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)
TRUMP WILL MOST LIKELY BE GOING FOR KHEMENI AND THE IRANIAN ARMY.
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of
Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE
HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an
angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all
the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the
flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men,
and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of
all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS
TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN
FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING
BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @
39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the
earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY)
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS)
and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U
WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS)
that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the
horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were
filled with their flesh.
Zephaniah 2:1-15
1 Gather together, yes, gather,O shameless nation,
2
before the decree takes effect[a] -before the day passes away like
chaff—before there comes upon you the burning anger of the Lord, before
there comes upon you the day of the anger of the Lord.
3 Seek the
Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands;[b] seek
righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of
the anger of the Lord.
4 For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon
shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
and Ekron shall be uprooted.
5 Woe to you inhabitants of the
seacoast, you nation of the Cherethites! The word of the Lord is against
you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; and I will destroy you until no
inhabitant is left.
6 And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, with meadows[c] for shepherds and folds for flocks.
7
The seacoast shall become the possession of the remnant of the house of
Judah, on which they shall graze, and in the houses of Ashkelon they
shall lie down at evening. For the Lord their God will be mindful of
them and restore their fortunes.
8 “I have heard the taunts of Moab
(JORDAN) and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my
people and made boasts against their territory.
9 Therefore, as I
live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become
like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles
and salt pits, and a waste forever.The remnant of my people shall
plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
10 This shall be their lot in return for their pride, because they taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11
The Lord will be awesome against them; for he will famish all the gods
of the earth, and to him shall bow down, each in its place, all the
lands of the nations.
12 You also, O Cushites, shall be slain by my sword.
13
And he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy
Assyria,(SYRIA) and he will make Nineveh a desolation, a dry waste like
the desert.
14 Herds shall lie down in her midst, all kinds of
beasts;[d] even the owl and the hedgehog[e] shall lodge in her
capitals; a voice shall hoot in the window; devastation will be on the
threshold; for her cedar work will be laid bare.
15 This is the
exultant city that lived securely, that said in her heart, “I am, and
there is no one else.” What a desolation she has become, a lair for wild
beasts! Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Sa'ar: No
free meals; talks possible if more hostages freed Israel halts aid into
Gaza, citing Hamas refusal to extend first phase of truce
Footnotes-a
-Zephaniah 2:2 Hebrew gives birth, b-Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his
judgment, c-Zephaniah 2:6 Or caves, d-Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of
every nation, e-Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl
and hedgehog is uncertain
DANIEL 2:37-45
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38
And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and
the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made
thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after
thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third
kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And
the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh
in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these,
shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the
feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom
shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron,
forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of
these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never
be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it
shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand
for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of
the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the
brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known
to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is
certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
DANIEL 7:17-26
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from
all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his
nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue
with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of
the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn
that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was
more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of
the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23
Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,
which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole
earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the
ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and
another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first,
and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words
against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High,
and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his
hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
THE WORLD IN 10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS LEAD BY THE EUROPEAN UNION THE WORLD LEADER, NOT AMERICA.I PREDICT.
THE EUROPEAN UNION AND REVIVED ROMAN WORLD GOVERNMENT
DANIEL 2:31-33,36-43, DAN 7:3-8,17
First From Daniel Chapter 2
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (HEAD OF GOLD) DAN 2:31-32,36-38, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (CHEST & ARMS OF SILVER) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (WAIST & HIPS OF BRONZE) DAN 2:32,39, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (2 LEGS OF IRON) DAN 2:33,40, ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) (FEET IRON & CLAY) DAN 2:33,41-43,10 TOES
Now From Daniel Chapter 7
1 EGYPT
2 ASSYRIA
3 BABYLON (LION WITH EAGLES WINGS) DAN 7:4, DAN 1:1
4 MEDO-PERSIANS (BEAR ON HIND LEGS) DAN 7:5, DAN 9:1
5 GREECE (LEOPARD 4 WINGS, 4 HEADS) DAN 7:6, DAN 11:2
6 ROME (HUGE IRON TEETH) DAN 7:7 (10 HORNS), ROM 1:6
7 REVIVED ROME (EU) DAN 7:8,19-20,23-25 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS
REV
17:9,12, 10 HORNS, 10 KINGS, 7 HILLS ROME. REV 13:1 BEAST WITH 7 HEADS.
THE E.U LEADER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT DAN 2:40-45, 7:7-8,23-25,27, 8:23,
REV 13:3,7,8,12,14,16
REVELATION 17:10-12
10 And there are
seven kings (7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY) five are fallen, (EGYPT,
ASSYRIA, BABYLON,:MEDO-PERSIAN,GREECE and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS
DAY-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he
cometh,(FUTURE-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE-EUROPEAN UNION TODAY) he must
continue a short space.(7 YEARS OF WORLD DOMINATION-BUT 3 1/2 YEARS OF
NEW WORLD ORDER OR ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT)
12 And the ten horns (10
WORLD TRADE BLOCS OR REGIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which
have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour
with the beast.
REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (10
WORLD TRADE BLOCS-NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have
received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the
beast.
13 These have one mind,(WORLD SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
We
shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only
question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or
consent.James Paul Warburg appearing before the Senate on 7th February
1950
Like a famous WWII Belgian General,Paul Henry Spock said in
1957:We need no commission, we have already too many. What we need is a
man who is great enough to be able to keep all the people in subjection
to himself and to lift us out of the economic bog into which we threaten
to sink. Send us such a man. Be he a god or a devil, we will accept
him.And today, sadly, the world is indeed ready for such a man.
DICK
MORRIS-This truly creates a global economic system. From now on, don’t
look to Washington for the rule making, look to Brussels.
THE CLUB OF ROME FOUNDER AURELIO PECCEI WANTS THE WORLD IN 10 REGIONAL TRADING BLOCKS.
REVELATION 16:1-2
1
And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels,
Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the
earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth;
and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the
mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16
And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, (SLAVE) to receive a mark in their right hand, or in
their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM
I KNOW THIS MARK WILL
BE A MICROCHIP IMPLANT UNDER THE SKIN. LETS LOOK UP WHAT THE WORD MARK
SAYS IN REVELATION 13:16-18, 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4-ALL THESE
VERSES FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION SPEAK OF THIS DICTATORS MARK. NOW
LETS SEE WHAT IT MEANS FROM STRONGS EXAUSTIVE CONCORDANCE OF THE BIBLE.
UNDER MARK PAGE 684.MARK UNDER MARK. THE OLD TESTAMENT IS UNDER HEBREW
AND THE NEW TESTAMENT IS UNDER GREEK. SO WHEN WE LOOK UNDER REVELATION
13:16-17 WE SEE IT IS UNDER GREEK, SO WE GO TO GREEK IN THE BACK SECTION
AND GO TO 5480 TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS THIS MARK WOULD BE. SO LETS GET TO
IT.MARK IN STRONGS GREEK 5480 XAPAYUA CHARAGMA, KHAR-AG-MAH: FROM THE
SAME AS 5482: A SCRATCH OR ETCHING, I.E STAMP (AS A BADGE OF SERVITUDE),
OR SCULPTURED FIGURE-(STATUE):-GRAVEN, MARK FROM 5482 XAPAE CHARAX,
KHAR-AX; FROM XAPAOOW CHARASSO (TO SHARPEN TO A POINT; AKIN TO 1125
THROUGH THE IDEA OF SCRATCHING); A STAKE, I.E (BYIMPL.) A PALISADE OR
RAMPART (MILITARY MOUND FOR CIRCUMVALLATION IN A SIEGE): - TRENCH FROM
1125 YPAPOE GRAPHO, GRAF-0; A PRIM. VERB; TO "GRAVE", ESPEC. TO WRITE;
FIG. TO DESCRIBE:-DESCRIBE, WRITE (-ING, -TEN).G5516-GO TO G4742-666 -
STRONGS NT 4742: στίγμα - στίγμα, στιγματος, τό (from στίζω to prick;
(cf. Latinstimulus, etc.; German stechen, English stick, sting, etc.;
Curtius, § 226)), a mark pricked in or branded upon the body. According
to ancient oriental usage, slaves and soldiers bore the name or stamp of
their master or commander branded or pricked (cut) into their bodies to
indicate what master or general they belonged to, and there were even
some devotees who stamped themselves in this way with the token of their
gods (cf. Deyling, Observations, iii., p. 423ff); hence, τά στίγματα
τοῦ (κυρίου so Rec.) Ἰησοῦ, the marks of (the Lord) Jesus, which Paul in
Galatians 6:17 says he bears branded on his body, are the traces left
there by the perils, hardships, imprisonments, scourgings, endured by
him for the cause of Christ, and which mark him as Christ's faithful and
approved votary, servant, soldier (see Lightfoots Commentary on
Galatians, the passage cited). (Herodotus 7, 233; Aristotle, Aelian,
Plutarch, Lcian, others.)
THE INVENTOR OF THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT-CARL SANDERS MICROCHIP ENGINEER LEADER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgH9D6n4ZWo
THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND OR FOREHEAD.
LEVETICUS 19.28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
HERES WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE (SINCE THERE WILL BE WORLD GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE)-UPDATED VERSION (10 WORLD TRADE BLOCS)
01 CANADA, U.S.A, MEXICO
02 EUROPEAN UNION,WESTERN EUROPE
03 JAPAN
04 AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, S AFRICA, ISRAEL AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
05 EASTERN EUROPE
06 SOUTHERN, CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICAS
07 NORTH AFRICA, AND MIDEAST (MOSLEMS)
08 CENTRAL AFRICA
09 SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
10 CENTRAL ASIA
THE
CLUB OF ROME WANTS A WORLD CHARISMATIC DICTATOR (EITHER RELIGIOUS,
POLITICAL OR SCIENTIFICAL) TO HEAD THIS WORLD GOVERNMENT. REV 13:3,7-8,
DAN 7:23-24
WORLD POWERS IN THE END TIME
NORTH - RUSSIA EZEK 38:1-2, 39:1-2
SOUTH - EGYPT DAN 11:42
EAST - CHINA DAN 11:44,REV 16:12
WEST - EUROPEAN UNION DAN 7:23-24 (NOT THE U.S.A)
http://israel7777777.blogspot.ca/2012/03/10-world-trade-blocs-one-world.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2006/09/how-eu-takes-world-control.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/05/one-world-religion-crislam.html
FINALLY THE EUROPEAN UNION IS TALKING ABOUT HAVING THEIR OWN ARMY.AND IT MUST HAPPEN.
REVELATION 19:16-21
16
And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of
Kings, And Lord Of Lords.(JESUS RETURNG TO EARTH LITERALLY ON A WHITE
HORSE WITH THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS 7 YEARS EARLIER)
17 And I saw an
angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all
the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves
together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the
flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men,
and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of
all men, both free and bond, both small and great.(2ND TIME GOD-JESUS
TELLS THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS TO GET READY TO EAT HUMAN
FLESH.THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN GOD TOLD THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING
BIRDS-TO EAT RUSSIA,GERMAN,ARAB, MUSLIM BODIES FOR 7 MONTHS IN EZEK 38 @
39.
19 And I saw the beast,(E.U WORLD LEADER) and the kings of the
earth, and their armies,(HERE IT SAYS THE E.U WILL HAVE ITS OWN ARMY)
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, (JESUS)
and against his army.(RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)
20 And the beast (E.U
WORLD LEADER) was taken, and with him the false prophet (POPE FRANCIS)
that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had
received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the
horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were
filled with their flesh.
COUNCIL FOR EUROPE ON DEFENCE
https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/document/download/6d6f889c-e58d-4caa-8f3b-8b93154fe206_en?filename=SAFE%20Regulation.pdf
Pentagon to cut academic ties with Harvard: statement.
Washington,
United States, Feb 7 (AFP) Feb 07, 2026-The Pentagon is to cut all
academic ties with Harvard University, ending military education,
fellowships and certificate programs, it said in a statement on
Friday.The move is the latest in the Trump administration's battle with
Harvard over claims that the Ivy League institution promotes "woke"
ideology."For too long, this department has sent our best and brightest
officers to Harvard, hoping the university would better understand and
appreciate our warrior class," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in
the statement."Instead, too many of our officers came back looking too
much like Harvard -- heads full of globalist and radical ideologies that
do not improve our fighting ranks."The Pentagon said the severance of
ties would begin in the 2026-2027 school year, with military personnel
attending classes able to finish their studies.In a separate post on X
using his preferred term for the Department of Defense, Hegseth said:
"Harvard is woke; The War Department is not."Hegseth said the Pentagon
would review its ties with all Ivy League colleges for military training
and education."The goal is to determine whether or not they actually
deliver cost-effective strategic education for future senior leaders
when compared to, say, public universities and our military graduate
programs," he said.Hegseth is himself an Ivy Leaguer, graduating from
both Princeton and Harvard, though he reportedly sent his degree back to
the latter institution, and the former Fox News host had criticized it
on air for its allegedly left-leaning policies.President Donald Trump on
Monday said that his administration would seek $1 billion in damages
from Harvard after a New York Times report said the college had won some
concessions in ongoing settlement negotiations with the
government.Trump administration officials have accused Harvard and other
colleges of failing to sufficiently protect Jewish students during
pro-Palestinian protests, filing legal complaints and demanding
exorbitant payouts.The Trump administration's pressure on universities
has sparked some academics, including Harvard's former president, to
raise concerns about the possibility of eroding academic freedom.Trump
has previously sought to cut more than $2.6 billion of funding to
Harvard, and has moved to block the entry of international students -- a
quarter of its student body.
