WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 207 TUE SEPTEMBER 22,26 - TRUMP AT U.N.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 207 TUE SEPTEMBER 22,26 - TRUMP AT U.N. 

THE NEXT US-ISRAEL HIT ON IRAN SHOULD BE VERSE 37. ALL OFFENSIVE NUKE SITES MISSLES,DRONES,AND OF COURSE KHEMENI AND THE IRGC GUARDS.THEN AFTER IRANS REGIME CHANGE. MUSLIMS COME TO JESUS BY THE MILLIONS.

JEREMEIAH 49:32-39 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITES AND ALL OFENSIVE WEAPONS DESTROYED IN IRAN)
Jeremiah 49:32-39    
32 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
33 Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.(Location & Size: It was strategically located along the Via Maris (Way of the Sea), a major trade route connecting Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.)
34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(IRAN) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) the chief of their might.(MISSLES AND NUKE SITES)
36 On Elam (IRAN) will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(SINCE 1979 IRANIANS HAVE GOTTIN OUT OF IRAN BECAUSE OF KHEMENI AND HIS APOCOPOLIPTIC DEATH CULT BELIEF-BLACK HATER 12ERS)
37 I will cause Elam (IRAN) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life;(ISRAEL THE LITTLE SATAN AND THE U.S THE BIG SATAN) and I will bring evil on them, (MISSLES) even my fierce anger,(FIRE) says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) until I have consumed them; (DESTROYED THEM ALL NUKE SITES,MISSLES ETC)
38 and I will set my throne in Elam,(IRAN WILL BECOME A CHRISTIAN NATION) and will destroy from there king (KHEMENI CLAN) and princes, says Yahweh.(IRANIAN ARMY GUARDS)
39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam,(IRAN) says Yahweh.(WERE IN THE LATTER DAYS NOW)

WHEN ARE THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL IN THE SPRING TIME.(GET READY ISLAM TO BE BIRD SEED FOR THESE BIRDS)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m0bXU5Xqc5M
The 500 million migratory birds in Israel during the spring arrive from Africa and head toward Europe and Asia, with the peak migration occurring in March and April. While migration starts in late February, the most intense movements, particularly of birds of prey, storks, and pelicans, occur during the third week of March and continue into April. 
Key Details on the Spring Migration
Peak Period: Mid-March through April.
Main Migration Route: The birds use the Great Rift Valley, which includes the Hula Valley and Eilat, acting as a "bottleneck" where millions of birds fly through the narrow land bridge.
Best Spots: The Hula Lake Park (Northern Israel) and the Eilat Birding Center (Southern Israel) are primary locations for observing the migration.
Key Species: Hundreds of thousands of white storks, along with black kites, raptors, and pelicans, pass through over these months.
uration: The spring migration runs from late February and continues into June, though the heaviest traffic is in March/April. 

The 500 million migratory birds fly over Israel in the fall between late August and mid-December. The peak migration period for the autumn, when the highest volume of bird traffic occurs, is typically October and November. 
Key Fall Migration Details
Location: The Hula Valley (Agamon Hula Park) in northern Israel is the premier spot to witness this phenomenon.
Timing: Migration starts as early as late June with some waders, but intensifies from mid-August through November.
Peak Festival: The "Annual Hula Valley Bird Festival" is usually held in November to align with the peak migration traffic.
Key Species: Many birds of prey (raptors), including honey buzzards and steppe eagles, cross during this time, along with massive flocks of storks and cranes.
While roughly 500 million birds pass through in the autumn on their way to Africa, the same number crosses again in the spring (mid-February to May) on their way back to Europe and Asia. 

JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23  Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24  Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25  How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26  Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27  And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)

Houthis say Saudi strike killed 6 in Mokha, as G7 urges Iran-backed group to halt fire-Group of countries also calls on Iran to stop arming Houthis; UK, France pledge ‘defensive’ support to Saudi Arabia to secure energy supply; Trump speaks with Yemen’s leader-By Agencies Today, 9:57 am-SEP 22,26

Saudi-led strikes on the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha killed at least six people and wounded eight others, a news agency affiliated with the Houthis said on Tuesday, as international calls mounted for the Iran-backed group in Yemen to halt its fighting.The Houthis have staged a lightning offensive in recent weeks to take over Yemen’s entire Red Sea coast, including Mokha, leaving the country’s Saudi-backed government scrambling to respond. The war in impoverished Yemen, which began in 2014 with the Houthi capture of the capital Sanaa, had been largely frozen since 2022 but resumed in July.“Six civilians, including two children and a woman, were killed and eight others, including a child and a woman, were injured in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes on Mokha,” the Houthi-affiliated news agency Saba reported on Tuesday.On Monday, the UK and France said they would provide defensive assistance to Saudi Arabia, which the Houthis have repeatedly struck during the renewed conflict. That same day, the foreign ministers of the G7 condemned the “unacceptable continued strikes” waged from Yemen against Saudi Arabia and urged the Iran-backed group to immediately hold its fire.“We call on the Houthis to immediately cease all military actions, all threats and attacks against civilian shipping, and to return to the political process in good faith,” said the statement from leaders representing Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.They also called on Iran “to end its arming of and support for the Houthis,” alleging Tehran is in violation of past UN Security Council resolutions.The statement came a day after the head of Yemen’s Saudi-backed governing body, Rashad al-Alimi, held a call with US President Donald Trump to request American support against the pro-Iranian fighters, a source in Alimi’s office told AFP, echoing calls from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.Trump did not promise military support, the source said, adding that the call was intended as a show of solidarity with Yemen’s embattled government. On Sunday, Trump reportedly called off airstrikes against the Houthis at the last minute.UK pledges support for Saudi ‘defensive’ missions-Other Western allies of Saudi Arabia are pledging assistance. UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that Britain has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to repel Houthi attacks.UK officials say the agreement will start in the coming days, and involve one RAF Voyager refueling Saudi planes on “defensive” missions.Burnham told reporters as he flew to the United Nations General Assembly in New York that he had agreed the Royal Air Force will provide air-to-air refueling of Saudi planes. The agreement is for a matter of weeks, but Burnham said it will be kept under review.Burnham said he was “acting to secure the interests of Britain and the wider region, because of course Saudi Arabia has been experiencing attack, is looking at potential further disruption, and we need to keep those pathways [for oil] open.”Britain has condemned the Houthi attacks and said the UK will “work with partners to support regional stability, protect civilians and support humanitarian access.”France offers to help secure Saudi energy infrastructure-France, meanwhile, is ready to work on “securing” Saudi energy infrastructure targeted by the Houthis, adopting a “strictly defensive approach,” a diplomatic source said Monday.“France is ready to contribute to securing Saudi energy infrastructure in Yanbu and along the East-West Pipeline, within the framework of a strictly defensive approach,” the source said, emphasizing that “this in no way involves taking part in the conflict with the Houthis.”The Houthis have carried out attacks against facilities belonging to the Saudi oil giant Aramco in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu. The East-West Pipeline — a crucial crude oil export route — has also been shut down following drone attacks launched from Iraq, according to Riyadh.

Analysis 'It's a catastrophe'As Iran and Houthis tighten the screws on Saudi Arabia, a potential role emerges for Israel-Saudi leader’s old and new military alliances are offering little protection, and his previous engagement with Tehran didn’t help either; blocked in Hormuz and Red Sea, Riyadh needs new security partners-By Lazar Berman 20 September 2026, 1:22 am

Sirens blared in Mecca on Tuesday as the Houthis fired a drone from Yemen toward Islam’s holiest city, at least according to the Saudis.Only a month before, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman hosted the leaders of Turkey and Pakistan to sign a joint defense agreement with great fanfare in the same city.The Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia were the first test of that pact, the Mecca Agreement, and it doesn’t seem to have translated to improved security for the Gulf kingdom. Its cities, ships, and infrastructure are coming under daily attack, and Turkey and Pakistan have not mobilized to defend their beleaguered ally — despite Saudi Arabia hosting at least 8,000 Pakistani troops.Officials from Turkey and Pakistan told The Associated Press they have not received a Saudi request for support in response to the Houthis’ escalation. If they are telling the truth, and the new alliance doesn’t warrant even a request for assistance in the moment of truth, the crown prince is already admitting that it doesn’t actually make his kingdom any safer.The manifest worthlessness of the Mecca pact is only one element of an increasingly dire situation for Saudi Arabia.The emerging reality — Iran’s allies firing on the kingdom across multiple borders while closing crucial shipping lanes — “puts the Saudis in serious danger,” said Yoel Guzansky, senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies. “This is their biggest challenge since 1990, when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and threatened Saudi oilfields.”“It’s a catastrophe.”Failed approaches-Bin Salman, widely referred to as MBS, dreams of transforming the kingdom from one based on massive oil reserves to a modern financial capital and tourist destination.That goal has proven harder to achieve than he expected.MBS’s megaprojects are looking like colossal wastes of money. His flagship futuristic city NEOM is foundering, and he is facing difficulties in positioning Saudi Arabia as an AI powerhouse.To transform the Saudi economy, MBS needed to ensure that his kingdom was secure from his archenemy Iran and its axis.Initially, he saw the over 70 years of defense agreements and weapons deals with the US as evidence that Washington would come to Saudi Arabia’s aid if the Islamic Republic attacked. But when Iran and the Houthis struck Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq oil refinery in 2019 — cutting the kingdom’s production in half — and Trump decided not to respond militarily, MBS realized he couldn’t rely on a US shield.Instead, he pursued diplomatic engagement with Tehran, hoping to avoid being targeted in a future war between the US and Iran.“They have long since stopped speaking in the language of defeating Iran, but rather activating it, appeasing it, dealing with it, reaching agreements with it,” said Michal Yaari, Gulf expert at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.But that didn’t work either. After the US and Israel attacked Iran earlier this year, Tehran put its plan for such a scenario into action — targeting Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, across the region, raising the cost for everyone to pressure Washington into halting the campaign.While Iran’s strategy has achieved the results it was designed to, the Islamic Republic’s new leaders now see an opportunity to cement their control over the Strait of Hormuz and the region’s economy, and they aren’t showing any signs of backing down.Iranian threats to Hormuz have already harmed the Saudi economy, making it far more difficult to export oil, which still makes up about 40 percent of Riyadh’s GDP and 60% of its revenues.In response, Riyadh leaned on its East-West Pipeline to funnel oil away from the Persian Gulf and toward the Red Sea, where it could then ship it out to buyers. It diverted more than 70% of its normal daily crude exports to the Red Sea port of Yanbu.But the Houthis are working to shut off that option as well. The capture of the Red Sea port of Mokha in Yemen and a strategic island by the Houthi rebels last week gave them further control over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait leading out of the Red Sea.Even worse for the Saudis, the 1,200-kilometer pipeline itself came under attack last Friday, not from the Houthis, but from Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq, according to the Saudi Foreign Ministry. The key pipeline, which can carry up to 7 million barrels a day, will be out of service for weeks.MBS tried to enlist foreign help. With Turkey and Pakistan either sitting on the sidelines or seen as irrelevant dealing with to actual threats, he reportedly called US President Trump twice to ask him to launch strikes against the Houthis.Trump denied his request.On top of that, both Trump and Vice President JD Vance announced that the White House was actually talking to the Houthis directly.And Trump seemed to downplay the gravity of Houthi attacks on Saudi ships: “They would much prefer not having us ​involved, and they’re letting most ships ​go ⁠through. There’s just one country that they’re not too happy with, and we’ll get ⁠that straightened ​out.”A senior Trump administration official told The Washington Post that Washington is “focused on protecting core national security interests,” including freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, while also “empowering our regional partners to take the lead in managing and resolving regional security challenges.”The official added, not especially helpfully, that the White House is in “continuous dialogue” with Riyadh and the internationally recognized Yemeni government “regarding regional stability.”Saudi Arabia is also showing the limitations of its own well-funded military. It spends about twice as much on defense as Israel, and doesn’t have anything in the way of military achievements to point to as it tries to stop Houthi fighters in flip-flops riding Toyotas and dusty motorcycles from taking and holding large swaths of strategically important territory from the Yemeni government it props up.“It’s a military defeat,” said Guzansky, “and a great humiliation for the Saudis.”Meanwhile, Iran understands that Houthi successes only improve its bargaining position, increasing the economic pain around the world that Tehran says can only be relieved by capitulating to Iranian demands on Hormuz.“That leaves Riyadh unable to separate Yemen from its broader confrontation with Iran and leaning harder on Washington,” said Ari Cicurel, associate director of foreign policy at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs.The Saudis are facing the realization that “all their basic assumptions are actually not valid, but there is no alternative reality that is better,” said Yaari.Quiet opportunity for Israel-With Saudi Arabia caught in a bind that is only growing tighter — and its treaty allies and superpower backer staying out of the fray — there is an opening for Israel to show the benefits of cooperation with the Jewish state.The interests of the two countries overlap entirely here. They both see the Islamic Republic as their bitter enemy, and both have had their ships and territory targeted by the Houthis.There is already some cooperation. US Central Command has reportedly been overseeing contacts between the two countries and hosted their military chiefs last week along with those of other regional allies.That doesn’t mean Israel will send its air force back to Yemen to bomb Houthi positions. Doing so would not end the threat, but would expose the Saudi regime to accusations of being Zionist collaborators and embarrass the kingdom by highlighting its fecklessness and reliance on the Jewish state.Instead, there is ample opportunity for Israel to quietly share intelligence and defensive technologies with Riyadh.There’s no question that Israel’s intelligence has penetrated the Houthi organization. In August 2025, Israeli jets struck a meeting of the Houthi leadership, killing its prime minister and other cabinet members.Israeli assistance won’t be enough in the short term to get the Saudis to agree to normalization with the Jewish state, as Riyadh continues to condition such a deal on Jerusalem allowing for the establishment of an irreversible pathway to a future Palestinian state.But such help would emphasize that Israel has much to offer in Saudi Arabia’s increasingly dire struggle against the Iranian axis, especially while Riyadh’s formal allies continue to let it down.

