WILL IRAN TALKS WORK,NO FAIL-HEADLINE ON FUTURE DATE.US SLEWS IRANS LEADERSHIP.IRGC GET SLAUGHTERED.

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)

 WILL IRAN TALKS WORK,NO FAIL-HEADLINE ON FUTURE DATE.US SLEWS IRANS LEADERSHIP.IRGC GET SLAUGHTERED.

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

EU chases rare earths deal with US.

Brussels, Belgium, Feb 3 (AFP) Feb 03, 2026-European officials hope to clinch a deal on rare earths during talks on Wednesday with the US administration on the minerals essential to industries including defence.Washington is hosting the first ministerial meeting aimed at strengthening and diversifying critical mineral supply chains, where China's dominance is a growing area of concern for the West.The European Union's industry chief Stephane Sejourne will represent the bloc during the discussions hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.The EU wants a critical minerals partnership with the United States to check China's influence and leverage in the field.It also hopes such an agreement would help avoid a fight with Washington over resources from other parts of the world, such as Australia.Sejourne will seek a joint declaration with Washington before Brussels pursues a more formal agreement."We have to make sure that we're not bidding each other up for the same supplies," an EU official said, "and where we are going towards the same projects, that we find ways to be complementary to each other."Rare-earth metals are crucial in the production of everything from smartphones to fighter jets and electric cars.The EU has partnerships with several countries already: Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Norway, Rwanda, Serbia, Ukraine and Zambia.The bloc also adopted a critical raw materials law in 2024 but a watchdog on Monday warned the EU's efforts were not enough to diversify its supply.The law set non-binding targets for the EU to ramp up domestic processing and recycling of the minerals, which the European Court of Auditors said the bloc will struggle to meet.

EU rejects 'nonsense' censorship charge from Trump allies.

Brussels, Belgium, Feb 3 (AFP) Feb 03, 2026-The EU executive on Tuesday strongly rejected accusations made in a US congressional report that it had forced social media platforms to censor American content.In a scathing 160-page report, the Republican-dominated judiciary committee of the House of Representatives claimed the European Commission spent 10 years trying to "censor the global internet" and American citizens' speech.The report's release came on the eve of a hearing by the committee chaired by President Donald Trump ally Jim Jordan, entitled "Europe's Threat to American Speech and Innovation, Part II".The accusations drew a strong rebuke from the EU."On the latest censorship allegations. Pure nonsense. Completely unfounded," EU digital affairs spokesman Thomas Regnier said.A first report by the House committee last year took aim at the EU's legal armoury, especially its 2023 content law, the Digital Services Act -- which Trump's administration accuses of discriminating against US firms.The new report described the DSA as "the culmination of a decade-long European effort to silence political opposition and suppress online narratives that criticize the political establishment".It claimed that during the Covid pandemic, commission "officials pressed platforms to change their content moderation rules to globally censor content questioning established narratives about the virus and the vaccine", citing emails as evidence.And it accused Brussels of pressuring platforms to "censor content" in a string of EU national elections since the DSA's adoption, as well as the 2024 European Parliament elections.The Trump-allied tech tycoon Elon Musk cheered the release of the report in an X post entitled "Tyrants love censorship".But the EU's Regnier pushed back, pointing to online platforms' ability to "algorithmically influence elections" and Europe's efforts to ensure "free and fair elections"."Freedom of expression is a fundamental right in Europe," Regnier said, adding that the DSA "is protecting that right against big tech".cjc-raz/ec/phz

China's BYD designing new model for India: senior official.

Dubai, Feb 3 (AFP) Feb 03, 2026-China's BYD, the world's top electric car-maker, is preparing a new model for India as it looks to continue its rapid growth overseas, executive vice president Stella Li told AFP on Tuesday.Engineers at BYD's headquarters in Shenzhen, southern China, are working on the design, she said, although the launch date remains unclear."India is a market for us but we need to put more effort," Li said at the World Governments Summit in Dubai.BYD, which began life as a battery company, sold 2.26 million electric vehicles last year, overtaking Elon Musk's Tesla as the world's top manufacturer.The Chinese company now plans to "introduce a different model fitted for India", Li said, without giving further details."My team is working on that, but there is still some work to do," she said. She denied a report that BYD is planning a car assembly plant in India.Relations between the world's two most populous nations have slowly warmed since a deadly border clash in 2020, with direct flights resuming in October after a five-year lag.BYD is now eyeing a "minimum target" of 24 percent overseas growth this year, equating to 1.3 million vehicles, including hybrid models.Domestic sales have dropped since an adjustment in government subsidies for electric vehicles, with January's figures down for the fifth straight month.BYD is focusing on "every market except the US", where Chinese imports are subject to hefty tariffs, Li said.Despite warnings of slower growth in Europe, where hybrids overtook purely petrol-powered cars last year, Li said sales would be boosted by new models.The new, longer-range hybrids are "for people who don't trust EVs (electric vehicles)", she said, calling them a "game-changer".After China announced a ban on hidden door handles over safety concerns, BYD will also introduce mechanical handles in its overseas models, Li added.th/jsa

Launching the idea of data centers in space.

San Francisco, United States, Feb 3 (AFP) Feb 03, 2026-Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race.Elon Musk's decision to have his rocket company SpaceX take over his artificial intelligence outfit xAI has added fuel to the debate about whether orbiting data centers are feasible or foolish.- Who are the players? -SpaceX has set the pace in the rocket launch market and Musk has spoken of putting data centers in space.Musk-led electric car company Tesla is also working on humanoid robots, providing potential workers and maintenance crews in space.US startup Starcloud late last year sent a refrigerator-sized satellite containing an Nvidia graphics processing unit into orbit in what the AI chip maker touted as a "cosmic debut" for the mini-data center.Meanwhile, tech giant Google has laid out plans to launch test satellites by early 2027 as part of its Suncatcher project to build solar-powered data centers in space.Blue Origin, the rocket and satellite company established by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is touting a TeraWave space-based high-speed network that can be used by data centers to move information anywhere around the planet.More than a dozen startups, aerospace leaders, and major tech firms are involved in the development, testing, or planning of space-based data centers.- Why look up? -The big draw of space for data centers is power supply, with the option of synchronizing satellites to the sun's orbit to ensure constant light beaming onto solar panels.Building in space also avoids the challenges of acquiring land and meeting local regulations or community resistance to projects.And advocates argue that data centers operating in space would be less harmful overall to the environment, aside from the pollution generated by rocket launches."The idea is that it will soon make much more sense to build data centers in space than it does to build them on Earth," Starcloud chief executive Philip Johnston said at a tech conference last year.Current projects envision relying on clusters of low Earth orbit satellites positioned close enough together to ensure reliable wireless connectivity.Lasers will connect space computers to terrestrial systems.- What could go wrong? -An obstacle to deploying servers in space has been the cost of getting them into orbit.But a reusable SpaceX mega-rocket called Starship with massive payload potential promises to slash launch expenses.Critical technical aspects of such operations need to be resolved, however, particularly damage to the orbiting data centers from high levels of radiation and extreme temperatures, and the danger of them being hit by space junk.Another question is how malfunctioning or damaged gear would get fixed in an economical way.Phillip Metzger, a professor in the University of Florida physics department and a former NASA scientist, reasoned in a recent online post that orbiting data center maintenance could be managed in ways such as using robots and small modular parts that could easily be replaced."A lot of the skepticism of data centers in space probably comes from failing to price in the effects of exponential expansion," Metzger said in a recent post on X, formerly Twitter."If AI doesn't grow exponentially, then I don't think it will make sense very soon to put them in space; but I think it will grow exponentially."

Biometrics’ growing role in daily life necessitates liveness detection upgrades-Jan 31, 2026, 12:53 pm EST | Chris Burt

