Fontes médicas na Faixa de Gaza confirmaram a morte de cinco palestinos, incluindo uma criança, nas últimas 24 horas, em decorrência de fome e desnutrição no território. Com isso, o número total de óbitos chega a 404, sendo 141 crianças. Cerca de 900 mil crianças no território palestino sofrem de fome, das quais 70 mil […]

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Um dia após o anúncio do primeiro-ministro Sébastien Lecornu, até então ministro das Forças Armadas, a França amanheceu nesta quarta-feira (10/09) mergulhada em uma greve geral, convocada em meio à crise política no país, sob o lema “Boqueemos Tudo” (Bloquons tout). “Bayrou se foi, Lecornu tem que sumir”, gritavam os manifestantes em meio aos protestos […]

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A Polônia acusou violação do seu espaço aéreo do país após ataques russos à Ucrânia na noite desta terça-feira (09/09). Segundo Varsóvia, militares poloneses interceptaram vários drones que teriam cruzado a fronteira a partir do território ucraniano. O governo polonês classificou o episódio como uma violação “sem precedentes” e “ameaça real” à segurança nacional. A […]

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Por Cleber Lourenço O ministro Luiz Fux voltou a recorrer ao julgamento do Mensalão (Ação Penal 470) para fundamentar seu voto no processo que apura a tentativa de golpe de Estado. A menção, entretanto, escancara uma contradição de peso em sua trajetória dentro do Supremo Tribunal Federal. Em 2014, no julgamento dos embargos infringentes que […]

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Ana Maria Dalla Zen (*)

Em recente ato da Câmara Municipal, pela Lei 14.305, de 11 de agosto de 2025, a orquídea Cattleya intermedia aquinii foi declarada como a flor símbolo de Porto Alegre. Na exposição de motivos que o fundamenta, é dito que, desde 1772, havia inúmeras orquídeas nativas encontradas nas matas e nas ilhas. A história de seu cultivo data de 1824, quando foram levadas para o Reino Unido, para o Jardim Botânico de Glasgow, na Escócia, sendo descritas com o nome de Cattleya intermedia, por ter flores em tamanho intermediário em relação às demais cattleyas conhecidas. Em 1949, quando da fundação do Círculo Gaúcho de Orquidófilos, foi escolhida como sua planta símbolo.

Paradoxalmente, é importante lembrar que o mesmo Sebastião Melo (MDB), que em 2025 promove uma orquídea a símbolo de Porto Alegre, negligenciou o orquidário que funcionava na Redenção desde 1952 para dar espaço, em 2021, a um empreendimento privado. Quem sabe se, com essa nova lei, ele estaria disposto a criar um novo, para que a flor possa fazer jus à sua nova condição? Embora seja algo improvável, talvez o Círculo Gaúcho de Orquidófilos, em sua abnegada missão, a partir dessa conquista, consiga o improvável. Dando uma de Poliana e seu jogo do contente, bem que quero acreditar nisso.

Criado em 1952 com apoio do Círculo Gaúcho dos Orquidófilos, com o nome oficial de Orquidário Gastão de Almeida Santos, recebia doações dos orquidófilos e de exemplares extraídos ilegalmente das florestas. Em 1958, o prefeito Leonel Brizola deu um grande impulso à sua coleção, doando espécimes raros e valiosos, incluindo alguns premiados. Tornou-se uma atração popular a floração das orquídeas a cada início de primavera, quando a Secretaria Municipal de Meio Ambiente (SMAM) fazia vasta divulgação pública do local, atraindo grande número de público. Setembro era um momento especial para conhecer o espaço, que também abrigava, bromélias, jiboias e lírios da paz. Com uma área de cerca de 1.800 metros quadrados, dispunha de uma estufa e de um pequeno auditório para aulas de educação ambiental. A exposição de suas mais de duas mil mudas era feita em três corredores, reunindo aproximadamente 90 espécies, entre orquídeas e bromélias, entre as quais a Cattleya intermedia aquini, sendo a sua administração feita por um engenheiro agrônomo e servidores da SMAM. Embora com poucos recursos, fazia exposições, cursos, oficinas de educação ambiental, incentivando o reconhecimento do papel das árvores para o clima, dava instruções sobre o cultivo das flores, dentre outras ações.

De imediato, se tornou um dos equipamentos mais visitados do Parque, não só pelos seus frequentadores, mas também por se tornar o local onde foram aspergidas as cinzas de muitas pessoas que pediam que ao morrerem isso fosse feito. Além disso, o local passou a ser o refúgio dos gambás, espécie pertencente à fauna silvestre da Redenção, que lá se protegiam.

Deve ser ressaltado que o grande incentivador do Orquidário foi o Círculo Gaúcho de Orquidófilos, criado em junho de 1949, formado por cultivadores de orquídeas e organizava exposições de orquídeas, entre outros eventos, como palestras com botânicos e concursos entre cultivadores na Capital e interior do Estado. Ele continua atuante, promovendo exposições de orquídeas, sendo que em março de 2023 realizou uma delas no Mercado Público da cidade. E a escolha da orquídea como flor símbolo de Porto Alegre com certeza é fruto de sua persistência em lutar por ela. Portanto, nada mais justo do que Porto Alegre volte a ter um orquidário para que ela possa lá reinar soberana.

E aqui entramos nós, os caranguejos, como são chamados os defensores do patrimônio desta cidade. Valorizar nosso patrimônio e defendê-lo não é saudosismo, e sim uma forma de reconhecer aquilo que merece ser cuidado, preservado, mantido, para que as próximas gerações não ignorem o seu significado. Entre eles situa-se o Orquidário da Redenção, cuja presença marcou espaço na vida desse parque que é o coração verde da cidade. Embora a escolha dessa flor não tenha sido resultado de uma democrática consulta popular, ela merece ser acolhida. Quem sabe agora, que se transformou na flor símbolo de Porto Alegre, ressurja um orquidário para recebê-la? Afinal, onde as novas gerações poderão conhecer o significado de sua escolha? Seria exigir demais que a cidade faça jus à sua homenageada, com um novo orquidário? Afinal, a infeliz troca do Orquidário da Redenção por um espaço gourmet, não merece nossa aprovação.

(*) Professora titular FABICO/UFRGS aposentada. Representante do Programa de Pós-graduação em Museologia e Patrimônio/UFRS junto ao Coletivo Preserva Redenção.

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President Donald Trump has added his voice to the chorus of condemnation over Israel's attack on Hamas's office in Doha.

  Por Cleber Lourenço O voto do ministro Luiz Fux no julgamento da tentativa de golpe de 8 de janeiro escancarou uma contradição difícil de ignorar. Em sua intervenção, ele recorreu ao precedente da anulação das condenações do ex-presidente Lula na Lava Jato para sustentar que, no caso de Jair Bolsonaro, o processo estaria tramitando […]

Qatar has become the sixth country to come under attack by Israel in 2025 alone.

Carlos Frederico Barcellos Guazzelli (*)

Conforme assinalado algumas vezes neste espaço – e não apenas nele –, ao longo das últimas décadas o país assiste ao contínuo deslocamento do debate político para a esfera judiciária. Tal fenômeno, a que se convencionou chamar de “judicialização da política”, teve como marcante ponto de partida a AP 470, instaurada perante o Supremo Tribunal Federal contra integrantes e apoiadores do primeiro governo de Lula – resultando na condenação de José Dirceu, então seu principal ministro.