Trump cuts vacation short, returns to White House day early-Iran’s military command says it’s been informed US plans to resume strikes-Tehran vows Hormuz will stay closed, regime won’t negotiate until Trump accepts its conditions — including ending war, unfreezing Iranian funds and removing naval blockade By Agencies and ToI Staff 20 September 2026, 4:43 pm

Iran’s central military command said in a statement on Sunday that it had received information that the United States, with the backing of some regional countries, was preparing to resume military actions against it, state media reported.The statement said that any US attack would trigger sustained strikes on US bases and interests in the region, warning that regional countries supporting US aggression against Iran would be considered parties to the conflict.On Saturday, Al Jazeera cited Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei as saying in an interview that Iran had conveyed to mediators its conditions for re-engaging in negotiations aimed at ending the war with the US.The conditions included ending the war on all fronts, unfreezing Iranian funds and ending the naval blockade, Rezaei said, adding that consultations were continuing with Qatari and Pakistani mediators and that Tehran was awaiting a response from US President Donald Trump.Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said his country would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until its conditions were met and US commitments implemented.Iran must both fight and negotiate, Ghalibaf said, adding that Tehran would use military force to push back its enemies and diplomacy to consolidate battlefield gains when the time is right.Saturday saw Trump return to the White House from Camp David after cutting his vacation there short, having originally been scheduled to return on Sunday night.The White House did not offer an explanation for the change to his schedule, but it came after the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthis said that the Iran-backed group had fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh, and a fire was reported near the Saudi capital’s international airport.The Riyadh-led coalition said Saturday evening on X that a ballistic missile launched by the Houthis towards the capital was “successfully intercepted and destroyed.”The coalition added that the pro-Iranian fighters had tried to target “civilians and civilian infrastructure” in several cities in the west of the kingdom, including the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea, an important export hub for Saudi oil.It said these attacks were “thwarted by the Gulf monarchy’s air defenses.”This was the first time since Yemen’s civil war resumed that strikes have threatened the Saudi capital, piling further pressure on a global economy already rocked by seven months of war between the US and Iran.The Houthis’ lightning offensive seizing swaths of Yemeni territory in recent weeks has left hundreds dead and, according to the UN, displaced more than 110,000 people.Saudi Arabia has responded with scores of airstrikes on Houthi-held areas but failed to stop the advance.The flare-up in fighting between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia also prompted the US embassy in Israel to issue a security alert late Saturday, instructing American citizens in the Middle East to “exercise heightened vigilance and be aware of potential flight cancellations, airspace closures and travel disruptions.”It noted that the Houthis have targeted civilian airports in their fight against Saudi Arabia and said that “the military conflict has the potential to escalate rapidly.”“Americans traveling to or from the region should monitor information about airport and airline operations,” the alert added.On Sunday, US Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in a rare visit to Cairo.Sissi stressed “the paramount importance of settling regional crises through political and diplomatic tracks,” according to a presidency statement.The visit came days after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was also in the Egyptian capital, where he and Sissi urged safe and secure navigation through Bab el-Mandeb, after the Houthis seized the Yemeni coast.The Bab el-Mandeb strait is a Red Sea waterway that is crucial to energy flows and global shipping and which has become even more strategic since Iran imposed a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.

PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH) (DO NOT EVER LISTEN TO ANYBODY THAT SAYS THE WORLD IS ENDING.ITS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN-4 BILLION WILL BE LEFT ON EARTH TO GO INTO JESUS" 1000 YEAR RULE)(THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD TO ANY ONE, DOES IT-NOT ME.THE EARTH IS JUST RENOVATED.NEVER ENDED.

REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.

MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.(CAN YOU SAY TORNADOES,HURRICANES,VOLCANOES,EARTH QUAKES,LANDSLIDES,FLASH FLOODING,EXPLOSIONS,SNOW STORMS,THEN FINALLY NUKESAND ANY OTHER JUDGEMENTS THE EARTH CAN VOMIT THE SINNERS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)

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

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

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

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.

Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF -  HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.

LUKE 19:40
40 And He answered and said unto them, “I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”

TRUMP PART OF SPEECH TO USELES UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK.

The Assembly will hear an address by His Excellency Donald Trump, president of the United States of America.I request protocol to escort His Excellency in.Invite him to address the Assembly.Thank you very much, Mr. President.So while others have talked, I have acted, while others have spoken of peace.I have made peace while others have ignored threats.I have confronted them while others have talked of courage.America has shown it, while others have promised strength.I have used it to make America the most powerful country in the world.Working with many nations in this room, we are solving decades of intractable challenges, and we are settling years of unfinished business.And we're doing it well.There is no better example of a danger that was allowed to gather strength at the world's peril than the number one sponsor of terror, the Islamic Republic of Iran.For 51 years, the fanatical Iranian regime has ruled by bloodshed and mass murder, spreading death and carnage and chaos across the entire Middle East and beyond.They were the bully of the Middle East, but they are the bully no more.From the first day I entered the political arena, I've been unwavering.I will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.Upon taking office last year, I immediately opened negotiations with Iran and offered them full economic cooperation in exchange for ending their nuclear program and support for terror.But they refused.They absolutely refused.That was a big mistake Then in Operation Midnight Hammer, the U.S. military obliterated their nuclear program beneath mountains of rubble.And again, I urged Iran to make a deal.And again they refused.The regime continued building a vast missile and drone stockpile that threatened the security of every American service member in the region and everyone else in the region They also made a missile that was capable of hitting Europe, and they were very proud of it.I hope the Europeans realize that Iran's goal was to complete their mad dash to a nuclear bomb from behind this conventional ballistic missile shield.If they had succeeded, that wicked regime would have been free to spread terror and death forever, knowing that any attempt to stop them would face an arsenal of nuclear annihilation.In America, we just marked the 25th anniversary of the worst terror attack in history, September 11th, which killed 3000 people just a few miles from here.It was an unbelievably terrible time.In two weeks, we will mark the third anniversary of the October 7th attack in Israel, where terrorists funded by Iran tortured, mutilated and killed 1200 very innocent civilians, including dozens of Americans and many babies, babies, little tiny, beautiful babies.Iran's supreme leader celebrated that massacre and called it a service to humanity The same regime slaughtered over 72,000 of its citizens this year.Recently, 10,000 were killed for protesting.Just imagine such a vile regime wherever empowered to carry out large scale terror attacks from behind a nuclear shield.This was the reality we had to confront, a reality that far too many preferred to ignore.They all ignored it.Many presidents and many others just wanted to ignore it.They were unwilling to do anything about it, but they knew the problem.After giving Iran every chance for a deal, I took action to ensure that neither the United States nor any nation is Hall would ever have to face such a nightmare, such a catastrophic problem.As a result of Operation Epic Fury, all 159 ships of their navy are now lying at the bottom of the sea.Likewise, their air force is gone.Their radar is gone, their anti-aircraft equipment is gone.Their missiles and drone manufacturing capacity is almost gone.Their economy is gone.The only thing that isn't gone is inflation, which is destroying their country and is now well over 300%.Yet even after we agreed to a cease fire for nuclear discussions, Iran promptly violated it with brazen acts of terrorism against civilian ships from other countries.I want to thank the U.N. Security Council for voting overwhelmingly to pass a resolution condemning Iran's despicable terrorist attacks on commercial shipping.Thank you very much.That resolution, I'm pleased to say, received more co-sponsors from U.N. member nations than any Security Council resolution in history.That's something.Now, we must be equally united in maintaining pressure.The United States Navy has recently escorted more than 1 billion barrels of oil out of the Strait of Hormuz, and more oil is flowing than at any point since the start of the war.We're taking 22, 25, 30, 32 and 37 ships out, respectively, every single day, every single night.But I have a big decision to make.Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before? Maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East, or even the world.Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations? But I believe we'll make a deal right after the election, because it doesn't make sense for them not to.They're waiting to see how I do in the midterm election.What they don't realize is that I'm not running.I did that already and won in a landslide.We won in a giant landslide, and I'll be here for two and a half years.

Warning of kidnap plot, Katz threatens to depopulate Gaza City if soldier nabbed-By Emanuel Fabian-SEP 22,26

Defense Minister Israel Katz announces there are “various intentions and intelligence” indicating Hamas is planning to carry out new kidnappings of Israelis, and threatens to flatten Gaza City if the terror group does so.Katz does not offer details about the threat, but issues his warning to the Gaza-based terror group as well as Iran and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.“In light of various intentions and intelligence, I warn the terror organization and its supporters, from Iran to Erdogan: if even one Israeli soldier or civilian is kidnapped, the entire Gaza City’s… one million residents will be evacuated southward,” Katz says at an annual memorial ceremony for soldiers killed in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. He also threatens to take out the city’s “homes and terror towers.”“It will be dealt with in the same way that Rafah and Beit Hanoun and 70 percent of the Gaza Strip were dealt with, until they are returned,” he adds, referring to sections of the Strip that the IDF razed during the war against Hamas following the October 7, 2023, onslaught.Nearly all Gazans currently live in Gaza City and its environs along the coast, with the IDF controlling much of Gaza.“This is the language that the jihadist terror organizations in Gaza and Lebanon understand, and this is the language we speak: Evacuating the population, destroying the infrastructure and taking the territory,” Katz adds.He also reiterates that Israel “will not withdraw from the Yellow Line in Gaza to new lines of deployment inside Gaza as long as Hamas has not been eliminated and Gaza has not been disarmed of weapons and tunnels.”Katz is known for his outspoken remarks, often aimed at Turkey amid an increase in tensions between Ankara and Jerusalem. There has been an increase in Katz’s controversial comments in recent weeks, ahead of Israel’s October 27 election.

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After cordial meeting with Trump, Mamdani decries ‘architect of genocide’ Netanyahu-NYC mayor says ICC arrest warrant against Israeli PM should be honored, though he’s acknowledged he has no power in matter; Trump praises Mamdani, says he hopes he’ll be ‘great’By ToI Staff and Agencies Today, 11:01 am-SEP 22,26

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday renewed his verbal attacks on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that in his view, the premier should be arrested during his upcoming visit to the UN General Assembly in the city.“When it comes to Benjamin Netanyahu, I have described him as I believe him to be — a war criminal and an architect of a horrific genocide of the Palestinian people,” Mamdani told CNN in an interview after holding a cordial meeting with US President Donald Trump in New York City, adding that the issue was discussed with the US president at the mayor’s residence, Gracie Mansion.The far-left mayor, who vowed for months to arrest Netanyahu if he came to New York City even though he lacks the authority to do so, recently acknowledged he is powerless to prevent the visit, and added that he will not be attending planned protests against the premier’s presence.Citing the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu over alleged war crimes during Israel’s war in Gaza against Palestinian terror group Hamas, Mamdani said: “I do believe that that is something that should be honored, because what we want to see, and we’ve been talking about this today, is a faith in our politics, a faith in accountability.”“If the International Criminal Court deems someone worthy of an arrest because of a violation of those laws, then who are we to say that anyone should be above that? And I think very clearly that everyone should be held accountable to it,” he said.The ICC was established in 2002 by the international community to prosecute war crimes, ​genocide and crimes against humanity. It asserts jurisdiction only if a member state is unable or unwilling to prosecute ‌atrocities itself.The United States has never been an ICC member. Israel is not an ICC member and rejects its authority and jurisdiction over its nationals and activities. It says the ICC also has no jurisdiction regarding the Palestinians since there is no sovereign Palestinian state.Israel has rejected the accusation that it is carrying out genocide in Gaza, and said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques.Netanyahu is scheduled to address the General Assembly on Thursday. He will take off for the annual meeting on Wednesday and will return on Friday, a source in the Prime Minister’s Office told The Times of Israel last week.He is not among the world leaders scheduled to meet Trump on the sidelines of the General Assembly, and it is unlikely the pair will have time in their itineraries to squeeze in a sit-down, a US official told The Times of Israel.During their meeting on Monday, Trump heaped praise on Mamdani as the pair set aside their political differences to discuss immigration enforcement and a multi-billion dollar housing project to make New York more affordable for the working class.“Hopefully, you’re going to be a great [mayor]. I’ll be able to say you’re going to be a great one, and you’re off to a start,” Trump told Mamdani at a news conference.“We appreciate the president’s commitment to the city,” Mamdani said of Trump. “We’ve both spoken about very different approaches, very different beliefs, and I will continue to have conversations with the president, and frankly with anyone who can deliver relief to the people of this city.”The pair of polarizing leaders first gathered in the Oval Office shortly after Mamdani’s election victory last year for a surprisingly cordial confab that centered on ways to help their shared hometown, a detente that came after months of verbal sparring.A few months later in February, Mamdani again took a quick jaunt to Washington to present Trump with a mock New York Daily News front page that said “Trump to City: Let’s Build,” as he pitched new housing investments in the city.As they did after their first Oval Office meeting, Trump and Mamdani acknowledged their political and policy differences while standing side by side on Monday.Mamdani was asked about Trump’s decision to bar certain news outlets from the White House, with the mayor saying it was important that those networks, and others, be present for the Gracie Mansion event. Trump then defended his restrictions on the news organizations whose coverage he called biased.“It’s interesting because they said they were gonna boycott me. But they never boycott me,” the president said, before adding, “I think that these outlets have an obligation to be fair.”Trump’s previous visits to Gracie Mansion included attending the 2003 wedding of former mayor Rudy Giuliani and a 2007 book party for former Democratic US Rep. Charles Rangel.After Trump left, Mamdani returned to the lawn to answer a few more questions, telling reporters that he and the president have sharp disagreements but that the relationship has endured nevertheless.

