TRUMPS TUFF DECISION.

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)

 TRUMPS TUFF DECISION.

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

Israel says Rafah Crossing to reopen when IDF finishes search for last hostage body-No timeline given by Netanyahu’s office on search for Ran Gvili, but US official says operation expected to last several days, allowing crossing to open by end of week By Lazar Berman,Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Today, 2:35 am-JAN 25,26

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced on Sunday that Israel will reopen the Rafah Crossing between Gaza and Egypt after it completes a military operation launched Sunday to recover the body of the last deceased hostage, Master Sgt. Ran Gvili.The announcement followed a security cabinet meeting on the issue, and as Israel has faced significant international pressure to reopen the Rafah Crossing.While the statement from Netanyahu’s office did not give a specific timeline for how long the IDF operation seeking to recover Gvili’s body will take, a US official told The Times of Israel that Washington expects the search to last several days, allowing for the reopening of Rafah by the end of this week.The IDF confirmed earlier on Sunday evening that it is searching for Gvili’s body in a cemetery in the northern Gaza Strip. The IDF said that while it is credible that Gvili’s remains are located at the cemetery, there are other potential intelligence leads on where his body could be.The chief commissioner of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza and the Gaza envoy for the NCAG-overseeing Board of Peace already announced on Thursday that Rafah would reopen this week for the first time in nearly one year.Netanyahu’s office said in a statement Sunday that the opening of the only crossing between Egypt and Gaza was conditioned “on the return of all living hostages and on Hamas making a 100% effort to locate and return all slain hostages.”October 9’s Israel-Hamas deal on the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s broader Gaza peace plan provided for the return of all hostages within 72 hours of the October 10 ceasefire commencement, but it left open the possibility that the recovery of bodies from underneath Gaza’s rubble might take longer and did not explicitly condition Rafah’s reopening on the return of all captives.Israel has resisted moving forward with phase two of Trump’s peace plan — including reopening the Rafah Crossing between the Strip and Egypt — before Gvili’s body has been returned. Hamas has maintained that it does not know the exact location of his remains and has made attempts to search.The PMO statement said that the IDF is right now conducting “a focused operation to fully utilize all intelligence obtained in the effort to locate and return” Gvili.When that operation is complete, “and in accordance with what was agreed on with the United States,” Israel will reopen the crossing, Netanyahu’s office said.Netanyahu’s office stressed that Israel is committed to Gvili’s return and will do everything it can to bring his body back.The search operation began over the weekend, based on intelligence information that the body was buried at a Muslim cemetery in eastern Gaza City, near the neighborhoods of Shejaiya, Daraj, and Tuffah.Gvili, a 24-year-old policeman, was killed defending Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel during the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023, which sparked the war in Gaza. He rushed to the fight even as he was awaiting surgery for a shoulder injury.On Friday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir stopped at the weekly rally held by Gvili’s family in Tel Aviv and reportedly told his parents that there was “room for optimism” for their son’s return.‘A big mistake and a very bad decision’At a security cabinet meeting Sunday night, far-right ministers reportedly slammed the decision to eventually reopen the crossing.“We did great things like kill tens of thousands of terrorists, but we still haven’t completely eliminated Hamas,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said, according to quotes reported by the Walla news site.“We have to dismantle and disarm it. Enough with [Jared] Kushner and [Steve] Witkoff’s naivety — if Rafah Crossing opens, it will be a big mistake and a very bad message,” he reportedly said.The US envoys, who met on Saturday with Netanyahu and other officials during their trip to Israel, have been pressing Jerusalem to move forward with the next steps of Trump’s Gaza plan.Settlements and National Projects Minister Orit Strock reportedly charged that Israel was handing over Gaza to the Palestinian Authority, which the government has accused of backing terrorism and has insisted cannot have a role in governing the enclave.“This cabinet will eventually make a decision to send our soldiers to fight Hamas because no one else will do it, and then what will we tell them?” she said, according to Walla.While it was also used for goods throughout the war, the Rafah Crossing’s intended use is for pedestrians.

Stratolaunch secures major funding to scale hypersonic flight services-by Clarence Oxford.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026-Stratolaunch has completed a significant capital raise to accelerate the growth of its hypersonic test and flight services business, adding Elliott Investment Management L.P. as a new investor alongside existing backer Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. The new funding is intended to rapidly expand Stratolaunch's role in the American defense industrial base through higher production rates and more frequent hypersonic flight operations.Stratolaunch describes itself as a hypersonics technology accelerator providing comprehensive testing capabilities to support national security requirements for the United States and allied nations. The company has designed and developed what it calls the first and only commercial, autonomous, reusable hypersonic aircraft, which has already achieved multiple successful flights that demonstrate its concept of operations.The company's offerings span vehicle design, manufacturing, flight testing, digital modeling, and operations in order to emphasize cost control, rapid schedules, and reliable delivery for government and industry customers. With the new capital, Stratolaunch plans to increase the production capacity of its hypersonic vehicles, raise its flight cadence, and pursue additional carrier aircraft to support more frequent and operationally relevant demonstrations for the Department of War and partner agencies."At a time when speed, scale, capability, and execution matter more than ever, this investment enables Stratolaunch to move faster and think bigger," said Zachary Krevor, president and CEO of Stratolaunch. "The United States does not have time for incrementalism. We're building the infrastructure, vehicles, and flight capacity required to deliver hypersonic capability at a pace that matches the urgency of today's threat environment."Elliott Investment Management joins as a new equity partner and positions the company to expand its footprint in the hypersonic test market. "We look forward to partnering with Cerberus and the Stratolaunch management team to support the growth of the company," said David Kerko, head of global private equity at Elliott. "We are pleased that our capital can help extend the company's market leadership in hypersonic testing services and enable its continued expansion."The investment is aligned with current Administration guidance calling on defense contractors to prioritize the needs of the warfighter, reduce barriers to fielding new capabilities, and strengthen the domestic industrial base through faster execution. Stratolaunch positions its expanding flight operations and infrastructure as a direct response to that call, emphasizing that greater hypersonic test capacity is needed to match emerging threats."Credibility comes from demonstrated capability delivered at scale. We've already demonstrated hypersonic capability and now it's time to deliver at scale," Krevor said. He added that the company is "excited to welcome Elliott as a new partner alongside Cerberus, who has steadfastly supported our hypersonic mission," and underscored that Stratolaunch intends to expand hypersonic production while increasing the nation's hypersonic flight cadence.Cerberus, which invested in Stratolaunch earlier in its current phase, frames the company's progress as part of a long-term approach to defense-related industrial capabilities. Michael Palmer, Cerberus' co-head of supply chain and strategic opportunities, said, "From the start, our focus at Stratolaunch has been disciplined execution, building an enduring business aligned with one of our country's most important priorities. We're proud to welcome a partner who shares that vision as the company expands to meet the urgent need for scaled hypersonics."The transaction also involved several financial and legal advisors. Citigroup served as exclusive financial advisor to Stratolaunch, while Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP acted as legal counsel to Cerberus. BofA Securities provided financial advice to Elliott, and Debevoise and Plimpton LLP served as Elliott's legal counsel on the investment.Stratolaunch states that its mission is to advance high speed technology through the design, manufacturing, and operation of aerospace vehicles built specifically for demanding hypersonic test regimes. The company maintains an online presence through its website and social media channels as it seeks to highlight continuing flight milestones and the expansion of its hypersonic test fleet.

Orion to advance IARPA system for tracking small space debris-by Clarence Oxford.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026-Orion Space Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcfield, has received a follow-on subcontract from Advanced Space to support Phase 2 of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Space Debris Identification and Tracking (SINTRA) program. The new two-year award extends work that began in Phase 1, where the team investigated how orbital debris interacts with the ionosphere to reveal signatures that can be used for detection and tracking of otherwise untracked objects.In the first phase of SINTRA, Orion conducted what it describes as the first large-scale statistical study of the relationship between space objects and ionospheric perturbations. By examining how debris modifies the plasma environment, the team identified patterns in the plasma wave signatures associated with orbiting objects. These results provided the scientific foundation needed to move from basic research toward operational techniques for indirect debris sensing.Phase 2 of the program will focus on refining and operationalizing these methods to detect and characterize previously untracked debris through measurements of the plasma wave environment. Orion will develop and mature tools that estimate the properties of small orbital debris objects based solely on the disturbances they create in ionospheric plasma. The goal is to transform these plasma wave measurements into actionable data products that contribute directly to space domain awareness and space traffic coordination.The SINTRA program addresses a critical gap in current space surveillance capabilities, namely the detection and tracking of orbital debris smaller than 10 centimeters. Objects below this size threshold typically fall outside the persistent tracking performance of existing radar and optical systems but still pose significant collision risks to satellites and crewed spacecraft. By exploiting their interaction with the upper atmosphere and ionospheric plasma, SINTRA seeks a new sensing modality for this lethal, non-trackable debris population."Orion has a long-standing legacy of advancing groundbreaking space science," said Gregg Burgess, president and general manager of Orion. "Our team's expertise in space domain awareness, plasma physics, and ionospheric modeling makes us uniquely positioned to deliver this cutting-edge solution for IARPA to further the state of the art in space traffic coordination and orbital debris mitigation." Burgess framed the Phase 2 work as a direct extension of Orion's broader mission to turn fundamental science into operational capabilities.Arcfield leadership emphasized the strategic importance of the award to the companys overall space portfolio. "This contract award highlights Arcfield's commitment to pushing the boundaries of space exploration," said Kevin Kelly, chairman and chief executive officer of Arcfield. "Through Orion, we're developing innovative capabilities that not only advance scientific understanding but deliver practical solutions as our government mission partners seek complete space domain awareness, an increasingly complex challenge."IARPA first awarded the SINTRA program in July 2023 to investigate how orbital debris interacts with the space environment and to develop new approaches to detect, track and characterize non-trackable debris. The Advanced Space performer team, which includes Orion, is one of a select group chosen to continue into Phase 2. By advancing indirect sensing methods based on plasma wave observations, the team aims to complement traditional radar and optical tracking networks and help mitigate the long-term risks posed by growing debris populations in Earth orbit.About Orion Space Solutions, the company describes its heritage as rooted in applying fundamental space physics to real-world problems, with a focus on small satellite solutions and specialized sensing capabilities. Orion leverages scientific and engineering expertise to design systems that convert complex space environment measurements into usable data products and operational knowledge for customers with demanding mission needs.

US to slap full tariffs on Canada if it seals China trade deal: Treasury secretary.

Washington, United States, Jan 25 (AFP) Jan 25, 2026-The United States will impose 100-percent tariffs on Canadian imports should Ottawa finalize a new trade deal with China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, amplifying a similar threat from President Donald Trump a day earlier."We can't let Canada become an opening that the Chinese pour their cheap goods into the US," Bessent said on ABC's "This Week."During a visit to Beijing on January 16, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a thaw in bilateral relations with China, saying the two countries had struck a "new strategic partnership" and a preliminary trade deal.Under the deal, China is expected to reduce tariffs on canola imports from Canada by March 1 to around 15 percent, down from the current 84 percent.China will also allow Canadian visitors to enter the country visa?free. In turn, Canada will import 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) under new, preferential tariffs of 6.1 percent.The deal came amid a US-Canada trade war, with the Trump administration imposing import duties on its northern neighbor.When Bessent was asked to clarify whether Washington would make good on a threat made by Trump on Saturday to impose tariffs of 100 percent on Canadian imports, the Treasury chief replied: "There's possibility of 100-percent tariffs if they do a free trade deal."He added that the new tariffs would be imposed "if they go further, if we see that the Canadians are allowing the Chinese to dump goods."Trump himself took to his Truth Social platform Sunday to comment on the negotiations between Ottawa and Beijing, writing: "China is successfully and completely taking over the once Great Country of Canada. So sad to see it happen.""I only hope they leave Ice Hockey alone!" he added, in reference to Canada's national sport.

Pope warns against risks of AI algorithms.

Vatican City, Jan 24 (AFP) Jan 24, 2026-Pope Leo XIV on Saturday stressed the risks of generative artificial intelligence, how it could usurp human identities and relationships, influence public opinion and deepen social polarisationIn a message marking the World Day of Social Communications, the pope said AI systems reflect the worldview of their creators and can shape patterns of thought by reproducing biases embedded in the data they process."The challenge... is a matter of protecting human identity and authentic relationships," the pontiff said.Leo XIV's warning comes as generative AI makes leaps and bounds towards replicating, altering and manufacturing images, music and text to levels sometimes indistinguishable from human-made works.In 2023, Leo's predecessor, pope Francis, was the subject of a viral fake AI image of him wearing a white puffer jacket.Since then, generative AI has been a go-to tool by some high-profile figures, including US President Donald Trump, who has posted or reposted computer-generated images to his online accounts.Pope Leo XIV warned that just a small number of companies hold significant power over AI development, and that AI tools increase "the difficulty of distinguishing between reality and simulation".Since his election pope last May as the first pope from the United States, Leo XIV has consistently warned about the growing influence of AI technologies.He also criticised systems that present statistical probability as reliable knowledge, arguing that such tools ultimately offer only approximations.He said the challenge ahead is to establish effective governance and called for young people to be educated about how algorithms influence perceptions of reality.Last month, he condemned the accelerating use of AI in military applications, warning against delegating life?and?death decisions to machines.

Corporate digital identity is the answer to enterprise onboarding complexity-Henry Balani from Encompass Group on The Trust Files-Jan 25, 2026, 4:51 pm EST | Chris Burt

Onboarding users to corporate systems involves complexity beyond consumer applications, particularly for multinationals. Henry Balani of Encompass Group argues in a new episode of The Trust Files from Velvet and Biometric Update that while it may never be as painless as the best consumer verification experiences, but digital identity can make it better than the status quo.

Immigration, age checks and deepfakes push biometrics into the spotlight.

