TRUMP WILL MOST LIKELY BE GOING FOR KHEMENI AND THE IRANIAN ARMY.
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
Pentagon to cut academic ties with Harvard: statement.
Washington, United States, Feb 7 (AFP) Feb 07, 2026-The Pentagon is to cut all academic ties with Harvard University, ending military education, fellowships and certificate programs, it said in a statement on Friday.The move is the latest in the Trump administration's battle with Harvard over claims that the Ivy League institution promotes "woke" ideology."For too long, this department has sent our best and brightest officers to Harvard, hoping the university would better understand and appreciate our warrior class," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in the statement."Instead, too many of our officers came back looking too much like Harvard -- heads full of globalist and radical ideologies that do not improve our fighting ranks."The Pentagon said the severance of ties would begin in the 2026-2027 school year, with military personnel attending classes able to finish their studies.In a separate post on X using his preferred term for the Department of Defense, Hegseth said: "Harvard is woke; The War Department is not."Hegseth said the Pentagon would review its ties with all Ivy League colleges for military training and education."The goal is to determine whether or not they actually deliver cost-effective strategic education for future senior leaders when compared to, say, public universities and our military graduate programs," he said.Hegseth is himself an Ivy Leaguer, graduating from both Princeton and Harvard, though he reportedly sent his degree back to the latter institution, and the former Fox News host had criticized it on air for its allegedly left-leaning policies.President Donald Trump on Monday said that his administration would seek $1 billion in damages from Harvard after a New York Times report said the college had won some concessions in ongoing settlement negotiations with the government.Trump administration officials have accused Harvard and other colleges of failing to sufficiently protect Jewish students during pro-Palestinian protests, filing legal complaints and demanding exorbitant payouts.The Trump administration's pressure on universities has sparked some academics, including Harvard's former president, to raise concerns about the possibility of eroding academic freedom.Trump has previously sought to cut more than $2.6 billion of funding to Harvard, and has moved to block the entry of international students -- a quarter of its student body.
Anthropic unveils new AI model as OpenAI rivalry heats up.
San Francisco, United States, Feb 5 (AFP) Feb 05, 2026-Anthropic on Thursday released its latest high-performing artificial intelligence model, escalating its challenge to OpenAI in the intensifying AI race.Founded by former OpenAI staffers in 2021, Anthropic has gained significant momentum in recent months with a series of product releases that have impressed Silicon Valley -- and rattled Wall Street.Releases including an AI automation tool and a legal field product contributed this week to a broad selloff in software stocks, as they exacerbated concerns that AI models can replace the utility of stand-alone business apps and platforms.While its archrival OpenAI targets consumers directly with the hugely popular ChatGPT, Anthropic appeals to computer coders and enterprises seeking artificial intelligence products that prioritize data security and predictability alongside raw performance.Anthropic says its latest model, Claude Opus 4.6, represents a fundamental shift in how AI handles complex workplace tasks.The company highlighted use cases including financial modeling that synthesizes complicated regulatory filings and market data, plus document and presentation outputs that require minimal refinement."Claude Opus 4.6 gets much closer to production-ready quality on the first try than what we've seen with any model," Anthropic said, adding that deliverables will require "less back-and-forth" to finalize.The launch caps a productive stretch of more than 30 product releases in recent months. In November, Claude Code -- a highly regarded coding tool -- surpassed $1 billion in revenue just six months after its public launch.However, that revenue comes with massive computing costs. Like OpenAI, Anthropic remains far from profitability.OpenAI is not taking the challenge lying down, and on Thursday released its own business-focused product, a platform for AI agents called Frontier.The rivalry between the two companies extends beyond technical features.Anthropic has publicly committed to keeping its Claude chatbot ad-free, calling advertisements "incongruous" with the personal nature of user conversations.This was in veiled contrast to OpenAI's decision to introduce ads to the non-premium portion of its roughly 800 million ChatGPT users, a move that critics say will create distrust for the technology.Anthropic relies instead on enterprise deals and paid subscriptions for revenue, a distinction it's highlighting in its first Super Bowl ad campaign, airing this weekend.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hit back sharply at the campaign in a post, calling Anthropic "dishonest" and "authoritarian.""Anthropic serves an expensive product to rich people," he wrote, defending ChatGPT as a product that brings AI "to billions of people who can't pay for subscriptions."According to US media reports, Anthropic is planning a tender offer for its staff that would value the company at approximately $350 billion -- staggering growth for a four-year-old company but below OpenAI's reported target valuation of $800 billion in its next fundraising round.Both companies are widely rumored to be preparing for IPOs in the near future.
Reprogrammable metal bricks give robots muscle-like adaptabilityby Clarence Oxford.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026-Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept material system that allows solid Lego-like building blocks to be programmed with different mechanical properties and then reset for reuse. The approach uses a metal composite that can reversibly switch between solid and liquid states in selected locations, letting a structure change stiffness and damping without altering its overall geometry.The team filled individual internal cells with a blend of gallium and iron that is solid at room temperature but liquefies when heated electrically. By sending current through specific cells, the researchers can liquefy any desired pattern, effectively encoding a map of soft and stiff regions in the material in a way that resembles writing bits in digital storage. Cooling the material returns the liquefied cells to a solid state, preserving the programmed mechanical configuration until the pattern is changed again.In thin two-dimensional sheets, this digital composite architecture enables precise tuning of stiffness and energy dissipation across a wide range, allowing the sheets to mimic materials from relatively rigid plastics to softer rubbers. Because the underlying structure remains the same, engineers can iterate through many mechanical profiles without reprinting or remanufacturing parts. The team subjected these programmable sheets to extensive testing to quantify how different solid-liquid patterns translate into bulk mechanical responses.The concept extends further in three dimensions, where the group created modular, Lego-like blocks that can be assembled and disassembled. Each cubic block resembles a Rubik's cube, containing 27 individually addressable cells that can be locally liquefied with electrical signals. Arranging multiple blocks into larger structures produces three-dimensional assemblies whose stiffness distributions can be reprogrammed, opening the door to adaptable load-bearing and motion-control components.To demonstrate a potential application in soft robotics, the researchers joined 10 of these programmable cubes into a straight column that functioned as a tail for a simple robotic fish. They attached the tail to a basic motor and operated the motor identically while varying which cells in the tail were solid or liquid. The same robotic fish exhibited very different swimming trajectories depending on the internal phase pattern of the tail, showing how reconfigurable mechanical architectures can reroute motion without changing the actuator.Lead author and PhD student Yun Bai described the goal as creating materials that behave more like living tissue than static machine parts. "We want to make materials that are alive," Bai said. He explained that while 3D printers can produce parts with fixed mechanical properties, achieving a new behavior normally requires printing a new object. In contrast, the digital composite approach lets a single object assume many mechanical personalities by reassigning which cells are solid and which are liquid in real time.Assistant professor Xiaoyue Ni, who led the research group, said the ultimate aim is to scale these concepts into larger, more capable systems. The team envisions miniaturized versions of the programmable blocks that could operate in confined environments such as blood vessels, where a device might stiffen for propulsion and soften to avoid damaging tissue. Similar ideas could apply inside delicate electronic systems, where reconfigurable supports or vibration isolators might adapt to changing loads and conditions.Another avenue involves tailoring the metal mixture to adjust melting and freezing points for specific environments, including the human body. By selecting alloys that transition at biocompatible temperatures, designers could create implantable components that reconfigure in situ, for example to act as adaptive stents that change stiffness or shape as a vessel remodels. Outside biomedicine, robotic platforms that traverse varied terrains or manipulate fragile objects could benefit from limbs and grippers whose mechanical profiles update on demand.Ni said the broader vision is to build flexible, programmable materials that serve as the foundational elements of future robotic systems. Instead of treating structure and actuation as separate design problems, engineers could co-design mechanical architectures and control schemes so that a robot's body actively participates in its behavior. The digital composite strategy provides a route to such embodied adaptability by combining simple electrical inputs with reversible phase transitions at the material level.The work relied on facilities at the Duke University Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility, which is part of the North Carolina Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant ECCS-2025064. Additional support came from the Beyond the Horizon Initiative of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. The study, titled "Digital composites with reprogrammable phase architectures," was published online on January 23, 2026, in the journal Science Advances.
Biometrics deployments at scale need transparency to help businesses, gain trust.Feb 7, 2026, 12:24 pm EST | Chris Burt.
Biometrics deployments at scale need transparency to help businesses, gain trust-The importance of biometrics testing and transparency are a recurring theme in this week’s top news stories on Biometric Update. As adoption invites scrutiny, more biometrics evaluations, completed assessments and testing options come available. Communication is part of the same issue, with major projects like EES, U.S. immigration and protest enforcement, and more pedestrian applications like access control and mDLs all taking off. The expectations they carry can only be fulfilled with adequate clarity.Success and expectations-While all 29 Schengen area countries must have EES biometrics in place by the April deadline, they will have the option of taking longer to begin using them. The European Commission confirmed that 90-day temporary suspensions will be permitted, and 60-day extensions are also being considered.Brazil is working towards mandating biometric boarding for all commercial flights and maritime departures to cut down on document fraud while also reducing operational costs. A draft policy is now open for consultation, and the first sea port pilot has begun.Biometric physical access control is growing everywhere, but with some key sectorial and regional differences, Goode Intelligence Chief Analyst Alan Goode explains in a preview of his firm’s latest market research report on the latest episode of the Biometric Update Podcast.Imprivata could soon be on the market, with PE owner Thoma Bravo working with JPMorgan and Evercore to begin exploring its options. The healthcare-focussed authentication and access management firm could fetch up to $7 billion, according to early reports, a decade after being taken private for $544 million.mDLs aheadA panel at the “Identity, Authentication, and the Road Ahead 2026” event looked at NIST’s work on a playbook to help businesses implement mDLs. Representatives from the NCCoE, Better Identity Coalition, PNC Bank and AAMVA discussed the emerging situation, in which digital verifiable credentials are available, but people don’t know how to use them.American mDLs could get federal support, if a bill introduced to U.S. Congress this week becomes law. HR 7270 has bipartisan sponsorship and would direct the Treasury Department to lead a government-wide approach to ID verification to slash fraud and identity theft rates. The Better Identity Coalition endorsed the legislation at the Road Ahead event. The organization’s Coordinator Jeremy Grant also explained the role and scope of its voluntary code of conduct for mDLs and verifiable digital credentials, for which it is currently taking feedback on an initial draft.Better late than never-Another bipartisan bill, this one targeting social media scams, has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. The SCAM Act seeks to bring some accountability to platforms for making money from fraudulent ads.A plague of scams infesting social media have also sparked concern in the APAC region. Singapore has ordered Meta to increase its use of facial recognition to stem the tide.Biometrics testing-DHS S&T found 5 of 16 selfie biometrics providers met the performance goals of its Remote Identity Validation Rally, Shufti and Paravision among them. RIVR’s first phase showed that demographically similar imposters still pose a significant problem for many face biometrics developers.John Howard has revealed AI testing and auditing firm Sensus AI his post-MdTF endeavour. The company brings together “PhD-level, internationally recognized scientists” to help ensure biometrics and AI system perform accurately and are bias-free. The former SAIC and MdTF chief data scientist tells Biometric Update in an email interview that he believes the rapidly increasing adoption of these technologies will require a significant toughening of transparency requirements to deliver on their promise.PAD standard compliance testing has been keeping iBeta busy, including recent Level 2 assessments Iris ID, Alibaba Cloud, Privy, Regula and Compal Electronics Brazil. Details of Neurotechnology’s biometric liveness detection passing BixeLab’s Level 2 have also come out.The watchers-ICE is considering whether it can apply ad tech that uses location data to deliver targeted messages for investigations. An RFI seeks information on how big data analytics can yield location data while complying with regulations and “privacy expectations.”NEC NeoFace, the facial recognition technology built into ICE’s Mobile Fortify app, is used by UK police, and so has been through testing by the NPL. It is also used in a variety of other applications around the world, including airports, sporting events and fast-food restaurants in the U.S. This is the facial recognition technology, along with Clearview AI and the FBI’s NGI, that are now using to investigate protestors in Minneapolis.Please let us know of any online seminars, podcasts or other content you think we should share with the people in biometrics and digital identity either in the comments below or through social media.