Prosseguiu nos anos seguintes com os processos deflagrados pela assim chamada “força tarefa da operação lava-jato”, junto à 13ª Vara Criminal Federal de Curitiba – então titulada pelo inefável Sérgio Moro –, procedimentos estes ao depois anulados pela Suprema Corte, à vista da revelação da forma ilícita mediante a qual foram abertos e conduzidos. E, por fim, desembocou nos últimos anos em vários inquéritos policiais abertos, e nas ações penais com base neles propostas no STF contra centenas de pessoas, investigadas e acusadas da prática de gravíssimos fatos atentatórios à democracia e suas instituições.

Diante disso, não estranha a emergência de temas jurídicos – em especial, jurídico-penais – nos noticiários e comentários políticos das mídias tradicionais e virtuais. Donde decorre a conveniência, senão a necessidade de esclarecimentos à dita opinião pública – constituída na sua imensa maioria de pessoas leigas em Direito – acerca destes assuntos.

Assim é que, em face da proximidade do fim do julgamento daquele que a denúncia, ofertada pelo Procurador-Geral da República, apontou como o “núcleo principal” das manobras golpistas encetadas antes, durante e depois da eleição presidencial de 2022 – por membros e adeptos do governo ali derrotado –, algumas questões merecem análise para melhor compreensão. Isto se dá, por exemplo, quanto à aplicação das penas a serem impostas aos réus condenados – uma vez que, a esta altura, o amplo conhecimento das provas produzidas na instrução, confirmando o robusto conjunto trazido na fase dos inquéritos, permite entrever com relativa segurança um prognóstico condenatório. No particular, pode-se descortinar a renovação da discussão suscitada, em ações intentadas contra autores diretos dos atos criminosos do “oito de janeiro”, pelo ministro Luiz Fux – a propósito do enquadramento legal de condutas a eles imputadas.

Cabe lembrar que pesa sobre os réus ora julgados – a saber, o boçal ex-chefe da nação e seus principais auxiliares, inclusive quatro oficiais-generais – a acusação de prática de cinco crimes: associação criminosa; dano qualificado; dano a bem tombado; tentativa de abolição violenta do Estado Democrático de Direito; e tentativa de golpe de estado. Destes, os dois últimos são os delitos mais graves, previstos respectivamente no artigo 359-L e 359-M, do Código Penal. Trata-se de normas do novo Título XII daquele código (“Dos Crimes contra o Estado Democrático de Direito”), introduzido pela Lei 14.197 de 01/09/2021 – ironicamente sancionada pelos então presidente e vice-presidente da República, bem como seus ministros da Justiça e da Segurança Institucional, agora em vias de serem condenados por infringi-la.

Como dito, dadas manifestações anteriores em outros casos do mesmo “affaire”, pode-se imaginar que o referido ministro divirja do entendimento já adotado por seus pares, especificamente no que se refere à capitulação formulada na denúncia, e por eles acolhida, de prática cumulativa das duas mencionadas figuras penais – a tentativa de abolição violenta do Estado Democrático de Direito, e a tentativa de golpe de estado. Não seria despropositado cogitar da hipótese – repita-se, já anunciada implicitamente – de aplicação do chamado “princípio da absorção ou consunção”, construção doutrinária segundo a qual, havendo o cometimento de conduta passível de enquadramento em dois tipos penais diferentes, deve-se aplicar a pena do crime mais grave, fiel ao brocardo cunhado pelos praxistas na Idade Média: major minorem absorbet.

Nesta linha, prevaleceria o entendimento de que, no presente caso, o crime de golpe de estado tentado, por ser mais gravemente apenado, abrangeria o atentado violento contra o exercício dos poderes constitucionais – e, em consequência, a pena a ser aplicada àquele “absorveria” o apenamento deste. Malgrado não constitua um absurdo este raciocínio, que encontra razoável apoio teórico em abstrato, sua incidência in casu levaria a uma solução equivocada para os dilemas relativos à aplicação da pena – a qual deve consistir em resposta estatal proporcional ao dano provocado pela infração. Muito mais ajustada se apresenta para o atingimento deste objetivo, a consideração do chamado “concurso material” entre as duas modalidades delituosas em questão – em virtude do que, em caso de condenação, somam-se as penas previstas às mesmas.

E, com efeito, a minuciosa narrativa dos fatos esboçada na denúncia pelo Procurador-Geral da República – confirmada integralmente durante a instrução criminal – aponta para a configuração do que os estudiosos chamam de “progressão criminosa”: a prática de vários comportamentos sucessivos, encadeados mas independentes entre si, com desígnios e propósitos distintos, porém convergentes. De acordo com a descrição cuidadosa da peça acusatória, corroborada em todos os seus termos pelos abundantes elementos de prova produzidos, desde antes, durante e após sua eleição, em 2018; e a partir de sua posse no ano seguinte, e depois ao longo de seu mandato, a boçal liderança praticou, e incentivou a prática entre seus asseclas, de uma série de ações, autônomas entre si mas todas orientadas por um desígnio próprio – qual seja, reduzir e até mesmo eliminar os obstáculos institucionais à implantação de seu projeto político autoritário.

Seguiam então, o ex-governante e sua grei, dentro e fora do governo, o roteiro característico da nova ultradireita global – consistente em destruir a democracia “por dentro”, utilizando-se e submetendo suas instituições à autocracia em implantação. Era isso, por exemplo, o que estava por trás – e pela frente – dos reiterados e crescentemente violentos ataques verbais e ameaças ao Supremo Tribunal Federal, e a alguns de seus integrantes. Tais condutas, portanto, ajustam-se à perfeição ao molde legal do tipo do novo artigo 359-L, do Código Penal: “Tentar, com o emprego de violência ou grave ameaça, abolir o Estado Democrático de Direito, impedindo ou restringindo o exercício dos poderes constitucionais…” (nossos os grifos).

Embora inspirados em idêntica ideologia neofascista, são diferentes, em desígnios e propósitos, os atos tomados no último ano daquele lamentável (des) governo; de fato, a partir de meados de 2022, quando se apresenta iminente sua derrota no pleito presidencial que se avizinhava, foi deflagrada a partir do Palácio do Planalto a mal disfarçada conspiração visando, primeiro, a impedir a realização do pleito eleitoral, sob a absurda invocação da imprestabilidade das urnas eletrônicas; e em seguida, frustrado aquele objetivo, a não permitir a posse do candidato legitimamente eleito à Presidência da República. Lembre-se que os golpistas não se limitaram a conspirar e elaborar planos – inclusive para matar Lula, Alckmin e Alexandre de Moraes: além disso, foram tentados e até mesmo praticados atos violentos, como a tentativa de invasão da sede da Polícia Federal, e de explosão no Aeroporto de Brasília.

Tudo culminando, como se sabe, depois de empossados os novos governantes, eleitos legitimamente, nos inacreditáveis acontecimentos de 8 de janeiro de 2023 – a invasão e depredação dos edifícios-sede dos Três Poderes, ação urdida e comandada à distância pelos réus ora em julgamento. Claro está que todos estes comportamentos não se dirigiam mais ao impedimento ou restrição do exercício dos poderes constitucionais – como os anteriormente considerados – mas tinham agora como objetivo “…tentar depor, por meio de violência ou grave ameaça, o governo legitimamente constituído…” (grifamos) – exatamente como previsto no artigo 359-M.