Biometrics policy collides with liveness detection and facial recognition in the weeks top headlines on Biometric Update, as digital services and surveillance become the norm in more countries. Examples in the news range from ICE’s action in the U.S. to public service delivery to the still-growing wave of age assurance, the most popular method of which combines face biometrics with liveness detection as well.Immigration and law enforcement-NEC is the facial recognition supplier for ICE’s Mobile Fortify app. The company was revealed as the provider of the biometric technology behind the app as part of DHS’ 2025 AI Use Case Inventory. A second disclosure shows that DHS does not treat facial recognition systems as commercial AI, but rather as bespoke government capabilities subject to lower transparency requirements.A lawsuit alleges ICE is using facial recognition on children. A DHS policy recognizes that the technology must not be used as a sole basis for enforcement action in a directive which has mysteriously disappeared from the agency’s website, but the agency says the public is not allowed to know what’s allowed.The UK government is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to expand law enforcement facial recognition capabilities. A white paper from Home Office describes a plan to acquire 40 more vans to deploy live facial recognition on demand, to establish a National Policing Service and a National Centre for AI in Policing.Age checks-VPN use in the UK may soon be subject to an age restriction, expanding the age assurance market. Then again, an amendment to introduce the restriction passed the House of Lords without broad support from Labour, so may be doomed in the Commons. Meanwhile one of the UK’s leading champions of online child safety has called out Ofcom for “timid” implementation of the OSA.Aylo blames the OSA for cratering its UK traffic, and says enforcement is pushing porn site visitors to unethical and non-compliant sites, so it will block all UK users. The problem is not Ofcom, but the law, the porn giant argues, suggesting that blocking VPNs is “nonsensical” when device-level controls will do the job.Yoti is the first face biometrics provider to pass a Level 3 assessment of its PAD technology from iBeta. CEO Robin Tombs tells Biometric Update in an interview that the company was motivated to rebuild its liveness detection technology with a new architecture to make it robust against highly sophisticated presentation attacks.The U.S. FTC convened a workshop this week to examine the intersection between age assurance and COPPA, legislation from 2000 that sets the rules for children’s online safety in America. Representatives from the AVPA, Persona, Yoti and other market players showed the range of viable tools available to do more. The implications of age verification and facial age estimation for the internet, where one-third of users are underage, were explored as both a practical necessity and a moral imperative.Stakeholders tend to have perspectives informed by ideological positions or obvious self-interest. America’s tech titans and their lobbyists are no different, appealing to their algorithmic prowess, the ease of having others do it, protections already in place and even to Swine Tech to make their cases.National ID-Aadhaar can now be used for biometric liveness checks, age verification and data sharing with selective disclosure with the release of a new app by the UIDAI. India’s digital ID will also be able to issue verifiable credentials to Google Wallet within weeks.Netherlands-based Solvinity, which provides cloud infrastructure for the Dutch national digital ID, DigiD, is in talks to sell to U.S.-based Kyndryl. But the country’s Parliament is pushing the government to block the deal or cut Solvinity from the system, citing tensions with its ostensive NATO ally.Thales North America VP of Identity and Biometrics Solutions Tyson Moler shares insights into how the North Americans public views trust in digital identity from a company survey and explores the implications for adoption in a guest post.Indonesia’s ID and civil registration authority is seeking passive liveness detection technology for integration with its IKD platform. Ditjen Dukcapil wants a secure remote onboarding process for more than 16 million people to help modernize public service delivery.Elsewhere, in consumer applications and healthcare-Palm biometrics have been pushing for traction in retail for several years, with support from some big names in shopping. But Amazon One’s discontinuation of the service by early June due to tepid consumer adoption removes one of the biggest.Omdia Senior Analyst for Smartphones and Connected Devices Runar Bjorhovde tells Biometric Update that smartphone biometrics is still awaiting its “Intel Inside” moment, in which consumers connected with the importance of a particular technology. Biometrics providers need to step up their marketing as foldable phones bring a vanishingly rare hardware innovation to the landscape. Next Biometrics and partner Giantplus are betting on “anywhere-on-display” fingerprints, and Techsponential Lead Analyst Avi Greengart says security is prized enough to motivate consumers.Imprivata Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sean Kelly made the case for the importance of passwordless technology in the healthcare sector in the January 23 episode of the Biometric Update Podcast.Please tell us about any online panels, presentations or other content you think we should share with the people in biometrics and the digital identity community in the comments below or through social media (assuming you are old enough to do so safely).

New bipartisan bill in US Congress aims to crack down on digital identity theft, fraud-Legislation co-sponsored by Bill Foster give states funds to implement NIST digital ID guidelines-Feb 3, 2026, 5:25 pm EST | Joel R. McConvey

Bipartisan legislation newly introduced in U.S. Congress aims to “strengthen America’s digital identity infrastructure and protect individuals, businesses, and government programs from rapidly rising identity fraud and theft,” says a release from U.S. Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), a co-sponsor of the bill.The law, HR 7270, would establish an identity fraud prevention innovation grant program for states, which would see the Treasury Department supporting digital transformation, including the development of secure digital credentials like mobile driver’s licenses (mDL), and defenses against generative AI-related deepfake threats.Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX) joins Foster in sponsoring the legislation, which aims to institute a “government-wide approach to addressing vulnerabilities in online identity verification that are increasingly exploited by organized criminal networks and hostile nation-states.”Per the release, the bill builds on work already directed by Congress for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop voluntary digital identity guidelines, “while recognizing that many states and local agencies lack the resources to implement them.” In effect, it provides a financial complement to the evolving NIST guidelines, which will be necessary for widespread success.“It is important that Congress responds to the growing wave of identity theft and fraud in the United States by strengthening our digital identity infrastructure,” says Foster. This is in keeping with the congressman’s efforts on digital identity, which have included pushing for the development of a federal agency to oversee identity security and the deployment of related technologies. Foster previously introduced the Improving Digital Identity Act, which calls for “consent-based digital identity solutions” for identity verification and authentication.The congressman gave a keynote as part of last week’s FIDO Identity & Policy Forum, in which he explains his thinking behind the new bill, saying that the emergence of agentic AI is a major motivator. He points to NIST’s efforts under the Obama administration, which “defined the standards for presentation of secure, privacy preserving digital ID, which have been adopted worldwide.” Foster says there’s a chance for the U.S. to do the same for agentic communication.Foster also confirms that deepfakes are still a major problem, and high on legislators’ radar. “It is a big deal,” he says. “People are falling in love with their chatbots. And you’re going to have this taking place at scale, with chatbots designed to get people to fall in love with them, and then talk them into going to empty their savings into the nearby Bitcoin ATM.”Fraud continues to evolve, taking chunks out of US economy-Sessions notes that “identity fraud is one of the fastest growing threats facing American families, our financial system, and the integrity of government programs. Criminal organizations and hostile nation-states are exploiting outdated identity systems, costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars and putting Americans’ personal information at risk. I am grateful to Congressman Foster for co-leading this important, bipartisan legislation, and for his partnership in advancing common sense solutions that strengthen security and protect privacy.”The legislation has the endorsement of the Better Identity Coalition, with the organization’s coordinator, Jeremy Grant, declaring himself “thrilled” to see the congressmen “put forth common sense legislation to help Americans better protect their security and privacy in the digital world.”“Millions of Americans are victims of identity theft and fraud each year, leading to billions of dollars in losses, because it is far too easy for criminals and hostile nation-states to compromise the tools we use to protect identity online.”Government data shows identity theft and fraud continuing to impose huge costs on the U.S. economy. The Government Accountability Office estimates that federal programs could lose between 233 billion and 521 billion dollars annually to fraud. A significant portion of that is linked to identity.Participation in the scheme will remain optional for states and individuals: the so-called Stop Identity Fraud and Identity Theft Act “does not mandate digital identification, does not eliminate physical credentials, and does not require any individual to obtain or use a digital driver’s license or digital identity.”

John Howard reflects on DHS biometrics evaluations and the AI testing landscape-Former MdTF Chief Data Scientist highlights work on bias, standards-Feb 3, 2026, 4:39 pm EST | Chris Burt

When John Howard began working for SAIC at the Maryland Test Facility, biometrics was an emerging technology supported by a nascent industry. When he announced his departure near the end of January, the MdTF and Howard personally were long-established as central figures in proving the science and setting the standards behind facial recognition and other biometrics.Howard’s lengthy list of contributions as senior principal scientist with SAIC ranges from helping set up and scale assessments of operational biometrics deployments in projects like the DHS Biometric Technology Rally, RIVTD and RIVR, to research and standard development around demographic fairness.Reflecting on highlights from his time with MdTF in an email interview with Biometric Update, Howard says, “Throughout my career, one of my biggest areas of research has been into demographic effects (“bias”) and how to test complex AI systems in operations.”He points out that a system that always fails for every user group could be considered equitable, so usefulness is a function of both overall accuracy and fairness.“Looking ahead, I believe this work will lay the foundation for how we — as a society and as individual companies – reason about 1) the operational realities of AI systems, 2) deep fakes, and 3) effective AI and data policies.”Howard’s next project is Sensus AI, the independent testing, assessment, audit and advisory firm he co-founded and will lead as CEO.Howard makes clear that his departure from MdTF does not reflect any diminished role for the lab in facial recognition policy and development.“The U.S. Government has a significant role in guiding the future of facial recognition technologies, and government laboratories are going to be critical in providing expertise on the development, evaluation, and deployment of those technologies in the government space,” he says.Evaluating evaluations-One of Howard’s last projects with MdTF was a paper on face biometrics image quality evaluation tool OFIQ. It suggested that the open-source tool is very limited in its usefulness to DHS, and its quality filter “did not substantially reduce error rates.”Christoph Busch of Hochschule Darmstadt pushed back on those findings somewhat during an OFIQ user group meeting, suggesting that the criteria of the assessment is not as applicable to other users, like eu-LISA.Howard does not entirely agree, but sees the debate as an example of the need to apply appropriate expertise to get real-world applications right.“Airports and other large venues are going to face challenges as they introduce face recognition programs because they are complex environments,” he points out. “For most high-throughput deployments of face recognition systems, you don’t want to discard usable face samples. Our paper showed that is what OFIQ does. Every implementation has its subtleties, eu-LISA included, and that highlights the importance of expert consultation when operationalizing these technologies.”Consequences of success-When asked about how helpful the biometrics testing and evaluation ecosystem is when it comes to evaluating vendor claims and the applicability of technology to specific use cases, Howard says that it “could do better.”“Right now, there’s no shortage of people eager to build and deploy AI across all kinds of applications. What is missing, especially in the private sector, is a sufficient number of professionals focused on independent AI test, evaluation and auding. I believe that in the next four years, every organization is going to need independent, qualified, AI test, evaluation — much like organizations do financial audits today. That’s not the model we are currently operating under but I hope we move in that direction.”As AI and biometrics adoption is followed by enhanced scrutiny and then governance, Howard also sees a need for realistic transparency.“The industry should be clear to the public that these systems make mistakes,” he writes. “They are constantly getting better and honestly the progress has been remarkable but that success can sometimes lead people to stretch these systems into ever more applications. A system that makes very few errors in one use case can produce an astronomical number of mistakes in another.”

Northern Ireland studies live facial recognition use by UK police-New Governance Board could lead to PSNI adoption-Feb 3, 2026, 2:28 pm EST | Chris Burt

Northern Ireland may soon follow England and Wales in allowing police to use facial recognition to generate investigative leads based on biometric matches.The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has established an internal Facial Recognition Governance Board to learn from live facial recognition programs around the UK. Those include implementations by London’s Met Police, South Wales Police and British Transport Police, The Irish News reports.“At this stage, we are engaging with these programmes and their industry providers solely in order to assess operational feasibility,” the PSNI told the outlet in a statement. It added that a final decision on whether to deploy live facial recognition in Northern Ireland has not yet been made.The Board’s efforts are described as “at an early exploratory and consultation stage.”The consideration comes just as the UK government has announced its largest-ever expansion of facial recognition capabilities for police. That expansion includes increasing the number of live facial recognition vans from 10 to 50, and an investment of £115 million (US$157.3 million) to create a National Centre for AI in Policing.And across the border in the Republic of Ireland, the government approved the use of facial recognition by police in certain conditions when it passed the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025 in December.