Milwaukee police sink efforts to contract facial recognition with unsanctioned use-Feb 6, 2026, 3:14 pm EST | Chris Burt
A meeting on whether and how Milwaukee police should use facial recognition in criminal investigations took an unexpected turn Thursday night, with revelations that the technology is already in use, complete with transparency and governance failures. By Friday morning, the Milwaukee Police Department had placed a moratorium on the use of facial recognition by its staff.MPD revealed in a Fire and Police Commission meeting discussing its procurement options and whether the force should be allowed to use the technology that it has already been doing so in investigations, as reported by NPR affiliate WUWM. Further, it did so without a standard operating procedure, and was still doing so when MPD Chief of Staff Heather Hough asked late last night for acknowledgement that we recognized this was an issue and we disclosed it.”Those attending the meeting had expected a draft policy to be presented for consideration ahead of any implementation of face biometrics for local law enforcement investigations.MPD officials said they used the technology through neighboring police departments. They said it has only been used in criminal investigations, but could not support the claim with any evidence.The disclosure prompted Commission Vice Chair Bree Spencer to suggest a moratorium was needed.An internal MPD memo reported by ABC affiliate 12 News this morning shuttered the practice.“Despite our belief that this is useful technology to assist in generating leads for apprehending violent criminals, we recognize that the public trust is far more valuable,” says the memo obtained by 12 News.The twist follows a widely-misunderstood effort by MPD to contract facial recognition capabilities from Biometrica. MPD is now abandoning those efforts, according to the memo.
Kneron’s access control biometrics pass Fime performance and PAD assessments-Feb 6, 2026, 1:53 pm EST | Chris Burt
Kneron’s has passed assessments for biometric presentation attack detection and performance in a month-long evaluation of its access control technology by Fime.The Fime EMEA Lab tested Kneron’s Face Recognition Module 1.0 used in its KnDoorLock software against the ISO/IEC 30107 standard for PAD and performance standard ISO/IEC 19795 with images collected using a near-infrared (NIR) camera.The PAD test was carried out with 6 Alpha level recipes and 6 Beta level recipes for attack instruments, including printed photos, including curved ones, screen replay attacks, paper masks, and also complex multi-layer masks and full 3D-printed head models with hood masks. Kneron’s liveness detection software delivered both an attack presentation classification error rate (APCER) and a bona fide presentation classification error rate (BPCER) of 0.00 percent. The result, Kneron says, is assurance of “ultra-high security.”The performance testing was carried out with 150 subjects in low light, strong light, and challenging indoor conditions, according to Kneron’s blog post announcement. The company’s biometrics returned a false acceptance rate (FAR) and false rejection rate (FRR) of 0.0 percent, with no capture on enrollment failures.“Achieving zero-error performance under NVLAP-validated conditions is a major milestone, not only for Kneron but for the future of privacy-preserving AI,” says Kneron Founder and CEO Albert Liu. “At a time when deepfakes and digital identity fraud are rising globally, this certification demonstrates that edge AI can deliver security the public can trust. It gives our partners and customers the confidence to retire outdated, easily spoofed systems and adopt next- generation authentication built for today’s threats.”The software runs on Kneron’s purpose-built low-power NPU chips.In addition to NIST’s NVLAP program, Fime is accredited for FIDO Alliance Biometric Component Certification and meets the requirements for biometric security testing for Android devices.
Analysis of 50 European eIDs shows most popular apps found in Ukraine and Turkey-Feb 6, 2026, 12:41 pm EST | Masha Borak
The most popular European digital identities are not in the EU, a new survey analyzing 50 eID apps across the continent has shown.Turkey and Ukraine are the frontrunners when it comes to the number of downloads – approximately half of their population has installed an eID app on their phone. The two EU candidate countries are followed by Poland, where a quarter of the nation has downloaded an eID app, according to research published by identity verification firm Authologic.But download numbers are not the only indicator of popularity for an eID app; a more important question may be how much an app is used. A case in point is Germany, a country which has over 23 million eID app downloads (33.2 percent reach) but a usage rate of only 4.8 percent.Opposite of that are Cyprus, Moldova, Estonia and Denmark. An analysis of monthly active users (MAU) shows that the most used digital identity apps are found in these countries.Authologic, however, admits that the data comes with some caveats.In countries such as Sweden or Norway, digital identity is almost entirely integrated in banking and banks are reluctant to release usage data. The research, instead, focuses on official state eID apps such as mObywatel, Diia or MitID, relying on insights from data intelligence platform Similarwab, the company explains.Authologic says its research into European eIDs has unearthed three interesting “correlations.”Countries with fewer than five million adults have an average usage rate of 14.3 percent, which is nearly double that of large countries. The conclusion is that smaller-scale eID projects seem to build their service ecosystem faster, drawing in more users.App users in countries which are currently going through a digital transition are more active than in those with advanced digitalization.“This suggests newer systems learn from the mistakes of pioneers, being designed for daily needs such as banking and mobility rather than just e-administration,” says the report. “Alternatively, users in these rapidly evolving digital economies may be more eager to adopt new technologies as part of their daily routine.”The final correlation implies that private and public-private models generate the highest user retention. Wallets that began as commercial solutions had time to develop strong adoption and robust use cases, the company claims.“Integrating eID with daily commercial services is the most effective cure for low activity,” says Authologic.The Poland-based company offers Know Your Customer (KYC) services with eID.
Sint Maarten seeks digital ID for government transformation with World Bank backing-Tender includes digital identity, signatures and SSOFeb 6, 2026, 11:29 am EST | Masha Borak
Sint Maarten has published a tender for its government digitalization program, which includes digital identity, electronic signature and a single sign-on platform (SSO).The Caribbean island nation, which is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, issued a request for bids on Monday, inviting potential suppliers to submit their offers by March 16, 2026.The initiative, known as the Digital Government Transformation Project (DGTP), was developed by the country’s National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) and is funded by the World Bank. The international organization has been helping rebuild the island’s infrastructure after devastating hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, which caused damage and losses in the amount of $2.73 billion.The World Bank has previously participated in restoring Sint Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA), which introduced new biometric-based traveler processing technology from Vision-Box as part of the renovations.The new procurement will be completed in line with the World Bank’s regulation for Investment Project Financing (IPF) borrowers, according to the tender documents.Eligible bidders will be required to develop and implement the digital ID, digital signature and SSO solutions according to the Technical Design Documentation already produced by the government of Sint Maarten. Work includes procuring, installing, and configuring hardware, software, and licenses, as well as securing hosting services or installing equipment in local datacenters.The contractor must produce extensive documentation, including administration manuals, operational procedures, API and SDK documentation, user guides, FAQs and complete architecture descriptions of the developed systems.Additional requirements include providing technological expertise and transferring knowledge related to governing the digital ID infrastructure.
Socure integrates RiskOS platform into Bolt ID checkout identity layer-Platform enables risk signal analysis, KYC checks at point of checkout-Feb 6, 2026, 11:28 am EST | Joel R. McConvey
Socure has announced a partnership with Bolt Financial, the U.S. fintech company that provides checkout, identity and payments software, which will see it integrate its RiskOS platform into Bolt ID, to create a network-wide checkout-native ecommerce identity layer.In other words, Bolt’s system can now embed identity checks directly into the checkout process. A release says Socure’s global Identity Graph, predictive risk signals and compliance decisioning will strengthen identity confidence across Bolt’s network of merchants, help onboard more trusted shoppers and reduce fraud and false positives. In particular, it targets the growing problem of synthetic identities, promising lower exposure to synthetic identity fraud, streamlined checkout, and lower verification costs.Socure enables safety, speed for Bolt ID-“Socure exists to provide the highest fidelity of identity trust at an unparalleled scale, and our execution with Bolt ID is a powerful example of that in action,” says Johnny Ayers, CEO of Socure. He notes that Socure’s Hosted Flows enabled Bolt to stand up the required onboarding and identity verification experience within weeks. “By enabling Bolt to launch a secure onboarding and checkout experience in just weeks, and replace a fragmented vendor stack with a single intelligence layer, we’re showing how our Identity Graph intelligence can be applied to detect synthetic identities and stop fraud that no other provider can.”“The result is a new model for commerce where identity, authentication, and fraud prevention work together seamlessly to protect merchants and consumers alike.”Justin Grooms, president of Bolt, says “Bolt ID is designed to authenticate real people, not just score transactions. Socure provides the identity intelligence that helps us understand when a shopper’s signals don’t add up so we can stop sophisticated fraud in checkout without compromising trust, privacy, or conversion.”