It was boom, boom, boom. We ran to auditorium, closed doors'Gunman opens fire outside Ontario synagogue on Yom Kippur; police officer seriously wounded-Shooting took place at start of Sunday Yom Kippur eve services at Sons of Jacob Synagogue, nobody hurt inside building; dozens of bullets fired; police say likely a hate crime-By Agencies and ToI Staff 21 September 2026, 7:21 pm

TORONTO — A 29-year-old man opened fire on a police officer stationed outside an Ontario synagogue at the start of Yom Kippur on Sunday evening, triggering a shootout involving as many as 30 shots, the province’s police watchdog said Monday.The gunfire left the assailant with life-threatening injuries and seriously wounded a veteran of nearly 13 years with the Belleville Police Service who was recovering in intensive care.At a press conference on Monday, Belleville’s deputy police chief Sheri Meeks identified the shooter as Sean Ward, 29, from the neighboring city of Quinte West and the injured officer as Constable Jeff Smith.The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said preliminary evidence showed the man arrived in a truck around 7 p.m. on Sunday and fired at an officer outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville, about 110 miles east of Toronto. The officer returned fire before a second officer arrived and also fired.The synagogue’s president, Norman Weddum, told CBC and CTV on Monday that he was ushering people into the sanctuary to begin services when he heard shots ring out. He said the police officer had been stationed outside the building in an unmarked car.SIU spokesperson Kristy Denette estimated that 20 to 30 shots were fired and said investigators found dozens of bullet holes along the street, with homes and vehicles struck and some vehicle windows shot out. She said it would make sense to believe that the synagogue was deliberately targeted, but stressed that this was speculation.“It would have been quite, quite the scene indeed,” said Denette. She said the scene appeared to stretch about half a block from the synagogue.At a press conference, a reporter asked Denette if the incident could be considered a “terrorist attack aimed at the Jewish community.”She responded that “common sense would say that probably was the case,” but that her department’s investigation was limited to the exchange of fire and that the Belleville police were looking at motive.In a statement she made at the press conference, Meeks characterized it as a hate crime aimed at the Jewish community.“We recognize the concern and uncertainty many may be feeling, particularly given that this occurred near the Sons of Jacob synagogue during one of the holiest days in the Jewish faith. Let me be very clear: Antisemitism, hate and violence have no place in our community,” Meeks said.“Every person deserves to feel safe when attending a place of worship, gathering with loved ones or participating in community life,” she stated.There are increased patrols and heightened police presence throughout the city, including houses of worship, Meeks added.A number of Canadian politicians spoke out on X against the attack, including opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow.‘I think his intentions were pretty clear’Police have not officially said what led to the shooting or whether the synagogue or Jewish community was targeted. They asked people to avoid the area while officers investigated.The synagogue, a Conservative congregation, posted on social media that an incident had occurred during Yom Kippur services on Sunday evening. “There were no injuries of anyone inside the building,” it said. It added that “as a result all services scheduled for Yom Kippur day are canceled.”“We had a police officer stationed; he was at the side of the building in the parking lot,” synagogue president Weddum said. “And because he was in an unmarked vehicle, I believe that’s why the gunman did not see him right away.”“We heard the first shots. It was boom, boom, boom,” Weddum said. “I could say, ‘Oh, this is definitely … someone is shooting here,'” he said. “So that’s when we ran back into the auditorium of the synagogue, closed the doors behind us so as to not leave a visible target, and we hit the floor.”“Literally everyone went down,” he added. “I yelled for everyone to get on to the floor and the shots continued for a few more seconds, and then it was basically over.”Weddum indicated he had no doubt that the gunman was intending to attack the synagogue and its congregants: “He was coming down the street with some type of a firearm, and he was headed toward the synagogue where Jewish people were having service. So, I think his intentions were pretty clear.”The local mayor, Neil Ellis, said there were about 25 people inside the synagogue when the incident occurred.I’m disgusted by the shooting that took place outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville earlier this evening as Jewish community members gathered to mark Yom Kippur. Advertisement My thoughts are with the Jewish community in Belleville and across Ontario, who have every right to… — Doug Ford (@fordnation) September 21, 2026-Ontario premier ‘disgusted’Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the shooting took place outside the synagogue as people gathered for Yom Kippur.“I’m disgusted by the shooting that took place outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville earlier this evening as Jewish community members gathered to mark Yom Kippur,” Ford said in a post on social media.Ford said Jewish people “have every right to gather and worship safely and without fear” and called for those responsible to be arrested and prosecuted.“My thoughts are also with the police officer who was shot, along with their family and loved ones,” Ford said.York Regional Police said there was no known threat in the region but residents should expect increased patrols at places of worship.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the shooting, writing Monday on X, “Last night, on the holiest night of the Jewish calendar, a shooting took place outside the Sons of Jacob Synagogue in Belleville.”“Jewish people must be able to worship safely. To live free, open, proud Jewish lives,” he said. “Canada’s government will do everything in our power to support law enforcement in ensuring that the perpetrator is held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”Sunday’s shooting comes months after Carney warned that Canada was failing its Jewish community amid a surge in antisemitism.Carney cited shootings at Jewish schools, firebombings of synagogues and attacks on community centers and Jewish-owned businesses. His government announced millions in additional funding to help faith-based institutions pay for security infrastructure, training and personnel.Synagogues in the Toronto area have also previously been targeted by gunfire. In March, shots damaged the entrances of synagogues in Vaughan and Toronto. No one was injured. Police later arrested three suspects in connection with those shootings.

Analysis-Despite wealth and advanced weapons, Saudis fumbling in fight against Houthis-Experts say reliance of Riyadh on weak proxies, and Yemen’s rugged terrain, have prevented it from countering rebel group’s seizure of Red Sea coast and attacks against oil sites-By AFP Today, 9:56 am-SEP 22,26

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia has deep pockets and cutting-edge weapons, yet for more than a decade it has been unable to quash Yemen’s battle-hardened Houthis.The Iran-backed group has now attacked Riyadh with a missile strike, seized Yemen’s entire Red Sea coast and is blockading Saudi oil exports, seemingly unimpeded.Experts say Saudi Arabia has struggled to rebuff the group in part due to its reliance on ineffective proxies on the ground, while rugged terrain and Iranian support have favoured the Houthis.Why has Saudi Arabia struggled? The kingdom has spent billions acquiring sophisticated weaponry and military kit, while historically relying on a large presence of foreign personnel, contractors and trainers to supplement its forces.Major weapons purchases from Western manufacturers — including American, British and French companies — have become a defining feature of Saudi defense policy and diplomatic strategy to curry favor with its allies.Last week, the United States approved a $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 stealth warplanes to Saudi Arabia.Despite its formidable arsenal, the Saudi military has had relatively limited experience overseeing complex combat operations on its own.“The Saudis have to build a military that’s willing to fight and a population that’s willing to die to preserve what they have,” said Bernard Haykel, a Saudi expert at Princeton University, during a discussion posted online after the Houthis’ latest offensive.“And that’s not what they have right now.”Experts have long suggested that the kingdom’s military forces have purposely remained smaller and fragmented to prevent a putsch in a region prone to coups.“Saudi Arabia is the one place where the monarchy has not [been] displaced by [the] military, because they have kept the military weak,” Middle East scholar Ray Takeyh told a congressional hearing in 2015.Why are the Houthis so tough? Initially lightly armed, the Houthis have used their rugged terrain and tribal bonds to employ formidable defenses that have been difficult to uproot.Over the years, the group has amassed an advanced arsenal of missiles and drones with Iranian backing. They have also remained unified — contrary to the government.“The Houthis have been able to build a united front,” Thomas Juneau, an expert on Iran and Yemen at the University of Ottawa, told AFP.“They have a very centralized government that exercises a strong command and control over what initially were the disparate forces that they put together.”Since 2023, the group has proved its ability to hamper Red Sea traffic as it attacked vessels it accused of Israel links amid the Gaza war.A similar strategy would later be employed by Iran to effectively close the Strait of Hormuz.Repeated US, British and Israeli strikes in 2024 and 2025 are believed to have degraded Houthi military infrastructure, but failed to neutralize its missile and drone capabilities.What about the Yemeni government? Saudi Arabia entered the Yemen war in 2015 alongside its UAE ally to bolster a government chased out of the capital Sanaa a year earlier by the Houthis.Weeks before the Middle East war began, trouble was already brewing for Yemen’s embattled government in Aden.Last December, UAE-backed forces briefly seized control of all government areas, provoking Riyadh’s fury and triggering an ongoing rift between the two allies. Riyadh demanded Abu Dhabi withdraw from Yemen, which it did.The UAE withdrew its forces and equipment — including helicopter gunships — from areas near the Red Sea coast.The Saudis proved unable to fill the vacuum left in the UAE’s absence, and a disorganized force was left to defend a swath of strategic territory.“A heavy hit and a weak coordination relationship with the Yemenis is what created this collapse,” Middle East expert Michael Knights told AFP.A 2022 ceasefire broke down in July as the Houthis welcomed an Iranian plane directly to Sanaa, defying the kingdom.Later, they imposed a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia and began hitting its ships, territory and oil facilities, before seizing the entire Red Sea coast overlooking Bab el-Mandeb and later hitting Riyadh.In response, Saudi Arabia did not launch any major counteroffensive, though the Houthis are still fighting government forces.US media has reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has repeatedly asked President Donald Trump for assistance in halting the Houthis to no avail so far.On the ground, Yemen government forces complain of low morale.“We were suffering from shortages of weapons and ammunition as well as delays in salary payments,” a fighter in the southern province of Lahj told AFP.“Two days ago, we received reinforcements and equipment, but it’s still not enough.”

Trump expected to defend Iran war, tout Gaza peace efforts during speech to UN-US president claimed last year that he faced sabotage when an escalator stopped working at the UN building and his teleprompter failed mid-speech-By AFP Today, 8:40 am-SEP 22,26

UNITED NATIONS — US President Donald Trump is expected to claim he is winning both on the battlefield and as a peacemaker Tuesday in a speech to the United Nations overshadowed by growing spillover from his stalled war against Iran.Trump will likely not hold back in renewing his frequent boasts that under him the United States is “the hottest country” in the world.He is also expected to seek to justify the Iran war, which has so far failed to fulfill the White House and Israel’s objectives and provoked widespread economic damage over the Strait of Hormuz’s closure.But the self-styled peacemaker could equally use the UN stage to tout his controversial efforts to end the Gaza conflict and his ongoing effort to bring more Arab countries into the Abraham Accords with Israel.Talks to bring about Hamas’s disarmament and the territory’s reconstruction following the war — sparked by the terror group with its massacre in southern Israel on October 7, 2023 — have made only limited progress.“No one knows what Trump is going to say, not even Trump’s speechwriters,” International Crisis Group’s Daniel Forti said.“This year, we expect more of a contrast between Trump sort of both announcing and celebrating his record as a peacemaker versus defending his ongoing military operations around the world,” said Forti.“It’s not entirely clear what reaction Trump’s going to get from world leaders.”An anti-UN speech? The keynote speech at the start of the UN General Assembly High-level Week will provide Trump with a big platform to renew his frequent assaults on the global body.Last year’s speech was characterized by Trump’s extraordinary accusations of UN sabotage when an escalator in the New York headquarters briefly stopped working, and the teleprompter glitched.Trump has regularly attacked the UN and its leader Antonio Guterres since returning to office, although Washington last week reportedly paid $725 million into its budget, avoiding the embarrassment of losing some of its voting rights.He is also likely to meet skepticism over his claims of a historic win for the United States when a security deal is signed Tuesday for a US presence in Greenland — a territory of Denmark that Trump repeatedly threatened, driving bitter divisions through longtime US-led alliances.As well as his closely watched speech to the General Assembly, Trump will hold side meetings with Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez.Rodriguez has governed under intense American pressure since her predecessor Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces in January.Escalator-gate-Last year, Trump’s speech to the gathering of world leaders veered into a rant about an escalator that stalled as he was using it, suggesting it was done deliberately.He also railed against a defective teleprompter, falsely accused London’s mayor of imposing Islamic law, and said Europe was in “serious trouble” over migration.Trump clearly has not gotten over the incidents.“They turned off the escalator,” Trump said last week in the Oval Office.“Fortunately, my first lady was very strong, and I was able to grab her back or another part of her body. It was actually a little bit lower than the back,” he said.The offending escalator “has been checked and rechecked,” Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Monday.“New arrangements were made to facilitate the US delegation’s use of a teleprompter; they now have a separate booth, so we hope that will work without a hitch,” he added.AI and war-Guterres, who kicks off the week of speeches, is expected to touch on the explosion of artificial intelligence and the multiple wars raging globally.Next up — just before Trump — will be Brazilian President Lula Inacio Lula da Silva, whose country by tradition is always first to speak at the annual gathering of leaders.Trump, who has supported Lula’s opponents and other right-wing candidates across Latin America, may not like what he hears.Leftist Lula, running for reelection, said last week that he would tell Trump to not “meddle” in Brazil’s upcoming vote.Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Administration launches 'Trump TV' streaming channel-US networks halt coverage of Trump in extraordinary revolt over White House ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue administration over revocation of press clearance, as other broadcasters refuse to fill in on pool duties, resulting in no sound on president’s remarks-By Agencies Today, 4:34 am-SEP 22,26

WASHINGTON — American television networks staged an extraordinary revolt Monday when they effectively boycotted coverage of US President Donald Trump in protest at his decision to ban three leading outlets from the White House.CNN, MS NOW and Politico also went to court after Trump on Friday ordered them to be barred, as the 80-year-old Republican stepped up his years-long assault on the mainstream US media.As a result of the spat, Trump’s opening of his cherished new White House helipad and his trip to the United Nations General Assembly proceeded without live television coverage.In a rare move, the top five US broadcasters said on Monday that they were halting “pool” coverage of the White House — where a broadcaster films on behalf of all television outlets for the day — in solidarity with CNN.CNN had been scheduled to serve Monday as the White House TV pool.“The public has a vital interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government. No administration should restrict a news organization because it objects to its reporting,” ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC said in a statement.The result is an almost unprecedented test of wills between the Trump administration and the press, in a critical week during which Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting the White House.Media ‘like cancer’There may be no live TV of Trump’s meetings with foreign leaders at the UN in New York, an annual forum that is closely watched around the world.Meanwhile, the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the giant granite helipad on the South Lawn was only streamed on the White House’s website — and Trump’s comments were completely inaudible.Donald Trump couldn’t be heard at today’s White House event due to an absent press pool. The press are currently boycotting White House pool coverage in response to the Trump administration’s ban on CNN and other outlets. Several photo news organizations working at the White House, including AFP, AP, The Washington Post and The New York Times, decided to delay the release of photographs of Trump at the helipad in solidarity with the three banned media organizations.Trump was unrepentant, branding the media a “cancer” and a threat to national security.“The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish,” Trump said on his Truth Social network. “It is instituting an assault on the FAKE NEWS, something that has grown like Cancer in our beloved United States of America.”On Monday evening, the White House launched a streaming channel, “Trump TV,” which it said would show “top videos, major remarks, and must-see highlights streaming 24/7 and updated in real time.”When it went online, it was showing archive footage of Trump delivering a speech on July 3 at Mount Rushmore. The stream had only about 8,000 live views 15 minutes after it was launched on YouTube.“This just makes it even clearer that the real goal here is to ensure that the American public is fed a steady diet of government propaganda,” said Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.US Vice President JD Vance — a former CNN commentator before his move into politics — accused the news outlets of disseminating “left-wing propaganda.”“They can still report. They still have the access to free speech. They’re just not going to get an office in the White House anymore,” he told reporters.Press pass confiscated-Trump’s ban, however, went further than simply revoking office space from the outlets.Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were denied any access to the White House grounds on Saturday and had their passes confiscated.In their lawsuit, the three organizations asked for a temporary restraining order against the ban on the grounds that it violates the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which upholds the right to a free press.“This morning, we notified the government that we are filing a lawsuit today to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes,” the banned outlets said in a joint statement posted early Monday on X. “Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.”In the joint complaint, accompanied by a separate request for a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of the bans, the outlets said: “This ban could not be a more direct assault on the First Amendment nor a more blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles.”In legal terms, it’s known as “viewpoint discrimination” — the government singling out specific media outlets for the content of what they say or publish. That legal principle is at issue in many of the court cases around Trump’s treatment of the media and would likely be at play this time.A US district judge set a hearing on the complaint for Wednesday.Trump’s sudden announcement of the ban on Friday stunned the media — and reportedly many in his own administration.The president has not detailed what prompted the ban, but said in response to a question from an AFP reporter in the Oval Office on Friday that it was “really just cumulative stories over the last two years.”Trump warned Friday that other outlets could face a similar fate, without saying which.The billionaire former reality TV star has long attacked media outlets that have aired critical coverage of his campaigns and administrations, repeatedly blasting the press as the “enemy of the people.”But the ban comes at a time when his approval ratings are at record lows, his Republican Party risks losing control of Congress in November’s midterm elections, and the Iran war drags on with no end in sight.