Anthropic unveils new AI model as OpenAI rivalry heats up.
San
Francisco, United States, Feb 5 (AFP) Feb 05, 2026-Anthropic on
Thursday released its latest high-performing artificial intelligence
model, escalating its challenge to OpenAI in the intensifying AI
race.Founded by former OpenAI staffers in 2021, Anthropic has gained
significant momentum in recent months with a series of product releases
that have impressed Silicon Valley -- and rattled Wall Street.Releases
including an AI automation tool and a legal field product contributed
this week to a broad selloff in software stocks, as they exacerbated
concerns that AI models can replace the utility of stand-alone business
apps and platforms.While its archrival OpenAI targets consumers directly
with the hugely popular ChatGPT, Anthropic appeals to computer coders
and enterprises seeking artificial intelligence products that prioritize
data security and predictability alongside raw performance.Anthropic
says its latest model, Claude Opus 4.6, represents a fundamental shift
in how AI handles complex workplace tasks.The company highlighted use
cases including financial modeling that synthesizes complicated
regulatory filings and market data, plus document and presentation
outputs that require minimal refinement."Claude Opus 4.6 gets much
closer to production-ready quality on the first try than what we've seen
with any model," Anthropic said, adding that deliverables will require
"less back-and-forth" to finalize.The launch caps a productive stretch
of more than 30 product releases in recent months. In November, Claude
Code -- a highly regarded coding tool -- surpassed $1 billion in revenue
just six months after its public launch.However, that revenue comes
with massive computing costs. Like OpenAI, Anthropic remains far from
profitability.OpenAI is not taking the challenge lying down, and on
Thursday released its own business-focused product, a platform for AI
agents called Frontier.The rivalry between the two companies extends
beyond technical features.Anthropic has publicly committed to keeping
its Claude chatbot ad-free, calling advertisements "incongruous" with
the personal nature of user conversations.This was in veiled contrast to
OpenAI's decision to introduce ads to the non-premium portion of its
roughly 800 million ChatGPT users, a move that critics say will create
distrust for the technology.Anthropic relies instead on enterprise deals
and paid subscriptions for revenue, a distinction it's highlighting in
its first Super Bowl ad campaign, airing this weekend.OpenAI CEO Sam
Altman hit back sharply at the campaign in a post, calling Anthropic
"dishonest" and "authoritarian.""Anthropic serves an expensive product
to rich people," he wrote, defending ChatGPT as a product that brings AI
"to billions of people who can't pay for subscriptions."According to US
media reports, Anthropic is planning a tender offer for its staff that
would value the company at approximately $350 billion -- staggering
growth for a four-year-old company but below OpenAI's reported target
valuation of $800 billion in its next fundraising round.Both companies
are widely rumored to be preparing for IPOs in the near future.
Reprogrammable metal bricks give robots muscle-like adaptabilityby Clarence Oxford.
Los
Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026-Mechanical engineers at Duke University
have demonstrated a proof-of-concept material system that allows solid
Lego-like building blocks to be programmed with different mechanical
properties and then reset for reuse. The approach uses a metal composite
that can reversibly switch between solid and liquid states in selected
locations, letting a structure change stiffness and damping without
altering its overall geometry.The team filled individual internal cells
with a blend of gallium and iron that is solid at room temperature but
liquefies when heated electrically. By sending current through specific
cells, the researchers can liquefy any desired pattern, effectively
encoding a map of soft and stiff regions in the material in a way that
resembles writing bits in digital storage. Cooling the material returns
the liquefied cells to a solid state, preserving the programmed
mechanical configuration until the pattern is changed again.In thin
two-dimensional sheets, this digital composite architecture enables
precise tuning of stiffness and energy dissipation across a wide range,
allowing the sheets to mimic materials from relatively rigid plastics to
softer rubbers. Because the underlying structure remains the same,
engineers can iterate through many mechanical profiles without
reprinting or remanufacturing parts. The team subjected these
programmable sheets to extensive testing to quantify how different
solid-liquid patterns translate into bulk mechanical responses.The
concept extends further in three dimensions, where the group created
modular, Lego-like blocks that can be assembled and disassembled. Each
cubic block resembles a Rubik's cube, containing 27 individually
addressable cells that can be locally liquefied with electrical signals.
Arranging multiple blocks into larger structures produces
three-dimensional assemblies whose stiffness distributions can be
reprogrammed, opening the door to adaptable load-bearing and
motion-control components.To demonstrate a potential application in soft
robotics, the researchers joined 10 of these programmable cubes into a
straight column that functioned as a tail for a simple robotic fish.
They attached the tail to a basic motor and operated the motor
identically while varying which cells in the tail were solid or liquid.
The same robotic fish exhibited very different swimming trajectories
depending on the internal phase pattern of the tail, showing how
reconfigurable mechanical architectures can reroute motion without
changing the actuator.Lead author and PhD student Yun Bai described the
goal as creating materials that behave more like living tissue than
static machine parts. "We want to make materials that are alive," Bai
said. He explained that while 3D printers can produce parts with fixed
mechanical properties, achieving a new behavior normally requires
printing a new object. In contrast, the digital composite approach lets a
single object assume many mechanical personalities by reassigning which
cells are solid and which are liquid in real time.Assistant professor
Xiaoyue Ni, who led the research group, said the ultimate aim is to
scale these concepts into larger, more capable systems. The team
envisions miniaturized versions of the programmable blocks that could
operate in confined environments such as blood vessels, where a device
might stiffen for propulsion and soften to avoid damaging tissue.
Similar ideas could apply inside delicate electronic systems, where
reconfigurable supports or vibration isolators might adapt to changing
loads and conditions.Another avenue involves tailoring the metal mixture
to adjust melting and freezing points for specific environments,
including the human body. By selecting alloys that transition at
biocompatible temperatures, designers could create implantable
components that reconfigure in situ, for example to act as adaptive
stents that change stiffness or shape as a vessel remodels. Outside
biomedicine, robotic platforms that traverse varied terrains or
manipulate fragile objects could benefit from limbs and grippers whose
mechanical profiles update on demand.Ni said the broader vision is to
build flexible, programmable materials that serve as the foundational
elements of future robotic systems. Instead of treating structure and
actuation as separate design problems, engineers could co-design
mechanical architectures and control schemes so that a robot's body
actively participates in its behavior. The digital composite strategy
provides a route to such embodied adaptability by combining simple
electrical inputs with reversible phase transitions at the material
level.The work relied on facilities at the Duke University Shared
Materials Instrumentation Facility, which is part of the North Carolina
Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network supported by the U.S. National
Science Foundation under grant ECCS-2025064. Additional support came
from the Beyond the Horizon Initiative of the Pratt School of
Engineering at Duke University. The study, titled "Digital composites
with reprogrammable phase architectures," was published online on
January 23, 2026, in the journal Science Advances.
Biometrics deployments at scale need transparency to help businesses, gain trust.Feb 7, 2026, 12:24 pm EST | Chris Burt.
Biometrics
deployments at scale need transparency to help businesses, gain
trust-The importance of biometrics testing and transparency are a
recurring theme in this week’s top news stories on Biometric Update. As
adoption invites scrutiny, more biometrics evaluations, completed
assessments and testing options come available. Communication is part of
the same issue, with major projects like EES, U.S. immigration and
protest enforcement, and more pedestrian applications like access
control and mDLs all taking off. The expectations they carry can only be
fulfilled with adequate clarity.Success and expectations-While all 29
Schengen area countries must have EES biometrics in place by the April
deadline, they will have the option of taking longer to begin using
them. The European Commission confirmed that 90-day temporary
suspensions will be permitted, and 60-day extensions are also being
considered.Brazil is working towards mandating biometric boarding for
all commercial flights and maritime departures to cut down on document
fraud while also reducing operational costs. A draft policy is now open
for consultation, and the first sea port pilot has begun.Biometric
physical access control is growing everywhere, but with some key
sectorial and regional differences, Goode Intelligence Chief Analyst
Alan Goode explains in a preview of his firm’s latest market research
report on the latest episode of the Biometric Update Podcast.Imprivata
could soon be on the market, with PE owner Thoma Bravo working with
JPMorgan and Evercore to begin exploring its options. The
healthcare-focussed authentication and access management firm could
fetch up to $7 billion, according to early reports, a decade after being
taken private for $544 million.mDLs aheadA panel at the “Identity,
Authentication, and the Road Ahead 2026” event looked at NIST’s work on a
playbook to help businesses implement mDLs. Representatives from the
NCCoE, Better Identity Coalition, PNC Bank and AAMVA discussed the
emerging situation, in which digital verifiable credentials are
available, but people don’t know how to use them.American mDLs could get
federal support, if a bill introduced to U.S. Congress this week
becomes law. HR 7270 has bipartisan sponsorship and would direct the
Treasury Department to lead a government-wide approach to ID
verification to slash fraud and identity theft rates. The Better
Identity Coalition endorsed the legislation at the Road Ahead event. The
organization’s Coordinator Jeremy Grant also explained the role and
scope of its voluntary code of conduct for mDLs and verifiable digital
credentials, for which it is currently taking feedback on an initial
draft.Better late than never-Another bipartisan bill, this one targeting
social media scams, has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. The SCAM
Act seeks to bring some accountability to platforms for making money
from fraudulent ads.A plague of scams infesting social media have also
sparked concern in the APAC region. Singapore has ordered Meta to
increase its use of facial recognition to stem the tide.Biometrics
testing-DHS S&T found 5 of 16 selfie biometrics providers met the
performance goals of its Remote Identity Validation Rally, Shufti and
Paravision among them. RIVR’s first phase showed that demographically
similar imposters still pose a significant problem for many face
biometrics developers.John Howard has revealed AI testing and auditing
firm Sensus AI his post-MdTF endeavour. The company brings together
“PhD-level, internationally recognized scientists” to help ensure
biometrics and AI system perform accurately and are bias-free. The
former SAIC and MdTF chief data scientist tells Biometric Update in an
email interview that he believes the rapidly increasing adoption of
these technologies will require a significant toughening of transparency
requirements to deliver on their promise.PAD standard compliance
testing has been keeping iBeta busy, including recent Level 2
assessments Iris ID, Alibaba Cloud, Privy, Regula and Compal Electronics
Brazil. Details of Neurotechnology’s biometric liveness detection
passing BixeLab’s Level 2 have also come out.The watchers-ICE is
considering whether it can apply ad tech that uses location data to
deliver targeted messages for investigations. An RFI seeks information
on how big data analytics can yield location data while complying with
regulations and “privacy expectations.”NEC NeoFace, the facial
recognition technology built into ICE’s Mobile Fortify app, is used by
UK police, and so has been through testing by the NPL. It is also used
in a variety of other applications around the world, including airports,
sporting events and fast-food restaurants in the U.S. This is the
facial recognition technology, along with Clearview AI and the FBI’s
NGI, that are now using to investigate protestors in Minneapolis.Please
let us know of any online seminars, podcasts or other content you think
we should share with the people in biometrics and digital identity
either in the comments below or through social media.
Milwaukee police sink efforts to contract facial recognition with unsanctioned use-Feb 6, 2026, 3:14 pm EST | Chris Burt
A
meeting on whether and how Milwaukee police should use facial
recognition in criminal investigations took an unexpected turn Thursday
night, with revelations that the technology is already in use, complete
with transparency and governance failures. By Friday morning, the
Milwaukee Police Department had placed a moratorium on the use of facial
recognition by its staff.MPD revealed in a Fire and Police Commission
meeting discussing its procurement options and whether the force should
be allowed to use the technology that it has already been doing so in
investigations, as reported by NPR affiliate WUWM. Further, it did so
without a standard operating procedure, and was still doing so when MPD
Chief of Staff Heather Hough asked late last night for acknowledgement
that we recognized this was an issue and we disclosed it.”Those
attending the meeting had expected a draft policy to be presented for
consideration ahead of any implementation of face biometrics for local
law enforcement investigations.MPD officials said they used the
technology through neighboring police departments. They said it has only
been used in criminal investigations, but could not support the claim
with any evidence.The disclosure prompted Commission Vice Chair Bree
Spencer to suggest a moratorium was needed.An internal MPD memo reported
by ABC affiliate 12 News this morning shuttered the practice.“Despite
our belief that this is useful technology to assist in generating leads
for apprehending violent criminals, we recognize that the public trust
is far more valuable,” says the memo obtained by 12 News.The twist
follows a widely-misunderstood effort by MPD to contract facial
recognition capabilities from Biometrica. MPD is now abandoning those
efforts, according to the memo.
Kneron’s access control biometrics pass Fime performance and PAD assessments-Feb 6, 2026, 1:53 pm EST | Chris Burt
Kneron’s
has passed assessments for biometric presentation attack detection and
performance in a month-long evaluation of its access control technology
by Fime.The Fime EMEA Lab tested Kneron’s Face Recognition Module 1.0
used in its KnDoorLock software against the ISO/IEC 30107 standard for
PAD and performance standard ISO/IEC 19795 with images collected using a
near-infrared (NIR) camera.The PAD test was carried out with 6 Alpha
level recipes and 6 Beta level recipes for attack instruments, including
printed photos, including curved ones, screen replay attacks, paper
masks, and also complex multi-layer masks and full 3D-printed head
models with hood masks. Kneron’s liveness detection software delivered
both an attack presentation classification error rate (APCER) and a bona
fide presentation classification error rate (BPCER) of 0.00 percent.