One-click’ KYB startup Duna picks up investment from Alphabet growth fund-CapitalG explains why it led the €30M series A funding round-Feb 6, 2026, 11:27 am EST | Masha Borak
European business identity startup Duna has completed a 30 million euros (US$35.4 million) series A funding round led by Alphabet’s independent growth fund CapitalG.The startup offers onboarding, including identity document and biometric verification, Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB) and Anti Money Laundering (AML), which is paired with AI tools that help perform business verification by scanning documents, screening against sanctions lists and preventing fraud.The financing brings the firm’s total funding to more than 40 million euros ($47.3 million). Duna raised a 10.7 million euros ($12.1 million) seed round in May last year, led by Index Ventures.European venture capital firms also participated in the latest round, alongside Puzzle Ventures and Snowflake Chairman Frank Slootman.The fresh investment represents one of the larger single raises in the European digital identity space during the past year, which also saw funding rounds for OneID and Yaspa, according to EU-startups.Founded by two former employees at payment company Stripe, Duna’s vision is to create a shareable business identity similar to a digital passport for companies, that will evolve into a network for shareable identity and one-click onboarding.According to Duna’s founder, Duco van Lanschot, the firm has seen strong traction with enterprise customers. Co-founded in 2023 with David Schreiber, it currently serves financial companies, including fintechs Plaid and Moss, payment solutions provider CCV, online retailer Bol and SVEA bank.The new funding will be used towards further expansion of Duna’s enterprise capabilities and doubling down on R&D.“Compliance and identity now consume up to 10-20 percent of a bank’s total costs,” Van Lanschot says in a release. “The expensive and manual legacy systems lead to billions lost in fraud, friction, and fines, as well as lost income from refusals of legitimate customers. This makes it an ideal use case for AI automation.”CapitalG explains its investment into Duna-CapitalG has previously invested in companies such as Stripe, CrowdStrike, Databricks, Duolingo and Oodo. In a note published on its website, the investment firm explains that funding Duna was motivated by the manual and costly process of exchanging information and documents between businesses.Unlike verifying people, who have relatively stable identities tied to government-issued documents and biometrics, verifying legal entities is more complex. Businesses evolve, restructure and transact across multiple jurisdictions. In addition, there is no globally standardized “company database” to rely on.This is why the challenge of business onboarding and identity verification remains relatively unsolved by software today, says Alex Nichols, CapitalG general partner.“Historical attempts have tried to solve this as a data integration problem – orchestrating business logic across various data sources,” he writes. “Unfortunately, the success of this is limited by the quality of that data.”To improve low data quality, it is critical to address its root cause, he adds.Duna plans to command the identity process end-to-end, from customer intake and communication to policy engine, data platform for aggregating insights across systems and analyst workflow tooling.“Because of this end-to-end approach, Duna can most effectively decrease friction and increase conversion rates,” says Nichols. For example, rather than standard forms, Duna will only ask users for the incremental required data not already in its network. Customers report 35 percent plus conversion increases and 90 percent plus reductions in time to onboard.”The ultimate goal for Duna is to build an identity network – a shared, real-time infrastructure layer that creates value for each participant in the transaction.“Each business onboarded improves the network’s conversion advantage, enabling customers to further cut onboarding through ‘one-click’ log-in. Over time, a shared identity network will also enable businesses to learn from the review process of others and benefit from system-wide risk signals,” Nichols explains.
TSA says new ConfirmID system boosts REAL ID use at airports-Feb 6, 2026, 11:16 am EST | Anthony Kimery.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says early results from the rollout of its new alternative identity verification system show a sharp increase in compliance with federal identification requirements at airport checkpoints.According to TSA, 95 to 99 percent of travelers are now presenting REAL ID–compliant licenses or other acceptable forms of identification, such as passports, a marked improvement since the agency announced the new TSA ConfirmID program in December.The system allows passengers who do not have compliant identification to undergo an additional identity verification process for a $45 fee that covers a 10-day travel period.TSA officials say the program is intended to close long-standing gaps in identity standards while minimizing disruption to travelers.Steve Lorincz, the agency’s acting executive assistant administrator for security operations, said the rollout has had “negligible operational impact” due to advance preparation and coordination with airlines, airports, and industry partners, as well as public outreach efforts.Lorincz said TSA continues to urge travelers without compliant identification to schedule appointments with their state departments of motor vehicles to obtain REAL ID credentials.The launch of TSA ConfirmID coincides with the federal government’s long-delayed enforcement of the REAL ID Act, a law passed by Congress in 2005 following recommendations from the 9/11 Commission.After nearly two decades of extensions, TSA began enforcing the requirement under the leadership of President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, even as the federal government faced a partial shutdown.TSA credited employee preparation for ensuring compliant travelers experienced minimal delays during the transition.Under the ConfirmID program, passengers without acceptable identification must complete payment in advance through TSA’s website and present their receipt, along with any government-issued ID they possess, at the security checkpoint.TSA officers then conduct additional verification steps before allowing the traveler to proceed. The agency says the process is designed to ensure that individuals who pose security risks are prevented from boarding aircraft.With spring break approaching, TSA is warning that infrequent flyers may be more likely to encounter issues if they are not prepared.The agency is encouraging travelers to confirm in advance whether their identification meets federal standards and, if not, to either enroll in TSA ConfirmID before traveling or obtain a REAL ID from their state motor vehicle agency.TSA emphasized that travelers who already have acceptable forms of identification do not need to use ConfirmID.A full list of acceptable IDs is available on the agency’s website, and travelers who are unsure about their ID’s status are advised to check with their state DMV.
FBI launches operation Winter Shield to strengthen cyber defenses nationwide-Feb 6, 2026, 10:33 am EST | Anthony Kimery.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week announced the launch of Operation Winter Shield, a new cybersecurity initiative aimed at helping organizations across the U.S. bolster their defenses against evolving digital threats.The campaign, introduced by the FBI’s Cyber Division, is designed to move beyond high-level advisories by providing actionable guidance that organizations of all sizes can implement immediately to reduce the risk of compromise.According to the bureau, “Shield” stands for Securing Homeland Infrastructure by Enhancing Layered Defense, reflecting a focus on improving practical security measures across critical infrastructure sectors.While the effort is voluntary and does not carry regulatory force, FBI officials emphasized that it draws directly on lessons learned from real investigations, highlighting defensive gaps that adversaries routinely exploit.The initiative is structured around a series of prioritized defensive actions that the FBI will spotlight over the coming weeks. Each week the bureau plans to focus on one recommendation, tying it to examples from actual cases to illustrate why it is important in real-world operations.The guidance emphasizes reducing opportunities for initial compromise, improving the ability to detect intrusions, and ensuring systems can recover rapidly when incidents occur.Among the primary areas of focus outlined by the FBI are steps such as adopting phishing-resistant authentication methods, implementing risk-based vulnerability management with regular scanning and remediation, and retiring or mitigating outdated technology before it can be exploited.The FBI is also encouraging organizations to closely manage third-party risk, secure and retain audit logs for detection and post-incident analysis, and maintain offline backups that are routinely tested for reliability.In addition, the FBI is calling attention to the need to identify and protect Internet-facing assets, strengthen email authentication and filtering, enforce least-privilege access controls, and exercise incident response plans in coordination with key stakeholders.By connecting each of these recommendations to patterns seen in actual intrusions, agency officials said they intend to make the guidance less abstract and more actionable for IT and security leaders.The rollout of Operation Winter Shield comes at a time of heightened concern about cyber threats to both public and private sector entities. Criminal cyber actors and nation-state adversaries continue to target critical infrastructure and enterprise networks, often exploiting known vulnerabilities and weak defenses.FBI leadership has repeatedly warned that the frequency and sophistication of attacks – ranging from ransomware to supply chain exploitation – make basic defensive hygiene a national priority.Industry partners, including major technology firms, have expressed support for the initiative’s emphasis on closing the “security implementation gap,” a term used to describe the disparity between awareness of cyber risks and the actual implementation of effective safeguards.A blog post by Sherrod DeGrippo, deputy chief information security officer at Microsoft, a partner with Winter Shield, noted that many organizations know what they should be doing, but struggle to translate awareness into sustained technical and operational improvements.The FBI plans to complement the Winter Shield campaign with public communications and outreach to help organizations understand and apply the recommended measures.The bureau’s objective is not to mandate specific technologies or tools, but to encourage a shared baseline of resilience that reduces attackers’ avenues of attack and improves collective response capabilities.With the campaign now underway, FBI officials have made clear that they will continue to monitor threat activity and update their guidance as necessary.They said that by rallying organizations around a set of achievable defensive priorities, Operation Winter Shield seeks to advance the security of U.S. networks and critical infrastructure in the face of persistent and evolving cyber threats.
No trust required with 8004, a new Ethereum protocol for trustless agents-‘Agent discovery and trust protocol’ ensures AI actors are vetted, validated-Feb 6, 2026, 10:24 am EST | Joel R. McConvey
If you are near a tween in the coming days, tell them “6-7” is over; now is the time for 8004. If they ask what you are talking about, you might quote the 8004 website, and explain that “the open agent economy needs to be anchored in the democratic values that have shaped human progress.”If that doesn’t hook them, this might: Ethereum Request for Comment 8004, or ERC-8004, is “an open protocol that lets you register and make your agents and APIs visible and portable; discover other people’s agents and APIs; and decide which ones to use based on feedback from previous clients and validation performed by third parties.”“In one sentence: it is an agent discovery and trust protocol.”In another, it’s a standard that gives AI software agents persistent identities and a common framework for vetting. It defines three registries agents can join: identity, reputation and validation. Respectively, these use token-based identifiers, structured feedback and the ability for agents to request independent checks of their work.For AI agents, ‘the name’s chain – block chain’The general idea is to discover agents and establish trust through reputation and cryptographic attestations on the blockchain: which agent comes from where and whom, what is known about it, who can vouch for or validate it.Per the protocol’s abstract, knowing this enables agents to “discover, choose, and interact with agents across organizational boundaries without pre-existing trust, thus enabling open-ended agent economies” across vendors, chains or jurisdictions.“Developers can choose from different trust models: reputation systems using client feedback, validation via stake-secured re-execution, zero-knowledge machine learning (zkML) proofs, or trusted execution environment (TEE) oracles.”It’s not a market: no payments or business models-Developed within Etherium, 8004 ultimately “aims to be a universal standard for agent and service discovery and trust via blockchains.” As listed on its website, its authors come from the Ethereum Foundation, Metamask, Coinbase and Google; however, it is to be run as an “independent community effort contributed to by more than 50 organizations.”According to coverage in Coinbase, “developers involved in the proposal frame it as infrastructure rather than a marketplace. ERC-8004 doesn’t handle payments, pricing or business models. Instead, it provides common rails for discovery and trust,” and “could push Ethereum further into a role as neutral infrastructure – not just for financial contracts, but for coordinating autonomous software agents in an increasingly fragmented AI ecosystem.”Fingerprint aims to sort bad bots from good bots-Fingerprint has announced the launch of its Authorized AI Agent Detection suite, an ecosystem of AI agents, including OpenAI, AWS AgentCore, Browserbase, Manus and Anchor Browser. A release says “enables enterprises to detect authorized agentic AI traffic with 100 percent certainty, allowing organizations to distinguish trusted, permissioned automation from malicious bots and scrapers.”The product promises to support real-world AI agent use cases and protect revenue while reinforcing fraud prevention through enterprise and workforce automation.Valentin Vasilyev, CTO of Fingerprint, says that “for years, the goal was simply to stop the bots.”“But that’s a losing strategy as an increasing number of interactions are becoming automated. The real challenge now is determining whether traffic is legitimate. We built this ecosystem so businesses can stop blindly blocking visitors. Instead, they can now start identifying every visitor, whether they are a malicious bot, an authorized agent or a human. In the AI era, companies that are able to differentiate trusted visitors from suspicious ones will retain their competitive edge.”Okta goes deep on agentic security-Okta has published a seven-part series, AI Agent Security: Building Autonomous Trust at Machine Speed, which covers a wide spectrum of topics and questions related to the agentic takeover. “As business logic migrates from apps to agents, every risk becomes an identity problem: who’s acting, under what authority, with what lineage, and how fast can you revoke access when context shifts?”The company says IAM must be rebuilt for autonomy – and explains how.So far, 6/7 chapters have been posted.