Jan 24, 2026, 8:54 am EST | Chris Burt-Biometrics are now central to some of the hottest news stories not just in the identity sector, but all around the world. Immigration enforcement has gone from a use case to a flashpoint in the U.S. A drumbeat of household brand names like TikTok, ChatGPT and Minecraft are introducing age assurance to the broader public. And another company has been duped out of millions of dollars with deepfakes.The attention comes with market opportunity, but so does increased scrutiny.Immigration-The logic behind America’s overhauled approach to immigration enforcement is supplied by data-driven predictions about places, where biometrics collected from the people found can be used to determine their identity, and therefore status. The automated, probability-based decision-making system does not appear to include review or redress mechanisms.TSA’s proposed amendments to the data collection process for its PreCheck program will formalize inclusion of the agency’s new digital IDs, its alternative identity verification service for those without REAL ID, and its centralized Customer Service Portal. Data collected by TSA is also being used for ICE enforcement operations, its acting director confirmed in a House Committee hearing this week.The budget allocation for DHS biometrics is rising, accordingly, with Congress setting aside $271 million for OBIM, including $25 million specifically for its HART database. The appropriations agreement also builds in transparency requirements and mandates a USCIS feasibility study around collecting biometrics at certain CBP locations.National ID-A DGS review finds GOV.UK One Login is well-positioned for a key role in public service delivery, particularly with private testing of a mobile driver’s license now underway ahead of a production rollout later this year. The details of how DIATF-certified service providers will interact with the mDL and the One Login app will have to be worked out along the way.A subsidiary of Margins ID Group will make The Gambia’s national identity cards and upgrade the country’s ID infrastructure. Gambians hope the build, co-operate, transfer contract ends a long period of little progress on their national ID.Online age checks-Minecraft has begun rolling out age verification using Yoti’s biometrics in the UK ahead of gating the platform’s social features in February. Discord is using k-ID for Australia, and running an experiment with Persona in the UK. Roblox’ implementation of Persona’s facial age estimation, meanwhile, is taking criticism for alleged susceptibility to spoofs.TikTok is rolling out Yoti’s facial age estimation across Europe, and Privately counts 40 countries regulating or considering restricting social media based on age.ChatGPT is introducing what OpenAI calls “age prediction,” which sounds like “age inference” but without referring to anything established. Persona’s selfie biometrics-based age verification is the fallback here.Deepfake fraud-A Swiss company is the latest victim of a headline-grabbing deepfake fraud incident. The company lost millions in a series of spoof calls. Pindrop claims it is having success in the battle against voice deepfakes.Group-IB blames the Deepfake-as-a-Service industry for the industrial-scale fraud attacks against businesses around the world. Biometric injection attacks involve sophisticated technologies and techniques, but can be pulled off by relative dunces in huge volumes as the data and code are hawked on the dark web.Crime prevention vs surveillance fears-Murders are down in London, and the Met Police says its use of live facial recognition is one of the reasons why. Police across England are reporting success with LFR, and permanent (rather than mobile) deployments are seen as particularly effective.Meanwhile, behind the scenes:The second OFIQ user group meeting, convened by the EAB, BSI and eu-LISA, was split between a dive into recent updates to the biometric image quality tool, and a preview of the forthcoming version 2.0. The first public signs of eu-LISA integrating OFIQ with its operations have appeared along the way.Goode Intelligence has released a report on the biometric physical access control market, exploring the momentum in biometrics adoption as a second factor and other growth drivers. Goode projects the segment to represent an opportunity beyond $16 billion by 2031.This week on The Trust Files, Billions Network CEO and co-founder Evin McMullen warns that the window to save the internet’s reputation is closing and Vidos ID co-founder Tim Boeckmann discusses the future of an open and interoperable digital ID ecosystem.Microblink CEO Hartley Thompson joined the Biometric Update Podcast to discuss the company’s shift from document capture to the larger picture of trusted identity, as generative AI keeps making it harder to tell what’s real from what’s a deepfake.Please let us know if you come across any podcasts, video presentations or other content you think we should share with those in biometrics and the digital identity community, either in the comments below or through social media.

TSA confirms passenger identity data used to support ICE enforcement-Air travel security systems become infrastructure for domestic immigration enforcement-Jan 23, 2026, 10:10 am EST | Anthony Kimery

When the House Committee on Homeland Security convened this week to oversee the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), lawmakers expected to examine aviation security, cyber threats, and emerging technologies. Instead, the hearing exposed a deeper shift underway inside DHS: the transformation of routine air travel identity checks into a domestic enforcement tool.As TSA prepares to launch its new ConfirmID identity verification program and fully enforces REAL ID requirements, a senior TSA official confirmed that passenger data is “absolutely” being used to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation operations — collapsing long-standing boundaries between transportation security, biometric authentication, and immigration enforcement.When Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Acting Director Ha Nguyen McNeill was pressed on reports that ICE is using domestic flight passenger information to support deportation operations, she did not deny cooperation. Instead, she defended it as legitimate intra-departmental coordination and framed it as part of DHS’s overall mission set.In response to lawmakers’ questions, McNeill said TSA assistance to ICE is “absolutely within our authorities” when it involves sharing passenger information for immigration enforcement operations.At the same time, McNeill drew a line between bulk transfers and case-by-case validation, pushing back on claims that TSA routinely transmits all passengers’ personally identifying data to ICE.“That is not what is occurring. We don’t send the information to ICE; we help ICE check against information,” she shot back at lawmakers.The distinction matters because it effectively describes TSA’s role as a verification node inside DHS’s broader data ecosystem. It’s not necessarily a pipeline that automatically feeds ICE but is a mechanism ICE can query when it is attempting to confirm identities tied to enforcement actions.McNeill’s broader justification left little doubt about the purpose. “We are supporting the mission of our colleagues at the Department of Homeland Security, and that includes enforcement of immigration laws,” she told the committee.That framing — DHS mission support first, aviation-traveler privacy second — is exactly what civil liberties critics warn can normalize “mission creep,” where systems built for transportation security become functional infrastructure for domestic immigration enforcement, often without a clear public record of the rules, auditability, or limits on use.When questioning came around to REAL ID and ConfirmID, it became clear that access to air travel is moving away from document-based identity alone and toward layered identity verification systems that carry privacy, equity, and civil liberties implications well beyond the airport checkpoint.McNeill framed REAL ID enforcement as a direct outgrowth of post-9/11 security doctrine. She reminded lawmakers that the REAL ID Act of 2005 was enacted “in response to the 9/11 Commission Report recommendations aimed at combatting fraudulent identity documents and ensuring passengers are who they say they are.”McNeill explicitly invoked the Commission’s core insight about the role of identity in terrorism, quoting its conclusion that “for terrorists, travel documents are as important as weapons.” That logic, she argued, remains foundational to TSA’s approach two decades later.“Under the leadership of Secretary Noem, since May 2025, TSA is fully enforcing its statutory requirements under the REAL ID Act of 2005,” McNeill told lawmakers, emphasizing that identity assurance is no longer a future goal, but rather an active operational requirement at airport checkpoints nationwide.According to McNeill, enforcement is already widespread. “Currently, most travelers [about 94 percent] present either a REAL ID-compliant or another acceptable form of ID,” she testified.That remaining gap, however, has become increasingly consequential as passenger volumes reach record levels and TSA prepares for large-scale global events.To address REAL ID non-compliance without denying air travel outright, TSA is rolling out a new alternative identity pathway. McNeill described TSA ConfirmID as “a new modernized alternative identity verification system to enhance and streamline identity verification for travelers that do not have an acceptable form of ID.”Beginning February 1, travelers who arrive at a checkpoint without compliant identification will have the option of paying a $45 fee and undergoing additional verification.“Travelers who do not present an acceptable form of ID at TSA checkpoints and still want to fly, have the option of paying a $45 fee and undergoing the TSA ConfirmID process,” McNeill said.TSA has been careful to frame the program as a cost-recovery measure rather than a penalty. “The fee ensures that the cost to cover verification of an unacceptable ID will be borne by the non-compliant traveler, not the American taxpayer,” McNeill said.From an operational perspective, ConfirmID is designed to preserve throughput at checkpoints while maintaining identity standards. From a civil-liberties perspective, however, it represents a formalization of pay-to-verify access to mobility, a development that lawmakers are only beginning to scrutinize.Although McNeill’s testimony focused on efficiency and security, lawmakers used the hearing to probe broader implications of expanding identity verification regimes.Democrats on the committee questioned whether identity-based screening systems could burden travelers, normalize continuous identity checks, or create inequities for those unable to afford additional fees.These concerns did not hinge on the technical details of ConfirmID, which TSA has not publicly disclosed in full, but on the principle embedded in McNeill’s own framing: “We must ensure that everyone who flies is who they say they are.”That assertion reflects a philosophical shift that extends beyond aviation security.Identity assurance is no longer episodic; it is becoming a condition of participation in public life, with authentication systems mediating access to movement itself.Lawmakers also raised questions about how identity data generated through TSA authentication systems is used and shared across DHS. During questioning, McNeill clarified that TSA does not send passenger data directly to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) but may assist ICE in checking identity information when requested.While TSA characterizes that practice as limited and controlled, civil liberties advocates have long warned that once identity systems exist and are interoperable, mission boundaries become matters of policy restraint rather than technical limitation.Notably, McNeill’s testimony avoids explicit references to biometric modalities such as facial recognition or fingerprints, instead relying on the broader language of “identity verification.” That omission is itself revealing. TSA’s public posture continues to emphasize outcomes – verifying identity – rather than the underlying technologies used to achieve it.For lawmakers concerned about privacy, framing complicates oversight. Without clear disclosure of how identity verification is performed, Congress must rely on general assurances rather than technical accountability.The hearing underscored this tension. As identity verification systems expand, lawmakers are being asked to evaluate not only how they function, but how they reshape the relationship between the state and the traveling public.The hearing did not produce new legislative mandates, but it clarified where future pressure points will lie. As TSA implements ConfirmID and continues full REAL ID enforcement, lawmakers are likely to revisit questions of access, equity, data use, and civil liberties protections.For now, TSA’s position is clear. Identity assurance is foundational to aviation security, and alternative verification pathways are necessary to manage non-compliance at scale. As McNeill told the committee, TSA’s objective is to ensure that security standards are met while maintaining system efficiency.What remains unresolved – and increasingly urgent – is whether Congress will articulate clearer statutory limits on how identity verification systems evolve, how they are monetized, and how the data they generate can be used beyond their original purpose.Beginning February 1, millions of travelers will encounter the practical consequences of those unresolved questions at airport checkpoints.What the hearing ultimately revealed is not just a debate over airport screening, but a quiet redefinition of how identity functions inside the federal government. Systems built to ensure passengers are “who they say they are” are now being used to support immigration enforcement, with TSA openly acknowledging its role in assisting ICE’s deportation mission.As ConfirmID launches and REAL ID enforcement tightens, identity verification is no longer a temporary checkpoint requirement, but a persistent condition attached to movement itself.Whether Congress is willing to set enforceable boundaries around how authentication data is used or allows those boundaries to be defined internally by DHS, it will determine whether these systems remain limited security tools or become durable infrastructure for domestic enforcement.

UNDP showcases how blockchain complements DPI and digital transformation efforts-Jan 23, 2026, 3:24 pm EST | Masha Borak

From Ghana to Georgia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has implemented blockchain technology into dozens of public systems over the years, including those related to digital identity. The organization has now published a primer on projects that have successfully integrated tamper-resistant digital ledgers to support development across the world.The paper, titled “New Tech, New Partners: Transforming development in the digital era,” was created in collaboration with its AltFinLab, which advocates alternative finance solutions. The UNDP hopes that the document will demonstrate how new technologies, experimentation and new partnership models for digital public infrastructure can drive development. ​“When designed responsibly, [blockchain] can complement wider digital public infrastructure and digital transformation efforts by strengthening how data, value, and accountability move through systems,” says the organization. “In practical terms, this means rules, payments, and records can be coordinated across public institutions, communities, and partners in ways that are verifiable, auditable, and harder to manipulate.”The document highlights 42 blockchain use cases from across the world, including seven that involve digital identity and data.In Bosnia and Herzegovina, for instance, the UNDP is supporting a program to issue verifiable digital university diplomas with the help of the University of Sarajevo Tele-Informatics Centre (UTIC) and EdTech company Sala.The blockchain technology was used to export diploma data from the university’s student records into the Sala platform which generates digital credentials for graduates which are stored within a digital wallet compatible with eIDAS standards. These credentials can be shared through a QR code or a secure link to an employer or institution which can verify them against its on-chain record.In Malawi, the organization has developed a blockchain-supported digital verification system called Genius Tags for registering and verifying households that require humanitarian aid.Household registration records are converted into secure digital codes and processed through Genius Tags’ deduplication engine. Verified households receive a QR code they can present at distribution points to collect cash, food and other assistance. Each transaction is logged in real time in a shared digital record, giving partners a view of who has received support and where.And in Kazakhstan, the development agency is collaborating on a project that allows anonymous access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV. The system is developed by blockchain company MystenLabs and the Sui Foundation to create digital tokens that allow people to request the medicine without revealing their identity.Other examples include projects in Georgia, Ghana, Mauritius and Seychelles.Aside from digital identity, the publication demonstrates how blockchain can be used in digital payments and financial inclusion, climate and nature finance and community-led investment models.​​The UN is also implementing blockchain in other projects. Last year, the organization released a white paper detailing how blockchain-based Digital Certificate of Entitlement (DCE) modernized pension verification for more than 70,000 United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) beneficiaries. Aside from blockchain, the digital system is powered by biometrics, AI and geo-location technologies.

