IRAN CLAIMES THEY WILL KEEP THE CEASEFIRE WITH ISRAEL.NOW THATS A WHEEL BARROW FULL OF DUNG LIE.

IRAN CLAIMES THEY WILL KEEP THE CEASEFIRE WITH ISRAEL.NOW THATS A WHEEL BARROW FULL OF DUNG LIE.

ISAIAH 6:9-12
9  And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10  Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
11  Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
12  And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)

EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)

ISAIAH 14:12-14
12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14  I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)

ISAIAH 41:11
11  Behold, all they that were incensed against thee (ISRAEL) shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing;(DESTROYED) and they that strive with thee shall perish.(ISRAEL HATERS WILL BE TOTALLY DESTROYED)

Turban complications-The turban represents the Shi'ite clergy that, ever since its creation in Iran almost four centuries ago, has had an ambivalent attitude towards the exercise of political power. Broadly speaking, turbans come in two contrasting colors. A white turban means that the man who wears it is not a descendant of the Prophet, and thus is of non-Arab origin. In contrast, the wearer of the black turban is marked as a descendant of the Prophet through one of the twelve imams of Twelver Shi'ism.The semiology of turbans is still more complicated. Students of theology are allowed to wear very thin turbans, denoting their position as novices. A hujjat al-Islam, or mid-ranking mullah, can wear a slightly fatter turban. The very fat turbans that require several yards of cloth are reserved for the grand ayatollahs. Rafsanjani’s white turban marked him as someone of non-Arab origin. Khatami and Khamenei both wear black turbans, as did Khomeini, denoting their Arab descent on the paternal side.The experience of the past three decades shows that many of the most senior clerics are not eager to enter the realm of politics. Once in power, however, a man with a thin turban could quickly thicken his headgear and grow a longer beard to bolster the religious aspect of his image. When first elected president, Ayatollah Khamenei was not a particularly senior cleric, but was promoted so that he could succeed Ayatollah Khomeini.

THE CITIZENS OF IRAN (ELAM IN THE BIBLE) MIGRATE TO ALL NATIONS ON EARTH.
JEREMIAH 49:34-39
34 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam (IRAN) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN) the chief of their might.(IRAN SUPLIES ARABS WITH WEAPONS AGAINST ISRAEL)
36 And upon Elam (IRAN)  will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam (IRAN) shall not come.(WORLD MIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(REG BOMBS) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(GROUND TROOPS)
38 And I will set my throne in Elam,(IRAN) and will destroy from thence the king (KHEMEINI )and the princes,(IRANIAN GUARDS) saith the LORD.
39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam,(IRAN) saith the LORD.

Psalms-Chapter 110:1-6
1 (A Psalm of David.) The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

Israel vows ‘forceful response in heart of Tehran’ after Iran breaks US-brokered truce-Two missiles fired at country 3 hours after ceasefire starts, though Iran denies launching; Katz instructs army to retaliate ‘in heart of Tehran’; Israeli official: ‘They will pay’By Emanuel Fabian,Sam Sokol-and Agencies Today, 1:57 pm-JUN 24,25

Israel vowed a forceful response Tuesday after saying Iran violated a mutually agreed-upon ceasefire brokered by Washington just hours after it went into effect.The Israel Defense Forces said two missiles were shot at the country’s north at around 10:30 a.m., some three and a half hours after the ceasefire began. This followed a deadly missile attack on Beersheba shortly before the truce began that killed four people.The military said it shot down the two missiles fired in the last barrage. Fragments from the interceptions were later found in the Galil region.Iran initially denied firing the missiles at 10:30 a.m. Later, it claimed Israel had itself continued to strike in its territory until 9 a.m. — though Israel appeared to have halted its sorties in the early morning, and Iran had not reported any Israeli violations of the truce prior to firing the missiles.The renewed hostilities left the future of the ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump unclear. Earlier, both sides had stated that they had agreed to halt their attacks so long as the other side did the same.The agreement aimed to end 12 days of fighting between the two countries.Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement that he had instructed the IDF to “respond forcefully in the heart of Tehran” to the violation of the ceasefire.Katz ordered the military to “continue high-intensity operations targeting regime assets and terror infrastructure in Tehran” in light of “Iran’s blatant violation of the ceasefire declared by the president of the United States.”IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said that “in light of the grave violation of the ceasefire by the Iranian regime, we will strike with force.”“Iran broke the ceasefire,” an Israeli official said on condition of anonymity, “and it will pay.”Separately, an Israeli official told Channel 12 that Washington backs Israel’s expected response to the violation.In its earlier statement confirming its acceptance of the US- and Qatari-brokered ceasefire, the Prime Minister’s Office had promised to “respond forcefully” to any violations of the truce.Lawmakers also called for retaliation against Tehran over the violation.“Tehran will tremble,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet, posted to X.“Quiet will be answered with quiet, missiles will be answered with…?” tweeted Otzma Yehudit lawmaker Limor Son Har-Melech.Avigdor Liberman, head of the opposition Yisrael Beytenu party, posted: “Three and a half hours after the US president announced a ceasefire, there is shooting from Iran toward northern Israel. We must not accept it, we must not ignore it, we have to respond immediately.”“Any violation will be met with an appropriate response,” declared Likud lawmaker Tali Gotliv, while her fellow Likud MK Avichai Boaron called for strikes “with full force” against symbols of the Iranian regime.Hebrew media reported that following the public calls for retaliation against Iran by government ministers, members of Netanyahu’s cabinet received instructions not to give interviews or post on social media until being told otherwise.The pair of missiles came after Iran fired a series of missile barrages in successive waves at Israel during the morning as the ceasefire was about to start.One of the 20 missiles in the attacks hit an apartment building in Beersheba, killing four people and injuring dozens.Despite the deadly attack, Israel signaled it would adhere to the truce and not retaliate — prior to the violation hours later.Israel and Iran entered into open conflict on June 13 when Israel launched airstrikes targeting Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites and the country’s ballistic missile program.Israel said the campaign was necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from realizing its declared plan to destroy the Jewish state.Iran, which avowedly seeks Israel’s destruction, has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However, it has enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, has obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. Israel says Iran has recently taken steps toward weaponization.Iran retaliated to Israel’s attacks by launching over 550 ballistic missiles and around 1,000 drones at Israel. Iran’s missile attacks killed 28 people and wounded thousands in Israel, according to health officials and hospitals. Missiles have hit apartment buildings, a university, and a hospital, causing heavy damage.Lazar Berman contributed to this report.

Tehran will restore its nuclear program, Iranian atomic chief vows-Mohammad Eslami says Iran prepped in advance for damage to nuclear sites; IAEA chief welcomes uncertain truce, urges Tehran to pursue diplomatic solution By Lazar Berman,Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 1:43 pm-JUN 24,25

Iran is assessing the damage to its nuclear industry following Israel’s intensive 12-day campaign against it, and arrangements have been made for its restoration, Iran’s nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said Tuesday.“The plan is to prevent interruptions in the process of production and services,” Eslami said, according to Iran’s state-owned Mehr News, claiming that Tehran had been prepared for damage to its nuclear sites.Iran’s nuclear program took serious blows in Israel’s bombings since June 13, and particularly early on Sunday, when the US dropped massive bunker-buster munitions and fired missiles at three of its nuclear facilities, joining the Israeli campaign.The Israeli and American strikes targeted uranium enrichment sites and various research and development facilities tied to the program. Washington and Jerusalem have asserted that the bombings caused significant damage to Iran’s nuclear ambitions and set the country back considerably.Early Tuesday morning, US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel following the strikes, urging both sides “not to violate it.” It was not immediately clear how Washington and Jerusalem intended to solidify the military achievements and prevent Iran from restarting its nuclear efforts following that announcement.Both countries confirmed the ceasefire after it was announced, but the truce appeared on the verge of collapse mere hours after his declaration, when Iran launched two missiles toward northern Israel. Israel’s leaders vowed retaliation.Iran’s ISNA news agency asserted that reports Iran had fired missiles after the ceasefire took effect were false.UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said Tuesday that he had written to Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to propose a meeting and urged cooperation after the ceasefire was announced.Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, wrote in a post on X that Iran resuming cooperation with the agency could lead to a diplomatic solution to the long-standing controversy over Tehran’s nuclear program.Meanwhile, France welcomed Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire, calling for a “complete cessation of hostilities.”“It is in everyone’s interest to avoid a new cycle of violence, the consequences of which would be catastrophic for the entire region,” it said.“Iran must never possess nuclear weapons,” the French statement continued. “In this regard, France urges Iran to engage immediately in negotiations leading to an agreement that addresses all concerns related to its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and its destabilizing activities.”That statement came as Israel promised retaliation for the Tuesday morning missile attack.Israel has said its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.Iran has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However, it has enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, has obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. Israel said Tehran had recently taken steps toward weaponization.Iran retaliated for Israel’s attacks by launching some 550 ballistic missiles and around 1,000 drones at Israel. Iran’s missile attacks killed 28 people and wounded thousands in Israel, according to health officials and hospitals.Some of the missiles hit apartment buildings, a university and a hospital, causing heavy damage.

4 killed in Beersheba as Iran fires multiple missile salvos just before agreed-upon ceasefire-Six barrages target areas throughout the country ahead of truce announced by Trump for 7 a.m.; missile hits residential building in southern city, causing deaths and injuries By Emanuel Fabian-and Agencies Today, 10:37 amJUN 24,25