Flight escorted by IAF into Ben Gurion after ‘security incident’; concerns unfounded-Air force scrambles fighter jets after ‘threatening message’ reported aboard Wizz Air flight from London to Israel; after landing, authorities determine ‘no real incident’By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff Today, 5:52 pm-FEB 8,26
The Israeli Air Force scrambled fighter jets to escort a Wizz Air flight into Ben Gurion Airport Sunday afternoon, following a suspected “security incident,” a military source told The Times of Israel.The suspicions occurred aboard the low-cost Hungarian carrier’s flight W95301 from London’s Luton Airport, and came after one of the passengers purportedly received a “threatening message” on their phone, according to a security source.An Israel Airports Authority spokesperson told The Times of Israel that “due to suspicious conduct on the aircraft, security forces acted in accordance with the procedures for such a case.”The air force scrambled several fighter jets, which escorted the plane back to the airport.“The aircraft landed, and it was found that there was no real incident,” the spokesperson said.According to reports in Hebrew media, the “threatening message” first appeared on the phone of a ultra-Orthodox couple, though Channel 12 said that the “message” was the name of a Wi-Fi hotspot that had been changed by their son to the Arabic word for “terrorist,” sparking fears of a possible attack.Once on the tarmac, passengers and their belongings were checked by bomb-sniffing dogs, Channel 12 added, and nothing suspicious was found.Air traffic returned to normal after incoming and outgoing flights were briefly paused due to the incident.
Interview'We were punched in the gut... abandoned'-US Jewish orgs are reassessing ‘allies’ after Oct. 7 betrayals, key Jewish leader says-As institutions look to ‘reset’ following two years of war, resources spent on community relations may be better used for Jewish education, says Conference of Presidents CEO William Daroff-By Zev Stub-7 February 2026, 5:10 pm
American Jewish organizations are rethinking the value of traditional coalition-building efforts after many long-time allies “punched us in the gut” following the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations William Daroff told The Times of Israel Thursday.Ahead of the organization’s annual mission to Israel later this month, Daroff, considered one of the most influential figures in American Jewry, said that community leaders are thinking about how to “press reset” after the ceasefire and hostage return that brought Israel’s two-year war in Gaza to a level of closure.After the shock of the Hamas attack, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 kidnapped, the Jewish world experienced a second shock afterwards, on the proverbial “October 8,” when many saw friends and partners turn against Israel or stay silent, Daroff said.“The day after the attack, we were punched in the gut a second time when we saw how many of our erstwhile friends and allies, with whom we’d marched and supported, abandoned us,” he said.For years, mainstream Jewish organizations have invested heavily in community-relations work, building ties with African American, Latino, LGBT groups and labor unions, among others, Daroff said. They joined coalitions on issues such as raising the minimum wage, civil rights and broader social justice agendas. Part of the purpose was basic decency, but there was also a strategic aspect: an expectation that when Jews faced rising antisemitism or when Israel was under attack, those allies would stand with them.That assumption did not hold after October 7, however, Daroff said.“The unions that we had stood with abandoned us,” he said bluntly. “Now, in an environment where organizations have limited resources, I think there needs to be a reassessment of how we prioritize engaging with allies.”This does not mean turning inward and ignoring broader social issues, Daroff stressed.“Fighting for minimum wage, for instance, in and of itself, might be a good thing” from a Jewish values perspective, he said. However, he said, the notion that such advocacy would “pay dividends” for the Jewish community in the form of support on issues of Israel or antisemitism has been “blown away.”Meanwhile, Daroff said, the last two years have shown that organizations should pour more resources into “doubling down” on Jewish education to strengthen people’s identity and resilience.“We need to ensure that these kids have the self-confidence to talk about Judaism, about Israel, so when they hit the campus as freshmen, they’re not hit with challenges for the first time and have no way to respond.”A return to unity-Looking at the current landscape, Daroff, whose umbrella organization represents 50 mainstream Jewish organizations from across the political spectrum, said he sees a new level of unity and willingness to cooperate following the events of the past two years.After Israel’s judicial reform debate split society in the year before the October 7 attack, “organizations have learned to bite their lips on the 10% they disagree on for the sake of Shlom Bayit [cohesion] and to cooperate on the 90% that they do agree on,” Daroff said. “October 7 forced us to focus on who our real enemies are and what our real priorities are, and there is so much work to be done that we can do better together.”Mainstream Jewish leaders are nearly all in agreement on most of the core issues, such as the centrality of Israel in Jewish life, Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the Jewish people, and a basic understanding of Israel’s role and rights in a hostile region, Daroff said. While they may have squabbled over secondary matters before the war, unity now means working together on these issues and speaking with commonality of purpose and agreement.“My big focus now for the American Jewish community is to try to continue this, and to impress upon our Israeli brothers and sisters to put unity at the top of their priorities,” he added.Daroff outlined his approach to “leading from consensus” as the head of the Conference of Presidents, whose members span the entire political spectrum.“My practice has been to focus on areas of agreement, and from there, tiptoe into areas of disagreement to see if there are ways to bring people together in a way that will make everybody happy,” he said.Antisemitism and engagement-Looking at the state of antisemitism today, Daroff sees “early indications” of a gradual cooling of the explosion in anti-Jewish hostility over the last two years. While it is too early to guess how things will progress over the coming months, there are signs of progress, especially on the fierce ideological battlefields of college campuses.“Things like anti-Israel encampments and Jewish students being harassed are not happening anymore,” Daroff said. “Campuses are much calmer now than they were previously.”That marks a sharp contrast with the spring of 2024, when weeks-long encampments, building occupations and class disruptions were common at major universities.Much of that, he said, is because the Trump administration took strong steps to enforce Title VI protections against discrimination, including threatening to withdraw federal funding, to force university administrators to clamp down on hate activities on campus.“Those interventions raised the stakes for institutions and literally changed the atmosphere for Jewish students and faculty overnight,” he said.Meanwhile, the phenomenon of surging Jewish engagement among non-affiliated Jews since October 7 shows no signs of abating, Daroff said. Organizations continue to report rising synagogue and JCC attendance, increased involvement in Jewish and pro-Israel advocacy, and public displays of Jewish identity such as wearing yarmulkes and Magen David necklaces.“We haven’t seen indications that the surge is reversing,” Daroff said. “As a community, we have been circling our wagons because we have seen that, at the end of the day, the people we can count on the most are our Jewish friends and neighbors. I think that’s been an important part of the surge, and we need to find ways to ensure that Jewish engagement continues.”“My hope at this point,” Daroff said, “is that with the conflict here receding, the Jewish community can press reset and focus on what is important.”
JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
38 I will set My throne in Elam,And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says the Lord.
39 ‘But it shall come to pass in the latter days:I will bring back the captives of Elam,’ says the Lord.”
Ezekiel 32:24
24 There [is] Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
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)
A SURGICAL QUICK WAR WITH IRAN.
-HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONS BY US ALL NEAR IRAN.DRONES OVER ISRAEL AND OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
-DRONES OVER GULF OF AMERICA.STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
-SUB HUNTERS ALONG THE COAST.EVERY THING IS BEING TRACKED AROUND IRAN.
-TONS OF COMPANIES STOPPING THEIR CARGO SHIPS BEFORE GOING INTO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
-NUKE SNIFFER WATCHING RUSSIA CLOSELY FOR MOVING NUKES.
-AWAK TAKING KILL CHAIN AUTHORITY. MAKING DECISIONS, COMMAND STRUCTURE, WHAT TO HIT IN IRAN.AND WATCHING THE NORTH SOUTH BORDERS CLOSELY. USA IS WORRIED ABOUT SOMETHING FROM IRAN PROXIES HEZZBOLA EVEN THE IRGC.
-OR WATCHING SOMETHING STACK UP ON THE OTHER SIDE.BUT NO ACTION OVER THE MIDEAST YET.FROM EUROPE.
-WHAT TYPICALLY COMES OUT OF TEXAS BIGGS ARMY REACH.AIR AND MISSLE DEFENCE UNITS.PATRIOT MISSLE BATTALIONS (LAUNCHER, RADAR, CONTROL STATIONS.THAAD ELEMENTS (FORT BLISS IS THE THAAD HUB).HEAVY ARMY EQUIPMENT.ARMORED VEHICLES (BRADLEY/STRIKER-TYPE PLATFORMS).SUPPORT VEHICLES, GENERATORS, RADAR TRUCKS.SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL-ADA OPERATORS.RADAR SENSOR TECHS.COMMAND AND CONTROL ELEMENTS.
-SANANTONIO AND OVER TO PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE.WHAT COMES OUT OF PATRICK.SOME SPACE ELEMENTS.YOU ALSO GET P.JS-PARA RESCUE.WHEN THE P.JS GET CLOSE YOU KNOW WERE GETTING CLOSE TO SOMETHING POPIN OFF. WHEN THE PJS GO OUT IT TIME TO GET READY FOR ACTION.
-NOTICE ALL THE FLOW INTO RAMSTEIN WITH THE BROKEN TRACES AND THE ELEMENTS THAT GO INTO JORDAN.HEAVY, VERY HEAVY..MOST LIKELY THE BROKEN TRACES ARE DOWN BY JABOOTI AND AMAN JORDAN.
-CAMBER IS THE US TRANSPERTATION COMMAND SIDE.ATLAS, US AIR,WESTERN GLOBAL ETC.HEADING TO THE MIDEAST.EVERY THING IS COMING IN TO PLAY-ASSETS, AIR CRAFT SUPPORT, FLY AWAY KITS, NEED FOR REPAIRS,BLACK BOXES,XTRA LANDING GEAR, TIRES ETC.
-THEN YOU GET SUPPORT EQUIPMENT SUCH AS-AGENTS TO KEEP AIR CRAFT POWERED,ALL YOUR TENTS COOLED.SO THEY CAN COOK FOR THE CREWS ALL OUT THEIR.THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO DESERT STORM THOUGH.TENS OF THOUSANDS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FOR DESRT STORM.
-THE AIR FUELLERS ARE TAPERING OFF THE LAST FEW DAYS.MEANING THINGS ARE GETTING IN PLACE QUICKLY FOR ACTION.
-AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER ALL KINDS OF FLIGHTS.FIGHTERS.WHEN YOU SEE THIS ACTIVITY PROBABLY MOST OF THE FIGHTERS ARE IN THE UK ALREADY. THERE
- ACTION AROUND SPAIN AND GIBRALTER.YOU LIKELY GOT FIGHTERS WATCHING THE MEDITERRANIAN AREA OVER THAT AIR SPACE.