Spain to restrict social media for users under 16: PM Sánchez-Greece expected to follow with age assurance law pegging threshold at 15-Feb 3, 2026, 1:21 pm EST | Joel R. McConvey

Spain is the latest EU nation to pursue a law restricting social media sites for users under 16 years of age, with Greece reportedly planning to follow suit with an age threshold of 15. The news sees global efforts to legislate age assurance for social platforms gain momentum in the wake of Australia’s trailblazing law, enacted late last year.Reporting from Reuters and Politico says Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced his intention at the World Governments Summit in Dubai. A bill is expected to be approved by the country’s Council of Ministers next week, amending a draft currently under debate in Spanish parliament.“Platforms will be required to implement effective age verification systems – not just check boxes, but real barriers that work,” Sánchez says. He says the law will “hold social media executives accountable for illegal and hate-speech content,” and “criminalize algorithmic manipulation and the amplification of illegal content.”“Spreading hate must come at a cost – a legal cost, as well as an economic and ethical cost – that platforms can no longer afford to ignore.”The personal liability for social media executives is a sharp barb, but it could end up causing further snags with the U.S. administration, which has thrown its weight behind U.S. tech companies pushing back against global regulations.Internet as it exists wasn’t built with kids in mind-According to Reuters, 82 percent of Spaniards support banning social media for children under 14. Across the bloc, the specifics of standardized age thresholds are still to be worked out; there has been legislative murmuring about an EU-wide digital age of majority, but for now various nations are setting different limits. Greece’s legislation, which government officials say is coming soon, would put the threshold for social media users at 15.Nonetheless, Spain joins a growing list of nations that are following Australia’s lead and pursuing related enforcement. Denmark has announced plans to restrict users under 15. The French government is fast tracking a similar law. Portugal’s government has tabled draft legislation that would block users under 16 unless they have parental consent.Taken together, it marks a larger social shift in how the internet is perceived and managed as a fully integrated element of our lives. Sánchez gets to the heart of it in stating his belief that “our children are exposed to a space they were never meant to navigate alone.” That sentiment is increasingly shared by parents and regulators.French authorities raid X office; UK ICO launches probe-There is ample reason. As social platform X continues to function as a deepfake porn and CSAM engine via its large language model (LLM), Grok, it is driving more punitive and legislative activity. Today, the Paris prosecutor’s cyber-crime unit staged a raid on the offices of X, and The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) opened a formal investigation into the company, “following reports that Grok has been used to generate non-consensual sexual imagery of individuals, including children.”Under the EU’s Digital Services Act, social media platforms are required to moderate illegal content, which includes child porn.

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)

ALL KINDS OF MAHON FLIGHTS BY THE IRGC OCCURING IN THE LAST 5 DAYS.
LOTS OF IRAN DRONE ACTIVITY GOING ON.
LOTS OF FLIGHTS COMING IN AND FROM ETHIOPIA TO QATAR AND THE UAE.(CARRYING AIR CRAFT FUSILACES, MISSLES, MISSLE DEFENCE SYSTEMS)
U.S C-17 AMERICAN ONLY VOLUME OUT OF TEXAS TO THE UK, RAMSTEIN PLUS A HEAVY FLOW A LOT INTO JORDAN.A LITTLE BIT INTO KIWAITE AND THAT AREA.
WHEN YOU START TO SEE THAT KINDA VOLUME HAPPENING.MEANS 14 DAYS TO 30 DAYS OPERATION HAPPENING.THIS IS IRRIVERSIBLE POSITIONING.IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO MOVE THIS STUFF NORMALLY. SO SOMETHING IS DEFINATELY A GO IN THE NEXT 14-30 DAYS.
IRAN SO CALLED TALKS SO FAR.3 ATTEMPS, 3 FAILS.THATS A 100% FAILURE RATE.SO I SAY THESE IRAN TALKS FAIL AGAIN.THEN TRUMP GOES AFTER KHEMENI AND HIS IRGC GUARDS.
B2S ARE THE PRIMARY, DROPPING BOMBS WITHOUT DETECTION-LOTS OF BUNKER BUSTER ACTION FROM HAWAII.AND ALSO B1S AND THE CLEAN UP CREWS THE B52 BOMBERS.LEAVES HAWAII WITHOUT DETECTION.WHEN THE RADAR SYSTEMS ARE GONE. THEY HAVE A VERY BIG RADAR SIGNITURE.
FIGHTERS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.BOMBERS ACROSS THE PACIFIC.MOST LIKELY OUT TO GUAM AND DIAGO GARCIA.U.S POSITIONING ASSETS UNLIKE ANY OTHER TIME SINCE THE GULF WAR.ACTION WILL BE TAKIN AT SOME POINT.IRAN LOOKOUT FOR A  QUICK IN AND OUT OF IRAN WHEN TRUMPS NAILS THEM.
THE BLACK SEA IS KEY FOR IRAN TO GET WEAPONS FROM RUSSIA AND TURKEY. YOU CAN BET AMERICA GOT ITS EYES ON THERE AS WELL AS THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WHEN TO GET IRAN.
WE HAVE GOT A RARE NUKE SNIFFER (THE CONSTANT PHOENIX) RUNNING ALONG THE BALTIC SEA.RIGHT AGAINST KALININGRAD.IRAN IS MOVING NUCLEAR STUFF AROUND. OR SOMEBODY IS. AND THE U.S HAS EYES WATCHING.
ALL AMERICAN WARSHIPS HAVE GONE DARK.USS ABRAHAM LINCOLIN FLAT TOP, USS SPRUANCE, USS MICHAEL MURPHY, USS FRANK E PETERSON JR.USS BULKELEY, USS ROSEVELT, USS DEBERT D BLACK, USS MCFAUL AND THE USS MITSCHER.THERE PROBABLY THE 5TH FLEET AND A COUPLE OF OHIO CLASSED SUBS.SO THE AREA IS COVER WITH U.S ALL OVER IT.
IRAN THINKS THEY GOT A SHOT YET AT THE U.S STIRRING UP STUFF.THE HINT IS IRAN WILL LAY LAND MINES IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.
AT 6PM FEB 2 BIG PAPA JOHNS AND DOMINOS PIZZA DELIVERY TO THE PENTAGON WORKING LATE AGAIN.VENEZUALA,CUBA PLANS BUT MOST LIKELY U.S TO IRANS ATTACK PLAN.
ELITE US ARMY HELICOPTER FORCE AND THE 160TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT (NIGHT STALKERS) ARE ALSO HEADING TO THE MIDEAST.

Iranian gunboats unsuccessfully attempt to board US oil tanker as Trump builds military presence-Six armed Iranian vessels attempted to board the tanker before a US Navy ship escorted it to safety-By Anders Hagstrom Fox News-Published February 3, 2026 12:28pm EST

Six Iranian gunboats unsuccessfully attempted to halt a U.S.-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported.The security firm Vanguard Tech told its clients on Tuesday that the Iranian vessels were armed with .50-caliber guns, and they ordered the oil tanker to turn off its engines and prepare to be boarded. Instead, the tanker sped up and was ultimately escorted to safety by a U.S. Navy vessel, according to the Journal.The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.The incident comes as the U.S. continues to ramp up its military presence surrounding Iran, with President Donald Trump describing an "armada" arrayed in the area.IRAN TO HOLD LIVE-FIRE DRILLS IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ WITH US ARMADA IN MIDDLE EAST-Iran's regime has vowed that any military strike on its territory would ignite a regional conflict, even as senior Iranian officials signaled a willingness to negotiate with the U.S.U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, according to Axios. The publication also reported that Witkoff will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Istanbul on Friday.The talks in Israel are expected to focus on Iran, following Zamir’s weekend visit to Washington, where he held a series of meetings with U.S. defense officials on the Islamic Republic.IRAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD COMMANDER SAYS REGIME HAS 'FINGER ON THE TRIGGER' AS US WARSHIPS HEAD TO MIDDLE EAST-Trump said on Saturday he believes Iran is negotiating "seriously" with the U.S., stressing that he hopes an "acceptable" deal can be brokered.When asked by a reporter aboard Air Force One whether he had decided on a strike against Iran, Trump responded, "I certainly can't tell you that.""But we do have very big, powerful ships heading in that direction," he added. "I hope they negotiate something that's acceptable."Trump open to Iran deal as US bolsters forces in Middle East Video-The president then sidestepped a question about whether Tehran would be emboldened if the U.S. opted not to launch strikes on Iran, saying, "Some people think that. Some people don’t.""You could make a negotiated deal that would be satisfactory with no nuclear weapons," Trump said. "They should do that, but I don't know that they will. But they are talking to us. Seriously talking to us."Fox News' Efrat Lachter and Michael Sinkewicz contributed to this report.Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on X: @Hagstrom_Anders.

US warships arrive off coast of Haiti.

Washington, United States, Feb 4 (AFP) Feb 04, 2026-US military officials said Tuesday American warships had arrived off the coast of Haiti, as the island country's leaders cling to power in their ongoing war against violent drug gangs.The USS Stockdale, USCGC Stone and USCGC Diligence entered the Bay of Port-au-Prince to "reflect the United States unwavering commitment to Haiti's security, stability and a brighter future," the US embassy in Haiti posted on X.The flotilla was sent "at the direction of the Secretary of War" Pete Hegseth as a part of "Operation Southern Spear," the statement said, referring to the US military campaign targeting alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific that has killed more than 100 people in boat strikes.After facing years of violence and instability, Haiti is entering a new phase of political turbulence in the days before the official end of the mandate for the country's Presidential Transitional Council on February 7.Gang violence forced the resignation in 2024 of a previous prime minister, Ariel Henry, and the country has not held elections since 2016, with government authority collapsing in much of the country, leading to overlapping security, health and economic crises.Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, with swaths of the country under the control of rival armed gangs who carry out murders, rapes and kidnappings.The US recently announced new visa restrictions targeting senior officials, who are accused of supporting gangs.