Portanto, demonstrada a ocorrência de duas modalidades distintas de atos criminosos – a primeira, visando a impedir ou restringir o funcionamento das instituições democráticas; a segunda, tendo por desiderato deflagrar putsch entronizando no poder o candidato derrotado na eleição presidencial – a esperada condenação há de necessariamente abarcar a ambas, no apenamento a ser ao final fixado.

Impende reiterar que o preceito reitor nesta matéria, já lembrado acima – o princípio da proporcionalidade entre crime e pena –, indica que esta, como resposta estatal àquele, deve expressar, em qualidade e quantidade, o grau de repulsa equivalente ao tamanho e gravidade do dano social causado pelo delito.

Precisamente por isso, uma vez condenados, os líderes e mentores das manobras autoritárias e golpistas ora trazidos a julgamento, devem receber as penas correspondentes a todos os gravíssimos crimes que cometeram – a começar, aquelas previstas para as infrações mais graves por eles praticadas contra o Estado Democrático de Direito.

Eventual vacilação ou indulgência a este respeito, por qualquer pretexto que seja, sinalizará lamentável tolerância para com a reiteração de ataques à nossa jovem democracia – num país em que, desde a adoção da República, já foram desfechados ou tentados catorze golpes de estado.

(*) Defensor Público aposentado, Coordenador da Comissão Estadual da Verdade/RS (2012-2014)   

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Police punch Kitty O'Brien, an Irish citizen, and break their arm at a recent rally in Berlin.

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Soldiers have been patrolling the streets of Nepal’s capital to enforce a curfew after days of mass protests.

A Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), iniciativa de ajuda internacional para entregar suprimentos vitais a Gaza, disse nesta quarta-feira (10) que um de seus barcos foi atacado por um drone em um porto da Tunísia, o segundo ataque desse tipo em dois dias.

A GSF, que está tentando romper o bloqueio naval de Israel e entregar ajuda humanitária a Gaza, devastada pela guerra, usando barcos civis, informou em comunicado que todos os passageiros e tripulantes saíram ilesos.

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A GSF relatou o primeiro ataque nessa terça-feira (9), afirmando que uma de suas embarcações havia sido atingida por um drone em águas tunisianas no porto de Sidi Bou Said, segundo informações que as autoridades do país disseram ser falsas.

Um porta-voz da Guarda Costeira da Tunísia não respondeu a uma ligação da Reuters.

Um dos organizadores da flotilha acusou Israel de realizar o ataque.

"Israel continua a violar a lei internacional e a nos aterrorizar. Navegaremos para romper o bloqueio em Gaza, não importa o que eles façam", disse Saif Abukeshek, membro do comitê de direção da GSF, à Reuters.

Os militares israelenses não responderam imediatamente a um pedido de comentário.

A flotilha postou vídeo no Instagram do suposto ataque, mostrando um objeto luminoso atingindo o barco e fogo irrompendo a bordo. A Reuters não conseguiu verificar imediatamente o vídeo.

Após o ataque, centenas de pessoas se reuniram perto do porto, onde os barcos da flotilha estavam localizados no momento do incidente, agitando bandeiras palestinas e cantando slogans contra Israel e os Estados Unidos.

O grupo disse que o Alma, de bandeira britânica, sofreu danos causados por incêndio em seu convés superior e que uma investigação está em andamento.

Várias ambulâncias correram para o porto, enquanto uma testemunha da Reuters relatou que barcos da guarda costeira estavam perto do Alma.

A flotilha é apoiada por delegações de 44 países, incluindo a ativista sueca Greta Thunberg e a política de esquerda portuguesa Mariana Mortágua.

*(Reportagem adicional de Ahmed Tolba)

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As associações Águas Claras e Lago Tarumã ajuizaram uma ação nesta terça-feira (9) com pedido de liminar para suspender as obras da Corsan/Aegea que visam a captação de água através de poços subterrâneos em Águas Claras, zona rural de Viamão. O processo argumenta que a obra avança sem a Licença de Operação, além dos danos sociais e ambientais que seriam causados pela instalação de 26 poços artesianos com vazão de 0,55 metros cúbicos por segundo junto ao Aquífero Águas Claras.

Ao mesmo tempo, está paralisada a construção da Estação de Tratamento de Água (ETA) em Itapuã, empreendimento reconhecido até 2024 como alternativa para garantir o abastecimento de água potável no município e região. 

O Sul21 conversou com Icco Feijó, da Associação Largo Tarumã, ex-diretor da Corsan que atuou por 38 anos na empresa antes da compra da estatal pela Aegea. Ele explica que a construção de tubulações para distribuir água potável precisa de dois tipos de autorização: a Licença de Operação (LO), que passa pela Fundação Estadual de Proteção Ambiental (Fepam); e a outorga, emitida pelo Departamento de Recursos Hídricos e Saneamento (DRHS) da Secretaria do Meio Ambiente e Infraestrutura (Sema).

No momento, a Aegea trabalha em duas frentes para explorar as águas subterrâneas de Viamão: a perfuração dos poços tubulares profundos e a adutora para transportar essa água captada para a zona urbana do município.

O problema é que a LO, no caso da perfuração dos poços pela Aegea, foi emitida em 2023 e tem como base a estação de tratamento que estava sendo construída em Itapuã, divisa de Viamão com Porto Alegre. Em Águas Claras, já foram perfurados seis poços de captação, embora a Aegea possua autorização da Fepam apenas para transportar água da ETA Jardim-Fiúza ao distrito de Águas Claras, sem permissão para a captação subterrânea.

“Estão vindo máquinas pesadas, eles estão locando áreas privadas, indenizando as pessoas, passando por cima de mata nativa e fazendo uma canalização sem outorga e sem licença de operação para fazer todo esse impacto nas nossas águas subterrâneas. Isso é um absurdo”, argumenta Feijó.

Enquanto as perfurações avançam, os moradores de Águas Claras seguem apreensivos – mas acampados, desde o último dia 21, perto do canteiro de obras. A região concentra cerca de 20 mil habitantes e um sistema de abastecimento formado por milhares de poços artesianos, cujo funcionamento pode ser diretamente afetado pelas perfurações da Aegea.

Feijó vislumbra, nesse embate, uma estratégia comercial da empresa: “Quando começar o problema dos poços, é a Corsan/Aegea quem vai fornecer água, e vai cobrar taxa” – ou seja: quem hoje não tem recebe conta de água, porque tem o seu poço, pode se ver obrigado a virar cliente de uma Corsan privatizada”.

Questionada pela reportagem, a Aegea afirmou que as obras estão devidamente licenciadas. “Elas estão contempladas na Licença de Operação do Sistema de Abastecimento de Água Alvorada-Viamão, que autoriza a instalação das adutoras. Já a perfuração dos poços possui autorização específica por meio de portarias de Autorização Prévia emitidas pelo DRHS”, argumenta a empresa em nota.

A Aegea diz ainda que a obra não acarretará impactos sobre os poços previamente instalados por moradores da região.

 

Projeto deixa dúvidas

A questão chegou ao Ministério Público do Estado (MP-RS), que recomendou ao DRHS que se abstenha de conceder “toda e qualquer outorga solicitada pela Aegea para captação de água subterrânea na região de Águas Claras” enquanto a empresa não apresentar os estudos necessários para esclarecer pontos trazidos pelo próprio Departamento. 

Em 9 de junho de 2025, o DRHS emitiu um parecer assinado por sete técnicos que levanta questionamentos sobre o projeto, entre os quais: foram considerados os períodos de seca e estiagem nos dados hídricos para o estudo? Durante estes períodos de seca, o aquífero terá capacidade de atender a mesma vazão pretendida e o comportamento esperado?