Four people were killed and at least 22 others injured Tuesday morning when Iran fired six missile barrages in quick succession at Israel in the final hours before the intended start of a 7 a.m. ceasefire (Israel time) announced by US President Donald Trump.Both Israel and Iran subsequently said they had accepted the truce. However, shortly before 10:30 a.m., missiles were once again launched at Israel, leading Jerusalem to promise a forceful military response.Missiles repeatedly targeted the country’s center, north and south, starting shortly after 5 a.m., setting off sirens and sending millions of Israelis to bomb shelters.Two missiles were fired at Beersheba in a salvo at 5:40 a.m., with one being intercepted and another striking the sixth floor of an apartment complex in the southern city, causing extensive destruction, including collapsing part of the building.The building was relatively new, and homes had their own reinforced rooms. However, the missile directly hit two safe rooms, killing those inside them, according to a preliminary probe by Home Front Command. One of the bomb safe rooms was destroyed by the impact, the probe found.Three members of one family were killed in one of the safe rooms, while the fourth person was killed in the second reinforced room.The reinforced rooms are designed to sustain the shockwave of ballistic missiles as well as shrapnel — though not a direct strike from a large explosive warhead. Home Front Command says shelters are still the safest place to be during ballistic missile attacks.The Israeli Air Force was investigating why the missile was not intercepted by air defenses.The Magen David Adom emergency service identified three of the fatalities as a woman in her 40s, a man in his 40s and a man in his 20s. Details on the fourth were not immediately released.In addition to the four killed, MDA said it treated two others in moderate condition and 20 others lightly hurt or suffering acute anxiety. Three people were extracted alive from beneath the rubble.Other buildings nearby were also damaged.Outside the ruined building, the shells of burned-out cars littered the streets. Broken glass and rubble covered the area. Hundreds of emergency workers gathered to search for anyone else trapped inside.Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba said the hospital was treating 10 people, two of whom were in moderate condition, with the rest lightly injured.The hospital was itself badly damaged by an Iranian missile on Thursday.Some 20 ballistic missiles were launched by Iran in the six Tuesday morning salvos, according to Israel Defense Forces assessments. Most of the missiles were intercepted by air defense systems.In Nof HaGalil in the north of the country, a man was seriously injured, apparently hurting himself while seeking shelter, medics said. The man suffered a head injury and was found unconscious, MDA reported.MDA said it did not receive any other reports of people who had injured themselves while running to shelters, a common occurrence during attacks.The first barrage began around 5 a.m., and the final missile warnings arrived shortly after 7 a.m. Amid the attacks, sirens repeatedly went off throughout the country, with civilians repeatedly instructed to enter bomb shelters.Some three hours after the first barrage was fired, Home Front Command finally said people no longer needed to remain close to shelters.Strikes in Iran and ceasefire in question-Meanwhile, the IDF said that in the morning hours, the Israel Air Force struck eight Iranian ballistic missile launchers in western Iran, which were primed to immediately fire at Israel. The military issued footage of the strikes.The airstrikes foiled a larger attack, according to the military. It was unclear if the strikes took place before the Iranian missile salvos or as they were launched.Trump said later that the ceasefire between Iran and Israel was in effect and called on the sides to adhere to it.Both Tehran and Jerusalem initially indicated they intended to do so.The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement that “In light of achieving the objectives of the campaign, and in complete coordination with President Trump, Israel agreed to the president’s proposal for a mutual ceasefire.”“Israel will forcefully respond to any violation of the ceasefire,” the statement warned.Iran’s Press TV said that the ceasefire came into effect with the conclusion of the multiple missile barrages fired at Israel.But after missiles were onace again fired at Israel at 10:30 a.m., Defense Minister Israel Katz said he had instructed the military to respond forcefully in Tehran.Heavy Israeli strikes had continued in Iranian cities in the early morning hours. Israeli Air Force fighter jets hit dozens of Iranian military targets in Tehran overnight, dropping over 100 munitions, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said in a press conference Tuesday morning. He said the strikes again targeted the “headquarters of the SPND nuclear project” and weapon production sites in the Iranian capital.Defrin also said that “the IDF fully met all of its objectives” that it had determined ahead of the war. “The chief of staff has instructed the IDF to remain on high alert and prepared for a powerful response to any violation of the ceasefire,” he said.Trump’s announcement that Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” came soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a US military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites. The US was warned by Iran in advance, and there were no casualties.Trump’s announcement on Truth Social said the ceasefire beginning about midnight Washington time would bring an “Official END” to the war.Sunday’s US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities came nine days into Israel’s sweeping assault, which began June 13, targeting Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and the country’s ballistic missile program.Israel said the campaign was necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from realizing its declared plan to destroy the Jewish state.Iran, which avowedly seeks Israel’s destruction, has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However, it has enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, has obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. Israel says Iran has recently taken steps toward weaponization.Iran retaliated to Israel’s attacks by launching over 550 ballistic missiles and around 1,000 drones at Israel. Iran’s missile attacks killed 28 people and wounded thousands in Israel, according to health officials and hospitals. Missiles have hit apartment buildings, a university, and a hospital, causing heavy damage.

Poll underscores deep concern among US public over potential escalation with Iran-Survey taken before Iranian attack on US base in Qatar and Trump’s declaration of ceasefire shows 36% of respondents backed strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, with 45% opposed By Reuters and ToI Staff Today, 2:13 am-JUN 24,25

Americans were anxious over a conflict between the US and Iran and worried the violence could escalate after President Donald Trump ordered the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday.The three-day poll began after the US airstrikes and ended early Monday before Iran launched missiles at a US air base in Qatar. Hours after the Iranian attack, Trump declared that Israel and Iran agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” which would fully take effect in 24 hours, bringing about an “official end to the 12-day war.”According to the survey, some 79 percent of Americans surveyed said they worried “that Iran may target US civilians in response to the US airstrikes,” with 84% stating they worried in general about the growing conflict.The poll also showed Americans were similarly concerned about their country’s military personnel stationed in the Middle East.The poll, which surveyed 1,139 US adults nationwide, underscored deep divisions in America over what Washington should do next and highlighted the political risks faced by Trump, whose presidential approval rating fell to 41%, the lowest level of his current term in office that began in January.Some 36% of respondents – including 13% of Democrats and 69% of Republicans — said they supported the strikes, which took place early Sunday. 45% — including 74% of Democrats and 17% of Republicans — said they opposed the strikes. The poll had a margin of error of 3 percentage points, and the public’s view of the conflict could evolve in the days and weeks ahead.Only 32% of people in the survey said they supported continued US airstrikes, compared to 49% who said they were opposed. Within the Republican Party, 62% backed further strikes and 22% were opposed. Republicans were more deeply divided when asked if they supported an immediate end to US involvement in the conflict with Iran, with 42% saying Washington should end its involvement now and 40% opposed to the idea.Significant majorities of Democrats were opposed to further strikes on Iran and in favor of ending the conflict immediately.

Israel and Iran won't 'ever be shooting at each other again'Trump says Israel and Iran agreed to ‘complete and total ceasefire’; believes it will last ‘forever’US president says sides will launch final strikes before truce takes effect; Iran’s FM says if Israel halts attacks, ‘we have no intention to continue’; Israel accepts ceasefire, warns it will punish any violations By Jacob Magid-Today, 4:13 am-JUN 24,25

US President Donald Trump announced Monday that Israel and Iran agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire,” in what would bring about a startlingly rapid end to the conflict just hours after Tehran retaliated against Washington for the latter’s unprecedented strike on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites.In a Truth Social post published at 5:02 p.m. in Washington (1:02 a.m. Israel time), Trump said Israel and Iran would likely exchange final blows over the next six hours before the deal would come into place on Tuesday. He indicated that Iran would be the first side to hold its fire, followed by Israel.“Iran will start the ceasefire and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the ceasefire and, upon the 24th Hour, an official end to the 12 Day War,” he said, congratulating both sides “on having the stamina, courage, and intelligence to end” the conflict, which “could have gone on for years.”There was no immediate Israeli comment on Trump’s announcement. On Tuesday morning, some eight hours later, however, the Prime Minister’s Office stated that Israel had agreed to the US ceasefire proposal, since Israel had achieved the objectives of its operation against Iran, but would “respond forcefully” to any violations.The statement said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the cabinet, the defense minister, the IDF chief of staff and the head of the Mossad “to report that Israel had achieved all of the objectives of Operation Rising Lion, and much more.”“Israel has removed a dual immediate existential threat – both in the nuclear and ballistic missile fields,” the statement said. “Israel thanks President Trump and the United States for their support in defense and their participation in eliminating the Iranian nuclear threat.”Reuters cited a senior Iranian official who said on condition of anonymity that Tehran had agreed to the deal, although Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi later insisted on X that “as of now, there is NO ‘agreement’ on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations.” He said, however, that the Islamic Republic would not launch further attacks if Israel immediately ceased strikes.“As Iran has repeatedly made clear: Israel launched war on Iran, not the other way around,” Araghchi said. “However, provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4 a.m. Tehran time, we have no intention to continue our response afterwards.”In a post some 15 minutes later, he claimed Iranian forces continued “to punish Israel for its aggression… until the very last minute, at 4 a.m.”“Together with all Iranians, I thank our brave armed forces who remain ready to defend our dear country until their last drop of blood, and who responded to any attack by the enemy until the very last minute,” he added.Soon after announcing the ceasefire, Trump told NBC News it marked “a wonderful day for the world, in my opinion.”“It’s a great day for America. It’s a great day for the Middle East. I’m very happy to have been able to get the job done,” he said. “A lot of people were dying, and it was only going to get worse. It would have brought the whole Middle East down.”Asked how long the ceasefire will last, Trump said: “I think the ceasefire is unlimited. It’s going to go forever.” He added that the war was completely over, saying he did not believe Israel and Iran “will ever be shooting at each other again.”Mediated by US and Qatar-A senior White House official said the ceasefire was mediated by the US and Qatar, with Trump first calling Netanyahu earlier Monday to secure his support.After speaking with Netanyahu, Trump then called Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and asked him to bring Iran on board.The Qatari emir subsequently secured Iran’s backing in a call that took place shortly after Tehran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at the Al Udeid airbase near Doha, which houses thousands of US troops.Trump claimed earlier that Tehran had given the US a heads-up before the strike, in a potential indication that it had been a somewhat symbolic attempt by the Islamic Republic to save face after Washington had struck three of its main nuclear sites early Sunday morning.After the Iranian strike, Tehran sent the US a message through Qatar that it wasn’t interested in further attacks, according to the Axios news site, which cited a source familiar with the matter.The White House then sent a message back to Tehran saying it would not retaliate for the Iranian strike and was interested in a ceasefire.In direct and indirect contact with the Iranians were US Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and special envoy Steve Witkoff, the White House official said.According to Israel’s Channel 12 news, before Trump’s conversation Monday with Netanyahu — which came after Iran attacked the US base in Qatar — his Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, a top aide to the prime minister. The network reported Rubio told Dermer that the US wanted to wrap up the war after striking Iran’s missile sites, to which Dermer responded by saying Israel was close to achieving all the objectives it set for itself.Aiming to clarify the sequencing of the ceasefire amid Trump’s convoluted post, Vance told Fox News in an interview that Israel and Iran would likely continue exchanging fire for several more hours.Indeed, after the Vance interview, the IDF said it had intercepted several Iranian drones, while loud blasts from apparent Israeli strikes could be heard throughout Tehran after midnight on Tuesday.Israel, meanwhile, remained on alert for an Iranian attack, with the IDF Home Front Command saying after Trump declared the ceasefire that there were no changes to its guidelines for the Israeli public, with gatherings still banned and schools and workplaces closed.Vance: Iran’s nuclear program ‘obliterated’Vance also downplayed concerns that Iran is still in possession of highly enriched uranium following Washington’s strikes on its nuclear program, arguing that the operation succeeded in preventing Tehran from being able to use that uranium to produce a nuclear weapon.“Our goal was to bury the uranium, and I do think the uranium is buried,” he began. “But our goal was to eliminate the enrichment [program] and eliminate their ability to convert that enriched fuel into a nuclear weapon,” Vance told Fox News.“If they have 60 percent enriched uranium, but they don’t have the ability to enrich it to 90% and further, then they don’t have the ability to convert that to a nuclear weapon. That is mission success,” he said, reiterating that Iran’s nuclear program has been “obliterated.”The exact extent of damage to Iran’s nuclear program following the US strike on Sunday and Israel’s strikes since June 13 has not been independently verified.As for Iran’s ballistic missile program, Vance told Fox News that it had been “destroyed” before later saying that it had been “largely destroyed.”He argued that the ceasefire provides Iran with an opportunity to “pursue the path of peace” after they have proven that “they’re just not very good at war.”In its strike on Iran, Vance said the US proved that it “could fly a bunker buster bomb from Missouri to Iran completely undetected without landing once on the ground, and [that it] can destroy whatever nuclear capacity [Iran] builds up.“I think that lesson is what’s going to teach them not to rebuild their nuclear capacity,” he asserts.“Tomorrow (Tuesday) is a new day — the end of the 12 Day War, the end of the Iranian nuclear program, and the beginning of something very big for peace in the Middle East,” Vance said.Times of Israel staff and agencies contributed to this report.

