits recorded
after the incident, “the pace of normalization has slowed.”On Wednesday,
before Thursday’s drone strike, 78 vessels transited the strait, the
highest since the war began, although below the prewar averages of 130
or more per day.At least two tankers reversed course while attempting to
transit the strait on the UN-backed route near Oman after Iran insisted
vessels use only the Tehran-approved routes, according to marine data
and analytic firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence.More than two dozen ships
were still transiting the strait’s southern route after the attack,
Lloyd’s said Friday.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
Trump
threatens to ‘complete the job’ in Iran as US military launches fresh
strikes-CENTCOM says it hit 10 targets ‘in and near the Strait of
Hormuz’ in retaliation for drone attack on Panama-flagged tanker; IRGC
responds by hitting US assets in Kuwait, Bahrain By Agencies and ToI
Staff Today, 6:06 am-JUN 28,26
WASHINGTON — US President Donald
Trump said Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran will “no longer
exist” if the United States is “forced” to resume the war, as he accused
Tehran of violating a ceasefire by striking ships in the Strait of
Hormuz.The threat came after US forces said they struck “multiple”
Iranian targets Saturday in another tit-for-tat response to attacks on
shipping in the vital Strait of Hormuz.“United States aircraft just
struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar
sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!” Trump wrote on
Truth Social.“There may come a point when we are no longer able to be
reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we
very successfully started. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran
will no longer exist!” Trump wrote.US Central Command said the strikes
were in response to an Iranian drone attack on the Panama-flagged oil
tanker Kiku, which was carrying some two million barrels of crude.The US
military said the latest response targeted “surveillance
infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage
facilities, and minelayer capabilities.”In total, it said it hit 10
Iranian military targets “at multiple locations in and near the Strait
of Hormuz.”Iranian media reported several explosions in the Sirik and
Qeshm areas of southern Iran.U.S. Navy and Air Force fighter jets
conducted strikes tonight on 10 Iranian military targets at multiple
locations in and near the Strait of Hormuz for Iran's drone attack on
M/T Kiku. pic.twitter.com/Z0TLZRqmF6 — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM)
June 28, 2026-In the wake of the strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps also accused the US of violating the terms of the ceasefire,
announcing that its navy and aerospace forces had launched joint
missile and drone attacks targeting US military sites in Kuwait and
Bahrain in retaliation.“Violating the ceasefire is contrary to Clause 1
of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding and will result in the
complete halt of all diplomatic processes,” the IRGC said in a statement
carried by Iran’s Press TV.In a statement, Kuwait’s military said that
its air defenses were “engaging hostile missile and drone attacks.”In
Bahrain, which hosts a major US naval base, the interior ministry said
air raid sirens had been activated and urged residents to “remain calm
and head to the nearest safe place.”A US official speaking on condition
of anonymity told Reuters that there were no reported US casualties or
major impacts or damage to US facilities in the Middle East in the
immediate aftermath of the Iranian attacks.The IRGC warned that any
further US action would be met with a “crushing response.”In a
statement, the IRGC said it “destroyed eight important US military
facilities at the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait and at the Fifth Fleet
naval base in Port Salman in Bahrain.“Any enemy aggression, whatever the
pretext, even against insignificant targets… will have a crushing
response,” the IRGC added.The clashes brought new tension to the
negotiating process meant to end a war launched by the United States and
Israel at the end of February.They also underlined the risks still
facing one of the world’s most important sea lanes for oil and other
commodities.On Friday, the United States also conducted strikes that it
said were in response to another Iranian attack on a ship, the Ever
Lovely.Iran said Saturday it had hit US targets in the Gulf in its own
retaliation. Bahrain said it was targeted by several Iranian drones
early on Saturday and accused Tehran of “sabotaging peace
efforts.”Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said “if the aggression is
repeated, our response will be broader.”Shipping lanes under fire-The
flare-ups in violence highlighted ongoing wrangling over control of the
Strait of Hormuz.Iran imposed a blockade in the strait soon after the US
and Israel, on February 28, launched a bombing campaign on the Islamic
Republic in a bid to destabilize its regime and destroy its ballistic
missile and nuclear programs. The blockade has triggered a global spike
in energy prices.Traffic through the Strait has increased since the US
and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding earlier this month, but is
still well below prewar levels.Iran has warned vessels not to enter or
leave the Gulf through the Strait without permission, but ships have
continued to move, some using a route not authorized by Tehran.The US
and Iran are still debating the terms of the interim peace deal,
including issues such as getting ships through the narrow mouth of the
Persian Gulf and addressing the future of Iran’s stockpile of highly
enriched uranium.Under the memorandum of understanding, the US and Iran
have 60 days to iron out the details. As talks are held behind closed
doors, Trump and Iranian leaders have seemed to negotiate in public,
trading threats and claiming concessions the other side denies.Israel is
not a party to the agreement or negotiations between the US and Iran,
and Israeli officials have criticized the memorandum of understanding
for its lack of a concrete concession from Iran on its nuclear
program.Despite the latest flare-up, oil prices have fallen sharply on
hopes that traffic through Hormuz would recover. In peacetime, it
carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas
exports.The economic impact on Iran remains unclear, but on Saturday,
the country’s statistics agency said that year-on-year inflation had hit
88.6 percent, up from 68 percent in February.
Iran fires drones
at Bahrain, oil tanker hit in Hormuz as clashes test deal-IRGC says it
targeted ‘US terrorist army’ in response to overnight strikes following
Iranian attack on ship that tried to leave strait; Bahrain: Iran
‘sabotaging peace efforts’By Agencies 27 June 2026, 3:15 pm
Iran
fired drones at Bahrain on Saturday in an apparent response to overnight
airstrikes by the US, shaking uneasy efforts for a US-Iran peace deal.A
ship also came under attack in the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, and
security sources told Reuters an explosive drone targeted a recently
evacuated camp belonging to an Iranian Kurdish opposition group north of
Iraq’s Erbil. No casualties were reported in either incident.Meanwhile,
a multinational maritime body overseen by the US Navy said Saturday
that it would expand a route near Oman in the Strait of Hormuz to allow
for both inbound and outbound traffic — likely setting up a new
flashpoint with Tehran.The US had on Friday said it struck military
storage and radar sites in Iran in response to an Iranian drone attack
on a ship trying to get out of the strategic waterway on Thursday.The
attacks were the first known exchange of fire between the US and Iran
since the two countries last week reached a memorandum of understanding
to hammer out a final deal within 60 days.Iran’s Foreign Ministry on
Saturday said the US military’s “brutal attacks, which targeted Iranian
coastal surveillance facilities, are a blatant violation” of the interim
agreement, which calls for a halt to all regional hostilities.In a
statement carried by Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency on Saturday,
following the US strikes, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it
had targeted several unspecified locations “of the US terrorist army in
the region.”Bahrain, home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet, later said
“several Iranian drones” targeted the Gulf state in “a flagrant threat
to the security of citizens and residents.”The Iranian attacks were
“sabotaging peace efforts,” Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said.Threat to
ships in Hormuz still ‘substantial,’ says US Navy agency-Separately, the
British military’s Maritime Trade Operations center said an oil tanker
was struck and damaged by an “unidentified projectile” in the Strait of
Hormuz on Saturday.“The vessel sustained damage to their bridge; all
crew are reported safe,” UKMTO said. Another British marine security
firm, Vanguard Tech, identified the vessel as the Panama-flagged tanker
KIKU.Just after the report of the ship attack, the Joint Maritime
Information Center, overseen by the US Navy, said the route near Oman’s
shores is expanding to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic.In
its announcement, the Joint Maritime Information Center warned that the
threat to ships in the region was “substantial.”“Mariners are advised of
the existence of mines and should expect a naval presence as clearance
operations continue,” it said.Iran has insisted ships must obey its
orders and is warning it will start charging fees for transit through
the strait, through which a fifth of all oil and natural gas once
passed. However, ships have been increasingly trying to leave the Gulf
in recent days, to Iran’s ire.On Friday evening, US Vice President JD
Vance said on social media that Iran should “pick up the phone” if there
are disagreements about the ceasefire agreement.“But violence will be
met with violence,” Vance said.Iran imposed a blockade in the strait
soon after the US and Israel, on February 28, launched a bombing
campaign on the Islamic Republic in a bid to destabilize its regime and
destroy its ballistic missile and nuclear programs. The blockade has
triggered a global spike in energy prices.The fighting entered a truce
on April 8. Israel is not a party to the agreement or negotiations
between the US and Iran, and Israeli officials have criticized the
memorandum of understanding for its lack of a concrete concession from
Iran on its nuclear program.Times of Israel staff contributed to this
report.
US considering moving Gulf bases hit by Iran westward,
including to Israel — report-WSJ says Iran’s retaliatory strikes did
greater damage to the Middle East’s only US Navy base, in Bahrain, than
the Pentagon has acknowledged By ToI Staff 26 June 2026, 11:11 am
The
United States is considering moving Middle East military installations
westward, including to Israel, to reduce their exposure to Iran’s
missiles and drones, which dealt the region’s sole US Navy base some
$400 million in damage largely unacknowledged by the Pentagon, the Wall
Street Journal reported Thursday.Tehran’s retaliatory strikes, following
the start of the US-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran on February 28,
hit US military installations across the region, killing 13
servicemembers and wounding hundreds.Buildings harmed at the Naval
Support Activity Bahrain (NSA Bahrain) base, which lies some 240
kilometers (150 miles) south of Iran, include the Fifth Fleet
headquarters, a barracks, several warehouses and a potable water tank,
the Journal said Thursday, citing satellite and social media images.No
one was killed at the base, according to the US military, the Journal
said.The outlet said it estimated the cost of the damages based on
procurement reports and the Pentagon’s publicly available cost modeThe
estimate included only construction costs, the Journal said. It cited an
analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
think tank as saying that, depending on what the buildings housed, that
estimate could end up being dwarfed by other costs of the damage. For
example, according to CSIS, two satellite communication terminals that
Iran destroyed early in the war cost some $20 million each, the report
said.The damage to NSA Bahrain has led the US to weigh revamping the
base, including by moving command centers underground and passing on
rebuilding some of the destroyed structures, according to US officials
familiar with the deliberations who were cited by the Journal.The US may
also curb its presence in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and shift some of it
westward, following Iran’s targeting of military installations in the
two Arab states, the officials said.The U.S. Navy base in Bahrain was
repeatedly targeted between late February and June. Strikes that got
through caused extensive damage, according to a Wall Street Journal
analysis of satellite imagery, social-media footage and interviews with
current and former… — Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) June 26,
2026-According to two of the officials, one of the destinations being
weighed is Israel, where dozens of US jets parked at Ben Gurion Airport
since the lead-up to the Iran war have stymied Israelis’ travel.US
President Donald Trump has faced fierce criticism in the US, including
within his own Republican party, over the spiraling cost of the Iran
war, which also sparked a global spike in energy prices after Iran
blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil shipments.Pentagon
chief Pete Hegseth is seeking roughly $80 billion in supplemental
funding to shore up defense supplies in the aftermath of the war, which
entered a truce on April 8.The US and Iran last week reached a
memorandum of understanding that kicked off 60 days of negotiations to
end hostilities across the region.Israel is not a party to the MOU or
the negotiations, and Israeli officials have criticized the agreement,
which requires a halt to Israel’s operations against Iran’s Lebanese
proxy Hezbollah, and contains no concrete concessions from Iran on its
nuclear program.Agencies contributed to this report.
PROOF HALF
ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH) (DO
NOT EVER LISTEN TO ANYBODY THAT SAYS THE WORLD IS ENDING.ITS NEVER
GONNA HAPPEN-4 BILLION WILL BE LEFT ON EARTH TO GO INTO JESUS" 1000 YEAR
RULE)(THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD TO ANY ONE, DOES
IT-NOT ME.THE EARTH IS JUST RENOVATED.NEVER ENDED.
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that
sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with
sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE
DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18
By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the
fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their
mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE
17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS
KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE
BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND
DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in
that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN
WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4
billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto
them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered
together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against
Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten
by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE
SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE
CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH
IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the
earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and,
behold, I will destroy them with the earth.(CAN YOU SAY
TORNADOES,HURRICANES,VOLCANOES,EARTH QUAKES,LANDSLIDES,FLASH
FLOODING,EXPLOSIONS,SNOW STORMS,THEN FINALLY NUKESAND ANY OTHER
JUDGEMENTS THE EARTH CAN VOMIT THE SINNERS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH
WITH.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there
shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and
troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE
SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great
signs shall there be from heaven.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,
being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
LUKE 21:25-26
25
And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in
the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the
stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations,
with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE
WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for
fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven
shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
GENESIS 16:11-12
11
And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with
child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF
THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And
he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS)
man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be
against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against
him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL
ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his
brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the
morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground,
which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine
heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars
of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the
sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above
the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF
THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that
whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM
MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
And here are the
bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or
peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels
land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the
future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan,
Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq
west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe
23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN
THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE
FUTURE.
Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN
HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A
TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - HALF OF EARTHS
POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations,
and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead
with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have
scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
And here are
the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war
or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only
Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land
in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel,
Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half
of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18,
Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY
OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND
IN THE FUTURE.