-AIR MISSLE DEFENCE WAS TAKIN INTO ATHENS OR ITALY. COULD BE FOR THE OLYMPICS. MEANS THEIR MOVING SOMETHING BIG.
-RUSSIA WILL SUPPORT IRAN BUT NOT GO DIRECTLY INTO IRAN.THEY SCOOT AROUND.THEY GO TO HAVANA CUBA FOR THE 2ND TIME.AND ALSO TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.THEN BAKU TO ARMENIA TO DELI INDIA DOWN TO SOUTH EAST ASIA. AND THEN DOWN INTO CHINA.
-WHATS IRANS MAHA AIR BEEN UP TO-THERE GOING TO A PORT IN ISTANBUL TURKEY.THEIR GATHERING STUFF THAT PROBABLY FLOATS ACROSS THE RUSSIAN BLACK SEA.MISSLE COMPONANTS, DRONES, MUNITIONS. THINGS THAT THEY NEED. AND NOTICE TO-DOWN TO THE WHOLE SOTHERN PLANKS IN THE PERSIAN GULF. THE STRAITS.THAT PUTS EVERY THING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IN A VERY CLOSE REACH. AND THE TIMEING FROM LAUNCH TO HIT IS VERY TIGHT. SOUTH EAST ASIA INTO CHINA. THEIR GETTING STUFF FROM CHINA.THEIR GETTING STUFF FROM RUSSIA.THEN NOTE THIS. ITS ALL BEING CENTRALLY LOCATED INTO IRAN.AND FLEXED OUT TO OTHER PLACES.
-FLIGHTS GOING INTO RUSSIA-MEANS IRAN IS SAYING TO RUSSIA.HAVE YOU GOT OUR BACK.AND IF IRAN GETS FRYED. KHEMENI HEADS OFF TO BOOT SCOOTIN PUTINS RUSSIA QUICK. EZEKIEL 38-39 SAYS RUSSIA,IRAN AND TURKEY PLUS MORE MUSLIMS WOULD BE COMING AGAINST ISRAEL. AND GONE TO HELL FIRE FOREVER AND ELAM IN JEREMIAH 49 SAYS IRANS BOWS WILL BE BROKIN. SO THEIR IRANIAN GUARDS ARMY WILL BE TOTALLY GONE FOREVER.WHICH MEANS TRUMP WILL BE OUT TO GET BLACK HAT MAUDI LOVER KHEMENI OUT OF POWER AND INTO REGIME CHANGE.
-MAHA HAS ALSO BEEN FLYING INTO INDIA TO GET EQUIPMENT AND STUFF.
Iran FM says agreed with US to hold next round of talks 'soon'.
Tehran, Feb 7 (AFP) Feb 07, 2026-Iran's foreign minister said a fresh round of talks with Washington would take place "soon", while insisting that enrichment was Tehran's "inalienable right" and building trust would take time.Abbas Araghchi said the first round of talks in Oman on Friday had been a "good start"."(Nuclear) Enrichment is our inalienable right and must continue. Even with bombing they could not destroy our capabilities," Araghchi said, according to excerpts published in Persian on his official Telegram channel of an interview with the Al Jazeera network."We are ready to reach a reassuring agreement on enrichment," he added during the interview, which was later released in parts by Al Jazeera with Arabic dubbing."The Iranian nuclear case will only be resolved through negotiations."Araghchi's remarks came a day after renewed nuclear talks in Muscat with Washington, which has deployed an aircraft carrier group to the Middle East following Iran's deadly response to anti-government protests.Friday's negotiations were the first since nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States collapsed last year following Israel's unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, which triggered a 12-day war.During the war US warplanes bombed Iranian nuclear sites.Araghchi called Friday's talks "a good start", but insisted that "there is a long way to go to build trust".He warned that Iran "will attack their (US) bases in the region" if Washington targets Iranian territory.He said the discussions in Muscat were "indirect", via Omani mediation, but said that there was "an opportunity" for a handshake with the US delegation.The two sides had agreed to hold another round of talks "soon", but the date has yet to be determined, Araghchi said.He said Iran's missile programme was "never negotiable" because it relates to a "defence issue".The United States has sought to address Iran's ballistic missile programme and its support for militant groups in the region -- issues which Israel has pushed to include in the talks, according to media reports.Tehran has repeatedly rejected expanding the scope of the negotiations beyond the nuclear issue.
Iran army reports fire at Tehran barracks, says blaze contained, no injuries.
Tehran, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-A fire erupted at a wood workshop located within the grounds of a military barracks in the Iranian capital on Friday, the army said in a statement.The blaze was contained and no injuries have been reported, the army added, as it blamed an electrical fault for the fire."The fire was brought under control when firefighting teams arrived on time," said the statement, which was carried by official media.Earlier this week, a fire broke out at a bazaar west of Tehran, with rescuers bringing it under control.The fire on Tuesday did not result in any injuries, rescuers had said at the time.
Iran, US hold talks in Oman after deadly protest crackdown-By Aya Iskandarani with Stuart Williams in Paris.
Muscat, Oman (AFP) Feb 6, 2026-Iran and the United States began talks on Friday in Oman, with Washington refusing to rule out military action against the Islamic republic over its deadly crackdown on mass protests.Iran has insisted the Oman-mediated talks will be centred solely on its nuclear programme, while the United States also wants to discuss Tehran's backing for militant groups in the region and its ballistic missile programme.The talks are the first between the two foes since the United States joined Israel's war with Iran in June with strikes on nuclear sites.President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are leading their delegations at the negotiations in Oman, which acts as a mediator between the countries.Iranian state media reported the talks had begun, with Araghchi saying Tehran maintains "full readiness to defend the country's sovereignty and national security against any excessive demands or adventurism" by the United States."Iran enters diplomacy with open eyes and a steady memory of the past year. We engage in good faith and stand firm on our rights," Araghchi added on X."Commitments need to be honoured. Equal standing, mutual respect and mutual interest are not rhetoric -- they are a must and the pillars of a durable agreement," he said.Iran had said on Thursday it had a "responsibility not to miss any opportunity to use diplomacy" to preserve peace, adding it hoped Washington would participate in the discussions "with responsibility, realism and seriousness".The US delegation intends to explore "zero nuclear capacity" for Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, warning that Trump had "many options at his disposal aside from diplomacy".- 'Big fleet' -The meeting comes just under a month after the peak of a wave of nationwide protests in Iran against the clerical leadership, which rights groups say were repressed with an unprecedented crackdown that has left thousands dead."They're negotiating," Trump said of Iran on Thursday."They don't want us to hit them, we have a big fleet going there," he added, referring to the aircraft carrier group he has repeatedly called an "armada".Trump initially threatened military action against Tehran over its crackdown on protesters and even told demonstrators "help is on its way".But his rhetoric in recent days has focused on reining in the Iranian nuclear programme, which the West believes is aimed at making a bomb.US Vice President JD Vance told SiriusXM in an interview broadcast Wednesday that Trump would "keep his options open"."He is going to talk to everybody, he is going to try to accomplish what he can through non-military means and if he feels like the military is the only option then he is ultimately going to choose that," Vance said.- 'Inflexibility' -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, speaking in the Qatari capital Doha, urged Iran's leadership to "truly enter talks", saying there was a "great fear of military escalation in the region".Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted by Turkish newspapers as saying: "So far, I see that the parties want to make room for diplomacy," adding that conflict was "not the solution".China said it supports Iran defending its interests and opposes "unilateral bullying".There had been disagreement in the run-up to the talks over whether the meeting should also include regional countries and address Tehran's support of militant groups and its ballistic missile programmes, two US concerns that Iran resisted.Citing unnamed Iranian officials, the New York Times said the United States agreed the talks would exclude regional actors, and while the meeting would focus on the nuclear issue, it would also discuss missiles and militant groups "with the goal of coming up with a framework for a deal"."Iran continues to show inflexibility toward addressing US demands, which reduces the likelihood that Iran and the United States will be able to reach a diplomatic solution," the US-based Institute for the Study of War said.With the American threats of military action still looming, the United States has manoeuvered a naval group led by aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln into the region.The Wall Street Journal cited a source as saying that the head of US military forces in the Middle East would join the latest talks.Iran has repeatedly vowed it will hit back at US bases if attacked."We are ready to defend and it is the US president who must choose between compromise or war," state television on Thursday quoted army spokesman General Mohammad Akraminia as saying, warning that Iran has "easy" access to US regional bases.burs-axn/ser
INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
2 PETER 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements (NUKES) shall melt with fervent heat,(BLAST) the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.(BUT ITS NO END OF THE WORLD HOGWASH)
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,(BY NUKES INCLUDING 3 BILLION PEOPLE) what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD FOR US THAT WE CAN BE SAVED FOREVER.AND DURING WW3 PEOPLES BLOOD WILL BE SHED AS A JUDGEMENT FOR HATING HIM AND ISRAEL.GOD IS NOT MOCKED.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the (ARAB/MUSLIM) nations that are round about thee,(ISRAEL) when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts,(WHEN RUSSIA/MUSLIMS GET DEFEATED THIER BODIES GET EATEN BY BIRDS,ANIMALS IN ISRAEL MIGRATION SEASON) and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;(NUKES) and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire,(NUKES) and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:(GOD/ISRAEL HATE AND BRAKING OF HIS COMMANDMENTS) the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die - 3 BILLION).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
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.(ATOMIC BOMBS)(RUSSIA CHINA DESTROYED BY ISRAELS ATOMIC BOMBS)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
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.
China shuns calls to enter nuclear talks after US-Russia treaty lapses by AFP Staff Writers.