Research into protections against speech analysis privacy threats maturing rapidly-Jan 23, 2026, 3:22 pm EST | Masha Borak

Our voice reveals much more about us than we may realize: The biometric information of our speech contains information about our identity, but also emotional state, education level and even health.  Over the past years, speech analysis technology has been developing rapidly, with experts expressing concern that voice could become another frontier in privacy preservation.Tom Bäckström, an associate professor at Aalto University in Finland, recently published a research paper on privacy in speech technology in the IEEE Xplore digital library. The paper argues that although the current technology may not be able to extract all this information just yet, researchers should develop protective measures before it becomes a threat to privacy.The paper notes that speech signals can yield information on the speaker’s biology, including health and whether they are intoxicated, their psychological state, affiliations, relationships and physical environment.Potential threats to privacy include insurance companies that can detect that someone has a health condition such as Parkinson’s, advertising that exploits people’s emotional state, or extracting information from voice conversations that could be used for harassment, stalking and extortion.Attackers can obtain both the target information, or the message of the speech, or the speech signals, which contain additional information beyond the core message. Aside from their health and emotional state, the speech could potentially reveal whether the speaker is intoxicated, their socioeconomic background, gender, ethnicity, as well as affiliations.Background sounds can also reveal not just the location but also the distance from the sensor and what kind of hardware or software is being used.The paper lists three categories of attacks: motivated, opportunistic, and incidental.In motivated attacks, hackers target specific individuals in two ways. They may extract private details — such as health information — from public speeches or recordings. Alternatively, they may scan databases of anonymous speakers to identify and reidentify their target, effectively unmasking someone whose identity was supposed to remain hidden by anonymizing their information.The third category is incidental attacks, where systems accidentally expose information. A speech device might misinterpret a command and trigger functions that reveal private data to unauthorized users.The research also classifies attack scenarios based on the extent to which the speech is associated with other data and the attacker has access to this additional information. The report describes attempts in the VoicePrivacy 2022 challenge to break anonymization and pseudonymization protections shielding different elements and amounts of identity information.The research also proposes several measures to secure the privacy of speech, including filtering private information, securing processing through cryptography and implementing privacy-preserving architectures in which information is only stored locally or on a distributed network of devices.One of the protection measures suggested is implementing privacy-by-design principles. Even if individual modules of a system can assure privacy, their interaction can still lead to information leaks. Privacy, therefore, must be ensured at a more basic level.A biometric reference, which stores a user’s attributes such as identity, should be unlinkable, meaning that comparing two or more biometric references will not reveal whether they are from the same or different persons. It should also be irreversible, meaning that the biometric sample cannot be derived from the biometric reference.Finally, the principle of renewability should ensure that multiple, unlinkable biometric references can be created from the same biometric samples and used to identify the person without revealing information about the biometric samples.“Together, unlinkability and irreversibility, thus, minimize the amount of information leaked if biometric references are revealed,” the paper notes. “At the same time, renewability ensures that leaked references can be revoked and new ones created to replace them.”Privacy issues related to speech technology are expected to gain more attention in the future, as the technology becomes widely adopted.Biometric speaker recognition and verification are used in banking apps and to recognize a user of a device. Speech-to-text is now integrated to dozens of applications, while wake-word detection for voice-enabled devices such as “Hey Siri” or “Alexa” has become ubiquitous. Another technology that may extract information is speech enhancement, which removes background noises and distortions.A senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Bäckström has been working on the issue of privacy in speech technology as part of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) special interest group on security and privacy in speech communication (SPSC).The researcher believes that ensuring privacy does not have to become a burden for companies, but could even improve products and services. Removing private information from speech, for instance, could mean less data transfer and network traffic costs, Bäckström said in an interview with Aalto University.Bäckström ultimately concludes that the range of privacy threats and the attack surface are “vast” and dynamic, and that ethical issues around speech largely overlap with privacy concerns. The field is still fairly new, and more research is needed, but stronger protections are likely on the way, as he says research into speech privacy is “in a phase of rapid development.”

Scale of AI fraud makes legacy identity verification inadequate-Room for improvement as organizations move to digital without proper defenses-Jan 23, 2026, 3:20 pm EST | Joel R. McConvey

Sometimes, you just have to tell yourself, “I’m good enough.” Then again, if you’re a digital identity security system, you’d be wrong. A new report from PYMNTS Intelligence and Trulioo looks at “When ‘Good Enough’ Isn’t Enough” – which is to say, when deploying digital identity verification in the age of bots and agents.The report says the bare minimum approach costs financial institutions up to 34 billion dollars a year, as they expand into digital channels without accounting for the amplified risk of fraud at scale.“Just over three in four institutions say identity processes prevent them from expanding customers, markets or geographies, while revenue losses from KYC/KYB failures average 3 percent,” says the report. “Synthetic identity fraud, regulatory violations and account takeover represent the costliest threats.”Perhaps even worse than the measurable losses are the missed opportunities. “‘Good enough’ identity systems keep financial services firms confident, but not competitive,” the report says.The overarching message is, don’t get too comfortable with your legacy KYC systems, even if they seem fine to you.Wise to cool market jets on agentic AI-An article in Payments Journal looks at the “considerable fanfare surrounding the emergence of agentic commerce, followed by a race to build the supporting infrastructure.” Specifically, it seeks insights from the evolution of biometric authentication and digital ID cards.“None of these technologies,” it says, “are close to achieving ubiquity. That said, this year will bring more frequent and tangible interactions with each of them for consumers, merchants, and financial institutions alike.” 2026 could be the year that biometric payments finally take off, as the technological capability aligns with customer experience, demand and comfort.The expectation, however, should not for them to become commonplace. “The point is that people will start to see this in the wild and not just in very controlled environments,” such as pilots and trials.The same goes for digital identity, according to Christopher Miller, lead emerging payments analyst at Javelin Strategy & Research. Miller says the rollout of digital ID has been “a classic case of uneven awareness and uneven availability. Some states have had this for almost 10 years, and then other states still can’t get out of their own way.”“You had a chicken and the egg problem,” he said. “Why should merchants go to the trouble of building the infrastructure to accept digital IDs if nobody had digital IDs? Well, why should I get a digital ID if nobody’s going to accept it? It’s a classic problem, but the availability problem is mostly over. We can say with reasonable confidence that within a decade or so, every state is going to issue something.”Lights brighter than expected for much-hyped agentic commerce-The lessons for agentic commerce point to choice as a necessity, and tempered expectations for adoption – or, in other words, “a more methodical rollout of agentic commerce than some reporting has suggested.”“Almost nothing was even remotely in production in 2025, which is an important call-out because people talked like it was happening and there were these huge growth waves,” Miller says. “No, false. That sets up 2026 to be the first encounter that many people across the entirety of agentic tech will have with the products, ranging from the consumers using them to the merchants accepting them to the payment processes interacting with them.”There will be hiccups and corrections. That, he says “is a natural part of the development of emerging tools – but this is happening under a pretty bright glare.”Are AI agents the next big insider threat? Geoff Shcomburgk, Yubico’s VP for Asia Pacific and Japan, published a piece late last year citing statistics from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) for July to December 2024, showing that human error accounted for nearly 30 per cent of data breaches, highlighting the severity of insider risk.As cyber tactics become more sophisticated, AI agents could easily become the next big insider threat. “The intersection of human error and increasingly advanced cyber tactics emphasises the fundamental importance of strong identity verification in effective cyber resilience, and especially within the financial services sector,” Schomburgk says.“Failing to adopt stronger identity verification exposes institutions to regulatory scrutiny, financial losses and reputational damage. In the banking sector, where customer trust is paramount, the impacts of a breach are especially severe.”Jimmy Astle, director of machine learning at Red Canary, has the following to say regarding agentic AI, in comments sent to Biometric Update:“Agentic AI is moving out of the lab and into real-world corporate systems – used for scanning documents, augmenting workflows, and taking actions once reserved for humans. That shift has significant ramifications for data privacy, especially if AI tools are deployed without clear governance, strong access controls, and careful oversight.“Data privacy in the agentic era starts with treating AI like any other user that accesses corporate systems – it must be secured at the identity layer. Organizations should keep their access privileges tight, maintain clear visibility into which data AI agents can retrieve and act on, and control which users are able to prompt them. From there, employees need clear usage policies and security teams should regularly review how their AI systems behave in practice. Privacy checks should also be built directly into user workflows from day one to ensure consistent and widespread compliance.”

PNG SevisWallet will transform how government issues personal credentials-Multifunctional digital identity wallet now available on Google Play-Jan 23, 2026, 11:59 am EST | Masha Borak

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has officially made available the SevisWallet digital identity wallet for download, allowing Papuans to use the app to store ID cards, documents and access digital government services. The Papuan government says that the multifunctional digital wallet could help save millions in public funds by replacing costly paper documents with decentralized Verifiable Credentials (VCs).“There is no longer any practical justification for the government to continue spending public funds on printing personal credentials such as driver’s licences, Grade 12 certificates, and other official documents,” says Steven Matainaho, secretary for the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).“The government can save tens of millions of kina by transitioning to digital, verifiable credentials issued through the SevisWallet App,” he adds.The government first launched the SevisWallet alongside the country’s digital ID system, SevisPass, in November last year, after piloting the systems in 2024. The ecosystem is built by Swiss company Tech5, which provides the decentralized identity technology behind the platforms.DICT is holding a SevisWallet workshop next month, where government departments will be encouraged to begin placing key documents into the digital system. These include public service IDs, Grade 12 certificates, police clearance certificates, academic records, driver’s licences, national IDs, land titles and digital travel documents.The first in the line will be the digitalization of Grade 12 certificates, which will be conducted by the National Department of Education. The only physical document remaining will be the national ID card.The department also says SevisWallet will help government agencies work better together by linking systems that currently operate separately.The system will enable citizens access both private and public services such as police clearance applications and crime reporting. DICT has already formed partnerships with multiple banks to fast-track the implementation of the platform for private services such as bank account openings and loan applications. The SevisPass Verifiable Credential will also be used to register online for SIM cards.Services available in the wallet will be rolled out progressively. The first tier of the SevisPass, which is available now, allows both citizens with or without a physical ID to enroll and access basic services such as opening a bank account, registering for school and purchasing an air ticket.The second tier will be introduced after existing national ID and passport records are integrated, according to Secretary Matainaho.The government promises that user information will be protected. Citizens will be able to use the SevisWallet to store decentralized verifiable credentials issued under the SevisPass digital identity framework and exchanged through the SevisDEx platform.“This design gives citizens full control over their personal data – credentials are held by the individual and shared only with consent,” says Matainaho.The project is supported by organizations such as the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Australian High Commission for New Guinea, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and GovStack.

Lack of visibility into AI agents and identities brings threats to orgs, says Permiso-Jan 23, 2026, 10:07 am EST | Masha Borak

Organizations are already integrating non-human identities, such as AI agents, and the trend is likely to continue throughout 2026. The introduction of these technologies is opening new security frontiers: A recent survey from identity security company Permiso Security shows that 82 percent of surveyed organizations say that AI agents or automated systems have direct access to production or sensitive data.Although the vast majority of organizations (95 percent) believe they can track non-human identities (NHIs), Permiso’s research suggests that they likely lack visibility into their operations. NHIs include service accounts, API keys, access tokens, certificates and AI agents.“Organizations are deploying AI systems faster than they can secure them, granting access faster than they can track it, and generating identities faster than they can manage them,” Paul Nguyen, the firm’s co-CEO, says in a statement. “Most organizations don’t have visibility into which AI systems have access, what permissions they hold, or what they’re doing with the data they can access.”Almost all organizations participating in the survey said that their AI systems can create or modify identities and permissions. Despite this, organizations rank non-human identities as least risky despite managing thousands of them. While they don’t fall for phishing, these identities often get hardcoded in repositories and retain excessive permissions indefinitely. This represents a significant perception gap, says Permiso.The issue is not just non-human identities. Organizations generally lack insight into their identity infrastructure, resulting in serious impacts on security, according to the Permiso State of Identity Security 2026 report.The research, which surveyed 512 organizations, showed that companies use an average of two to three identity providers, such as Okta, Ping Identity and Microsoft Entra, and an equal number of cloud service providers.This results in a fragmented authentication landscape with limited visibility into potential threats to identity. Despite a large number of security incidents related to identity, only 43 percent of organizations can detect identity-based risks before incidents occur.“Organizations keep asking us for faster threat detection,” said Jason Martin, co-CEO at Permiso Security. “But when we dig into what’s slowing them down, it’s always the same answer: fragmented visibility. You can’t detect what you can’t see, and you can’t respond quickly when you’re spending hours correlating data manually.”Permiso claims that organizations have other security misconceptions when it comes to identity threats.Identity-related attacks happen when threat actors gain unauthorized access to an organization’s data and systems by using stolen login credentials belonging to employees, external vendors, or automated accounts like AI agents.Most companies believe that the majority of risks come from employees, but concerns about third-party vendors have risen sharply after major breaches, such as SolarWinds, Okta, MOVEit, which involved compromised vendor credentials.SaaS continues to have the worst visibility when it comes to identities, compared to IaaS, PaaS, on-premise systems and identity providers, which score lowest on the risk level, according to the research.“If employees are your biggest risk and SaaS is your biggest visibility gap, then the intersection represents your highest-risk, lowest-visibility attack surface. That’s precisely where attackers operate,” says the report.According to Permiso’s data, 79 percent of organizations can confirm identity-based threats within 24 hours, while 18 percent say they can do the same within one hour. These numbers represent a large improvement compared to 2024, when only 61 percent claimed they could detect a threat within one day.  However, 16 percent still need up to seven days, while four percent need more than a week to detect identity threats.Another task organizations face is assessing the potential fallout of a security threat, which determines the next steps. Less than a third can determine the complete blast radius within minutes when compromise is detected, while more than half need hours. A minority of 16 percent need days.Visibility into identity accounts also plays a role in this. More than 80 percent of organizations say that security alerts are triggered by unmanaged accounts, shadow identities and misconfigured permissions. As security teams investigate false alarms, this takes away time from dealing with real threats and creates “alert fatigue.”

Chinese vein biometrics firm opens factory capable of producing 2M devices a year-Jan 23, 2026, 10:03 am EST | Masha Borak

China has its first factory dedicated to manufacturing vein biometrics hardware, which will produce up to 2 million vein modules and devices a year. The factory is built by biometric technology firm Saint Deem, which develops vein recognition algorithms, software and hardware.The production line is located in the eastern province of Anhui in the Huainan Modern Industrial Park, covering more than 100,000 square feet. The factory is a step towards large-scale commercialization of the technology, according to the firm.The company has been developing vein recognition since 2014, implementing the tech in the automotive sector, public transportation, financial industry and access control. It has cooperated with car makers such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Volkswagen to develop keyless unlocking and intelligent gesture recognition.The firm also develops FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) chips for vein recognition algorithms. Saint Deem’s goal, however, is not just to sell hardware but to make vein recognition trusted and universal, according to co-CEO Qian Haomin.“Vein recognition offers what other biometric technologies struggle to guarantee: it is internal, live and extremely difficult to replicate,” says Qian. “With this production line, the company is shifting from an R&D-driven model to a new stage driven by the dual engines of R&D and manufacturing.”Saint Deem is one of the enterprises responsible for formulating national public safety standards for vein recognition in China.In 2022, it completed a 193 million yuan (US$27.6 million according to today’s rate) strategic financing round backed by state-owned funds, placing its valuation at nearly 3 billion yuan ($430.1 million).The company has collaborated with the Chengde Public Transport Group in Hebei province to roll out palm vein payments for bus passengers, according to China Daily.It has also developed palm vein recognition and authentication software for mobile banking, which has been tested in multiple banks, according to the firm. Saint Deen is also exploring applying the technology in non-invasive blood sugar monitoring and human-computer interactions.