The result, Kneron says, is assurance of “ultra-high security.”The
performance testing was carried out with 150 subjects in low light,
strong light, and challenging indoor conditions, according to Kneron’s
blog post announcement. The company’s biometrics returned a false
acceptance rate (FAR) and false rejection rate (FRR) of 0.0 percent,
with no capture on enrollment failures.“Achieving zero-error performance
under NVLAP-validated conditions is a major milestone, not only for
Kneron but for the future of privacy-preserving AI,” says Kneron Founder
and CEO Albert Liu. “At a time when deepfakes and digital identity
fraud are rising globally, this certification demonstrates that edge AI
can deliver security the public can trust. It gives our partners and
customers the confidence to retire outdated, easily spoofed systems and
adopt next- generation authentication built for today’s threats.”The
software runs on Kneron’s purpose-built low-power NPU chips.In addition
to NIST’s NVLAP program, Fime is accredited for FIDO Alliance Biometric
Component Certification and meets the requirements for biometric
security testing for Android devices.
Analysis of 50 European eIDs shows most popular apps found in Ukraine and Turkey-Feb 6, 2026, 12:41 pm EST | Masha Borak
The
most popular European digital identities are not in the EU, a new
survey analyzing 50 eID apps across the continent has shown.Turkey and
Ukraine are the frontrunners when it comes to the number of downloads –
approximately half of their population has installed an eID app on
their phone. The two EU candidate countries are followed by Poland,
where a quarter of the nation has downloaded an eID app, according to
research published by identity verification firm Authologic.But download
numbers are not the only indicator of popularity for an eID app; a more
important question may be how much an app is used. A case in point is
Germany, a country which has over 23 million eID app downloads (33.2
percent reach) but a usage rate of only 4.8 percent.Opposite of that are
Cyprus, Moldova, Estonia and Denmark. An analysis of monthly active
users (MAU) shows that the most used digital identity apps are found in
these countries.Authologic, however, admits that the data comes with
some caveats.In countries such as Sweden or Norway, digital identity is
almost entirely integrated in banking and banks are reluctant to release
usage data. The research, instead, focuses on official state eID apps
such as mObywatel, Diia or MitID, relying on insights from data
intelligence platform Similarwab, the company explains.Authologic says
its research into European eIDs has unearthed three interesting
“correlations.”Countries with fewer than five million adults have an
average usage rate of 14.3 percent, which is nearly double that of large
countries. The conclusion is that smaller-scale eID projects seem to
build their service ecosystem faster, drawing in more users.App users in
countries which are currently going through a digital transition are
more active than in those with advanced digitalization.“This suggests
newer systems learn from the mistakes of pioneers, being designed for
daily needs such as banking and mobility rather than just
e-administration,” says the report. “Alternatively, users in these
rapidly evolving digital economies may be more eager to adopt new
technologies as part of their daily routine.”The final correlation
implies that private and public-private models generate the highest user
retention. Wallets that began as commercial solutions had time to
develop strong adoption and robust use cases, the company
claims.“Integrating eID with daily commercial services is the most
effective cure for low activity,” says Authologic.The Poland-based
company offers Know Your Customer (KYC) services with eID.
Sint
Maarten seeks digital ID for government transformation with World Bank
backing-Tender includes digital identity, signatures and SSOFeb 6, 2026,
11:29 am EST | Masha Borak
Sint Maarten has published a tender
for its government digitalization program, which includes digital
identity, electronic signature and a single sign-on platform (SSO).The
Caribbean island nation, which is part of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, issued a request for bids on Monday, inviting potential
suppliers to submit their offers by March 16, 2026.The initiative, known
as the Digital Government Transformation Project (DGTP), was developed
by the country’s National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) and is funded
by the World Bank. The international organization has been helping
rebuild the island’s infrastructure after devastating hurricanes Irma
and Maria in 2017, which caused damage and losses in the amount of $2.73
billion.The World Bank has previously participated in restoring Sint
Maarten’s Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA), which
introduced new biometric-based traveler processing technology from
Vision-Box as part of the renovations.The new procurement will be
completed in line with the World Bank’s regulation for Investment
Project Financing (IPF) borrowers, according to the tender
documents.Eligible bidders will be required to develop and implement the
digital ID, digital signature and SSO solutions according to the
Technical Design Documentation already produced by the government of
Sint Maarten. Work includes procuring, installing, and configuring
hardware, software, and licenses, as well as securing hosting services
or installing equipment in local datacenters.The contractor must produce
extensive documentation, including administration manuals, operational
procedures, API and SDK documentation, user guides, FAQs and complete
architecture descriptions of the developed systems.Additional
requirements include providing technological expertise and transferring
knowledge related to governing the digital ID infrastructure.
Socure
integrates RiskOS platform into Bolt ID checkout identity
layer-Platform enables risk signal analysis, KYC checks at point of
checkout-Feb 6, 2026, 11:28 am EST | Joel R. McConvey
Socure has
announced a partnership with Bolt Financial, the U.S. fintech company
that provides checkout, identity and payments software, which will see
it integrate its RiskOS platform into Bolt ID, to create a network-wide
checkout-native ecommerce identity layer.In other words, Bolt’s system
can now embed identity checks directly into the checkout process. A
release says Socure’s global Identity Graph, predictive risk signals and
compliance decisioning will strengthen identity confidence across
Bolt’s network of merchants, help onboard more trusted shoppers and
reduce fraud and false positives. In particular, it targets the growing
problem of synthetic identities, promising lower exposure to synthetic
identity fraud, streamlined checkout, and lower verification
costs.Socure enables safety, speed for Bolt ID-“Socure exists to provide
the highest fidelity of identity trust at an unparalleled scale, and
our execution with Bolt ID is a powerful example of that in action,”
says Johnny Ayers, CEO of Socure. He notes that Socure’s Hosted Flows
enabled Bolt to stand up the required onboarding and identity
verification experience within weeks. “By enabling Bolt to launch a
secure onboarding and checkout experience in just weeks, and replace a
fragmented vendor stack with a single intelligence layer, we’re showing
how our Identity Graph intelligence can be applied to detect synthetic
identities and stop fraud that no other provider can.”“The result is a
new model for commerce where identity, authentication, and fraud
prevention work together seamlessly to protect merchants and consumers
alike.”Justin Grooms, president of Bolt, says “Bolt ID is designed to
authenticate real people, not just score transactions. Socure provides
the identity intelligence that helps us understand when a shopper’s
signals don’t add up so we can stop sophisticated fraud in checkout
without compromising trust, privacy, or conversion.”
One-click’
KYB startup Duna picks up investment from Alphabet growth fund-CapitalG
explains why it led the €30M series A funding round-Feb 6, 2026, 11:27
am EST | Masha Borak
European business identity startup Duna has
completed a 30 million euros (US$35.4 million) series A funding round
led by Alphabet’s independent growth fund CapitalG.The startup offers
onboarding, including identity document and biometric verification, Know
Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB) and Anti Money Laundering
(AML), which is paired with AI tools that help perform business
verification by scanning documents, screening against sanctions lists
and preventing fraud.The financing brings the firm’s total funding to
more than 40 million euros ($47.3 million). Duna raised a 10.7 million
euros ($12.1 million) seed round in May last year, led by Index
Ventures.European venture capital firms also participated in the latest
round, alongside Puzzle Ventures and Snowflake Chairman Frank
Slootman.The fresh investment represents one of the larger single raises
in the European digital identity space during the past year, which also
saw funding rounds for OneID and Yaspa, according to
EU-startups.Founded by two former employees at payment company Stripe,
Duna’s vision is to create a shareable business identity similar to a
digital passport for companies, that will evolve into a network for
shareable identity and one-click onboarding.According to Duna’s founder,
Duco van Lanschot, the firm has seen strong traction with enterprise
customers. Co-founded in 2023 with David Schreiber, it currently serves
financial companies, including fintechs Plaid and Moss, payment
solutions provider CCV, online retailer Bol and SVEA bank.The new
funding will be used towards further expansion of Duna’s enterprise
capabilities and doubling down on R&D.“Compliance and identity now
consume up to 10-20 percent of a bank’s total costs,” Van Lanschot says
in a release. “The expensive and manual legacy systems lead to billions
lost in fraud, friction, and fines, as well as lost income from refusals
of legitimate customers. This makes it an ideal use case for AI
automation.”CapitalG explains its investment into Duna-CapitalG has
previously invested in companies such as Stripe, CrowdStrike,
Databricks, Duolingo and Oodo. In a note published on its website, the
investment firm explains that funding Duna was motivated by the manual
and costly process of exchanging information and documents between
businesses.Unlike verifying people, who have relatively stable
identities tied to government-issued documents and biometrics, verifying
legal entities is more complex. Businesses evolve, restructure and
transact across multiple jurisdictions. In addition, there is no
globally standardized “company database” to rely on.This is why the
challenge of business onboarding and identity verification remains
relatively unsolved by software today, says Alex Nichols, CapitalG
general partner.“Historical attempts have tried to solve this as a data
integration problem – orchestrating business logic across various data
sources,” he writes. “Unfortunately, the success of this is limited by
the quality of that data.”To improve low data quality, it is critical to
address its root cause, he adds.Duna plans to command the identity
process end-to-end, from customer intake and communication to policy
engine, data platform for aggregating insights across systems and
analyst workflow tooling.“Because of this end-to-end approach, Duna can
most effectively decrease friction and increase conversion rates,” says
Nichols. For example, rather than standard forms, Duna will only ask
users for the incremental required data not already in its network.
Customers report 35 percent plus conversion increases and 90 percent
plus reductions in time to onboard.”The ultimate goal for Duna is to
build an identity network – a shared, real-time infrastructure layer
that creates value for each participant in the transaction.“Each
business onboarded improves the network’s conversion advantage, enabling
customers to further cut onboarding through ‘one-click’ log-in. Over
time, a shared identity network will also enable businesses to learn
from the review process of others and benefit from system-wide risk
signals,” Nichols explains.
TSA says new ConfirmID system boosts REAL ID use at airports-Feb 6, 2026, 11:16 am EST | Anthony Kimery.
The
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says early results from
the rollout of its new alternative identity verification system show a
sharp increase in compliance with federal identification requirements at
airport checkpoints.According to TSA, 95 to 99 percent of travelers are
now presenting REAL ID–compliant licenses or other acceptable forms of
identification, such as passports, a marked improvement since the agency
announced the new TSA ConfirmID program in December.The system allows
passengers who do not have compliant identification to undergo an
additional identity verification process for a $45 fee that covers a
10-day travel period.TSA officials say the program is intended to close
long-standing gaps in identity standards while minimizing disruption to
travelers.Steve Lorincz, the agency’s acting executive assistant
administrator for security operations, said the rollout has had
“negligible operational impact” due to advance preparation and
coordination with airlines, airports, and industry partners, as well as
public outreach efforts.Lorincz said TSA continues to urge travelers
without compliant identification to schedule appointments with their
state departments of motor vehicles to obtain REAL ID credentials.The
launch of TSA ConfirmID coincides with the federal government’s
long-delayed enforcement of the REAL ID Act, a law passed by Congress in
2005 following recommendations from the 9/11 Commission.After nearly
two decades of extensions, TSA began enforcing the requirement under the
leadership of President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi
Noem, even as the federal government faced a partial shutdown.TSA
credited employee preparation for ensuring compliant travelers
experienced minimal delays during the transition.Under the ConfirmID
program, passengers without acceptable identification must complete
payment in advance through TSA’s website and present their receipt,
along with any government-issued ID they possess, at the security
checkpoint.TSA officers then conduct additional verification steps
before allowing the traveler to proceed. The agency says the process is
designed to ensure that individuals who pose security risks are
prevented from boarding aircraft.With spring break approaching, TSA is
warning that infrequent flyers may be more likely to encounter issues if
they are not prepared.The agency is encouraging travelers to confirm in
advance whether their identification meets federal standards and, if
not, to either enroll in TSA ConfirmID before traveling or obtain a REAL
ID from their state motor vehicle agency.TSA emphasized that travelers
who already have acceptable forms of identification do not need to use
ConfirmID.A full list of acceptable IDs is available on the agency’s
website, and travelers who are unsure about their ID’s status are
advised to check with their state DMV.
FBI launches operation Winter Shield to strengthen cyber defenses nationwide-Feb 6, 2026, 10:33 am EST | Anthony Kimery.