nside storySeveral injured amid widespread property damage-Caught in the crossfire, Jordan (quietly) shields Israel as Iranian shrapnel rains down-While officially remaining neutral, the kingdom is thought to have a hand in drone and missile interceptions, exposing its unsheltered people to danger from falling debris By Nurit YohananToday, 2:02 am-JUN 24,25

For the past 11 days, the kingdom of Jordan has found itself caught in the literal middle of the Israel-Iran war, turning its airspace into a battleground where ballistic missiles meet interceptors and drones are knocked out of the sky.Falling missile debris, interceptor shrapnel, and explosive drones have injured several Jordanians and caused significant property damage around the desert country during the hostilities.Aside from the physical danger, the conflict has placed Jordan in a precarious position diplomatically. The kingdom is sandwiched between an Israel with which it shares an American patron and discreet security cooperation but little love, and Iran, a somewhat friendly regional power that wields considerable sway. Amman maintains diplomatic ties with both.Unlike the Palestinians, Jordan does not have deep emotional ties with Iran, however. Instead, it leans more toward the pro-Western camp dominated by Arab Gulf allies that oppose Iran. It is also a staunch partner of the United States, which backs Israel and launched a direct strike on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.According to Jordanian authorities, seven civilians in the country have been injured due to the hostilities since Israel began attacking Iran on June 13. The toll includes a boy, 5, and a girl, 12, who were wounded when a drone, apparently shot from Iran, crashed near al-Azraq in northeastern Jordan.Their conditions were not disclosed. According to Jordan’s General Security Directorate, three homes and two vehicles were damaged in the same incident.On June 14, as Iran barraged Israel with volleys of missiles loaded with massive explosive warheads, “fragments of foreign objects” fell in the southern Irbid suburb of Aydoon, some 25 kilometers (16 miles) from the Israeli border. The pieces slammed into dozens of cars and homes, and left five Jordanians with non-life-threatening injuries.“We woke up in the morning to a strange sound, and saw that fragments had fallen inside the house and shattered glass,” Abd al-Rahman al-Radadweh, a resident of Aydoon whose home was hit, told a Jordanian news channel. “My brother, sister, and father were injured, and two of my cousins were also hurt when the missile fell on their house.”A more serious event, which caused most of the injuries reported so far in Jordan, occurred earlier that week, on June 14, in Aydoon, located in the southern Irbid district near the Israeli border, a day after Israel began its strikes on Iran. According to Jordanian media, “fragments of foreign objects” fell in the area, destroying dozens of cars and homes, and lightly injuring five Jordanians.Reports of property damage from falling shrapnel and drone interceptions have occurred on a near-daily basis over the war.In Hatim, north of Irbid, Jordanian media published footage on Sunday showing a home with shattered windows and destroyed furniture, which the homeowner said was caused by nearby “explosions.”These may have resulted from the shockwave of an interception along the Israel-Jordan border.A day earlier, authorities announced that multiple drones and other foreign objects had fallen in Ramtha, northern Jordan, damaging homes and vehicles, though no injuries or fatalities were reported.According to a statement by Jordan’s National Center for Security and Crisis Management, which has been monitoring the impact of the conflict, around 100 pieces of shrapnel from drones or missiles landed in Jordan during the first seven days of the war. It did not specify how many of the pieces came from missiles, interceptors, or drones.Middle ground-Since fighting began, Iran has fired some 550 ballistic missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel, the vast majority of which have been intercepted.Depending on where they are targeting and shot from, the projectiles spend a considerable part of their journey over Jordan, which constitutes as much as a third of the thousand kilometers (some 621 miles) separating Iran from Israel.Most missile interceptions are thought to take place over Israeli airspace, though Israel says they can also occur outside the country’s borders. Aside from Jordan, shrapnel impacts have also been reported in Iraq and Syria, though on a less frequent basis.Unlike missiles, about half of the drones, which are slower-moving but harder to track, have failed to even make it to Israel’s borders, according to the military. Authorities are largely mum about who is downing them or how.There is widespread speculation, however, that the Jordanian military is intercepting some of the missiles and drones en route to Israel, with debris from those interceptions causing damage in some instances. However, Jordan has made no official comment in recent days regarding its security actions in response to missile and drone launches from Iran toward Israel beyond announcing the activation of its air defense systems.The June 13 statement from the Jordanian Armed Forces stated only that air defenses were being deployed in response to drones and missiles entering Jordan’s airspace, without specifying their origin. It emphasized that it would not tolerate violations of its airspace. No further official military updates have been released since then.Jordan, which has not participated in a military conflict since the 1967 Six Day War, when it fought against Israel, is not accustomed to missile or drone attacks on its territory. While it will sound air raid sirens when foreign threats are detected, the instructions issued to the public are vague, advising citizens only to avoid open spaces. Bomb shelters and reinforced rooms are rare.Unlike in Israel, schools in Jordan have continued operating as usual, and summer camps have recently begun. Airports and land border crossings have also remained open throughout the past week, with only temporary closures following Israel’s initial strike and the US attack in Iran on June 22.Nonetheless, most tourists are staying away while the missiles and drones fly, hurting a key source of income for Jordan.On June 16, Jordan’s Tourism and Antiquities Minister Lina Annab stated that the cancellation rate for tourist bookings was extremely high, ranging from 70 percent to 100% for reservations in the near term. She noted that such a wave of cancellations was expected, given the current uncertainty and the military escalation between Israel and Iran.Jordan’s media, which is tightly controlled by the kingdom, has downplayed reports of damage from Iranian attacks or Israeli interceptions, with even incidents involving injuries not receiving prominent coverage.In official communications, Jordan has attempted to remain neutral, primarily issuing warnings about regional escalation. This appears to reflect fears that a broader regional conflict could severely impact Jordan. At times, however, Jordan’s official statements have also included harsh criticism of Israel.Immediately following Israel’s surprise attack on Iran, Jordan’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning the attack, calling it “a violation of international law.” It also joined 20 other countries across the Middle East and North Africa in signing a declaration against the Israeli strikes on Iran.On June 17, King Abdullah of Jordan publicly addressed the Iran-Israel conflict for the first time, telling the European Parliament that “the attacks on Iran risk escalating tensions in the region and beyond… When Israel expanded its offensive to include Iran, there is no telling where these boundaries of this battleground will end.” He called Israel’s actions “a threat to people everywhere.”Amman was less vehement on Sunday, after American bombers struck Iranian nuclear sites, with the Foreign Ministry saying it was “closely monitoring with great concern the consequences of the attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.” It called for an end to the war and a return to negotiations to reach a political solution on Iran’s nuclear issue.The comments and lack of coverage reflect the tightrope being walked by Jordan’s King Abdullah, who is seeking to protect the kingdom’s citizens and its pro-Western national security interests behind the scenes, while being careful in public to avoid appearing too closely aligned with Israel.Ties between Amman and Jerusalem were already chilly before being frayed to their breaking point by war in Gaza. Amman’s cold stance toward Israel is also likely a product of  Jordan’s demographics — unofficial estimates suggest that around 60% of the population has Palestinian roots.Who’s being defended?Unlike other Arab countries in the region, Jordan’s mainstream outlets have not conducted public opinion polls or aired man-on-the-street interviews to gauge public opinion on the war between Israel and Iran or Jordan’s role in it.Online, though, the military’s interceptions are a hot topic. While some believe Jordan is just protecting its airspace, others see the moves as de facto assistance to Israel.“The message is clear: Jordan is not a playground for conflicts,” one Jordanian said in a video shared online. “It is a sovereign state with institutions and an army  —  it is not run by groups who act based on fluctuating sentiments.”Another Jordanian woman wrote on X in support of the military’s actions: “The Jordanian army doesn’t shoot down drones or missiles arbitrarily. It intervenes when these objects go off track… posing a real threat to Jordanian lives.” “Blowing them up in the sky is the right and necessary decision, because it prevents them from exploding in full force over populated areas.”On TikTok, one man asked if Jordanians wouldn’t be safer if the missiles and drones were allowed to continue on to their targets.“In all the recent days of war, no Iranian missile or drone has fallen naturally [on Jordan], but dozens have been shot down over Jordanians’ heads,” he opined. “People have been injured and property damaged — all supposedly to protect Jordanian citizens. I ask logically — what’s safer for Jordanians: to let them pass, with almost zero chance of falling, or to intercept them and increase the risk of fallout?”With America joining the war, some Jordanians now have a new concern: radioactive fallout from attacks on nuclear sites.In one video that has gone viral in recent days, a Jordanian doctor told his countrymen they did not need to rush out to buy iodine. Online, claims circulating on social media had suggested stockpiling the element as protection against clouds of radioactive fallout from Iran that some Jordanians now fear will be headed their way.

THE FALSE VATICAN POPE LEO 14TH

ISAIAH 23:15-17
15  And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16  Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17  And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.(COULD THIS BE 70 YEARS AFTER ISRAEL BECAME A NATION IN 1948)(IF SO THIS SATANIC ONE WORLD WHORE CHURCH WILL MINGLE TOGETHER BY 2018)(AND NOW ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY AND ALL RELIGIONS ARE MINGLING AS ONE PEACE-LOVE-JOY-GET ALONG RELIGION LEAD BY THE VATICAN RIGHT NOW 4 YEARS FROM THE 70 YEAR TIME WHEN ISRAEL BECAME A NATION).AND IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM.

REVELATION 13:11-18
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, 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

REVELATION 17:1-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN)
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.(THATS PEDOPHELIA-FORNICATION IS SINGLES HAVING SEX OUT SIDE OF MARRIAGE)(AND SINCE PREISTS CAN NOT MARRY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS FALSE CHURCH GOES AGAINST THE BIBLE.THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECOMES A HOMOSEXUAL HAVEN OF PEDOPHILIAS FACTORY).  
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:(THE VATICAN GOES AGAINST A PRIEST MARRING A WOMAN-LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS-AND WHATS AN ABOMINATION AGAINST GOD-HOMOSEXUALITY AND PEDOPHILIA JUST LIKE THIS SCRIPTURE SAYS-FORNICATION IS THE SINGLE HOMOSEXUAL PRIESTS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAVING UNMARRIED FORNICATION OR SEX WITH SINGLES-IN THIS CASE ITS SEX WITH CHILDREN OR PEDOPHILIA)
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns 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, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(GOD HIMSELF GIVES THE OK TO NUKE THE VATICAN)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.(VATICAN)

HOW THE FALSE POPE IS ELECTED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj3Qnr_30Z4
POPE FRANCIS SISTER (PEDOPHILIA WAY WORSE THEN THOUGHT) (CARDINAL MATEO TERESCO-THE NEXT COVERUP POPE OF PEDOPHILIA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usFshfmBPmY
FALSE POPE LEO 14TH 2012 INTERVIEW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXVkJ5TQi1s
POPE 14TH WILL BE WORSE THAN FRANCIS.
https://banned.video/watch?id=681cf97a22a2c8ae0e09b5d0

Pope Leo XIV After US Bombings in Iran: ‘Humanity Cries Out and Pleads for Peace’