Mauritania warns telcos to comply with biometric SIM identification rules-Jan 23, 2026, 5:41 am EST | Ayang Macdonald

Three mobile network operators in Mauritania have been given two months to fully comply with existing SIM card identification rules in the country or face sanctions.Industry regulator, the Mauritania Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARE), issued the warning recently after an inspection found that Mattel, Mauritel and Chinguitel were not fully compliant with SIM card identification procedures.After the two-month deadline, teams will be dispatched to verify compliance and impose financial sanctions on defaulters which could amount to between three and five percent of the operators’ annual turnover, Ecofin Agency reports. The sanctions could also involve partial or total suspension of operating licence if the non-compliance persists.Mauritania mandated SIM identification in 2023 and planned to register at least 6.5 million SIM cards. Since then, it has been tightening the rules as the government says the objective is to curb fraud and ensure compliance with national security regulations.The rules require anyone buying or registering a SIM card to confirm their identity using biometrics, securely collected and stored by telecoms.SIM card identification is a growing trend especially in Africa where several countries including Nigeria have been implementing the policy.Malawi to enforce nationwide SIM registration-Meanwhile, Malawi also announced that it is moving to enforce the policy nationwide. The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) is quoted by ITWeb as saying that a mandatory biometric registration will soon begin across the country.Going by the plan, all citizens are expected to identify their SIM cards by linking them to their national ID, and to confirm with their face and fingerprint biometrics stored in the database of the National Registration Bureau (NRB).Malawi started the idea of SIM registration as far back as 2018, as reported then by Nyasa Times.Last year, the government intended to begin full enforcement, but it was put on hold due to worries raised by some stakeholders. In the meantime, there has been an awareness campaign going on to let citizens get familiar with the new policy and its importance in strengthening national security.“The initiative is being implemented to ensure that all SIM card holders are the legitimate owners of the National ID cards used during registration,” a spokesperson at MACRA was quote by ITWeb as saying.

Congress deepens investment in DHS biometrics-Spending bill sustains biometric programs across enforcement and travel-Jan 22, 2026, 3:47 pm EST | Anthony Kimery

As lawmakers race to avert a government shutdown ahead of the January 30 funding deadline, negotiators have released the FY 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Act agreement text, quietly cementing biometrics as one of the most structurally embedded and politically sensitive technology pillars inside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Spread across DHS components and funding mechanisms, biometric identity systems now sit at the center of immigration enforcement, border processing, aviation security, and identity vetting, with Congress using appropriations language not only to fund these systems, but also to impose guardrails on how they may be modernized, shared, or reorganized.The bill text, published as part of the joint explanatory statement accompanying the consolidated appropriations package, reflects a striking dual posture.On the one hand, Congress continues to pour billions of dollars into biometric infrastructure, advanced identity verification, and AI-enabled screening tools. And on the other hand, lawmakers repeatedly signal concern that poorly planned reorganizations, opaque data-sharing practices, or mission creep could weaken accountability, civil liberties protections, and operational continuity.Nowhere is that tension more evident than in Congress’s treatment of the DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management, or OBIM, which operates the department’s core biometric systems, including the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) and its successor, the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) platform.The agreement provides $271 million for OBIM in FY 2026, underscoring its continued centrality to DHS operations. At the same time, lawmakers included explicit language warning against any abrupt transfer or restructuring of biometric authorities without detailed planning and congressional notification.Under the agreement, DHS may not move biometric identity functions out of OBIM or substantially reorganize them without first submitting a detailed plan demonstrating that any transfer would be seamless, preserve mission effectiveness, and maintain oversight, privacy, and civil liberties protections.The language reflects growing congressional unease with proposals floated within the executive branch to consolidate or realign biometric authorities, particularly if such changes could dilute accountability or fragment control over some of the federal government’s most sensitive identity systems.The bill also continues targeted investment in modernizing DHS’s biometric backbone. Within the Management Directorate’s Procurement, Construction, and Improvements account, the agreement includes $25 million specifically to support continued development of HART.That funding reinforces Congress’s intent to see the long-delayed replacement for IDENT move forward, even as lawmakers remain cautious about expanding HART’s role without stronger oversight mechanisms in place. Congress’ civil liberties concerns are especially pronounced in provisions governing how biometric data may be used in high-stakes immigration and family separation contexts.The agreement requires DHS to notify the Office of Inspector General and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties within 24 hours if biometric information from HART or foreign biometric intelligence sharing is used to separate a minor child from a parent or legal guardian, subject to limited exceptions.The unusually direct reporting mandate reflects sustained scrutiny of DHS’ use of biometric data in enforcement decisions involving families.At the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Congress continues to back biometric identity verification as a core element of aviation security, while layering in new oversight expectations. The agreement provides $10.6 billion for TSA Operations and Support, alongside $330.2 million for procurement, construction, and improvements and $24 million for research and development.Within those totals, lawmakers allocate $15 million for Credential Authentication Technology (CAT) systems used at airport checkpoints, $300 million for checkpoint screening modernization, and $12 million for research into AI-enhanced screening technologies.CAT systems are designed to validate the authenticity of identity documents and interface with Secure Flight and other backend systems, forming the technical foundation upon which biometric matching can be layered.TSA is also directed to continue piloting biometric identity verification technologies at checkpoints, but only with robust privacy safeguards in place and with a required report to Congress within 180 days of enactment that details data use, retention practices, and impact to civil liberties.The bill’s language makes clear that biometric expansion in aviation security is no longer viewed as experimental or peripheral. Instead, Congress treats biometric identity verification as a permanent feature of TSA operations, while simultaneously signaling that unchecked deployment without transparency or public accountability will not be tolerated.Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) biometric programs receive similarly sustained backing, particularly those tied to entry-exit tracking and traveler identity verification. The CBP fee-funded programs table explicitly lists the 9-11 Response and Biometric Exit Account, placing biometric exit alongside passenger inspection and agriculture inspection fees as a standing operational cost.The continued reliance on fee-funded mechanisms underscores how deeply biometric exit has been integrated into CBP’s core mission, even as full nationwide deployment has faced persistent operational and infrastructure challenges documented by DHS oversight bodies.Despite its central role in CBP’s biometric exit strategy, the 9-11 Response and Biometric Exit Account has long been a source of structural friction rather than a stable foundation for nationwide deployment. The account is funded through passenger fees rather than direct appropriations, tying biometric exit operations to fluctuations in air travel volume and airline compliance.Oversight bodies have repeatedly found that this funding model complicates long-term planning, limits CBP’s ability to scale infrastructure consistently across airports, and leaves biometric exit deployments unevenly distributed.Rather than supporting a uniform national system, the fee-funded structure has contributed to a patchwork of deployments that vary by airport, airline participation, and available technology, undermining the goal of comprehensive exit tracking.Operational challenges compound these funding constraints. A Government Accountability Office audit and DHS Inspector General review found that while CBP’s biometric exit systems generally perform well under controlled conditions, real-world deployment at boarding gates has struggled to meet program performance targets.Photo capture rates during departures have fallen short of CBP’s stated goals, reflecting the reality that biometric exit relies on coordination among airlines, airport authorities, and CBP systems that do not operate under unified control.Congestion, staffing constraints, airline boarding practices, and inconsistent technology integration all affect capture rates, creating gaps in exit data even at airports where biometric systems are nominally deployed.These limitations help explain why Congress continues to fund biometric exit while simultaneously signaling caution, embedding the program within fee-funded accounts and requiring ongoing reporting rather than mandating rapid or universal expansion.Congress also directs the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), in coordination with CBP, to submit a report within 180 days assessing the feasibility and cost of collecting biometrics at certain CBP-controlled locations. The requirement highlights lawmakers’ interest in tighter integration across DHS components, while stopping short of mandating new collection regimes without further analysis.Taken together, the FY 2026 DHS funding agreement reflects a clear congressional judgment: biometric systems are now indispensable to DHS operations, but they are also among the department’s most politically sensitive and legally fraught technologies. Rather than retreating from biometrics, lawmakers are doubling down on investment while tightening expectations around governance, transparency, and continuity.That posture aligns with broader congressional skepticism toward sweeping internal reorganizations of biometric authorities. As Biometric Update reported last summer, proposals to shift or consolidate DHS biometric functions raised alarms.The FY 2026 agreement does not prohibit reorganization outright, but it makes clear that Congress intends to be consulted – and convinced – before any changes are made.In effect, the bill treats DHS biometrics as critical national infrastructure. Funding flows continue, modernization is encouraged, and new capabilities are authorized. But Congress is also drawing firmer lines around who controls these systems, how they may be used, and what protections must accompany their expansion.As biometric identity becomes increasingly foundational to border security, immigration enforcement, and domestic travel, lawmakers appear determined to ensure that technological momentum is sustained, but that it also does not outrun democratic oversight.

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)

THE ROCKETS ARE GETTING READY.THE RUMBLE OF DEATH TO KHEMEINI.IS TRUMPETING FROM PEOPLE.INCLUDING MYSELF.GET THAT WELLBOY FAKE GOD MAHUDIS WELL AND BLOW IT TO BITS AND HIS BRAIN-DEAD PERVERTED KHEMEINI AND HIS GENICIDAL PUPPET DEMONS OF SATAN IRANIAN GUARDS.AND SEND THEM ALL TRUMP TO HELL FIRE FOREVER WITH THEIR FATHAER SATAN. SO THEY CAN SCREAM FOREVER AND GET TORTURED FOREVER BY DEMONS PULLING THEM OUT OF THE 2 0R 3 MILE LAKE OF FIRE AND THESE IDIOTS THINK THEY COULD TORTURE PEOPLE IN ANY WAY POSSIBE ON EARTH. BUT NOW THEIR OUT IN OUTER DARKNESS IN SOME BLACK HOLE SOMEWHERE. NO WERE NEAR THE EARTH.AND THE DEMONS RULE THIS LAKE OF FIRE.USE WILL FIND OUT WHAT THESE DEMONS CAN DO TO YOU. THEY HATE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ARE CREATED IN GODS IMAGE.BODY,SOUL,SPIRIT. WHICH MEANS YOUR BODY WILL NEVER DIE.AND THE DEMONS HAVE NEVER DYING BODIES. SO JUST THINK ISLAMIC GENOCIDAL SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT. HOW THE DEMONS CAN PULL YOUR ARMS AND LEGS OFF. CUT THE REST OF YOUR BODY TO BITS. AND SINCE YOU HAVE A NEVER DYING BODY.YOU WILL FEEL EVER INCH OF PAIN WHAT THESE DEMONS DO TO YOU. BUT YOUR BODY WILL GO BACK TOGETHER AFTER THEIR DONE. AND THEY CAN DO THE SAME TO YOU ANY TIME THEY WANT.ANY TORTURE GOES IN THE LAKE OF FIRE. SO GOOD LUCK ISLAM. THEM DEMONS WILL SEE HOW TOUGH USE ARE. WHILE YOUR ON THE END OF TORTURE FROM THESE DEMONS INCLUDED BEING GANG RAPED.LIKE YOU SLIM BAG DEATH CULT DONE TO INNOCENT PEOPLE ON EARTH.THERES MILLIONS OF DEMONS.TO SEE HOW TOUGH YOU SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULTIST ARE IN THE LAKE OF FIRE. THEN DEMONS PULLING YOU OUT THE LAKE.ONLY TO GIVE YOU A WORK OVER TORTURE.THEN THROW USE BACK IN THE LAKE OF FIRE. TILL ONE OR MORE OF THE DEMONS WANT TO GIVE YOU A TAST OF TORURE AGAIN. AND JUST THINK HOW FUN THIS WILL LAST FOREVER AND EVER.NO 72 CHILD PEDOPHILES FOR USE IN THE LAKE. USE ARE GONNA BE THE SEX DOLLS FOR THE MILLIONS OF DEMONS IN THE LAKE OF FIRE FOREVER.GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN SEX TOYS AND TORTURE TOYS FOREVER 10 BILLION YEARS FROM NOW. THEN ANOTHER 666 TRILLION YEARS AFTER THAT. WHICH MEANS YOUR IN THERE FOREVER, NEVER ENDING..

IRAN STRIKE NEAR.MOVEMENT OF THE B2S AT THE INDIAN OCEAN AT DIAGO GARCIA.