US to open 2 new military bases in Greenland as part of Tuesday deal, sources say-In agreement set to be signed at UN General Assembly, United States said set to reopen Cold War-era base, take over another site currently used by Danish dog sled patrol-By Stine Jacobsen, Erin Banco and Gram Slattery Today, 3:05 am-SEP 22,26

COPENHAGEN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The US plans to reopen a former Cold War-era military base in southern Greenland and set up a military presence at an east coast base now used by the Danish dog sled patrol under an agreement to be signed by the US, Denmark and Greenland on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the matter.Those sites are Narsarsuaq, whose population has dwindled to a few dozen people since the US closed its Bluie West One military base in the 1950s, and Mestersvig, a military outpost currently used by the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, a Danish special forces unit, said two of the people.Denmark, Greenland and the United States are expected to sign their new agreement at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City at 10:30 a.m. ET (5:30 p.m. Israel time) on Tuesday.The text of the agreement has not been made public, and the three people familiar with the deal, speaking on condition of anonymity, said its details are not finalized until it is signed.The governments of Denmark and Greenland did not immediately respond to a request for comment.A White House spokesperson declined to comment on the details of the agreement, repeating an earlier statement that its signing on Tuesday would “secure and defend the security of Greenland and the United States.”Denmark says the agreement puts Arctic security under the watch of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the military defense alliance, rather than leaving it solely to the US and Denmark.The deal follows months of pressure from US President Donald Trump, who has long said he wants the US to control Greenland and had at times refused to rule out military or economic force to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory.Trump’s threats, which peaked in January, triggered a diplomatic crisis within NATO and pushed Denmark and Greenland into negotiations with Washington aimed at defusing the pressure.During the Cold War, the US ​maintained 17 military installations and more than ⁠10,000 personnel in Greenland. Today, only Pituffik Space Base remains, with some 150 US military personnel.

THE WORLD IN 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS LEAD BY THE EUROPEAN UNION THE WORLD LEADER, NOT AMERICA.I PREDICT.

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND REVIVED ROMAN WORLD GOVERNMENT
DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17

First From Daniel Chapter 2

1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (HEAD OF GOLD) DAN 2:31-32,36-38, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (CHEST & ARMS OF SILVER) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (WAIST & HIPS OF BRONZE) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (2 LEGS OF IRON) DAN 2:33,40, ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) (FEET IRON & CLAY) DAN 2:33,41-43,10 TOES

Now From Daniel Chapter 7

1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (LION WITH EAGLES WINGS) DAN 7:4, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (BEAR ON HIND LEGS) DAN 7:5, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (LEOPARD 4 WINGS, 4 HEADS) DAN 7:6, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (HUGE IRON TEETH) DAN 7:7 (10 HORNS), ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) DAN 7:8,19-20,23-25 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS
REV 17:9,12, 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS, 7 HILLS ROME. REV 13:1 BEAST WITH 7 HEADS. THE E.U LEADER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, 8:23, REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16

REVELATION 17:10-12
10 And there are seven kings (7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) five are fallen, (EGYPT, ASSYRIA, BABYLON,:MEDO-PERSIAN,GREECE and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS DAY-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh,(FUTURE-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE-EUROPEAN UNION TODAY) he must continue a short space.(7 YEARS OF WORLD DOMINATION-BUT 3 1/2 YEARS OF NEW WORLD ORDER OR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT)
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS OR REGIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS-NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind,(WORLD SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February 1950

Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in 1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man. 

DICK MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.

THE CLUB OF ROME FOUNDER AURELIO PECCEI WANTS THE WORLD IN 10 REGIONAL TRADING BLOCKS.

REVELATION 16:1-2
1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, (SLAVE) to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

I KNOW THIS MARK WILL BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP WHAT THE WORD MARK SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS DICTATORS MARK. NOW LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE. UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION 13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA, KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS A BADGE OF SERVITUDE), OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM 5482 XAPAE CHARAX, KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A POINT; AKIN TO 1125 THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E (BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM 1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO "GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE; FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING, -TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 - STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα, στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick; (cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German stechen, English stick, sting, etc.; Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in or branded upon the body. According to ancient oriental usage, slaves and soldiers bore the name or stamp of their master or commander branded or pricked (cut) into their bodies to indicate what master or general they belonged to, and there were even some devotees who stamped themselves in this way with the token of their gods (cf. Deyling, Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.) Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in Galatians 6:17 says he bears branded on his body, are the traces left there by the perils, hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by him for the cause of Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and approved votary, servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on Galatians, the passage cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian, Plutarch, Lcian, others.) 

THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo

THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD.

LEVETICUS 19.28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

HERES WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE (SINCE THERE WILL BE WORLD GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE)-UPDATED VERSION (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)

01 CANADA, U.S.A, MEXICO
02 EUROPEAN UNION,WESTERN EUROPE
03 JAPAN
04 AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, S AFRICA, ISRAEL AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
05 EASTERN EUROPE
06 SOUTHERN, CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICAS
07 NORTH AFRICA, AND MIDEAST (MOSLEMS)
08 CENTRAL AFRICA
09 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
10 CENTRAL ASIA

THE CLUB OF ROME WANTS A WORLD CHARISMATIC DICTATOR (EITHER RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL OR SCIENTIFICAL) TO HEAD THIS WORLD GOVERNMENT. REV 13:3,7-8, DAN 7:23-24

WORLD POWERS IN THE END TIME

NORTH - RUSSIA EZEK 38:1-2, 39:1-2
SOUTH - EGYPT DAN 11:42
EAST - CHINA DAN 11:44,REV 16:12
WEST - EUROPEAN UNION DAN 7:23-24 (NOT THE U.S.A)
http://israel7777777.blogspot.ca/2012/03/10-world-trade-blocs-one-world.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2006/09/how-eu-takes-world-control.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/05/one-world-religion-crislam.html 

FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @ 39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY) gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS) and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

COUNCIL FOR EUROPE ON DEFENCE
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6d6f889c-e58d-4caa-8f3b-8b93154fe206_en?filename=SAFE%20Regulation.pdf

Agents are going rogue, and it’s up to the identity sector to govern them-Identity ecosystem must evolve to encompass limits of authority for autonomous agents-Sep 21, 2026, 5:45 pm EDT | Joel R. McConvey

The AI apocalypse is trending. Warnings are flying that continuing to develop AI technology at the current pace will almost certainly lead to a catastrophe for humankind.Humans like their disasters to be big, decisive and cinematic. The most famous depiction of society brought to an end by AI is probably James Cameron’s Terminator franchise, and specifically the scene from Terminator 2: Judgment Day in which a playground is engulfed in flames and the world reduced to ash by a robot-initiated nuclear attack.Instantaneous destruction is a convenient metaphor, but in the real world existential threats are usually incremental. Disasters attributed to climate change continue to happen, one by one. The pattern is clear. But because catastrophes are not happening to everyone everywhere all at once, there are still those who insist that the various fires, floods and droughts are just a series of unrelated events.
The conceptual challenge: AI risk won’t look like the movies-A similar perception problem is now emerging with AI. Last week, the Spanish Data Protection Agency, AEPD, announced that it received “the first notification of a personal data breach in which the incident was allegedly carried out by an artificial intelligence agent that used a known language model.”Which is to say, an agent attached to one of the more widely used LLMs (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.) went rogue. The agent scanned for vulnerabilities to successfully log in, then scanned for more vulnerabilities in the application, ultimately enabling it to modify personal data and access invoices.The appropriate metaphor for the AI threat, then, may not be a nuclear conflagration, but the colloquial death by a thousand cuts: agents infiltrating systems one-by-one, doing bits of damage to particular cells or accounts. It may not look like a world-ending scenario. Nonetheless, taken as a whole, it has the capacity to create unprecedented chaos.The authority issue: identity is no longer enough-Google knows this. Earlier this month, the company warned that AI agents are already automating credential theft at scale. As previously reported in Biometric Update, the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has observed a presumed attacker use an AI coding chatbot and a multi-agent framework to plan, build and initiate a mass credential harvesting campaign in under six hours.This raises major questions related to identity and authentication. As AI agents gain greater ability to act, identity systems have to move beyond authenticating a human to proving which agent is acting, who authorized it, what authority it has, where that authority came from, and when a human must step back in.This realization has exposed a gap between identity and authority. The who of identity verification has been replaced by the what of authorization: who sent this agent, what is it allowed to do, and on whose authority.The problem is, existing identity and authentication infrastructure is not equipped for agents that can inherit credentials and act autonomously. Capability has outgrown guardrails, and the pace of regulation lags far behind that of innovation and development. AI agents are already inside digital infrastructure. And some of them have gone off script, creating what for now look like small breaches – but could become a mosaic of incidents cohering into a bigger threat picture.What does a trust layer for agents look like? Can identity infrastructure evolve from proving who is logging in to proving who or what is authorized to act? This is the question now facing the identity sector.Various organizations are proposing various answers, frameworks and protocols. Agentic commerce is driving the need for authentication tools that can facilitate secure, trusted agentic transactions. Standards are being developed to create a foundation for interoperability. The Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard and open-source framework announced in 2024, has enabled agents to communicate with external tools, systems and data.Now, the focus shifts to how to govern them as they operate autonomously.OpenAI: better tracking of ‘model misalignment’OpenAI, which owns ChatGPT, has announced “a new framework for tracking, investigating, and disclosing instances of model misalignment at OpenAI.”Also part of the announcement are the six reports on “unexpected or concerning model behavior” that OpenAI has observed in the last six months.The framework aims to expedite the publishing of “misalignment reports,” or instances in which an agent wanders outside of its delegated authority.“As AI systems grow more advanced and more widely deployed, we need to build a broader and better-informed consensus on the progress of alignment research,” it says. “We do not believe that the AI industry has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer.”OpenAI hopes its template can serve as a model for an industry-wide framework for “how AI developers should disclose examples of misalignment in their models.”“This framework will cover qualifying behavior throughout a model’s lifecycle – including training, evaluation, testing, and deployment.”vLEI possible model for proving who sent an agent, what it can do-The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has proposed the verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) model as a solution to the agentic governance question. vLEIs, it says, allow counterparties to computationally verify the identity, authority, and role of a person, or an agent, acting on behalf of a legal entity.The system uses a cryptographic trust chain that leads back to a verified individual within a verified organization, wiring accountability into each agentic transaction with a machine-readable proof of the legal identity of whatever organization an agent acts for, and the limits of its authority. According to Alexandre Kech, CEO of GLEIF, “it sits above device and agent identity as the organizational trust layer.”GLEIF argues that agentic ecosystems require more than digital identity alone to keep them in line. It calls for mechanisms to establish verifiable organizational identity, express and manage delegated authority, enforce machine-readable policies at runtime, and generate auditable records – a superlayer of trust that, effectively, sets laws around what agents can do.Open standards are a sustaining force for agentic commerce: FIDO Alliance-In an article for the World Economic Forum, FIDO Alliance CEO Andrew Shikiar argues that the fate of agentic commerce – which McKinsey estimates could orchestrate $3 trillion to $5 trillion in transactions globally by 2030 – rests on one question: “when an agent initiates a transaction, who or what is really on the other end, and how would anyone confirm it?”“Until that question has a reliable answer, agentic commerce will keep hitting the same ceiling: real deployments, real pilot volume, but hesitation every time the stakes get high enough to matter.”The answer, in Shikiar’s view, is standards as an anchor for trust. He points to online shopping as an example of how it works: online purchases didn’t scale until SSL/TLS encryption allowed people to feel safe sharing their payment data with websites. “The browser padlock gave people a reason to trust that a stranger’s website could safely take their card number – a problem no single retailer could solve alone, and one the industry only cleared by converging on an open, shared standard.”Shikiar should know. With FIDO, he has launched the era of passkeys, building open standards and trust over time that then translated to adoption – the two compounding until users being asked to create a passkey understood why, and that the model can be trusted.Agentic authentication, he believes, simply extends this established foundation one step further. He proposes three non-negotiable needs in closing the trust gap.First, every agent needs a cryptographically anchored verifiable identity. Second, each transaction demands clear limits in the scope of authorization. Third, the system “requires accountability and revocability, ensuring every action traces directly back to a real person who can withdraw authority at any time.” The overarching message Shikiar has is that collaboration is necessary to find solutions. The approach that has worked for passkeys – shared technical standards adopted across an entire ecosystem, not owned by any one vendor – is what’s required.“Solving this will not fall to any one sector. It requires governments, standards bodies, and the organizations building and deploying these agents to work together – just as these stakeholders collaborated on earlier trust infrastructure such as payment card standards or Strong Customer Authentication requirements adopted across Europe.”Dock Labs, iProov look beyond identity, toward authority-Identity providers and biometrics-related firms are also exploring how to create trust frameworks for agentic transactions.A post from Dock Labs explains how the company designed verifiable chains of authority for AI agents. It hopes to address the question of how authorization can travel across organizations.“Once authorization travels, its origin, scope, revocation state, identity binding, and policy become part of what the receiving organization has to evaluate,” it says. “That, more than attaching an identity to an LLM, has been the interesting engineering problem.”This month, iProov launched its Human Approval and Presence Specification (HAPS), which it calls an “experimental procedural specification for managing AI Agents” that binds a provider’s assertion of human presence and approval to a machine-readable action. Its goal is to enable organizations to “decide which actions are sensitive and/or critical enough to require additional human approval and what level of evidence is appropriate.”Agents of change: to retain trust, identity must evolve-For now, then, the answer to the question of how to build a trust layer for AI agents is, it depends. But each approach shares common characteristics, reflecting common understanding. Assigning an identity to an AI agent isn’t the same as governing it. Authorizations, their limits and a trail of accountability must be built into every agent autonomously conducting a transaction. This requires the identity sector to rethink how it solves the larger problem of trust. Agents have changed identity management, and the old rules no longer apply.