‘Let diplomacy silence the weapons; let nations shape their future through works of peace, not through violence and bloody conflict,’ the Holy Father said on Corpus Christi Sunday, when he referenced the ‘Body and Blood of Christ, the sacrifice of love for the salvation of the world.’June 22, 2025

Reacting to what he called the “alarming news” of U.S. airstrikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday pleaded with the international community “to stop the tragedy of war before it becomes an irreparable abyss.”“Today more than ever, humanity cries out and pleads for peace,” the Pope said, in remarks following his Angelus reflection June 22, adding that the cry “must not be drowned out by the roar of weapons or by rhetoric that incites conflict.”U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday night that the U.S. had “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites with massive bunker-busting bombs. Iran responded by launching a volley of missiles at Israel. Scores of civilians were wounded in a missile strike in Tel Aviv, Reuters reported.Speaking to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square from a window in the Apostolic Palace, Leo framed the attacks, which have escalated the conflict between Israel and Iran, within the broader context of regional conflicts.“In this dramatic scenario, which includes Israel and Palestine, the daily suffering of the population — especially in Gaza and other territories — risks being forgotten, even as the urgency for proper humanitarian support becomes ever more pressing,” he said."There are no distant conflicts when human dignity is at stake,” he said. “War does not solve problems — on the contrary, it amplifies them and inflicts deep wounds on the history of nations that take generations to heal.”The Pope also evoked the most heartbreaking human toll of violence. “No armed victory can make up for a mother’s grief, a child’s fear, or a stolen future.”Finally, he renewed his call for diplomacy and commitment to peace: “Let diplomacy silence the weapons; let nations shape their future through works of peace, not through violence and bloody conflict.”Pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square joined Pope Leo XIV in the recitation of the Angelus on Corpus Christi Sunday, June 22, 2025. | Vatican Median his catechesis prior to the Angelus on Sunday, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Pope Leo XIV focused on the deep meaning of the Eucharist and the value of sharing.Reflecting on the day’s Gospel, which recounts the miracle of the loaves and fishes (Luke 9:11-17), he said that “God’s gifts, even the smallest, grow whenever they are shared.”Pope Leo XVI noted that the supreme act of sharing was “God’s sharing with us.”“He, the Creator, who gave us life in order to save us, asked one of his creatures to be his mother, to give him a fragile, limited, mortal body like ours, entrusting himself to her as a child,” the Pope said. “In this way, he shared our poverty to the utmost limits, choosing to use the little we could offer him in order to redeem us.”God’s generosity is especially manifested in the gift of the Eucharist, the Holy Father said.“Indeed, what happens between us and God through the Eucharist is precisely that the Lord welcomes, sanctifies and blesses the bread and wine that we place on the altar, together with the offering of our lives, and he transforms them into the Body and Blood of Christ, the sacrifice of love for the salvation of the world,” Leo said. “God unites himself to us by joyfully accepting what we bring, and he invites us to unite ourselves to him by likewise joyfully receiving and sharing his gift of love,“ he added. ”In this way, says St. Augustine, ‘just as one loaf is made from single grains collected together ... so in the same way the Body of Christ is made one by the harmony of charity.’”The Pope was scheduled to celebrate Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi at 5 p.m. Sunday, followed by a Eucharistic procession through the streets of Rome.

Vatican-China Agreement Enters New Phase With Pope Leo XIV at the Helm Andrea Gagliarducci Vatican June 23, 2025

Rumor has it that a delegation from China is expected to visit the Vatican at the end of June for the regular bilateral meeting to discuss Sino-Vatican relations and the progress of the agreement on the appointment of bishops. The news is not official yet, but the Register has confirmed this through a source from the Vatican and source from China.The meeting is part of a regular round of meetings, now held twice a year — one at the Vatican and one in China — established as routine following the signing of the agreement for the appointment of bishops in 2022. This agreement has already been renewed three times but has remained confidential.This is the first time that the meeting would take place under the pontificate of Leo XIV, and therefore, there is much curiosity to understand how it will develop.The Chinese authorities, who obtained a four-year extension at the last renewal rather than the previously granted two years, want to make the agreement permanent. The Holy See has not balked at this so far because a definitive agreement, or almost, would allow the conditions to be published, making the entire process more transparent.Controversies-The question is whether it is appropriate to make the process more transparent. During the span between the death of Pope Francis and the election of Leo XIV (sede vacante), the Chinese authorities announced the election of two auxiliary bishops, effectively bypassing the Holy See. On May 16, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, stated that, in any case, those appointments were part of the agreements. Therefore, it was not a case of bypassing papal authority. However, during the sede vacante, episcopal appointments are paused because there is no Pope to make the appointments.China, however, alternates these signs of “forcing,” if they can be called that, with some signs of openness. Last week, Chinese authorities recognized Bishop Lin Yuntuan, a 73-year-old underground (not sanctioned by the state) bishop since 2017, who was appointed auxiliary bishop of theArchdiocese of Fuzhou by Pope Leo XIV.Bishop Lin’s recognition, Asia News noted, came with the aim of bringing unity within the Fuzhou community, one of the most significant for Chinese Catholicism and yet marked by deep divisions.In 2017, on the occasion of the appointment of Fuzhou Bishop Joseph Cai Bingrui, 57, who was much younger than him and had previously served as bishop of Xiamen, Bishop Lin called for “active cooperation in guiding the clergy, nuns and faithful of Fuzhou to be obedient and support Bishop Cai,” in the end accepting the appointment and vowing to bring no disunity in his diocese.China Catholic, the website of the Patriotic Association (the state-sanctioned church), reported on the ceremony of installation.The event was presided over by the Mindong Bishop Vincenzo Zhan Silu (who is one of the two Chinese bishops who participated in the Synod last October in the Vatican), together, of course, with Bishop Cai and Bishop Peter Wu Yishun of Shaowu (Minbei) prefecture in northern Fujian, one of the last bishops appointed last year under the agreement.As usual, China Catholic noted that the new auxiliary has vowed to “respect the Constitution and laws of the country, safeguard the unity of the motherland and social harmony, love the country and religion, adhere to the principle of independence and self-management of the Church, follow the direction of the sinicization of Catholicism in our country, and contribute to the overall construction of a modern socialist country and the all-round promotion of the great revival of the Chinese nation.”The Chinese Attitude.In the face of these formal reassurances, there is a crucial fact: China has recognized — or at least, appeared to recognize — the importance of the “underground” communities, especially in Fujian. Even Cai's predecessor Bingrui, Bishop Peter Lin Jiashan, who died at the age of 88 in 2023, was a former “clandestine” bishop who had also been subjected to forced labor and was then recognized by the authorities in 2020, again under the Agreement between Beijing and the Holy See.The Holy See welcomed the news, but it remains to be seen what actual role Bishop Lin will be given — and whether he can help bridge the gap between the official and underground communities.There is a precedent. In 2018, immediately after the agreement, the Holy See appointed the “official” bishop, Msgr. Zhan Silu, as an ordinary of the diocese of Mindong, flanked by the “clandestine” Vincenzo Guo Xijin as an auxiliary. However, he was marginalized, and after two years, he resigned from the post, suffering severe restrictions even recently.Leo XIV, however, was also called to deal with the election of two candidate bishops, which took place during the period of the vacant see, with a new auxiliary in Shanghai and a new ordinary of Xinjiang.On April 28, Wu Jianlin, vicar general of Shanghai, was “elected” as the new auxiliary bishop of Shanghai by a meeting of the members, while on April 29, Father Li Jianlin was elected bishop of Xinjiang. In Xinjiang, by the way, there is already a bishop, Joseph Zhang Weizhu, who was clandestinely appointed by Pope St. John Paul II in 1991 and who was arrested on several occasions for dedicating himself to the ministry for decades without the approval of the Chinese state. Since 2021, he has been detained at an undisclosed location.Cardinal Parolin explained that this is not a “unilateral” nomination, yet it is a form of abuse because, in a vacant seat, bishops are not nominated. Furthermore, the nomination of an auxiliary to Diocese of Shanghai is problematic.In 2023, Chinese authorities announced the unilateral decision to transfer Bishop Joseph Shen Bin from the Diocese of Haimen to the vacant Diocese of Shanghai, whose auxiliary, Thaddeus Ma Daqin, had been under house arrest since 2012 for refusing to remain in the Patriotic Association. In this state organization, Beijing wants priests to register in the name of sinicization. Pope Francis later decided to “heal” the appointment, but the rift remained.The Holy See’s Hand Stretched to China-Pope Francis has reached out to China several times. On March 7, Meng Anming, professor of Developmental Biology at Tsinghua University in Beijing, was named a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. The academy is pontifical, but the idea is to include philosophies of all kinds.It should not be surprising, then, that when one scrolls through the list of academics, one finds a very diverse group of personalities, many of whom are non-Catholic.Meng Anming was not the first Chinese to be included among the members of the Vatican Academy. Before him, in early June 2023, Bai Tongdong, a Chinese political scientist who attempts to explain geopolitics according to the principles of neo-Confucianism, was among the members of the academy.At the end of that same month, the same Pontifical Academy hosted a workshop, “Dialogue Between Civilizations and Common Goods,” with the declared aim of understanding emerging realities in the geopolitical field, such as China and India, from the perspective of their own cultures.But the approach maneuver had begun earlier. In 2017, an international conference on organ trafficking was held at Casina Pio IV, the home of the academy, attended by two Chinese delegates, including Huang Jiefu, president of the Chinese National Committee on Organ Donation and Transplantation and former Chinese vice minister of health.Catholics in China-Eleven Chinese bishops were appointed under the agreement, with varying degrees of success. On May 24, on the occasion of the Day of Prayer for Christians in China established by Pope Benedict XVI, Asia News published a letter from an underground priest on the delicate issue of the “official registration” that the Chinese authorities now require of all priests.This priest noted that “for some priests, the registration appears as a compromise with political power, generating a sense of guilt for ‘betrayal of faith,’ which accumulates over time,” noting how there is also a sort of “ambiguity in the relationship with the Pope,” and that pastoral spaces are expanded, but there are several limitations. Among these, public celebrations are put under control; there is limited administrative freedom, the clergy experience strong mental fatigue due to the need to continually renew certifications, while the faithful devoted to the underground/official Church lose confidence and distance themselves.These are all the issues on the table for the next meeting. It remains to be seen what position Leo XIV will take on the matter after the significant openings made by Pope Francis.

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.

EARTHQUAKES

EZEKIEL 37:7,11-14
7  So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.(POSSIBLE QUAKE BRINGS ISRAEL BACK TO LIFE-SO NOISE AND SHAKING-QUAKES WILL ALSO DESTROY ISRAELS ENEMIES)
11  Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12  Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13  And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14  And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

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.

FAMINE

EZEKIEL 5:16
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:

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

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.

JAMES 1:11
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 

The Hebrew noun accurately translated “oven” refers to a “baking oven” as distinct from a kiln or smelting furnace—both of which burn much hotter. (The Hebrew nouns for “kiln” or for “smelting furnace” are more likely to appear in contexts of God's wrath or judgment.)
21 They have roused me to jealousy with a non-god, they have exasperated me with their idols. In my turn I shall rouse them to jealousy with a non-people, I shall exasperate them with a stupid nation.
22 Yes, a fire has blazed from my anger, it will burn right down to the depths of Sheol; it will devour the earth and all its produce, it will set fire to the footings of the mountains.
23 I shall hurl disasters on them, on them I shall use up all my arrows.