The
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week announced the launch of
Operation Winter Shield, a new cybersecurity initiative aimed at
helping organizations across the U.S. bolster their defenses against
evolving digital threats.The campaign, introduced by the FBI’s Cyber
Division, is designed to move beyond high-level advisories by providing
actionable guidance that organizations of all sizes can implement
immediately to reduce the risk of compromise.According to the bureau,
“Shield” stands for Securing Homeland Infrastructure by Enhancing
Layered Defense, reflecting a focus on improving practical security
measures across critical infrastructure sectors.While the effort is
voluntary and does not carry regulatory force, FBI officials emphasized
that it draws directly on lessons learned from real investigations,
highlighting defensive gaps that adversaries routinely exploit.The
initiative is structured around a series of prioritized defensive
actions that the FBI will spotlight over the coming weeks. Each week the
bureau plans to focus on one recommendation, tying it to examples from
actual cases to illustrate why it is important in real-world
operations.The guidance emphasizes reducing opportunities for initial
compromise, improving the ability to detect intrusions, and ensuring
systems can recover rapidly when incidents occur.Among the primary areas
of focus outlined by the FBI are steps such as adopting
phishing-resistant authentication methods, implementing risk-based
vulnerability management with regular scanning and remediation, and
retiring or mitigating outdated technology before it can be
exploited.The FBI is also encouraging organizations to closely manage
third-party risk, secure and retain audit logs for detection and
post-incident analysis, and maintain offline backups that are routinely
tested for reliability.In addition, the FBI is calling attention to the
need to identify and protect Internet-facing assets, strengthen email
authentication and filtering, enforce least-privilege access controls,
and exercise incident response plans in coordination with key
stakeholders.By connecting each of these recommendations to patterns
seen in actual intrusions, agency officials said they intend to make the
guidance less abstract and more actionable for IT and security
leaders.The rollout of Operation Winter Shield comes at a time of
heightened concern about cyber threats to both public and private sector
entities. Criminal cyber actors and nation-state adversaries continue
to target critical infrastructure and enterprise networks, often
exploiting known vulnerabilities and weak defenses.FBI leadership has
repeatedly warned that the frequency and sophistication of attacks –
ranging from ransomware to supply chain exploitation – make basic
defensive hygiene a national priority.Industry partners, including major
technology firms, have expressed support for the initiative’s emphasis
on closing the “security implementation gap,” a term used to describe
the disparity between awareness of cyber risks and the actual
implementation of effective safeguards.A blog post by Sherrod DeGrippo,
deputy chief information security officer at Microsoft, a partner with
Winter Shield, noted that many organizations know what they should be
doing, but struggle to translate awareness into sustained technical and
operational improvements.The FBI plans to complement the Winter Shield
campaign with public communications and outreach to help organizations
understand and apply the recommended measures.The bureau’s objective is
not to mandate specific technologies or tools, but to encourage a shared
baseline of resilience that reduces attackers’ avenues of attack and
improves collective response capabilities.With the campaign now
underway, FBI officials have made clear that they will continue to
monitor threat activity and update their guidance as necessary.They said
that by rallying organizations around a set of achievable defensive
priorities, Operation Winter Shield seeks to advance the security of
U.S. networks and critical infrastructure in the face of persistent and
evolving cyber threats.
No trust required with 8004, a new
Ethereum protocol for trustless agents-‘Agent discovery and trust
protocol’ ensures AI actors are vetted, validated-Feb 6, 2026, 10:24 am
EST | Joel R. McConvey
If you are near a tween in the coming
days, tell them “6-7” is over; now is the time for 8004. If they ask
what you are talking about, you might quote the 8004 website, and
explain that “the open agent economy needs to be anchored in the
democratic values that have shaped human progress.”If that doesn’t hook
them, this might: Ethereum Request for Comment 8004, or ERC-8004, is “an
open protocol that lets you register and make your agents and APIs
visible and portable; discover other people’s agents and APIs; and
decide which ones to use based on feedback from previous clients and
validation performed by third parties.”“In one sentence: it is an agent
discovery and trust protocol.”In another, it’s a standard that gives AI
software agents persistent identities and a common framework for
vetting. It defines three registries agents can join: identity,
reputation and validation. Respectively, these use token-based
identifiers, structured feedback and the ability for agents to request
independent checks of their work.For AI agents, ‘the name’s chain –
block chain’The general idea is to discover agents and establish trust
through reputation and cryptographic attestations on the blockchain:
which agent comes from where and whom, what is known about it, who can
vouch for or validate it.Per the protocol’s abstract, knowing this
enables agents to “discover, choose, and interact with agents across
organizational boundaries without pre-existing trust, thus enabling
open-ended agent economies” across vendors, chains or
jurisdictions.“Developers can choose from different trust models:
reputation systems using client feedback, validation via stake-secured
re-execution, zero-knowledge machine learning (zkML) proofs, or trusted
execution environment (TEE) oracles.”It’s not a market: no payments or
business models-Developed within Etherium, 8004 ultimately “aims to be a
universal standard for agent and service discovery and trust via
blockchains.” As listed on its website, its authors come from the
Ethereum Foundation, Metamask, Coinbase and Google; however, it is to be
run as an “independent community effort contributed to by more than 50
organizations.”According to coverage in Coinbase, “developers involved
in the proposal frame it as infrastructure rather than a marketplace.
ERC-8004 doesn’t handle payments, pricing or business models. Instead,
it provides common rails for discovery and trust,” and “could push
Ethereum further into a role as neutral infrastructure – not just for
financial contracts, but for coordinating autonomous software agents in
an increasingly fragmented AI ecosystem.”Fingerprint aims to sort bad
bots from good bots-Fingerprint has announced the launch of its
Authorized AI Agent Detection suite, an ecosystem of AI agents,
including OpenAI, AWS AgentCore, Browserbase, Manus and Anchor Browser. A
release says “enables enterprises to detect authorized agentic AI
traffic with 100 percent certainty, allowing organizations to
distinguish trusted, permissioned automation from malicious bots and
scrapers.”The product promises to support real-world AI agent use cases
and protect revenue while reinforcing fraud prevention through
enterprise and workforce automation.Valentin Vasilyev, CTO of
Fingerprint, says that “for years, the goal was simply to stop the
bots.”“But that’s a losing strategy as an increasing number of
interactions are becoming automated. The real challenge now is
determining whether traffic is legitimate. We built this ecosystem so
businesses can stop blindly blocking visitors. Instead, they can now
start identifying every visitor, whether they are a malicious bot, an
authorized agent or a human. In the AI era, companies that are able to
differentiate trusted visitors from suspicious ones will retain their
competitive edge.”Okta goes deep on agentic security-Okta has published a
seven-part series, AI Agent Security: Building Autonomous Trust at
Machine Speed, which covers a wide spectrum of topics and questions
related to the agentic takeover. “As business logic migrates from apps
to agents, every risk becomes an identity problem: who’s acting, under
what authority, with what lineage, and how fast can you revoke access
when context shifts?”The company says IAM must be rebuilt for autonomy –
and explains how.So far, 6/7 chapters have been posted.
Flight
escorted by IAF into Ben Gurion after ‘security incident’; concerns
unfounded-Air force scrambles fighter jets after ‘threatening message’
reported aboard Wizz Air flight from London to Israel; after landing,
authorities determine ‘no real incident’By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Today, 5:52 pm-FEB 8,26
The Israeli Air Force scrambled fighter
jets to escort a Wizz Air flight into Ben Gurion Airport Sunday
afternoon, following a suspected “security incident,” a military source
told The Times of Israel.The suspicions occurred aboard the low-cost
Hungarian carrier’s flight W95301 from London’s Luton Airport, and came
after one of the passengers purportedly received a “threatening message”
on their phone, according to a security source.An Israel Airports
Authority spokesperson told The Times of Israel that “due to suspicious
conduct on the aircraft, security forces acted in accordance with the
procedures for such a case.”The air force scrambled several fighter
jets, which escorted the plane back to the airport.“The aircraft landed,
and it was found that there was no real incident,” the spokesperson
said.According to reports in Hebrew media, the “threatening message”
first appeared on the phone of a ultra-Orthodox couple, though Channel
12 said that the “message” was the name of a Wi-Fi hotspot that had been
changed by their son to the Arabic word for “terrorist,” sparking fears
of a possible attack.Once on the tarmac, passengers and their
belongings were checked by bomb-sniffing dogs, Channel 12 added, and
nothing suspicious was found.Air traffic returned to normal after
incoming and outgoing flights were briefly paused due to the incident.
Interview'We
were punched in the gut... abandoned'-US Jewish orgs are reassessing
‘allies’ after Oct. 7 betrayals, key Jewish leader says-As institutions
look to ‘reset’ following two years of war, resources spent on community
relations may be better used for Jewish education, says Conference of
Presidents CEO William Daroff-By Zev Stub-7 February 2026, 5:10 pm
American
Jewish organizations are rethinking the value of traditional
coalition-building efforts after many long-time allies “punched us in
the gut” following the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre, CEO of the
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations William
Daroff told The Times of Israel Thursday.Ahead of the organization’s
annual mission to Israel later this month, Daroff, considered one of the
most influential figures in American Jewry, said that community leaders
are thinking about how to “press reset” after the ceasefire and hostage
return that brought Israel’s two-year war in Gaza to a level of
closure.After the shock of the Hamas attack, in which 1,200 people were
killed and 251 kidnapped, the Jewish world experienced a second shock
afterwards, on the proverbial “October 8,” when many saw friends and
partners turn against Israel or stay silent, Daroff said.“The day after
the attack, we were punched in the gut a second time when we saw how
many of our erstwhile friends and allies, with whom we’d marched and
supported, abandoned us,” he said.For years, mainstream Jewish
organizations have invested heavily in community-relations work,
building ties with African American, Latino, LGBT groups and labor
unions, among others, Daroff said. They joined coalitions on issues such
as raising the minimum wage, civil rights and broader social justice
agendas. Part of the purpose was basic decency, but there was also a
strategic aspect: an expectation that when Jews faced rising
antisemitism or when Israel was under attack, those allies would stand
with them.That assumption did not hold after October 7, however, Daroff
said.“The unions that we had stood with abandoned us,” he said bluntly.
“Now, in an environment where organizations have limited resources, I
think there needs to be a reassessment of how we prioritize engaging
with allies.”This does not mean turning inward and ignoring broader
social issues, Daroff stressed.“Fighting for minimum wage, for instance,
in and of itself, might be a good thing” from a Jewish values
perspective, he said. However, he said, the notion that such advocacy
would “pay dividends” for the Jewish community in the form of support on
issues of Israel or antisemitism has been “blown away.”Meanwhile,
Daroff said, the last two years have shown that organizations should
pour more resources into “doubling down” on Jewish education to
strengthen people’s identity and resilience.“We need to ensure that
these kids have the self-confidence to talk about Judaism, about Israel,
so when they hit the campus as freshmen, they’re not hit with
challenges for the first time and have no way to respond.”A return to
unity-Looking at the current landscape, Daroff, whose umbrella
organization represents 50 mainstream Jewish organizations from across
the political spectrum, said he sees a new level of unity and
willingness to cooperate following the events of the past two
years.After Israel’s judicial reform debate split society in the year
before the October 7 attack, “organizations have learned to bite their
lips on the 10% they disagree on for the sake of Shlom Bayit [cohesion]
and to cooperate on the 90% that they do agree on,” Daroff said.
“October 7 forced us to focus on who our real enemies are and what our
real priorities are, and there is so much work to be done that we can do
better together.”Mainstream Jewish leaders are nearly all in agreement
on most of the core issues, such as the centrality of Israel in Jewish
life, Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the Jewish people, and a basic
understanding of Israel’s role and rights in a hostile region, Daroff
said. While they may have squabbled over secondary matters before the
war, unity now means working together on these issues and speaking with
commonality of purpose and agreement.“My big focus now for the American
Jewish community is to try to continue this, and to impress upon our
Israeli brothers and sisters to put unity at the top of their
priorities,” he added.Daroff outlined his approach to “leading from
consensus” as the head of the Conference of Presidents, whose members
span the entire political spectrum.“My practice has been to focus on
areas of agreement, and from there, tiptoe into areas of disagreement to
see if there are ways to bring people together in a way that will make
everybody happy,” he said.Antisemitism and engagement-Looking at the
state of antisemitism today, Daroff sees “early indications” of a
gradual cooling of the explosion in anti-Jewish hostility over the last
two years. While it is too early to guess how things will progress over
the coming months, there are signs of progress, especially on the fierce
ideological battlefields of college campuses.“Things like anti-Israel
encampments and Jewish students being harassed are not happening
anymore,” Daroff said. “Campuses are much calmer now than they were
previously.”That marks a sharp contrast with the spring of 2024, when
weeks-long encampments, building occupations and class disruptions were
common at major universities.Much of that, he said, is because the Trump
administration took strong steps to enforce Title VI protections
against discrimination, including threatening to withdraw federal
funding, to force university administrators to clamp down on hate
activities on campus.“Those interventions raised the stakes for
institutions and literally changed the atmosphere for Jewish students
and faculty overnight,” he said.Meanwhile, the phenomenon of surging
Jewish engagement among non-affiliated Jews since October 7 shows no
signs of abating, Daroff said. Organizations continue to report rising
synagogue and JCC attendance, increased involvement in Jewish and
pro-Israel advocacy, and public displays of Jewish identity such as
wearing yarmulkes and Magen David necklaces.“We haven’t seen indications
that the surge is reversing,” Daroff said. “As a community, we have
been circling our wagons because we have seen that, at the end of the
day, the people we can count on the most are our Jewish friends and
neighbors. I think that’s been an important part of the surge, and we
need to find ways to ensure that Jewish engagement continues.”“My hope
at this point,” Daroff said, “is that with the conflict here receding,
the Jewish community can press reset and focus on what is important.”
JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of
Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST
DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four
winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS
IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there
shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD
IMMIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be
dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life:
and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES
POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I
have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
38 I will set My throne in Elam,And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says the Lord.
39 ‘But it shall come to pass in the latter days:I will bring back the captives of Elam,’ says the Lord.”