The Deepfake Fraud Detection Market 2026: Securing Identity in the AI Era-The definitive guide to the rapidly evolving market for AI-powered deepfake detection in digital identity-Jul 31, 2026, 11:48 am EDT | Stephen Mayhew

The Deepfake Fraud Detection Market 2026: Securing Identity in the AI Era-Generative AI has fundamentally changed the economics of identity fraud. Deepfakes, synthetic identities and injection attacks have reduced the cost of sophisticated attacks while increasing their scale and realism, forcing organizations to rethink how they secure digital identity. Deepfake detection is rapidly evolving from a specialist fraud tool into a foundational layer of modern identity infrastructure, protecting identity verification, authentication, account recovery, digital wallets and AI-enabled services.The 91-page 2026 Deepfake Fraud Detection Market Report by Biometric Update examines the technologies, standards, market dynamics and competitive landscape shaping this emerging sector. This report explores where deepfake detection fits within the identity stack, analyzes leading deployment models and procurement trends, profiles the vendor ecosystem, and provides market forecasts for voice and face deepfake detection through 2028. The report is intended as a practical guide for organizations evaluating deepfake detection solutions and understanding the future of AI-driven identity security.The report includes-Executive summary and market outlook-AI fraud trends and threat landscape-Deepfake detection technologies explained-The role of deepfake detection in digital identity-Injection attacks, liveness detection and identity orchestration-Standards, testing and certification initiatives--Market analysis and competitive landscape-Procurement trends and buyer considerations-Vendor capability matrix and directory-Market opportunities and forecasts through 2028-Who should read this report? This report is designed for executives, product leaders, fraud and risk teams, identity architects, procurement professionals and government agencies evaluating deepfake detection technologies. It is also intended for identity verification providers, financial institutions, digital wallet developers, technology vendors, investors and analysts seeking to understand one of the fastest-growing segments of the digital identity market.More from Biometric Update and Goode Intelligence-Biometric Update and Goode Intelligence partner to produce independent market intelligence, buyer’s guides and forecasts covering biometrics, digital identity and digital public infrastructure. Our reports help executives, policymakers, technology providers and investors make informed strategy, investment and technology procurement decisions.Each report combines market analysis, forecasts, buyer guidance, technology trends, regulatory developments, standards activity, competitive landscapes and expert insight to provide practical intelligence on rapidly evolving markets such as age assurance, digital identity verification, deepfake and injection attack detection, face liveness, digital public infrastructure and physical access control. For information about sponsorship or custom research, please contact us.

Digital identity wallet deadlines collide with expanding use cases-EUDI Wallet readiness varies as age assurance, banking and proof-of-age rules push digital credentials into everyday use-Sep 19, 2026, 12:16 pm EDT | Chris Burt

Biometrics providers and digital wallet developers are responding with urgency to the policy and compliance deadlines that are moving the digital ID market. In something of a microcosm of the global situation, EU Digital Identity Wallets are at various stages of readiness, even as potential killer use cases from imposing age restrictions on social media accounts to the long awaited “pints at the pub with digital ID” in the UK come online. The jostling for market position as digital credentials are expected to do more continues to bring technology partners together.EUDI Wallet deadline meets uneven readiness-Germany unveiled its national EUDI Wallet implementation, ‘d-you,’ this week, with a January 2, 2027 launch planned alongside around 40 partners. D-you wallets are expected to store a mix of identity and official documents, including national ID data, mDLs and other digital credentials. They will also support more sector-specific attestations, including  construction industry credentials through launch partner Lindner’s deal with subcontractor management platform inGo, showing the range of documents German users will soon have at their fingertips.Cyprus is trying to catch up, opening bidding on a 9.8 million-euro (roughly US$11.3 million) contract to upgrade its public service app and get it ready for EUDI Wallet integration.Identt has joined Poland’s new EUDI Wallet sandbox, preparing its identity verification platform to work with the European wallet being added to the broader mObywatel ecosystem.Four banks in EU candidate country Moldova now accept credentials from the country’s digital identity wallet, EVO. Moldova is advancing in alignment with the EUDI Wallet framework and has already been through interoperability testing for the European PID format and ISO mDL format.Thomas Lohninger, executive director of epicenter.works and an EDRi board member, estimates that 40 percent of the standards needed for EUDI Wallets are not ready yet, and as euronews reports, the stakes are rising.Fime, which just launched certification for mDL-storing digital wallets, has acquired France-based Red Alert Labs. Fime will integrate the Cyberpass platform for compliance automation, and Red Alert Labs will expand its services to enhance trust in digital identity and wallets.The EU Commission has published its multi-tiered age restriction proposal for social media access. The KIDS Act would impose age assurance requirements at both the app store and platform levels, which could mean a lot more age attestations based on EUDI Wallets, the EU age verification app, third party age verification, facial age estimation or inference services, or some mix of the above.Similar trends are playing out all around the world.Malawi officially launched its Nzika national digital identity wallet on International Identity Day, September 16. The country also removed the expiration of its biometric ID cards, which the government says 99 percent of the population now possess.Partnerships target specific digital ID use cases-In the U.S. and UK, a series of partnerships announced this week each combine specializations to target specific use cases.ID.me and Plaid are integrating the former’s digital identity wallet and the latter’s financial account verification tools to improve benefits delivery security. Socure and NexgenID are making it easier for people across the U.S. to get IAL3-certified ID credentials combining digital identity intelligence and in-person proofing.UK pubs, clubs and other businesses licensed to sell alcohol can legally accept digital ID as proof of age, as of this week. DVS-certified digital ID providers Yoti and Luciditi are making deals to meet the rush of demand some are expecting from the application, especially as restrictions on energy drinks coming soon. ITL also moved to add digital ID acceptance capabilities for age checks at supermarkets and other retailers through a partnership with Luciditi.Please tell us if you come across any podcasts, newsletters or other content you think we should share with those in biometrics and the digital identity community in the comments below or through social media.

CBP seeks walk-through biometric facial comparison at 38 airport terminals-Modernization would move Global Entry beyond portals that require travelers to stop and align for facial comparison-Sep 14, 2026, 9:01 pm EDT | Anthony Kimery

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking a biometric capture system that can photograph Global Entry travelers while they continue walking through airport arrival lanes, moving the trusted traveler program toward continuous-flow facial comparison without requiring travelers to stop at a kiosk or portal when no additional inspection is needed.The agency’s new Global Entry Airport Modernization solicitation calls for biometric facial comparison systems at 38 international airport terminals with what CBP describes as the highest Global Entry “saturation.”The project would move Global Entry beyond the current touchless portal model, in which travelers approach a facial comparison device, align their face with an on-screen silhouette, and have a photograph captured.CBP’s current instructions tell travelers to approach the portal, position their face, and wait for processing to finish.The new system would capture facial images as travelers move through a designated capture zone.CBP says its objective is continuous processing without requiring travelers to stop unless additional inspection is needed, while improving throughput and reducing officer interaction with low-risk travelers. The contractor would provide a biometric walk-through capture lane.CBP specifies a self-supporting archway or similar structure equipped with cameras and, where needed, integrated lighting.Travelers must be able to walk through it, and the equipment must be flexible enough for different capture areas, airport layouts, and lighting conditions.The structure also must conceal electrical and data wiring, withstand wear and possible tampering, be movable when inspection areas are reconfigured, and protect biometric and personally identifiable information.The contractor’s system would capture facial images and transmit them to CBP. Biometric matching, traveler verification and identity adjudication would remain functions of CBP’s Traveler Verification Service (TVS) or a successor government system.TVS performs the biometric matching, comparing a live photograph against a temporary gallery of source images associated with arriving or departing travelers and returning a match result within seconds. The new deployment is specifically intended for arriving Global Entry air travelers. The architecture is already central to CBP’s broader biometric travel system.The agency says it has implemented biometric facial comparison for entry processing at all international airports and, as of its most recently published figures, has used the technology to process more than 807 million travelers.Global Entry itself has been moving away from fingerprints, passport scans, and paper receipts for years.When CBP introduced facial biometric Global Entry kiosks throughout Los Angeles International Airport in 2020, it said the new equipment reduced average processing time for preapproved travelers by nearly 90 percent, from about 45 seconds to less than six seconds.The continuous-flow procurement takes that progression further by making facial capture and biometric matching part of a traveler’s movement through the inspection area rather than a separate stop at a device.CBP is setting relatively high-performance requirements. The system must operate 99 percent of the time without failure or downtime and successfully capture photographs of at least 99 percent of Global Entry passengers.No more than five percent of passengers can produce a “no facial match” result. At least 98 percent of passenger photographs must receive an acceptable TVS image-quality rating, and each installed system must process up to 3,500 passengers a day.Officers would receive traveler processing status in real time.The system must also identify and route passengers who require additional processing, so the continuous-flow model separates travelers who can be cleared biometrically from those who need additional attention.The procurement covers 38 terminal-level installations at 30 distinct airports, not 38 separate airports.They include John F. Kennedy International Airport, Boston Logan, San Francisco International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth, Seattle-Tacoma, Philadelphia International, Newark Liberty, Miami International, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Washington Dulles, Los Angeles International, Chicago O’Hare, and other major Global Entry gateways.Several airports would receive systems in multiple terminals, including JFK, Miami, Newark, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.The list also includes CBP preclearance operations at Toronto Pearson International Airport, where installations are planned for terminals 1 and 3, and Vancouver International Airport.CBP wants installation work to begin no later than 30 days after award, and the winning vendor must complete two installations a week. The solicitation contemplates a firm-fixed-price contract running from September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2027.The documents do not disclose an estimated contract value. Vendors are being asked to price software, maintenance, and installation for each of the 38 deployments.CBP plans to make the award on a best-value basis rather than simply choosing the lowest-priced offer. CBP will consider technical approach, delivery capability, and past performance along with price.Companies seeking to compete must notify CBP by September 17 to participate in oral presentations expected September 21 and 22.Vendors will have up to 30 minutes to address their technical approach, delivery plan, and up to three relevant past projects. Price quotes are due before the start of each company’s scheduled presentation.The statement of work also contains a broad set of AI conditions that extend beyond the operational specifications for facial capture.Any AI product or solution used under the contract must employ risk-management safeguards, including practices consistent with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s AI Risk Management Framework.Contractors must also address privacy, civil rights and civil liberties, data security, transparency, accountability, fairness, accuracy, and foreseeable risks.The provisions require documentation of the origin, quality, and suitability of data used to train AI models, including measures to manage bias and prevent unintended disclosure of sensitive information.A separate portion of the solicitation’s Statement of Work sets conditions for large language models (LLMs), including requirements for model, system, or data cards, safety controls, disclosure of AI training or development conducted outside the U.S., and descriptions of content moderation and output controls.The documents do not, however, require an LLM as part of the Global Entry facial comparison system or establish that CBP intends to deploy one.