-AMERICAN DRONES Q4 AND P8 LOOKING AT IRAN AND AREAS.ISR ASSETS.
-ISRAELI PLANES OVER ISRAEL,LEBANON,DAMASCUS,ALEPO AND FURTHER INTO THE MIDEAST.
-IRGC FAMILIES AND LEADERSHIP GUARDS LEAVING IRAN BY PLANES.ACTION BY IRANIAN MAHA AIR.IN THE LAST 3 DAYS.THERES BEEN THREATS AGAINST THE IRGC.
-GERMAN INTEL BALLOONS 62,700 FEET UP IN THE AIR.
-MILITARY INTEL BALLOONS UP IN THE AIR 80-90 THOUSAND FEET.THERES A LOT OF INTEL GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
-Q4 DRONES CAN LOITER UP TO 18 HOURS IN THE AIR.SMALLER LOW ALTITUDE DRONES ARE COVERING THE BELOW AREAS.NAVY P8S TAKE OFF AND GO DARK OVER THE PERSIAN GOLF AND SOUTH AS WELL.
-P8S SUB HUNTERS ARE ALSO OVER LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO, WASHINGTON AND SEA AREA.ALSO THINGS HAPPENING IN THE GULF OF AMERICA AND SEA COASTAL AREA.
-A FEW DANGER BOXES AROUND IRAN.SAUDIS COVERED UP.EGYPST GETTING ACTION.OFF THE COAST OF LEBANON AND TURKEY IS VERY ACTIVE.
-C17 TRAFFIC IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE LAST 4 DAYS.IN AND OUT OF KIWAT AND ALSO GREECE.ALOT IN GREECE.QUITE A BIT GOING INTO QATAR AND UAE.MOST OF THIS IS BRINGING STUFF IN.AS WE RAMP UP FOR A LIMITED WAR WITH IRAN.
-ACTION IN AMERICA.WITH THE AIR REFULERS.MORE FLIGHTS COMING FROM THE CENTER US DOWN.MORE BOMBER ACTIVITY HEADING TO HAIWAI THEN OUT BOUND.THERE ARE A LOT OF BROKEN TRACES TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC THEN OVER TO THE INDIAN OCEAN.
-LOOK AT  THE THICK TRACE LINES.ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITY OFF THE GULF AMERICA.THIS IS A GREAT INDICATOR OF FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS IN THE LAST 3 DAYS.THIS IS A GOOD INDICATER AMERICA IS SENDING OUT ALOT OF ASSETS OUT TOWARDS GUAM THEN OVER TO DIAGO GARCIA.GARCIA IS STILL A LONG WAY FROM IRAN.ITS ABOUT 3,000 MILES TO TEHRAN.
-WHY WOULD THE DEATH DORITO BE BACK IN ACTION? IF THERES PIZZA SPIKES AT THE PENTEGON, THEIR USUALLY GETTING READY TO GO AGAINST IRAN.PIZZA SPIKES ARE WHEN PENTAGON WORKERS ARE WORKING LONG HOURS AND DAYS.
-JAN 2-3,26-70% SURGE IN PIZZA BUYING WHEN MADURO WAS CAPTURED.AND JAN 5,26-1,250% SURGE IN PIZZA BUYING WAS AN ONGOING SPECULATION ABOUT THE NEXT TARGET.IRANS ABOUT TO GET POPPED.SINCE IRAN THREATENED TO KILL HIM.TRUMP WANTS NEW LEADERSHIP IN IRAN.
-US CENTRAL COMMAND HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO PLANFOR ROUND THE CLOCK MILITARY ACTIONS AND SUPPORT FOR THE NEXT MONTH.
-12 F-15E STRIKE EAGLES WITH THE U.S AIR FORCES 48TH FIGHTER WING (48FW).DEPARTED TODAY JAN 18,26 FROM RAF LAKENHEATH ENGLAND BOUND FOR AN AIR BASE IN JORDAN.WITH ONE DIVERTING TO THE CHANIA AIR PORT IN THE ISLAND OF CRETE.SEVERAL KC-135T STRATOTANKERS AND C-17A GLOBMASTER IIIS SUPPORTED THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE F-15S TO THE MIDEAST.AS TENSIONS RISE WITH IRAN.
-BY THE U.S SHOWING THEIR HAND WITH THESE PLANES,THEY ARE WARNING IRAN WE MEAN BUSSINESS GET READY.THIS IS A U.S LEAD WITH ALLIES AGAINST IRAN.
-THE U.S IS ALSO SENDING ONE OR 2 AIR CRAFT CARRIER GROUPS. ARRIVAL TOWARDS THE END OF JANUARY. AIR FORCE AND NAVY ARE GETTING SET UP IN THE MIDEAST.
-THE U.S MAY BE PLAYING A DEVERSION GAME BY SAYING THEY WILL PUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN IRAN.THEN GO BOMB THEM INSTEAD.OR THE HEAVY COMBAT VEHICLES COULD GO TO IRAN.IF THEY GET RID OF BLACK HAT KHAMANEI AND HIS GUARDS.TO BOMB IRANS PALACES AND GET CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN IRAN.
-THE IRAN MAHA AIR WITH THE GUARDS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE LAST 3 DAYS HAVE ACTIVITY GOING TO TURKEY ISTANBUL AND ANKORA.ALSO DOWN IN THE PERSION SHIPS TAKING THEM OUT TO SOMEWHERE.AND PLANES ARE ALSO HEADING TO CHINA WITH GUARDS ESCAPING IRAN.THEY ALSO GO TO QATAR AND UAE AS WELL.
-THERES ALSO LOTS OF ACTION WITH RUSSIA GOING TO HAVANA CUBA.ALSO VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC INTO TEL AVIV. ALSO ALL KINDS OF FLIGHTS FROM RUSSIA TO CHINA.

WERE ARE ALL THE FOOLISH SCHOOLS PROTESTS AGAINST IRAN WHO ARE REALLY COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST THEIR CITIZENS WITH TOXIC CHEMICALS.NO SAVE IRAN FROM SEX FOR MURDER PEDOPHILE DEATH MAUDI CULT SHIITE WELL BOY BELIEFS.BUT ISRAEL JUST HAS TO KILL 1 PERSON IN GAZA AND ITS THE END OF THE WORLD. THIS JUST TELLS US HOW THE LIBERAL - DEMOCRATES SUCK HOLE UP TO TERRORISTS. AND WORSHIP THE SHIITE MAUDI CULL IN IRAN AS THEIR USELESS NOSE PICKIN,DUMP PICKIN INVISIBLE, NON EXISTANT DECIEVER GOD WHO SATAN MADE UP TO DECIEVE THE SELF DELUDED PERSIANS AND MUSLIMS.
IN OTHER NEWS THE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON IS CHECKING HOW ILAN OMAN THE SOMALI MUSLIM JERK OF ISLAMIC LUNACY IN MINNESOTA GOT SO RICH IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. CAN YOU SAY SHE WAS SCAMMING LIKE THE REST OF HER DEATH CULT MINNESOTA SOMALIS.DEFRAUDING MINNESOTANS OUT OF BILLIONS IN ANY SCAM POSSIBLE.AND BESIDES THIS OMAR USED HER FATHER SHE MARRIED TO GET INTO AMERICA.LIKE I SAY ANYTHING GOES IN ISLAMIC SEX FOR MURDER PEDOPHILE DEATH CULT.

Iran parliament says attack on Khamenei would trigger 'jihad'(WHICH COULD BE EZEKIEL 38 & 39 WAR THAT GETS RID OF 1/4 OF ISLAM OR 300 MILLION MIGRATING BIRD EATERS)

THIS ONE GUY WAS ON ILTV NEWS ISRAEL. HE SAID KHEMEINI AND HIS GUARDS ARE MERCILESS AT KIILING IRANIANS. AND THE MILITIAS THEY USE TO KILL IRANIANS ARE FROM PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ. THE IRANIANS DID NOT WANNA SHOOT THEIR OWN PEOPLE. SO KHEMEINI AND HIS BLACK HAT 12ERS GOT MINISTERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO KILL THE IRANIANS INSTEAD. THE IRANIAN PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR AMERICA AND ISRAEL TO SAVE THEM FROM THE KILLERS THAT ARE NOW COUNTED FROM 16,500-20,200 REGULAR IRANIANS KILLED. THE PEOPLE IN IRAN ARE CALLIING BIBI NETANYAHU SIRUS. AND THE ISRAELIS ARE CALLING DONALD TRUMP A SIRUS. SO THIS IRANIAN SAYS BIBI AND TRUMP SHOULD COME TO SAVE THEM. LEKE THEY SAID. DEFENCELESS IRANIANS ARE BEING GUNED DOWN ON THE STREETS. AND EVEN IF THEY COME OUT OF THEIR HOMES TO GO PROTEST. THEIR SHOT AND KILLED RIGHT AT THEIR HOMES ALSO. AND KHEMEINI AND HIS BLACK HAT MAUDI 12ERS IN POWER CAN GET AWAY WITH THESE KILLINGS BECAUSE THEY STOPPED THE INTERNET FROM COMING IN AND OUT OF IRAN. AND CUT POWER TO SOME  CITIES. THATS HOW THESE PAKISTAN,IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN MINISTER SHOOTERS. COULD PING OFF THE IRANIANS IN DARKNESS. GREAT COVERUP BY BLACK HAT MAUDI WELL BOY WORSHIPPER KHEMINI. AND HIS IRANAN GUARDS AND FOREGN KILLERS. ITS TIME FOR KHEMEINI AND HIS BLACK HAT MOHAMMAD ANCESTRY. TO BE BIRD FOOD ON THE GROUND IN IRAN. AND SPEAKING OF THE BLACK HAT MOHAMMAD ANCESTERY. HERE WERE I LIVE AT THE LONG TERM CARE BUILDING. WE GOT AT LEAST 2 IRANIANS WORKING HERE. AND ONE WOMAN WEARS THAT KHEMEINI BLACK HAT EVERY WHERE SHE GOES. SO SHES OVIOUSLY A LINAGE TO PROFIT PEDOPHILE MOHAMMAD ALSO. I HAVE NOT SEEN HER WORKING FOR A FEW WEEKS. SO SHE PROBABLY WENT BACK TO HER FAMILY IN IRAN. WERE KHEMEINI AND HER LINAGES. ARE PROBABLY IN SOME BUNKER SOMEWHERE TILL THE GUARDS AND FOREIGN MINISTER TROOPS TAKE CARE OF THE GENOCIDE OF NORMAL IRANIANS. OR THROW THEM IN JAIL TO BE HANGED. ONE OR THE OTHER. THE IRANIANS WANT THE HATER ISRAEL LEADERS TO BE KICKED OUT OF POWER. I DON'T SEE THE 12ERS BLACK HAT SAVIOR MAUHDI COMING OUT OF THE WELL YET. HE MUST BE PICKING HIS NOSE AND ANUS 24 HRS A DAY. BECAUSE THERE SO CALLED SAVIOR OF JUSTICE IS A COWARD LIKE A DOG WITH HIS TAIL BETWEEN ITS LEGS. OR LIKE A DOG RETURNING TO ITS VOMIT. THATS THE KHEMEINI, BLACK HAT 12ER CROWD OF NUTJOBS WHO BELIEVE THEIR SO CALLED SAVIOR LIVES IN A WELL. WELL KHEMEINI I GOT A QUICK SAND BUSH IN FLORIDA FOR 10 MILLION DOLLARS. FOR YOU 12ERS TO BURY YOURSELVES IN. IF YOU DO NOT WANNA GET EATIN BY THE MIGRATING BIRDS. BUT EVEN IF THESE LEADERS GET THE BOOT. UNLESS THE EZEKIEL 38 & 39 WAR OCCURS. IRAN WILL NOT BE DEMOLISHED INTO THE DEATH HEAP OF HELL FIRE. BECAUSE IRAN AND THEIR NEW LEADERS WILL STILL BE ISRAEL HATERS. AND THEY WILL STILL MARCH AGAINST ISRAEL WITH RUSSIA, TURKEY, GERMANY, IRAQ, SUDAN, ETHIOPIA, LIBYA AND NORTH AFRICAN MUSLIM COUNTRIES. SO UNLESS THIS WAR OCCURS NOW. IRAN WILL STILL SURVIVE UNTILL ISRAEL NUKES THEM. AND GOD SENDS AN EARTH QUAKE, PESTILENCES, STORMS AND FRIENLY FIRE AND 100 LB HAIL STONES. SO IF THE CULT KHEMEINI GET THE BOOT. THE NEW LEADER WILL STILL BE AN ISRAEL HATER. SO DON'T EXPECT IRAN TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY TILL AFTER THE EZEKIEL 38 & 39 WAR AGAINST ISRAEL.  

Military intervention in Iran 'not the preferred option': French minister.

Paris, France, Jan 25 (AFP) Jan 25, 2026-Military intervention in Iran, where authorities launched a deadly crackdown on protesters that killed thousands, is not France's preferred option, its armed forces minister said Sunday."I think we must support the Iranian people in any way we can," Alice Rufo said on the political broadcast "Le Grand Jury".But "a military intervention is not the preferred option" for France, she said, adding it was "up to the Iranian people to rid themselves of this regime".Rufo lamented how hard it was to "document the mass crimes the Iranian regime has carried out against its population" due to a widespread internet shutdown.Iran's more than 90 million people have been largely cut off from the internet since authorities imposed a blackout on January 8 amid major protests sweeping the country.Under the cover of the blackout, they launched a violent crackdown on protesters, with rights groups documenting several thousand dead and the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights saying the final figure could top 25,000.The Iranian government has put the toll at 3,117, including 2,427 it has labelled "martyrs", a term used to distinguish members of the security forces and innocent bystanders from those described by authorities as "rioters" it claims were incited by the US and Israel."The Iranian people reject their regime. The fate of the Iranian people belongs to Iranians, and it is not for us to choose their leaders," said Rufo.US President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to launch military strikes on Iran in response to the crackdown, but has since appeared to walk back those threats after he said Tehran suspended planned executions.Protests sparked by economic grievances erupted in Tehran on December 28 but turned into a mass movement demanding the removal of the clerical system that has ruled Iran since the 1979 revolution.