US jet downs Iran drone but talks still on course.

Washington, United States, Feb 4 (AFP) Feb 04, 2026-A US fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that approached an American aircraft carrier in the Middle East on Tuesday, Washington said, as renewed tensions on the high seas overshadowed plans for nuclear talks.White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that US envoy Steve Witkoff is still expected "to have conversations with the Iranians late this week," despite the incident.The downing of the drone was the second clash between the foes in Middle Eastern waters on the same day, after Iranian forces attempted to detain a US-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.Washington and Tehran have agreed to talks after US President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened Iran with military action -- and Iran warned that it would respond with strikes on US vessels and bases.The United States bombed Iran's nuclear sites last summer, and has sent a naval battlegroup back to the region since Tehran's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests.Negotiations are now set for Friday, but Trump has refused to rule out military action and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian insists talks will only go ahead provided they were free of threats."An F-35C fighter jet from Abraham Lincoln shot down the Iranian drone in self-defense," Central Command spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said in a statement.The aircraft carrier was dispatched to the Arabian Sea last month amid a buildup of US forces.- 'Bad things' -Trump had told Iranians that "help is on its way" during anti-government protests in Iran that were met with a deadly crackdown last month.Pezeshkian confirmed on Tuesday that he had ordered the start of talks with the United States, provided they were free of threats, after Trump suggested "bad things" would happen without a deal.Iran has not confirmed where the talks will take place but said Turkey, Oman and "some other countries in the region" had expressed willingness to host them, adding that the venue and timing were "not a complicated issue."Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Witkoff in Jerusalem on Tuesday that Iran "cannot be trusted," according to a statement from Netanyahu's office.The US opposes Iran's nuclear program, which it maintains is a precursor to acquiring nuclear weapons, while Tehran insists it is for civilian research purposes.Washington also wants to curtail Iran's support for proxy forces in the region and cut its vast arsenal of ballistic missiles."I have instructed my minister of foreign affairs, provided that a suitable environment exists -- one free from threats and unreasonable expectations -- to pursue fair and equitable negotiations," Pezeshkian wrote in a post on X.Iran has repeatedly stressed that any talks should focus solely on the nuclear issue and not its missile program or defense capabilities.While Trump and Pezeshkian insisted they were dedicated to talks, US and Iranian forces were in action at sea.A US-flagged tanker was challenged on Tuesday by Iranian gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command said.Spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said two Iranian boats and a drone approached the M/V Stena Imperative "and threatened to board and seize the tanker."A US destroyer responded with air support and escorted the tanker onwards.British maritime security firm Vanguard Tech reported that the Stena Imperative was approached by three pairs of small armed boats belonging to the Revolutionary Guards while transiting the strait 16 nautical miles (30 kilometers) north of Oman.The ship increased speed and maintained course, the firm added, stressing it did not enter Iranian waters.But the Iranian news agency Fars said a vessel, whose nationality it did not specify, had entered the country's territorial waters in the Strait of Hormuz."It was therefore warned and immediately left Iranian waters," Fars said.- Thousands arrested -Protests against the rising cost of living broke out in Tehran in December before evolving into wider nationwide anti-government demonstrations that triggered a deadly crackdown by the authorities.Iranian officials have acknowledged more than 3,000 deaths during the unrest, but insist that most were members of the security forces and innocent bystanders, attributing the violence to "terrorist acts."The Human Rights Activists News Agency, a US-based NGO, says it has confirmed 6,872 deaths, mostly protesters killed by security forces, with other rights groups warning the figure is far higher.On Tuesday, the NGO said it had counted at least 50,553 arrests linked to the protests, with further detentions ongoing.Iranian authorities have said the "riots" were inflamed by the United States and Israel.

US said to okay Iranian request to move Friday talks to Oman-US downs Iranian drone flying toward aircraft carrier; PM to Witkoff: Iran can’t be trusted-American military accuses IRGC of also harassing a US merchant vessel in Strait of Hormuz; Israel reportedly insisting that Trump administration stick to 4 key negotiating demands-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 1:37 am-FEB 4,26

A US Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, US Central Command said Tuesday, in an incident that threatens to further ramp up tensions as the Trump administration warned of possible military action to get Iran to the negotiating table.The drone “aggressively approached” the aircraft carrier with “unclear intent” and kept flying toward it “despite deescalatory measures taken by US forces operating in international waters,” Central Command spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins said in a statement.The shootdown was followed by a second incident, in which Iranian forces harassed a US-flagged and US-crewed merchant vessel that was sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, the American military said, and also came as Iran reportedly pushed to change the location and format of negotiations set to be held in Turkey on Friday.The developments could escalate the heightened tensions between the longtime adversaries as President Donald Trump has threatened to use military action first over Iran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests and then to try to get the country to make a deal over its nuclear program, ballistic missiles and support for proxy groups. Trump’s Republican administration has built up military forces in the region, sending the aircraft carrier, guided-missile destroyers, air defense assets and more to supplement its presence.The Shahed-139 drone was shot down by an F-35C fighter jet from the Lincoln, which was sailing about 500 miles (800 kilometers) from Iran’s southern coast, Hawkins said. No American troops were harmed, and no US equipment was damaged, the military’s statement noted.Iranian state media reported that Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is investigating the “interruption” of the drone. Semi-official Tasnim news agency posted on its Telegram that before the footage cut out, the drone was able to successfully transfer the images it took back to Iran.US says Iran also harassed a merchant vessel-After the shootdown, Revolutionary Guard forces harassed the merchant vessel Stena Imperative, the US military said. Two boats and an Iranian Mohajer drone approached the ship “at high speeds and threatened to board and seize the tanker,” Hawkins’ statement said.The destroyer USS McFaul responded and escorted the Stena Imperative “with defensive air support from the US Air Force,” the statement said, adding that the merchant vessel was now sailing safely.Talks between special envoy Steve Witkoff — who met Tuesday in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — and Iranian officials are still planned, White House and Iranian officials said. A source familiar with the situation said earlier that Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is also due to take part in the talks, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi expected to head Tehran’s negotiating team.Asked later Tuesday, Trump would not be drawn on where talks would take place, but he told reporters that “we are negotiating with them right now” and insisted negotiations were being held “all over… There’s more than one” location.“They are negotiating. They’d like to do something. We’ll see if something is going to be done. They had a chance to do something a while ago, and it didn’t work out, and we did Midnight Hammer,” Trump said, referring to the US airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear program last June.“I don’t think they want that happening again. They would like to negotiate. We are negotiating with them right now.”American officials told the Wall Street Journal that Trump considered walking away from negotiations with Iran following the naval confrontations, but ultimately chose not to. The report did not explain why Trump ended up deciding not to leave the talks.Adding further complications to an already delicate diplomatic effort, a regional source said Tuesday that Iran is demanding that the talks be held in Oman not Turkey, and that the scope be narrowed to two-way negotiations on nuclear issues only.The regional diplomat with knowledge of Iran’s demands said Tehran sought “to change the format, they want to change the scope.”“They only want to discuss the nuclear file with the Americans while the US wants to include other topics such as the (ballistic) missiles and the activities of Iran’s proxies in the region,” the diplomat added.Ministers from several other countries in the region, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates had also been expected to attend, but the regional source told Reuters that Tehran now wanted only bilateral talks with the US.Quoting an Arab source, the Axios news site later reported that the Trump administration agreed to move the talks to Oman. The source added that negotiations were still being held on whether any Arab or Muslim countries would also take part in the Oman talks.Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier said that he instructed his country’s foreign minister to “pursue fair and equitable negotiations” with the US. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei also told state TV that the talks were still expected in the next few days but that the details, including where they would take place, were still being discussed.Tensions began to rise again between the US and Iran as the Islamic Republic spent weeks brutally suppressing protests that began in late December against growing economic instability before broadening into a challenge to the country’s ruling theocracy.Trump had promised in early January to “rescue” Iranians from their government’s protest crackdown before starting to pressure Tehran again to make a deal over its nuclear program. That is even as the Republican president insists Iranian nuclear sites were “obliterated” in US strikes in June.‘Administration has proven its commitment to Israel’ Ahead of his expected meeting with Iranian officials later this week, Witkoff met with Netanyahu, who according to his office emphasized to Trump’s special envoy that “Iran has repeatedly proven it cannot be trusted to keep its promises.”Netanyahu was joined for the meeting by the heads of Israel’s security services, the Prime Minister’s Office told The Times of Israel. Two Israeli officials confirmed the meeting was attended by Israel’s spy agency head David Barnea, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and IDF commander Eyal Zamir.A senior diplomatic official later told Channel 12 that Israel has laid out several critical requirements for American negotiators ahead of the talks with Iran, with Israeli officials insisting that the US not budge on four key demands: that Iran transfer its highly-enriched material to another country, halt nuclear enrichment completely, cease its production of ballistic missiles, and stop funding anti-Israel proxy groups in the Middle East.“Every agreement that does not include these conditions is a bad agreement. This administration has proven its commitment to Israel in every area, and specifically in the Iranian area,” the senior official told Channel 12.He added that, “Israel has influenced in the past, and will influence this time too” in negotiations between the two powers.Iran has long said that these demands are unacceptable infringements of its sovereignty.An Iranian diplomatic source said earlier that Tehran’s view of the talks is neither optimistic nor pessimistic, adding that the Islamic Republic’s defensive capabilities are non-negotiable and that it is ready for any scenario.“It remains to be seen whether the United States also intends to conduct serious, results-oriented negotiations or not,” the source said.