Beijing (AFP) Feb 5, 2026-China rejected calls to enter talks on a new nuclear treaty after a US-Russian agreement expired on Thursday, ending decades of restrictions on how many warheads the two powers can deploy.Campaigners have warned that the expiry of the New START treaty could trigger a global arms race, urging nuclear powers to enter negotiations.The United States has said any new nuclear agreement would have to include China, whose nuclear arsenal is rapidly expanding.China's foreign ministry joined a growing international chorus expressing regret on Thursday over the treaty's expiry, but said Beijing "will not participate in nuclear disarmament negotiations at this stage"."China's nuclear capabilities are of a totally different scale as those of the United States and Russia," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a news conference.Russia and the United States together control more than 80 percent of the world's nuclear warheads.China's nuclear arsenal, meanwhile, is growing faster than any country's, by about 100 new warheads a year since 2023, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).China is estimated to have at least 600 nuclear warheads, SIPRI says -- well below the 800 each at which Russia and the United States were capped under New START.France and Britain, treaty-bound US allies, together have another 100.- Fears of nuclear war -Signed during a warmer period of relations, US President Donald Trump did not follow up on Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's proposal to extend New START's limits for one year.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the expiry a "grave moment"."For the first time in more than half a century, we face a world without any binding limits on the strategic nuclear arsenals" of Russia and the United States, Guterres said in a statement."This dissolution of decades of achievement could not come at a worse time -- the risk of a nuclear weapon being used is the highest in decades," he said, after Russian suggestions of using tactical nuclear weapons early in the Ukraine war.A NATO official, speaking on condition of anonymity, called for "restraint and responsibility" and said that the US-led military alliance "will continue to take steps necessary" to ensure its defence.The official condemned "Russia's irresponsible nuclear rhetoric".China, meanwhile, "continues to rapidly expand and diversify its nuclear arsenal", they added.A group of Japanese survivors of US atomic bombs during World War II said they feared the world was marching towards nuclear war."I have a feeling that in the not-too-distant future, we'll actually have a nuclear war and head toward destruction," Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of the Nihon Hidankyo group, told a press conference.In the run-up to the treaty's expiry, the metaphorical "Doomsday Clock" representing how near humanity is to catastrophe moved closer than ever to midnight, as its board warned of heightened risks of a nuclear arms race.- 'Impossible' without China -Moscow said it considered that both Russia and the United States were "no longer bound by any obligations" under New START."The Russian Federation intends to act responsibly and prudently," it added, but warned it was ready to take "decisive" countermeasures if its national security is threatened.China urged Washington to "handle follow-up arrangements of the treaty in a responsible way, and resume strategic stability dialogue with Russia", foreign ministry spokesman Lin said.Trump, who has frequently lashed out at international limits on the United States, also looked ready in his first term to let New START lapse as he insisted on including China.But some observers say the expiry owes less to ideology than to the workings of the Trump administration, where career diplomats are sidelined, simply not having the bandwidth to negotiate a complex agreement.On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated a call for a new agreement to include Beijing."The president's been clear in the past that in order to have true arms control in the 21st century, it's impossible to do something that doesn't include China," Rubio said.Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, which warns of nuclear risks, agreed that China should engage.But "there is no indication that Trump or his team have taken the time to propose risk reduction or arms control talks with China since returning to office in 2025", Kimball said.The treaty, signed in 2010 in Prague by then presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, limited each side's nuclear arsenal to 1,550 deployed strategic warheads, a reduction of nearly 30 percent from the previous limit set in 2002.
Nuclear powers scramble for high ground after arms treaty expires.
Paris, France, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-The cycle of bluff and counter-bluff playing out between the world's major nuclear powers has redoubled since the New START treaty on US-Russia nuclear disarmament expired this week.While Washington wants Beijing to be part of any future treaty, Moscow is calling for the inclusion of Paris and London.With the two nuclear superpowers now free of the restrictions imposed by the New START treaty, some experts fear another arms race.Each side's statements are designed to get something from the other side without conceding anything themselves.Here are three recurring themes in the dialogue so far.- China hides its hand -China has dismissed the idea of joining talks on a new nuclear arms limitation treaty.As one Western diplomat put it, Beijing prefers to be "deliberately vague" on how hard it is pushing to catch up with the two major nuclear powers.China has around 600 nuclear warheads in all, far fewer than the approximately 1,700 currently deployed by the United States and Russia between them -- and fewer still than the total number of warheads the two nuclear giants have in their stocks.But most observers agree that China has stepped up production of its nuclear warheads. According to US estimates, they could number 1,000 by 2030 and possibly even 1,500 by 2035.Testifying before the US Senate's Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, retired admiral and former commander of US Strategic Command (Stratcom) Charles A. Richard advised raising estimates of Chinese capabilities above "whatever the intelligence community tells you"."Double it or triple it and you will probably be closer to where we're actually gonna wind up," he said.China's opacity on this question raises problems, said Ja Ian Chong, a politics specialist at the National University of Singapore."That limited transparency and secrecy create grounds for miscalculation," he told AFP."Some observers think Beijing has an incentive to obscure its true capabilities, which can both protect its nuclear arsenal and provide some advantage in preventing potential adversaries from developing countermeasures," he added.Granted, China insists it keeps its nuclear capability at the minimum required for national security, said Chong.But he added: "There is no way to independently verify that claim."- No hotline in Beijing -A year after the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis brought Russia and the United States to the brink of war, the two countries installed a hotline so their leaders could reach each other quickly in the event of a similar emergency.China does not share that history.As Admiral Richard told the US Senate committee: "One thing that Russia and the United States learned through the Cold War was how you responsibly operate systems of this great destructive potential."China, we don't know if they have learned the same lessons."One reason China is reluctant to join nuclear weapons limitations talks is that it is so far behind the other two major powers, said Georgia Cole, a researcher at the London-based international affairs think tank-Chatham House.Trump might well want them at the negotiating table, she said. "But that's not going to happen in the interim because China has said that they won't engage in formal nuclear arms control until they achieve parity with the US and Russia."- Russia's gambit -Russia's response to the US insistence over China is to make the same demand of Europe's nuclear powers and UN Security Council members, Britain and France.Gennady Gatilov, Moscow's ambassador to the conference on disarmament in Geneva, said Russian participation depended on that of the UK and France, "who are military allies of the United States in NATO".The two countries possess fewer than 500 nuclear warheads between them.But Russia wants them counted in a single Western "basket" along with the US nuclear arsenal, said Heloise Fayet, a security specialist at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI).That would turn them into "bargaining chips for the two great powers", she pointed out."France has always rejected this principle."- Talk about the risks -In Washington, Rose Gottemoeller, former US chief negotiator for the New START treaty, insisted before the US Senate committee that Beijing had to participate in future nuclear talks.She had got the impression recently that "they seem very interested in trying to figure out ways to begin a conversation with the United States about nuclear risks", she said.So even if Beijing did not want to engage in arms control talks, there was still a conversation to be had about these risks."They have a much smaller arsenal than ours," she acknowledged."But things like missile-launch notifications... hotline arrangements... are valuable to begin a conversation about the necessity of controlling nuclear weapons at the negotiating table and not being so untransparent about what they're doing with their modernisation," she argued."That has to be the first and foremost objective: talking to them about what their intentions are."
US says new nuclear deal should include China, accuses Beijing of secret tests.
Geneva, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-The United States on Friday urged three-way talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons, as it accused Beijing of conducting secret nuclear tests and dramatically swelling its arsenal.A day after the expiration of New START -- the last treaty between top nuclear powers Washington and Moscow -- Beijing reiterated that it did not plan to join disarmament negotiations "at this stage".Russia meanwhile suggested other nuclear-armed states such as Britain and France should be included in any talks."Arms control can no longer be a bilateral issue between the United States and Russia," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in an online essay."Other countries have a responsibility to help ensure strategic stability, none more so than China."The expiration on Thursday of New START, which restricted the United States and Russia to 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads each, marks the first time in decades that there is no treaty to curtail the positioning of the planet's most destructive weapons, sparking fears of a fresh arms race.US President Donald Trump did not accept a proposal from Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to keep New START's restrictions in place for another year, and called Thursday for a "new, improved and modernised treaty".- Secret nuclear tests? -Thomas DiNanno, US under secretary of state for arms control, presented the new US plan Friday to the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations in Geneva, charging that the lapsed New START treaty had "fundamental flaws".He accused China of taking advantage of the "legally-binding US-Russian restraint to begin expanding its arsenal at a historic pace", maintaining that it was "on track to have over 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030"."As we sit here today, China's entire nuclear arsenal has no limits, no transparency, no declarations, and no controls," he said.DiNanno also accused Beijing of conducting secret "nuclear explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated yields in the hundreds of tonnes".He charged that one such test was conducted on June 22, 2020, and accused China of seeking "to conceal testing by obfuscating the nuclear explosions because it recognised these tests violate test ban commitments".Trump hinted at similar accusations late last year but without providing the same level of detail.He said Washington wanted to resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in decades "on an equal basis" with Moscow and Beijing but without elaborating and so far without following through.- 'Irresponsible' -China's ambassador Shen Jian slammed Washington on Friday for "making irresponsible remarks, for instance the threatening of making nuclear weapons tests".He also reiterated Beijing's official position, insisting to the conference that "China would not participate in nuclear disarmament negotiations at this stage"."States possessing the largest nuclear arsenals should continue to fulfil their special and primary responsibilities for nuclear disarmament," he added.Russia and the United States together control more than 80 percent of the world's nuclear warheads.But China's nuclear arsenal is growing faster than any other country, by about 100 new warheads a year since 2023, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.Russia, which has said it no longer considers itself bound by New START limits, said any new nuclear talks should include other nuclear-armed states such as France and Britain, its ambassador Gennady Gatilov told Friday's conference.Britain's ambassador, David Riley, appeared to dismiss the idea, saying "the United Kingdom maintains a minimum credible nuclear deterrent" and that arms control talks should focus on "those states with the largest nuclear arsenals -- China, Russia and the US".French ambassador Anne Lazar-Sury meanwhile said Paris believed "credible measures capable of reducing the risk of nuclear weapons use" should be "the objective of all nuclear-armed states."Trump has said New START was "badly negotiated" and "is being grossly violated".Russia in 2023 rejected inspections of its nuclear sites under the treaty, as tensions rose with the United States over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.But Trump has resumed diplomacy with Putin's Russia. The two countries on Thursday announced a resumption of direct military dialogue to avert crises.
Belgium probes suspicious damage to navy ship.
Brussels, Belgium, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-Belgian authorities said Friday they have opened an investigation after a navy ship was damaged in suspicious circumstances, with the government drawing comparisons to a sabotage case in Germany.The incident occurred on Tuesday at the Zeebrugge naval base, where the exhaust system of the Oostende, a mine hunter, overheated and was releasing smoke, according to the Belgian ministry of defence."Technical investigations are underway and all hypotheses are being considered," a spokeswoman for the Belgian federal prosecutor's office told AFP.Although there was no fire and no one was injured, firefighters were called to the scene to cool down the equipment, said the defence ministry, which is also investigating.Responding to lawmakers' questions on Wednesday, Defence Minister Theo Francken compared the case to the alleged attempted sabotage of German naval vessels in Hamburg."We have already seen this in Germany, where acts of sabotage were involved," Francken said, describing the Belgian incident as "striking".A Greek and a Romanian man were arrested this week on suspicion of having tried to sabotage German navy corvettes in 2025.Germany and other NATO members across Europe are on high alert over suspected Russian espionage, drone surveillance and sabotage.
Norway says Russia, China seek to up presence on Svalbard.