SITA launches walk-through biometric border processing system-Border Flow Lane combines pre-clearance and in-motion biometrics as airports seek more passenger capacity without adding checkpoints-Sep 17, 2026, 3:34 pm EDT | Lu-Hai Liang

SITA has launched a new border processing system designed to eliminate physical stops at airport immigration checkpoints.SITA Border Flow Lane shifts border control toward a pre-clearance model, verifying passenger identities using traveler data and opt-in biometrics while they move through the terminal.
Biometric Update had a preview of the technology in November last year, visiting SITA’s Experience Centre in Singapore. During the visit SITA showed a vision of biometrics and air travel with a gate where passengers “just walk through.” That vision has now become a commercial product, with SITA seeking government partners to pilot it in operational environments.During the preview, Biometric Update saw a screen behind the gate demonstrate what officials would see. Passengers would need to register on their phones before walking through the gate. On the screen details on each passenger flash up as they approach the gate, showing their nationality, name and other details. Algorithms could automatically flag issues, as face biometrics are scanned.SITA Border Flow Lane is designed to replace traditional stop-and-check passport controls at gates, kiosks and officer stations with continuous, in-motion identity verification. According to the company’s data, the process operates up to eight times faster than standard eGates. The technology seeks to increase processing capacity in existing airport facilities without requiring physical expansion.It’s a key argument SITA makes, using existing space more efficiently as airport expansions cost significant time and budget. Toronto Pearson, for example, is piloting four facial verification e-gates with Air Canada, one domestic and three for U.S.-bound travelers, using Dormakaba hardware and middleware from SITA and Airsphere. The airport expects annual traffic to grow from about 47 million passengers to 65 million by the early 2030s.Airport officials see digital identity solutions as a way to scale throughput within Pearson’s existing footprint while accelerating boarding times. Pearson is working with Air Canada, SITA and federal agencies to build a privacy-compliant foundation, with eventual expansion of biometric verification across check-in, lounges and all major airport touchpoints.Meanwhile, the new operational model using the SITA Border Flow Lane has border agencies clearing more than 75 percent of passengers prior to flight departure. This would allow immigration officers to reallocate resources toward non-routine cases and keep full authority to stop any traveler during transit. “The aviation industry cannot build its way out of every capacity challenge,” said Pedro Alves, SVP of borders at SITA.“Traveler demand changes constantly, but airport infrastructure doesn’t. The opportunity is to make better decisions before travelers arrive, helping trusted travelers keep moving while creating more capacity from the infrastructure already in place. Stopping becomes the exception, not the rule.”The platform relies on voluntary traveler enrollment using authorized biometric data, with border agencies retaining direct oversight of all clearance decisions and identity verifications.Dubai has its own walk-through complete with red carpet-Dubai International Airport’s (DXB) “Red Carpet” biometric border system processed 745,188 passengers during the first eight months of 2026, reports Gulf News. GDRFA says all users completed the process without stopping.The walk-through AI corridor relies on real-time face biometrics to verify up to 10 travelers simultaneously. The technology cuts average border processing times by 60 percent, dropping from 12.5 seconds to 3.4 seconds. This helps to manage DXB’s broader passenger volume of 25.8 million travelers over the same eight-month period. Paravision provides face biometrics in a partnership with emaratech to deliver the “Red Carpet Smart Corridor.”Alongside the Red Carpet system, DXB’s contactless smart gates cleared over 9.3 million passengers, while its dedicated children’s passport platform served more than 212,000 young travelers. Similarly, Dubai’s General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) has launched “Click and Travel,” a mobile immigration service that allows passport control officers to clear passengers in 12 to 15 seconds using handheld devices.The mobile service brings border control directly to travelers anywhere in the terminal. Equipped with face biometrics recognition, fingerprint verification and e-passport readers, officers can perform instant identity checks and complete clearance on the spot.Designed to ease peak-time congestion, the service prioritizes families, children and People of Determination. Following a successful pilot that processed over 31,000 travelers, Click and Travel is available to all departing passengers, as well as arriving UAE citizens and residents, with plans for further expansion, reports Khaleej Times.

Malaysia and MyDigital ID: When optional starts to look unavoidable-Mandatory logins, age checks and SIM registration are driving adoption as technical problems test the limits of voluntary digital ID-Sep 18, 2026, 11:04 am EDT | Lu-Hai Liang

It’s been a big year for MyDigital ID, Malaysia’s national digital identity system. Once promoted by Malaysia’s cybersecurity chief as a credential whose adoption should remain voluntary, it is increasingly becoming the authentication layer for important digital services, from transport to telecoms to government platforms, while banks and other private-sector providers test integrations of their own.While digital transformation is supposed to reduce bureaucracy and improve the delivery of public services, making life more efficient and streamlined for citizens, an overzealous approach could have far-reaching consequences.Inclusion and trust are words often bandied around when discussing digital public infrastructure, but technical issues affecting MyJPJ in recent months have raised concerns about public confidence. Created by the Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ), the MyJPJ app allows drivers and vehicle owners to manage their licenses, road tax and traffic summonses digitally.Since May 1, MyDigital ID has been the single sign-on (SSO) method for MyJPJ. Within days of the switch, seven million MyJPJ users had registered and logged in through MyDigital ID, while total MyDigital ID enrollment reached 12 million (in a country of 35 million).However, ongoing technical glitches have drawn sharp criticism. The Star newspaper reported that former MP Datuk Raime Unggi warned that unresolved problems will undermine faith in government digitalization initiatives.“Digitalization is meant to simplify public services, not create more bureaucracy and inconvenience,” Raime said in a statement. “Why push a digital service if the public is still forced to travel to physical counters?”The former MP is said to have experienced the problems first-hand, and the sense of frustration is palpable. What’s worse is that the app’s failures reportedly impacted rural residents disproportionately, who have to travel to faraway JPJ branches to get help.Issues with app crashes, slow response times and failed online transactions have been reported. Such failures can lead to the kind of frustration that results in mistrust, a mistrust that can be hard to dislodge. Ill-formed reputations can take years of work to shift. Malaysia already has experience with this, as it struggled to scale MyDigital ID registrations initially, before a successful PR campaign helped to change public perception.Government agencies and vendors in other countries have used trials to limit these kinds of issues, whilst allowing feedback to tweak and refine their systems. Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) used a phased approach to bring in biometric border crossings. Trials were used to refine deployment and reduce operational risks.The trust curve: security versus optionality-Every government must balance the security demands of its situation. Scams and fraud have plagued Malaysia and Southeast Asia more generally. A lot of this criminal activity is happening through smartphones and the internet, with online scams and identity fraud.The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has fully enacted its Mandatory Standards framework. MCMC’s new mandatory prepaid SIM registration standard tightens identity checks through secure automated registration, biometric verification and MyDigital ID. The rules also include enhanced passport checks for non‑Malaysian users.The measures mean citizens, permanent residents and temporary residents may register up to five prepaid SIMs per provider, while non‑Malaysians are limited to two. Children under 12 cannot register, and minors aged 12 to 17 must have their SIMs registered by a parent or guardian.Registrations must be confirmed within 12 hours, and tourist SIMs will expire after three months. Service providers and dealers are required to comply fully, with regulatory action possible in cases of non‑compliance. The framework also introduces consumer‑focused safeguards intended to create a more secure communications environment.Meanwhile, under 16s have been barred from opening social media accounts in Malaysia. Licensed platforms must verify that users are at least 16 using recognized official documents such as MyKad, passport, birth certificates or other accepted credentials. MyDigital ID has also been promoted by officials as a privacy-preserving verification option.“MyDigital ID does not require users to submit or store physical ID copies, nor does it store biometric data such as fingerprints or facial images,” said NACSA CEO Megat Zuhairy Megat Tajuddin. “Instead, it verifies users against official records held by the National Registration Department (NRD) to ensure that sensitive data remains within a secure and trusted government system.”Malaysia follows Indonesia in age-gating social media, although its approach allows several routes to proving age.Loophole-chasing teenagers will also find it tougher as Malaysia’s Cybercrimes Bill 2026, which has passed both houses of Parliament, also includes offences involving misuse of national digital identity credentials, including supplying or transmitting another person’s credentials for criminal purposes.Immigration, cross–border IDV, ASEAN DEFA-MyDigital ID is also transforming into a core security pillar for international travel through its integration with the National Integrated Immigration System (MyNIISe). As the sole login credential for the MyNIISe application, the platform functions as a secure single sign-on gatekeeper that streamlines paperless, biometric transit across high-traffic border points like the Johor-Singapore land corridor and major international airports.While MyDigital ID is mandatory for Malaysians who want to use MyNIISe, MyNIISe itself is not currently mandatory for border clearance; travelers can still use passports, conventional autogates or manual counters.The next two years are pivotal to Malaysia’s border modernization. Biometrics use and e-gates will expand with plans to deploy automated immigration gates and biometric verification across the country by 2028.Immigration Department Director-General Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said the measure will enable human resources to be directed toward “more challenging enforcement and investigation tasks.”“The installation of 635 automatic gates at 125 country entrances by 2028 will reduce dependence on manual inspections by immigration officers because routine inspection matters will be handled through technological systems,” Zakaria told Bernama.Malaysia is also pursuing cross-border identity verification (IDV) pilots that lay the groundwork for regional economic integration designed to align with the upcoming ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA).The promise of digital identity remains. There’s the convenience of unified access — residents can use a common authentication credential across a growing number of services rather than maintain separate login methods for each.The limits of optionality-Malaysia has not formally made possession of MyDigital ID universally mandatory. But the distinction between formal compulsion and practical necessity is becoming increasingly important as more essential digital services make it their authentication layer.The chief executive of Malaysia’s National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA) and a think tank previously urged the Malaysian government to rethink a move to consider making MyDigital ID mandatory. While that legislative intention doesn’t appear to be hastening, it’s a wistful reminder of the words written by NACSA’s chief Dr. Megat Zuhairy Megat Tajuddin.“In an age of rising digital scams and identity theft, Malaysia’s push for a national digital identity system — MyDigital ID — could not be more timely,” he wrote in the New Straits Times, in July 2025. “But for it to succeed, it must be built on trust, transparency, and voluntary adoption.” That advocacy for optionality seems to have fallen by the wayside.Malaysia is targeting 17 million MyDigital IDs by year’s end. But in the rush for registrations, it should be important to always underline what a national digital ID is supposed to be for: making the lives of residents easier, safer and more convenient. And to remember that a resilient governmental system, technological or otherwise, is always, ultimately, about trust.

DHS watchdog finds TSA lacked oversight of vendor access to passenger ID images-Audit says contractor could extract driver’s license and passport images during system work without agency tracking or deletion checks-Sep 18, 2026, 4:51 am EDT | Anthony Kimery

A vendor supporting the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) biometric checkpoint system could access and extract passengers’ driver’s license and passport images during troubleshooting and system upgrades without the agency’s knowledge, according to a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general (IG) audit.The unclassified summary, dated September 15, says TSA had no clear policies governing the contractor’s access, did not track when it extracted passenger information, and could not verify that the contractor deleted it properly.TSA also did not notify passengers when their biometric and biographic information may have been stored, the IG found.The redacted audit report does not identify how many passengers were affected, which airports were involved, when the extractions occurred, where the information was taken, or how long any copies remained available.It also does not say the information was misused or disclosed beyond the vendor or characterize the activity as a data breach.Nevertheless, the inspector general called the lapse a “significant weakness” that created a risk that sensitive personal information could be retained or exposed.TSA has repeatedly emphasized that information processed by Credential Authentication Technology 2 (CAT-2) equipment is deleted quickly and is not retained during normal checkpoint operations.The inspector general found those routine controls generally worked and that TSA personnel and CAT-2 systems deleted passenger information promptly and in accordance with federal requirements.The breakdown occurred through a separate pathway when the vendor accessed equipment while troubleshooting problems or making enhancements.CAT-2 machines scan and authenticate a traveler’s identity document, retrieve flight and prescreening information, and use a camera to compare a live photograph of the traveler with the photograph on the credential.A 2025 Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) staff report said TSA had deployed more than 2,100 facial recognition-enabled CAT-2 machines at more than 250 airports as of April 2025. TSA ultimately intends to deploy the technology across more than 400 airports where the federal government conducts passenger screening.That expansion is expected to accelerate. TSA’s fiscal year 2027 budget request seeks $41 million for CAT procurement and deployment, which the agency says would move full operational capability from fiscal year 2042 to 2029.The IG’s public summary refers only to the “CAT-2 vendor.” It does not name the contractor or say whether the personnel involved worked for the system’s manufacturer, a maintenance or technical support provider, or a subcontractor.Public procurement records show that TSA awarded Idemia Identity & Security USA the current seven-year contract for next-generation CAT-2 systems in 2023. The contract has a $128 million ceiling.The PCLOB also identifies Idemia as the producer of CAT-2 machines and the facial matching algorithm used for one-to-one verification.Those records do not establish, though, that Idemia was the vendor responsible for the access the inspector general identified.TSA’s published privacy documents have long acknowledged a narrow exception to immediate deletion for authorized system testing.A 2020 privacy impact assessment said passenger information collected during normal screening would be overwritten when the next traveler was processed or when the officer logged off the machine.For designated testing, however, selected machines could retain identity document information and facial images temporarily so TSA and DHS’ Science and Technology Directorate could evaluate system performance and software changes.Travelers would be notified by signs, the information would be placed on a TSA-owned encrypted drive, and TSA personnel would transfer it to government researchers.The PCLOB report subsequently said selected CAT-2 machines could retain information for 24 hours during testing, after which TSA would extract it to an encrypted drive.The Science and Technology Directorate could retain a limited portion of the information, including facial images, for up to 24 months for performance analysis.That process was supposed to be intentional, controlled, and disclosed. The new IG finding describes something different. A vendor could extract information during maintenance and system enhancement work without TSA knowing that the extraction had occurred.The PCLOB staff described the routine CAT-2 one-to-one system as a “nearly ideal case of data protection” because the live image and the identity document image typically resided on the device for only the few seconds needed to conduct the comparison.But it also warned that clearer policies, access logging, and audits were needed to reinforce confidence that the system was used only for its stated purpose. The board’s staff noted that no DHS privacy compliance review of the facial recognition program had taken place as of the report.The inspector general’s findings show that deletion settings alone were insufficient. TSA could confirm that its machines erased information during routine operations but lacked comparable visibility into what a contractor could copy while servicing or modifying those machines.The IG issued one formal finding and three recommendations addressing the privacy and data-handling weakness.The recommendations broadly call for stronger controls, better oversight, greater transparency, and proper handling of passenger information, but their specific language was not publicly released.TSA agreed with all three recommendations. Two are considered open and resolved, meaning corrective plans have been accepted, but the recommendations have not yet been closed. One remains open and unresolved, indicating that the inspector general and TSA have not yet agreed on an adequate response.The audit included covert tests at airport checkpoints to assess how effectively TSA technology, procedures, and personnel detected fraudulent identification and how officers responded to the systems’ results. The IG made three findings and six recommendations.TSA agreed with five recommendations and rejected one. Four are open and resolved, and two remain open and unresolved, but the IG said the underlying details are classified or otherwise unavailable for public release.

Passkeys in the post-quantum era: Why FIDO needs more than new algorithms-Sep 16, 2026, 1:45 pm EDT | Johann-Philipp Thiers-By Johann-Philipp Thiers, Security Specialist at Swissbit.