LUKE 19:40
40 And He answered and said unto them, “I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
PM:
Israel will maintain buffer zone for as long as needed-Israel and
Lebanon ink framework deal for ending conflict, including minor IDF
withdrawal-After US-Iran MOU almost derailed talks last week, Israel
agrees to pull out of two areas beyond south Lebanon buffer zone; Rubio
hails ‘beginning of the beginning’ of road to peace By Jacob Magid-27
June 2026, 1:14 am
Israel, Lebanon and the United States on
Friday signed a trilateral framework agreement aimed at paving the way
for an eventual peace deal between the two long-time Middle East
adversaries.The agreement — which includes a pilot effort in which
Lebanese soldiers take control of some small areas currently held by
Israeli troops, as well as a process aimed at disarming the Hezbollah
terror group — is the result of five rounds of talks in the US
capital.The deal “begins to put in place a framework for lasting peace
and security,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at the signing
ceremony, noting: “It’s the beginning of the beginning. There’s a lot of
work ahead.”The framework deal was reached on the fourth day of the
fifth round of talks that the US has mediated between Israel and Lebanon
in Washington, beginning in April. The latest round of fighting in the
country kicked off when Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2, in support
of Iran. Several truces declared since then have unraveled.The areas
the IDF will withdraw from have already been cleared of Hezbollah
infrastructure. In some cases, this has included Israel razing entire
Lebanese villages to the ground on the border, with the IDF arguing that
Hezbollah was using much of them to plan and carry out attacks against
Israel.Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter said Israel will
maintain its buffer zone in southern Lebanon until the Lebanese Armed
Forces demonstrate that they can dismantle Hezbollah and assume
responsibility for security.Leiter stressed that the deal will not be
based on a fixed timetable, but on measurable progress by the Lebanese
army in disarming Hezbollah.Additional “pilot” handovers from the IDF to
the LAF will take place as benchmarks are met, he said.Asked whether
Gulf states, France, Italy, or other international partners would be
used to help secure southern Lebanon, Leiter said it was too early to
discuss that idea.He said other countries could take part in Lebanon’s
reconstruction, but only after Hezbollah has been disarmed.Rubio:
Framework is ‘beginning of the beginning’Rubio, in a statement declaring
the creation of a “trilateral Military Coordination Group for Lebanon
(MCG4L), facilitated by the United States” that will implement the
agreement, also announced an “immediate” $100 million donation by the US
toward humanitarian assistance in coordination with the UN.He also said
the US Defense Department was “prepared to reimburse the Lebanese Armed
Forces with more than $30 million under existing authorities and
appropriations to support the president’s vision for an enduring peace
in Lebanon.”At the signing ceremony at the State Department in
Washington, Rubio appeared to acknowledge the limited scope of the
agreement, calling it “the beginning of the beginning.”“There’s a lot of
work ahead. We don’t in any way underestimate the difficulty of the
task ahead, but we understand the importance of it, how vital it is, and
we are honored to have played a part in bringing this together,” he
said, before going on to praise the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to
the US, who headed their countries’ respective negotiating
teams.Lebanese Ambassador Nada Hamadeh called the framework “the first
step on the road to restoring Lebanese sovereignty and territorial
integrity, securing a permanent and final cessation of hostilities,
enabling our people to go back to their land and allowing all Lebanese
to live in peace, security and prosperity.”“This was a long and
difficult meeting. We are grateful to the host and to the two
delegations for their cooperation during these talks,” she added, in an
apparent nod to Israel.‘Lioness’: Israel’s Leiter praises Lebanese
diplomat-Ambassador Leiter gave longer remarks, but made a point of
thanking Hamadeh by name “for being a very tough negotiator,” telling
her: “You and your team set an example for patriotism to your country.
You fight like a lioness, madam ambassador.”Leiter recalled that he
began talks on Tuesday, warning of an impending “trainwreck,” after the
US decided to include a ceasefire in Lebanon as part of the memorandum
of understanding it reached last week with Iran.The decision appeared to
undercut Washington’s own efforts to prevent Iran from maintaining an
influence over developments in Lebanon. The US had established the
direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in April, specifically to ensure
that Iran would not be involved in future discussions about Israel’s
continued presence in Lebanon.But either because of Iran’s significant
leverage in the Strait of Hormuz or because Washington believed that
Iran was needed to rein in Hezbollah, the US agreed to Tehran’s demands
that the memorandum of understanding inked last week include a ceasefire
in Lebanon, and then agreed to allow Iran to be part of the
deconfliction mechanism that was established to ensure that ceasefire —
both moves infuriating Jerusalem and Beirut.“Iran and its proxies wanted
a trainwreck,” Leiter said at the signing ceremony, before arguing that
such a result was prevented thanks to Rubio’s leadership. Rubio has not
been a part of the talks with Iran, which have been led by US Vice
President JD Vance.“We’ve put the train back on the tracks, and it’s
running in the right direction. Final destination: peace between our two
countries,” Leiter said. “In this performance-based, trilateral
framework agreement, Iran is out, Hezbollah is out, and the road to
peace between Israel and Lebanon is in.”He went on to maintain that the
agreement would not have been possible without the resilience of
Israel’s northern residents, the IDF, and Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s government.Netanyahu: We’ll maintain buffer as long as
needed-Netanyahu issued a video statement shortly after the agreement
was announced, touting the framework and stressing it will allow Israel
to remain in the buffer zone it created in southern Lebanon.“We will
maintain (the buffer zone) until Hezbollah disarms and as long as there
is a threat to the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said.“This is also a
major blow to Iran. Iran is trying to coax us to withdraw from southern
Lebanon by force. And in essence, Israel, Lebanon and the United States
are telling Iran – it is none of your business. You have no role in
Lebanon. Neither you, nor Hezbollah nor any terrorist organization,” he
continued.“We are also allowing the Lebanese army to start preparing to
seize territory. We are creating two pilot zones — both recommended by
the IDF.”“One is south of the Litani River and outside the (original)
security zone altogether, and the other is north of the Litani — a small
area in the expanded security zone that we conquered in the last two
weeks, and which the IDF says it does not need,” Netanyahu claimed.“We
are maintaining the original security zone, which covers the range of
(Hezbollah) anti-tank missiles. We are not allowing Hezbollah, nor the
Lebanese population, to enter that area. The most important thing is
that Israel says: ‘Our security comes first,’” the prime minister
said.His office issued a separate statement on the framework, explaining
that it paved the way for future agreements between Israel and
Lebanon.“The IDF’s freedom of military action will be maintained
throughout the security zone to eliminate threats of any kind,” the
prime minister’s office said.Withdrawal is from areas that are beyond
buffer zone-Explaining just how minor the planned IDF withdrawal from
south Lebanon will be, an Israeli official said troops will only be
pulling back from two areas that are located beyond the original borders
of the buffer zone that was established in April.In the two-plus months
that followed, the IDF pushed further north, adding additional
territory to the buffer zone. It is from two of those areas that Israel
has agreed to withdraw in today’s agreement with Lebanon; they do not
include the Beaufort Castle, which Israel recaptured in May.That lookout
point was seen as a symbol of Israel’s previous military occupation in
south Lebanon, which lasted for 18 years until the government withdrew
troops in 2000, deciding they were not significantly enhancing the
security of residents of the north even while suffering regular
casualties.Israel, in this week’s talks, insisted on maintaining the
original borders of the buffer zone, arguing it needs that amount of
territory within Lebanon to ensure northern border towns are not within
the range of Hezbollah missiles.It appears unlikely, though, that such a
limited withdrawal will satisfy Iran or its Hezbollah proxy, who argue
that Israel is violating the memorandum of understanding signed last
week, which required a permanent end to military operations in
Lebanon.Both Israel and Lebanon came into what was the fifth round of
negotiations furious at the US for the latter’s decision to sign the
MOU, a source told The Times of Israel.The US conduct led Israel to
initially harden its position in talks with Lebanon this week,
significantly limiting the areas from southern Lebanon from which it
said it was prepared to withdraw, the source said.Lebanon, meanwhile,
felt that it had to take a harder line in negotiations with Israel to
counter the notion that Iran wields greater influence over affairs in
Lebanese territory than it does.Accordingly, Lebanese negotiators
presented maps for a proposed IDF withdrawal that were more expansive
than what Israel was willing to accept at this stage, which was already
very little due to the political pressures Netanyahu’s government is
facing, according to the source.Lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah, a
representative of the terrorist group’s political wing, said Lebanese
authorities would not be able to enforce the framework agreement unless,
with US support, “they go to civil war,” Al Mayadeen reported.Fadlallah
said Hezbollah would confront any measure taken by Lebanese authorities
and would hold on to its weapons even more, adding that the group’s
opposition is “serious” and would not allow authorities to implement
their commitments on the ground.Agencies contributed to this report.
Houthis:
Lebanon has right to 'overthrow puppet government'Hezbollah says
Israel-Lebanon agreement ‘null and void’; Israel said bracing for
attack-Naim Qassem calls deal a ‘humiliation’ as allies threaten civil
war; terror group’s MP slams Beirut’s ‘submission’; Israeli defense
official vows ‘severe’ response to any attack By ToI Staff and Agencies
27 June 2026, 7:58 pm
Hezbollah’s leader on Saturday pilloried
the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed in Washington as “null and
void” and a surrender of Lebanon’s sovereignty, with the terror group’s
top ally in Beirut’s parliament going as far as calling it an
“incitement to civil war.”The deal Beirut and Jerusalem signed Friday,
the result of five rounds of talks in the US capital, is intended to
pave the way for an eventual peace agreement. It includes a pilot effort
in which Lebanese soldiers will take control of some areas held by
Israeli troops, as well as a process aimed at disarming
Hezbollah.Rejecting the agreement, the terror group’s chief Naim Qassem
called it a “humiliation” and said it should be replaced by the Iran-US
memorandum of understanding, which was signed the week before in
Switzerland, and which linked the ceasefire in Lebanon with the truce
between Iran and the US — a move that greatly concerned Israel.In a
statement, Qassem said that any attempt to link Israel’s withdrawal from
southern Lebanon to the terror group’s disarmament crossed “red
lines.”He further accused Lebanese authorities of “legitimizing” Israeli
occupation through this “grave blunder,” which temporarily leaves much
of southern Lebanon in Israeli military control, until the areas are
verified to be cleared of Hezbollah and its infrastructure and handed
over to the Lebanese military.Channel 12 and Ynet reported that Israel
was bracing for the possibility that Hezbollah will launch attacks on
IDF forces or Israeli communities in the coming days in an attempt to
undermine the newly signed framework deal.A defense official told
Channel 12 that Israel was prepared for such an eventuality, and warned
of “a severe and significant response” to any Hezbollah attack.Lebanese
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, called the deal signed
with Israel “incitement to civil war,” and warned against its
implementation.Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad, who leads the terror group’s
Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc in parliament, said the agreement showed
“the Lebanese authority’s complete submission to America and the Zionist
enemy.”Raad added that by facilitating the deal, the US violated its
“explicit commitment to Iran regarding its responsibility to pressure
Israel to withdraw completely from Lebanon and respect its sovereignty
and territorial integrity.”Additionally, Hezbollah’s Lawyers’
Association said the deal, which states that Israel and Lebanon “affirm
the right of each state to exist in peace,” was a violation of Lebanon’s
constitution, which they said “considers Zionism to be a challenge to
human dignity” and states “that it is necessary to work to eliminate
it.”The legal union added that the terms allowing Israeli troops to
maintain temporary control of Lebanese territory “constitute a coup
against the constitutional obligations related to preserving the
independence of the homeland and the integrity of its territories.“We
warn the Lebanese authorities against this dangerous and unprecedented
violation of the constitution,” the group said, calling on Beirut “to
immediately reverse this decision, stop direct negotiations, and adhere
to the option of resistance as a natural, constitutional, and law-based
option for protecting and liberating the land.”Also joining in on the
threats to the Lebanese government were the Houthis in Yemen, a fellow
Iran-backed proxy terror organization, with a senior Houthi official
saying Saturday that “the inevitable outcome of this agreement will be
one of two scenarios: a devastating Lebanese civil war or a direct
Zionist occupation of Lebanon.”“Therefore, the Lebanese people have the
right to overthrow this puppet government by any means possible,” the
Houthi official added.In Beirut, Hezbollah supporters took to the
streets Friday night to protest the agreement.In western Beirut’s Hamra
Street, 48-year-old Ahmad Shamas told AFP on Saturday that “the
agreement reached is a humiliating and shameful one.”Another local,
Husam Beiruiti, 43, wasn’t ready to write the agreement off, as he saw
no other solution.“I don’t think it will stop the Israeli aggression.
They say it will happen in the future. Let’s wait and see what this
agreement achieves,” he added.Not everyone in Lebanon came out against
the deal, however, with the Maronite Christian Kataeb Party leader and
MP Samy Gemayel congratulating Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime
Minister Nawaf Salam for the “achievement accomplished by the Lebanese
state.”I express my congratulations to the President of the Republic
@LBpresidency, the Prime Minister @nawafsalam, and the Lebanese
negotiating delegation on this achievement accomplished by the Lebanese
state. I also extend my thanks to the #UnitedStates of America for
sponsoring… — Samy Gemayel (@samygemayel) June 27, 2026“The importance
of this agreement lies in the fact that it has affirmed Lebanon’s right
to live in peace and established a path toward achieving that goal,”
Gemayel said in a post on X.“The Lebanese state has demonstrated that,
when it negotiates on behalf of Lebanon and from its legitimate
position, it is capable of securing the interests of the Lebanese
people,” he said.
Bucking threats, hundreds in Gaza seen
protesting Hamas for first time in a year-Signs read ‘God willing, Hamas
out,’ and ‘We are not pawns’; demonstrations were planned weeks in
advance; resident confirms to ToI that Hamas operatives deployed to
deter and try to stop them By Nurit Yohanan-26 June 2026, 8:37 pm
Hundreds
of Palestinians took to the streets in the Gaza Strip on Friday to
protest the Hamas terror group, footage shared on social media appeared
to show.The demonstrations against Hamas – which functions as the de
facto government in the parts of the Strip not controlled by the Israeli
military – were planned several weeks in advance, with activists
pledging a major turnout on July 26.But as the date approached, Hamas
operatives began issuing threats against Gazans considering taking part
in the protests, which may well have impacted turnout.Footage appeared
to show protesters carrying signs reading, “God willing, Hamas out,” “We
are not pawns,” and “We want to live.” In one video, chants of “Enough
with the destruction” (of Gaza) could be heard.It was unclear where
exactly in the Strip the protests were taking place.Other footage
appeared to show armed Hamas operatives deployed in the streets to
prevent demonstrations.HORRIFIC: Hamas militias are deploying their
armed, masked men into the streets across the Gaza Strip to crush the
protests. pic.twitter.com/PbtAmnJ1jO — Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) June
26, 2026-None of the footage could be easily verified, and it was not
published by the major media outlets in Gaza, which are affiliated with
Hamas.Earlier this week, several Gaza residents told The Times of Israel
that Hamas had warned journalists in Gaza not to cover the
protests.Instead, major Gazan outlets on Friday published footage
showing empty intersections where protests had allegedly been planned,
declaring the “Failure of the June 26 Revolution.”A resident of central
Gaza confirmed to The Times of Israel that masked men affiliated with
Hamas had been present in the streets of Deir al-Balah to prevent
protesters from gathering.He also said a small number of people took
part in anti-Hamas demonstrations in Gaza City and other parts of
northern Gaza, while people stayed home in central Gaza amid Hamas
warnings on social media against participating in the rallies.The
resident asked not to be named due to concerns for his safety.A Facebook
page titled “June 26 Revolution” had called for demonstrations at 18
different locations across the Strip.The day’s events marked the first
organized anti-Hamas protests in Gaza since a wave of demonstrations in
the spring and summer of 2025.One of the protest’s organizers, Abd
al-Hamid Abd al-Ati, a Gazan currently living in Cairo, wrote on his
Facebook account that “perhaps the June 26 movement did not achieve all
that we had hoped for, but the message was delivered, and the cause for
which people took to the streets remains alive.”Under a US-brokered
20-point plan to end the war, which began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023,
attack on Israel, Hamas was to disarm and hand over power to a
transitional authority, paving the way for an Israeli military pullback
and the rebuilding of the enclave, which suffered extensive destruction
during the fighting.However, those plans have yet to move beyond the
initial ceasefire stage due to Hamas’s refusal to give up its weapons
and other disagreements over implementation.Though badly battered, Hamas
has maintained enough strength to exercise control over the part of the
Strip that the IDF has pulled back from, cementing its hold by
executing opponents and others it views as threatening its rule,
according to multiple reports.