De acordo com o parecer, a Aegea sequer indica a profundidade dos poços a serem perfurados em Águas Claras.

No documento, os responsáveis apontam ainda a possibilidade de impacto do projeto junto a Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Gravataí, especialmente o Banhado dos Pachecos, que além de importante manancial natural de abrigo e refúgio da fauna e flora, também tem função de abastecimento hídrico. 

Mais recentemente, neste mês de agosto, o MPRS deu 15 dias para a Fepam realizar uma vistoria nas obras de perfuração dos poços. O prazo se encerra em 6 de setembro. 

Para o dia 4 de setembro, está marcada uma audiência pública na Câmara de Vereadores de Viamão, promovida pelo senador Paulo Paim (PT). A reunião visa discutir, entre outras questões, a atuação da Aegea em Águas Claras – dado o interesse nacional pela pauta.

ETA Itapuã: de solução aplaudida a obra abandonada

O município de Viamão tem um histórico problema de falta d’água, principalmente no verão. “Para resolver esse problema dentro de uma política pública, nós resolvemos ampliar a captação de água do Rio Guaíba”, relembra Feijó. “Conseguimos R$ 100 milhões em recursos públicos e foi construída a ETA Itapuã, que é bem entre Porto Alegre e Viamão. Ali nós conseguiríamos resolver não só o problema de Viamão, mas o problema da região metropolitana”.

 

Mas o projeto foi abandonado em 2025, o que levou o MP-RS a pedir explicações: ofício do último dia 19 dá à Aegea o prazo de 15 dias para explicar por que abandonou o projeto da estação de Itapuã e passou a prospectar o sistema de água subterrânea como alternativa. A Justiça também pede informações sobre os valores que já teriam sido investidos pela Companhia na ETA antes e depois da privatização.

Antes de ser abandonada, a obra começou a andar em 2021. A Corsan anunciou a iniciativa como solução para aumentar o volume de água para o atendimento de Gravataí e Cachoeirinha. Anunciou, também, o investimento total de R$ 182 milhões na obra.

O sistema seria dividido em três partes: a estação de tratamento, com capacidade para tratar 800 litros por segundo; um reservatório pulmão de 5 mil metros cúbicos (m³); elevatória de água tratada e sistema de desaguamento do lodo da ETA.

Menos de um ano depois, no entanto, a Corsan seria vendida pelo governo do Estado à Aegea, que venceu o leilão da estatal. A empresa diz que a venda da estatal não teve qualquer redução de preço vinculada à ETA Itapuã.

É o que estava acontecendo pelo menos até 2024, quando a prefeitura de Viamão comemorou o avanço das obras.

Em 2025, Rafael Bortoletti (PSDB) assumiu o executivo com a promessa de campanha de sanar a falta de abastecimento em Viamão. No mês de março, ele anunciou a solução para o problema: a perfuração de poços em Águas Claras, com a capacidade de 500 litros por segundo. “Os técnicos da Corsan pretendem que fique pronto até o meio do ano que vem”, afirmou o prefeito.

“Quando chegou o novo prefeito é que a Corsan/Aegea anunciou que não iria mais fazer o sistema de Itapuã. E o prefeito anunciou o novo sistema. Houve um acordo entre o novo prefeito e a Aegea, onde a empresa indicou a melhor solução – para ela”, explica Feijó.

O movimento é compatível com ações da Aegea desde que assumiu os serviços de saneamento no Rio Grande do Sul. Conforme balanço divulgado pelo governo Leite neste mês de agosto, foram entregues três Estações de Tratamento de Água (ETAs) e perfurados 289 poços.

Em nota, a empresa informou que optou por não dar continuidade ao projeto da ETA Itapuã após análises técnicas e de segurança que identificaram riscos significativos para o sistema de abastecimento: “A área prevista para implantação da obra está sujeita a alagamentos, o que comprometeria a operação em períodos de cheia — cenário que foi confirmado na última inundação, quando até mesmo a estrutura de captação foi afetada. Seguir com esse projeto significaria manter uma solução vulnerável, em desacordo com o Plano de Resiliência da Companhia, que busca reposicionar sistemas suscetíveis a eventos climáticos em todo o estado”.

A Aegea pontua ainda que a solução baseada em poços profundos no Aquífero Águas Claras é uma situação mais segura e sustentável. Um estudo técnico realizado pela Water Services and Technologies em dezembro de 2024 teria confirmado a viabilidade hídrica para captação de até 550 litros por segundo, sem impacto negativo sobre o manancial. “Os novos poços contam com tecnologia avançada, proteção sanitária e monitoramento em tempo real, reforçando a segurança e a confiabilidade do abastecimento da região”, conclui a empresa.

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Nepal's army has taken control of the streets and is effectively in charge for now, say experts. Here's what's next.

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun stated on Tuesday that China and the United States should respect each other's core interests during a video call with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

Dong told Hegseth during the call, which the latter requested, that both sides should adopt an open attitude, keep communication and engagement active, and develop a military-to-military relationship grounded in equality, respect, peaceful coexistence, and steady, positive growth.

Dong warned that any efforts to support "Taiwan independence" through force or to use the Taiwan question to contain China, as well as any interference, will be firmly thwarted.

China is committed to working with regional countries to safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea and firmly opposes infringements and provocations by certain countries or deliberate attempts by external forces to stir up trouble, he said.

Dong said that China remains committed to its own development and strongly defends its legitimate rights and interests. "Containing, deterring, or interfering with China will absolutely lead nowhere."

The assault constitutes a “blatant” violation of international law and a breach of the principles of territorial integrity, Pretoria has said

South Africa has condemned an “illegal and unprovoked” attack carried out by the Israeli Defence Force in Doha, Qatar, which targeted a civilian building in a residential area.

Pretoria’s strong stance aligns with a wave of international condemnation following the strike, which international media, including Al Jazeera and the Associated Press, have widely reported.

In a statement released on Wednesday morning, Chrispin Phiri, spokesperson for the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola, conveyed South Africa’s position.

“The South African government unequivocally condemns the illegal and unprovoked attack carried out by the Israeli Defence Force in Doha, Qatar, which targeted a civilian building in a residential area, which purportedly housed members of the Political Bureau of Hamas,” Phiri said.

He elaborated on the strike’s legal and political implications: “This attack on Qatari territory constitutes a blatant violation of international law, breaching the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity while compromising the safeguarding of civilians as outlined in the United Nations Charter and international humanitarian law.”

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The strike, which occurred on Tuesday, has drawn sharp criticism globally. Al Jazeera reported that the attack, which Qatar’s Foreign Ministry called a “cowardly assault,” has raised serious questions about the ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Gaza, where Qatar has been a key mediator. The broadcaster and other international outlets noted that while Israel claimed it targeted senior Hamas leaders, the group has stated that its top leadership survived the strike, though others were reportedly killed.

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Phiri added that the violation of Qatar’s sovereignty comes “against the background of the government of Qatar playing a prominent role as facilitator to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages held by Hamas.”

In its statement, South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) extended its support to Qatar and reiterated its broader call for peace.

”The government of South Africa calls for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people, as well as to cease its military actions so that negotiations to a just peace can commence,” Phiri concluded.

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Agreement potentially paves way for resumed cooperation after Israel-Iran conflict sparked rift between Tehran and UN.

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A inflação oficial ficou negativa no mês de agosto, ou seja, os preços ficaram mais baratos em média. O Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo (IPCA) fechou o mês em -0,11%. Os dados foram divulgados nesta quarta-feira (10) pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE).