Passkeys have become one of the most tangible examples of passwordless authentication. They are easier for users, more resistant to phishing, and a major step away from passwords, shared secrets, and credential reuse. But behind the user-friendly experience sits a complex technical ecosystem: FIDO2, WebAuthn, CTAP, authenticators, relying parties, metadata services, and public-key infrastructure.That is why the post-quantum discussion matters.Post-Quantum Cryptography, or PQC, is gaining attention because today’s widely used public-key algorithms – including RSA and elliptic curve cryptography – are considered vulnerable to sufficiently powerful quantum computers. This is not an immediate statement about broken passkeys. It is a long-term security question: how can systems that depend on public-key cryptography be prepared before quantum computers become a practical threat?For FIDO2 and passkeys, this question is especially relevant. Passkeys are built to provide phishing-resistant authentication by using asymmetric cryptography instead of passwords. During registration, an authenticator creates a credential-specific key pair. During authentication, it signs a challenge from the relying party with the private key. The credential is also bound to the relying party ID, typically the domain of the service, which is one of the reasons passkeys are so effective against phishing.At first glance, preparing this for PQC may sound simple: replace the classical signature algorithm with a post-quantum one. For some parts of the ecosystem, especially credential key pairs, this is conceptually the easier part. Once suitable algorithm identifiers are registered, a relying party and an authenticator could agree on a post-quantum-secure alternative. The client mainly translates between CTAP and WebAuthn and does not necessarily need to implement the algorithm itself.But in practice, PQC migration is not just an algorithm swap.Post-quantum algorithms typically come with larger keys and signatures. That matters for hardware security keys and other resource-constrained authenticators, where memory, processing power, and transport limitations are real engineering factors. Message size limits in underlying protocols such as CTAP-HID can also become relevant. What looks straightforward in theory can become challenging once implemented in real devices and real authentication flows.The more complex areas are even broader. Attestation, for example, relies on certificate chains that allow a relying party to verify whether an authenticator is genuine and trustworthy. Today, these trust chains are based on traditional X.509 PKI structures using ECC or RSA. Migrating a single key pair to PQC is one thing. Migrating an entire trust chain, including metadata service signatures, certificate formats, relying party support, and interoperability during a transition period, is much harder.The same applies to secure channels and PIN protocols. In FIDO2, PIN/UV Auth Protocols help protect PIN-related verification data between client and authenticator. The currently specified PIN/UV Auth Protocols rely on public-key-based key establishment using Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH). A PQC migration would likely require replacing ECDH with post-quantum key encapsulation mechanisms such as ML-KEM. Technically, this is feasible, but it again introduces larger messages and higher computational requirements.The good news is that FIDO already has a relatively high degree of crypto-agility. Algorithm identifiers and extensible protocol structures create a foundation for migration. Compared with many other security ecosystems, FIDO is therefore in a comparatively good position. But crypto-agility does not remove the need for coordination. Operating systems, browsers, authenticators, relying parties, metadata services, certificate infrastructures, and certification programs all need to move in a compatible direction.This is also why practical demonstrators are important. Some manufacturers and providers are already evaluating PQC-enabled FIDO scenarios by implementing support for ML-DSA-based credentials, adapting relying party implementations such as SimpleWebAuthn, and using field-updateable platforms to test future migration paths. Such demonstrators can be used to explore new PIN/UV Auth Protocols, hybrid PQ-secure credentials, PQ-secure attestation, and even related authentication ecosystems such as PIV.Their value is not only in showing that PQC-enabled FIDO can work. Their real value is in revealing the engineering questions that standards discussions alone may not expose: larger message sizes, transport limitations, constrained memory, performance impact, and interoperability.For passkeys, the conclusion is clear. They are one of the most promising ways to make phishing-resistant authentication mainstream. But their long-term resilience depends on the ability of the underlying FIDO2 ecosystem to evolve toward Post-Quantum Cryptography.That evolution will not happen through one protocol update or one new algorithm. It will be a gradual ecosystem task – one that requires standardization, testing, interoperability, and careful engineering trade-offs. The sooner the industry evaluates these implications in practice, the better prepared passkeys will be for the post-quantum era.About the author-Johann-Philipp Thiers is Security Specialist at Swissbit. He received his doctorate from Ulm University, Germany, with a dissertation in the field of code-based post-quantum cryptography. Since 2025, he has also been one of the Co-Chairs of the FIDO PQC Study Group within the FIDO Alliance.

Malawi drops ID card expiry date policy as digital wallet launches-National IDs will no longer require periodic renewal as Nzika wallet begins offering digital access to civil registration credentials-Sep 18, 2026, 3:39 am EDT | Ayang Macdonald

Going forward, there will be no expiry date for Malawi’s biometric national ID card. The announcement was made this week by the country’s Homeland Security Minister Peter Mukhito as he presided over the launch of the Nzika digital ID wallet on International Identity Day, observed September 16.“A person’s identity does not expire,” Mukhito said at the event as quoted in a press release issued by the country office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The policy takes effect immediately, the minister said.Speaking about the wallet, he said its rollout is a major step in efforts by the government to reach universal identity coverage, and streamline how public and private sector services are delivered to citizens. Malawi already has a high identity coverage rate, but officials are aiming to meet the SDG 16.9 target by 2030.“Today, we are not simply launching another application. We are changing the way Malawians prove who they are. We are taking national identity into the digital age. And we are making a clear commitment: no Malawian should be denied an essential service simply because a physical National ID card has not yet reached their hands,” Mukhito underlined.He explained that the Nzika wallet is not replacing the physical ID card, but it is instead complementing it to make sure individuals access services in a secure and convenient manner in line with presidential directives to digitize all public services. It is not compulsory and those who prefer the physical ID can continue using them, he mentioned.Developed by the National Registration Bureau (NRB) under the Inclusive Digital Transformation for Malawi (IDT4M) program, with support from the EU, Ireland and Norway, the wallet will enable citizens to access and manage official credentials including national IDs, birth certificates, marriage certificates, and death certificates.In her remarks during the launch, the UN Resident Coordinator Rebecca Adda-Dontoh emphasized the crucial place of identity, saying it is an “essential infrastructure for rights, inclusion and opportunity.”There’s been some rapid early adoption of the Nzika wallet as authorities say more than 22,000 persons have already signed up for it.According to UNDP, Malawi is the fifth African country to operationalize a digital ID wallet, joining Ghana, Ethiopia, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria.The removal of expiry dates eliminates the need for periodic card renewal, reducing the risk of renewal costs or expired credentials interrupting access to services.Kenya had maintained the policy for long, but a government source confirmed a change to a 10-year expiration policy in January, linking it to the embedding of a biometric chip in the new Maisha Namba ID which has a limited lifespan.
Tanzania, by contrast, removed the expiry date from its national ID in February 2023 to reduce the inconveniences associated with renewing the credential.

MojeID introduces post‑quantum digital identity security, with more to come-Sep 21, 2026, 4:46 pm EDT | Lu-Hai Liang

Czech digital identity provider MojeID has launched new post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) protections.It’s for the ever-nearing future when quantum computers could break current encryption standards. The upgrade comes amid warnings that “Q‑Day,” the point at which quantum machines can crack widely used algorithms, could arrive around 2030.MojeID has implemented PQC key exchange for encrypted communication with its servers, verified through SSL Labs testing. Usage statistics show nearly half of traffic to the service already employs PQC‑enabled browsers.More significantly, the MojeID Klíč mobile app now supports post‑quantum algorithms for identity confirmation. Developed with Wultra, version 16.0.0 of the app introduces PQC for login operations. Wultra provides phishing-resistant, post-quantum technologies and digital identity solutions for banks and fintechs, and raised €6.8 million this summer.New users automatically benefit and existing users are encouraged to update cryptographic keys via the app’s settings. The process requires PIN entry or biometric confirmation. The app includes the option to set up verification using face or fingerprint biometrics, in place of entering a PIN for every login.MojeID notes that users without a PIN can reinstall the app if they have alternative login methods, though those relying solely on MojeID Klíč may need to re‑verify their identity through CzechPOINT.The company says this is only the beginning of its post‑quantum roadmap. Further steps will be outlined at LinuxDays on October 3, where MojeID will discuss its long‑term strategy for quantum‑safe digital identity.

MojeID introduces post‑quantum digital identity security, with more to come-Sep 21, 2026, 4:46 pm EDT | Lu-Hai Liang

Czech digital identity provider MojeID has launched new post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) protections.It’s for the ever-nearing future when quantum computers could break current encryption standards. The upgrade comes amid warnings that “Q‑Day,” the point at which quantum machines can crack widely used algorithms, could arrive around 2030.MojeID has implemented PQC key exchange for encrypted communication with its servers, verified through SSL Labs testing. Usage statistics show nearly half of traffic to the service already employs PQC‑enabled browsers.More significantly, the MojeID Klíč mobile app now supports post‑quantum algorithms for identity confirmation. Developed with Wultra, version 16.0.0 of the app introduces PQC for login operations. Wultra provides phishing-resistant, post-quantum technologies and digital identity solutions for banks and fintechs, and raised €6.8 million this summer.New users automatically benefit and existing users are encouraged to update cryptographic keys via the app’s settings. The process requires PIN entry or biometric confirmation. The app includes the option to set up verification using face or fingerprint biometrics, in place of entering a PIN for every login.MojeID notes that users without a PIN can reinstall the app if they have alternative login methods, though those relying solely on MojeID Klíč may need to re‑verify their identity through CzechPOINT.The company says this is only the beginning of its post‑quantum roadmap. Further steps will be outlined at LinuxDays on October 3, where MojeID will discuss its long‑term strategy for quantum‑safe digital identity.

New NIST FRTE 1:N results illustrate facial recognition accuracy’s multidimensionality-Leaders vary across NIST’s different test scenarios, but one new entrant stands out-Sep 16, 2026, 3:03 pm EDT | Ashok Singal

NIST released its latest Face Recognition Technology Evaluation (FRTE) 1:N results on September 4, adding submissions from seven new developers and eight returning developers to its ongoing evaluation of facial identification technology.The new developers are Innov8tif Solutions, Integrated Software and Technologies Limited, Intpixel Labs, Thakaa Advanced Company for Information Technology, TrueSight Laboratories Tech, UniverseAI and Virtisha AI. Returning developers include Iris ID, Miaxis Biometrics, Nominder, Panasonic, ROC, SenseTime, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Vsoft Tecnologia.TrueSight Laboratories made a strong debut, reaching the upper end of several rankings. Panasonic’s latest algorithm showed gains across multiple scenarios, while SenseTime’s new submission posted leading technical results across several tests. Established providers including NEC, Idemia and Paravision also remain near the front of the field.One point is important when reading the numbers. NIST reports identification accuracy as false negative identification rate (FNIR) at a threshold set to limit false positive identification rate (FPIR) to 0.003. The threshold is set separately for each algorithm and test, meaning the FNIR figures below are compared at the same target false-positive operating point rather than allowing an algorithm to lower its miss rate simply by accepting more false positives.TrueSight makes a strong entrance-Among the new developers, the mysterious TrueSight Laboratories Tech stands out for the breadth of its first results.The impressive debut follows a similarly strong result in NIST’s August 1:1 FRTE update. The company is registered as an LLC in the United States, but does not appear to have a website at this time.TSIGHT-000 reached the top five across several identification scenarios, ranking fifth in mugshot-to-mugshot, fourth in mugshot-to-webcam, fourth in mugshot-to-profile and fifth in border-to-border searches. It also placed second in visa-to-kiosk and tenth in visa-to-border testing.Its performance across NIST’s smaller gallery sizes is particularly notable. Against approximately 640,000 identities, TSIGHT-000 records an FNIR of 0.05 percent and ranks second. At 1.6 million identities it remains second at 0.05 percent. At three million identities, it ranks third while FNIR increases only slightly to 0.06 percent.The gallery grows almost fivefold while the error rate barely changes.The picture changes at NIST’s larger gallery sizes, however, where the submission does not maintain that performance. The contrast illustrates why gallery size matters when interpreting an identification accuracy figure.TrueSight’s broader showing nevertheless makes its first appearance notable, with competitive results across mugshot, webcam, profile, border and kiosk imagery.Panasonic shows progress across multiple scenarios-Panasonic tells a different story, with its latest submission showing progress across several tests.Panasonic’s v6 algorithm enters the top ten in three scenarios. It ranks ninth in mugshot-to-mugshot identification with an FNIR of 0.2 percent, fifth in visa-to-border at 0.1 percent and tenth in border-to-border testing at 1.9 percent.Panasonic also remains among the leading algorithms in other scenarios through its earlier submission, including mugshot-to-profile and visa-to-kiosk identification.The movement is noteworthy because it spans multiple capture environments rather than being confined to one dataset.SenseTime combines accuracy with consistency-SenseTime’s latest submission is another notable technical development.SenseTime v12 ranks third in mugshot-to-mugshot identification with an FNIR of approximately 0.1 percent and fifth in mugshot-to-webcam at 0.7 percent. It also reaches fourth in visa-to-border and tenth in mugshot-to-profile testing.Its gallery-size results provide another perspective. SenseTime-012 records an FNIR of approximately 0.06 percent against 640,000 identities, 0.07 percent against 1.6 million and 0.07 percent against three million. At six million identities, FNIR remains around 0.14 percent before rising to approximately 1.95 percent at 12 million.The results show strong technical performance, but SenseTime also carries significant regulatory and human-rights considerations for potential buyers. The company has been on the U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List since 2019. In 2021, the U.S. Treasury also identified SenseTime as a Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Company, citing facial recognition technology developed by its Shenzhen subsidiary that Treasury said could determine ethnicity, with a particular focus on identifying Uyghurs.For governments and enterprises evaluating biometric suppliers, the distinction is important: NIST measures algorithm performance, not the broader regulatory, geopolitical, human-rights or procurement considerations associated with a vendor.Different problems produce different leaders-Leadership changes across NIST’s different test scenarios.Idemia leads the mugshot-to-mugshot and mugshot-to-webcam rankings examined in the latest release. NEC leads border-to-border and visa-to-kiosk identification. Paravision takes the top position in visa-to-border, while Fujitsu leads mugshot-to-profile.The differences reflect the underlying identification problems. Matching relatively controlled mugshots differs from identifying someone captured through a webcam, while profile images, kiosks and border environments introduce their own pose, camera, lighting and capture conditions.For buyers, the relevant benchmark therefore depends on the environment in which the technology will be deployed.Gallery size adds another dimension-NIST’s results also highlight a less-discussed characteristic of 1:N facial recognition: how performance changes as the gallery grows.Across algorithms in the analyzed data with results at all five gallery sizes, median FNIR rises from 0.61 percent at 640,000 identities to 1.24 percent at three million, 2.58 percent at six million and 10.34 percent at 12 million. Algorithms that look similar against smaller galleries can therefore separate considerably at larger scales.But maintaining a database of millions of identities does not mean every transaction needs to search all of them. Large systems can use contextual information to create smaller candidate galleries. CBP’s Traveler Verification Service, for example, uses advanced traveler information to assemble galleries of expected travelers rather than searching its entire biometric repository for every passenger.The appropriate approach depends on the use case. Some applications can substantially narrow the search population, while national identity deduplication or other open-set searches may offer fewer opportunities to do so.For governments and large enterprises, scalability therefore becomes both an algorithm and system-design consideration: how large a gallery does the use case require, how effectively can it be optimized, and can the algorithm maintain the required accuracy and speed at that scale? From benchmark to deployment-The September results show movement on several fronts: a strong first submission from TrueSight, broader gains from Panasonic and a competitive new algorithm from SenseTime, alongside continued strong results from established providers.For buyers, NIST provides an important technical benchmark, but deployment decisions extend beyond the leaderboard. Capture conditions, gallery size, demographic performance, speed and system architecture all need to be matched to the intended application. Vendor-level regulatory and procurement considerations can add another layer.The benchmark tells organizations how an algorithm performs under NIST’s test conditions. The next question is how those results translate into the system they actually need to operate.