Ezekiel 32:24
24
There [is] Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of
them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into
the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of
the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to
the pit.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA)
Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they
are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES
COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble,
and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and
sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of
war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I
will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it
shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN
DAMASCUS)
A SURGICAL QUICK WAR WITH IRAN.
-HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONS BY US ALL NEAR IRAN.DRONES OVER ISRAEL AND OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
-DRONES OVER GULF OF AMERICA.STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
-SUB HUNTERS ALONG THE COAST.EVERY THING IS BEING TRACKED AROUND IRAN.
-TONS OF COMPANIES STOPPING THEIR CARGO SHIPS BEFORE GOING INTO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
-NUKE SNIFFER WATCHING RUSSIA CLOSELY FOR MOVING NUKES.
-AWACS TAKING KILL CHAIN AUTHORITY. MAKING DECISIONS, COMMAND STRUCTURE, WHAT
TO HIT IN IRAN.AND WATCHING THE NORTH SOUTH BORDERS CLOSELY. USA IS
WORRIED ABOUT SOMETHING FROM IRAN PROXIES HEZZBOLA EVEN THE IRGC.
-OR WATCHING SOMETHING STACK UP ON THE OTHER SIDE.BUT NO ACTION OVER THE MIDEAST YET.FROM EUROPE.
-WHAT
TYPICALLY COMES OUT OF TEXAS BIGGS ARMY REACH.AIR AND MISSLE DEFENCE
UNITS.PATRIOT MISSLE BATTALIONS (LAUNCHER, RADAR, CONTROL STATIONS.THAAD
ELEMENTS (FORT BLISS IS THE THAAD HUB).HEAVY ARMY EQUIPMENT.ARMORED
VEHICLES (BRADLEY/STRIKER-TYPE PLATFORMS).SUPPORT VEHICLES, GENERATORS,
RADAR TRUCKS.SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL-ADA OPERATORS.RADAR SENSOR
TECHS.COMMAND AND CONTROL ELEMENTS.
-SANANTONIO AND OVER TO PATRICK
AIR FORCE BASE.WHAT COMES OUT OF PATRICK.SOME SPACE ELEMENTS.YOU ALSO
GET P.JS-PARA RESCUE.WHEN THE P.JS GET CLOSE YOU KNOW WERE GETTING CLOSE
TO SOMETHING POPIN OFF. WHEN THE PJS GO OUT IT TIME TO GET READY FOR
ACTION.
-NOTICE ALL THE FLOW INTO RAMSTEIN WITH THE BROKEN TRACES AND
THE ELEMENTS THAT GO INTO JORDAN.HEAVY, VERY HEAVY..MOST LIKELY THE
BROKEN TRACES ARE DOWN BY JABOOTI AND AMAN JORDAN.
-CAMBER IS THE US
TRANSPERTATION COMMAND SIDE.ATLAS, US AIR,WESTERN GLOBAL ETC.HEADING TO
THE MIDEAST.EVERY THING IS COMING IN TO PLAY-ASSETS, AIR CRAFT SUPPORT,
FLY AWAY KITS, NEED FOR REPAIRS,BLACK BOXES,XTRA LANDING GEAR, TIRES
ETC.
-THEN YOU GET SUPPORT EQUIPMENT SUCH AS-AGENTS TO KEEP AIR CRAFT
POWERED,ALL YOUR TENTS COOLED.SO THEY CAN COOK FOR THE CREWS ALL OUT
THEIR.THIS IS NOTHING COMPARED TO DESERT STORM THOUGH.TENS OF THOUSANDS
TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS FOR DESRT STORM.
-THE AIR FUELLERS ARE TAPERING OFF THE LAST FEW DAYS.MEANING THINGS ARE GETTING IN PLACE QUICKLY FOR ACTION.
-AT
THE SOUTHERN BORDER ALL KINDS OF FLIGHTS.FIGHTERS.WHEN YOU SEE THIS
ACTIVITY PROBABLY MOST OF THE FIGHTERS ARE IN THE UK ALREADY. THERE
- ACTION AROUND SPAIN AND GIBRALTER.YOU LIKELY GOT FIGHTERS WATCHING THE MEDITERRANIAN AREA OVER THAT AIR SPACE.
-AIR MISSLE DEFENCE WAS TAKIN INTO ATHENS OR ITALY. COULD BE FOR THE OLYMPICS. MEANS THEIR MOVING SOMETHING BIG.
-RUSSIA
WILL SUPPORT IRAN BUT NOT GO DIRECTLY INTO IRAN.THEY SCOOT AROUND.THEY
GO TO HAVANA CUBA FOR THE 2ND TIME.AND ALSO TO THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC.THEN BAKU TO ARMENIA TO DELI INDIA DOWN TO SOUTH EAST ASIA. AND
THEN DOWN INTO CHINA.
-WHATS IRANS MAHA AIR BEEN UP TO-THERE GOING
TO A PORT IN ISTANBUL TURKEY.THEIR GATHERING STUFF THAT PROBABLY FLOATS
ACROSS THE RUSSIAN BLACK SEA.MISSLE COMPONANTS, DRONES, MUNITIONS.
THINGS THAT THEY NEED. AND NOTICE TO-DOWN TO THE WHOLE SOTHERN PLANKS IN
THE PERSIAN GULF. THE STRAITS.THAT PUTS EVERY THING INTO THE MIDDLE
EAST IN A VERY CLOSE REACH. AND THE TIMEING FROM LAUNCH TO HIT IS VERY
TIGHT. SOUTH EAST ASIA INTO CHINA. THEIR GETTING STUFF FROM CHINA.THEIR
GETTING STUFF FROM RUSSIA.THEN NOTE THIS. ITS ALL BEING CENTRALLY
LOCATED INTO IRAN.AND FLEXED OUT TO OTHER PLACES.
-FLIGHTS GOING INTO
RUSSIA-MEANS IRAN IS SAYING TO RUSSIA.HAVE YOU GOT OUR BACK.AND IF IRAN
GETS FRYED. KHEMENI HEADS OFF TO BOOT SCOOTIN PUTINS RUSSIA QUICK.
EZEKIEL 38-39 SAYS RUSSIA,IRAN AND TURKEY PLUS MORE MUSLIMS WOULD BE
COMING AGAINST ISRAEL. AND GONE TO HELL FIRE FOREVER AND ELAM IN
JEREMIAH 49 SAYS IRANS BOWS WILL BE BROKIN. SO THEIR IRANIAN GUARDS ARMY
WILL BE TOTALLY GONE FOREVER.WHICH MEANS TRUMP WILL BE OUT TO GET BLACK
HAT MAUDI LOVER KHEMENI OUT OF POWER AND INTO REGIME CHANGE.
-MAHA HAS ALSO BEEN FLYING INTO INDIA TO GET EQUIPMENT AND STUFF.
Iran FM says agreed with US to hold next round of talks 'soon'.
Tehran,
Feb 7 (AFP) Feb 07, 2026-Iran's foreign minister said a fresh round of
talks with Washington would take place "soon", while insisting that
enrichment was Tehran's "inalienable right" and building trust would
take time.Abbas Araghchi said the first round of talks in Oman on Friday
had been a "good start"."(Nuclear) Enrichment is our inalienable right
and must continue. Even with bombing they could not destroy our
capabilities," Araghchi said, according to excerpts published in Persian
on his official Telegram channel of an interview with the Al Jazeera
network."We are ready to reach a reassuring agreement on enrichment," he
added during the interview, which was later released in parts by Al
Jazeera with Arabic dubbing."The Iranian nuclear case will only be
resolved through negotiations."Araghchi's remarks came a day after
renewed nuclear talks in Muscat with Washington, which has deployed an
aircraft carrier group to the Middle East following Iran's deadly
response to anti-government protests.Friday's negotiations were the
first since nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States
collapsed last year following Israel's unprecedented bombing campaign
against Iran, which triggered a 12-day war.During the war US warplanes
bombed Iranian nuclear sites.Araghchi called Friday's talks "a good
start", but insisted that "there is a long way to go to build trust".He
warned that Iran "will attack their (US) bases in the region" if
Washington targets Iranian territory.He said the discussions in Muscat
were "indirect", via Omani mediation, but said that there was "an
opportunity" for a handshake with the US delegation.The two sides had
agreed to hold another round of talks "soon", but the date has yet to be
determined, Araghchi said.He said Iran's missile programme was "never
negotiable" because it relates to a "defence issue".The United States
has sought to address Iran's ballistic missile programme and its support
for militant groups in the region -- issues which Israel has pushed to
include in the talks, according to media reports.Tehran has repeatedly
rejected expanding the scope of the negotiations beyond the nuclear
issue.
Iran army reports fire at Tehran barracks, says blaze contained, no injuries.
Tehran,
Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-A fire erupted at a wood workshop located
within the grounds of a military barracks in the Iranian capital on
Friday, the army said in a statement.The blaze was contained and no
injuries have been reported, the army added, as it blamed an electrical
fault for the fire."The fire was brought under control when firefighting
teams arrived on time," said the statement, which was carried by
official media.Earlier this week, a fire broke out at a bazaar west of
Tehran, with rescuers bringing it under control.The fire on Tuesday did
not result in any injuries, rescuers had said at the time.
Iran, US hold talks in Oman after deadly protest crackdown-By Aya Iskandarani with Stuart Williams in Paris.
Muscat,
Oman (AFP) Feb 6, 2026-Iran and the United States began talks on Friday
in Oman, with Washington refusing to rule out military action against
the Islamic republic over its deadly crackdown on mass protests.Iran has
insisted the Oman-mediated talks will be centred solely on its nuclear
programme, while the United States also wants to discuss Tehran's
backing for militant groups in the region and its ballistic missile
programme.The talks are the first between the two foes since the United
States joined Israel's war with Iran in June with strikes on nuclear
sites.President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are leading their delegations at
the negotiations in Oman, which acts as a mediator between the
countries.Iranian state media reported the talks had begun, with
Araghchi saying Tehran maintains "full readiness to defend the country's
sovereignty and national security against any excessive demands or
adventurism" by the United States."Iran enters diplomacy with open eyes
and a steady memory of the past year. We engage in good faith and stand
firm on our rights," Araghchi added on X."Commitments need to be
honoured. Equal standing, mutual respect and mutual interest are not
rhetoric -- they are a must and the pillars of a durable agreement," he
said.Iran had said on Thursday it had a "responsibility not to miss any
opportunity to use diplomacy" to preserve peace, adding it hoped
Washington would participate in the discussions "with responsibility,
realism and seriousness".The US delegation intends to explore "zero
nuclear capacity" for Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt
said, warning that Trump had "many options at his disposal aside from
diplomacy".- 'Big fleet' -The meeting comes just under a month after the
peak of a wave of nationwide protests in Iran against the clerical
leadership, which rights groups say were repressed with an unprecedented
crackdown that has left thousands dead."They're negotiating," Trump
said of Iran on Thursday."They don't want us to hit them, we have a big
fleet going there," he added, referring to the aircraft carrier group he
has repeatedly called an "armada".Trump initially threatened military
action against Tehran over its crackdown on protesters and even told
demonstrators "help is on its way".But his rhetoric in recent days has
focused on reining in the Iranian nuclear programme, which the West
believes is aimed at making a bomb.US Vice President JD Vance told
SiriusXM in an interview broadcast Wednesday that Trump would "keep his
options open"."He is going to talk to everybody, he is going to try to
accomplish what he can through non-military means and if he feels like
the military is the only option then he is ultimately going to choose
that," Vance said.- 'Inflexibility' -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz,
speaking in the Qatari capital Doha, urged Iran's leadership to "truly
enter talks", saying there was a "great fear of military escalation in
the region".Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted by Turkish
newspapers as saying: "So far, I see that the parties want to make room
for diplomacy," adding that conflict was "not the solution".China said
it supports Iran defending its interests and opposes "unilateral
bullying".There had been disagreement in the run-up to the talks over
whether the meeting should also include regional countries and address
Tehran's support of militant groups and its ballistic missile
programmes, two US concerns that Iran resisted.Citing unnamed Iranian
officials, the New York Times said the United States agreed the talks
would exclude regional actors, and while the meeting would focus on the
nuclear issue, it would also discuss missiles and militant groups "with
the goal of coming up with a framework for a deal"."Iran continues to
show inflexibility toward addressing US demands, which reduces the
likelihood that Iran and the United States will be able to reach a
diplomatic solution," the US-based Institute for the Study of War
said.With the American threats of military action still looming, the
United States has manoeuvered a naval group led by aircraft carrier USS
Abraham Lincoln into the region.The Wall Street Journal cited a source
as saying that the head of US military forces in the Middle East would
join the latest talks.Iran has repeatedly vowed it will hit back at US
bases if attacked."We are ready to defend and it is the US president who
must choose between compromise or war," state television on Thursday
quoted army spokesman General Mohammad Akraminia as saying, warning that
Iran has "easy" access to US regional bases.burs-axn/ser
INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
2 PETER 3:10-11
10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements
(NUKES) shall melt with fervent heat,(BLAST) the earth also and the
works that are therein shall be burned up.(BUT ITS NO END OF THE WORLD
HOGWASH)
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,(BY
NUKES INCLUDING 3 BILLION PEOPLE) what manner of persons ought ye to be
in all holy conversation and godliness,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
JESUS
SHED HIS BLOOD FOR US THAT WE CAN BE SAVED FOREVER.AND DURING WW3
PEOPLES BLOOD WILL BE SHED AS A JUDGEMENT FOR HATING HIM AND ISRAEL.GOD
IS NOT MOCKED.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven,
and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I
will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an
astonishment unto the (ARAB/MUSLIM) nations that are round about
thee,(ISRAEL) when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in
fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16 When I
shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their
destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase
the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I
send upon you famine and evil beasts,(WHEN RUSSIA/MUSLIMS GET DEFEATED
THIER BODIES GET EATEN BY BIRDS,ANIMALS IN ISRAEL MIGRATION SEASON) and
they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through
thee;(NUKES) and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have
spoken it.
REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out
from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to
him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and
gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully
ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and
gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of
the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the
city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the
horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200
MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)
ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold,
the LORD will come with fire,(NUKES) and with his chariots like a
whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of
fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens
behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination,
and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I
know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather
all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
ISAIAH 26:21
21
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants
of the earth for their iniquity:(GOD/ISRAEL HATE AND BRAKING OF HIS
COMMANDMENTS) the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more
cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die - 3 BILLION).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them;
they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed
one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of
the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land
desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For
the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their
light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall
not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for
their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the
terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13
Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of
her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his
fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18
And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the
fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of
the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are
open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed
like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;
and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass
in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that
are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they
shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and
shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be
visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed,
when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and
before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12
And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the
people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume
away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and
their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)
and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM
ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD
PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that
day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they
shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand
shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN
WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say
to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the
Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour
every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall
not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be
burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor
their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath;
but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for
he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC
BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be
stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of
hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with
blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees
was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18
By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the
fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their
mouths.(ATOMIC BOMBS)(RUSSIA CHINA DESTROYED BY ISRAELS ATOMIC BOMBS)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12
And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river
Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water
thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be
prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of
the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD
DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14
For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth
unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to
the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM
NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a
great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is
done.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that
sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with
sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE
DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18
By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the
fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their
mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE
17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS
KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE
BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND
DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in
that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN
WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4
billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto
them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered
together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against
Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten
by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE
SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE
CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH
IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
China shuns calls to enter nuclear talks after US-Russia treaty lapses by AFP Staff Writers.
Beijing
(AFP) Feb 5, 2026-China rejected calls to enter talks on a new nuclear
treaty after a US-Russian agreement expired on Thursday, ending decades
of restrictions on how many warheads the two powers can
deploy.Campaigners have warned that the expiry of the New START treaty
could trigger a global arms race, urging nuclear powers to enter
negotiations.The United States has said any new nuclear agreement would
have to include China, whose nuclear arsenal is rapidly
expanding.China's foreign ministry joined a growing international chorus
expressing regret on Thursday over the treaty's expiry, but said
Beijing "will not participate in nuclear disarmament negotiations at
this stage"."China's nuclear capabilities are of a totally different
scale as those of the United States and Russia," foreign ministry
spokesman Lin Jian told a news conference.Russia and the United States
together control more than 80 percent of the world's nuclear
warheads.China's nuclear arsenal, meanwhile, is growing faster than any
country's, by about 100 new warheads a year since 2023, according to the
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).China is
estimated to have at least 600 nuclear warheads, SIPRI says -- well
below the 800 each at which Russia and the United States were capped
under New START.France and Britain, treaty-bound US allies, together
have another 100.- Fears of nuclear war -Signed during a warmer period
of relations, US President Donald Trump did not follow up on Russian
counterpart Vladimir Putin's proposal to extend New START's limits for
one year.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the expiry a
"grave moment"."For the first time in more than half a century, we face a
world without any binding limits on the strategic nuclear arsenals" of
Russia and the United States, Guterres said in a statement."This
dissolution of decades of achievement could not come at a worse time --
the risk of a nuclear weapon being used is the highest in decades," he
said, after Russian suggestions of using tactical nuclear weapons early
in the Ukraine war.A NATO official, speaking on condition of anonymity,
called for "restraint and responsibility" and said that the US-led
military alliance "will continue to take steps necessary" to ensure its
defence.The official condemned "Russia's irresponsible nuclear
rhetoric".China, meanwhile, "continues to rapidly expand and diversify
its nuclear arsenal", they added.A group of Japanese survivors of US
atomic bombs during World War II said they feared the world was marching
towards nuclear war."I have a feeling that in the not-too-distant
future, we'll actually have a nuclear war and head toward destruction,"
Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of the Nihon Hidankyo group, told a press
conference.In the run-up to the treaty's expiry, the metaphorical
"Doomsday Clock" representing how near humanity is to catastrophe moved
closer than ever to midnight, as its board warned of heightened risks of
a nuclear arms race.- 'Impossible' without China -Moscow said it
considered that both Russia and the United States were "no longer bound
by any obligations" under New START."The Russian Federation intends to
act responsibly and prudently," it added, but warned it was ready to
take "decisive" countermeasures if its national security is
threatened.China urged Washington to "handle follow-up arrangements of
the treaty in a responsible way, and resume strategic stability dialogue
with Russia", foreign ministry spokesman Lin said.Trump, who has
frequently lashed out at international limits on the United States, also
looked ready in his first term to let New START lapse as he insisted on
including China.But some observers say the expiry owes less to ideology
than to the workings of the Trump administration, where career
diplomats are sidelined, simply not having the bandwidth to negotiate a
complex agreement.On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio
reiterated a call for a new agreement to include Beijing."The
president's been clear in the past that in order to have true arms
control in the 21st century, it's impossible to do something that
doesn't include China," Rubio said.Daryl Kimball, executive director of
the Arms Control Association, which warns of nuclear risks, agreed that
China should engage.But "there is no indication that Trump or his team
have taken the time to propose risk reduction or arms control talks with
China since returning to office in 2025", Kimball said.The treaty,
signed in 2010 in Prague by then presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry
Medvedev, limited each side's nuclear arsenal to 1,550 deployed
strategic warheads, a reduction of nearly 30 percent from the previous
limit set in 2002.
Nuclear powers scramble for high ground after arms treaty expires.
Paris,
France, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-The cycle of bluff and counter-bluff
playing out between the world's major nuclear powers has redoubled since
the New START treaty on US-Russia nuclear disarmament expired this
week.While Washington wants Beijing to be part of any future treaty,
Moscow is calling for the inclusion of Paris and London.With the two
nuclear superpowers now free of the restrictions imposed by the New
START treaty, some experts fear another arms race.Each side's statements
are designed to get something from the other side without conceding
anything themselves.Here are three recurring themes in the dialogue so
far.- China hides its hand -China has dismissed the idea of joining
talks on a new nuclear arms limitation treaty.As one Western diplomat
put it, Beijing prefers to be "deliberately vague" on how hard it is
pushing to catch up with the two major nuclear powers.China has around
600 nuclear warheads in all, far fewer than the approximately 1,700
currently deployed by the United States and Russia between them -- and
fewer still than the total number of warheads the two nuclear giants
have in their stocks.But most observers agree that China has stepped up
production of its nuclear warheads. According to US estimates, they
could number 1,000 by 2030 and possibly even 1,500 by 2035.Testifying
before the US Senate's Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, retired
admiral and former commander of US Strategic Command (Stratcom) Charles
A. Richard advised raising estimates of Chinese capabilities above
"whatever the intelligence community tells you"."Double it or triple it
and you will probably be closer to where we're actually gonna wind up,"
he said.China's opacity on this question raises problems, said Ja Ian
Chong, a politics specialist at the National University of
Singapore."That limited transparency and secrecy create grounds for
miscalculation," he told AFP."Some observers think Beijing has an
incentive to obscure its true capabilities, which can both protect its
nuclear arsenal and provide some advantage in preventing potential
adversaries from developing countermeasures," he added.Granted, China
insists it keeps its nuclear capability at the minimum required for
national security, said Chong.But he added: "There is no way to
independently verify that claim."- No hotline in Beijing -A year after
the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis brought Russia and the United States to
the brink of war, the two countries installed a hotline so their leaders
could reach each other quickly in the event of a similar
emergency.China does not share that history.As Admiral Richard told the
US Senate committee: "One thing that Russia and the United States
learned through the Cold War was how you responsibly operate systems of
this great destructive potential."China, we don't know if they have
learned the same lessons."One reason China is reluctant to join nuclear
weapons limitations talks is that it is so far behind the other two
major powers, said Georgia Cole, a researcher at the London-based
international affairs think tank-Chatham House.Trump might well want
them at the negotiating table, she said. "But that's not going to happen
in the interim because China has said that they won't engage in formal
nuclear arms control until they achieve parity with the US and Russia."-
Russia's gambit -Russia's response to the US insistence over China is
to make the same demand of Europe's nuclear powers and UN Security
Council members, Britain and France.Gennady Gatilov, Moscow's ambassador
to the conference on disarmament in Geneva, said Russian participation
depended on that of the UK and France, "who are military allies of the
United States in NATO".The two countries possess fewer than 500 nuclear
warheads between them.But Russia wants them counted in a single Western
"basket" along with the US nuclear arsenal, said Heloise Fayet, a
security specialist at the French Institute of International Relations
(IFRI).That would turn them into "bargaining chips for the two great
powers", she pointed out."France has always rejected this principle."-
Talk about the risks -In Washington, Rose Gottemoeller, former US chief
negotiator for the New START treaty, insisted before the US Senate
committee that Beijing had to participate in future nuclear talks.She
had got the impression recently that "they seem very interested in
trying to figure out ways to begin a conversation with the United States
about nuclear risks", she said.So even if Beijing did not want to
engage in arms control talks, there was still a conversation to be had
about these risks."They have a much smaller arsenal than ours," she
acknowledged."But things like missile-launch notifications... hotline
arrangements... are valuable to begin a conversation about the necessity
of controlling nuclear weapons at the negotiating table and not being
so untransparent about what they're doing with their modernisation," she
argued."That has to be the first and foremost objective: talking to
them about what their intentions are."
US says new nuclear deal should include China, accuses Beijing of secret tests.
Geneva,
Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-The United States on Friday urged three-way
talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons, as it
accused Beijing of conducting secret nuclear tests and dramatically
swelling its arsenal.A day after the expiration of New START -- the last
treaty between top nuclear powers Washington and Moscow -- Beijing
reiterated that it did not plan to join disarmament negotiations "at
this stage".Russia meanwhile suggested other nuclear-armed states such
as Britain and France should be included in any talks."Arms control can
no longer be a bilateral issue between the United States and Russia," US
Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in an online essay."Other
countries have a responsibility to help ensure strategic stability, none
more so than China."The expiration on Thursday of New START, which
restricted the United States and Russia to 1,550 deployed nuclear
warheads each, marks the first time in decades that there is no treaty
to curtail the positioning of the planet's most destructive weapons,
sparking fears of a fresh arms race.US President Donald Trump did not
accept a proposal from Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to keep New
START's restrictions in place for another year, and called Thursday for a
"new, improved and modernised treaty".- Secret nuclear tests? -Thomas
DiNanno, US under secretary of state for arms control, presented the new
US plan Friday to the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations
in Geneva, charging that the lapsed New START treaty had "fundamental
flaws".He accused China of taking advantage of the "legally-binding
US-Russian restraint to begin expanding its arsenal at a historic pace",
maintaining that it was "on track to have over 1,000 nuclear warheads
by 2030"."As we sit here today, China's entire nuclear arsenal has no
limits, no transparency, no declarations, and no controls," he
said.DiNanno also accused Beijing of conducting secret "nuclear
explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated yields in
the hundreds of tonnes".He charged that one such test was conducted on
June 22, 2020, and accused China of seeking "to conceal testing by
obfuscating the nuclear explosions because it recognised these tests
violate test ban commitments".Trump hinted at similar accusations late
last year but without providing the same level of detail.He said
Washington wanted to resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time
in decades "on an equal basis" with Moscow and Beijing but without
elaborating and so far without following through.- 'Irresponsible'
-China's ambassador Shen Jian slammed Washington on Friday for "making
irresponsible remarks, for instance the threatening of making nuclear
weapons tests".He also reiterated Beijing's official position, insisting
to the conference that "China would not participate in nuclear
disarmament negotiations at this stage"."States possessing the largest
nuclear arsenals should continue to fulfil their special and primary
responsibilities for nuclear disarmament," he added.Russia and the
United States together control more than 80 percent of the world's
nuclear warheads.But China's nuclear arsenal is growing faster than any
other country, by about 100 new warheads a year since 2023, according to
the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.Russia, which has
said it no longer considers itself bound by New START limits, said any
new nuclear talks should include other nuclear-armed states such as
France and Britain, its ambassador Gennady Gatilov told Friday's
conference.Britain's ambassador, David Riley, appeared to dismiss the
idea, saying "the United Kingdom maintains a minimum credible nuclear
deterrent" and that arms control talks should focus on "those states
with the largest nuclear arsenals -- China, Russia and the US".French
ambassador Anne Lazar-Sury meanwhile said Paris believed "credible
measures capable of reducing the risk of nuclear weapons use" should be
"the objective of all nuclear-armed states."Trump has said New START was
"badly negotiated" and "is being grossly violated".Russia in 2023
rejected inspections of its nuclear sites under the treaty, as tensions
rose with the United States over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.But Trump
has resumed diplomacy with Putin's Russia. The two countries on Thursday
announced a resumption of direct military dialogue to avert crises.
Belgium probes suspicious damage to navy ship.