Over 700 rabbis denounce Mamdani’s
AIPAC ‘monsters’ speech as ‘dangerous’ to Jews-Leaders of prominent NY
congregations, variety of denominations say mayor has ‘put a target on
the backs of American Jews’By Luke Tress-26 June 2026, 2:01 pm
NEW
YORK — More than 700 rabbis on Friday released an open letter
denouncing New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s speech last week that
likened AIPAC to “monsters,” saying the comments endangered American
Jews and demanding an apology.The rabbis hail from New York and around
the US and represent a range of denominations, including Reform,
Conservative, Orthodox and Reconstructionist.“Mamdani’s recent speech
about pro-Israel civic participation is dangerous, unacceptable and
beneath the office he holds,” said the letter organized by The Jewish
Majority advocacy group.In Mamdani’s speech earlier this month, he
likened AIPAC, the prominent pro-Israel lobby, to “monsters” deploying
“millions in dark money” to “preserve their power,” enact genocide and
foment societal divisions.Jews have long been accused of conspiracies,
warmongering, financial deviance and pulling the strings of power from
the shadows.After accusations that the comments deployed historical
antisemitic tropes, Mamdani doubled down.The rabbis’ letter said the
rhetoric was dehumanizing, and that “when the targets of that
dehumanization are overwhelmingly associated with the Jewish community
the consequences become especially dangerous.”“Mamdani’s words invoke a
familiar story about Jewish power, Jewish money and Jewish manipulation
of public life,” the letter said. “By casting pro-Israel civic
participation as monstrous, conspiratorial and anti-democratic, Mr.
Mamdani has put a target on the backs of American Jews and their
allies.”As of Friday morning, 717 rabbis had signed the
letter.Signatories included representatives of prominent New York
congregations, including the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, Temple
Emanu-El, Temple Israel of the City of New York, the Lincoln Square
Synagogue, Romemu, Kehilath Jeshurun and Park Avenue Synagogue.The
rabbis cited recent deadly violence against Jews in Colorado and
Washington, DC, and violent plots targeting AIPAC that were thwarted by
law enforcement.Mainstream Jewish organizations such as the American
Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League, which are often at odds
with Mamdani, denounced his speech, as well as leftist Jewish groups
who are more sympathetic to the mayor.New York City Council member Eric
Dinowitz, a moderate Democrat who chairs the city’s Jewish Caucus and
Bipartisan Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, said the statements
“invoked age-old antisemitic tropes while ignoring the reality of super
PAC spending across our political system.”The rabbis’ letter also
decried a “double standard” when it comes to AIPAC, pointing out that US
politics are awash in spending from groups like corporations,
ideological super PACs and business groups.“When the outrage is reserved
for pro-Israel advocacy, and when that advocacy is described with
language of hidden money, secret control and sinister power, it gives
the appearance of antisemitism. Worse, it places Jews in danger,” the
letter said, demanding an apology from Mamdani.“Criticizing Israeli
policy is not antisemitic. Treating millions of Zionist Jews as morally
suspect, politically illegitimate or less deserving of equal
participation in public life is,” the rabbis said.The letter follows a
Jewish Majority poll last month that found that the vast majority of
Jewish New Yorkers, 82 percent, said they were very or somewhat
concerned about the rise of antisemitism in the city, and 17% said they
were only slightly or not at all concerned.Anti-Zionism was seen as a
contributor to antisemitism, with 58% of respondents stating that the
rise in antisemitism was “linked to the normalization of anti-Zionism,”
while 25% disagreed.Mamdani has pledged to fight discrimination against
Jews and has repeatedly condemned “classic” antisemitism, such as
swastika graffiti, but does not recognize any rhetoric that touches on
Israel or Zionism as discriminatory. Polls have repeatedly found that a
vast majority of Jews feel connected to Israel.After the Anti-Defamation
League found last year that some of his appointees had made
anti-Zionist statements, including that “Zionism is racism,” calling
Zionism a “genocidal ideology,” and stating that Zionists are worse than
Nazis, Mamdani defended the rhetoric.“We must distinguish between
antisemitism and criticism of the Israeli government,” he said.Mamdani
has identified as an anti-Zionist and has framed anti-Zionism as an
oppressive “modern political movement” that is separate from Judaism.
Opposing political movements is not considered discriminatory in the
US.“We are often tarred with the characterization of being antisemitic,
and let’s be clear — anti-Zionism is not antisemitism,” Mamdani told a
crowd in 2023. “We will not be scared into believing that it is because
we know that this is a politically motivated charge seeking to silence
us.”
A moon only 10 kilometres wide was hiding around Uranus for
decades. Voyager 2 missed it. Hubble missed it. But in 2025, Webb
finally caught the faint speck circling near the planet’s inner rings,
raising Uranus’s known moon count to 29.Uranus has never made discovery
easy. The planet is distant, dim, cold, and tilted so severely that its
rings and inner moons present observers with a geometry unlike the more
familiar systems of Jupiter and Saturn.By Space Daily Editorial Team ·
Editorial process-Published June 25, 2026
Uranus has never made
discovery easy. The planet is distant, dim, cold, and tilted so severely
that its rings and inner moons present observers with a geometry unlike
the more familiar systems of Jupiter and Saturn. Even when spacecraft
and space telescopes look directly at it, the small bodies near its
rings can vanish into glare, distance, and darkness.That is why the
newest Uranian moon is such a quiet but revealing find. In 2025,
astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope detected a faint point
of light near Uranus’s inner ring system. The object, provisionally
announced as S/2025 U1, is estimated to be only about 10 kilometres
wide. Its discovery raised the known moon count of Uranus to 29.The SETI
Institute announcement says the team, led by Maryame El Moutamid of the
Southwest Research Institute, found the moon in Webb NIRCam
observations taken on February 2, 2025. NASA’s Webb post describes the
detection as a series of ten 40-minute long-exposure images. The same
reports note that the moon was too small and faint to have been seen by
either Voyager 2 or the Hubble Space Telescope.A moon hidden in plain
sight-Voyager 2 remains the only spacecraft ever to have visited Uranus.
It swept past the planet in January 1986, discovered new moons,
examined the rings, and gave scientists their first close view of the
ice giant system. But a flyby is brief. It gives a spacecraft only one
geometry, one observing campaign, and one set of lighting conditions.The
newly detected moon was there at the time, assuming its orbit has been
stable over the intervening decades. Voyager simply did not have the
combination of sensitivity, exposure time, and observing angle needed to
pick it out. A 10-kilometre object near a bright planet and a ring
system is a difficult target even for good instruments.Hubble also
missed it. That is not an embarrassment for Hubble. The telescope
changed outer Solar System astronomy and discovered small moons of
Uranus in 2003. But this particular moon is fainter than the previously
known inner moons. It took Webb’s infrared sensitivity, large mirror,
and long NIRCam exposures to separate the small moving point from the
surrounding system.Where the moon orbits-The moon circles Uranus at
roughly 56,000 kilometres from the planet’s centre, between the orbits
of Ophelia and Bianca. It completes an orbit in less than half a day.
Its path is close to circular, which matters because circular inner-moon
orbits often suggest that the object formed near its current location
rather than being captured later from far away.That makes it part of the
inner Uranian system, a crowded region of rings and small moons that
behave less like separate objects and more like a coupled dynamical
environment. The small moons can shape ring edges, supply dust, collide
over long timescales, or exchange material with surrounding ring
structures.Uranus’s larger moons, including Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel,
Titania, and Oberon, are the better-known members of the family. But the
inner moons are important because they help reveal how the ring system
is maintained and how unstable the region may be. A tiny new moon does
not simply add one more name to a list. It changes the count of bodies
that have to be included in any serious model of the system.The most
powerful telescope ever built by human beings sits permanently parked
1.5 million kilometres from Earth, sheltered from the Sun by a folded
shield the size of a tennis court — keeping one side of the spacecraft
at minus 233 degrees Celsius while the other side reaches 85 degrees
above zero, a temperature difference of more than 300 degrees across a
single instrument that nobody can ever fly out to repair-We tend to
think romantic love fades into something quieter with age, but when
researchers scanned the brains of people in their 50s and 60s who said
they were still madly in love after decades of marriage, they found that
the same reward circuits seen in new lovers were still active —
suggesting that for some couples, passion doesn’t disappear; it simply
loses its anxious edge.Silicon Canals-There is no permanently dark side
of the Moon. The far side gets sunlight just like the near side — we
simply don’t see it from Earth because the Moon is tidally locked,
taking about as long to spin once as it does to orbit us once.Why Webb
could see it-Webb was not built only to look at the early universe. It
is also an extremely powerful Solar System observatory. Its infrared
instruments can study cold, distant objects in detail, and its NIRCam
images can reveal faint material near bright targets when the observing
strategy is carefully designed.In this case, the advantage came partly
from long exposures. The SETI Institute summary says the detection used
ten long-exposure frames. Long exposures collect more light from faint
targets, but they also make bright objects and scattered light harder to
manage. Observers must handle the enormous brightness contrast between
Uranus, its rings, its known moons, background sources, and any new
faint object.The result is a reminder that “missed” does not mean
“invisible forever.” An object can sit inside a well-studied planetary
system for decades and still remain undetected until a different
instrument looks in a different wavelength range with a different
observing plan.What the discovery says about Uranus-Uranus is often
treated as a quieter outer planet than Jupiter or Saturn, partly because
it has had so little spacecraft attention. But its moon and ring system
is not simple. The planet’s small inner moons are packed into a
relatively tight region. Some occupy positions near rings, while others
may be involved in the long-term stirring, confinement, or replenishment
of ring material.Matthew Tiscareno of the SETI Institute, one of the
scientists involved, said in the announcement that no other planet has
as many small inner moons as Uranus. He also noted that the
relationships between those moons and the rings point to a chaotic
history and blur the boundary between a ring system and a moon
system.That is the deeper value of the find. A tiny moon may seem minor
compared with a major satellite like Titania, but small moons can act as
tracers of a system’s structure. Their locations, sizes, and orbital
relationships reveal what the rings are doing and how the inner system
has evolved.The new moon also hints that the inventory may still be
incomplete. If Webb could find one body smaller and fainter than the
previous inner moons, then more objects may remain hidden in the glare
and geometry of Uranus’s inner system. The known count of 29 may not be
the final count.A planet waiting for a return-The discovery lands in a
wider scientific context. Uranus has not had a dedicated spacecraft
mission since Voyager 2. Most of what scientists know about its
atmosphere, magnetic field, rings, and satellites comes from that single
1986 flyby, later telescope campaigns, and remote observations from
Earth orbit or beyond.That is a thin data set for a giant planet. Uranus
is one of the Solar System’s two ice giants, a class of world that may
be common around other stars. Understanding its moons and rings is not
merely bookkeeping. It helps scientists understand how icy planetary
systems form, how ring systems change, and how small bodies survive or
are destroyed near large planets.Most assessments tell you what type you
are. This one tells you what you’re avoiding.A future Uranus orbiter
would transform the field. It could map the rings, measure the small
moons repeatedly, study their surfaces, refine their masses and orbits,
and search for additional bodies. Until then, telescopes like Webb are
doing some of the work from afar.The power of a faint point-The new moon
is small enough that it would be a modest asteroid if it orbited the
Sun. Around Uranus, it becomes part of a much larger story. It occupies a
place near the rings, moves with the inner moons, and may help define
the architecture of a system that is still not fully catalogued.The
discovery also shows how Solar System science often advances. Not always
through dramatic new landscapes, but through faint points, repeated
images, careful orbital checks, and the recognition that a dot is moving
with a planet rather than sitting in the background.Voyager 2 gave
Uranus its first close inspection. Hubble extended the search. Webb has
now found what both missed. A moon only about 10 kilometres wide was not
gone, new, or hiding by intent. It was simply too faint for the tools
that came before.For Uranus, that tiny speck is now part of the official
family. For astronomers, it is a warning against thinking the outer
Solar System has already been counted. Even around a planet visited by a
spacecraft and watched by Hubble, there are still small worlds waiting
for the right instrument to notice them.
In one drilled Martian
rock, Curiosity found 21 organic molecules — seven never before detected
on Mars — including a nitrogen-bearing ring structure that belongs to
the same chemical family as precursors to RNA and DNA.The most
interesting thing about the new Curiosity result is not simply that Mars
has organic molecules.By Space Daily Editorial Team · Editorial
process-Published June 25, 2026
The most interesting thing about
the new Curiosity result is not simply that Mars has organic molecules.
That part is no longer surprising. Curiosity has been finding evidence
of preserved organics in Gale Crater for years. What changed in the Mary
Anning 3 sample is the range of chemistry that survived inside one
drilled Martian rock.According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the
2020 sample contained 21 carbon-containing molecules. Seven were
identified on Mars for the first time. Among them was a nitrogen
heterocycle, a ring-shaped molecule containing nitrogen that belongs to a
chemical family relevant to the precursors of RNA and DNA.That does not
mean Curiosity found life. It does not even mean the molecules were
made by life. NASA is careful on this point: scientists cannot yet tell
whether the organics were produced by biological or geological
processes, and either route remains possible. But the result does show
something important about ancient Mars. Complex carbon chemistry can be
preserved in Martian bedrock for billions of years, even on a planet
whose surface is exposed to radiation and oxidising chemistry.The rock
called Mary Anning 3-The sample came from a site on Mount Sharp, the
layered mountain rising from the centre of Gale Crater. Curiosity
drilled there in 2020, in a clay-rich region known as Glen Torridon. The
particular sample was nicknamed Mary Anning 3, after the 19th-century
English fossil collector and palaeontologist.The setting matters. Gale
Crater once held lakes and streams, and the rocks in this part of Mount
Sharp record repeated wet and dry episodes in ancient Martian history.
Clay minerals are especially good at trapping and preserving organic
compounds. On Earth, clays can protect fragile molecules by binding them
into mineral surfaces. On Mars, that same protective tendency may help
organics survive long after the environment that formed them has
vanished.The new peer-reviewed paper in Nature Communications reports
the in situ detection of more than 20 organic molecules from
clay-bearing sandstones in the roughly 3.5-billion-year-old Knockfarrill
Hill member of Glen Torridon. The phrase “in situ” is important. These
molecules were detected by an instrument carried on Mars, not by a
sample returned to Earth.How Curiosity opened the chemistry-The analysis
was done by Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM, the compact laboratory
inside Curiosity’s belly. Curiosity’s drill grinds selected rock into
powder. That powder is delivered to SAM, where it can be heated so gases
are released and measured by instruments including a gas chromatograph
and mass spectrometer.For Mary Anning 3, Curiosity used a rarer method
called wet chemistry. SAM added the sample to a cup containing
tetramethylammonium hydroxide, usually shortened to TMAH. This reagent
can help break apart larger, more difficult-to-detect organic material
into smaller fragments that instruments can identify.That distinction
matters because the molecules Curiosity detected may not have been
sitting in the rock as simple loose compounds. Some could have been
released from larger organic material during the chemical experiment.