Proof’s VDC launch brings together banking regulation, reusable identity and AI agents-Sep 15, 2026, 7:15 pm EDT | Ashok Singal

Proof, the identity and transaction-security company formerly known as Notarize, has launched its Verifiable Digital Credential, a portable digital identity that allows consumers to complete identity proofing once and reuse that verified identity across financial institutions and other organizations that accept Proof credentials. The VDC became generally available through Proof’s platform and API on September 15.The launch comes as three developments converge around reusable identity: U.S. regulators have given financial institutions clearer guidance for using verifiable digital credentials; Proof has an existing network of businesses where reusable identity could potentially gain utility; and AI agents are creating a new identity problem — proving not only who is behind an agent, but what that person authorized it to do.Together, those developments make the launch more than the introduction of another digital credential. They point toward a model in which verified identity can move between institutions — and potentially into transactions performed by AI agents on a person’s behalf.According to Proof, each credential is anchored to an individual X.509 certificate issued by its WebTrust-audited certificate authority following Kantara-certified IAL2 identity proofing. The credential is held by the consumer rather than belonging to an individual relying institution, allowing it to be presented again wherever Proof credentials are accepted.The significance of the launch becomes clearer when each of those three developments is considered separately.Regulators give VDCs a clearer path into financial services-The first development happened just seven days before Proof’s announcement.On September 8, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, together with staff from the Federal Reserve, FDIC, NCUA and OCC, issued new and updated FAQs explaining how verifiable digital credentials can fit within existing Customer Identification Program requirements.The agencies addressed VDCs through two routes.Government-issued VDCs, such as mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs), may qualify as government-issued identification and therefore potentially be used as a documentary verification method when applicable CIP requirements are satisfied.Separately, regulators updated an existing FAQ covering electronic credentials to explicitly include VDCs alongside digital certificates as a potential non-documentary identity verification method. That guidance can include credentials issued and maintained by non-government third parties.That second route is particularly relevant to commercial credential issuers such as Proof.It does not amount to a regulatory endorsement of Proof or any other provider. Financial institutions remain responsible for ensuring that a third-party credential issuer uses an appropriate level of authentication. The guidance also does not change existing Bank Secrecy Act requirements or create new supervisory expectations.What has changed is that VDCs are now explicitly addressed within federal CIP guidance.Roger W. Ferguson Jr., former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and a member of Proof’s board of directors, framed portable identity as both a consumer-experience and trust-infrastructure issue.“Portable digital identity has the potential to reduce friction for consumers while giving institutions stronger, independently verifiable evidence,” Ferguson said, adding that such systems require infrastructure built to standards expected of financial institutions.The regulatory clarification gives financial institutions greater clarity for evaluating an identity model that differs significantly from how most consumers prove who they are today.From repeatedly verifying an ID to carrying an identity-Consider a consumer opening a checking account.They might upload a driver’s license, take a selfie and complete identity and fraud checks. Later, they apply for a credit card and potentially repeat the process. A mortgage can trigger another identity check. Opening an account or applying for another credit card at a different institution can start the process again.Each institution effectively establishes the person’s identity for itself, while copies of sensitive identity information can accumulate across organizations.“For decades, every institution has effectively rebuilt a person’s identity from scratch,” Proof Founder and CEO Pat Kinsel said, describing the repeated cycle of document uploads, selfies and identity checks.Proof’s model is designed to change that architecture.After completing IAL2 identity proofing, Proof says the consumer receives a VDC anchored to a unique X.509 certificate bound to the verified identity. The credential is delivered to the consumer’s device and cryptographically bound to a hardware-protected key.The consumer can then present the credential again at an institution that accepts it rather than repeating the complete identity-proofing process.Proof says the service supports OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance (OID4VCI) and OpenID for Verifiable Presentations (OID4VP), allowing consumers either to enroll just in time or, if they already hold a Proof credential, reauthenticate and present their existing identity. Organizations do not have to preregister every user before receiving a credential.Proof says the credential can also be reused for interactions including wire authorizations, beneficiary changes and account recovery. The company supports revocation and live credential-status checks, allowing a relying institution to determine whether a credential remains valid.Using selective disclosure based on the SD-JWT verifiable credential format, Proof says consumers can provide only the identity attributes required for a particular decision rather than transmitting an entire identity document.The institution still determines whether it trusts and accepts the credential.That distinction is important. Reusable identity does not eliminate the relying institution’s responsibility to decide whom and what to trust. Instead, it changes the evidence available to make that decision.Proof already has a network where reusable identity could expand-The second factor is distribution.A reusable credential has limited value if there is nowhere to reuse it.Proof says its identity infrastructure already serves more than 8,000 businesses across mortgage, auto, wealth, insurance and enterprise, and that more than $1 trillion in transactions have been secured across its platform.Those figures describe Proof’s broader business network. They do not mean that all 8,000 businesses currently accept Proof’s VDC.The company says individuals can claim a credential through Proof and use it with “participating organizations” across its network, but its announcement does not specify how many organizations currently accept the credential.Still, Proof enters the reusable-identity market with an existing base of business relationships into which the credential could potentially expand.The company has also spent 2026 building relationships and infrastructure around that strategy.In March, Proof announced a strategic partnership with IDEMIA Public Security. The companies said they planned to combine IDEMIA’s identity verification and authentication technologies with Proof’s PKI-based digital signature and authorization network to support privacy-preserving VDCs spanning physical, logical and digital environments.In May, Proof joined the FIDO Alliance, describing the move as part of its work connecting verified human identity with actions performed through AI agents.Then, in June, Proof launched x401, which the company describes as an open, issuer-neutral protocol for verifying the identity and authority behind AI agents.Taken together, the announcements show the direction of Proof’s strategy: not simply issuing a credential, but trying to establish infrastructure through which verified identity and authorization can be reused across different interactions.AI agents introduce a new identity and authorization problem-The third development pushes the story beyond traditional customer onboarding.AI agents raise a different version of a familiar identity question.Imagine an agent receiving an instruction to open an account, move money or change a beneficiary.The institution receiving that request needs to answer two separate questions: Who is the human behind the agent, and did that person authorize this particular action? Proof is positioning its VDC and x401 architecture around that problem.The company says its VDC establishes the identity of the person, while its authorization infrastructure and x401 protocol are designed to carry that identity into agentic interactions and create cryptographic evidence connecting an agent’s action to the verified person and the authority granted to it.When Proof launched x401 in June, it described the protocol as issuer-neutral and designed to allow a website or API to request the particular evidence it requires from an agent — such as verified identity, age, membership, organizational affiliation, signing authority or proof of humanness.The agent can then present a compatible credential and authorization for the receiving service to evaluate.The architecture is Proof’s answer to an emerging problem, rather than evidence that the industry has settled on a particular approach to agent identity or authorization.But it illustrates why portable identity could become more relevant as transactions move beyond direct human-to-application interactions.A reusable credential could potentially serve two generations of digital transactions: reducing repeated identity proofing in today’s human-initiated interactions while providing one component of the trust infrastructure needed when software begins acting on a verified person’s behalf.From identity checks to identity infrastructure-The convergence of these developments is what makes Proof’s launch notable.Regulatory clarity provides a pathway. Proof’s existing business network could provide distribution. And the rise of AI agents is creating new questions around how verified human identity and delegated authority can be carried into machine-initiated transactions.The immediate proposition is relatively straightforward.Instead of repeatedly uploading identity documents and completing identity proofing at every participating institution, a consumer verifies their identity once, receives cryptographically verifiable evidence of that identity and presents it again where the credential is accepted.But the longer-term implication is broader.Digital identity verification has largely operated as a point-in-time transaction: an institution asks who someone is and performs the checks necessary to answer that question. The result generally remains inside that institution.Reusable credentials begin to separate the verified identity from the institution that happens to need it at that moment.If financial institutions become comfortable accepting credentials issued by trusted third parties, identity verification could gradually shift from something every institution independently reconstructs toward a portable trust layer that consumers carry between financial relationships.And if AI agents increasingly transact on behalf of those consumers, that identity may eventually need to travel another step — from the verified human, through an authorized agent, to the institution receiving the instruction.Proof’s launch places the company at the intersection of those two shifts: making human identity reusable today and attempting to make that identity usable when machines act on humans’ behalf tomorrow.

Civil society groups question ASEAN’s digital economy pact-Sep 21, 2026, 5:46 pm EDT | Lu-Hai Liang

As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations presses ahead with its landmark Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), some have urged a moment to pause and consider what it will mean for those that matter most — the ordinary individual living in the region.Civil society groups and digital rights advocates are pressing ASEAN to rethink its proposed DEFA, warning that it lacks transparency and could undermine public trust. It’s a timely reminder as the association now looks to implement the regional digital economy agreement.“Who actually benefits from this digital transformation that they’re talking about? When I talk about gains and costs, how will it be distributed to the different economies? To people?” asked Lisa Garcia of the Foundation for Media Alternatives.Shita Laksmi of the Trade, Tech and Geopolitics Forum added: “We need to build trust in the platform, and trust is something you earn.” She asked rhetorically whether the framework has provided mechanisms to trust the system, such as human rights protections, data safeguards or redress if something goes wrong. “We don’t know, because there’s no [available] text now,” she added.At a recent ASEAN Digital Trade Webinar, hosted by the ASEAN Civil Society Conference and ASEAN Peoples’ Forum, unions and advocates warned that DEFA could erode governments’ ability to regulate AI, protect data sovereignty and defend workers’ rights.Potential risks from provisions on unrestricted cross‑border data flows, source code protections and limits on data localization were cited, with arguments that these could weaken privacy, accountability and labor protections.Participants called for the full release of the DEFA text, publication of supporting economic studies, and meaningful consultation with workers and communities. They urged ASEAN governments to preserve policy space for regulating digital platforms and emerging technologies in the public interest.Organizers closed the event by stressing the need to “disrupt the big tech agenda” and build a people‑centered digital future, ensuring digitalization serves democracy, labor rights and public governance rather than corporate power.The DEFA sets the stage for interoperable digital identity, digital trade and trusted cross-border services across Southeast Asia. Negotiated over 14 rounds since September 2023, DEFA allows member states to implement commitments at different speeds through its “ASEAN minus X” mechanism, reflecting the region’s diverse levels of digital maturity.ASEAN’s 11 member states span some of the world’s most advanced digital identity ecosystems alongside countries still building foundational infrastructure. Rather than creating a single regional identity system, DEFA aims to make national systems interoperable across borders.

Westpac becomes first NZ bank accredited to issue digital credentials-72-hour business account credential will be stored in Govt.nz wallet as New Zealand’s trust framework moves into commercial use-Sep 18, 2026, 12:59 pm EDT | Joel R. McConvey

Westpac has become the first New Zealand bank accredited to issue digital credentials under the government’s Digital Identity Services Trust Framework, with support from Auckland-based identity and credentialing provider Mattr.A release says Westpac NZ business customers will soon be able to store bank-issued digital credentials in the Govt.nz app wallet (alongside the NEC-backed biometric age credential) and share them with third parties. According to Westpac NZ Chief Data, Digital and AI Officer Russell Jones, “this means businesses don’t need to download a bank statement, redact information by hand or send documents using less secure methods such as email – saving them time and reducing the risk of fraud and scams.”“We know trust and control are very important to New Zealanders when sharing personal information online.”The release describes a use case in which someone buying a car from a dealer who banks with Westpac might ask for proof of the dealer’s bank account details. Using the Govt.nz wallet app, the dealer can log in to Westpac One Business and choose an account to generate a QR code.“The dealer scans the Westpac QR code in the wallet, then enters a code sent by text message.  They now have a Westpac Business Bank Account credential, valid for 72 hours, to show the buyer as proof of the account.”Collaboration, investment will help system succeed-Jones says “digital ID and its benefits have been talked about for a long time but it needs positive action to make it a reality. We’ve invested heavily to become the first bank and only the third organisation to reach this milestone because we’re keen to help lead the rollout.”“Teams across the bank have worked hard to make us the first to gain this government accreditation, and we look forward to helping customers save time and effort from today,” Jones says.“We’re also grateful to Kiwi-based tech solutions company Mattr for their expertise and insight in supporting us on the rollout.”DISTF provides foundation for credentialing ecosystems-Westpac plans to expand its digital ID program, offering credential issuance via the Westpac One online banking platform.Jones speaks of “an exciting future ahead, with more choice, convenience and customer control.” But he also has a caveat.“At the same time, digital ID will only succeed if there’s large scale adoption of credential verification. That means a wide range of sectors including banking, hospitality and telecommunications working with local and central government to make digital ID part of the everyday customer experience.”New Zealand’s Digital Identity Services Trust Framework (DISTF) gives the effort an anchor for trust, functioning like the UK’s DVS Trust Framework to identify trusted digital identity providers.In January, NEC New Zealand became the first digital identity provider to be accredited under DISTF. The Government Digital Delivery Agency followed in July with accreditation for the Govt.nz app’s authentication and facilitation services, making Westpac the third provider on the Trust Framework Register and the first bank.