Brussels,
Belgium, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-Belgian authorities said Friday they
have opened an investigation after a navy ship was damaged in suspicious
circumstances, with the government drawing comparisons to a sabotage
case in Germany.The incident occurred on Tuesday at the Zeebrugge naval
base, where the exhaust system of the Oostende, a mine hunter,
overheated and was releasing smoke, according to the Belgian ministry of
defence."Technical investigations are underway and all hypotheses are
being considered," a spokeswoman for the Belgian federal prosecutor's
office told AFP.Although there was no fire and no one was injured,
firefighters were called to the scene to cool down the equipment, said
the defence ministry, which is also investigating.Responding to
lawmakers' questions on Wednesday, Defence Minister Theo Francken
compared the case to the alleged attempted sabotage of German naval
vessels in Hamburg."We have already seen this in Germany, where acts of
sabotage were involved," Francken said, describing the Belgian incident
as "striking".A Greek and a Romanian man were arrested this week on
suspicion of having tried to sabotage German navy corvettes in
2025.Germany and other NATO members across Europe are on high alert over
suspected Russian espionage, drone surveillance and sabotage.
Norway says Russia, China seek to up presence on Svalbard.
Oslo,
Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-While global tensions have focused on
Greenland, Norway's military intelligence service said on Friday that
Russia and China were looking to increase their presence on the
Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.In its annual threat
assessment, the Norwegian Intelligence Service said that "from Moscow's
perspective, Svalbard's strategic location makes it necessary to
maintain a Russian presence there".The second-largest town on Svalbard,
the coal mining settlement of Barentsburg, is almost entirely populated
by Russian nationals."There are signs that the Kremlin is looking to
make the Barentsburg settlement less dependent on Norwegian supply and
transport infrastructure"Regular port visits by ships from Russia
constitute one planned step in this direction," the agency said.It said
Beijing was "also expected to work towards enhancing the Chinese
presence in Svalbard"."The archipelago is strategically placed for
future shipping routes and polar research, which are central to
cementing China's role as an Arctic actor," it said in its report.It
noted that China's presence was becoming more visible in the Arctic and
that five Chinese research vessels had operated in the Arctic Ocean in
2025, compared to three in 2024 and one in previous years.The service
also noted that tensions between the United States and Europe over
Greenland and security in the Arctic "could serve both Russian and
Chinese interests."- 'Crumbling' world order -Andreas Stensones, head of
the service, said in the report that Moscow and Beijing stood to
benefit as "international cooperation and institutions are being
undermined"."The same dynamic is evident in the Arctic. Much of the
foundation for Norwegian security is being challenged and we must accept
that the world order as we have known it is crumbling," Stensones
said.Speaking at a press conference, Norwegian Defence Minister Tore
Sandvik noted: "2026 has so far been characterised by great
uncertainty."He pointed in particular to US President Donald Trump's
vocally stated desire to take over Greenland.Trump's threats against
Greenland last month plunged NATO -- of which Norway is a member -- into
its deepest crisis in years."There is no denying that relations across
the Atlantic are more unpredictable," Sandvik said.Stensones told the
same press conference that Washington's actions affected how both Moscow
and Beijing were thinking and acting."In their view, western unity has
already begun to crack, and they see great opportunities to strengthen
their influence and secure control in their neighbouring areas," he told
reporters.
Ukraine, Norway, Sweden top destinations for German arms exports.
Berlin,
Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-Ukraine was again the top recipient of German
defence exports last year, followed by Germany's Scandinavian NATO
allies Norway and Sweden, an official report said Friday.The economy
ministry said Ukraine had received around two billion euros ($2.35bn) of
arms exports from Germany, which has been Kyiv's most important backer
in Europe in its war with Russia.After Ukraine, the biggest buyers of
German arms were Norway and Sweden, which are regarded as exposed to any
threat from Moscow given their proximity to Russia.Norway, a founder
member of NATO, bought German arms worth 1.3 billion euros in
2025.Sweden, which applied to join NATO after Russia's 2022 full-scale
invasion of Ukraine and joined the alliance in March 2024 -- purchased
around one billion euros worth of weapons.Finland joined NATO in 2023
for the same reasons but was not among the 10 biggest buyers of German
arms last year.
Over 2,200 IS detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria: Iraqi official.
Baghdad,
Feb 7 (AFP) Feb 07, 2026-Iraq has so far received 2,225 Islamic State
group detainees, whom the US military began transferring from Syria last
month, an Iraqi official told AFP on Saturday.They are among up to
7,000 IS detainees whose transfer from Syria to Iraq the US Central
Command (CENTCOM) announced last month, in a move it said was aimed at
"ensuring that the terrorists remain in secure detention
facilities".Previously, they had been held in prisons and camps
administered by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in
northeast Syria.The announcement of the transfer plan last month came
after US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack declared that the SDF's role in
confronting IS had come to an end.Saad Maan, head of the security
information cell attached to the Iraqi prime minister's office, told AFP
on Saturday that "Iraq has received 2,225 terrorists from the Syrian
side by land and air, in coordination with the international coalition",
which Washington has led since 2014 to fight IS.He said they are being
held in "strict, regular detention centres".A Kurdish military source
confirmed to AFP the "continued transfer of ISIS detainees from Syria to
Iraq under the protection of the international coalition", using
another name for IS.On Saturday, an AFP photographer near the
Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria saw a US
military convoy and 11 buses with tinted windows.- Iraq calls for
repatriation -IS seized swathes of northern and western Iraq starting in
2014, until Iraqi forces, backed by the international coalition,
managed to defeat it in 2017.Iraq is still recovering from the severe
abuses committed by the jihadists.In recent years, Iraqi courts have
issued death and life sentences against those convicted of terrorism
offences.Thousands of Iraqis and foreign nationals convicted of
membership in the group are incarcerated in Iraqi prisons.On Monday, the
Iraqi judiciary announced it had begun investigative procedures
involving 1,387 detainees it received as part of the US military's
operation.In a statement to the Iraqi News Agency on Saturday, Maan said
"the established principle is to try all those involved in crimes
against Iraqis and those belonging to the terrorist ISIS organisation
before the competent Iraqi courts".Among the detainees being transferred
to Iraq are Syrians, Iraqis, Europeans and holders of other
nationalities, according to Iraqi security sources.Iraq is calling on
the concerned countries to repatriate their citizens and ensure their
prosecution.Maan noted that "the process of handing over the terrorists
to their countries will begin once the legal requirements are
completed".
METEORS OR ASTEROIDS OR SATELLITES FALLING STARS HIT THE EARTH DURING THE 7 YR TRIB.
AMOS 5:7,18-20-6:1
7 (WOE 1) Ye who turn judgment to wormwood,(POISON) and leave (CAST) off righteousness in the earth,(GROUND)
18 (Woe 2) unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
19
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the
house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
AMOS 6:1
1
(Woe 3) to them that are at ease in Zion,(JERUSALEM) and trust in the
mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the
house of Israel came!(WOE 3 IS THIRD WAVE OF WW3 WHEN ALL NATIONS MARCH
TO JERUSALEM FOR BATTLE)
JOB 9:6-9 (COMPARE TO REV 6:12-17)
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place,(QUAKE) and the pillars thereof tremble.
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not;(THE SUN BLACKEND) and sealeth up the stars.(WHICH NOW FALL FROM HEAVEN)
8
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of
the sea.(THESE SAME MEORITES MIGHT POISON ALL THE EARTHS WATERS ALSO)
9
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the
south.(AND IT IS INTERESTING GOD THRONE IS IN THE NORTH.AND FROM THE
SOUTH THESE METEORITES WILL BE FALLING ON EARTH)
COULD THE FALLING STARS-PLANETS BE PLEIADES AND ORION-JUST MY THOUGHT
Historically,
the Pleiades were seen as a group of seven stars – its brightest stars:
Alcyone, Atlas, Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta and Pleione are visible
to the keen naked eye. However modern observations show that this most
famous of open clusters is comprised of several hundred stars wreathed
in intricately structured nebulosity.As the Pleiades cluster is close to
the ecliptic (within 4°) in the constellation of Taurus it is a spring
and autumnal 'seasonal' object in both the northern and southern
hemispheres. Being close to the ecliptic, there are frequent
occultations of the cluster with the Moon and planets. To our
superstitious ancestors these were, no doubt, portentious events.
Likewise, the apparent annual motion of the cluster would have been
highly significant. The heliacal (near dawn) rising of the Pleiades in
spring in the northern hemisphere has from ancient times augured the
opening of the seafaring and farming season: while its dawn autumnal
setting marked the season's end.And also Spring and fall are Bird
migration seasons in Israel.It would not surprise me if Israeli wars are
not fought around the time of the Pleiades-Orion happenings.The Bible
contains three direct references to the Pleiades in Job 9:9 and 38:31,
and Amos 5:8, and a single indirect reference in the New Testament. This
latter passage (Revelation 1:16) describes a vision of the coming of
the Messiah – who holds, in his right hand, seven stars.Well since the
meteors do hit the earth in the last 6 months of the 7 year tribulation
period.I believe.Jesus' return will be only 6 months or so from
happening.So this Pieades (meteorites) earth hit would be warning the
world that Jesus is about to return to earth literally.
AMOS 5:8 (FORGET ABOUT PLANET X-NIBURU)(HERES THE FALLING STARS HERE)
8
Seek him (GOD) that maketh the seven stars (plieades) and Orion, and
turneth the shadow of death (darkness) into the morning, and maketh the
day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth
them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
JOB 38:31-33
31
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of
Orion? (BIND AND LOOSE THESE STARS)(GOD GIVES US A HINT-THESE ARE THE
ONES THAT FALL TO EARTH)
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
33
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth? (GOD TELLS US-I CAN THROW THESE STARS TO EARTH-I
AM IN CONTROL OF ALL THINGS)
MATTHEW 24:29-31
29 Immediately
after the tribulation of those days (NEAR THE END OF THE TRIB)(IS THE
ASTEROID HIT) shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her
light,(AS A RESULT OF THE METEORITES OR ASTEROID HITTING THE GROUND-IT
SHORTENS THE DAYLIGHT HOURS BECAUSE THE EARTHS GROUND STIRS UP DUST TO
THE HEAVENS AND DARKENS THE SUN AND MOON.I BELIEVE WHEN THIS ASTEROID OR
METEOR HITS THE EARTH-WE WILL ONLY HAVE 8 HOURS OF SUNLIGHT A DAY-SINCE
THE BIBLE SAYS 1/3 OF THE SUN AND MOON WILL BE DARKENED) and the stars
(METEORITES) shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall
be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in
heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall
see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great
glory.(JESUS AND THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS COME BACK TO EARTH AT THE END
OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD)(AND SINCE ITS RIGHT NEAR THE END OF
THE TRIBULATION PERIOD-THE ASTEROID HITS.-THEN JESUS RETURNS TO
EARTH)(SO WE KNOW NOW FOR SURE THAT THE ASTEROID HITS THE EARTH IN THE
LAST 6 MONTHS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD)(JUST BEFORE JESUS
RETURNS TO EARTH)
31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound
of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four
winds, from one end of heaven to the other.(HERES THE RAPTURED
CHRISTIANS FROM 7 YEARS EARLIAR-BEING GATHERED TOGETHER TO RETURN BACK
TO EARTH WITH JESUS)(FOR US TO LIVE ON EARTH FOREVER WITH JESUS)
REVELATION 6:12-17
12
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a
great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the
moon became as blood;
13 And the stars (METORITES) of heaven fell
unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she
is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and
the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every
free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the
face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come;(LAST HALF OF THE 7 YR TRIB) and who shall be able to stand?
REVELATION 8:8-13
8
And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning
with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became
blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star (ASTEROID)
from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part
of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of
the star (ASTEROID) is called Wormwood:(bitter,Poisoned) and the third
part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters,
because they were made bitter.(poisoned)
12 And the fourth angel
sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part
of the moon, and the third part of the stars;(LITERAL STARS) so as the
third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part
of it, and the night likewise.(HERES WERE THE ASTEROID HIT BLOCKS THE
SUN AND MOON-SHORTENING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TO 8 HOURS A DAY ONLY)
13
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice, Woe,(1) woe,(2) woe,(3) to the inhabiters of
the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three
angels,which are yet to sound!
MATTHEW 24:29 STAR MEANS ASTER OR ASTEROID ALSO-http://biblehub.com/text/matthew/24-29.htm
REVELATION 6:13 STAR MEANS ASTER OR ASTEROID ALSO.-http://biblehub.com/text/revelation/6-13.htm
REVELATION 8:10 STAR MEANS ASTER OR ASTEROID ALSO.-http://biblehub.com/text/revelation/8-10.htm
REVELATION 8:11 STAR MEANS ASTER OR ASTEROID ALSO-http://biblehub.com/text/revelation/8-11.htm
REVELATION 8:12 STARS MEAN LITERAL STARS NOT ASTEROIDS-http://biblehub.com/greek/792.htm
JOB
9:7 STAR MEANS - LITERAL STARS NOT
ASTEROIDS.-http://biblehub.com/text/job/9-7.htm -
http://biblehub.com/hebrew/strongs_3556.htm
AMOS 5:8 STAR MEANS - LITERAL STARS NOT ASTEROIDS-http://biblehub.com/text/amos/5-8.htm
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
OZONE DEPLETION JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH DUE TO SIN
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and
the light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the
light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of
his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold,
the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his
tongue as a devouring fire:
MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22
And except those days should be shortened,(DAY LIGHT HOURS SHORTENED)
there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake (ISRAELS SAKE)
those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)(THE ASTEROID
HITS EARTH HERE)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken:
REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him
glory.