Em julho, o índice tinha ficado em 0,26%. Essa deflação (inflação negativa) é a primeira desde agosto de 2024 (-0,02%) e a mais intensa desde setembro de 2022 (-0,29%).

Com o resultado de agosto de 2025, o acumulado de 12 meses chega a 5,13%, abaixo dos 5,23% dos 12 meses terminados em julho, mas ainda acima da meta do governo, de até 4,5%.

A conta de luz recuou 4,21% no mês, representando impacto negativo de 0,17 ponto percentual (p.p.), figurando como o subitem que mais puxou a inflação para baixo. Com isso, o grupo habitação recuou 0,90%.

A explicação está no chamado Bônus de Itaipu, desconto na conta que beneficiou 80,8 milhões de consumidores. Conforme adiantou a Agência Brasil, a bonificação compensou a bandeira tarifária vermelha 2, que adiciona R$ 7,87 na conta e luz a cada 100 Kwh consumidos.

O grupo alimentação e bebidas (-0,46%) caiu pelo terceiro mês seguido. O de transportes (-0,27%) também ajudou a deixar o IPCA negativo IPCA.

Inflação oficial

O IPCA apura o custo de vida para famílias com rendimentos entre um e 40 salários mínimos. Atualmente o valor do mínimo é R$ 1.518.

A coleta de preços do IPCA é feita em dez regiões metropolitanas – Belém, Fortaleza, Recife, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Vitória, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Curitiba, Porto Alegre – além de Brasília e nas capitais Goiânia, Campo Grande, Rio Branco, São Luís e Aracaju.

O índice é a principal métrica para acompanhamento da política de metas de inflação. A meta atual estipulada pelo Conselho Monetário Nacional (CMN) é de 3%, com tolerância de 1,5 ponto percentual para mais ou para menos, ou seja, um intervalo de 1,5% a 4,5%.

Desde o início de 2025, o período de avaliação da meta é referente aos 12 meses imediatamente passados e não apenas o alcançado no fim do ano (dezembro). A meta só é considerada descumprida se estourar o intervalo de tolerância por seis meses seguidos, o que aconteceu em junho.

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The Global Sumud Flotilla bound to break the humanitarian siege on Gaza imposed by the Israeli government confirmed one of its boats overnight was attacked by a drone armed with an incendiary device while anchored off the coast of Tunisia, the second such assault in two days.

The group said a boat named the Alma, which is sailing under the British flag, "sustained fire damage on its top deck" before the flames were extinguished and that all aboard passengers were safe and accounted for. A separate boat, the Family, was struck approximately 24 hours earlier in a similar attack.

Footage taken from a security camera aboard the vessel shows the moment just before the strike occurs with a member of the crew nearly struck as a ball of fire hurls down on the deck:

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Following the attack, crew members of the Alma say they found the charred charred remains of an electronic device on the deck of their ship and posted a picture of it online:

In a statement, the international group behind the GSF effort, said in a social media post that while "a full investigation is ongoing, the presence of such a device provides further indication that the boat was deliberately targeted."

Following the attack, members of the GSF steering committee, issued a video explaining the nature of the attack and why it would not deter them from continuing their journey to bring life-saving supplies to Gaza and draw international attention to the carnage happening there on the ground with no end in sight.

"We know it's outrageous," said one member, Thiago Ávila, of the attack, "but it's nothing compared to what they are doing to the Palestinians in Gaza every single day. That's why we need to continue going. That's why we are prepared and we will set sail, because we know its in the hearts and the minds of the majority of the people on this planet. They cannot stand children being starved to death, hospitals being bombed, schools being bombed. And that's why we will continue to sail. We will not stop."

These repeat attacks, the group said in a separate statement, "come during intensified Israeli aggression on Palestinians in Gaza, and are an orchestrated attempt to distract and derail our mission."

"The Global Sumud Flotilla continues undeterred," the statement continued. "Our peaceful voyage to break Israel's illegal siege on Gaza and stand in unwavering solidarity with its people presses forward with determination and resolve."

Washington sees joint ventures with Moscow and Kiev as a path to peace, the US vice president has said

US President Donald Trump does not view attempts to isolate Russia economically as a sustainable strategy and believes trilateral cooperation involving Moscow, Kiev, and Washington could ensure lasting peace in Eastern Europe, Vice President J.D. Vance said on Tuesday.

In an interview with One America News Network, Vance described joint ventures with Russia as “one of the carrots” the Trump administration is offering in efforts to broker an end to the Ukraine conflict. The approach contrasts with Western European leaders who have sought to dismantle Russian trade ties, arguing that past decades of energy reliance on Moscow were a strategic mistake, but in doing so they have significantly worsened their own economic situation.

“The president’s been very open with both the Europeans and the Russians that he doesn’t see any reason why we should economically isolate Russia except for the continuation of the conflict,” Vance said.

He stressed that Russia possessed vast natural resources whether other parties liked it or not, and that “once we get this peace settled, we could have a very productive economic relationship with both Russia and Ukraine.” Shared economic growth, he added, could be “the best guarantee of a long-term peace.”

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Vance contrasted Trump’s stance with that of the previous administration, which he said poured American resources into Ukraine without any real exit plan. He was responding to host Matt Gaetz’s claims that behind closed doors Moscow was offering to increase use of the US dollar in energy trade to help ease American domestic prices.

Last week, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas accused Trump of “weakening” allies with trade tariffs and undermining Western unity.

Russian officials have highlighted the benefits of renewed cooperation with the US. President Vladimir Putin said Russian businesses had both capital and technology to pursue lucrative joint projects, including gas extraction ventures in Alaska and the Arctic, if Washington is willing to give political approval.

Survivors have described scenes of extreme brutality, including beheadings, in the assaults by the Allied Democratic Forces

At least 89 people have been killed in overnight attacks, including on Christians gathered at a funeral in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) by an Islamic State-affiliated (IS, formerly ISIS) armed group, the government has said.

The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) has been accused of carrying out assaults on Monday in Lubero and Beni, in North Kivu province. Local officials said militants attacked a funeral in Ntoyo village, hacking people with machetes and leaving at least 60 dead. Additional killings were reported in Beni, with survivors describing scenes of extreme brutality, including beheadings.

“There were about 10 of them. I saw machetes. They told people to gather in one place and started cutting them. I listened to people screaming and I fainted,” The Associated Press quoted a survivor as saying.

In a statement on Monday, Congolese Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka condemned the “barbaric acts” that claimed the lives of “innocent people, caused many injuries, disappearances, and significant material destruction.”

She pledged that Kinshasa “will spare no effort to guarantee security, to bring the perpetrators before justice.”

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IS Central Africa Province (ISCAP), with which the group is affiliated, has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it killed nearly 100 Christians.

The ADF, originally a Ugandan Islamist group, has waged a violent insurgency in eastern Congo for decades and pledged allegiance to IS in 2019. Its fighters have been blamed for massacres, kidnappings, and bombings.

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Monday’s violence follows a string of deadly ADF operations in recent weeks. In mid-August, at least 52 people were killed in coordinated raids across Beni and Lubero that also involved abductions, looting, and arson, the UN mission in Congo (MONUSCO) reported. Officials have said the militants are exploiting instability in North Kivu, where government forces are also battling the M23 movement.

At a UN Security Council briefing in August, counterterrorism officials warned of Islamic State’s growing footprint in Africa. On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch reported that fighters linked to the group have killed more than 127 people in five separate strikes in western Niger since March.