Oslo, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-While global tensions have focused on Greenland, Norway's military intelligence service said on Friday that Russia and China were looking to increase their presence on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.In its annual threat assessment, the Norwegian Intelligence Service said that "from Moscow's perspective, Svalbard's strategic location makes it necessary to maintain a Russian presence there".The second-largest town on Svalbard, the coal mining settlement of Barentsburg, is almost entirely populated by Russian nationals."There are signs that the Kremlin is looking to make the Barentsburg settlement less dependent on Norwegian supply and transport infrastructure"Regular port visits by ships from Russia constitute one planned step in this direction," the agency said.It said Beijing was "also expected to work towards enhancing the Chinese presence in Svalbard"."The archipelago is strategically placed for future shipping routes and polar research, which are central to cementing China's role as an Arctic actor," it said in its report.It noted that China's presence was becoming more visible in the Arctic and that five Chinese research vessels had operated in the Arctic Ocean in 2025, compared to three in 2024 and one in previous years.The service also noted that tensions between the United States and Europe over Greenland and security in the Arctic "could serve both Russian and Chinese interests."- 'Crumbling' world order -Andreas Stensones, head of the service, said in the report that Moscow and Beijing stood to benefit as "international cooperation and institutions are being undermined"."The same dynamic is evident in the Arctic. Much of the foundation for Norwegian security is being challenged and we must accept that the world order as we have known it is crumbling," Stensones said.Speaking at a press conference, Norwegian Defence Minister Tore Sandvik noted: "2026 has so far been characterised by great uncertainty."He pointed in particular to US President Donald Trump's vocally stated desire to take over Greenland.Trump's threats against Greenland last month plunged NATO -- of which Norway is a member -- into its deepest crisis in years."There is no denying that relations across the Atlantic are more unpredictable," Sandvik said.Stensones told the same press conference that Washington's actions affected how both Moscow and Beijing were thinking and acting."In their view, western unity has already begun to crack, and they see great opportunities to strengthen their influence and secure control in their neighbouring areas," he told reporters.
Ukraine, Norway, Sweden top destinations for German arms exports.
Berlin, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-Ukraine was again the top recipient of German defence exports last year, followed by Germany's Scandinavian NATO allies Norway and Sweden, an official report said Friday.The economy ministry said Ukraine had received around two billion euros ($2.35bn) of arms exports from Germany, which has been Kyiv's most important backer in Europe in its war with Russia.After Ukraine, the biggest buyers of German arms were Norway and Sweden, which are regarded as exposed to any threat from Moscow given their proximity to Russia.Norway, a founder member of NATO, bought German arms worth 1.3 billion euros in 2025.Sweden, which applied to join NATO after Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine and joined the alliance in March 2024 -- purchased around one billion euros worth of weapons.Finland joined NATO in 2023 for the same reasons but was not among the 10 biggest buyers of German arms last year.
Over 2,200 IS detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria: Iraqi official.
Baghdad, Feb 7 (AFP) Feb 07, 2026-Iraq has so far received 2,225 Islamic State group detainees, whom the US military began transferring from Syria last month, an Iraqi official told AFP on Saturday.They are among up to 7,000 IS detainees whose transfer from Syria to Iraq the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced last month, in a move it said was aimed at "ensuring that the terrorists remain in secure detention facilities".Previously, they had been held in prisons and camps administered by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria.The announcement of the transfer plan last month came after US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack declared that the SDF's role in confronting IS had come to an end.Saad Maan, head of the security information cell attached to the Iraqi prime minister's office, told AFP on Saturday that "Iraq has received 2,225 terrorists from the Syrian side by land and air, in coordination with the international coalition", which Washington has led since 2014 to fight IS.He said they are being held in "strict, regular detention centres".A Kurdish military source confirmed to AFP the "continued transfer of ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraq under the protection of the international coalition", using another name for IS.On Saturday, an AFP photographer near the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria saw a US military convoy and 11 buses with tinted windows.- Iraq calls for repatriation -IS seized swathes of northern and western Iraq starting in 2014, until Iraqi forces, backed by the international coalition, managed to defeat it in 2017.Iraq is still recovering from the severe abuses committed by the jihadists.In recent years, Iraqi courts have issued death and life sentences against those convicted of terrorism offences.Thousands of Iraqis and foreign nationals convicted of membership in the group are incarcerated in Iraqi prisons.On Monday, the Iraqi judiciary announced it had begun investigative procedures involving 1,387 detainees it received as part of the US military's operation.In a statement to the Iraqi News Agency on Saturday, Maan said "the established principle is to try all those involved in crimes against Iraqis and those belonging to the terrorist ISIS organisation before the competent Iraqi courts".Among the detainees being transferred to Iraq are Syrians, Iraqis, Europeans and holders of other nationalities, according to Iraqi security sources.Iraq is calling on the concerned countries to repatriate their citizens and ensure their prosecution.Maan noted that "the process of handing over the terrorists to their countries will begin once the legal requirements are completed".
METEORS OR ASTEROIDS OR SATELLITES FALLING STARS HIT THE EARTH DURING THE 7 YR TRIB.
AMOS 5:7,18-20-6:1
7 (WOE 1) Ye who turn judgment to wormwood,(POISON) and leave (CAST) off righteousness in the earth,(GROUND)
18 (Woe 2) unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
AMOS 6:1
1 (Woe 3) to them that are at ease in Zion,(JERUSALEM) and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!(WOE 3 IS THIRD WAVE OF WW3 WHEN ALL NATIONS MARCH TO JERUSALEM FOR BATTLE)
JOB 9:6-9 (COMPARE TO REV 6:12-17)
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place,(QUAKE) and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not;(THE SUN BLACKEND) and sealeth up the stars.(WHICH NOW FALL FROM HEAVEN)
8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.(THESE SAME MEORITES MIGHT POISON ALL THE EARTHS WATERS ALSO)
9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.(AND IT IS INTERESTING GOD THRONE IS IN THE NORTH.AND FROM THE SOUTH THESE METEORITES WILL BE FALLING ON EARTH)
COULD THE FALLING STARS-PLANETS BE PLEIADES AND ORION-JUST MY THOUGHT
Historically, the Pleiades were seen as a group of seven stars – its brightest stars: Alcyone, Atlas, Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta and Pleione are visible to the keen naked eye. However modern observations show that this most famous of open clusters is comprised of several hundred stars wreathed in intricately structured nebulosity.As the Pleiades cluster is close to the ecliptic (within 4°) in the constellation of Taurus it is a spring and autumnal 'seasonal' object in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Being close to the ecliptic, there are frequent occultations of the cluster with the Moon and planets. To our superstitious ancestors these were, no doubt, portentious events. Likewise, the apparent annual motion of the cluster would have been highly significant. The heliacal (near dawn) rising of the Pleiades in spring in the northern hemisphere has from ancient times augured the opening of the seafaring and farming season: while its dawn autumnal setting marked the season's end.And also Spring and fall are Bird migration seasons in Israel.It would not surprise me if Israeli wars are not fought around the time of the Pleiades-Orion happenings.The Bible contains three direct references to the Pleiades in Job 9:9 and 38:31, and Amos 5:8, and a single indirect reference in the New Testament. This latter passage (Revelation 1:16) describes a vision of the coming of the Messiah – who holds, in his right hand, seven stars.Well since the meteors do hit the earth in the last 6 months of the 7 year tribulation period.I believe.Jesus' return will be only 6 months or so from happening.So this Pieades (meteorites) earth hit would be warning the world that Jesus is about to return to earth literally.
AMOS 5:8 (FORGET ABOUT PLANET X-NIBURU)(HERES THE FALLING STARS HERE)
8 Seek him (GOD) that maketh the seven stars (plieades) and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death (darkness) into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
JOB 38:31-33
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? (BIND AND LOOSE THESE STARS)(GOD GIVES US A HINT-THESE ARE THE ONES THAT FALL TO EARTH)
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? (GOD TELLS US-I CAN THROW THESE STARS TO EARTH-I AM IN CONTROL OF ALL THINGS)
MATTHEW 24:29-31
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days (NEAR THE END OF THE TRIB)(IS THE ASTEROID HIT) shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,(AS A RESULT OF THE METEORITES OR ASTEROID HITTING THE GROUND-IT SHORTENS THE DAYLIGHT HOURS BECAUSE THE EARTHS GROUND STIRS UP DUST TO THE HEAVENS AND DARKENS THE SUN AND MOON.I BELIEVE WHEN THIS ASTEROID OR METEOR HITS THE EARTH-WE WILL ONLY HAVE 8 HOURS OF SUNLIGHT A DAY-SINCE THE BIBLE SAYS 1/3 OF THE SUN AND MOON WILL BE DARKENED) and the stars (METEORITES) shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.(JESUS AND THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS COME BACK TO EARTH AT THE END OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD)(AND SINCE ITS RIGHT NEAR THE END OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD-THE ASTEROID HITS.-THEN JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH)(SO WE KNOW NOW FOR SURE THAT THE ASTEROID HITS THE EARTH IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD)(JUST BEFORE JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH)
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.(HERES THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS FROM 7 YEARS EARLIAR-BEING GATHERED TOGETHER TO RETURN BACK TO EARTH WITH JESUS)(FOR US TO LIVE ON EARTH FOREVER WITH JESUS)
REVELATION 6:12-17
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars (METORITES) of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come;(LAST HALF OF THE 7 YR TRIB) and who shall be able to stand?
REVELATION 8:8-13
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star (ASTEROID) from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star (ASTEROID) is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.(poisoned)
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars;(LITERAL STARS) so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.(HERES WERE THE ASTEROID HIT BLOCKS THE SUN AND MOON-SHORTENING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TO 8 HOURS A DAY ONLY)
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe,(1) woe,(2) woe,(3) to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels,which are yet to sound!
MATTHEW 24:29 STAR MEANS ASTER OR ASTEROID ALSO-http://biblehub.com/text/matthew/24-29.htm
REVELATION 6:13 STAR MEANS ASTER OR ASTEROID ALSO.-http://biblehub.com/text/revelation/6-13.htm
REVELATION 8:10 STAR MEANS ASTER OR ASTEROID ALSO.-http://biblehub.com/text/revelation/8-10.htm
REVELATION 8:11 STAR MEANS ASTER OR ASTEROID ALSO-http://biblehub.com/text/revelation/8-11.htm
REVELATION 8:12 STARS MEAN LITERAL STARS NOT ASTEROIDS-http://biblehub.com/greek/792.htm
JOB 9:7 STAR MEANS - LITERAL STARS NOT ASTEROIDS.-http://biblehub.com/text/job/9-7.htm - http://biblehub.com/hebrew/strongs_3556.htm
AMOS 5:8 STAR MEANS - LITERAL STARS NOT ASTEROIDS-http://biblehub.com/text/amos/5-8.htm
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
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.
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:
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)
Spain, Portugal brace for fresh storm after flood deaths.