Iran opposition outlet says regime killed over 36,000 people on January 8-9-Iran International cites witnesses, victims’ families and internal reports; NY Times reports Khamenei ordered authorities to crush protests using ‘any means necessary’By ToI Staff and Agencies 25 January 2026, 8:58 pm

The opposition-affiliated Iranian news site Iran International reported Sunday that over 36,000 people were killed by the regime at the height of protests earlier this month, numbers similar to those also reported by Time magazine.The Iranian opposition outlet said its estimate for the death toll in the brutal repression of January 8-9 is based on extensive data it compiled from “classified documents, field reports, and accounts from medical staff, witnesses, and victims’ families.”It said the numbers make the killings the “bloodiest massacre of civilians during street protests, over a two-day period, in history.”Most of the killings were done by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its allied Basij militia, though proxies brought in from Iraq and Syria were also used, according to the report.Sources in the country’s interior ministry, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the outlet that figures from provincial security councils, submitted January 20, put the toll at over 30,000.Iran International also said it saw a report presented on January 21 to the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee that put the number of dead at over 27,500.In addition, two sources from the Supreme National Security Council told the outlet that the IRGC last week compiled two reports, one that put the number at over 33,000, and another at over 36,500.Beyond the mass killings at protests, the outlet said it received evidence, including photos, that some people were executed by security forces while receiving treatment for injuries at hospitals.“The organized killings across Iran indicate the brutal crackdown was carried out with the agreement and cooperation of state institutions and on the orders of the highest authorities of the Islamic Republic,” it said.Time magazine, in a report earlier Sunday saying the toll could top 30,000, cited two unnamed senior officials in the Iranian health ministry. Time said it was unable to independently verify the figures, but an estimate of 30,000 accords with reports from doctors and other first responders on the ground during the protests.The report said that, according to the health officials, 30,000 people were killed just between January 8 and 9, in the heat of weeks-long anti-regime protests that spread across the country. Time cited officials as saying that the country used 18-wheeler trucks instead of ambulances at the time and ran out of body bags.Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei dismissed the Time report as a “Hitler-style BIG LIE.”In a post to the social media platform X, Baqaei wrote, “Isn’t this the number they planned to kill in the streets of Iran?! They failed, though, and now they’re trying to FAKE it in the media. Truly vicious!”The estimated tolls came as The New York Times reported that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei instructed security forces on January 9 to “crush” the mass demonstrations in the country by “any means necessary.”Citing two unnamed Iranian officials with knowledge of the leader’s instructions, the paper said forces were told to “shoot to kill and to show no mercy.”Previous reports have also identified January 8 and 9 as days on which the regime carried out mass slaughter of protesters with security forces firing live ammunition into crowds. On January 8, Iran imposed an internet blackout, and full service has not yet been restored. It has also blocked international calls into the country. But some information, including purported videos of killings and mass casualties, along with testimonies from doctors, has trickled out.Though there have been no further demonstrations in Iran for days, the death toll reported by activists has continued to rise.So far, the Iranian government has acknowledged a toll of 3,117, including some members of security services.Protests in Iran began on December 28, triggered by the collapse of the country’s currency, the rial, and swept the country for about two weeks. The government responded with brutal force, killing thousands and arresting tens of thousands.Iran reportedly has limited the ability of local journalists to report on the aftermath, instead repeatedly airing claims on state television that refer to demonstrators as “rioters” motivated by America and Israel, without offering evidence to support the allegation.The new toll comes as tensions remain high over US President Donald Trump laying down two red lines over the protests — the killing of peaceful demonstrators and Tehran conducting mass executions. Backing up the threat, the US military has moved more military assets toward the Mideast, including the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and associated warships traveling with it from the South China Sea.

Northern Command chief: IDF ready on all fronts if US attack on Iran sparks retaliation-With tensions high as US sends warships to region, Civil Aviation Authority head said to warn foreign airlines of a ‘more sensitive period’By Stav Levaton-Today, 12:12 am-JAN 25,26

IDF Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo said Sunday that the military is preparing for the possibility that a US strike on Iran could trigger Iranian retaliation against Israel.“We don’t know where this is heading,” Milo said in remarks broadcast by Channel 12 News, as tensions continue to mount. “We see the force buildup the Americans are carrying out, both in the Persian Gulf and throughout the Middle East.”Milo said the military is on heightened alert for any escalation, should the US decide to attack Iran.“We are prepared and ready so that if the US decides to strike Iran, we understand it could affect Israel, with part of the Iranian response possibly reaching here,” he said.He added that Israel is also closely watching whether Hezbollah could join a wider confrontation, saying, “We are very alert, very prepared, and ready both in strong defense and in preparing offensive responses.”US President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned Iran that he could strike, setting two red lines for the use of military force: the killing of peaceful demonstrators and the mass execution of people arrested in the protests.On Thursday, Trump said aboard Air Force One that the US was moving warships toward Iran “just in case” he wants to take action: “We have a massive fleet heading in that direction, and maybe we won’t have to use it.”A US Navy official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military movements, said Thursday that the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and other warships traveling with it were in the Indian Ocean.A senior Iranian official said Friday that Iran will treat any attack “as an all-out war against us.”As Israel remains on high alert over any potential escalation, a number of airlines have canceled some flights to and from the Middle East. During the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June 2025, Israeli airspace was effectively shut, leaving tens of thousands of people stranded.According to a letter obtained by Channel 12, Civil Aviation Authority head Shmuel Zakai warned foreign airlines at the weekend that the region may be entering a “more sensitive period.”In the message, Zakai wrote that the security situation remains “dynamic,” and stressed that Israel could again move to close its airspace if necessary, while authorities continue to monitor and adjust based on developments.The report said that Zakai issued a clarification to airlines after the letter was published, claiming he was referring to last weekend, though the letter itself included explicit references to the upcoming weekend.Meanwhile, the network reported, El Al, Arkia, and Israir are easing the terms under which passengers can cancel tickets if necessary. It said many passengers are contacting the airlines amid fears that their flights might be canceled. As things stand, Ben Gurion Airport is functioning as normal — with the exception of a number of flights to the US canceled due to weather conditions.Some airlines have preemptively canceled flights in the region, with Dutch airline KLM saying Saturday that it will avoid flying over large parts of the Middle East until further notice.KLM told Dutch public broadcaster NOS that it had suspended flights until further notice to Tel Aviv, Dubai, Dammam, and Riyadh, and would not fly through the airspace of Iraq, Iran, Israel, and several countries in the Gulf.Air France resumed its service to Dubai on Saturday after suspending it a day before, saying it was following the situation in the Middle East “in real time.”Agencies and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

Daughter of top Iranian official who led regime crackdown fired from US medical school-Following US sanctions on her father Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Khamenei, Atlanta’s Emory University says Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani is no longer employed by the school-By ToI Staff 25 January 2026, 9:45 am

The daughter of a top Iranian official has been dismissed from employment at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, following US sanctions on her father in the wake of the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on protesters, according to the university’s newspaper Saturday.Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani is the daughter of Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and has served as assistant professor at Emory’s medical school, teaching hematology and medical oncology at the prestigious southern US university.“A physician who is the daughter of a senior Iranian government official is no longer an employee of Emory,” said the university’s Winship Cancer Institute, following requests for comment from media.“Because this is a personnel matter, we are unable to provide additional information,” Emory added.Ardeshir-Larijani’s dismissal from Emory came some two weeks after sanctions were placed on her father by the US Treasury Department, in response to his alleged role masterminding the regime’s crackdown on protests that rocked the country this month.In announcement of the sanctions earlier this month, the treasury said that Ali Larijani “is responsible for coordinating the response to the protests on behalf of the Supreme Leader of Iran and has publicly called for Iranian security forces to use force to repress peaceful protesters.”While Emory did not specify why exactly Ardeshir-Larijani was removed from employment, the school said: “Our employees are hired in full compliance with state and federal laws and other applicable requirements.”After learning of her employment at the school, Rep. Buddy Carter, who represents Georgia in Congress, called on Emory to dismiss her and the state’s medical board to revoke her medical license.“Her father, Ali Larijani, is a senior official of the Islamic Republic of Iran who openly calls for violence against Americans,” Carter said on X.Her ties to the largest state sponsor of terrorism are unacceptable and serve only to erode patient safety, public trust, and national security,” he added, demanding her “removal and the revocation” of her ability to practice medicine in the state.After Carter’s letter, demonstrators gathered outside Emory’s Winship Cancer Institute, demanding that the school follow through on calls to dismiss Ardeshir-Larijani over her father’s role in the Iranian crackdown on the anti-regime protests this past month.A former member of the Revolutionary Guards, Larijani held the top security position from 2005 to 2007 and was parliamentary speaker from 2008 to 2020. In August Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian appointed Larijani as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council.Protests in Iran began on December 28, triggered by the collapse of the country’s currency, the rial, and swept the country for about two weeks. The government responded with brutal force, killing thousands and arresting tens of thousands.Although there have been no further demonstrations in Iran for days, the death toll reported by activists has continued to rise as information trickles out despite the most comprehensive internet blackout in Iran’s history, which has now lasted more than two weeks.The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency on Saturday put the death toll at 5,137, with the number expected to increase. More than 27,700 people have been arrested, it said.The group’s figures have been accurate in previous unrest and rely on a network of activists in Iran to verify deaths. That death toll exceeds that of any other round of protest or unrest there in decades, and recalls the chaos surrounding Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.Iran’s government offered its first death toll on Wednesday, saying 3,117 people were killed. It said 2,427 were civilians and security forces, and labeled the rest as “terrorists.” In the past, Iran’s theocracy has undercounted or not reported fatalities from unrest.

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)

Piercing cold across Canada brings heavy snow, leaves thousands in the dark-Saskatchewan towns broke temperature records, Environment Canada says-CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2026 10:18 AM EST | 

Canadians across most of the country are contending with bone-chilling temperatures and heavy snowfall on Sunday.A polar vortex has blanketed much of the country in recent days, prompting Environment Canada to issue orange alerts for many jurisdictions — denoting that it believes severe weather is likely to result in significant damage, disruption or health impacts.From record-breaking lows to hundreds of cancelled flights, here's how the polar vortex is affecting parts of the countryPrairies-Environment Canada issued an orange warning for most of Saskatchewan, where the agency said many towns in the province have broken cold weather records.Brad Vrolijk, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, stressed that in these conditions, “skin can freeze in under a couple minutes.... When you throw even a light wind on top of that, it gets very dangerous."Saskatoon has escalated its winter emergency response plan from now until Wednesday because of the cold snap. Ontario-With an estimated 40 centimetres of snow expected to fall in the province, officials in Hamilton, the Greater Toronto Area and Kitchener-Waterloo urged residents to stay home.Despite calls to stay off the roads, the Ontario Provincial Police said it responded to more than 50 car collisions in southwestern Ontario.Environment Canada issued an orange alert for the GTA, warning of significantly reduced visibility with strong wind gusts up to 50km/h throughout the day before the system starts moving out overnight.Over 60 per cent of more than 900 flights arriving at and departing from Toronto Pearson International Airport were cancelled between Saturday and Sunday, according to the airport's website. Another 10 per cent were delayed.People wearing sports jerseys walk during a snow storm.Environment Canada said the country's capital could be hit by 20 centimetres of snow, which is expected to fall throughout Sunday and taper into flurries by Monday morning.The forecast has prompted the City of Ottawa to issue a winter weather street parking ban for Monday that will last from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. ET.The City of Kingston, meanwhile, has declared a "significant weather event." It's advising residents to use extra caution and reminding them that normal winter maintenance for roads and sidewalks may not happen because of the snow and cold.Quebec-The Canadian Red Cross has opened an emergency shelter in the city of Côte Saint-Luc — a residential suburb on the island of Montreal — after thousands of residents lost power during the cold snap on Saturday.In an email to CBC News on Saturday night, Hydro-Québec said it was working to bring back power to customers but that some addresses may have to wait until Monday.As of 10:30 a.m. ET Sunday, 3,727 of the 13,368 homes affected had their power restored, according to the City of Côte Saint-Luc.Hydro-Québec said the outages began some time Saturday morning.On its website, Hydro-Québec listed equipment failure as the cause of the outages in some sectors, while in other areas the cause was listed as unknown.Atlantic provinces-Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro said on Sunday that ice removal efforts at the Bay d’Espoir power plant — the largest generating plant on the island — have been “very successful."The operation involved a team of divers braving frigid water with air compressors to try and clear the ice.Not out of woods’ N.L. Hydro says, as hydro station slowly restarts-N&L Hydro announced on Friday that a buildup of frazil ice — a slushy mix of ice crystals suspended in water — had blocked the intake at the plant, forcing it to entirely shut down for the first time since 1967.Power warnings remained in place on Sunday, with both N&L Hydro and Newfoundland Power continuing to ask customers to conserve electricity and prepare for the possibility of rotating outages.With files from Mercedes Gaztambide and The Canadian Press.

Hundreds of flights cancelled, delayed as snow hits Ontario and Eastern Canada-The Canadian Press-Published 7 hours ago-JAN 25,26

Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed Sunday as Toronto was hit with a blizzard and temperatures so bone-chilling that the city urged residents to stay home and avoid unnecessary travel.Environment Canada predicted Toronto could get over 50 centimetres of snowfall Sunday. Eastern Canada was bracing for a similar snowfall, as the storm moved through Ontario.The snowfall paired with powerful winds continued throughout afternoon in Durham Region east of Toronto.Oshawa, Ont., resident Sai Lin, who was waiting at a bus stop said the weather was “overwhelming.”“It’s hurting. It’s freezing right now,” Lin said in an interview inside a bus shelter. “It’s all wobbling around, so it’s like very difficult to walk.”What do the new colours for weather alerts mean? What you need to knowBut John Tumbas who lives in Whitby, Ont., said the snowfall has not been as bad as the forecasters had predicted and that the weather didn’t disrupt his daily routine.“I was outside shovelling my driveway, and then there wasn’t a lot of snow,” he said in an interview at a Tim Hortons. “So, then I decided, you know what, I’m just gonna go out, so…I went to Oshawa for a little bit of shopping.”The frigid temperatures caused by a polar vortex blanketed much of Canada in recent days as some areas experienced wind chill temperatures into -40s.In Edmonton, a weather alert wasn’t in place Sunday afternoon and locals got a brief break from the cold snap as temperatures hovered around -20 C.“It was chilly (yesterday) but people were still out here,” said Ty Harvey, a snowboard instructor at the Edmonton Ski Club.“I had two lessons. Kids were happy to be out here. They dressed warm and so did I because it was a little painful to be outside for more than half an hour...Today is a lot better.”U.S. storm threatens to paralyze eastern states, leaves 850,000 without power-Dana Stringer, who along with his son visited Edmonton from Toronto to watch a hockey game over the weekend, said they weren’t too surprised by the frigid temperatures.“It’s cold in Toronto but it’s even colder here,” Stringer said. “It’s great. I love the cold weather. We love our proper Canadian winter.”Severe cold weather also led to flight delays or cancellations at most of Canada’s major airports.More than 60 per cent of more than 900 flights arriving and departing Toronto Pearson International Airport were cancelled between Saturday and Sunday, according to the airport’s website. Another 10 per cent were delayed.Flight-tracking site FlightAware said more than 500 flights were cancelled at Pearson airport Sunday.Airport authorities across the country advised passengers to check the status of their flights before heading to the airport as the storm is impacting flight operations.Sunday’s winter storm was the second major snowfall to hit Canada’s most populous city in a little over a week.“Plowing operations are underway across the city and road conditions are poor. Stay well back from snow clearing vehicles and give crews space to work,” the City of Toronto said in a social media pos“If required to go out, give yourself extra time to get around and consider taking public transit as there could be slippery conditions and delays.”