Further protests are expected as Starmer is accused of rolling out the red carpet for a potential war criminal.

Warsaw has said several UAVs crossed into its air space, with some later shot down

The Russian military has not designated any targets for long-range strikes in Poland, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. Earlier on Wednesday, Warsaw claimed multiple drones it identified as Russian violated its airspace.

The range of the drones used in overnight strikes on western Ukraine does not exceed 700km, the ministry said in a statement. However, it expressed readiness to hold “consultations” with Polish defense officials on the issue.

“There were no targets designated for striking on Polish territory,” the ministry stressed.

The targets attacked during overnight strikes included multiple military industrial facilities across Western Ukraine, the ministry revealed. Namely, the Russian military scored hits on a tank and an aircraft plant located in the city of Lviv, as well as other installations in Ivano-Frankovsk, Khmelnitsky, and Zhitomir regions. The sites have been involved in the manufacturing of long-range drones, and the production and repair of armored vehicles and combat aviation, according to the statement.

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has claimed the country’s military detected 19 separate violations overnight, describing the incident as a “provocation” by Russia. Up to four drones were downed, according to the PM, who also claimed the aircraft came into the country’s airspace from Belarus rather than from Ukraine.

Warsaw also formally invoked Article 4 of the NATO treaty over what it called an “act of aggression” by Russia. The article mandates consultations if a member of the US-led bloc has its security threatened.

The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, also pinned the blame for the drone incident on Moscow, calling it “the most serious European airspace violation by Russia” during the Ukraine conflict. She also alleged that unspecified “indications suggest it was intentional, not accidental.”

Meanwhile, Russia’s close ally, Belarus, said it had given the Polish military an early warning about the incoming drones, telling it that a number of UAVs used by Kiev and Moscow for attacking each other strayed “as a result of the impact of the parties’ electronic warfare assets.”

O Congresso Nacional promulgou na terça-feira (9) a Emenda Constitucional 136, derivada da PEC 66/2023, que estabelece um novo regime de pagamento de precatórios — dívidas judiciais devidas pela administração pública — e modifica regras fiscais para União, estados e municípios. A medida tem impacto direto nas contas públicas ao permitir um alívio fiscal imediato […]

A Primeira Turma do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) retomou nesta quarta-feira (10), às 9h, o julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e mais sete aliados, que são réus pela trama golpista para tentar reverter o resultado das eleições de 2022.

A sessão começou pelo voto de Luiz Fux, terceiro ministro a se manifestar no julgamento.

Até o momento, o placar está 2 votos a 0 pela condenação de Bolsonaro e seus aliados pelos crimes de crimes de organização criminosa armada, tentativa de abolição violenta do Estado Democrático de Direito, golpe de Estado, dano qualificado pela violência e grave ameaça e deterioração de patrimônio tombado. Exceto no caso de Alexandre Ramagem, ex-diretor da Abin, que reponde somente pelos três primeiros crimes.

Os votos foram proferidos pelos ministros Alexandre de Moraes, relator do caso, e Flavio Dino. Os ministros Cristiano Zanin e Cármen Lúcia votam na sequência de Fux.

A maioria de votos pela condenação ou absolvição ocorrerá com três dos cinco votos do colegiado.

O tempo de pena será definido somente após a rodada de votação sobre a condenação ou absolvição. Em caso de condenação, as penas podem chegar a 30 anos de prisão em regime fechado.

Também foram marcadas sessões para quinta (11) e sexta-feira (12), quando deve se encerrar o julgamento.

Prisão e recursos

A eventual prisão dos réus que forem condenados não vai ocorrer de forma automática. Somente após a análise dos recursos contra a condenação, a prisão será efetivada.

Em caso de condenação com um voto a favor da absolvição, Bolsonaro e os demais réus terão direito a mais um recurso para evitar a prisão. Com a publicação do acórdão com o eventual placar desfavorável, as defesas poderão apresentar os chamados embargos de declaração, recurso que tem objetivo de esclarecer omissões e contradições no texto final do julgamento. Em geral, esse tipo de recurso não tem poder para rever o resultado do julgamento e costuma ser rejeitado. Os embargos são julgados pela própria Primeira Turma.

Para conseguir que o caso seja julgado novamente e levado a plenário, os acusados precisam obter pelo menos dois votos pela absolvição, ou seja, placar mínimo de 3 votos a 2. Nesse caso, os embargos infringentes poderão ser protocolados contra a decisão.

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The army earlier deployed troops to the capital, Kathmandu, in coordination with other security agencies amid ongoing unrest in Nepal.

Quis o acaso que o documentário de Jorge Bodanzky – Amazônia, a nova Minamata? – e a ficção de Petrus Cariry – A praia do fim do mundo – estreassem juntos, quinta-feira passada (4), no circuito brasileiro de cinemas. Ambos versam sobre catástrofes apocalípticas em curso, cada qual a seu modo. Em um caso, o desastre se dá pela persistência do uso de mercúrio para separar o ouro nos garimpos da Amazônia, resultando na contaminação dos peixes; no outro, é decorrente da fúria do mar em uma praia fictícia chamada Ciarema, anagrama de Iracema, embora a gravação tenha sido feita mesmo nas praias de Icaraí, em Caucaia, no Ceará, e de Atafona, em São João da Barra, no Rio de Janeiro.

Ainda será possível evitar que a tragédia ocorrida na década de 1950, em Minamata, no Japão, volte a ocorrer em dimensão equivalente na Amazônia, conforme o título do documentário indaga? Essa foi a pergunta que motivou a realização de Amazônia, a nova Minamata?, com o propósito deliberado de ser um sinal de alerta feito a tempo.

Durante a pandemia, quando a montagem do documentário ainda estava em andamento, Piero Sbragia, Juca Badaró e eu tivemos a oportunidade de conversar com Bodanzky no programa Terça ao vivo, produzido pelo canal de YouTube Cinema Sem-Fim. Nessa conversa, ocorrida em 8 de setembro de 2020, o diretor enfatizou a gravidade da questão da saúde na região:

A pandemia é uma questão de saúde, e a questão da saúde é uma das questões mais graves em toda a região amazônica. Ela ficou mais visível com a pandemia, mas sempre foi gravíssima. O filme que eu estou fazendo trata das consequências do envenenamento da população local com o mercúrio utilizado nos garimpos… E é uma população extremamente desassistida nesse sentido. Em todos os sentidos, mas particularmente na saúde… Por que Minamata? Porque Minamata é uma baía no Japão que nos anos 1950 tinha uma indústria química que derramou mercúrio, e esse mercúrio foi para o fundo da baía, e os peixes absorveram esse mercúrio e contaminaram as pessoas que comeram esses peixes e ficaram com problemas neurológicos terríveis… A ideia do filme é comparar o que está acontecendo hoje na Amazônia com o que aconteceu quarenta anos atrás em Minamata, e a gente pode prever quais vão ser as consequências do envenenamento que está acontecendo hoje… o envenenamento do mercúrio é um processo muito lento. Ele só aparece depois de dez, vinte, trinta anos… E é uma coisa irreversível. São problemas neurológicos que não têm cura… (A fala está no vídeo a partir de 1:24:50.)