EZEKIEL 32:6-9
6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.
7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the
stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon
shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9
I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy
destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not
known.
REVELATION 16:3-7
3 And the second angel poured out his
vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every
living soul died in the sea.(enviromentalists won't like this result)
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord,
which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6
For they(False World Church and Dictator and baby murderers by abortion)
have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them
blood to drink; for they are worthy.
ISAIAH 30:26-27
26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the
light of the sun shall be sevenfold,(7X OR 7-DEGREES HOTTER) as the
light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of
his people,(ISRAEL) and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold,
the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the
burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his
tongue as a devouring fire:
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC
GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall
be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE
SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great
signs shall there be from heaven.
2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,
being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
LUKE 21:25-26
25
And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in
the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the
stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations,
with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE
WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for
fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION-HEAVENLY OBJECTS) for the
powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
Spain, Portugal brace for fresh storm after flood deaths.
Ronda,
Spain, Feb 7 (AFP) Feb 07, 2026-Spain and Portugal on Saturday braced
for another storm heading for the Iberian peninsula, just days after the
floods caused by Storm Leonardo proved fatal in both countries.The
latest depression, christened Storm Marta, has prompted the deployment
of more than 26,500 rescuers in Portugal, where the foul weather has led
three municipalities to postpone Sunday's presidential vote till next
week.Both countries have issued warnings over the potential fresh
floods, after inundations blocked hundreds of roads, disrupted trains
and forced thousands to evacuate from the rising waters.In Spain, much
of the country's south, particularly Andalusia, was placed on orange
alert on Saturday, as was the north-west facing heavy rain and violent
storms, said national meteorological agency Aemet.But Aemet added it
expected the rainfall to be less "exceptional" than seen in recent days
during the Leonardo depression, which authorities say claimed two lives,
including a woman swept away by a river in Andalusia and whose body was
found on Friday.Fresh rainfall Saturday in Andalusia comes on top of
downpours which caused mass flooding, landslides and the evacuation of
more than 10,000 people from their homes."The rivers have hit their
limit," warned Juan Manuel Moreno, president of the Andalusia region, on
X.Many roads remained closed as a precaution and rail traffic is
largely suspended, according to the authorities, who have called on the
population to limit their travel as much as possible.Mario Silvestre,
commander in Portugal's civil protection agency, warned that the
forecast was "extremely worrying", as quoted by the Lusa press
agency.His organisation fears gusts of wind reaching 110 kilometres (68
miles) per hour after Marta reaches the Portuguese coastline, along with
landslides and flash floods."All the furniture is completely destroyed,
the water broke the window, forced the doors open and then burst
through the window from the other side," Francisco Marques, a municipal
employee in the central village of Constancia, told AFP.After flying
over flood-hit areas in southern Spain near Cadiz on Friday, Prime
Minister Pedro Sanchez warned that "difficult days" lay ahead for the
region as a result of the "very dangerous" weather forecast.Sanchez
added he was "bowled over at seeing the endless rain."Portuguese Prime
Minister Luis Montenegro warned the damage exceeded four billion euros
($4.7 billion).Portugal was already reeling from the effects of Storm
Kristin, which led to the deaths of five people, injured hundreds and
left tens of thousands without power, when Leonardo hit earlier this
week.Portugal's National Meteorological Institute (IPMA) has placed the
entire coastline on orange alert due to heavy sea conditions, with waves
reaching up to 13 metres high.Eight of the 18 districts on the
mainland, located in the centre and south of the country, are also on
orange alert."All river basins remain under severe pressure,"
particularly the Tagus River in the Lisbon region and the Sado River
further south, a spokesperson for the National Civil Protection
Authority told AFP.One person died during the passage of Storm Leonardo
earlier this week and 1,100 people were evacuated across the country,
according to the authorities.A succession of atmospheric depressions saw
Portugal's dams release "a volume of water equivalent to the country's
annual consumption" in just three days, said Jose Pimenta Machado,
president of the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), on Friday.Several
hundred kilometres (miles) further south, Morocco has also also been hit
by a series of violent storms, which have displaced 150,000 people in
the north-west of the country in recent days.Scientists say human-driven
climate change is increasing the length, intensity and frequency of
extreme weather events, such as the floods and heatwaves that have
struck both countries in recent years.rbj-rs-tsc-lf-mig/sbk/cw/ach
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 74.
Jakarta,
Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia
has climbed to 74, authorities said Friday, extending the search for
missing people and bodies nearly two weeks since it began.Heavy rain
triggered the landslide that tore through a mountain village in Java's
West Bandung region on January 24, burying dozens of homes and
displacing hundreds.Thousands of rescuers, supported by police, military
and volunteers, have been digging through mud and debris manually and
using heavy equipment.The local search and rescue agency said 74 victims
had been identified."There are still a number of residents on the
missing persons list who have not yet been found," said the agency's
head Ade Dian Permana, without giving a figure."Weather conditions
remain the main challenge, with thick fog and rain still covering the
search area, significantly impacting visibility and stability in the
area," said Ade.He said the search would continue but with adjustments
as it had now entered the recovery phase.The Indonesian navy has said
that 23 personnel that were training in the area were among those caught
in the landslide that struck Pasirlangu village.Around 50 houses were
damaged and more than 160 people remain displaced, according to local
authorities.The government has pointed to the role forest loss played in
flooding and landslides on the neighbouring island of Sumatra late last
year, which killed around 1,200 people and displaced more than
240,000.Forests help absorb rainfall and stabilise the ground held by
their roots, and their absence makes areas more prone to landslides.Such
disasters are common across the vast Indonesian archipelago during the
rainy season, which typically runs from October to March.
Our children are next' fear Kenyans as drought wipes out livestock.
Mandera,
Kenya, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-In drought-hit northeastern Kenya,
villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant
fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas
away from their homes.Mandera county along Kenya's borders with Ethiopia
and Somalia has seen no rain since May and is now on the point of a
full-blown water emergency."I have lost all my cows and goats, and
burned them here," Bishar Maalim Mohammed, 60, a resident of Tawakal
village, told AFP.In his village, where most are pastoralists relying
heavily on their animals, the only remaining bull can no longer stand.
He has lain in the same spot for nearly a week, severely dehydrated with
bones protruding through his skin, as his owner watches helplessly.In
the nearby town of Banissa, the man-made watering hole that once held
60,000 cubic metres of water is dry, leaving a barren expanse that
children have turned into a playground.Herds of goats, cattle and camels
must now trek up to 30 kilometres (20 miles) to the nearest watering
hole at Lulis village, jostling for the remaining water that officials
are rationing."In two weeks this water will be finished... we are in a
very bad state," said local resident Aden Hussein, 40.More than two
million people across 23 counties in Kenya are facing worsening food
insecurity after the October-December short rains failed, with rainfall
two-thirds below average.The National Drought Management Authority has
placed about nine counties on alert, while Mandera county is at the
"alarm" phase, one step short of an official emergency.The Famine Early
Warning Systems Network recently said 20 to 25 million people in Kenya,
Somalia and Ethiopia need humanitarian food assistance, more than half
because of drought."Our children are the next ones who are going to
die," said Maalim Mohammed in Tawakal.- 'No milk at all' -At Banissa's
main hospital, an influx of severely malnourished children -- some
arriving from neighbouring Ethiopia -- has overwhelmed the paediatric
ward.During a recent visit, AFP saw eight children suffering from severe
malnutrition, including a 32-month-old girl weighing just 4.5 kilograms
and another child who had been readmitted after returning to a
household with no food."Children are not getting an adequate diet
because of this drought... they depend on camel and goat milk but there
is now no milk at all," said hospital nutritionist Khalid Ahmed
Wethow.The hospital, which serves around 200,000 people, has only eight
tins of therapeutic milk remaining in its paediatric unit, which were
expected to run out this week.The unit depends on donations from
organisations such as the World Food Programme, but with Western
countries slashing aid budgets over the past year, it has not received
any supplies in six months.The Kenyan government and aid groups such as
the Red Cross have increased water-trucking efforts, food assistance and
cash support, but say they cannot keep up with demand.- 'Tried to
escape' -In desperation, Bishar Mohamed, no relation to the first
villager, travelled more than 150 kilometres with his herd of 170 goats
in search of pasture. Around 100 died along the way and the rest died
after he returned home to Hawara village."We have tried to escape in
search of better places and failed," he told AFP, standing in a field
where the carcasses of his goats were piled up. "I have been moving by
foot... my head is severely in pain... we are thirsty."In nearby Jabi
Bar village, enrolment at a nearby school has dropped by more than half,
headteacher Ali Haji Shabure told AFP."Only 99 children are in school,
most of them have left with their parents," Shabure said.The next rains
-- if they come -- are not due before April.Bishara Maalim, a mother of
10 in Hawara, has only one hope for her children: "May God save them."
I wanted to die': survivors recount Mozambique flood terror.
Manhiça,
Mozambique, Feb 6 (AFP) Feb 06, 2026-Erica Raimundo Mimbir delivered
her first baby on a school desk, the only dry place she found after days
marooned in her flooded home in southern Mozambique."I wanted to die
because of the labour pains and the conditions," the 17-year-old told
AFP in a village in the province of Maputo.Evacuated by boat the next
day, Mimbir took shelter with relatives, among some 650,000 Mozambicans
the United Nations says have been affected by torrential rains since
December."I don't think I'll return home because I've never experienced
anything like this," Mimbir said, recounting that the high waters meant
she could not sleep lying down but leaning against a wall."It was very
painful," she said, holding her baby, Rosita, who was born on January 19
premature and weighing 1.5 kilogrammes (3.3 pounds).The child was named
after Rosita Salvador, whose mother gave birth in a tree that she
climbed to escape devastating flooding in Mozambique in 2000.Salvador,
who died this month after a long illness, became a symbol of resilience
in a disaster that killed 800 people.The southern African country's
latest bout of flooding has claimed nearly 140 lives since October 1,
according to the National Disasters Management Institute.Around 100,000
people are sheltering in one of 99 temporary accommodation centres, says
the UN's humanitarian coordination office (OCHA).- 'Heart not at peace'
-In the province's 3 de Fevereiro village in Manhica district, a
low-slung school has been turned into one such emergency shelter.About
500 people sleep on mats in its 11 classrooms, their clothes draped over
blackboards and window bars as they take stock of what the floods swept
away and how close many came to losing their lives.Among them is Elsa
Paulino, a 36-year-old mother of five who became cut off from her home
after taking her two youngest children to a funeral outside her
village.By the time she returned, the road had vanished under rising
water. "The car I was travelling in almost overturned because of the
fury of the waters," she told AFP.Her other three children were still at
home. "I was desperate."Paulino eventually managed to arrange for them
to be evacuated by bus to relatives in neighbouring Gaza province, also
badly affected by the floods.But washed-out roads mean her children have
still not been able to join her. "Right now I know my children are safe
but my mother's heart isn't at peace," she said.Across the region,
floods have ripped through critical infrastructure -- roads, bridges,
power lines and water systems. They have slowed aid deliveries and
isolated entire communities.The N1 highway linking Maputo to the north
remains cut. About 325,000 head of livestock have died and 285,000
hectares (704,250 acres) of farmland have been damaged, according to
OCHA.The latest flooding is among the worst Mozambique has seen in
years, with officials warning the death toll could rise as more heavy
rains loom and a nationwide red?alert remains in force.For Salvador
Maengane, a 67?year?old farmer sheltering in 3 de Fevereiro, the losses
are total."All my farmland was flooded," he said. He was due to harvest
maize and vegetables in March and sugarcane in May."Everything was lost
and I have nothing to sell. All my family's livelihood is gone," he
said, his thin frame hunched with exhaustion.Maengane, who farms five
hectares in Xinavane, further north, said that in previous rainy seasons
he could still salvage part of his crop."This is the first time I have
seen a tragedy of this magnitude," he said.
Morocco says evacuated 140,000 people due to severe weather.
Rabat,
Feb 5 (AFP) Feb 05, 2026-Authorities have evacuated more than 140,000
people from their homes since heavy rainfall flooded several provinces
in northern Morocco last week, the interior ministry said
Thursday.Authorities have not announced any casualties, and the national
weather service forecast heavy rains and strong winds to continue on
Thursday and Friday across the north.The severe weather came after
Morocco struggled with seven consecutive years of drought.The
evacuations began last Friday and mainly concerned Larache province,
where the city of Ksar El Kebir -- about 100 kilometres (60 miles) south
of Tangier -- has seen significant flooding.Some residents including
children and elderly people were stranded on rooftops before being
rescued, at times in small boats.In Sidi Kacem province, around 120
kilometres south of Ksar El Kebir, more than 10,000 people were rescued,
some by helicopter, as floodwaters inundated roads and farmland.AFP
images showed Sidi Kacem residents struggling to move through muddy
floodwaters, sometimes using partly submerged tractors or
motorbikes.Other people were evacuated in areas near Oued Loukos, a
major river flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.In December, 37 people were
killed in sudden floods in Safi, in Morocco's deadliest weather-related
disaster in the past decade.In recent weeks, severe weather and flooding
in neighbouring Algeria killed two people, including a child.In
Tunisia, at least five people died, with others still missing, after the
country saw its heaviest rainfall in over 70 years last month.