Israelis split on joining possible US strike on Iran, survey finds-Poll shows half back Israeli action only if Iran attacks first, while 44% support immediate involvement; public also divided on US military aid, Board of Peace, state of democracy-By Stav Levaton-3 February 2026, 5:13 pm

Israelis are almost evenly split over whether the country should take part in a potential US attack on Iran, according to a new survey published Tuesday by the Israel Democracy Institute, conducted amid heightened tensions with the Islamic Republic.The poll — conducted January 25-29 among a representative sample of 755 Jewish and Arab adults — found that 50 percent of respondents believe Israel should only strike Iran if Tehran attacks Israel first, while 44% support direct military participation with Washington against the Islamic Republic from the outset.Among Jewish respondents, support for Israeli participation in an attack on Iran was somewhat higher, with 48% backing involvement from the beginning, compared to 46% who favored joining only in response to an Iranian attack. Arab respondents, by contrast, showed a much clearer preference for conditional involvement: 67% said Israel should participate only if Iran attacks Israel.Political orientation also emerged as a key dividing factor. In the Jewish sample, majorities on the political left (63%) and in the center (55%) supported participation only if Iran strikes first, while on the right, a majority (55%) favored direct involvement from the outset.Concerns over reducing US military aid-The survey also examined public reactions to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that Israel intends to taper off US military aid to zero over the next decade, with the premier saying he wants Israel to be “as independent as possible.”A plurality of Israelis expressed concern: 49% said ending American aid would harm Israel’s security, while 39.5% said it would not.Greater portions in both the Jewish and Arab samples leaned toward seeing the move as damaging, though political differences again were sharp. Across most Jewish political camps, majorities believed ending aid would harm security. Only among those who identified as being fully on the right were opinions reversed, with only 30% believing that it would harm Israel’s security.Board of Peace draws mixed support-The poll also asked about whether Netanyahu should join US President Donald Trump’s newly established Board of Peace, which includes representatives from Turkey and Qatar, despite Israeli opposition to their inclusion.In the total sample, 51% supported Netanyahu joining the US-led global oversight panel for Gaza, while 30% were against it. A notably large portion (19%) said they did not know, driven in part by a particularly high rate of uncertainty among Arab respondents.More than half of Jews favored Netanyahu joining, while Arab respondents were more divided, with only 31% in favor and 38% opposed.When respondents were asked whether the Board of Peace could help rebuild Gaza while maintaining Israel’s security, Jews and Arabs again differed. While a majority of Jews (54%) believed it could not help, the largest share of Arabs (42%) believed it could.Rising optimism, but deep Jewish-Arab divides-Additionally, the survey found a rise in optimism about Israel’s future across four areas: democratic rule, national security, the economy, and social cohesion.The largest increase was in optimism about the future of the country’s security, which rose by 7 percentage points from the month prior to 45%, while optimism about social cohesion rose by 4 points to 24%. Optimism about democratic rule rose more modestly, by 2 points to 44%.The share of Israelis optimistic about the economy reached its highest level (35%) since the institute began tracking that measure, rising by five points.Still, the poll underscored deep divides between Jews and Arabs on all topics. On national security, a majority of Jews (52%) expressed optimism, compared with only 11% of Arab respondents — the widest gap recorded across the four categories.Among Jewish respondents, optimism was also strongly tied to political alignment, with those on the right significantly more hopeful than Israelis in other political camps.Divide over Barak’s democracy warning-Finally, the survey addressed former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak’s recent assertion that Israel is “no longer a liberal democracy.”Israelis were closely split: 49.5% agreed with Barak, while 45% disagreed.Among Jews, the balance tilted slightly toward disagreement, with 49% rejecting Barak’s claim and 47% agreeing. Among Arabs, a clear majority (60%) agreed, while only 25% disagreed.Political identity again played a central role: overwhelming majorities on the left and in the center agreed with Barak, while only among those fully on the right did a strong majority disagree.

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.

With Trump mum, last US-Russia nuclear pact set to end By Shaun TANDON.

Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 1, 2026-Come Thursday, barring a last-minute change, the final treaty in the world that restricted nuclear weapon deployment will be over.New START, the last nuclear treaty between Washington and Moscow after decades of agreements dating to the Cold War, is set to expire, and with it restrictions on the two top nuclear powers.The expiration comes as President Donald Trump, vowing "America First," smashes through international agreements that limit the United States, although in the case of New START, the issue may more be inertia than ideology.Russian President Vladimir Putin in September suggested a one-year extension of New START.Trump, asked afterward by a reporter for a reaction while he was boarding his helicopter, said an extension "sounds like a good idea to me" -- but little has been heard since.Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev, who as Russia's president signed New START with counterpart Barack Obama in 2010, said in a recent interview with the Kommersant newspaper that Russia has received no "substantive reaction" on New START but was still giving time to Trump.A White House official said on condition of anonymity that Trump would like to see "limits on nuclear weapons and involve China in arms control talks."The way to do that, the official said, Trump "will clarify on his own timeline."Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, which supports reducing nuclear risks, said Trump's second administration, which has sidelined career diplomats and entrusted decision-making only to a handful of people, is not functioning in a normal way that would allow complex negotiations.Trump "seems to have the right instinct on this issue but has thus far failed to follow through with a coherent strategy," Kimball said.Jon Wolfsthal, director of global risk at the Federation of American Scientists, said Trump and Putin could pick up the phone and agree immediately at a political level to extend New START."This is a piece of low-hanging fruit that the Trump administration should have seized months ago," he said.Wolfsthal is among experts involved in the "Doomsday Clock" meant to symbolize how near humanity is to destruction. It was recently moved closer to midnight in part due to New START's demise.- 'Empty formality'? -Trump called in October for the United States to resume nuclear testing for the first time in more than 30 years, although it is not clear he will carry it out.Russia in 2023 already suspended a key element of New START, allowing inspections, as relations deteriorated sharply with US President Joe Biden's administration over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Alexander Khramchikhin, a Russian military analyst, said the two powers already had indicated they will do as they like."It's clear that the treaty has reached its end," he said. "It's just an empty formality that will disappear."Vassily Kashin, director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies in Moscow, said Russia would watch if the United States ramps up its nuclear arsenal and, if so, would decide measures in response."But if the Americans don't take any drastic measures, such as installing warheads, Russia will most likely simply wait, observe and remain silent," he said.- China factor -New START restricted Russia and the United States to a maximum of 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads each -- a reduction of nearly 30 percent from the previous limit set in 2002.It also limits launchers and heavy bombers to 800 each, although the number is still easily enough to destroy Earth.During his first term, also faced with New START's expiration, Trump insisted a new treaty bring in China -- whose arsenal is fast growing, although well below the other two powers. A US negotiator even provocatively put an empty chair with a Chinese flag.Biden on taking office in 2021 quickly agreed to extend New START by five years to 2026.Despite his stance on New START, Trump has enthusiastically restarted diplomacy with Russia that Biden cut off over the war, inviting Putin to an August summit in Alaska and unsuccessfully trying to broker a deal in Ukraine.US allies France and Britain also have established nuclear arsenals on a smaller scale, while India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea have known nuclear weapons but are not part of international agreements.

They poisoned us': grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing By Nina LARSON.

Geneva (AFP) Jan 22, 2026-Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into the deadly legacy.More than 2,400 nuclear devices were detonated in tests conducted worldwide between 1945 and 2017.Of the nine countries known to possess nuclear weapons -- Russia, the United States, China, France, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel and North Korea -- only Pyongyang has conducted nuclear tests since the 1990s.But a new report from the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) humanitarian organisation, provided exclusively to AFP, details how the effects of past tests are still being felt worldwide."They poisoned us," Hinamoeura Cross, a 37-year-old Tahitian parliamentarian who was aged seven when France detonated its last nuclear explosion near her home in French Polynesia in 1996.Seventeen years later, she was diagnosed with leukaemia, in a family where her grandmother, mother and aunt already suffered from thyroid cancer.The explosions are known to have caused enduring and widespread harm to human health, societies and ecosystems.But the NPA report details over 304 pages how an ongoing culture of secrecy, along with lacking international engagement and a dearth of data, have left many affected communities scrambling for answers."Past nuclear testing continues to kill today," said NPA chief Raymond Johansen, voicing hope the report would "strengthen the resolve to prevent nuclear weapons from ever being tested or used again".- 'Very dangerous' -The issue has gained fresh relevance after US President Donald Trump's suggestion last November that Washington could resume nuclear testing, accusing Russia and China of already doing so -- charges they rejected."This is very, very, very dangerous," warned Ivana Hughes, a Columbia University chemistry lecturer and head of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, who contributed to the NPA report."The nuclear testing period shows us that the consequences are extremely long-lasting and very serious," she told AFP.The heaviest burden of past tests has fallen on communities living near test sites, today located in 15 different countries, including many former colonies of nuclear-armed states.Survivors there continue to face elevated rates of illness, congenital anomalies and trauma.The impact is also felt globally."Every person alive today carries radioactive isotopes from atmospheric testing in their bones," report co-author and University of South Carolina anthropology professor Magdalena Stawkowski told AFP.- Millions of early deaths -Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe are known to have already died from illnesses linked to past nuclear test detonations, the report highlighted.It pointed to strong scientific evidence connecting radiation exposure to DNA damage, cancer, cardiovascular disease and genetic effects, even at low doses."The risks that radiation poses are really much greater than previously thought," report co-author Tilman Ruff told AFP.The atmospheric tests alone, which were conducted up to 1980, are expected over time to cause at least two million excess cancer deaths, he said.And "the same number of additional early deaths (are expected) from heart attacks and strokes", said Ruff, a Melbourne University public health fellow and co-founder of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.Ionising radiation, or particles that can snap DNA bonds in cells and turn them cancerous, is "intensely biologically harmful", he said."There is no level below which there are no effects".The risks are not uniform, with foetuses and young children most affected, and girls and women 52-percent more susceptible to the cancer-inducing effects of radiation than boys and men.- Culture of secrecy -The NPA report documented a persistent culture of secrecy among states that had tested nuclear weapons.In Kiribati, for instance, studies by Britain and the United States on health and environmental impacts remain classified, preventing victims from learning what was done to them.And in Algeria, the precise sites where France buried radioactive waste after its tests there remain undisclosed, the report said.None of the nuclear-armed states has ever apologised for the tests, and even in cases where they eventually acknowledged damage, the report said compensation schemes have tended to "function more to limit liability than to help victims in good faith".Local communities, meanwhile, frequently lack adequate healthcare and health screening, as well as basic risk education -- leaving people unaware of the dangers or how to protect themselves."The harm is underestimated, it's under-communicated, and it's under-addressed," Stawkowski said.- 'Guinea pigs' -When Cross was diagnosed with leukaemia aged 24, she did not immediately blame the nuclear explosions in French Polynesia decades earlier."France's propaganda was very powerful," she told AFP, adding that in school she had only learned about the tests' positive economic impact for France's South Pacific islands and atolls.She was later "shocked" to discover that rather than a handful of harmless "tests", France conducted 193 explosions in French Polynesia between 1966 and 1996.The biggest was around 200 times more powerful than the bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima in 1945."These weren't just tests. They were real bombs," she said, charging that her people had been treated as "guinea pigs" for decades.- 'Trauma' -Other communities near test sites have also borne a heavy burden.Hughes pointed to the impact of the United States' 15-megaton Bravo test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954 -- "equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshima bombs -- an absolute monstrosity".It vaporised one island and exposed thousands nearby to radioactive fallout.Rongelap, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Bikini, saw "vaporised coral atoll mixed in with radioactive isotopes falling onto the island from the sky, with the children thinking it was snow", Hughes said.The report criticised the "minimal" international response to the problem.It especially highlighted the nuclear-armed states' responsibility to scale up efforts to assess needs, assist victims and clean up contaminated environments."We want to understand what happened to us," Cross said."We want to heal from this trauma." 