 

Em seus documentários, Bodanzky articula como poucos a relevância do tema com a beleza da forma. Integram sua filmografia títulos longevos cuja excelência é reconhecida há décadas. Mesmo assim, Amazônia, a nova Minamata? só mereceu um lançamento modesto em três salas de São Paulo, uma no Rio, outra em Salvador e uma terceira em Vitória. Moldado para o entretenimento em larga escala, o circuito comercial demonstra, mais uma vez, sua dificuldade em propiciar condições mínimas para documentários de valor, como os de Bodanzky, conseguirem estabelecer elos com setores amplos do público.

 

Além de diretor e diretor de fotografia, ratificando seus múltiplos talentos, Petrus Cariry é também corroteirista e comontador, com Firmino Holanda, de A praia do fim do mundo. A deslumbrante fotografia, em preto, branco e gradações de cinza, contribui para a atmosfera opressiva permanente, na qual a beleza do mar se contrapõe ao seu poder destruidor que deixa as construções na beira da praia em ruínas – ameaça constante aguçada por sons variados da água, ora em primeiro plano, ora menos audíveis.

O plano inicial de A praia do fim do mundo nos mostra durante 32 segundos uma versão em preto e branco de Jonas e a baleia, pintada a óleo em painel de carvalho, por Pieter Lastman, em 1621. Qual será a intenção de Cariry ao começar o filme com essa imagem? Justifica-se ter suprimido as cores vivas da pintura original apenas, talvez, por uma questão de coerência com o restante da fotografia?

 

À primeira vista, o coitado do espectador desprevenido que não conhece o Antigo Testamento pode pensar que Jonas está prestes a ser devorado pelo gigantesco peixe, usualmente chamado de “baleia”. E quando ainda por cima uma enorme baleia-jubarte voadora, vista de luneta por Alice (Fátima Macedo), aproxima-se no plano final de A praia do fim do mundo, parecendo ser uma ameaça, a conclusão a que se pode chegar é que a imagem de abertura e a cena de encerramento pretendem ser metáforas da força destruidora do mar.

Ledo engano, porém. Conhecedores do Antigo Testamento e historiadores da arte sabem que a cena pintada por Lastman não retrata os instantes finais de Jonas antes de ser devorado pela baleia. Pelo contrário, ele está sendo devolvido ao mundo são e salvo depois de passar três dias e noites nas suas entranhas, expelido pelo gigantesco peixe para cumprir a missão que lhe havia sido dada por Deus – pregar uma mensagem que resulte no arrependimento do povo, levando Deus a poupá-los da destruição.

No quadro de Lastman, segundo Alison Gray, professora-tutora em lingua, literatura e teologia do Antigo Testamento,

há um forte contraste de luz e sombra, atraindo o olhar para o brilho do corpo de Jonas enquanto ele emerge das sombras mortais da criatura marinha. Sob essa luz, a experiência dramática de Jonas neste ponto da história é retratada como um momento de revelação e de uma nova vida, em contraste com as profundezas do Sheol [reino dos mortos] que o mantiveram cativo por três dias… A expulsão repentina do peixe (‘vomitado’ no texto hebraico) é uma experiência de desnudamento, um ‘renascimento’. Há uma sensação de vulnerabilidade infantil de Jonas transmitida pela decisão do pintor de mostrá-lo nu, e ainda assim há esperança na maneira como ele é banhado pela luz da misericórdia de Deus. Ele recebeu outra chance de viver.

Com certeza, nada disso é novidade para os corroteiristas Cariry e Holanda. Como explicar, então, que a catástrofe que paira sobre a praia de Ciarema no filme seja introduzida por Jonas e a baleia, flagrante pintado, por assim dizer, no qual se há algo apocalíptico seria no sentido de “revelação”, “nova vida”, “renascimento”, “esperança” e “outra chance de viver”?

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A Chinese mainland spokesperson emphasized that history will never be forgotten, commenting on a CGTN global poll which found that the majority of respondents recognize Taiwan's return to China as an outcome of China's victory in World War II.

Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks during a press conference on Wednesday.

The poll, conducted by CGTN among 12,000 respondents from 40 countries, showed that 66.7 percent of the respondents are aware of the history of Taiwan's recovery. Most respondents said that Taiwan's return to China was an outcome of China's victory in World War II, and any secessionist actions constitute a denial of the war's outcome.

Chen said that the results demonstrated that history will never be forgotten, let alone tampered with. He reiterated that the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation provided crucial international legal foundations for Taiwan's restoration to China.

He stressed that although the two sides of the Taiwan Straits have not yet been reunified, China's sovereignty and territorial integrity have never been divided. The fact that the Chinese mainland and Taiwan belong to one China has never changed, he added.

Chen criticized Taiwan region's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities for engaging in what he called provocative moves aimed at secession. He said that their actions are attempts to alter the status quo in the Taiwan Straits, deny China's sovereignty, and challenge the post-war international order.

"We hope the international community will stand on the side of human progress and more broadly understand and support the Chinese people's just cause of opposing 'Taiwan independence' separatist activities and striving to achieve national reunification," Chen said.

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“It's to make Hamas's leadership feel that there's nowhere they can hide.”

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on social platform X on Wednesday that the Polish airspace was violated by a "huge number of Russian drones," and some posed a "direct threat."

The Polish military shot down drones over Poland after the airspace was repeatedly violated between Tuesday to Wednesday, according to a statement from Polish Armed Forces Operational Command.

According to the Polish Press Agency, the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command has activated all necessary procedures. Polish and allied aircraft are operating in Polish airspace, and ground-based air defense and radar reconnaissance systems have reached the highest level of readiness.

On Tuesday night, Poland temporarily closed four airports, including its largest Chopin Airport in Warsaw, due to "unplanned military activity related to ensuring state security," according to notices posted on the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's website.

The closure of key Polish airports came after Warsaw claimed that "drone-type objects" had violated its airspace from neighboring Ukraine.

Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Wednesday that the country's air force has used weapons against hostile objects that have entered Polish airspace.

International reactions

Polish President Karol Nawrocki has called for a meeting of the National Security Council within 48 hours to review the incident what he described as an "unprecedented" incident in both NATO's and Poland's history.

The North Atlantic Council is meeting on Wednesday morning for a regular session and will discuss how NATO responded to the drones that entered Poland overnight, NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said.

A NATO spokesperson added that it was the first time its planes had engaged potential threats in Allied airspace.

Italy firmly condemns the violations of Polish airspace by Russian drones, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday. "The event is very serious and unacceptable, it is an offence to the internal security of the entire Euro-atlantic area," Tajani wrote on X.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that the attack was "simply unacceptable," adding that he would soon speak to NATO chief Mark Rutte.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that at least eight Russian drones were aimed towards Poland during Russian attacks overnight.

However, a Russian diplomat said on Wednesday that Poland had not given any evidence that the drones shot down in Poland were of Russian origin, Russia's RIA state news agency reported. 

(With input from agencies)

Activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla say one of their Gaza-bound vessels was hit by a drone attack off Tunisia’s coast

Poland has allegedly detected 19 drones entering its aerospace at night, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.

The Global Governance Initiative (GGI) is highly consistent with the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, an expert has said.

These initiatives, proposed by China, uphold the principles of sovereign equality and multilateral cooperation, and emphasize equal participation of all countries, said Cui Zheng, director of the Research Center for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asian Countries at Liaoning University.

In an interview with CGTN on elaborating on the significance and practice of the GGI, Cui said the concept has aligned theory with practice, emphasizing the importance of addressing the practical needs of countries, especially developing nations, both in the short term and in the long run.