The Nature Communications paper says the TMAH experiment liberated
molecules preserved in ancient macromolecular or free organic matter
within Martian bedrock.On 12 April 1961, a 27-year-old Russian fighter
pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human being in history to
leave the Earth — sealed inside a metal sphere just over two metres
wide, with the spacecraft’s controls locked because nobody knew what the
human brain would do in weightlessness, and instructions to open a
sealed envelope only if he lost his mind during the 108 minutes he spent
orbiting the planet alone-People who were the oldest child in a 1970s
household often became, by default, a small additional parent to their
younger siblings, and the role they took on at nine or ten is, in many
cases, still running underneath their adult relationships forty years
later-The Artful Parent-In November 2011, NASA launched a car-sized
rover called Curiosity toward Mars on a planned two-year mission to look
for evidence of ancient lakes and rivers — and almost 15 years later,
the rover is still moving across the Martian surface, still drilling
into rocks, and still transmitting data back to Earth-In other words,
Curiosity may be seeing pieces of a larger chemical archive. The rover
is not reading a whole book. It is extracting fragments from a page that
has been buried, altered, irradiated, and then chemically opened inside
a robot laboratory.Why the nitrogen ring drew attention-Organic
chemistry on Mars has often been discussed in broad terms, but the
details are where the science becomes interesting. Carbon-containing
molecules can be simple or complex. They can be delivered by meteorites,
formed through non-biological reactions, altered by radiation, or
produced through life-related chemistry. A carbon molecule by itself is
not a biosignature.The nitrogen heterocycle matters because
nitrogen-bearing rings are important in prebiotic chemistry. On Earth,
nitrogen-containing ring structures are found in the bases used by RNA
and DNA. The molecule detected by Curiosity is not DNA, not RNA, and not
evidence of cells. But it belongs to a family of structures that
astrobiologists care about because such chemistry sits closer to the
pathways by which more complex biological molecules can be
assembled.NASA quoted Amy Williams of the University of Florida, the
paper’s lead author, saying the detection was notable because such
structures can be chemical precursors to more complex nitrogen-bearing
molecules. The JPL release also notes that nitrogen heterocycles had not
previously been found on the Martian surface or confirmed in Martian
meteorites.That is the careful significance of the result. It does not
say ancient Mars had life. It says one ancient Martian rock preserved
chemistry that overlaps with the kind of chemistry needed before biology
can become possible.In November 2011, NASA launched a car-sized rover
called Curiosity toward Mars on a planned two-year mission to look for
evidence of ancient lakes and rivers — and almost 15 years later, the
rover is still moving across the Martian surface, still drilling into
rocks, and still transmitting data back to Earth-The seven new Martian
detections-The 21 molecules identified in Mary Anning 3 make up the most
diverse collection of organic molecules Curiosity has found in a
Martian rock so far. Seven of them had not been detected before on Mars.
The list includes molecules with aromatic structures, sulfur-bearing
chemistry such as benzothiophene, and other carbon-rich compounds that
can be produced or preserved in several ways.Benzothiophene drew
attention because it contains both carbon and sulfur and is known from
meteorites. The comparison is useful. Meteorites have delivered organic
compounds across the early Solar System, and Mars has been receiving
extraterrestrial material for billions of years. If some of the Mary
Anning 3 chemistry came from infalling meteorites, that would still be
scientifically important. It would mean Mars can preserve delivered
organics inside ancient rocks.But endogenous formation is also possible.
Organic molecules can arise through non-biological geological
chemistry, especially where water, minerals, heat, and carbon-bearing
compounds interact. Biology is only one possible source. The hard work
now is distinguishing between pathways that can produce similar
molecular fragments.Why preservation may be the main result-Mars is a
difficult place for organic molecules to survive near the surface.
Radiation from space can damage chemical bonds. Perchlorates and other
reactive compounds can complicate the record. Wind erosion, dust,
temperature swings, and long exposure times all work against a clean
archive.Yet Mary Anning 3 appears to have held a surprisingly rich
organic inventory. That is why the finding matters for future Mars
exploration. If 3.5-billion-year-old clay-bearing rocks can preserve
diverse organics, then carefully chosen samples may still contain
chemical information about the planet’s early environments.Most
assessments tell you what type you are. This one tells you what you’re
avoiding.Your Direct Message: a free 8-minute psychological assessment
from DMNews. Maps the Tension you’ve normalized, the Noise you hide
behind, and the one truth your therapist is building toward but hasn’t
said yet.The discovery also links Curiosity’s work to later and future
missions. Perseverance has found organic signatures in Jezero Crater,
while ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover is designed to drill below the
radiation-battered surface. NASA’s JPL notes that future instruments,
including the Mars Organic Molecular Analyzer on Rosalind Franklin and
the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer for Titan, are built to use similar wet
chemistry approaches.That continuity is important. Mary Anning 3 is not
just a one-off surprise. It is a test of how to search for fragile
chemistry on worlds where the best evidence may be old, altered, and
partly hidden in minerals.The line between chemistry and life-The
temptation with a result like this is to jump too quickly from “organic”
to “alive.” Scientists use the word organic in a chemical sense:
molecules built around carbon. Many organic molecules have nothing to do
with biology. They can form in interstellar clouds, meteorites,
hydrothermal systems, atmospheres, and laboratory reactions.Still,
organic molecules are relevant to habitability because life as we know
it requires carbon chemistry, liquid water, energy sources, and certain
elements including nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen.
Ancient Gale Crater had water. Curiosity has found minerals that record
habitable conditions. Now Mary Anning 3 adds a richer inventory of
preserved organics to that picture.The result is therefore not a claim
that Mars was inhabited. It is a stronger reason to take its ancient
chemistry seriously. One drilled rock has shown that Mars can hold onto
molecules more diverse than earlier detections alone suggested,
including a nitrogen-bearing ring linked to prebiotic chemical
families.For a rover that landed in 2012, that is a reminder of how
slowly Mars gives up its details. The finding came from a sample drilled
in 2020, analysed over years, and interpreted through both Martian data
and Earth laboratory comparisons. The headline number is 21 molecules.
The deeper lesson is that ancient Mars still has chemical memory left to
read.Twelve figures that put your place in the cosmos into staggering
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NASA races to save
Swift telescope from falling back to Earth with daring rescue
mission-By MARCIA DUNN-Updated 9:01 AM EDT, June 28, 2026
CAPE
CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from
falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission.The $30 million
salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned
launch of a robotic lifesaver.NASA hired startup Katalyst Space
Technologies to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit where it
can continue hunting for some of the universe’s biggest explosions. A
three-armed spacecraft built by Katalyst will chase after Swift once it
takes off from an atoll in the Pacific’s Marshall Islands aboard an
airplane-launched Pegasus rocket. Liftoff could occur as early as
Tuesday.Scanning the cosmos since its launch in 2004, Swift has been
sinking faster and faster because of recent intense solar activity. It
needs to get to a higher, more stable orbit as soon as possible to
survive.NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — also at risk — could be
next.Like Swift, Hubble is losing altitude as the sun erupts with one
flare after another. Katalyst Space CEO Ghonhee Lee said his company’s
next-generation robot, still in development, could save the day for the
much bigger Hubble in a couple years.Only China has attempted a mission
like the upcoming one, successfully boosting a satellite into a higher
graveyard orbit four years ago.“This is the first American space robot
to go up and do anything like this,” Lee told The Associated Press.
“NASA has all these big senior observatories … all of them can benefit
from a service like this. So what we’re proving with this mission is
this is a new play in the playbook that’s available.”It will take
Katalyst’s autonomous spacecraft, named Link, about a month to
rendezvous with Swift and catch it, and another couple months to raise
its orbit from the current 224 miles (360 kilometers) to the desired 373
miles (600 kilometers).The 1.6-ton (1.4-metric ton) gamma ray
observatory must be above 185 miles (300 kilometers) for the rescue to
work. It’s expected to reach that point of no return in October,
according to the latest estimates.Roughly the size of a small kitchen
refrigerator with a 40-foot (12-meter) solar wingspan, Link sports three
arms with a reach of just over 3 feet (1 meter). Each arm has two
finger-like pinching grippers that resemble the hands of a Lego mini
figure.If all goes well, Swift could be back in business by September,
according to Lee.Worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Swift was never
designed to be repaired, let alone retrieved by hands — human or
otherwise. That’s what makes this so challenging, according to company
officials, who stress there is no guarantee it will work.NASA signed a
contract with Katalyst last September with only two requests: It has to
be a rush job, but please don’t make things worse. Nine months later,
the company is ready to rumble.“I have to be honest. No one thought it
was going to be possible. No one thought we would get as far as we’ve
already gotten today,” said Shawn Domagal-Goldman, NASA’s astrophysics
director.NASA has bought a little more time for Swift, turning off all
scientific instruments to slow its descent. Observations ceased in
February.NASA’s science mission chief Nicky Fox said it’s worth the
effort.“If we let Swift reenter, we would lose that telescope. We would
lose a lot of capability,” she said. “We don’t currently have the budget
to build another one to replace that.”While everything cannot be saved
in space, Swift is special, said Domagal-Goldman.True to its name, Swift
is designed to pivot quickly to capture late-breaking astronomical
events such as gamma ray bursts and exploding stars. With more
discoveries expected by the Webb Space Telescope and soon-to-launch
Roman Space Telescope, Swift, if saved, would be busier than ever as
“NASA’s first responder.”Katalyst sees Swift as the jumping-off point
for a new repair business in space. The company’s next-generation
robotic rescuer, scheduled to fly next year, will tackle satellites as
high as 22,300 miles (35,800 kilometers) up. Lee envisions hundreds of
robots in orbit one day, not only fixing and hoisting satellites but
also refueling them and building solar farms, data centers and other
platforms.Thirty-six-year-old Hubble, which received repeat servicing by
spacewalking astronauts during the shuttle era, could follow in 2028
with a life-extending Katalyst boost.“It’s a national treasure,” Fox
said. “People love Hubble.”___This story corrects spacecraft name to
Link.___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives
support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science
Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely
responsible for all content.
DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN ( 500 million Dead )
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that
sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 billion) of (8 billion)
to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500
million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the
beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
1 PET 5:8
8
Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he
may devour:
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle
shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and
of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants
were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all
nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of
their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG
PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION
FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and
the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the
light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of
his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold,
the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his
tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22
And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED)
there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE)
those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID
HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him
glory.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not
known.
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his
vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every
living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,
which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6
For they(False World Church and Dictator and baby murderers by abortion)
have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them
blood to drink; for they are worthy.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation
shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP
AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places,
and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of
sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in
divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from
heaven.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,
being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
LUKE 21:25-26
25
And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in
the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the
stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations,
with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE
WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for
fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION-HEAVENLY OBJECTS) for the
powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
1,400 DEAD IN THE QUAKE, 4,000 INJURED AND 50,000 MISSING.
Frustration
grows in Venezuela as earthquake death toll reaches 1,430 By REGINA
GARCIA CANO, ANDRY RINCÓN and MEGAN JANETSKY-Updated 11:32 PM EDT, June
27, 2026
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Tensions flared Saturday as
desperation grew in Venezuela’s state of La Guaira as rescuers and
civilians searched for earthquake survivors and the death toll rose
sharply to 1,430.Families reported at least 68,900 people missing
Saturday, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude
earthquakes devastated the South American nation.Venezuelans looking for
loved ones and neighbors used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare
hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of the
hardest-hit states. They were joined by a growing number of
international rescue teams who began to climb through the rubble,
offering a small glint of hope to anguished families.Tensions peaked
over what many Venezuelans viewed as an inadequate response by the
government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets
were evidently underprepared to respond to the scope of the tragedy.
Frustration was amplified by efforts to project the image of a robust
state response.Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours as crucial
for retrieving people alive, though that can be extended if they have
access to food and water. Venezuelan officials said 17 flights carrying
more than 1,600 rescue team members had touched down by Saturday.
The Manila Times-1,400 dead, 50,000 missing in Venezuela-Story by Agence France-Presse
LA
GUAIRA, Venezuela — Rescue crews raced Saturday to find survivors in
the rubble of Venezuela’s powerful earthquakes as the death toll reached
1,430 and hopes dwindled more than three days after the earth roared
and rumbled.Tens of thousands of people were reported missing as
collapsed buildings dotted cities in a country already enduring an
economic crisis and political upheaval after US special forces captured
authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro in January.Millions of people were
also feared to lack sanitation and other basic needs.Experts say the
first 72 hours after natural disasters are the key, narrow window for
finding the living. After that, the search becomes one of recovering
bodies.A Salvadoran rescue worker who declined to give his name put it
this way: “At this point, they are probably dead bodies. Thanks to God,
maybe we can find people still alive.” An 11-year-old boy was rescued
from the rubble in Caraballeda, in the north of the country, late
Saturday, interim leader Delcy Rodriguez said.“Every life is a source of
hope for Venezuela,” she said in a post on X, accompanied by a video of
the rescue.UN aid chief Tom Fletcher on Friday told AFP the death toll
could continue to soar, adding that more than 50,000 people were
missing. Facing public outrage at the response by local officials,
US-backed Rodriguez thanked other countries for the outpouring of
aid.The United States said one runway at Simon Bolivar International
Airport was partially functioning to receive C-17 US military planes,
while a naval ship had arrived off the coast.The search for survivors
saw desperate attempts by local residents to claw away rubble from
buildings that collapsed in Wednesday’s two quakes.“It’s just very
chaotic, hot and unorganized,” said Australian firefighter Craig
Demeillon, 43, who traveled alone to La Guaira from Miami to help.
“Hopefully there’s more people to find.”There was joy in the hardest-hit
coastal area of La Guaira, north of Caracas, when locals pulled an
infant alive out of the wreckage on Friday, around 32 hours after the
magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 tremors.In one social media video, a man welled up
in tears as he held the baby in his arms.The UN migration agency said
it had examined available population and damage data and had determined
that “up to 6.76 million people could be affected,” and would “require
emergency shelter, safe water, sanitation and hygiene services, health
care, protection support and essential relief items.”National Assembly
President Jorge Rodriguez reported on Saturday 1,430 dead and 3,238
people injured, while the UN estimated $6.7 billion in physical damage —
equivalent to 6 percent of Venezuela’s GDP.Venezuelans — already
battered by years of a failing economy and the turbulence of the US
intervention to topple Maduro in January — were furious at the
government.Yessica Mendoza was forced to transport her own daughter to a
morgue in Caracas after 25-year-old Yesimar Rodriguez and her husband
Jhomel Anaya, 26, did not survive the tumbling debris of their home in
La Guaira on Wednesday.“We were the ones who pulled them out ourselves.