Ephesians 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,(LIBERAL GODLESS AIR WAVES) the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:(GODLESS)

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.

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.

JUDGEMENT-WE ALL(EVERYONE) STAND IN FRONT OF GOD TO GIVE ACCOUNT

JOHN 14:3
3  And if I (JESUS OUR JEWISH MESSIAH) go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

MATTHEW 24:33
33  So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,(IN THERE BEGGINING STAGES-NOT FINAL STAGES) know that it is near, even at the doors.

LUKE 21:32
32  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:10
10  For we must all (MEANS EVERYONE EVER BORN ON EARTH FROM ADAM-EVE ON) appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.(THIS IS THE CHRISTIANS IN FRONT OF JESUS)

LUKEWARM CHURCHES

REVELATION 3:15-19
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I(GOD) will spue (VOMIT) thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Ontario, Quebec and large swaths of U.S. battle scorching temperatures-Humidex values expected to linger between 42 and 46 C-The Canadian Press · Posted: Jun 23, 2025 8:12 AM 

Environment Canada has issued a warning about dangerous heat and humidity coming to parts of Ontario and Quebec with potential record-breaking temperatures forecast for the next several days.Much of Ontario and southwestern Quebec are continuing to bake in high temperatures Monday as a heat dome lingers over the region.Environment Canada issued a heat warning for the area on Saturday, saying hot and humid conditions will likely continue until Wednesday. Humidex values are expected to linger between 42 and 46 C, including in Toronto.The dangerously high temperatures are expected to affect communities from southwestern Ontario and north to Sudbury and Timmins.In Quebec, the hottest temperatures are expected to be felt from Montreal to Shawinigan and north to Abitibi.Environment Canada meteorologist Julien Pellerin said he expects Ontario and Quebec to hit their peak daytime highs on Monday and Tuesday before the weather cools back down."It won't last very long," he added. "By the end of Tuesday and Wednesday, we will have a transition in air mass all over Canada, especially over Quebec and Ontario."Heat levels in Ontario and Quebec led Environment Canada to remind people to stay hydrated by drinking water before they're thirsty, to watch for early signs of heat exhaustion and not overexert themselves."Be careful; you know yourself," Pellerin said. "Make sure you're aware of what you're feeling and take breaks. Make sure you have a location where you can rest with the air conditioning."In Quebec, schools are being urged to stay vigilant with the rising temperatures.In a letter from the assistant deputy education minister, schools were encouraged to "put in place all the preventive measures you judge necessary to ensure everyone's security.""Depending on the situation, these measures could go all the way up to closing one or more schools for the day of June 23," said the message signed by Stephanie Vachon.Pellerin says scorching temperatures over the eastern part of the continent are causing below-normal temperatures in other regions, which have led to warnings of wet snow and heavy rain in the West."If you have a heat dome on a sector, you can expect colder air in another sector, so that's what the Prairies are currently experiencing," Pellerin said on Sunday.Everywhere east of the Rockies': U.S. meteorologist-A heat dome occurs when a large area of high pressure in the upper atmosphere acts as a reservoir that traps heat and humidity, according to the U.S. National Weather Service.In the U.S., most of the northeastern quadrant of the country from Minnesota to Maine was under some type of heat advisory. So were parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi, the National Weather Service said.Two people are shown near a shore, with buildings and a partial skyline shown on the other side of the water in the background.Mark Gehring, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Sullivan, Wis., said this level of heat is not uncommon during the summer months in the U.S., although it usually takes hold in mid-July or early August. The most unusual facet of this heat wave is the sheer amount of territory sweltering under it, he said."It's basically everywhere east of the Rockies," he said, referring to the Rocky Mountains. "That is unusual, to have this massive area of high dewpoints and heat."Forecasts in Philadelphia called for a heat index of 42.2 C on Monday.The heat is expected to persist this week with the highest temperatures shifting eastward. New York City is expected to see highs around 35 C on Monday and Tuesday, and Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency in 32 New York state counties due to the strong storms and forecast extreme heat.With files from CBC News and the Associated Press

Extreme heat has schools in Ontario, Quebec straining to keep kids cool as year winds down-June heat wave brings renewed attention to the cooling challenges faced by schools-Jessica Wong · CBC News · Posted: Jun 23, 2025 6:32 PM

The hot, muggy weather across much of Ontario and southwestern Quebec is dragging down the final days of school for Scarlett Rabideau."It's really hot, and they don't have any air conditioning inside, only at the library," the Grade 2 student said in Toronto on Monday. "Most of the people in my class just go to the fans and sit."When it's hot, "I like it, but I don't like it," chimed in Lily Ryan, a fellow second-grader. "Sometimes we have popsicles."While Scarlett's mom, Sarah, is on standby if her child calls home in need of a lunchtime dunk in their pool, Lily's grandfather, Gerry — a Montrealer who pointed out some schools have already shut their doors for the summer — wonders why kids are still heading into hot classrooms."It's a little late for them to be ending [the school year]," he said. "Air conditioning would be nice."As the first major heat event of the season hits while class is still in session for many students, it's drawing renewed attention to the cooling challenges faced by schools today when temperatures bubble up into alarming territory.With heat waves starting as early as May and lasting well into the fall, there is growing concern about the impact of climate change on classroom heat and the ability to learn.Heat events aren't unusual in late June or the beginning of July, but the intensity of what Ontario and Quebec are seeing now is exceptional, Julien Pellerin, an Environment Canada meteorologist, told CBC News this past weekend.With areas of Central Canada feeling like 40 C to 45 C through Tuesday when the humidity is factored in, "we are pretty much in the two per cent of the maximum temperature we see climatologically at this period of year," he said."The good news is that it will last for only a few days" before returning to more seasonal temperatures, Pellerin said, with the region dropping to a humidex of about 35 C by week's end.Although Quebec's English school boards wrapped up their year on Friday, French boards decided to extend into this week due to snow-day closures last winterGiven the extreme heat predicted for the next few days, however, "If schools need to be closed, do it," Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville said on social media on Sunday.He also pointed to a letter in which assistant deputy education minister Stéphanie Vachon encouraged school authorities toward "all the preventive measures you deem necessary to ensure everyone's safety ... [which] may extend to closing one or more schools."'Stuck' in hot schools, teachers' union says-Late last week, the Alliance des professeures et professeurs de Montréal, the French teachers' union, was already calling for schools to end the year early given what its members face — including old buildings with windows that don't open completely, a lack of sunlight-blocking window coverings, few fans, limited working water fountains and paved schoolyards devoid of shade, said Marie Contant, a union vice-president.At home, people have options to cool down, she said, whether that's seeking out shade in a breezy park, taking a shower or dropping into an air-conditioned store or other space.Yet people "underestimate the heat that happens in school," Contant said. For students and teachers, "you're stuck in that building for the day, on the school premises."In the Toronto District School Board, Canada's largest with nearly 600 schools, administrators and staff have been prepping through this past weekend, with planning and safety information sent out to all principals, spokesperson Shari Schwartz-Maltz said on Monday.The board's school year ends on Friday.Less than a third of the Toronto board's schools were built with central air-conditioning systems. Whenever there's a renovation or new build, air conditioning is a consideration — though it's an expensive one during the current budget crunch, Schwartz-Maltz said. In the meantime, the board's extreme-heat recommendations include keeping blinds down, lights off, fans running, windows open and cycling students through cooling centres — typically libraries or gyms — located in every school."[Each] principal is going to make decisions with teachers: 'Should we go out today? Should we stay in today? Should we go into the library? Maybe we'll minimize the time kids will be outside?' Kids are resilient, but we have to be watching them and be safe with them," Schwartz-Maltz said.As for ending the school year early, she said that closures are always a tough decision because families face challenges finding child care on short notice. "If we were directed by the ministry to close schools due to an emergency, we would close schools," she said."Right now, it's status quo ... and we're just going to continue doing our best to keep everyone safe."With classrooms in an aging Toronto school getting too hot, a misting station being piloted this year offers some relief, albeit temporarily, according to its principal and some students.This past spring, the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE), a national umbrella group, highlighted the impacts of extreme heat for children in learning environments like schools and daycares.When indoor temperatures climb past the recommended maximum of 26 C, there are increased health risks, which can impact children quickly. Younger students are also less likely to notice heat-related symptoms or dehydration. And being too hot can simply make it harder to learn.With its partners, the CPCHE recommended establishing a maximum indoor temperature threshold of 26 C, as well as a host of measures. They include improved data collection and monitoring of temperatures in schools and daycares, installing or upgrading HVAC systems to maintain that maximum temperature and endorsing more energy-efficient and passive cooling measures, along with outdoor greening (like more trees, natural ground cover and shade structures)."This isn't just about comfort. It's about protecting the health, safety, and future of every child in Canada," Erica Phipps, the group's executive director, said in a statement in April.With files from Clara Pasieka, Sarah Leavitt 

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

MARK OF THE BEAST (engraved microchip in your hand or forehead)

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

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.

3 PART PLAN TO MAKE YOU A PUPPET OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER (ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT CREW)
1-GET PEOPLE ADDICTED TO COMPUTERS.(MICRO-CHIPS INSIDE)
2-PUT COMPUTERS ON YOUR BODY (3D ETC) (MICRO-CHIPS INSIDE)
3-PUT A MICROCHIP INSIDE YOUR BODY. (COMPLETE) (TOTAL MICRO-CHIP CONTROL OF YOU)

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.

FAMINE

EZEKIEL 5:16
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:

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 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, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

DEUTORONOMY 28:24
24  The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

Jeremiah 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 

Isaiah 57:21
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Ephesians 2:2
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,(LIBERAL GODLESS AIR WAVES) the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

EU DICTATOR (WORLD LEADER)

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3-7
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed,(EU WORLD DICTATOR)the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.(SOCIALISM)
13 These have one mind,(SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12
9 Even him,(EU WORLD DICTATOR) whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,(THE FALSE RESURRECTION BY THE WORLD DICTATOR) that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

GENESIS 49:16-17-POSSIBLY A JEW FROM DAN KILLS THE DICTATOR AT MIDPOINT OF TRIB
16  Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
17  Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

THE WORLD DICTATOR

REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(EU WORLD DICTATOR) and he that sat on him had a bow;(PEACE) and a crown was given unto him:(WORLD LEADER) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he (FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he (THE EU DICTATOR) do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI5_pMvLZd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytWmPqY8TE0&feature=player_embedded

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 DIVSION REGION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) 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.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT-NEW AGE MOVEMENT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(UNITED NATIONS TROOPS) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(EU WORLD DICTATOR) and he that sat on him had a bow;(PEACE) and a crown was given unto him:(WORLD LEADER) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN,HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THR 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
16 And he (FALSE POPE) causeth all,(WORLD SOCIALISM) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he (THE EU DICTATOR) do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

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.

No one will enter the New World Order... unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a Luciferian Initiation.- David Spangler Director of Planetary Initiative United Nations.

MICROCHIP IMPLANT EVERYBODY THAT COMES INTO CANADA AND AMERICA.