Bitter cold will slam Canada with some lows plunging to -50 C--By Gabby Rodrigues Global News-Posted January 23, 2026 8:56 am

The coldest air mass on Earth is over Ontario today—with the winter getting the best of us, Dr. Gorfinkel joins us for this week's health headlines and our Friday check-up. What are the warning signs we should look out for when it comes to exposure, given the bitter cold in the East, how can we protect ourselves? In addition, we bring you the latest on Health Canada's warning about fake or unauthorized GLP-1 drugs.Environment Canada has issued several orange-level cold warnings across the country on Friday morning, as some regions are expected to see temperatures as low as -50 with the wind chill.All of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are under the orange level — a second-tiered warning — for cold. These are issued when severe weather is likely to cause significant damage, disruption, or health impacts.A large section of northwestern Ontario is also under the same warning.According to the warning, the “multi-day episode” of very cold wind chills continues with temperatures ranging anywhere from -40 to -50 across the Prairie provinces, and -40 to -48 in northwestern Ontario.“Extreme cold puts everyone at risk,” Environment Canada said in its alert.“Dress warmly. Dress in layers that you can remove if you get too warm. The outer layer should be wind resistant. If it’s too cold for you to stay outside, it’s too cold for your pet to stay outside. Make sure your home is well-insulated, the heating system is working efficiently and cracks and drafts are sealed.”Meanwhile, the rest of Ontario and most of Quebec won’t see much relief, as an Arctic airmass hovers over the region.The rest of Ontario is under the yellow-level cold warning, which is the most common alert, and much of it is expected to see wind chill temperatures of -40 to -45. Further south in the province, around the Greater Toronto Area is expected to see wind chills near -30 to -33. Cottage county and east into Peterborough, Kingston and Ottawa will see colder temperatures of -35 to -40 with the wind.Quebec is also under the same coloured warning where temperatures there are expected to hit -35 to -40 with the wind chill.Out in the Maritimes, all of New Brunswick is expected to see temperatures between -30 C and -37 beginning Saturday, with the coldest temperatures expected in northwestern areas of the province until Sunday.

Winter storm, freezing cold descend on U.S.--from Rockies to Atlantic coast-Reuters-Published on Jan. 24, 2026, 1:03 PM-At least 14 states and the District of Columbia declared weather emergencies as of Friday morning, and major U.S. airlines warned passengers to stay alert for abrupt flight changes and cancellations.By Rich McKay, Julia Harte and Steve Gorman

Jan 24 (Reuters) - Snow fell over parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Friday in a frosty prelude to a monster winter storm expected to converge with bitter Arctic cold and engulf much of the United States over the weekend from the Rockies to the Eastern Seaboard.Forecasts called for heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain, accompanied by dangerously frigid temperatures, to sweep the eastern two-thirds of the nation, threatening to upend travel and spawn widespread power outages.At least 14 states and the District of Columbia declared weather emergencies as of Friday morning, and major U.S. airlines warned passengers to stay alert for abrupt flight changes and cancellations.Eastern Canada winter storm setup Jan. 25-26"This is a mean storm," said Jacob Asherman, a meteorologist at the U.S. Weather Prediction Center in Maryland, calling it the biggest so far this season in terms of intensity and scope.Government warnings and advisories for winter storm conditions, ice storms and extreme cold were posted from the southern Rockies east to the mid-Atlantic Coast and New England, encompassing well over 200 million Americans.Snowfall totals were likely to exceed a foot in the hardest-hit areas of the Rockies, the Plains, the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, according to the National Weather Service.Freezing rain risk U.S. through MondayAlong the southern fringe of the storm's snow belt, sleet and freezing rain were expected to glaze the southern Plains, the lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley and the Southeast with "catastrophic" ice accumulations, forecasters said.The worst was predicted for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, where ice up to an inch thick was likely to coat tree limbs, power lines and roadways, Asherman said.Snow began to fall on Friday over the southern-central Plains and was expected to expand eastward across a broad front, fed by two streams of dense moisture - one blowing in from the Pacific and one welling up from the Gulf of Mexico.At the same time, a zone of near-record high pressure was migrating out of the Rockies, pulling an Arctic air mass into the U.S. combined with gusty winds, Asherman said.US Flight Delays Potential-By Friday, life-threatening wind-chill readings had plunged to below minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 45 degrees Celsius) in the Dakotas and Minnesota, he said, warning that exposure to such cold without proper clothing "can lead to hypothermia very, very quickly.""Even in areas where you expect cold weather in January, this is a really dangerous Arctic blast," Asherman said.Sub-zero conditions were expected to reach as far south as the southern Plains, lower-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and mid-Atlantic into early next week, shattering some record-low temperatures in those regions, forecasters said.Officials warned that the bone-chilling cold and ice were likely to cause major travel and power disruptions in some areas unaccustomed to heavy winter weather."Dallas could see a half-inch of ice," said Brandon Buckingham, a meteorologist with private forecasting company AccuWeather. "This is going to become treacherous very quickly."Residents should prepare for "power outages lasting at least several days" in areas where ice accumulates, even though the storm is expected to dissipate by early Monday, Buckingham said.In Oklahoma City, which could see up to 12 inches of snow and a glaze of ice before the weekend is over, Morgan Mayo, a manager at the Not Your Average Joe cafe, said customers were packing in on Friday morning to escape the frigid outdoors, where the low hit 8 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday."We're going to do our darndest to stay open," even on Saturday, when the high was expected to be just 10 degrees, Mayo said. "We have several employees who live in walking distance and are willing to brave the storm."The forecast in Texas was reminiscent of a 2021 ice storm that cut power to nearly 40 percent of the state's energy grid and left more than 2.7 million people without electricity for days. That storm was blamed for more than 200 deaths, most due to exposure to the cold.The state’s largest electrical grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), said it is ready for this weekend's storm and expects “sufficient generation to meet demand this winter.”In the nation's capital, with 4 to 8 inches of snow forecast, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser asked the National Guard to provide high-clearance vehicles to ensure first responders could effectively move through the District.The storm represents the first major test for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who took office just weeks ago. He told local news station NY1 on Friday the city's sanitation workforce would transform into "the nation’s largest snow-fighting operation" in advance of the heavy snowfall expected on Sunday.(Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta and Julia Harte in New York; Writing and additional reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Donna Bryson, David Gregorio and Tom Hogue)

Ice from winter storm leaves a million customers without power across the U.S.By The Associated Press-Updated: January 25, 2026 at 2:30PM EST

A massive winter storm dumped sleet, freezing rain and snow across much of the U.S. on Sunday, bringing subzero temperatures and paralyzing air and road traffic. Tree branches and power lines snapped under the weight of ice, and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the Southeast were left without electricity.The ice and snowfall were expected to continue into Monday in much of the country, followed by very low temperatures, which could cause “dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts” to linger for several days, the National Weather Service said.Heavy snow was forecast from the Ohio Valley to the Northeast, while “catastrophic ice accumulation” threatened from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.“It is a unique storm in the sense that it is so widespread,” weather service meteorologist Allison Santorelli said in a phone interview. “It was affecting areas all the way from New Mexico, Texas, all the way into New England, so we’re talking like a 2,000-mile spread.”President Donald Trump has approved emergency declarations for at least a dozen states by Saturday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency pre-positioned commodities, staff and search and rescue teams in numerous states, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state was bracing for the longest cold stretch and highest snow totals it has seen in years. Communities near the Canadian border have already seen record-breaking subzero temperatures, with Watertown registering minus 34 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 37 degrees Celsius) and Copenhagen minus 49 F (minus 45 C), she said.“An Arctic siege has taken over our state,” Hochul said. “It is brutal, it is bone chilling and it is dangerous.”Effects of the storm-In Corinth, Mississippi, where power outages were widespread, Caterpillar told employees at its remanufacturing site to stay home Monday and Tuesday.“May God have mercy on Corinth, MS! ... The sound of the trees snapping, exploding & falling through the night have been unnerving to say the least,” resident Kathy Ragan wrote on Facebook.In Clarksdale, Mississippi, Sanford Johnson’s family still had power Sunday while nearby towns had outages. Enough snow and sleet fell that few motorists were out, he said.“I had to break it to my youngest daughter that the play date she scheduled likely won’t happen today. We have no plans on driving,” Johnson said.On the east side of Nashville, Jami Joe, 41, had power Sunday afternoon but she feared the juice might not last long as ice-heavy limbs from mature oak and pecan trees continued to crash around her house. “It’s only a matter of time if a limb strikes a power line,” she predicted.In Little Rock, Arkansas, officials say the weight of accumulated snow and sleet likely caused the collapse of an awning onto several houseboats. Six people were rescued and 22 were evacuated, Pulaski County officials said.Robert Williams, a porter at a residential building in Queens, said the snow plow he was using broke down just as he was beginning to clear the sidewalks early this morning. He and a co-worker have instead had to go out nearly every hour with shovels and salt to clear a path around the building, which takes up the entire block.“No matter the elements, we still have to put on our big boy shoes and come out here and do what we have to do,” Williams said.Storm knocks out power and snarls flights-As of Sunday morning, about 213 million people were under some sort of winter weather warning, Santorelli said. Hundreds of thousands of customers were without power according to poweroutage.us, with Tennessee and Mississippi hit especially hard.Some 11,500 flights were canceled Sunday and more than 16,000 delayed, according to the flight tracker flightaware.com. Airports in Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, North Carolina, New York and New Jersey were hit especially hard.Bitter cold makes things worse-Even once the ice and snow stop falling, the danger will continue, Santorelli warned.“Behind the storm it’s just going to get bitterly cold across basically the entirety of the eastern two-thirds of the nation, east of the Rockies,” she said. That means the ice and snow won’t melt as fast, which could hinder some efforts to restore power and other infrastructure.Along the Gulf Coast, temperatures were balmy Sunday, hitting the high 60s and low 70s, but thermometres were expected to drop into the high 20s and low 30s there by Monday morning. The National Weather Service warned of damaging winds and a slight risk of severe storms and possibly even a brief tornado.In New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at least five people who died were found outside as temperatures plunged Saturday before the snows arrived in earnest, though the cause of their deaths remained under investigation.He pleaded with New Yorkers to stay inside and off roads: “We want every single New Yorker to make it through this storm.”Two men died of hypothermia related to the storm in Caddo Parish in Louisiana, according to the state health department.Across the affected areas, officials announced that school would be canceled or held remotely Monday.Recovery could take a while-In Oxford, Mississippi, police on Sunday morning used social media to tell residents to stay home as the danger of being outside was too great. Local utility crews were also pulled from their jobs during the overnight hours.“Due to life-threatening conditions, Oxford Utilities has made the difficult decision to pull our crews off the road for the night,” the utility company posted on Facebook early Sunday. “Trees are actively snapping and falling around our linemen while they are in the bucket trucks.”Tippah Electric Power in Mississippi said there was “catastrophic damage” and that it could be “weeks instead of days” to restore everyone.The Tennessee Valley Authority provides power to some utilities across the region, and spokesperson Scott Brooks said the bulk power system remains stable but overnight icing had caused power interruptions in north Mississippi, north Alabama, southern middle Tennessee and the Knoxville, Tennessee, area.Icy roads made travel dangerous in north Georgia, where the Cherokee County Sheriff’s office posted on Facebook, “You know it’s bad when Waffle House is closed!!!” along with a photo of a shuttered restaurant. Whether the chain’s restaurants are open -- known as the Waffle House Index -- has become an informal way to gauge the severity of weather disasters across the South.Kate Brumback and Julie Walker, The Associated Press-Brumback reported from Atlanta. Walker reported from New York. Kristin Hall and Jonathan Mattise Nashville, Philip Marcelo in New York and Jeff Martin in Kennesaw, Georgia, contributed reporting.

More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm-By  EMILIE MEGNIEN, JEFF AMY and JAMIE STENGLE-Updated 9:42 PM EST, January 23, 2026

DALLAS (AP) — Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began a trek that threatened to bring snow, sleet, ice, bone-chilling temperatures and extensive power outages to about half the U.S. population. Forecasters warned that catastrophic damage, especially in areas pounded by ice, could rival that of a hurricane.Schools in Chicago and other Midwestern cities called off classes, airlines canceled thousands of weekend flights, churches moved Sunday services online and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, decided to hold its Saturday night radio performance without fans. Carnival parades in Louisiana were canceled or rescheduled.At least 182 million people were under watches or warnings for ice and snow, and more than 210 million were under cold weather advisories or warnings. In many places those overlapped.Utility companies braced for power outages because ice-coated trees and power lines can keep falling long after a storm has passed.“It’s going to be a big storm,” Maricela Resendiz said as she picked up chicken, eggs and pizzas at a Dallas store to get her, her 5-year-old son and her boyfriend through the weekend. Her plans: “Staying in, just being out of the way.”Freezing rain slickened roads in Lubbock, Texas, in the afternoon as temperatures dropped.After sliding into the South, the storm was expected to move into the Northeast, dumping about a foot (30 centimeters) of snow from Washington through New York and Boston, the National Weather Service predicted.Arctic air was the first piece to fall in place-Frigid air that spilled down from Canada prompted the cancellations of classes at schools throughout the Midwest. Wind chills as low as minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 40 Celsius) meant that frostbite could set in within 10 minutes, making it too dangerous to walk to school or wait for the bus.AP correspondent Donna Warder reports on a big snowstorm expected for much of the U.S. this weekend.In Bismarck, North Dakota, where the wind chill was minus 41 (minus 41 Celsius), Colin Cross cleaned out an empty unit for the apartment complex where he works.“I’ve been here awhile and my brain stopped working,” said Cross, bundled up in long johns, two long-sleeve shirts, a jacket, hat, hood, gloves and boots.Despite the bitter cold, a protest over an immigration crackdown went on as planned in Minnesota, with thousands demonstrating in downtown Minneapolis.Nationwide, nearly 5,000 flights were delayed or canceled Friday, many of them in Dallas and Chicago, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. About 2,800 were called off for Saturday.In Oklahoma, Department of Transportation workers treated roads with salt brine, the Highway Patrol canceled troopers’ days off and National Guard units were activated to help stranded drivers.The federal government put nearly 30 search and rescue teams on standby. Officials had more than 7 million meals, 600,000 blankets and 300 generators placed throughout the area the storm was expected to cross, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.President Donald Trump said via social media that his administration was coordinating with state and local officials and “FEMA is fully prepared to respond.”Ice could take down power line-s, and pipes could freeze-After the storm passes, it will take a while to thaw out. Ice can add hundreds of pounds to power lines and branches and make them more susceptible to snapping, especially if it’s windy.In at least 11 Southern states from Texas to Virginia, a majority of homes are heated by electricity, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.A severe cold snap five years ago took down much of the power grid in Texas, leaving millions without power for days and resulting in hundreds of deaths. Gov. Greg Abbott vowed that will not happen again, and utility companies were bringing in thousands of employees to help keep the lights on.In Atlanta, where temperatures could dip to 10 degrees (minus 12 Celsius) and stay below freezing for 36 hours, M. Cary & Daughters Plumbing co-owner Melissa Cary ordered all the pipe and repair supplies she could get. She predicted that her daily calls could go from about 40 to several hundred.“We’re out there; we can’t feel our fingers, our toes; we’re soaking wet,” Cary said. “I keep the hot chocolate and soup coming.”Northeast braces for possibly heaviest snow in years-Boston declared a cold emergency through the weekend, and Connecticut was working with neighboring New York and Massachusetts in case travel restrictions are needed on major highways.Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont urged people to go grocery shopping now and “stay home on Sunday.”Philadelphia announced schools would be closed Monday. Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. told students, “It’s also appropriate to have one or two very safe snowball fights.”Hunkering down-Whittni Slater, who has been sleeping in his car in Detroit, got scared when he saw the weather forecast and searched for a place to stay. On Thursday night he slept on one 80 cots set up in a gymnasium at the Pope Francis Center.“It was very welcoming, very warm,” Slater said the next day.But in Charleston, West Virginia, visitors and vendors at the three-day Hunting and Fishing Show were not too worried. Ron Blymire was focused on selling South Africa safari trips and not on navigating the roads back home to Columbus, Ohio.“I have a four-wheel-drive truck, and as long as I’m patient and take my time, I’m not concerned about getting stranded or stuck or anything like that,” he said.Some universities in the South canceled classes for Monday, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Mississippi’s main campus in Oxford.At the University of Georgia, in Athens, sophomore Eden England stayed on campus to ride things out with friends, even as the school encouraged students to leave dorms and go home because of concerns about losing power.“I’d rather be with my friends,” England said, “kind of struggling together if anything happens.”___Megnien and Amy reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers around the country contributed.