No help ever came,” the bereaved mother, 43, told AFP, adding that the
couple would be cremated without a wake due to the rapidly advancing
decomposition of their bodies.The government has restricted access to La
Guaira state, deployed the military to the area and made it obligatory
for volunteers to obtain a safe-entry pass.Anger among those impatiently
waiting to volunteer surged as they waited for passes outside a concert
hall in the capital.“You need a permit to save lives — just imagine,”
complained Carlos Itriago, 27.“I’ve been here since dawn standing in
line so I can go rescue people,” said Ezequiel Rivero, 53.“Look at what
time it is... how many lives have we already lost by now?” Rodriguez
said she had spoken with US President Donald Trump and Secretary of
State Marco Rubio, who “reaffirmed their commitment to supporting the
response efforts.”The US said earlier it was sending a disaster response
team of more than 250 personnel, including three special
search-and-rescue units with dogs trained to locate people trapped
beneath the rubble.Twenty-one countries were sending search-and-rescue
teams, parliament chief Rodriguez said.Venezuela’s worst earthquakes in
more than a century have come after the oil-rich country endured more
than a decade of economic collapse.The crisis has hollowed out hospitals
and public services, driving millions to leave the country.And the
country remains in a fragile political transition six months after the
US ouster of Maduro.Earthquakes of similar magnitude claimed more than
200,000 lives in Haiti in January 2010 and 73,000 lives in Kashmir in
October 2005.Those killed in Venezuela included 28 Portuguese nationals,
six Spaniards, two Brazilians, seven Chinese nationals, one Chilean,
one Italian-Venezuelan and one Uruguayan.
Death toll in Venezuela
quake tops 1,400 as rescue efforts intensify By Vivian Sequera-June 27,
20269:22 AM EDTUpdated 2 hours ago
LAGUAIRA/CARACAS, June 27
(Reuters) - The death toll from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes
rose above 1,400 on Saturday as foreign rescue teams poured into the
country and authorities pressed on with the search for survivors in the
hardest-hit coastal areas.The updated toll came as rescuers fanned out
across La Guaira and parts of Caracas, where families and volunteers
have spent days pulling survivors and bodies from the rubble, often
complaining of scant heavy equipment and a limited official
presence.Officials said more than 1,600 foreign rescuers had arrived and
that additional teams were on the way, adding to a growing
international response to the twin quakes that struck on Wednesday and
unleashed hundreds of aftershocks.In Caraballeda, one of the worst-hit
areas of La Guaira, U.S. helicopters ferried rescue teams into a dusty
landing zone, according to Reuters witnesses, dropping off crews before
taking off again.Among the crowds of volunteers was Alejandro Serrano, a
33-year-old industrial engineer who had traveled from San Cristobal in
western Venezuela searching for his 24-year-old sister, Ana Serrano,
who lived in the Bahía Mar building in Caraballeda, which was destroyed
in the quakes.Serrano said he searched Thursday night at Caracas' Perez
Carreno Hospital, but did not find her. He said he had given his
sister's details and the address to rescue teams from Argentina and El
Salvador."I hope they don't find her" in the rubble, he said, meaning he
hoped she was still alive. "But I need to find her."SLEEPING IN THE
STREET-Residents said the response in some areas had been uneven, though
heavy machinery was working in parts of Caraballeda and Los Corales by
Saturday.In the small Los Corales area known as Valle del Pino, Beisy
Rivas, 60, said five or six homes in her neighborhood were still
standing but had been damaged."Since the night of the earthquakes,
almost all the neighbors have been sleeping in the street because of
the aftershocks," she said. "My nerves are on edge, thinking about the
dead and about the people who lost relatives."Nearby, Yendri Santana
said some homes in her 30-house development had cracks in the walls,
though no one there had died. Sitting on a curb with Rivas after
collecting food donations from a truck, Santana said her sister had
lost her small home but survived."It hurts to see people struggle so
much only to lose everything," she said.Authorities continued to
restrict access to La Guaira and maintained controls on the main road
from Caracas, saying traffic was slowing emergency vehicles. Civilians
not attached to official rescue teams needed credentials to pass
checkpoints.Power throughout the region was gradually returning.
Venezuela's power grid, crippled by years of underinvestment and
economic sanctions, regularly experiences problems, leading to daily,
hours-long blackouts in some regions.55,000 MISSING-Although the
government has said hundreds are missing or trapped, more than 55,000
people are listed as unaccounted for on a website promoted by the
country's opposition.The U.S. Geological Survey estimated more than
10,000 deaths were possible from the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes,
which would place them among Latin America's deadliest of the last
century.The disaster could have political consequences for interim
President Delcy Rodriguez, who has portrayed herself as an agent of
change even though she served as vice president to Nicolas Maduro, who
was ousted and arrested by the U.S. in January.Pope Leo, speaking in
Rome on Saturday, offered prayers for the victims, their families and
those involved in relief operations, and said he hoped global solidarity
with Venezuela would endure.The U.S. has sent aid to Venezuela in the
aftermath of the quakes. A senior U.S. administration official said on
Saturday that a funding package worth hundreds of millions of dollars is
expected to be announced within the next day or so, in addition to $150
million that the Trump administration has already committed.A White
House official also told Reuters that a renewed push by Venezuelan
opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who left Venezuela late last
year, for U.S. help to return home is frustrating senior officials in
Washington, who said it was too soon after the disaster.Reporting by
Vivian Sequera in La Guaira, additional reporting by Mayela Armas and
Deisy Buitrago in Caracas, Julia Symmes Cobb in Bogota, Eliana
Raszewski in Buenos Aires and Karen J. Brettell in Washington, writing
by Julia Symmes Cobb, editing by Alexander Smith, Alistair Bell, Chizu
Nomiyama, Rod Nickel
Europe's heat dome causing triple digit temps. We explain where and why-Story by Janet Loehrke and Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY
Parts
of Europe are enduring a record-breaking early summer heatwave."France
has just experienced its hottest night since measurements began in
1947," said Jason Nicholls, international meteorologist with
Accuweather, speaking about the evening of June 23. "That follows the
hottest afternoon ever recorded nationwide 37.8 °C (100°F)."The extreme
heat has led people to seek relief in cooler waters. In France, 40
people have drowned in the past few days, the prime minister said on
June 23.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox
each morning.A powerful, high-pressure heat dome has spread across the
continent, trapping a stagnant mass of superheated Saharan air. This
unusually intense heatwave extends from the Iberian Peninsula to major
Western European capitals. Several regions are expected to break their
all-time heat records, which typically occur in July, according to
Severe Weather Europe.Europe is warming at more than twice the global
average, according to the World Meteorological Organization, making such
prolonged heat episodes increasingly likely.Areas in Europe
experiencing excessive heat-European heat waves can be especially
dangerous because of relatively poor ability to mitigate the heat. Just
about 20% of European households have air conditioning. By contrast,
nearly 90% of American homes have some kind of AC. Reuters reported that
in Paris, residents were facing sleepless nights in apartments
ill-equipped for heat.What's causing Europe's heat wave? Jet streams
naturally shift in broad loops known as Rossby waves. When these waves
grow exceptionally large, they can stretch and constrict the flow,
isolating a high-pressure zone between the northern and southern
branches, according to the Weather.com."The heat is due to the upper low
that developed over the Azores late last week," said Nicholls. The
upper low has since moved closer to Spain and France. "The longevity is
due to a blocking pattern over central Asia."Atmospheric blocks keep
high-pressure systems stalled over an area for days or even weeks,
leading to intense and prolonged periods of extreme heat, according to
the Climate Adaption Center.Impact of a heat dome in Europe-The heatwave
in Europe is coming from a heat dome, which is "an exceptionally hot
air mass that develops when high pressure aloft prevents warm air below
from rising, thus trapping the warm air as if it were in a dome,"
according to the National Integrated Heat Health Information System.When
will Europe see relief from the heat?"The heat should ease from
northwest to southeast across Europe starting this weekend," said
Nicholls.According to Weather.com, London will endure intense heat
through June 26, with conditions easing over the weekend. Paris,
meanwhile, will remain in the grip of the heat through June 27, with
thunderstorms on June 28 paving the way for cooler air to arrive by June
29.Across Germany, the heat wave will strengthen and persist through
the weekend before moderating on June 29. In the broader Central
European region, peak heat is expected from this weekend into June 29,
followed by a gradual cooldown arriving between June 30 and July 1.
Europe's heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C-Story by Neil Murphy
Europe's
unprecedented early summer heatwave may be responsible for hundreds of
excess deaths, according to the head of the World Health Organization
(WHO).Temperature records were broken across the continent again on
Sunday – including in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic – as the
extreme heat continued to move east.In a post on X, WHO chief Tedros
Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 1,300 excess deaths had been recorded
since 21 June "linked to high temperatures in Europe"."Heat stress is
often called the 'silent killer' - and European homes, workplaces and
schools were not built for these temperatures," he said.On Sunday
morning, France's national health ministry said there had been around
1,000 more deaths than expected in the country since Wednesday.Many of
the extra fatalities are among those aged 65 over, the agency said,
after logging a 40% rise in the number of people dying at home."Europe
is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, heating at twice the global
average," Tedros warned.Millions of people across the continent are
currently "living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are
shut, grids are buckling", he added.On Sunday, Germany experienced its
hottest-ever day for the third consecutive day after 41.7C was recorded
in the east of the country, preliminary data showed.A station in
Coschen, near the Polish border in eastern Brandenburg, recorded 41.7C
at around 16:00 local time.The Czech Republic set its second temperature
record in two days, recording 41.1C at Doksany, north of Prague, the
meteorological institute CHMI said.CHMI said it expected the heat to
peak on Sunday, with rather heavy storms forecast for western areas
later.Poland also broke its all-time temperature record with 40.5C in
the town of Slubice, a spokeswoman for the Institute of Meteorology and
Water Management (IMGW) told the AFP news agency on Sunday.Climate
change was responsible for the extreme weather, Tedros said, warning
that Europe was warming at "twice the global average"."Driven by climate
change and global warming, the phenomenon of the 'once-in-a-generation'
heatwave is now occurring nearly annual," he said.He called on European
countries to "implement heat health action plans", as part of a push to
safeguard health in the face of climate change.
Moment lightning strikes Eiffel Tower as European nations bask in record temperatures-Story by Perkin Amalaraj.
This
is the electrifying moment the Eiffel Tower is struck by lightning as
thunderstorms swept across Paris following a major heatwave.
Photographer Bertrand Kulik, 46, watched nature put on a breathtaking
display from his home in the French capital last night, photographing
repeated lightning strikes hitting the iconic landmark. The storm that
engulfed Paris last night saw winds reach up to 93mph, while countless
lightning strikes illuminated the sky above the City of Lights.Kulik
said: 'I took these photographs from my home in Paris. I had a front-row
seat to the storm and could feel how privileged I was to be in the
perfect place to capture these images and witness the phenomenon.'The
storms came after a massive days-long heatwave this week, which French
officials said had caused around 1,000 more deaths than expected.'Since
June 24, approximately 1,000 additional deaths (unconsolidated figures)
have been observed compared to the deaths recorded in previous months,'
Public Health France said in a statementMany of the extra fatalities are
among those aged 65 and upwards, the agency said, after logging a 40
percent rise in the number of people dying at home. Parisians took to
sleeping outside last night as temperatures rose above 40C amid a
sweltering heatwave that continues to grip Europe. Pictures showed
people lying on inflatable mattresses and blankets in the French
capital's green spaces in the early hours of Saturday morning. Meanwhile
parts of Europe are set to bake in heat today. At least 191 million
people are forecast to endure temperatures of at least 35C on Sunday,
with the heat particularly intense in Germany, the Czech Republic,
Hungary and Poland. A total of 381 million people in Europe, excluding
Turkey, will see temperatures surpass 30C, according to analysis based
on forecasts from the German Meteorological Service and 2025 population
projections from the Joint Research Centre collated by Austrian NGO
Klimadashboard. The World Health Organisation said Sunday that over
1,300 excess deaths had been recorded in Europe since June 21 in
connection with the record-breaking heatwave roasting much of the
continent. 'Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat,
hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling,' WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, adding that 'more than 1,300
excess deaths have been recorded since 21 June linked to high
temperatures in Europe'.Poland surpassed its all-time heat record with
temperatures reaching 40.5C, a spokeswoman for the Institute of
Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) said. 'According to telemetry
data and operational data at this moment,' the new high was registered
in the western town of Slubice, she said. Poland's all-time temperature
record was set in 1921.In Sweden, several people were injured, including
one seriously, when lightning struck a tree at an amusement park in
southern Sweden on Sunday.'Today we had a severe thunderstorm over
Tosselilla, which led to several lightning strikes directly in the area.
This has resulted in a few people being injured,' the Toselilla
Sommarland park said in a post to Facebook.It initially said there were
no serious injuries, but local health officials later said a 45-year-old
woman was in hospital with 'serious injuries'.Two others were taken to
hospital by ambulance, while two adults and five children were seeking
treatment.'All with minor injuries,' regional health authority Region
Skane said in a statement.Public broadcaster SVT reported that the
amusement park had anticipated the storm and made sure no visitors were
on the rides or in the waterpark pools.However, lightning struck a tree
on the site, and a group passing nearby was hit by falling debris.The
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) on Sunday
issued warnings for large parts of southern Sweden as thunderstorms and
heavy rain swept across the region.In the UK, an amber warning for
extreme heat has been extended but the record-breaking hot spell is
coming to a close.The Met Office warning covering the East and South
East now runs until 9am on Sunday.Heat records were broken on three
consecutive days from Wednesday, reaching a provisional peak of 37.3C in
Santon Downham in Suffolk on Friday, and Saturday saw a high of 32.3C
in the same location.The day's heat and humidity has caused
thunderstorms to develop, and a yellow thunderstorm warning is active
until 11pm on Saturday.It says frequent lightning, large hail, gusty
winds and brief heavy downpours are possible in central and eastern
parts of England.Thunderstorms have already hit the UK and the weather
disrupted flights on Saturday.A total of 484 inbound and outbound
flights were delayed across Gatwick and Heathrow airports by the
evening, according to the FlightAware tracker.Heathrow had 42% of its
flights delayed and Gatwick 50%, it said.Meanwhile, early on Saturday
morning, Kent Fire and Rescue Service were responding to three house
fires caused by lightning strikes.The thunderstorms forecast on Saturday
evening will move rapidly north-eastwards before clearing above the
North Sea.The Met Office warning said short term loss of power is
possible and damage to vulnerable structures.High temperatures are
clinging on in East Anglia and some face another tropical night that
will not drop below 20C on Saturday.However, temperatures are expected
to drop by around 5C or 6C the following day.This will produce highs of
25C to 26C on the eastern coast and around the mid-to-low 20Cs
elsewhere.Humidity levels will also fall to give 'a much fresher feel
than what we saw for the latter part of last week', Met Office
meteorologist Liam Eslik said.The heatwave smashed the long-standing
record for June heat, which dates back to the summer of 1976, by more
than 1C, which is significant given such records were usually broken
only by a fraction of a degree in the past.A total of six people drowned
during the hot weather and there were 15 water-related fatalities in
May.Scientists warned that the heatwave would have been virtually
impossible 50 years ago, with human-driven climate change fuelling more
intense and frequent extreme heat events.Health chiefs warned of the
impact the conditions were having on services this week as they faced
significantly more life-threatening emergency calls.Hundreds of schools
and nurseries were forced to close and a hosepipe ban was brought in for
Kent amid surging demand.Several hospitals declared critical incidents,
with University Hospital Southampton forced to cancel a number of
planned operations and some outpatient appointments.The heatwave was
driven by a 'heat-dome' – an area of high pressure that stalls over a
region and traps heat – settling over western Europe and bringing
extreme conditions across the continent.This has been compounded by
human-driven climate change, mostly caused by burning fossil fuels,
which is making such extreme heatwaves more frequent and intense.