Municipal ID programs offer ID to undocumented people, and ICE wants their data-Destruction of public trust a major threat to widespread digital identity adoption-Jun 17, 2025, 3:27 pm EDT    | Joel R. McConvey

Amid the ongoing collapse of democratic norms in the U.S., it is easy to miss a nightmare scenario unfolding for the digital identity industry. CBS News reports that Chicago – among cities singled out by Donald Trump in recent social media posts about mass deportations – is pausing online applications for its municipal ID program, CityKey, after receiving a subpoena for records from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.The notion that digital identity is a way for governments to seize control of populations has, historically, leaned paranoid, albeit not far from legitimate concerns about privacy and surveillance. But those concerns now appear to be actualizing in real time, threatening to shatter the foundation of trust needed for a successful digital ID program.Pause to CityKey online municipal ID program mostly impacts people in need“This was a tough decision as this program serves a number of vulnerable populations that rely on the accessibility of CityKey,” says a statement from City Clerk Anna Valencia . “Ultimately, that’s also the reason I’m pausing our online platform. Making decisions that protect people is vital during a time where the federal government is terrorizing its own people, and I’m going to keep speaking out and standing up for all Chicagoans.”According to Valencia’s website, the Chicago CityKey is an “optional, valid, government-issued ID card offered to all Chicago residents.” It resulted from a program that looked to reduce barriers to obtaining government-issued ID for unhoused and undpcumented people, but has since grown to include discounts and other benefits for all of Chicago’s 2.7 million residents, such as serving as a library card, transit card and benefits card for businesses and events.Valencia says people can still apply for CityKey ID in person, since no online records are retained in that process. “If you come to our in-person events, know that you can get the CityKey card, and we’re not keeping any of your records, and you can make an appointment on our website so that we can continue to get the CityKey out to all Chicago residents. And that’s really the thing is that we do not want to be intimidated or bullied.”So far, Chicago has resisted the subpoena from ICE to gain access to applicant records. Mayor Brandon Johnson says “it’s bad” and “it’s wrong.”Chicago Corporation Counsel Mary Richardson-Lowry says the city “respectfully declined within the bounds of the law, given the privacy issues, and specifically the exposure of groups like domestic violence victims, which would have been exposed had that information been provided.”What is a municipal ID program? Municipal identity programs are run by cities or towns, and often serve purposes beyond identification, providing access to services, museums and art galleries, sports facilities and more. Some are used as reward or loyalty cards for businesses, and some serve as prepaid or full-fledged debit cards. The first municipal ID was implemented in New Haven, Connecticut in 2007.According to a study from the Windsor Law Center for Cities, communities adopt municipal ID cards to address a wide range of barriers and coordinate access to services. “For example, municipal IDs might be helpful for people who are homeless, youth exiting foster care, older adults, transgendered people, youth, people without immigration status, people who can’t afford to replace their ID, and many others. Shared among these communities is the desire for full inclusion, harm reduction, and safety for all.”The Law Center’s report reviews municipal ID programs in New Haven, New York, and Montreal, among other North American cities. It identifies widespread use cases, outreach to businesses and acceptance by financial services as keys to success in the long term.“Most importantly, municipal ID programs must also be designed with security and protection of private data in mind. This can be done in several ways, the most effective being reducing the amount of information gathered in the application process and disposing of personal information once it has been used.”The report, from 2022, also flags concerns over potential data leaks to ICE as the reason for a suspension of Detroit’s municipal ID program.NYC, Greensboro see applications from recent arrivals-Municipal IDs and immigration enforcement are connected, since the point of a municipal ID is that it provides anyone, including undocumented residents and the unhoused, a way to access their cities.An episode of the Next City podcast looks at two seemingly different municipal ID programs: New York City’s IDNYC program, and the FaithAction ID initiative in Greensboro, North Carolina – a municipal ID program rooted in Christian religious principles. However, both programs were born out of collaboration between nonprofits, police departments and local governments, and have been replicated by other municipalities across the country.Banks a crucial piece in getting municipal IDs to take-A blog from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City asks, could municipal IDs facilitate access to financial services? It notes that “in 2023, nearly 730,000 unbanked U.S. households cited the lack of necessary personal identification (ID) required to open a financial account as a reason for being unbanked.”“Municipal ID programs provide a form of local identification and can be designed to facilitate access to banking and financial services, though challenges to achieving this potential remain.”One is “getting the ID into the hands of the people who need it.”“Although a greater range of documentation is accepted as proof of identity and residency in applying for a municipal ID, not all documents are given equal weight, and therefore different combinations may be required. For some households, obtaining a municipal ID could be nearly as restrictive as obtaining a state-issued ID.”Another challenge is getting financial institutions to accept municipal IDs – one of the Center for Cities’ keys to successful implementation.Exclusion costs money lost along ‘unhappy path’Ultimately, what’s at stake – in both the question of municipal IDs, and the question of immigration crackdowns – is inclusion. Who belongs where? How do we know? A recent research report on “The Economic Impact of ID Exclusion” from Women in Identity illustrates how, when people have difficulty proving who they are, it burdens all kinds of organizations, including for-profit companies. According to the World Bank, approximately 850 million people lack official ID and 3.3 billion people do not have access to digital ID for official transactions online. Yet the cost to businesses from identity exclusion is still poorly understood.“Whether the challenges are in sub-Saharan Africa or North America, a common theme is that it can be very hard for those without an identity to get ahead,” says a foreword by Jeremy Grant, coordinator for the Better Identity Coalition. “And with this, businesses who would like to offer a product or service often find themselves unable to do so for those without an ID – meaning that the lack of ID holds those firms back from growing their business, or in some cases, lending a helping hand to someone who is in need.”The author of the report, Edgar Whitley, calls this the “unhappy path,” wherein even if people are able to complete the process, they are likely to incur extra costs in time and money to do so. He believes widening the “happy path” will not only make things easier for more people, but could also reduce onboarding costs to businesses and grow their customer base.Cities pursuing municipal ID programs may be looking to widen the “happy path” and, in doing so, reduce costs associated with identity exclusion.But the path will only remain happy as long as it does not lead to a prison in El Salvador. Trust in digital identity depends on a sense of safety in using it. If, from the get-go, digital IDs – be they municipal, state-issued, or federal – are blatantly used for mechanisms to entrench political control or forward ideological agendas, it may be a long road to mass adoption, indeed.

Biometrics providers and systems evolve or get left behind-Jun 21, 2025, 11:52 am EDT    | Chris Burt

Biometrics are allowing people to prove who they are, speeding journeys through airports, and enabling anonymous online proof of age, but market forces and risks compel providers to evolve or get left behind, as seen in the most-read articles of the week on Biometric Update. DNP and Laxton are combining to scale their portfolio and operations, while regulatory compliance, pilots and testing are all part of the cost of doing business.Top biometrics news of the week-Dai Nippon Printing and Laxton have each been looking to reach new markets and streamline their biometrics and ID offerings with the next step in their evolutions. So the former has acquired the latter. Laxton Group CEO Lyle Laxton tells Biometric Update in an exclusive interview that the deal is a step towards providing end-to-end identity solutions.Airports in Fiji and Sri Lanka are streamlining their passenger processing systems biometrics and e-gates to cope with rising volumes. Collins Aerospace and SITA are providing technology for Fiji’s upgrade.VerifyMy enlists an adult content performer to remind porn sites, search engines and peer-to-peer platforms that the UK’s Online Safety Act makes implementing highly-effective age assurance by the end of next month a cost of continued operation in the nation. The EFF says the EC’s DSA needs to change but if age estimation and age verification vendors can convince users they are trustworthy, the market will take off.The Age Assurance Technology Trial Australia took on as the cost of setting up age gating for some online services has yielded positive preliminary findings, though some vendors have gone too far anticipating the privacy trade-offs regulators will demand.And a loss of privacy is not a necessary cost of using online services with increased user control over personal information, ConnectID Managing Director Andrew Black and NAB CDO Sujeet Rana argue in a guest post for Biometric Update.For Chicago, shutting down online applications for its municipal ID program is the cost of preserving the privacy of some of its most vulnerable residents in the face of a request for data from federal immigration enforcement.A pilot is the necessary first step for Tanzania’s infant biometric registration initiative, being carried out in collaboration with UNICEF, given the technology innovation and sensitive data involved.Humanitarian efforts around the world are adapting to a new funding environment as governments cut foreign aid budgets. Simprints Co-founder and CEO Dr. Toby Norman is among the “Goalkeepers” Wired recognizes for efforts towards meeting the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals with his company’s pioneering work on infant biometrics for vaccination programs.Tackling difficult issues and the time necessary to do so are part of the cost of creating international standards. Christopher Goh explains the ISO working group’s perspective on why server retrieval is included in the ISO /IEC 18013 standard for mobile driver’s licenses to Biometric Update. He argues that the risks of an mDL “phone home” capability being used to track people cannot be eliminated by the standard. The standard may need to change, and public communication from the standards body has already shifted under pressure.Human review costs a little time for law enforcement using facial recognition, but an incident leading to a wrongful arrest in the U.S. three years ago is costing a sheriff’s office $200,000 to settle a lawsuit.Face biometrics systems need to evolve to keep up with sophisticated spoof attacks, so liveness testing needs to evolve to keep up with those defenses. Hence iBeta’s introduction of a Level 3 for its biometric presentation attack detection evaluations based on the ISO PAD standard. iBeta Director of Biometrics Ryan Borgstrom, Deputy Director of Biometrics David Yambay and Director of Biometrics Sales and Marketing Evan Call explain the new test and how it was developed in an interview.The Alan Turing Institute’s Cyber Threat Observatory joined those enumerating the threats that defenses must evolve to guard against last year. The Observatory hosted a half-day workshop to share its observations threats to DPI this week, including the extent to which digital identity systems are prized targets. Governments will have to grapple with the same kinds of decisions that have led a wave of biometrics and FIDO adoption within the financial services industry.Please tell us if you see any posts, panel, podcasts or other content you think we should share with the people in biometrics and the digital identity community through the comments below or social media.

Identity verification to surpass $20B by 2030 amid transition to reusable digital ID-Jun 24, 2025, 7:00 am EDT    | Chris Burt

Total global revenue from identity verification services will exceed $20 billion by 2030, with digital identity verification passing traditional identity verification in volume along the way, according to the latest research from Goode Intelligence.The report “Identity Verification; Market and Technology Analysis, Adoption Strategies and Forecasts 2025-2030 – 3rd Edition” describes an industry transitioning to reusable ID, and forecasts the “peak” of traditional IDV.The market is in the midst of a rapid transition from a reliance on biometric checks against physical, government-issued identity documents like passports, driver’s licenses and national ID cards to reusable digital identity verification, the report says.Goode Intelligence Founder and CEO Alan Goode attributes the growth of reusable digital identity verification to the greater availability of government-issued digital identities, and says the development will lead to a market opportunity above $11.4 billion by 2030.“There is also significant revenue opportunity for a wide range of connected services and technology,” Goode says. “These technology building blocks are identified in the report and are pivotal to the development and operation of identity verification. They include Orchestration Services, PKI, Risk Management, Fraud and Privacy Management, Authentication, and Digital Trust Services. In addition to the forecast revenue opportunity figure of over $20 billion we expect a further $15-20 billion in revenue from these connected technology building blocks that are crucial to delivering identity verification services.”The report examines the transition from traditional to reusable ID verification, what reusable digital identity verification will look like to users and who will supply the technology, how traditional IDV suppliers can manage the transition and what major regional differences will influence the market. It considers the foundational building blocks for identity verification, whether Big Tech will dominate digital wallets, and whether the EU will meet the lofty goals of its Digital Identity Wallet.The research also delves into the number of face biometrics checks, liveness checks, deepfake detection checks, identity document chip scans and Verifiable Credential checks will be performed, and how government and private-sector issued digital identity apps and wallets will be issued.“It is critical for traditional IDV suppliers to transition to newer models of identity verification that leverage digital identity,” Goode notes. “If you haven’t got a strategy to achieve this, you need to get one now as you will face decline.”Goode Intelligence also collaborated with Biometric Update on the recent “2025 Online Biometric Age Assurance Market Report & Buyers Guide – UK Edition” and “2025 Face Liveness Market Analysis & Buyer’s Guide.”