North produces enough nuclear material a year for 10-20 weapons: S. Korea president By Kang Jin-kyu.

Seoul (AFP) Jan 21, 2026-North Korea is producing enough nuclear material a year for up to 20 weapons, the South's President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday, warning that Pyongyang's ambitions could pose a global danger.The North carried out its first atomic test in 2006 in violation of UN resolutions and is now believed to possess dozens of nuclear warheads."Even now, nuclear materials sufficient to produce 10 to 20 nuclear weapons a year are still being produced" in North Korea, Lee told reporters at a New Year news conference.At the same time, the North is continuing to improve its long-range ballistic missile technology aimed at striking the US mainland, Lee added."At some point, North Korea will have secured the nuclear arsenal it believes it needs to sustain the regime, along with ICBM capabilities capable of threatening not only the United States but the wider world," he said, referring to intercontinental ballistic missiles."And once there is excess, it will go abroad -- beyond its borders. A global danger will then emerge," he said.Pyongyang has for decades justified its nuclear and missile programmes as a deterrent against alleged regime change efforts by Washington and its allies.A pragmatic attitude was needed in addressing North Korea's nuclear issue, Lee said, adding the "Trump-style approach" could help in communicating with Pyongyang."The suspension of nuclear material production and ICBM development, as well as a halt to overseas exports, would also be a gain," he said."It would be a gain for everyone," he added, noting that he had laid out the argument to both US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.Since his inauguration in June, Lee has pushed for dialogue with the North without preconditions, a stark departure from the hawkish approach of his predecessor.- 'Trump-style approach' -While Pyongyang has snubbed Seoul's dialogue offers, Lee said Trump could pave the way forward with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un -- with whom the US leader has expressed his affinity over the years."President Trump is a somewhat unique figure, but I think that very trait can at times be a significant asset in resolving problems on the Korean peninsula," Lee said."The Trump?style approach seems to help when it comes to talking with Kim ... I am willing to play the role of a pacemaker in that process."Trump met Kim three times during his first term in efforts to reach a denuclearisation deal.But since his second summit in Hanoi fell through over differences about what Pyongyang would get in return for giving up its nuclear weapons, no progress has been made between the two countries.Trump had expressed hopes for a meeting with Kim ahead of the APEC summit in South Korea in October, which went unanswered by the North Korean leader.Recently North Korea accused the South of flying a drone into the border city of Kaesong.Lee's office has denied it was behind the incursion but alluded it might have been carried out by civilians.One man has claimed responsibility for the breach, telling local media that he had carried it out to measure radiation levels at a North Korean uranium processing facility.

UK unveils first plan to tackle 'forever chemicals'.

London, Feb 3 (AFP) Feb 03, 2026-Britain unveiled Tuesday its first-ever plan to tackle "forever chemicals" and reduce the risks they pose to health and the environment.PFAs (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a group of some 10,000 human-manufactured chemicals used in everything from pizza boxes to cookware, to waterproof clothing.They take an extremely long time to break down -- earning them their "forever" nickname -- and instead build up in the environment.There is growing evidence their widespread use has created risks that "will likely remain for hundreds of years", according to the UK's Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs.It said in a statement the new government plan aims to "understand where these chemicals are coming from, how they spread and how to reduce public and environmental exposure".The full extent of PFAs in England's estuaries and coastal waters "will be assessed for the first time," it added.PFAs are present in food and drinking water.Chronic exposure to even low levels has been linked to liver damage, high cholesterol, reduced immune responses, low birth weights and several kinds of cancer.Under the plan, "a consultation will be launched later this year on introducing a statutory limit for PFAS in England's public supply regulations."Should permitted levels be exceeded, this would make it easier for regulators to "enforce against water companies breaking the rules"."It's crucial that we protect public health and the environment for future generations," said Environment Minister Emma Hardy in the statement.She noted the government would work with regulators, industry, and local communities "to ensure 'forever chemicals' are not a forever problem".Safer alternatives to everyday items, such as period pads and waterproof clothing, could also be developed.Traces of the chemicals have been found everywhere from Tibet to Antarctica and contamination scandals have gripped Belgium and the United States among other nations.Their use is increasingly being restricted across the world due to adverse health effects.A handful of US states, including California, implemented a ban on the intentional use of PFAS in cosmetics beginning in 2025, and several other states are slated to follow in 2026.The European Union has also been studying a ban on the use of PFAs in consumer products.A report last week said their continued use could cost Europe up to 1.7 trillion euros ($2 trillion) by 2050 because of their impact on people's health.

US deploys military team to Nigeria: general.

Lagos, Feb 3 (AFP) Feb 03, 2026-A top US general said Tuesday the United States had deployed a small military team to Nigeria, where President Donald Trump's administration has alternately pressured and aided the government as it fights jihadist violence.Speaking after the United States launched strikes targeting militants in Nigeria on December 25, General Dagvin Anderson, head of the US Africa Command (Africom), said the two countries had decided to "increase collaboration"."We agreed that we needed to work together on the way forward in the region," Anderson told a virtual news conference."That has led to increased collaboration between our nations to include a small US team that brings some unique capabilities from the United States in order to augment what Nigeria has been doing for several years."The general did not give details on the team's activities.Trump has alleged there is a "genocide" of Christians in Nigeria, a claim rejected by the Nigerian government and many independent experts, who say the country's security crises claim the lives of both Christians and Muslims, often without distinction.Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is broadly split between a Christian-majority south and Muslim-majority north.Africom told AFP last month the US military would increase equipment deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria as part of efforts to fight Islamic State group jihadists.The US strikes in December hit IS targets in Sokoto state, in northwestern Nigeria.Africom said US military support would be concentrated in that region and the northeast, hit by nearly two decades of unrest blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram and a splinter movement, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

Iraq PM candidate Maliki says majority bloc has final say on nomination.

Baghdad, Feb 3 (AFP) Feb 03, 2026-Iraq's main candidate for the premiership, Nouri al-Maliki, said Tuesday that withdrawing his candidacy would jeopardise Iraqi sovereignty after US threats and he would only step aside if his electoral bloc asks him to.Last week, US President Donald Trump, in his latest intervention in another country's politics, issued an ultimatum, declaring Maliki a "very bad choice" and if he was elected the US "will no longer help Iraq".In an interview with Iraqi network al-Sharqiya that was broadcast Tuesday, Maliki was asked whether he would withdraw if his candidacy posed a threat to Iraq's interests."Of course, I would withdraw ... but I believe that withdrawing now endangers Iraq's sovereignty," and would undermine any future decision Iraq has to make."I have said it: I am proceeding with this nomination until the end."And he added that only the Coordination Framework -- an alliance of Shiite groups with varying degrees of links to Iran that nominated him -- could change that."The framework comes first and foremost. If it now decides to change the nomination, I will accept with open arms," Maliki said.Last month, the Coordination Framework, which holds a parliamentary majority and has emerged in recent years as the main ruling coalition, endorsed Maliki as Iraq's next prime minister.After Trump's threats, the alliance reiterated Saturday its support for Maliki.But in Iraq, a country with chronically volatile politics driven by internal disputes and foreign pressure mostly from the United States and Iran, key decisions are often delayed and subject to influence.Maliki, a powerbroker and shrewd politician, is Iraq's only two-term prime minister, having led the government between 2006 and 2014.He enjoyed the support of the then US occupation, but later fell out with Washington over his growing ties with Iran.The US has held significant sway over Iraqi politics since leading the 2003 invasion that ousted long-time ruler Saddam Hussein, but is an enemy of Baghdad's other main ally Iran.

Britain, Japan agree to deepen defence ties; Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence pact won't include Turkey by AFP Staff Writers.

Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2026-Britain and Japan agreed to strengthen defence and economic ties, visiting Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday, after his bid to forge closer links with China drew warnings from US President Donald Trump.Starmer noted that Japan and Britain were the leading economies in a trans-Pacific that includes fellow G7 member Canada, as well as other international trade and defence pacts."We set out a clear priority to build an even deeper partnership in the years to come," Starmer said as he stood beside Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi after a bilateral meeting in Tokyo."That includes working together to strengthen our collective security, across the Euro-Atlantic and in the Indo-Pacific."Takaichi said they agreed to hold a meeting of British and Japanese foreign and defence ministers this year.She said she also wanted to discuss "cooperation towards realising a free and open Indo-Pacific, the Middle East situation and Ukraine situation" at a dinner with Starmer later on Saturday.Starmer arrived on a one-day Tokyo stop after a four-day visit in China, where he followed in the footsteps of other Western leaders looking to counter an increasingly volatile United States.Leaders from France, Canada and Finland have all travelled to Beijing in recent weeks, recoiling from Trump's bid to seize Greenland and tariff threats against NATO allies.Trump warned on Thursday it was "very dangerous" for its close ally Britain to be dealing with China, although Starmer brushed off those comments.Tokyo's ties with Beijing have deteriorated since Takaichi suggested in November that Japan could intervene militarily during a potential attack on Taiwan.China regards the self-ruled democratic island as its territory.Starmer met Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on Thursday, with both sides highlighting the need for closer ties.He also signed a series of agreements there, with Downing Street announcing Beijing had agreed to visa-free travel for British citizens visiting China for under 30 days.No start date for that arrangement has been given yet.Takaich said the two leaders agreed during discussions on economic security that a strengthening of supply chains "including important minerals is urgently needed".There is concern that Beijing could choke off exports of the rare earths crucial for making everything from electric cars to missiles.China, the world's leading producer of such minerals, announced new export controls in October on rare earths and associated technologies.They have also been a major sticking point in trade negotiations between China and the United States.Britain, Japan and Italy are also developing a new fighter jet after Tokyo relied for decades on the United States for military hardware.

Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence pact will not include Turkey: sources.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Jan 31, 2026 - Turkey will not join a mutual defence pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a source close to the Saudi military told AFP on Saturday, after a Turkish official said earlier this month that they had entered talks aimed at entering the alliance.Speculation has been rife that the three countries were intent on forming a powerful alliance amid soaring tensions in the region, following Israeli air strikes in Doha over the summer targeting Hamas officials that preceded Iran's bombing of a US air base in Qatar."Turkey won't join the defence pact with Pakistan," the source told AFP, dismissing reports of negotiations."It's a bilateral pact with Pakistan and will remain a bilateral pact".A Gulf official also confirmed the information."This is a bilateral defensive relationship with Pakistan. We have common agreements with Turkey but the one with Pakistan will stay bilateral," the official said.The defence agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, announced last year raised many questions, particularly about its possible nuclear component, given that Islamabad possesses nuclear weapons.The Pakistan-Saudi pact was signed just months after Pakistan and India fought an intense four-day conflict in May that killed more than 70 people on both sides in missile, drone and artillery fire, the worst clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbours since 1999.Pakistan and India, also a nuclear power, have long accused each other of backing militant forces to destabilise one another.Saudi Arabia is believed to have played a key role in defusing the conflict.Riyadh also maintains good relations with Delhi.India's rapidly developing economy relies heavily on petroleum imports, with Saudi Arabia ranked as its third-largest supplier according to the Indian foreign ministry.

KSAT rolls out AI driven maritime monitoring platform by Robert Schreiber.

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026-KSAT is introducing a new platform that provides space based maritime situational awareness by combining its global satellite ground network and maritime services with AI powered analytics developed by VAKE.The Vake Powered By KSAT platform delivers detection, identification and tracking of dark vessels from space by using data from optical, radiofrequency and radar satellites operated by 15 different providers, and makes this information available through a single interface.The company positions the platform as an evolution of its long running vessel detection services, designed to monitor areas and vessels of interest by drawing on multiple space based data sources.By integrating KSATs satellite antenna network, Earth observation capabilities and maritime expertise with VAKES advanced AI and visualization tools, the platform is intended to accelerate maritime decision making for users such as coast guards and navies.KSAT notes that its vertically integrated value chain allows it to control tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination, and to dynamically reschedule and retask satellites during contingency events when rapid information is needed.As the worlds largest satellite ground station provider, KSAT has built a high quality historical database of maritime activity that is now leveraged together with VAKES analytics to train AI systems that can detect, describe and recognize vessels and highlight anomalies within an area of interest.The new platform is designed for ease of access and integration, offering space powered maritime awareness that can be incorporated into existing systems while providing options to task new satellite collections directly from the interface.Space based sensing is described as an important part of building a recognized maritime picture because it offers wide area coverage, rich detail and the ability to monitor regions that are hard to reach with conventional platforms such as aircraft or drones.KSAT aims to make space data more convenient for operational users by delivering timely, relevant and reliable compilations of information through one platform, where users can view current activity and request additional targeted observations.Following KSATs acquisition of VAKE in 2024, the combined organization is pursuing shorter decision cycles by reducing the time from satellite collection to information delivery across multiple satellite operators.KSAT currently provides collection to dissemination timelines of around 15 minutes and has set a goal of pushing space based information delivery below five minutes by 2030, regardless of operator, orbit or platform, while keeping access secure and straightforward for end users.

Russia resumes strikes on freezing Ukrainian capital ahead of talks By Barbara WOJAZER and Serhii OKUNEV.

Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 3, 2026-Russia launched its biggest drone and missile attack this year on Ukraine overnight, leaving hundreds of thousands without heating in freezing temperatures on Tuesday, just one day ahead of fresh talks aiming to find an end to the four-year war.The strikes hit as Ukraine was experiencing the coldest temperatures during the Russian invasion and damaged an iconic Soviet-era WWII monument.They also came a day before Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were due to meet for a second round of talks in Abu Dhabi."Taking advantage of the coldest days of winter to terrorise people is more important to Russia than turning to diplomacy," Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media, denouncing the attack.AFP journalists heard explosions across the capital overnight and residents in over 1,000 buildings woke to find their heating cut off as temperatures dipped towards minus 20 Celsius.The Kremlin had last week said it agreed to a US request not to strike Kyiv for seven days, ending Sunday.Ukraine had not reported large-scale Russian attacks on the capital last week, while reporting continued attacks in other parts of the country."Several types of ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones, were used to strike high-rise buildings and thermal power plants," Energy Minister Denys Shmygal said."Hundreds of thousands of families, including children, were deliberately left without heat in the harshest winter frosts," he added.Russia attacked with 71 missiles, as well as 450 attack drones, the Ukrainian air force said. Ukraine said it intercepted or destroyed 38 missiles and 412 drones.Five people were wounded in the capital, officials said, adding that thousands were without electricity.- 'Symbolic and cynical' -The base of the city's towering Soviet-era Motherland statue was damaged."It is both symbolic and cynical: the aggressor state strikes at a place of remembrance of the struggle against aggression in the 20th century, repeating its crimes in the 21st century," Culture Minister Tetyana Berezhna wrote on social media.Russian strikes had this month repeatedly cut power and heating to tens of thousands of homes -- with Kyiv and its European allies accusing Moscow of deliberately freezing Ukraine's population.Strikes also hit Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, temporarily cutting heating to some 100,000 subscribers.The hours-long attack targeted energy infrastructure and aimed to "cause maximum destruction... and leave the city without heat during severe frost", Kharkiv Governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on Telegram.Authorities had to cut heating to more than 800 homes to prevent the wider network from freezing, he said, urging people to go to round-the-clock "invincibility points" around the city if they needed to warm up.Overnight temperatures plunged to minus 19C in Kyiv and sank as low as minus 23C in Kharkiv.- US-backed talks -Washington has sought to craft a settlement between the two sides, but the first round of trilateral talks held in Abu Dhabi last weekend failed to yield a breakthrough.A second round is due to begin on Wednesday in the Emirati capital.Zelensky said on Monday that recent "de-escalation" with Russia was helping build trust in negotiations, apparently referring to a break in attacks on energy facilities.The second round of talks is expected to focus on territory -- with no breakthrough so far on the crucial issue.Russia wants full control of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, which Kyiv has ruled out, saying such a move would only embolden Moscow.After failing in its aim of a lightning offensive to capture Kyiv and topple Ukraine's leadership in a matter of days in 2022, Russia has been bogged down in the face of Ukrainian defences and is now mounting a grinding advance that has come at huge human cost.Moscow's troops accelerated their advance in Ukraine throughout January, capturing almost twice as much land as in the previous month, according to an AFP analysis.Russia seized 481 square kilometres (186 square miles) in January, according to the analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War, which works with the Critical Threats Project.The January gains were up from 244 square kilometres in December 2025 and one of the largest advances during a winter month since Russia invaded four years ago.

China tells Russia's Shoigu relations could 'break new ground'by AFP Staff Writers.

Beijing (AFP) Feb 1, 2026-China's top diplomat told Russia's security chief that bilateral relations could "break new ground" this year as the two officials met in Beijing on Sunday, according to an official government statement.Beijing and Moscow have ramped up economic cooperation and diplomatic contacts in recent years, and their strategic partnership has grown closer since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Russian Security Council secretary Sergei Shoigu in the Chinese capital on Sunday in the latest round of "strategic communication", Beijing's foreign ministry said.Wang told Shoigu that China and Russia must work together to uphold multilateralism in a time of "turmoil", and "advocate for an equal and orderly multipolar world".China is willing to work with Russia to "deepen strategic coordination, and push China-Russia relations to break new ground in the new year", Wang told Shoigu, according to the ministry's readout.The meeting in Beijing came as the United States says it is close to brokering a deal to end the conflict in Ukraine.Russia's top economic envoy met US officials in Florida this week for surprise talks on the war.China presents itself as a neutral party in the war and says it is not sending lethal assistance to either side, unlike the United States and other Western nations.But it is a close political and economic ally of Russia and NATO members have branded Beijing a "decisive enabler" of the war -- which it has never condemned.

China warns US attempts to contain it 'doomed to fail'by AFP Staff Writers.

Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2026-Beijing said on Thursday attempts to contain it are "doomed to fail", days after the US defence department announced it would prioritise curbing China this year while maintaining respectful ties."Facts have proven that any attempt to contain or block China is doomed to fail," defence ministry spokesman Jiang Bin told a news briefing.But he added that Beijing was "willing to work with the US side" to promote ties, with President Donald Trump expected to visit China in April for talks with his counterpart Xi Jinping.The United States' 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), released last week, said Washington would "deter China in the Indo-Pacific through strength, not confrontation".It was a significant departure from past Pentagon policy as it took a softer tone on traditional foes China and Russia.The previous NDS -- released under Trump's predecessor Joe Biden -- described China as Washington's most consequential challenge.The new document however urges "respectful relations" with Beijing -- while making no mention of US ally Taiwan, which China claims as its territory.But it reiterated Washington's plans to build up a "strong denial defense" along the First Island Chain -- which includes Japan and Taiwan.Jiang, the defence spokesman, urged the United States to "stop saying one thing while doing the opposite on issues concerning China's core interests" and vowed to "resolutely safeguard" them.In December, Beijing launched live-fire military drills around democratically governed Taiwan following a bumper round of arms sales to Taipei by the United States, its main security backer.

Ending half-century of arms control, US-Russian nuclear pact set to expire-Expiration of New START Treaty on Thursday has arms control advocates concerned over a new Russia-US arms race that would foment global instability-By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Harriet Morris Today, 11:04 am

AP — The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States is set to expire Thursday, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century.The termination of the New START Treaty would set the stage for what many fear could be an unconstrained nuclear arms race.Russian President Vladimir Putin declared readiness to stick to the treaty’s limits for another year if Washington follows suit, but US President Donald Trump has been noncommittal about extending it.Trump has repeatedly indicated he would like to keep limits on nuclear weapons and involve China in arms control talks, a White House official who was not authorized to talk publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity said Monday. Trump will make a decision on nuclear arms control “on his own timeline,” the official said.Beijing has balked at any restrictions on its smaller but growing nuclear arsenal.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday it would be a “more dangerous” world without limits on US and Russian nuclear stockpiles.Arms control advocates long have voiced concern about the expiration of New START, warning it could lead to a new Russia-US arms race, foment global instability and increase the risk of nuclear conflict.Failure to agree on keeping the pact’s limits will likely encourage a bigger deployment, said Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association in Washington.“We’re at the point now where the two sides could, with the expiration of this treaty, for the first time in about 35 years, increase the number of nuclear weapons that are deployed on each side,” Kimball told The Associated Press. “And this would open up the possibility of an unconstrained, dangerous three-way arms race, not just between the US and Russia, but also involving China, which is also increasing its smaller but still deadly nuclear arsenal.”Kingston Reif of the RAND Corporation, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defense, also warned during an online discussion that “in the absence of the predictability of the treaty, each side could be incentivized to plan for the worst or to increase their deployed arsenals to show toughness and resolve, or to search for negotiating leverage.”Putin repeatedly has brandished Russia’s nuclear might since sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022, warning Moscow was prepared to use “all means” to protect its security interests. In 2024, he signed a revised nuclear doctrine lowering the threshold for nuclear weapons use.New START, signed in 2010 by US president Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, restricted each side to no more than 1,550 nuclear warheads on no more than 700 missiles and bombers — deployed and ready for use. It was originally supposed to expire in 2021 but was extended for five more years.The pact envisioned sweeping on-site inspections to verify compliance, although they stopped in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and never resumed.In February 2023, Putin suspended Moscow’s participation, saying Russia couldn’t allow US inspections of its nuclear sites at a time when Washington and its NATO allies have openly declared Moscow’s defeat in Ukraine as their goal. At the same time, the Kremlin emphasized it wasn’t withdrawing from the pact altogether, pledging to respect its caps on nuclear weapons.In offering in September to abide by New START’s limits for a year to buy time for both sides to negotiate a successor agreement, Putin said the pact’s expiration would be destabilizing and could fuel nuclear proliferation.Rose Gottemoeller, the chief US negotiator for pact and a former NATO deputy secretary-general, said extending it would have served US interests. “A one-year extension of New START limits would not prejudice any of the vital steps that the United States is taking to respond to the Chinese nuclear buildup,” she told an online discussion last month.New START followed a long succession of US-Russian nuclear arms reduction pacts, starting with SALT I in 1972 signed by US president Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev — the first attempt to limit their arsenals.The 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty restricted the countries’ missile defense systems until US president George W. Bush took the US out of the pact in 2001 despite Moscow’s warnings. The Kremlin has described Washington’s efforts to build a missile shield as a major threat, arguing it would erode Russia’s nuclear deterrent by giving the US the capability to shoot down its intercontinental ballistic missiles.As a response to the US missile shield, Putin ordered the development of the Burevestnik nuclear-tipped and nuclear-powered cruise missile and the Poseidon nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered underwater drone. Russia said last year it successfully tested the Poseidon and the Burevestnik and was preparing their deployment.Also terminated in 2019 was the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which was signed in 1987 and banned land-based missiles with a range between 500-5,500 kilometers (310-3,400 miles). Those missiles were seen as particularly destabilizing because of their short flight time to their targets, leaving only minutes to decide on a retaliatory strike and increasing the threat of a nuclear war on a false warning.In November 2024 and again last month, Russia attacked Ukraine with a conventional version of its new Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile. Moscow says it has a range of up to 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles), capable of reaching any European target, with either nuclear or conventional warheads.Without agreements limiting nuclear arsenals, Russia “will promptly and firmly fend off any new threats to our security,” said Medvedev, who had signed the New START treaty and is now deputy head of Putin’s Security Council.“If we are not heard, we act proportionately seeking to restore parity,” he said in recent remarks.Medvedev specifically mentioned Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile defense system among potentially destabilizing moves, emphasizing a close link between offensive and defensive strategic weapons.Trump’s plan has worried Russia and China, Kimball said.“They’re likely going to respond to Golden Dome by building up the number of offensive weapons they have to overwhelm the system and make sure that they have the potential to retaliate with nuclear weapons,” he said, adding that offensive capabilities can be built faster and cheaper than defensive ones.Trump’s October statement about US intentions to resume nuclear tests for the first time since 1992 also troubled the Kremlin, which last conducted a test in 1990 when the USSR still existed. Putin said Russia will respond in kind if the US resumes tests, which are banned by a global treaty that Moscow and Washington signed.US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in November that such tests would not include nuclear explosions.Kimball said a US resumption of tests “would blow a massive hole in the global system to reduce nuclear risk,” prompting Russia to respond in kind and tempting others, including China and India, to follow suit.The world was heading toward accelerated strategic competition, he said, with more spending and increasingly unstable relations involving the US, Russia, and China on nuclear matters.“This marks a potential turning point into a much more dangerous period of global nuclear competition, the likes of which we’ve not seen in our lifetimes,” Kimball added.

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)

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.

GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: NOAA says that minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are likely on Feb 5-6 when a CME is expected to graze Earth's magnetic field. The CME was hurled into space by a powerful X8-class solar flare on Feb.1st. Even a glancing blow from such a CME can be potent, so don't be surprised if the storm is stronger than expected. CME impact alerts: SMS Text
SUNSPOT ARCHIPELAGO: Sunspots are magnetic islands on the sun. Sunspot AR4366 is a complete archipelago. Scroll down to scan more than 200,000 miles of island chain:Amateur astronomer James Kevin Ty took this picture on Feb 3rd from his backyard observatory in Manila. "This sunspot started as an inconspicuous pore just a few days ago. Since then it has grown hugely in size!" he says.The island metaphor is apt. Sunspots are buoyant concentrations of magnetism that float on a sea of solar plasma. Archipelago 4366 consists of one big island twice as wide as Earth plus dozens of lesser isles ranging in size from US states to small planets.
AR4366 is currently facing Earth, and it poses a threat for X-class solar flares. Such flares can cause shortwave radio blackouts and, if they hurl a CME in our direction, strong-to-extreme geomagnetic storms. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text 

Sun unleashes powerful solar flares. Here's what it means.Portrait of Michelle Del Rey Michelle Del Rey-USA TODAY-Feb. 3, 2026, 3:21 p.m. ET

The sun emitted some of the most powerful solar flares this week, NASA announced.The star emitted three strong solar flares on Sunday, Feb. 1, peaking at 7:33 a.m. ET, 6:37 p.m. ET and 7:36 p.m. ET, according to the government agency. The sun also emitted a fourth strong solar flare on Monday, Feb. 2, which peaked at 3:14 a.m. ET. The flares derived from Region 4366, a "solar flare factory" created on Jan. 30, according to Spaceweather.com and NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center.NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the events.The recorded flares are some of the strongest, NASA said. The solar flares' classifications are as follows: the first is an X1.0, the second is an X8.1, the third is an X2.8 and the fourth is an X1.6.NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured these images of the solar flares — seen as the bright flashes in the center of the images — on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2, 2026.Flares classified with an X are the most intense, according to NASA. The number is relevant to its strength.The latest solar flare, an X1.5, occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Region 4366 has so far produced 21 C-class, 38 M-class and five X-class flares.Modeling of the associated coronal mass ejections indicates a bulk of material will pass by Earth to the north and east late on Feb. 5. If that happens, minor space-weather effects, like an aurora borealis, could occur.More activity from the region is expected in the coming days, NOAA said, and scientists are monitoring the situation closely.What is a solar flare? A solar flare is an eruption of energy measured in X-ray flux, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center. Flares of this magnitude in and around solar maximum are generally not common, though not unusual.Flares can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.More: The sun is spewing massive solar flares toward Earth. Here's what happens next.The Space Weather Prediction Center said users of high-frequency radio signals may experience loss of contact or major disruptions from anywhere from minutes to hours.Michelle Del Rey is a trending news reporter at USA TODAY. Reach her at mdelrey@usatoday.com