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of
Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE
HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an
angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all
the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the
flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men,
and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of
all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS
TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN
FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING
BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @
39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the
earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY)
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS)
and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U
WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS)
that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the
horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were
filled with their flesh.
Zephaniah 2:1-15
1 Gather together, yes, gather,O shameless nation,
2
before the decree takes effect[a] -before the day passes away like
chaff—before there comes upon you the burning anger of the Lord, before
there comes upon you the day of the anger of the Lord.
3 Seek the
Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands;[b] seek
righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of
the anger of the Lord.
4 For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon
shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to you inhabitants of the
seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against
you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no
inhabitant is left.
6 And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, with meadows[c] for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7
The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of
Judah, on which they shall graze, and in the houses of Ashkelon they
shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will be mindful of
them and restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heard the taunts of Moab
(JORDAN) and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my
people and made boasts against their territory.
9 Therefore, as I
live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become
like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles
and salt pits, and a waste forever.The remnant of my people shall
plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11
The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods
of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the
lands of the nations.
12 You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.
13
And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy
Assyria,(SYRIA) and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like
the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of
beasts;[d] even the owl and the hedgehog[e] shall lodge in her
capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the
threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the
exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and
there is no one else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild
beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Sa'ar: No
free meals; talks possible if more hostages freed Israel halts aid into
Gaza, citing Hamas refusal to extend first phase of truce
Footnotes-a
-Zephaniah 2:2 Hebrew gives birth, b-Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his
judgment, c-Zephaniah 2:6 Or caves, d-Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of
every nation, e-Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl
and hedgehog is uncertain
DANIEL 2:37-45
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38
And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and
the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made
thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after
thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third
kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And
the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh
in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these,
shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the
feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom
shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of
these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never
be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it
shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand
for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of
the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the
brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known
to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is
certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
DANIEL 7:17-26
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from
all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his
nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue
with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of
the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn
that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was
more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of
the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,
which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole
earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the
ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and
another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first,
and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words
against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High,
and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
THE WORLD IN 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS LEAD BY THE EUROPEAN UNION THE WORLD LEADER, NOT AMERICA.I PREDICT.
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND REVIVED ROMAN WORLD GOVERNMENT
DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17
First From Daniel Chapter 2
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (HEAD OF GOLD) DAN 2:31-32,36-38, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (CHEST & ARMS OF SILVER) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (WAIST & HIPS OF BRONZE) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (2 LEGS OF IRON) DAN 2:33,40, ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) (FEET IRON & CLAY) DAN 2:33,41-43,10 TOES
Now From Daniel Chapter 7
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (LION WITH EAGLES WINGS) DAN 7:4, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (BEAR ON HIND LEGS) DAN 7:5, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (LEOPARD 4 WINGS, 4 HEADS) DAN 7:6, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (HUGE IRON TEETH) DAN 7:7 (10 HORNS), ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) DAN 7:8,19-20,23-25 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS
REV
17:9,12, 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS, 7 HILLS ROME. REV 13:1 BEAST WITH 7 HEADS.
THE E.U LEADER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, 8:23,
REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16
REVELATION 17:10-12
10 And there are
seven kings (7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) five are fallen, (EGYPT,
ASSYRIA, BABYLON,:MEDO-PERSIAN,GREECE and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS
DAY-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he
cometh,(FUTURE-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE-EUROPEAN UNION TODAY) he must
continue a short space.(7 YEARS OF WORLD DOMINATION-BUT 3 1/2 YEARS OF
NEW WORLD ORDER OR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT)
12 And the ten horns (10
WORLD TRADE BLOCS OR REGIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which
have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour
with the beast.
REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (10
WORLD TRADE BLOCS-NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have
received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the
beast.
13 These have one mind,(WORLD SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
We
shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only
question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or
consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February
1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in
1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a
man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection
to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten
to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept
him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
DICK
MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t
look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.
THE CLUB OF ROME FOUNDER AURELIO PECCEI WANTS THE WORLD IN 10 REGIONAL TRADING BLOCKS.
REVELATION 16:1-2
1
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels,
Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the
earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth;
and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the
mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16
And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, (SLAVE) to receive a mark in their right hand, or in
their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
I KNOW THIS MARK WILL
BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP WHAT THE WORD MARK
SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE
VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS DICTATORS MARK. NOW
LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE.
UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW
AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION
13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION
AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO
IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA, KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE
SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS A BADGE OF SERVITUDE),
OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM 5482 XAPAE CHARAX,
KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A POINT; AKIN TO 1125
THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E (BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR
RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM
1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO "GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE;
FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING, -TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 -
STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα, στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick;
(cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German stechen, English stick, sting, etc.;
Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in or branded upon the body. According
to ancient oriental usage, slaves and soldiers bore the name or stamp of
their master or commander branded or pricked (cut) into their bodies to
indicate what master or general they belonged to, and there were even
some devotees who stamped themselves in this way with the token of their
gods (cf. Deyling, Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα
τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.) Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in
Galatians 6:17 says he bears branded on his body, are the traces left
there by the perils, hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by
him for the cause of Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and
approved votary, servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on
Galatians, the passage cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian,
Plutarch, Lcian, others.)
THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo
THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD.
LEVETICUS 19.28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
HERES WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE (SINCE THERE WILL BE WORLD GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE)-UPDATED VERSION (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
01 CANADA, U.S.A, MEXICO
02 EUROPEAN UNION,WESTERN EUROPE
03 JAPAN
04 AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, S AFRICA, ISRAEL AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
05 EASTERN EUROPE
06 SOUTHERN, CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICAS
07 NORTH AFRICA, AND MIDEAST (MOSLEMS)
08 CENTRAL AFRICA
09 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
10 CENTRAL ASIA
THE
CLUB OF ROME WANTS A WORLD CHARISMATIC DICTATOR (EITHER RELIGIOUS,
POLITICAL OR SCIENTIFICAL) TO HEAD THIS WORLD GOVERNMENT. REV 13:3,7-8,
DAN 7:23-24
WORLD POWERS IN THE END TIME
NORTH - RUSSIA EZEK 38:1-2, 39:1-2
SOUTH - EGYPT DAN 11:42
EAST - CHINA DAN 11:44,REV 16:12
WEST - EUROPEAN UNION DAN 7:23-24 (NOT THE U.S.A)
http://israel7777777.blogspot.ca/2012/03/10-world-trade-blocs-one-world.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2006/09/how-eu-takes-world-control.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/05/one-world-religion-crislam.html
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of
Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE
HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an
angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all
the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the
flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men,
and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of
all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS
TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN
FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING
BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @
39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the
earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY)
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS)
and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U
WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS)
that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the
horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were
filled with their flesh.
COUNCIL FOR EUROPE ON DEFENCE
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6d6f889c-e58d-4caa-8f3b-8b93154fe206_en?filename=SAFE%20Regulation.pdf
Pressure
grows to suspend EES checks during European summer travel-Airport
operators warn mandatory border enrollment cannot keep pace with peak
travel as calls grow for temporary flexibility-Jun 26, 2026, 1:32 pm EDT
| Masha Borak
Airports in Rome are considering suspending the
Entry-Exit System (EES) during the summer travel season.Marco Troncone,
chief executive of Aeroporti di Roma (ADR), warned on Thursday that
allowing passengers to skip the biometric border registration scheme was
the only way to avoid a “disaster” in the coming weeks.“We are very
worried for the summer,” Troncone told The Financial Times. “The process
proves to be incompatible with the peak volumes that we are going to
face. So the only way is to open up the valve. There is no way that we
can deliver 100 percent of the enrollment.”Aeroporti di Roma manages
Rome Fiumicino Airport and Rome Ciampino Airport.Italian airports are
not the only ones struggling with the rollout of the system. On Tuesday,
Stefan Schulte, president of industry group Airports Council
International Europe (ACI EUROPE), said that airports “urgently need
full flexibility for border control authorities to suspend the EES
whenever needed.”Schulte notes that the decision on suspensions is left
to individual governments, not to airports themselves. Politicians
should “stop pretending… that the EES is working just fine,” he told the
BBC.He also cautioned that the summer peak extends well beyond early
September, and that failure to address it could result in a total system
breakdown.“Passengers are queuing for hours at peak traffic times and I
just do not know how we will be able to cope in the coming weeks with
the expected increase in traffic,” says Schulte, who is also head of the
company that owns Frankfurt Airport.The International Air Transport
Association (IATA) has previously warned that waiting times for passport
checks this summer could reach six hours.UK travelers, in particular,
have been suffering through long queues and missed flights. Last week, a
Ryanair flight from Athens to London reportedly left without 20 to 50
passengers due to passport control delays. Similar scenes played out in
April, when just 34 of 156 passengers managed to board their easyJet
flight from Milan to Manchester due to the EES rollout.Last month, Greek
officials said they would exempt British visitors from biometric
registration upon arrival in the country for summer holidays, but the
Greek Foreign Ministry later denied the claim.According to the EES
rules, all third-country nationals must register their facial and
fingerprint when entering the Schengen Area. To prevent long queues, the
European Commission has allowed all 29 Schengen countries that use the
system to partially suspend EES operations throughout the summer.The EU,
however, does not plan to soften the new border regime after September,
with Frontex warning last week that queues could persist for another
two years.
Biometrics market signals strong as providers expand reach-Jun 27, 2026, 1:27 pm EDT | Chris Burt
The
expansion of the global biometrics market, fast and steady, can
sometime be obscured by the controversies that come along with powerful
new technology and a competitive business environment. Headlines from
the past week serve as a reminder of the momentum behind biometrics
providers and digital identity projects around the world, and reveal
some interesting clues about the direction those projects will take
going forward.M&A and investments-ROC’s acquisition of ZTC is
targeted at expanding its video intelligence platform end-to-end,
building its face biometrics core capability into an overall digital
forensics investigation platform. The deal continues the post-IPO
clarification of vision for ROC serving a customer base beyond its
federal government core.Incode is building a network for sharing fraud
signals while doubling down on its privacy-first, decentralized vision
through the acquisition of Identiq. A key market expansion operating
here is the threat of agentic AI, which can be mitigated by pooling
data. Incode CEO Ricardo Amper has also shared insights into the deal
with Biometric Update for an interview article coming next
week.Investors remain bullish on IDfy, and by extension the Indian KYC
market, as seen in the $23 million the company has picked up to expand
its risk detection tools. IDfy is marching towards an IPO with a
self-declared timeline of 5 years.Intellicheck’s growth has landed it on
the Russell 3000 index as one of America’s largest publicly traded
companies, which helps positions its stock with institutional
investors.Familiar faces, new tech-NEC is supplying live facial
recognition to Western Australia Police for trial deployment in public
spaces, in one of the first deployments of LFR in a democratic country
other than the UK. If the UK’s example holds, a single van in a single
state could expand over time to a much broader rollout.BioRugged is
already bigger than many people realize, particularly non-identity
industry insiders, but is offering its new height-aware biometric camera
platform to European system integrators first, in a different strategy
from its past products.Passkey adoption has reached the point where
those platforms that are holding out can be named and shamed. Enter “Why
No Passkeys?”, which calls out the most popular sites in each country
still lacking passkey support.Familiar challenges, new tech-A dramatic
expansion in biometrics use, like ambitious plans to make digital
identity practically universal, comes with urgent privacy concerns.EU
Member States will be allowed, but not required, to let people opt out
of including face biometrics in their EUDI Wallet, under an agreement
struck last week. Epicenter.works warns that pressuring people to share
their sensitive data will only prevent them from using it as it becomes
useful to them.As identity is woven into infrastructure, the pipeline of
governance policies and protective technologies will accordingly
increase in importance.To help grow that pipeline, the UN and UNDP are
each launching accelerators; the former for DPI safeguards and the
latter for open-source African DPI.The same kind of innovative data
protection infrastructure World uses for biometrics processing is
available to all identity companies. Taceo CEO Lukas Helminger tells
Biometric Update a market is forming for technologies like his company’s
Private Shared State cryptography.Please let us know your favorite
podcast or webinar series about the biometrics and digital identity
industry in the comments below or through social media.
Ethiopia
builds DPI to power sovereign digital state-MESOB super app showcases
how digital ID, payments and cloud infrastructure are converging into a
unified national platform-Jun 26, 2026, 10:53 am EDT | Ayang Macdonald
Ongoing
efforts by the government of Ethiopia to build a digitally sovereign
state were in the spotlight recently during the MESOB Innovation
Exhibition event which took place in the capital Addis Ababa.The event,
which brought together several tech startups and other industry
stakeholders, was an opportunity to further reflect on how the country
is trying to build its sovereignty stack, a convergence around identity,
finance, data governance, and infrastructure hemmed into a single and
interoperable ecosystem that will define national autonomy in the medium
and long term.MESOB is a platform built to drive digital government
services in Ethiopia, with 185 government services already integrated
with the super app.Ethiopia is running the second largest digital ID
project in Africa, after Nigeria, with more than 40 million people
already registered for it, a testimony to its growing scale and
adoption.Through the foundational identity known in the local language
as Fayda, it is also building other public infrastructure, integrating
services with passport applications being the latest in series, and
streamlining how people get authenticated for service delivery.According
to an analysis by the Institute of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia is not
just digitizing services; it is building the institutional muscles
needed to govern in an increasingly networked world.The piece argues
that just as roads and power grids once defined state reach, digital
infrastructure such as the Fayda digital ID and the Telebirr payment
system now define the state’s operational coherence and economic
visibility.Combined with a robust data protection framework
(Proclamation No. 1321/2024), Ethiopia is seen as trying to build a
system where trust is institutionalized, like Kenya is trying to do, and
one that ensures citizens engage with digital services because they are
convinced the state can protect their data.These DPI efforts, according
to the analysis, are also helping to build trust architecture by
reducing the friction between citizens and institutions, allowing the
state to see, serve, and tax its economy in ways that were previously
impossible. In some ways, the write-up qualifies the efforts as moving
Fayda beyond a card to something that acts as the nervous system
connecting finance, health, and education, to mention just a
few.Ethiopia’s sovereignty push mirrors a growing global trend whereby
DPI is no longer seen as a technical supplement to governance, but as
its very foundation. Other countries like Papua New Guinea are
leveraging domestic and international partnerships to address digital
skills and capacity gaps in their sovereignty push.As part of the
sovereignty dynamic, the Ethiopian government is also looking toward
self-reliance on national data cloud and the manufacturing of digital
devices under the Ethiopia National Cloud initiative.Prime Minister Abiy
Ahmed says the facility is being built at the Ethiopian Artificial
Intelligence Institute and it will have a capacity that surpasses that
of all existing data infrastructure in the country.In May, the PM
mentioned that the cloud infrastructure could be available within 18 to
24 months, adding that it will go a long way in driving the country’s
digital transformation efforts.