With Royal Assent, UK Data (Use and Access) Bill is now law-Framework sets stage for trusted digital IDV, wider adoption of digital ID-Jun 19, 2025, 2:46 pm EDT    | Joel R. McConvey

Today, the UK Data (Use and Access) Bill attained Royal Assent, making it law and establishing a legal basis for the acceptance of digital verification.The DUA Bill also lays the foundation for the new Office for Digital Identities and Attributes (OfDIA) within the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the body responsible for certification to the Digital Identity & Attributes Trust Framework (DIATF) – which will now be called the Digital Verification Services (DVS).The freshly minted law has drawn comment from digital ID stakeholders. Posting on LinkedIn, decentralized identity firm Gataca calls it “a major leap forward for digital trust and verification” and “a turning point for adoption.”“As digital identities gain the same trust as paper documents, more businesses will accept them and more people will choose to use them,” it says.David Rennie is the new chief trust officer for Orchestrating Identity. He says the law “represents regulatory innovation” by providing a better structure for compliance.“The traditional ‘risk-based approach’ required organisations to fathom what the regulations meant and then attempt to buy solutions from the market that vendors told them were okay. However, the liability for regulatory compliance still sat with the organisation, not the solution vendor. Now solution providers are independently certified under the Trust Framework as enabling compliance with the regulations.”A statement from Ben Seretny of compliance firm the DPO Centre asserts that the bill reads more like a “careful update” of the UK GDPR and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) frameworks, rather than a radical overhaul.“But while some areas are now clearer, others may introduce uncertainty. In particular, the Bill gives the Secretary of State more power to decide which countries have data protection standards that are not ‘materially lower’ than the UK. This shift in language may concern the European Commission, which is due to review the UK’s adequacy status later this year.”Yoti has a good explainer on the bill and what it means for businesses and individuals.“The Data Bill aims to make things easier and safer for people in the UK who wish to prove their identity. Once digital identities have the same level of confidence and acceptance as paper documents, more businesses are likely to accept them. As a result, people may be more likely to get a digital identity as they’ll be able to use it in more places.”Yoti’s Chief Policy and Regulatory Officer Julie Dawson says the DUA and DVS build on and expands the previous DIATF into “a broader and more structured regulatory foundation,” which “will enhance confidence in digital identities.”

Cyber Threat Observatory workshop advises on protections for national digital ID systems-Jun 23, 2025, 5:27 pm EDT    | Lu-Hai Liang

The Alan Turing Institute launched the Cyber Threat Observatory last year to monitor cyber threats to digital ID systems. The observatory hosted a workshop with speakers and experts in cyber threats and digital ID, infrastructure and economy.The Cyber Threat Observatory reviewed more than 31,000 security flaws, identifying Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) for national identity systems, mapping vendor and product hotspots, weaknesses and attack routes.“The thing that is important for us is that we maintain our ability to identify the weaknesses in systems because if we identify a weakness we can work as a community to patch that weakness,” said professor Carsten Maple, of The Alan Turing Institute, at the top of the online workshop.Digital identity flaws are rising the fastest among the four foundational domains of DPI (the other three being finance, health and government), with CVEs increasing from 290 in 2020 to 569 annually by 2024. The observatory found that broken logins and permissions dominate CVEs, while SQL injections and script attacks are “rampant.” And data leaks threaten every sector.The institute’s research associate Shah Mahmood explained the importance of perimeter defense and segmentation. “We need to segment our networks,” Mahmood said, to avoid cross contamination across different parts of the network.Adopting a certain mindset was crucial, such as embedding security from the start and to design out CVEs. Conducting regular code audits on authentication and input handling was another recommendation from Mahmood. Digital ID should be considered as critical infrastructure, like power grids or water supply, along with the same protections.Considering global ID deployment, the observatory notes that cybersecurity skills and resources often lag behind rapid rollout. But there is “immense risk” if security is sidelined. Mahmood talked through the National Level Cyber Threat Observatory Playbook, which shifts protection from a “reactive patchwork” to “proactive, anticipatory defence.”Speakers from MOSIP, Ernst & Young, Sri Lanka, CMU Africa, among others, introduced their insights and perspectives from the Global South. Sasikumar Ganesan, head of engineering at MOSIP explained that a national ID increases the attack surface. However, the national ID doesn’t mean anything to the attacker until it is more connected, for example to the banking system.Ganesan also spoke on the particular identity theft that occurs in India and across Asia, with smishing (SMS-based attacks) and quishing (QR code-based attacks). “It’s not real identity theft,” he explained, “but it’s more subtle and very different.”Navin Kaul, a partner at Ernst & Young, noted that GDP per capita spending on cybersecurity in developed markets is close to $30 but that it’s $1-2 in South Asia. But international collaboration can help with Nepal and Sri Lanka working together on threat intelligence and ICT exposure. Kaul said that it’s about building a culture of establishing digital public goods from a cyber angle.Scott Rea, global strategic advisor at eMudhra, spoke on why public key infrastructure (PKI) is critical to identity in a zero trust paradigm and why identity starts with nations having strong binding of national identities to credentials that are trustworthy. But Rea also observed that while PKI requires the use of the strongest validated encryption technologies, trust cannot be achieved by technology alone. “A strong governance structure for how the technology will be deployed, operated, used and relied upon is necessary.”Dasun Hegoda, technical advisor at the Digital Economy Unit, presidential secretariat, Sri Lanka, spoke on the exact components of the country’s digital infrastructure that makes up its digital economy blueprint.

Kyrgyzstan state printer wades into biometric passport market with Namibia deal-Jun 23, 2025, 5:11 pm EDT    | Chris Burt

A shipment of 130,000 biometric passports has been sent from Kyrgyzstan to Namibia, after a contract was signed between the African nation’s government and national printing house Uchkun OJSC.The shipment was announced by Kyrgyz Presidential Chief of Staff Kanybek Tumanbaev.Kyrgyzstan began domestic production of its own passports in 2023 through Uchkun, the state printing house. President Sadyr Japarov said the following year that the integrity of the country’s passports and ID cards had been dramatically improved.Uchkun OJSC, an open joint-stock company, produced more than 350,000 passports and 400,000 ID cards in 2024, with demand in part boosted by an agreement with Russia, according to IMI.And it’s involvement in the global market for passport issuance is reportedly growing.Kyrgyz National News Agency Kabar reports that Ghana has also signed a biometric passport production agreement, and Tumanbaev says four more countries are on the verge of signing deals. But Hungary’s ANY Security Printing currently holds the contract for Ghana’s chip-embedded passports, and printed nearly 32,000 of them in a month earlier this year.Tumanbaev is head of the Presidential Administrative Directorate, and has been accused of being near the center of a ring of people in Kyrgyzstan who have allegedly acquired ownership stakes in businesses holding public contracts through their relationships with powerful Kyrgyz government figures, including Japarov, by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.

Spanish law among most comprehensive for age checks, kids’ online safety-Age verification, parental controls by default part of sweeping legislation-Jun 23, 2025, 4:27 pm EDT    | Joel R. McConvey

Among EU nations pursuing child online safety legislation and age verification tools, Spain has been at the forefront. It has released a technical specification for its online age assurance system; co-signed, along with Greece and France, a discussion paper pushing for stronger protections for social media; and seen its digital wallet chosen as a pilot technology for developing the EU’s white label age assurance app for the EU.On the policy side, Minister for the Presidency, Justice and Parliamentary Relations Félix Bolaños calls a new law in its final stages of approval “a comprehensive, ambitious and pioneering regulation in Europe to try to solve the social problem of indiscriminate access by minors to social media and other digital environments.”A government release says the Organic Law for the Protection of Minors in Digital Environments criminalizes making pornographic material “indiscriminately available to minors,” and makes it crime to create or distribute AI-generated or manipulated content involving minors, or deepfakes used for sexual exploitation or to demean.It requires manufacturers of internet-connected devices to pre-install effective, free and accessible parental control systems, which must be turned on by default. Data collected during the set-up process may not be used for commercial purposes.It recommends the promotion of digital literacy and addiction prevention, to educate students about digital rights, data privacy, online ethics and the risks of digital platforms.It includes regulations on access to and activation of “random reward mechanisms” or “loot boxes” in video games and platforms, special provisions for victims of gender-based and sexual violence, and stronger penalties for adults who create fake online identities for the purpose of grooming or cyberstalking minors.Finally, per the release, the General Law on Audiovisual Communication has been amended so that “large media operators and influencers with a very large number of followers are obliged to have channels for reporting content that is inappropriate for minors. They must also report content that may be harmful to minors, use effective age verification systems and separate content of a pornographic or violent nature from other content.”Age verification systems must be anonymous, with all data processing done on the user’s device. They should not leave traceable patterns, not rely on collecting extra data such as gender or ethnicity, and not rely on profiling or continuous user tracking. Users should only need to prove their age for accessing age-restricted content. Systems should avoid using centralized databases. And companies must conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) when introducing or modifying age verification systems, to ensure compliance with data protection laws.The proposed law does not outline specific age assurance products that platforms and services can use, but the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC), which is overseeing the age verification piece, will “evaluate the adequacy of the age verification systems implemented by platforms.”The law is far reaching, with an overarching goal to protect minors’ “right to privacy, honor and self-image” and to encourage responsible use of technology and promote the necessary skills. Schools will be responsible for expressly regulating the use of mobile devices in the classroom and in extracurricular activities. A larger media literacy plan will be implemented to educate students about digital rights and how to exercise them, data privacy, online ethics and risks.The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) will be responsible for overseeing compliance with data protection regulation, while CNMC will focus on age verification, and consumer protection agencies will ensure devices meet safety standards.Targets social media influencers with large followings-A blog from Yoti digs into specific rules around age assurance in Spain’s new law.“While comparable initiatives such as the UK’s Online Safety Act and California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code exist in other jurisdictions, the Spanish law stands out for its broad scope and emphasis on enforceable age assurance, platform accountability and digital literacy,” says the post. “Its comprehensive framework places it among the leading examples of child online safety legislation worldwide.”There is a wide scope of entities to which various angles of the new law apply. Beyond the usual suspects – social media platforms, for which the minimum age for access without parental consent has been raised from 14 to 16 – it affects influencers and content creators, video game developers and publishers, and healthcare and educational institutions.While the age verification debate has already touched gaming, the inclusion of influencers and digital content creators is a new development. Instagram may be responsible for age verification – but now, so is MrBeast.Online personalities that meet a certain threshold of followers must “comply with content regulations similar to those of traditional media, including the type of content they publish and restrictions on time slots.” They must also have effective age checks. And they should “avoid publishing content containing gratuitous violence, sexual themes or other material inappropriate to users identified as children.” Sponsored or promotional must be clearly labeled.In the health and wellness department, the law guarantees children free and ongoing access to 24/7 support services. It proposes the development of a national digital literacy strategy for minors, educators and parents, and establishes “public digital culture laboratories” – spaces where young people can “safely explore digital creativity and innovation.”Clinically, primary care visits to pediatricians will include questions about screen time and digital device usage.The draft Organic Law has entered the parliamentary phase and has been submitted to the Congress of Deputies, where it may be subject to further amendments.