Ronda, Spain, Feb 7 (AFP) Feb 07, 2026-Spain and Portugal on Saturday braced for another storm heading for the Iberian peninsula, just days after the floods caused by Storm Leonardo proved fatal in both countries.The latest depression, christened Storm Marta, has prompted the deployment of more than 26,500 rescuers in Portugal, where the foul weather has led three municipalities to postpone Sunday's presidential vote till next week.Both countries have issued warnings over the potential fresh floods, after inundations blocked hundreds of roads, disrupted trains and forced thousands to evacuate from the rising waters.In Spain, much of the country's south, particularly Andalusia, was placed on orange alert on Saturday, as was the north-west facing heavy rain and violent storms, said national meteorological agency Aemet.But Aemet added it expected the rainfall to be less "exceptional" than seen in recent days during the Leonardo depression, which authorities say claimed two lives, including a woman swept away by a river in Andalusia and whose body was found on Friday.Fresh rainfall Saturday in Andalusia comes on top of downpours which caused mass flooding, landslides and the evacuation of more than 10,000 people from their homes."The rivers have hit their limit," warned Juan Manuel Moreno, president of the Andalusia region, on X.Many roads remained closed as a precaution and rail traffic is largely suspended, according to the authorities, who have called on the population to limit their travel as much as possible.Mario Silvestre, commander in Portugal's civil protection agency, warned that the forecast was "extremely worrying", as quoted by the Lusa press agency.His organisation fears gusts of wind reaching 110 kilometres (68 miles) per hour after Marta reaches the Portuguese coastline, along with landslides and flash floods."All the furniture is completely destroyed, the water broke the window, forced the doors open and then burst through the window from the other side," Francisco Marques, a municipal employee in the central village of Constancia, told AFP.After flying over flood-hit areas in southern Spain near Cadiz on Friday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned that "difficult days" lay ahead for the region as a result of the "very dangerous" weather forecast.Sanchez added he was "bowled over at seeing the endless rain."Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro warned the damage exceeded four billion euros ($4.7 billion).Portugal was already reeling from the effects of Storm Kristin, which led to the deaths of five people, injured hundreds and left tens of thousands without power, when Leonardo hit earlier this week.Portugal's National Meteorological Institute (IPMA) has placed the entire coastline on orange alert due to heavy sea conditions, with waves reaching up to 13 metres high.Eight of the 18 districts on the mainland, located in the centre and south of the country, are also on orange alert."All river basins remain under severe pressure," particularly the Tagus River in the Lisbon region and the Sado River further south, a spokesperson for the National Civil Protection Authority told AFP.One person died during the passage of Storm Leonardo earlier this week and 1,100 people were evacuated across the country, according to the authorities.A succession of atmospheric depressions saw Portugal's dams release "a volume of water equivalent to the country's annual consumption" in just three days, said Jose Pimenta Machado, president of the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), on Friday.Several hundred kilometres (miles) further south, Morocco has also also been hit by a series of violent storms, which have displaced 150,000 people in the north-west of the country in recent days.Scientists say human-driven climate change is increasing the length, intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as the floods and heatwaves that have struck both countries in recent years.rbj-rs-tsc-lf-mig/sbk/cw/ach
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 74.
Jakarta, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia has climbed to 74, authorities said Friday, extending the search for missing people and bodies nearly two weeks since it began.Heavy rain triggered the landslide that tore through a mountain village in Java's West Bandung region on January 24, burying dozens of homes and displacing hundreds.Thousands of rescuers, supported by police, military and volunteers, have been digging through mud and debris manually and using heavy equipment.The local search and rescue agency said 74 victims had been identified."There are still a number of residents on the missing persons list who have not yet been found," said the agency's head Ade Dian Permana, without giving a figure."Weather conditions remain the main challenge, with thick fog and rain still covering the search area, significantly impacting visibility and stability in the area," said Ade.He said the search would continue but with adjustments as it had now entered the recovery phase.The Indonesian navy has said that 23 personnel that were training in the area were among those caught in the landslide that struck Pasirlangu village.Around 50 houses were damaged and more than 160 people remain displaced, according to local authorities.The government has pointed to the role forest loss played in flooding and landslides on the neighbouring island of Sumatra late last year, which killed around 1,200 people and displaced more than 240,000.Forests help absorb rainfall and stabilise the ground held by their roots, and their absence makes areas more prone to landslides.Such disasters are common across the vast Indonesian archipelago during the rainy season, which typically runs from October to March.
Our children are next' fear Kenyans as drought wipes out livestock.
Mandera, Kenya, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.Mandera county along Kenya's borders with Ethiopia and Somalia has seen no rain since May and is now on the point of a full-blown water emergency."I have lost all my cows and goats, and burned them here," Bishar Maalim Mohammed, 60, a resident of Tawakal village, told AFP.In his village, where most are pastoralists relying heavily on their animals, the only remaining bull can no longer stand. He has lain in the same spot for nearly a week, severely dehydrated with bones protruding through his skin, as his owner watches helplessly.In the nearby town of Banissa, the man-made watering hole that once held 60,000 cubic metres of water is dry, leaving a barren expanse that children have turned into a playground.Herds of goats, cattle and camels must now trek up to 30 kilometres (20 miles) to the nearest watering hole at Lulis village, jostling for the remaining water that officials are rationing."In two weeks this water will be finished... we are in a very bad state," said local resident Aden Hussein, 40.More than two million people across 23 counties in Kenya are facing worsening food insecurity after the October-December short rains failed, with rainfall two-thirds below average.The National Drought Management Authority has placed about nine counties on alert, while Mandera county is at the "alarm" phase, one step short of an official emergency.The Famine Early Warning Systems Network recently said 20 to 25 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia need humanitarian food assistance, more than half because of drought."Our children are the next ones who are going to die," said Maalim Mohammed in Tawakal.- 'No milk at all' -At Banissa's main hospital, an influx of severely malnourished children -- some arriving from neighbouring Ethiopia -- has overwhelmed the paediatric ward.During a recent visit, AFP saw eight children suffering from severe malnutrition, including a 32-month-old girl weighing just 4.5 kilograms and another child who had been readmitted after returning to a household with no food."Children are not getting an adequate diet because of this drought... they depend on camel and goat milk but there is now no milk at all," said hospital nutritionist Khalid Ahmed Wethow.The hospital, which serves around 200,000 people, has only eight tins of therapeutic milk remaining in its paediatric unit, which were expected to run out this week.The unit depends on donations from organisations such as the World Food Programme, but with Western countries slashing aid budgets over the past year, it has not received any supplies in six months.The Kenyan government and aid groups such as the Red Cross have increased water-trucking efforts, food assistance and cash support, but say they cannot keep up with demand.- 'Tried to escape' -In desperation, Bishar Mohamed, no relation to the first villager, travelled more than 150 kilometres with his herd of 170 goats in search of pasture. Around 100 died along the way and the rest died after he returned home to Hawara village."We have tried to escape in search of better places and failed," he told AFP, standing in a field where the carcasses of his goats were piled up. "I have been moving by foot... my head is severely in pain... we are thirsty."In nearby Jabi Bar village, enrolment at a nearby school has dropped by more than half, headteacher Ali Haji Shabure told AFP."Only 99 children are in school, most of them have left with their parents," Shabure said.The next rains -- if they come -- are not due before April.Bishara Maalim, a mother of 10 in Hawara, has only one hope for her children: "May God save them."
I wanted to die': survivors recount Mozambique flood terror.
Manhiça, Mozambique, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-Erica Raimundo Mimbir delivered her first baby on a school desk, the only dry place she found after days marooned in her flooded home in southern Mozambique."I wanted to die because of the labour pains and the conditions," the 17-year-old told AFP in a village in the province of Maputo.Evacuated by boat the next day, Mimbir took shelter with relatives, among some 650,000 Mozambicans the United Nations says have been affected by torrential rains since December."I don't think I'll return home because I've never experienced anything like this," Mimbir said, recounting that the high waters meant she could not sleep lying down but leaning against a wall."It was very painful," she said, holding her baby, Rosita, who was born on January 19 premature and weighing 1.5 kilogrammes (3.3 pounds).The child was named after Rosita Salvador, whose mother gave birth in a tree that she climbed to escape devastating flooding in Mozambique in 2000.Salvador, who died this month after a long illness, became a symbol of resilience in a disaster that killed 800 people.The southern African country's latest bout of flooding has claimed nearly 140 lives since October 1, according to the National Disasters Management Institute.Around 100,000 people are sheltering in one of 99 temporary accommodation centres, says the UN's humanitarian coordination office (OCHA).- 'Heart not at peace' -In the province's 3 de Fevereiro village in Manhica district, a low-slung school has been turned into one such emergency shelter.About 500 people sleep on mats in its 11 classrooms, their clothes draped over blackboards and window bars as they take stock of what the floods swept away and how close many came to losing their lives.Among them is Elsa Paulino, a 36-year-old mother of five who became cut off from her home after taking her two youngest children to a funeral outside her village.By the time she returned, the road had vanished under rising water. "The car I was travelling in almost overturned because of the fury of the waters," she told AFP.Her other three children were still at home. "I was desperate."Paulino eventually managed to arrange for them to be evacuated by bus to relatives in neighbouring Gaza province, also badly affected by the floods.But washed-out roads mean her children have still not been able to join her. "Right now I know my children are safe but my mother's heart isn't at peace," she said.Across the region, floods have ripped through critical infrastructure -- roads, bridges, power lines and water systems. They have slowed aid deliveries and isolated entire communities.The N1 highway linking Maputo to the north remains cut. About 325,000 head of livestock have died and 285,000 hectares (704,250 acres) of farmland have been damaged, according to OCHA.The latest flooding is among the worst Mozambique has seen in years, with officials warning the death toll could rise as more heavy rains loom and a nationwide red?alert remains in force.For Salvador Maengane, a 67?year?old farmer sheltering in 3 de Fevereiro, the losses are total."All my farmland was flooded," he said. He was due to harvest maize and vegetables in March and sugarcane in May."Everything was lost and I have nothing to sell. All my family's livelihood is gone," he said, his thin frame hunched with exhaustion.Maengane, who farms five hectares in Xinavane, further north, said that in previous rainy seasons he could still salvage part of his crop."This is the first time I have seen a tragedy of this magnitude," he said.
Morocco says evacuated 140,000 people due to severe weather.
Rabat, Feb 5 (AFP) Feb 05, 2026-Authorities have evacuated more than 140,000 people from their homes since heavy rainfall flooded several provinces in northern Morocco last week, the interior ministry said Thursday.Authorities have not announced any casualties, and the national weather service forecast heavy rains and strong winds to continue on Thursday and Friday across the north.The severe weather came after Morocco struggled with seven consecutive years of drought.The evacuations began last Friday and mainly concerned Larache province, where the city of Ksar El Kebir -- about 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Tangier -- has seen significant flooding.Some residents including children and elderly people were stranded on rooftops before being rescued, at times in small boats.In Sidi Kacem province, around 120 kilometres south of Ksar El Kebir, more than 10,000 people were rescued, some by helicopter, as floodwaters inundated roads and farmland.AFP images showed Sidi Kacem residents struggling to move through muddy floodwaters, sometimes using partly submerged tractors or motorbikes.Other people were evacuated in areas near Oued Loukos, a major river flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.In December, 37 people were killed in sudden floods in Safi, in Morocco's deadliest weather-related disaster in the past decade.In recent weeks, severe weather and flooding in neighbouring Algeria killed two people, including a child.In Tunisia, at least five people died, with others still missing, after the country saw its heaviest rainfall in over 70 years last month.
