For now, links to two reports and two analyses: from or via the Associated Press, Reuters, the Glenn Diesen Show via ScheerPost, and the Floutist via Consortium News; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s WEST  BANK, IRAN and LEBANON so far, and down for UKRAINE 5-26-26.)

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Russian lawmakers want banks and their staff to help fight Ukrainian drones. From AP. Russian bank staff and branches could be joining the fight against Ukrainian drone attacks under an ambitious plan approved by the country’s lower house of parliament. The banks would bear the cost of . … READ MORE . . .

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Senior Ukrainian commander sees imminent ‘turning point’ in war. From Reuters. KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine —Ukraine has a six-month window in which to . . . READ MORE . . .

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Wilkerson: America is failing to adjust to a multipolar world. Glenn Diesen of the Glenn Diesen Show talks with retired U.S. Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson about “a world he believes is rapidly slipping beyond Washington’s control. Wilkerson argues that the United States is failing to adapt. Click HERE for video of interview and an introduction and summary from ScheerPost.

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FROM MAY 26  The cokehead of Kiev, exposed, by Patrick Lawrence | The Floutist / Consortium News  Let this be a season of revelations across the board, when the heavy drapes of mis- and disinformation that obscure so many 21st century realities are at last rent. READ MORE . . .

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TO BE CONTINUED