Nepal cancels ID tender, betting
on domestic control-Government cancels international support tender and
brings ID management in-house as card backlogs, outages and security
concerns grow-Jun 23, 2026, 2:41 pm EDT | Lu-Hai Liang
Nepal is
facing mounting problems with its national identity system as printing
challenges, a purported security issue and a tender cancellation is
adding to delays.The government has scrapped a global tender for the
operation, maintenance and technical support of the National Identity
Card Management Information System (NIDMIS). The Kathmandu Post reports
that the Nepali government has instead chosen to manage the system
internally.The NIDMIS Support and Maintenance tender was cancelled on
May 8. The Prime Minister’s office and Council of Ministers will take
full control of the system, which is under the umbrella of the Ministry
of Home Affairs and the constituent Department of National ID and Civil
Registration.According to an official quoted by The Kathmandu Post, the
tender process was cancelled before technical evaluation was completed.
The tender was published on December 17, 2025, and three companies
applied. These were Gravity Group IND LLC of Dubai, Iris Corporation of
Malaysia and IN Smart Identity (formerly Idemia Smart Identity) of
France.The department’s director general Namaraj Ghimire was shifted to
the Muslim Commission on May 11. The Ministry of Home Affairs made joint
secretary Krishna Poudel the new director general on June 1. According
to an official from the prime minister’s office, the decision was made
to ensure domestic control of citizen data and that technical experts
would be brought in to strengthen Nepal’s digital sovereignty.Functions
including biometric enrollment, data storage and card printing have
depended on foreign technology providers. Technical support for the
national ID programme was provided by Advantage International Pvt Ltd, a
local branch under Idemia, with which the Nepali government signed an
agreement in 2018. It covered biometric registration, smart card
production, personalization and other technical services.Following that
agreement’s expiry, the now-cancelled international tender was
launched.The administration of prime minister Balendra Shah, who took
office on March 27, is looking to centralize digital governance and IT
systems. Shah’s government is planning to establish an Information
Technology and Electronic Governance Office, which will sit alongside
the just created Ministry of Science, Technology, and
Innovation.However, the country is facing a sharp reduction in
card‑printing capacity. One of the two French‑supplied industrial
printers has failed and the other is running without proper maintenance.
This has cut daily output of national ID cards from 16,000–18,000 to
about 3,000. Technicians warn the department lacks the expertise to
recover from a major system failure.The slowdown has increased an
already large backlog. Biometric data has been collected from 20 million
people, but only 7.8 million cards have been printed. Recent server
outages have further disrupted services and dropped public
confidence.Nepal’s digital transformation step sees security
setback.Less than 24 hours after a National Identity Card download
service was launched, the service became unavailable. The outage
followed an investigation by online publication Khoj Samachar, which
found alleged security issues with the system.The download service was
intended to let citizens download their National Identity Cards directly
to their smartphones without needing to visit government offices. It
was seen as a step forward in Nepal’s ongoing digital transformation,
allowing citizens to avoid paperwork and visiting physical centers.The
investigation reportedly found the system could expose sensitive
personal documents, as anyone only needed to obtain someone’s full name,
date of birth and citizenship issuance date to access and download that
person’s national ID document. There was reportedly no additional
verification layer.According to Eurasia Review, the Khoj Samachar
investigation sparked much online discussion and concern, while it also
reported the system was offline (404’d) less than a day after the report
was published.Overall, ID delays are becoming more serious as the
national ID is increasingly required for passports, licences, banking,
social security and other essential services. While the government
argues that local management improves data sovereignty, officials fear
the department lacks the skills and resources to operate the system
reliably. Successful rollout hinges on how quickly technical capacity
can be rebuilt.
Google brings liveness detection to anti-bot
verification-New verification method analyzes hand movements and
anatomical landmarks in real time-Jun 22, 2026, 11:05 am EDT | Lu-Hai
Liang
Google is testing a new reCAPTCHA method that asks users to
perform simple hand gestures on camera. The service is part of Google
Cloud Fraud Defense.The biometric verification system analyzes short
video clips of a user’s hand and extracts 21 knuckle‑point coordinates
to determine human liveness. The approach reflects trends toward using
anatomical or behavioral cues to distinguish humans from bots.Google
says the footage is processed in real time, never linked to an identity
and deleted as soon as the verification ends. The company stresses that
no images or videos are stored beyond the verification moment, and the
extracted landmark data is not reused for training or other purposes.
Audio is never recorded. All information collected falls under the
Google Privacy Policy, and camera access requires explicit user consent.
Permissions can be revoked at any time through browser settings, and
Google says it does not share gesture‑related data or permissions with
third parties.Google doesn’t describe the feature as biometric
authentication, but the extraction of anatomical landmarks places it in a
regulatory grey zone at a time when UK and EU authorities are
scrutinizing even ephemeral biometric processing. Google is emphasizing
data minimization with no identity linkage, retention or secondary
use.The gesture check is a privacy‑preserving evolution of CAPTCHA
rather than a wholly new biometric system. Whether regulators and
privacy advocates accept that distinction will inform how widely the
feature is deployed. Some users online have expressed concern about the
use of a camera, saying it’s more intrusive than traditional CAPTCHAs.
Lokesh Sparrow on X argued the approach raises “serious privacy
concerns” as it requires camera access for routine verification. “It
also raises real accessibility issues for people with hand disabilities
or those in poor lighting conditions, making basic web access more
difficult for many users,” he added. Google says it is developing
additional accessible alternatives and that users who cannot perform
gestures will still be offered visual or audio challenges.AI fraud
drives banks toward biometric identity defenses.
Global banking sector invests in fraud prevention to develop ‘culture of vigilance’ Jun 25, 2026, 4:32 pm EDT | Joel R. McConvey
New
survey data from KPMG shows a majority of banking executives preparing
for AI to cause major disruptions to established business models. The
2026 Banking Technology Survey says 80 percent of respondents anticipate
“significant shifts” over the next three-to-five years, and are making
adjustments accordingly.“What we’re seeing across the banking sector is a
convergence of priorities – AI, payments modernization, cybersecurity,
and tech-driven M&A are no longer separate agendas,” says Peter
Torrente, who leads KPMG’s U.S. Banking Sector activity, in a release.
“That shift exposes the challenge to keep pace across technology, risk,
and growth simultaneously.”Headline numbers show a cascade effect: 76
percent of banking executives say they have seen an increase in the
number of cybersecurity attacks on their banks in the last year. In
response, 92 percent are increasing their budgets to address the risk.
And 84 percent are increasing cybersecurity investment specifically to
address risks introduced by AI.Operational efficiency and automation is
receiving the most investment in the next 12 months, but security and
fraud prevention is a close second.Among top threats are AI-introduced
vulnerabilities in code, deepfakes and securing agentic technologies.
Eighty percent of banks are implementing regular audits to ensure data
security, privacy and compliance.Notably, uptake in adoption of
biometric tools is set to increase; 32 percent of banking leaders say
they are already using AI-enabled biometrics to secure payments and
access management – but 72 percent plan to integrate the technology
over the next three years.Defense tools must evolve at speed of fraud-An
article from J.P.Morgan dives into fraud in the age of AI. Insights
from authors Vincent Meluzio from J.P. Morgan Payments and Douglas
Wilbert from Accenture are consistent with the larger industry view:
“fraud risk is on the rise, yet 60 percent of surveyed financial
institutions do not have a dedicated response plan with forensic tools
to investigate agent driven fraud.”Defense technologies “must evolve as
fast as the threats they’re designed to counter.”“A static defense
posture is a losing one. But technology is only part of the equation. It
works best when complemented by fundamentals: knowing where to verify
against an authoritative source, knowing what questions to ask and
recognizing when something doesn’t feel right.”The authors advocate for a
culture of vigilance that includes training and clear escalation
protocols, and note the importance of collaboration: “no single
organization can solve the problem of deepfake fraud alone. By sharing
intelligence, best practices and technology innovation, organizations
can strengthen collective defenses in ways no one can achieve
independently.”Synthetic identities become banking’s next fraud
battle-Proof’s latest post in its Fraud Files series looks at “Stolen
Credentials, Fake Biometrics, and the Synthetic Identity Wave.” The
piece says core assumptions about identity verification – “that some
information stays secret, that documents can be trusted, and that a face
in a camera is a real face” – are under “sustained, commercial-scale
attack.”It cites analysis from Shattered.io, drawing on research from
Flashpoint and DeepStrike, which shows that infostealer malware
exfiltrated more than 1.8 billion credentials from 5.8 million infected
devices in 2025 alone. “DeepStrike found that stolen passwords and
session cookies now appear in 86 percent of data breaches. Stolen logs
are bought, repackaged, and resold through dark web marketplaces that
operate like subscription services.”Stolen identity data can be used to
create synthetic identities. Proof says synthetic identity fraud is “the
defining threat of 2026.”“Fraudsters combine real SSNs, addresses, and
birth dates with fabricated names and manufactured credit histories to
create identities that have never existed, yet can pass onboarding
checks.” These fake identities can accumulate credit histories over
time; “by the time a synthetic identity executes fraud, it may have a
year or more of clean transaction history behind it.” U.S. unsecured
credit losses tied to synthetic identity fraud are projected to exceed
$3.1 billion in 2026, and the threat is growing at roughly 16 percent
annually.A major vector for synthetic identity attacks is injection.
Injection attacks bypass the camera to work on the software or hardware
level, “injecting pre-generated synthetic media directly into the video
stream before verification occurs, so the system processes a
manufactured image from the start.”No longer the domain of technical
specialists, these fraud tactics are available on the commercial market.
“The Deepfake-as-a-Service market has a customer support channel,
subscription tiers, and repeat buyers. Biometric injection attacks are
straightforward commercial transactions.”A takeaway is that layered
defenses combining biometric verification, device analysis and
behavioral risk scoring are now a baseline requirement. “Static
attributes can’t anchor identity.Each of these attack patterns works
because it targets a system built on the wrong foundation.”Entrust adds
biometric risk-based authentication-Entrust has launched “a new approach
to preventing account takeover in the age of AI.” According to a
release, the Entrust Biometric Authentication product combines biometric
identity verification with adaptive risk-based authentication to
protect critical and high-risk interactions. It takes the verified
identity established at enrollment and “extends it across every access
point and interaction,” anchoring it to a biometric check, providing
defense against presentation, injection, and deepfake attacks by
requiring identity assurance at key moments.“Too many organizations are
treating authentication as a login problem, but attackers have already
moved beyond access,” says Mike Baxter, chief technology and product
officer at Entrust. “Preventing account takeover in the age of AI
requires confirming the person behind every interaction. Entrust helps
organizations apply the right level of assurance at the right moments
while delivering secure, low-friction experiences.”Per the release, the
solution uses three authentication methods, designed for different
levels of risk. A biometric passkey provides biometric authentication at
high-risk moments by binding authentication to a verified human
identity. Face authentication speeds up everyday verification and
step-up authentication. And motion authentication helps defend against
deepfake, replay, and injection attacks in high-assurance use cases with
ISO/IEC 30107-3 PAD Level 1 & 2 conformant liveness detection,
independently tested by iBeta Quality Assurance.Banks accelerate fraud
technology spendin-A new survey commissioned by behavioral biometrics
firm BioCatch notes the “disconnect between detection and investigation”
at play in the Benelux market.“While banking leaders in the region
report relatively strong confidence in their fraud controls, 82 percent
say their bank still spends more than a day investigating fraud cases,
which is significantly above the global average,” says BioCatch Director
of Global Fraud Intelligence Thomas Peacock, in a release.However,
investment is coming. “Benelux respondents overwhelmingly say their bank
plans to upgrade its fraud prevention technologies, with 92 percent
reporting planned investments and 59 percent saying their organization
is either already implementing new solutions or actively evaluating
vendors.”Voice biometrics joins layered defenses-Voice security products
provider Illuma is partnering with UK Credit Union to bring advanced
authentication and fraud prevention capabilities to the credit union’s
contact center and self-service channels, according to a release.UK
Credit Union will implement Illuma’s IllumaSHIELD platform, which offers
real-time voice authentication technology as the core offering, with
options to add advanced fraud prevention, adaptive multi-factor
authentication (MFA), deepfake detection, and human-AI collaborative
intelligence. The platform continuously evaluates risk, allowing the
credit union to step up authentication when needed.“AI-driven fraud is
forcing financial institutions to rethink how they secure the voice
channel,” said Milind Borkar, CEO of Illuma. “UK Credit Union is taking a
forward-looking approach by adopting voice security that continuously
verifies identity, blocks threats in real time, and improves both the
member and agent experience – while eliminating friction from every
interaction.”