UN cautions govts to safeguard human rights in AI procurement-‘States must act as responsible regulators, procurers, and deployers of AI’Jun 23, 2025, 3:25 pm EDT    | Lu-Hai Liang

AI is a major trend of this decade with advancements in the technology having an effect across society, for both ill and good. The negatives include the spread of deepfakes, AI-generated scams and fraud, and mass misinformation.On the other side, machine-learning-driven algorithms (often called AI) provide conveniences for digital ID and verification systems, helping to accelerate face biometric matching, among other benefits. However, technological innovations are rarely neutral and can often have a darker side.A new United Nations report draws attention to the procurement and deployment of AI systems and how they should be aligned with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.“AI systems are transforming our societies, but without proper safeguards, they risk undermining human rights,” said Lyra Jakulevičienė, chair of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, presenting the report to the 59th session of the Human Rights Council.UN experts outlined the potential adverse effects of AI systems when procured or deployed without adequate human rights due diligence. Groups such as women, children and minorities are particularly at risk, the experts claimed, of impacts such as discrimination, privacy violations and exclusion.“States must act as responsible regulators, procurers, and deployers of AI,” said Jakulevičienė. “They must set clear red lines on AI systems that are fundamentally incompatible with human rights, such as those used for remote real-time facial recognition, mass surveillance or predictive policing.”Such human rights concerns are not abstract — Hungary’s planned use of facial recognition for LGBTQ+ surveillance drew a joint statement from 17 EU countries, calling out Budapest for developments that “run contrary to the fundamental values of human dignity, freedom, equality and respect for human rights.”For states and governments considering digital ID systems, AI is also a hot topic. At the recent ID4Africa 2025, held in Addis Ababa, AI was a term frequently heard. There, at a workshop, UN experts from the UNDP advised governments implementing digital ID systems to make procurement an integral part of the systems’ design from the very beginning. The workshop also explored the challenges and risks of AI in digital ID solutions for procuring institutions.In the new UN report, the Working Group observed the fragmented nature of the regulatory landscape surrounding AI and human rights. Universal standards are lacking along with agreed definitions and perspectives from the Global South. While binding legislation on AI and human rights is progressing, the experts say exceptions are “broad” and involvement of civil society is “limited.”The experts emphasized the importance of conducting robust human rights assessments by both public and private actors, to ensure transparency, accountability, oversight and access to remedy. “Businesses cannot outsource their human rights responsibilities,” the experts said. “Businesses must ensure meaningful stakeholder engagement throughout the procurement and deployment processes, especially with those most at risk of harm.”“We need urgent global cooperation to ensure that AI systems are procured and deployed in ways that uphold human rights, and ensure access to remedy for any AI-related human rights abuses,” Jakulevičienė said.The Working Group summarized emerging practices by States and businesses, and made recommendations to States, businesses, and other actors on how to incorporate the Guiding Principles on business and human rights into AI procurement and deployment in the report — which can be downloaded here.

Optimistic plan would pair universal legal identity with basic income program-Researchers pitch universal Humanity Identity Card-Jun 23, 2025, 3:20 pm EDT    | Joel R. McConvey

A new paper calls the lack of legal identity for millions of people around the world one of the “most morally grave public problems of our age,” and proposes an identity card system that would grant legal identity “regardless of nationality, ethnicity, geographic location, occupation, or any other personal attribute.”Published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, the paper classifies the inability to obtain public recognition of one’s existence as a person alongside food insecurity and hunger as “the most severe deficiencies in vital and existential human capabilities,” which have led to “scandalous inequalities.”There are an estimated 850 million people around the world who lack legal proof of identity, and addressing that lack is one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Identity exclusion is a focus of a recent report from Women in Identity.“Lack of legal identity exposes global inequality in the domain of access to human rights,” it says. “If you cannot prove who you are, you are deprived of access to a host of public services such as public health care, legal protection in case of abuse, and all sorts of social welfare provisions.”The authors, researchers from the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the European University Institute, propose a universal Humanity Identity Card (HIC), coupled with a Basic Income Supplement (BIS) of US$1 per day for “the most vulnerable half of the world’s population” –  defined here as those living on less than US$6.85 per day, or less than US$2500 per year.The HIC “would permanently provide universal recognition of individual identity, while the BIS is designed to be gradually phased out as its benefits take effect.” (However, somewhat paradoxically, the paper says “the primary intended use of the HIC is to indicate whether the holder is eligible for a BIS.”)Financial inclusion is a prominent enabler of the SDGs, according to the UN Capital Development Fund. Universal basic income was also central to World’s original pitch for identifying everyone in the world with its iris biometrics.The Human Identity Card “could be distributed in a worldwide campaign through delegated offices of the UN or a specialised UN agency.”“Individuals would register personally, free of charge, with their name, date and place of birth, photograph, fingerprint or iris scan recognition, and indication of whether they require food assistance.” The data would be “collected and stored exclusively by the UN with the proviso that it would not be shared with any other organisation, including sovereign states.”While the proposal is admirable, some of its utopian aspirations are unlikely to be popular among certain powerful demographics – particularly its Robin Hood-esque financing structure. “A tax on sovereign states, billionaire companies and billionaire households is designed to fund this redistribution scheme,” it says. “The yearly tax could correspond to 0.66 percent of the GDP per capita for nations, 0.66 percent of market capitalisation for billionaire companies, and 0.66 percent of wealth for billionaires.”Problematically, billionaire companies and individuals would almost certainly never agree to such a thing, nor would it be possible to enforce. Furthermore, the creation of a “UN Taxation Authority” to collect a universal global tax to fund universal legal identity would be liable to cause havoc among the segment of the population that already sees the United Nations as a globalist threat.The authors concede that “non-compliance is a foreseeable obstacle,” but assert that the limited number of actors involved should protect against shady behaviours, such as tax evasion: “The fact that the number of taxpayers is extremely small would make them subject to visible public scrutiny.”“We are fully aware that designing and implementing the HIC scheme is a complex endeavour that involves considerations of privacy, security, technology, international cooperation, and legal frameworks, which exceed the scope of this introductory proposal,” they write.“While the UN should play a decisive and pivotal role, a global initiative of this nature shall require extensive collaboration between international organisations, governments, and private actors (particularly the previously mentioned taxpayers).”Ultimately, the paper, which outlines a possible road map to implementation, has a benevolent idea for universal identity that it balances precariously on assumptions about the contemporary nature of shame; the likelihood of countries, organization and wealthy individuals to act in the interests of others; and the possibility of enforcement that would require the introduction, worldwide, of a new tax – perhaps the least popular political platform one could support.“Once the proposal is adopted, even if there are some opt-outs, top-down UN campaigning can add traction to it,” the authors say, once again overestimating the UN’s power of coercion.In the end, their pitch falls into the same category as a Star Trek Replicator or personal jetpack: a cool idea that would never work in practice.

Nepal’s biometric passport contract awarded to Veridos, Mühlbauer-Incumbent provider Idemia files complaint over decision-Jun 23, 2025, 1:45 pm EDT    | Joel R. McConvey

Nepal’s biometric passport system has a new primary supplier. German firms Mühlbauer and Veridos have successfully outbid incumbent identity provider Idemia Public Security in what The Himalayan Times calls “a surprising upset” – and the decision has elicited a formal complaint from the French firm.Idemia has provided Nepal with biometric passports for 15 years, and was expected to hold on to the contract thanks to “structural obstacles allegedly designed to favor the incumbent.” Five companies submitted bids for the biometric passport contract, which, per the country’s procurement law, is awarded to the lowest bidder.A breakdown of the numbers released by the Department of Passports (DOP) shows Mühlbauer and Veridos undercutting Idemia across two packages.The first, for enrollment systems and IT infrastructure, saw Mühlbauer submit a bid of $11.6 million, against a $17.5 million bid from Idemia. Per the Times, the disparity remained “even after applying a controversial cross-discount clause widely viewed by procurement observers as tailored to benefit Idemia.”The second package, for the provision of 6.4 million biometric passport booklets, including personalisation, quality control, and packaging, saw Veridos post the lowest compliant bid at $43.95 million, against a bid of $ 50.16 million from Idemia (discounted to $43.76 million for the dual-package bid).Mühlbauer also submitted a proposal at $46.44 million – but it was disqualified for an administrative failure to submit an offer letter.The combined cost for Nepal comes to $55.11 million – still $1.7 million lower than Idemia’s cross-discounted package total of $56.80 million.One of the largest cost differences was in booklet pricing. In a previous variation order that did not have a competitive bidding process, Idemia charged the government $10.13. The new tender price was higher, at $10.57 – or, with discounts, $8.87 per booklet.Veridas quotes a price of $6.88. Combined with the Muehlbauer cost, the total is $8.61 per booklet, still lower than Idemia’s discounted rate.‘Critical administrative and technical noncompliance’ led to dismissal: Idemia-Idemia has responded by launching a complaint with the DOP. The Kathmandu Post quotes an email from the firm, which says it is “convinced that the intention to award these contracts to the selected companies is unrightfully due to critical administrative and technical non-compliance.”It reportedly claims that winning bidders failed to submit a list of technical items required by the tender documents.But it goes beyond document filing: rival bidders say the evaluation process was swayed by pressure on the committee to prioritize certain companies. And Idemia suggests that the nefarious exploitation of currency exchange rates may have been used to tank its bid: “Idemia Smart Identity emphasises that depending on the exchange rate used to convert the financial bids into Nepalese rupees (NPR), the Government of Nepal could achieve significant cost savings by selecting Idemia Smart Identity’s bid.”However, Idemia has itself faced similar accusations. A recent piece in the Nepal News accuses the DOP of breaching public procurement laws by “unlawfully intending to award a multi-billion-rupee e-passport tender to French firm Idemia by manipulating tender criteria, ignoring technical disqualifications, and bypassing mandatory procedural safeguards.”Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Arzoo Rana Deuba and Foreign Secretary Amrit Rai have received praise for their “insistence on transparency and strict adherence to competitive bidding standards.”The story of corruption in Nepal’s biometric passport system goes back to 2020, when an initial launch was paused after it was discovered that a minister negotiated himself a Rs 700 million (about US$9.3 million) fee as part of the deal. Eventually, both Idemia and Mühlbauer competed for the contract, which ultimately went to Idemia.The DOP evaluation committee says it will now consider Idemia’s complaint and change course if needed.