Brutal US travel day as more than 13,500 flights canceled amid massive winter storm-Widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain from southern Rocky Mountains to New England result in largest flight cancellation event since pandemic, including those to and from Tel AvivBy AP and Sharon Wrobel-25 January 2026, 4:02 pm

A massive winter storm set the stage for a brutal travel day Sunday, with airlines warning of widespread cancellations and delays at some of the nation’s busiest airports.Widespread snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened nearly 180 million people — more than half the US population — in a path stretching from the southern Rocky Mountains to New England, the National Weather Service said Saturday night. After sweeping through the South, forecasters said the storm was expected to move into the Northeast, dumping about 1 to 2 feet (30 to 60 centimeters) of snow from Washington through New York and Boston.More than 13,500 flights have been canceled across the US since Saturday, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware. About 9,600 of those were scheduled for Sunday. Aviation analytics company Cirium says its data shows that Sunday will be the highest cancellation event since the pandemic, with over 29 percent of all US departing flights axed.Those flights included many to and from Tel Aviv on both Israeli and American airlines. El Al canceled most of its flights between Tel Aviv and John F. Kennedy and Newark airports for Sunday, and one leaving from JFK on Monday. Other flights leaving from New York and Boston on Sunday were rescheduled to earlier departures, Israel’s flag carrier said.US carrier Delta canceled its scheduled flight route leaving Sunday afternoon from JFK to Ben Gurion, and Monday’s return flight from Tel Aviv to JFK. Similarly, United Airlines canceled some flights on its route between Tel Aviv and Newark airports scheduled for Sunday and Monday.Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport warned travelers on its website of widespread flight cancellations. Nearly all of its departing flights scheduled for the day — 414 flights, or 97% — have been canceled.Significant disruptions were also expected at major airport hubs in Dallas-Fort Worth, Charlotte, Philadelphia and Atlanta, home to the nation’s busiest airport, as well as New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport.American Airlines had canceled over 1,400 flights for Sunday, according to FlightAware. Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines each reported about 1,000 cancellations for the day, while United Airlines had more than 800. JetBlue had more than 560 canceled flights, accounting for roughly 70% of its schedule for the day.My flight was canceled, now what? If you’re already at the airport, get in line to speak to a customer service representative. If you’re still at home or at your hotel, call or go online to connect to your airline’s reservations staff. Either way, it helps to also research alternate flights while you wait to talk to an agent.Most airlines will rebook you on a later flight for no additional charge, but it depends on the availability of open seats.Can I get booked on another airline? You can, but airlines aren’t required to put you on another carrier’s flight. Some airlines, including most of the biggest carriers, say they can put you on a partner airline, but even then, it can be a hit or miss.Am I owed a refund? If your flight was canceled and you no longer want to take the trip, or you’ve found another way to get to your destination, the airline is legally required to refund your money — even if you bought a nonrefundable ticket. It doesn’t matter why the flight was canceled.The airline might offer you a travel credit, but you are entitled to a full refund. You are also entitled to a refund of any bag fees, seat upgrades or other extras that you didn’t get to use.

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.

Iraqi lawmakers to elect president Tuesday, PM appointment next.

Baghdad, Jan 25 (AFP) Jan 25, 2026-Iraq's parliament will meet on Tuesday to elect the country's new president, who will then appoint a prime minister expected to be Nouri al-Maliki after he was endorsed by the largest Shiite bloc.By convention, a Shiite Muslim holds the post of prime minister, the parliament speaker is Sunni and the largely ceremonial presidency goes to a Kurd.Parliamentary speaker Haibat al-Halbussi announced on Sunday that the new parliament will convene on Tuesday to elect a president, according to the official INA press agency.The president will then have 15 days to appoint a prime minister, who is usually nominated by the largest Shiite bloc formed through post-election alliances.On Saturday, the Coordination Framework alliance -- whose Shiiite factions have varying links to Iran -- endorsed former prime minister and powerbroker Maliki as the country's next premier.The alliance, to which Maliki belongs, spoke of his "political and administrative experience and his record in running the state".Kurdish parties have yet to agree on a presidential candidate, who must be endorsed by other blocs and win a two-thirds majority in parliament.The presidency is usually held by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). This year, the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) named its own candidate: Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein.Although Maliki's endorsement effectively guarantees him the post, forming a new government remains a daunting challenge that could drag on for months and still fail.The designated premier has one month to form a government and present it to parliament for a vote of confidence.The 75-year-old Maliki, a shrewd politician, is set to return to power at a time of seismic changes in the Middle East, as Tehran's regional influence wanes and tensions with Washington rise.Government formation in Iraq must balance internal political dynamics and power-sharing among major parties, all under the continued influence of Iraq's two main allies: Iran and the United States.A close Iran ally, Maliki will be expected to address Washington's longstanding demand that Baghdad dismantle Tehran-backed factions, many of which are designated terrorist groups by the US.Last month, Iraqi officials and diplomats told AFP that Washington demanded the eventual government exclude Iran-backed armed groups, even though most of them hold seats in parliament, and have seen their political and financial clout increase.But Iraq is struggling with weak economic growth and cannot risk punitive measures by the US, which has already sanctioned several Iraqi entities, accusing them of helping Tehran evade sanctions.

Cuba defends military drills as deterrent against US aggression.

Havana, Jan 25 (AFP) Jan 25, 2026-Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel defended his country's military preparedness exercises on Saturday as a deterrent against potential aggression from the United States.US President Donald Trump this month warned that Cuba "is ready to fall" and told Havana to "make a deal" or pay a price similar to Venezuela, whose ousted leader Nicolas Maduro was taken to America by US forces in a January 3 bombing raid that killed dozens of people.Venezuela was a key ally of Cuba and a critical supplier of oil and money, which Trump has vowed to cut off.Diaz-Canel on Saturday supervised military exercises that included a tank unit from Cuba's armed forces.He was accompanied by Cuban General Alvaro Lopez Miera, who is the minister of the armed forces, and other high-ranking military officials."The best way to prevent aggression is for imperialism to have to calculate the price of attacking our country," Diaz-Canel said in remarks broadcast on Cuban television."And that has a lot to do with our preparation for this type of military action... This takes on significant importance in the current circumstances," he added.Cuba's National Defense Council, which is led by Diaz-Canel, recently met "with the objective of increasing and improving the level of preparedness and cohesion" among the country's leadership, according to an official government statement.The council met to "analyze and approve the plans and measures for transitioning to a State of War," the statement added, without providing further details.These military exercises are part of the country's preparation "under the strategic concept of the War of the Entire People," a term used by authorities for the mobilization of civilians in the event of armed conflict.

US warship makes first call at Cambodia's Chinese-renovated naval base.

Ream, Cambodia, Jan 24 (AFP) Jan 24, 2026-A US warship on Saturday made a port call at a Cambodian naval base for the first time since Chinese renovations that have raised concerns in Washington, AFP journalists saw.The United States has said Ream Naval Base, off Cambodia's southern coast, could give China a key strategic position in the Gulf of Thailand near the disputed South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost in its entirety.The littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) docked Saturday morning at one of the base's piers 150 metres (yards) away from a pair of Chinese warships."It is our privilege and our honour to be here as the first US naval vessel to moor pierside at Ream Naval Base, and we hope this is the beginning of a longstanding tradition and friendship," Andrew J. Recame, the ship's commanding officer, told reporters.Cambodian leaders have repeatedly denied that the base is for use by any single foreign power, following US media reports in 2022 saying the new facilities at Ream -- originally built partly with US funds -- would be exclusively for the Chinese navy.Ream base said in a statement that the five-day US visit would "promote cooperation between the two countries", and that it showed Cambodia's "commitment in implementing an open policy, transparent and cooperation with international partners".Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and a delegation from China's People's Liberation Army inaugurated the base in April last year.Hun Manet denied the new and improved facility would be for Beijing's "exclusive" use, saying ships from other countries would be allowed to dock.Two weeks after its inauguration, two Japanese warships were the first vessels to dock at the base.Beijing has since 2022 been contributing to a revamp of the Ream Naval Base, which was originally built partly using US funds.Western concerns about the base go back as far as 2019, when The Wall Street Journal reported on a secret draft deal allowing China to dock warships there.In late 2023, Chinese warships first docked at the 363-metre (1,190-foot) pier, on Cambodia's sole coastline in the south of the country between Thailand and Vietnam.A US warship docked in the commercial Sihanoukville port in 2024 in the first American military port call in Cambodia in eight years.On Saturday morning, AFP journalists saw two Chinese warships still docked at the base.Cambodia has long been one of China's staunchest allies in Southeast Asia, and Beijing has extended its influence over Phnom Penh in recent years.Under former leader Hun Sen -- Prime Minister Hun Manet's father -- China poured billions of dollars into infrastructure investments, while Washington's relationship with Phnom Penh has deteriorated in recent years.

China tests Long March 12B reusable first stage at Jiuquan-by Riko Seibo.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026-China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp has carried out a static firing test of the first stage of its new Long March 12B reusable carrier rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China.The company said engines on the Long March 12B first stage were ignited on Friday afternoon and sustained combustion for a period while ground teams monitored performance and control parameters.Engineers used the test to verify fueling, ignition and subsequent operating procedures for the new booster, confirming that propulsion and support systems worked stably and smoothly under planned conditions.The successful run is intended to validate key elements of the rocket's design and pave the way for upcoming flight tests of the Long March 12B.According to the company, the Long March 12B features two stages, each 4 meters in diameter, powered by engines burning liquid oxygen and kerosene propellants.In its baseline configuration, the launcher is designed to deliver payloads with a combined mass of about 20 metric tons to low Earth orbit, placing it in the heavy medium-lift class for China's orbital fleet.Industry sources cited by domestic media estimate that the Long March 12B will stand about 70 meters tall on the pad and will have a liftoff mass of around 700 tons when fully fueled.The first stage is being developed for reuse and is designed to separate from the second stage, flip for reentry, and then fly back to a designated landing zone using aerodynamic grid fins for guidance and deployable landing legs for touchdown.The new launcher follows the Long March 12A, China's first reusable rocket, which conducted its maiden flight from Jiuquan in late December.On that flight, the Long March 12A second stage successfully placed its payload into the planned orbit, but the reusable first stage crashed near the intended recovery area in neighboring Gansu province.Engineering teams are still investigating the causes of that failed recovery attempt, and experience from that mission is expected to inform refinements to the Long March 12B's reentry and landing systems.China's state space contractor is positioning the Long March 12A and 12B as core elements of a new generation of reusable launchers intended to cut mission costs and increase launch cadence for government and commercial customers.

Mayor says authorities working to identify culprits-Over 20 Jewish graves desecrated in Barcelona cemetery-Community spokesperson links attack to map published by anti-Israel activists marking Jewish, Israeli sites, denounces ‘despicable antisemitic act’By AFP and ToI Staff Today, 1:04 am-JAN 25,26

MADRID, Spain — Vandals desecrated a number of Jewish graves in a Barcelona cemetery this weekend, Spanish police said Sunday, provoking outrage from Jewish groups and politicians.Spain’s Jewish community reported Saturday’s incident in the Jewish section of Les Corts graveyard in Barcelona.“We are aware of the incident and have opened an investigation,” a Catalan police spokesperson told AFP, without specifying how many graves had been defaced.But a spokesperson for Spain’s Federation of Jewish Communities (FCJE) told AFP that more than 20 graves had been desecrated.In a statement, the FCJE condemned the “despicable antisemitic act,” calling on the authorities to “show the utmost resolve in confronting antisemitism.”It linked the incident to a map — created by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists and since removed from the internet — that marks Jewish or Israeli-linked places and businesses in Barcelona.“With these events, the level of antisemitism takes an alarming leap, moving from words to actions, from incitement to direct attack,” said the FCJE.Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni denounced the incident in a statement on social media, adding that the authorities were “working to identify those responsible.”“Hate has no place in a pluralistic and respectful Barcelona,” he added.An Israeli offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip began after the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023, and the scale of destruction in the Palestinian territory prompted a strong, pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel movement in Spain.Those actions have included regular demonstrations and boycotts against Israel, including that of the Vuelta a España over the participation of the Israel Premier Tech team.According to the FCJE, Spain’s Jewish community is made up of around 70,000 people.