EUDI Wallet biometric compromise draws privacy
concerns-Member states can allow users to opt out of including facial
images, but privacy advocates warn many citizens may still face pressure
to share biometric data-Jun 23, 2026, 2:20 pm EDT | Masha Borak
EU
member states have reached a compromise on a contentious biometric
requirement for the European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallets. Under an
agreement struck on June 18th, individual EU member states will be
allowed, but not required, to let users opt out of including a biometric
facial image in their digital ID wallet.The agreement resolves a
standoff between the European Commission, which had pushed for mandatory
portrait images, and a bloc of member states that objected on privacy
grounds. Digital rights advocates, however, say the compromise falls
short of protecting citizens and could pressure people into sharing
sensitive biometric data whether they want to or not – potentially
creating a backlash against the digital ID scheme.“If they are pressured
and forced to use it, I think we’ll just create a pushback from society
and people will simply not use this in situations where it might
actually be useful for them,” Thomas Lohninger, executive director of
digital rights group Epicenter.works, told Biometric Update.The EUDI
Wallet is set to offer residents and businesses in EU countries a means
to safely identify themselves online and access public and private
services across the bloc. Although they are not mandatory, European
countries must offer a digital ID wallet to their citizens by the end of
2026.The European Commission has been seeking to make facial images
mandatory for the EUDI Wallet through Implementing Acts that set the
technical rules for wallets’ core functionalities, including
specifications for Person Identification Data (PID). The plan, however,
has caused a rift among Member States participating in the eIDAS
Committee, which is tasked with drafting and voting on the Implementing
Acts.The issue was finally settled at a Committee meeting on June 18th,
where the two sides agreed on the amended version of the rule, which is
now set to be formally adopted. According to the rule, EU member states
can choose to make the portrait image optional, allowing users to
decline adding a portrait image to their personal identification
data.Organizations such as European Digital Rights (EDRi) and
Epicenter.works point out that countries are not obliged to provide this
option to their citizens. Those member states that make the portrait
image mandatory could end up leaving them with no option but to share
their biometric data with a requesting company or authority whenever
they need to prove their age, sign a contract, or order a book.“It’s a
vastly different thing to have your biometric portrait image in a
government-issued digital identity system that’s mostly used for
e-government,” notes Lohninger. “The [EUDI] wallet is a means to conduct
business. It will be the basis for doctor visits, it’ll be the basis
for public transport and aviation. So having your portrait in this piece
of technology might carry vastly different consequences.”According to
people familiar with the matter, the Commission’s reasoning for
including a facial photo of a user is to maintain the EUDI Wallet’s
interoperability with Australia, Japan, and Canada, which have adopted
the ISO mobile driving license standard (18013-5) that mandates a
portrait image. Another reason for having a facial image is for easing
identification in proximity scenarios, meaning it can be used in
face-to-face interactions with service providers.In its May response to
concerns raised by digital rights advocates, the Commission explains
that the portrait image is meant to “support the verification of the
identity of the wallet user where genuinely needed.”“The selective
disclosure feature ensures that the portrait is presented only where it
is requested by a relying party and the user has approved its
disclosure. A portrait cannot, for example, be requested for simple age
verification,” writes Christiane Kirketerp de Viron, acting director for
Cybersecurity at the Commission’s Directorate General for
Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG
CONNECT).Epicenter.works, however, says that users may be pressured to
share biometric data with employers or public authorities.“The power
dynamics in our society are such that there are many situations where
consent is not really given,” notes Lohninger.The inclusion of biometric
data in EUDI wallets may also lead to future GDPR issues. Users may
have little recourse against relying on a party established in different
European countries with weak enforcement of privacy
laws.Epicenter.works also argues that the European Commission has been
attempting to use the Implementing Acts to negate many of the safeguards
introduced in previous negotiations with lawmakers on the EUDI
Wallet.The group, which is involved in the APTITUDE consortium testing
EUDI Wallets, has raised other privacy concerns related to the project,
including missing registration certificates, pseudonymity, Big Tech
loopholes and weakened anti-tracking protections.For now, whether the
EUDI Wallet becomes a trusted tool or a contested one may depend less on
the compromise reached in Brussels and more on the choices individual
governments make when implementing it at home.
Why border
security is moving beyond the checkpoint-Jun 22, 2026, 1:47 pm EDT |
Baiyun Gao By Baiyun Gao, Solution Architecture Lead, Securiport, LLC.
The
border defines a nation, and immigration and border management are
among the core functions of any state. As economic inequality,
demographic shifts, regional conflicts, and environmental risks reshape
migration flows, securing the border grows ever more difficult.To
address these pressures, immigration and border management are shifting
from officer-led inspection toward an integrated digital platform. The
reason is partly arithmetic: a frontline officer has perhaps 30 to 60
seconds with each traveler, and in that window must authenticate the
document, check it against watchlists, and read the person for signs of
risk. This window is too narrow for modern threats. The integrated
digital platform (IDP) shifts processing upstream through Advance
Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) screening,
giving authorities hours of pre-arrival intelligence. Using public and
private intelligence, the platform separates low-risk travelers, who
move quickly through automated lanes, while giving officers time and
focus for higher-risk travelers.The integrated digital platform has five
pillars: policy, operations, technology, human capital, and
partnerships. Legally, states must establish strong frameworks for
API/PNR data collection, watchlist authority, biometric data use, and
interagency data sharing, while fulfilling their international
obligations. At the operational level, agencies need continuous
inspection capacity across air, land, and sea borders, backed by carrier
liaison programs, secondary screening, and asylum processing.
Technology must do several things at once: capture and match biometrics,
authenticate documents, score risk before arrival, and screen against
integrated watchlists – all on a cybersecurity foundation strong enough
to protect the immigration databases these systems run on. None of it
works without people: trained officers on the front lines, adjudicators
to decide asylum claims, administrators to keep the data clean, and
lawyers to keep the process sound. And no single agency holds all the
pieces. Coordination – with Interpol, national police, carriers,
regional bodies, and organizations such as IOM and UNHCR – is what turns
isolated systems into one working whole.The next wave of innovation has
arrived, expanding what is possible.Digital Travel Credentials (DTCs),
pioneered by ICAO, are expected to replace passports with a secure phone
credential. DTCs could speed up authentication and create a more
seamless travel experience.Mobile biometrics are moving identification
out of airports and into the field. Authorities can use an app to
capture faces and fingerprints on the street. The next step is to add
this functionality to smart glasses.OSINT-augmented risk profiling
searches the open web for signals absent from official watchlists and
matches faces against billions of images on social media and public
websites.The advance of AI is impossible to ignore, and it enters border
management as a stack, not a single tool. At the top is pre-arrival
intelligence: models scanning passenger data for route anomalies,
suspicious bookings, document risks, and hidden links between travelers.
In the middle is identity automation: facial recognition, fingerprint
and iris matching, liveness detection, ePassport verification —
confirming that the person at the gate is who the credential says. At
the front line are mobile systems: handheld devices, apps,
vehicle-mounted cameras, and wearables that move the check off the
counter and into the field.This changes border logic. The question is no
longer just “Is this traveler on a watchlist?” but “What does the
pattern around them suggest?” AI can connect weak signals — a travel
history, documents, routes, prior encounters, and a fragment from open
sources — faster than an analyst working alone. Drawn together, those
scattered traces expose what no single record reveals: organized crime,
human trafficking, document fraud, terrorist travel.But the same power
raises the stakes. A risk score can quietly penalize a traveler for
things that have nothing to do with them: poor data, biased historical
patterns, a carrier’s incomplete submission, the model’s own opacity.
And a false positive at a border is no minor inconvenience — it can mean
detention, a missed flight, denied entry, or a family torn apart.
Generative AI is about to make all this harder.That is why the real
frontier is accountable AI, including governance, explainable, auditable
and justifiable, checked by human reviewers, and open to appeal — and
all of it must hold up under procurement scrutiny and, eventually, in
court. The next border will not be measured only by how many travelers
it processes per hour. It will be judged by whether its intelligence
layer can make the border faster, safer, more proportionate, and more
explainable.In border security, the future platform is not simply
technology; it is the science that delivers safe nations.About the
author-Baiyun (Ben) Gao is the Solution Architecture Lead with 20+ years
of professional experience in software engineering, enterprise
architecture, cloud platforms, AI, and secure SaaS solutions. TOGAF
certified, he has led solution engineering and delivery across
government, aerospace and defense, cybersecurity, satellite
communications, broadcasting, and enterprise technology sectors. He
focuses on translating architecture into measurable business value
through scalable platforms, modernized delivery practices, and
customer-centered innovation.
US Army begins fielding next-generation battlefield biometrics system-Jun 26, 2026, 4:44 pm EDT | Anthony Kimery
The
U.S. Army has begun fielding a new multimodal biometric collection
system designed to give military police and other forces faster access
to identity information in tactical environments, starting with a first
unit equipped event in May for the North Dakota Army National Guard’s
131st Military Police Battalion.The fielding, conducted by the Army’s
Product Manager Biometrics (PdM), included two days of training on the
Next Generation Biometric Collection Capability (NXGBCC).PdM is a
dedicated acquisition office under Project Manager, Terrestrial Sensors.
They design and field biometric systems to help soldiers rapidly verify
identities, track adversarial networks, and secure areas in real
time.NXGBCC collects fingerprints, iris scans, facial images, and voice
samples, allowing soldiers to submit biometric data and receive identity
information in near real time.The North Dakota event marks the
transition of NXGBCC from years of development, soldier testing, and
prototype work into initial fielding with selected Army units.The Army
said the system reached Initial Operational Capability on May 28, less
than two weeks after the 131st Military Police Battalion training
event.The program’s next steps are already scheduled. The Army lists new
equipment training throughout fiscal 2026 and projects award of a
Biometric Production and Sustainment (BPS) contract in the third quarter
of this fiscal year, which ends June 30.The award is expected to help
determine how the Army procures, fields, supports, and maintains NXGBCC
as it moves beyond the first unit.NXGBCC is intended to replace two
existing Army biometric systems: the long-running Biometrics Automated
Toolset-Army, known as BAT-A, and the Near Real Time Identity Operations
capability (NRTIO).BAT-A has been the Army’s primary tactical biometric
collection system for roughly two decades, while NRTIO provides
near-real-time collection and identity verification support in
operational environments.The new capability is intended to consolidate
and modernize those missions while adding voice as a biometric modality
alongside fingerprints, iris scans, and facial images.Army officials
describe NXGBCC as the first Army biometric collection capability built
as software rather than a system tied to specialized, proprietary
hardware that must be separately sustained.That approach will allow the
Army to operate the capability through a mix of mobile devices and
laptop-centered kits for static operations, rather than relying on a
single legacy collection platform.In prior soldier testing at Fort
Leonard Wood, Missouri, military police personnel used both mobile
collectors and static kits, operating in connected and disconnected
conditions.The Army has positioned NXGBCC as a system for military force
protection and identity intelligence.According to its program
description, the capability is intended to help commanders identify
combatants and persons of interest, manage enemy prisoners of war and
civilian detainees, assist with displaced persons and refugee
processing, and support access control, and intelligence missions during
large-scale combat operations.The system is part of a broader military
identity data architecture centered on the Department of Defense (DOD)
Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS).In a 2024 technical
direction letter awarded to Parsons Corp., the Army said it would
integrate NXGBCC’s mobile and static collection devices with the Ares
Gateway Transaction Manager.The gateway was to operate in a
government-provided AWS Impact Level 5 cloud environment and transmit
biometric submissions to ABIS for comparison. Potential matches would
then be returned through the gateway to the collection device in near
real time.Army officials have said NXGBCC submissions can be searched
against more than 30 million biometric encounters and more than 13
million identities in ABIS, as well as a large unresolved
latent-fingerprint collection.Those figures illustrate the scale of the
enterprise system behind the new field kits, although the Army has not
released public information on biometric error rates, algorithm
suppliers, or matching thresholds for NXGBCC.The planned BPS award will
cover more than the new system alone. An April Army request for
information described the anticipated requirement as support for the
Army’s broader Biometric Collection Capability portfolio, including
BAT-A, NRTIO, and NXGBCC.The Army sought companies capable of providing
program management, hardware and software procurement, fielding,
sustainment, software engineering, cloud services, help desk support,
and cybersecurity.That makes the award an important bridge between
legacy systems and the next-generation collection capability. It could
also determine how long BAT-A and NRTIO remain in service as NXGBCC
expands to additional units.The Army has not publicly disclosed which
units will receive NXGBCC after the 131st Military Police Battalion, how
many systems are being fielded, or the total value of the BPS contract.
The April request for information was a market research notice, not a
solicitation or contract award, and did not include a proposed contract
value.The Army is moving from legacy biometric kits toward a portable,
software-based system that can collect multiple forms of biometric data,
operate in tactical settings, and connect field personnel to a large
Defense Department identity repository.For military police units, the
capability could be consequential. The Army’s own mission documents tie
NXGBCC to detainee operations, population processing, force protection,
and identification of suspected adversaries in high-threat
environments.As new equipment training continues through the rest of
fiscal 2026, the BPS award will be the next major indicator of how
quickly the Army intends to scale the system, what support structure it
will build around it, and whether it will provide more public detail
about the technology, data flows, and safeguards governing one of its
most significant new battlefield identity tools.
Major UK banks
back reusable digital ID network for financial services-Barclays, HSBC,
Lloyds and others back pilot enabling customers to verify identity and
age through banking apps-Jun 26, 2026, 3:27 pm EDT | Masha Borak
Major
UK banks and financial institutions, including Barclays, HSBC and
Lloyds, are teaming up with industry group UK Finance to launch a new
digital verification service for the financial sector.The project has
completed proof-of-concept work and is scheduled for a live pilot in a
controlled real-world environment in the coming months, according to UK
Finance. Other financial companies participating in the new digital
verification service are Nationwide Building Society, NatWest Group and
Santander.The new identification service focuses on private sector
commercial and retail use cases. Users would be able to use the digital
verification service for online purchases, property transactions, or
opening accounts, verifying age and identity through online platforms,
says UK Finance.“The financial services sector is ideally placed to
deliver a secure and trusted digital verification service,” says Jana
Mackintosh, managing director of Payments and Innovation at UK
Finance.The technical side of the service is being developed by Select
ID, a digital identity verification marketplace launched in 2024 by the
Investing and Saving Alliance (TISA) with support from Barclays, Visa
and Northern Trust. The scheme allows customers to select a preferred
digital ID provider to carry out their KYC and AML verification.Last
year, Select ID announced a Reusable Digital ID Network partnership with
companies such as SQR, Luciditi and Australia-based ShareRing. The
company is being advised by Norwegian BankID, a bank-led identification
system scheme used by 97 percent of the Norwegian population.According
to the plan laid out by Finance UK, customers would be able to verify
personal details, such as name, age, or address, through their banking
app and share them securely with third parties. At the same time, they
would retain full control over what information is shared and
when.“Using already verified information, shared only with the
customer’s explicit consent, could help make digital transactions safer,
quicker and more convenient as well as ensuring customers have full
control over how their data is used,” adds Mackintosh.The scheme is
aligned with the UK digital verification services trust framework. The
bank-led initiative, however, is separate from the UK government’s
digital ID project, which faces an uncertain future amid political
changes, including the departure of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.Earlier
this month, the Labor government established an independent advisory
panel tasked with engaging with the financial services sectors, trade
organizations and digital ID providers.
Kenya considers linking national ID database to CCTV facial recognition network-Jun 26, 2026, 2:59 pm EDT | Chris Burt
Kenya’s
government is planning to link the country’s civil registry database
with a CCTV network spanning six cities to enable facial recognition as
part of an attempt to strengthen law enforcement.The proposed CCTV
network will be operated by the National Police Service, and have access
to the National Registration Bureau database through an integration by
the Ministry of Interior, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen
said in an interview reported by Kenyans.The Ministry announced its
intention to roll out surveillance cameras in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu,
Nakuru, Eldoret and Nyeri earlier in June. The Eastleigh Voice reports
that the Nairobi deployment is expected to become operational three to
six months after the procurement is complete.Kenya’s government is in
the final stages of procuring the facial recognition surveillance
system, according to Murkomen, and is hoping to complete the tender for
up to 25 billion Kenyan shillings (approximately US$190 million) within
two months.The government plans to integrate system with the Integrated
Command, Control and Communication Centre (IC3) as part of an overall
upgrade. The NPS also launched a facial recognition system using NEC
technology within the IC3 for its CCTV network along major roads and
highways back in 2018.“Once we establish this technology, we will slowly
build in the data of various people based on information in the ID,”
Murkomen said. “Police will now be able to use the faces of Kenyans with
their pictures in the official data.”Law enforcement is restricted from
populating facial recognition databases with data from civil IDs in
many countries around the world, on grounds that it treats the entire
population as suspects. UK police appear to be gaining the power to
search civil databases, however.Kenyans reports that when asked about
data protection and privacy, Murkomen noted that the cameras would be
installed only in public spaces.