From numerous projects implemented under the Belt and Road Initiative, to the introduction of various practical cooperation measures under the Global Development Initiative, and the active mediation in hotspot issues through the Global Security Initiative, these concrete efforts highlight the commitment to turning concepts into reality through tangible actions, he said.

China proposed the GGI during the recently held Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025, marking another important public good that China has shared with the world to promote building a more just and reasonable global governance system.

In which areas should the GGI seek breakthroughs?

Cui said in the process of promoting the reform of the global governance system, China should set examples in several key areas. These areas should align with China's development strategy and global interests, enjoy international consensus for cooperation and a multilateral foundation, and address prominent gaps in the current global governance framework.

First, the governance of climate change is related to the common well-being of humanity and is highly consistent with China's concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets."

China can set an example for global governance reform in this area by leading the implementation of its carbon neutrality commitments, strengthening South-South climate cooperation and the supply of climate finance.

Second, he urged efforts to enhance the governance of digital economy. There is a significant deficit in global digital governance, marked by a lack of unified regulations, widening digital divide and insufficient security and trust.

China, with its substantial capabilities in this area, should take the initiative in shaping digital rules and advocating for a fair global digital governance system, he said.

While upholding cyber sovereignty and cybersecurity, China can also promote the establishment of inclusive and equitable digital cooperation mechanisms, contributing its wisdom to the healthy development of the global digital economy, he added.

Third, participating in global health governance will help China better strengthen its own health system, and enhance its international voice, Cui said.

As the current global health governance faces multiple challenges including unbalanced development of the health system in various countries, and insufficient supply of public goods for global health and security, he said there is an urgent need to establish a fairer and more efficient global health system.

China can play the role of a responsible major country and continue to support the reform of the World Health Organization, participate in the construction of a global disease early warning system, expand medical assistance and capacity training to developing countries, and promote the building of a global community of health for all, Cui said.

How to implement GGI through multilateral platforms such as UN

At the practical level, three aspects can be addressed to effectively implement the principles of the GGI and advance the reform of multilateral institutions through platforms such as the UN. According to Cui, they are mechanisms, rules and actions.

First, at the mechanism level, he urged efforts to strengthen the central role of the United Nations and optimize its agenda-setting and institutional flexibility.

Second, at the rule level, it is necessary to advance rule-of-law-based and inclusive reforms, he said, calling for the consolidation of the foundation of the international rule of law and the upholding of the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.

Finally, at the action level, he called on major countries to lead by example and provide more public goods to the international community. It is imperative to deepen South-South cooperation and support Global South countries to better integrate into the global governance system through development financing, technology transfer, and experience sharing.

Through the coordinated advancement of these three aspects, the principles of the GGI can be more effectively implemented on multilateral platforms, such as the UN, driving the reform of multilateral institutions toward a more just, equitable, inclusive and efficient direction, Cui said.

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China's State Council on Wednesday approved the establishment of the Huangyan Dao National Nature Reserve, aiming to protect the diversity, stability and sustainability of the natural ecosystems of Huangyan Dao in the South China Sea.

The State Council has instructed relevant departments to strictly implement the country's regulations on nature reserves and protected areas.

It calls for strengthened enforcement and supervision against all forms of illegal and noncompliant behavior, as well as continuous improvements in the construction and management of national nature reserves.

The area, boundaries and zoning functions of the Huangyan Dao National Nature Reserve will be announced later by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.

Defense and military leaders from over 100 countries, along with representatives from international and regional organizations, have confirmed their attendance at the upcoming 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense said on Wednesday.

Noting that preparations for the forum, scheduled for September 17 to 19, have been largely finalized, Jiang Bin told a press briefing that the participating countries included Vietnam, Singapore, Russia, France, Nigeria, and Brazil.

The forum will feature broader representation with delegates from more countries, further demonstrating its commitment to inclusiveness and openness, he said. 

Jiang noted that this year's forum will feature four plenary sessions and eight concurrent sessions, focusing on global security governance, Asia-Pacific security cooperation, safeguarding international order, and promoting regional peace.

Additionally, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, special academic events on "Contemporary Significance of the Victory in the World Anti-Fascist War," "80th Anniversary of UN: Advancing Amid Global Transformations," and "Wartime Memories and Contemporary Peace" will be held, said the spokesperson.

These activities aim to encourage countries to work together in safeguarding the victorious outcomes of the World Anti-Fascist War and the post-war international order. They seek practical ways to resolve conflicts, add more stability and positive energy to the turbulent and changing world, and strive for a brighter future for humanity, he said.

The grand opening of Sputnik’s new office took place on September 10 in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, the business center of the Chinese capital.

Western leaders have consistently accused Moscow without providing any actual evidence, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said

Moscow has dismissed Poland’s latest claim that Russian drones breached the country’s air space. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said no evidence has been provided linking the UAVs to Russia.

On Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated that the country’s military had shot down a “huge number of Russian drones.” Warsaw has described the incident as an “unprecedented violation of Polish airspace” and an “act of aggression.”

However, Peskov has dismissed the accusations, pointing out that “The EU and NATO leadership accuse Russia of provocation on a daily basis. Most often, without even trying to provide any arguments.”

He further noted that, to his knowledge, the Kremlin has not yet received any request for contact from the Polish leadership over the incident.

Meanwhile, Russia’s charge d’affaires in Warsaw, Andrey Ordash, told RIA Novosti that when he was summoned to the Polish Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, the Polish authorities did not provide any evidence that the downed UAVs belonged to Russia. He noted that the drones had flown into Poland from Ukraine.

Tusk has claimed, however, that the aircraft came from Belarus rather than Ukraine, and characterized the incident as a Russian “provocation.”

The Belarusian military had previously reported giving Poland early warning that some drones used by Ukrainian and Russian forces for mutual attacks “lost their track as a result of the impact of the parties’ electronic warfare assets.”

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After announcing the alleged airspace violation, Tusk formally invoked Article 4 of NATO’s founding treaty, which provides for consultations in case one of the bloc’s members believes its security is threatened.

Last week, former Polish President Andzej Duda referenced a November 2022 incident in which a Ukrainian missile landed on Polish territory. Kiev insisted it was an intentional Russian attack and called for NATO-level retaliation. Duda said that Ukrainian authorities were trying to get the US-led bloc into a direct confrontation with Russia, describing such a scenario as a “dream” for Kiev, but unacceptable for Poland.

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The situation in Nepal has "in fact" gotten out of control, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

Israel and Syria have held direct talks in recent months aimed at halting Israel’s aggressive actions towards Syria.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iran has not yet given permission to IAEA inspectors to visit its nuclear facilities, despite an agreement to resume cooperation, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense expressed serious concern on Wednesday over Japan's accelerated military expansion and warned against repeating the mistakes of history.

On August 29, Japan's Ministry of Defense submitted a record-high defense budget request of $60.2 billion (8.8 trillion yen) for the 2026 fiscal year. In addition, Japan plans to deploy an upgraded version of the GSDF's Type-12 land-to-ship guided missile in Kyushu, which has a range covering China's coastal areas. 

Spokesperson Jiang Bin stated at a press conference that Japan's military development has far exceeded what is necessary for "exclusive defense," noting that it includes offensive weapons and equipment. He questioned Japan's intentions, emphasizing that such actions have raised concerns among peace-loving nations worldwide.

Jiang also recalled that 80 years ago, Japanese militarism waged a war of aggression that inflicted profound suffering on people across Asia. He underscored that regional countries are now more determined than ever to safeguard peace and will never allow the resurgence of Japanese militarism.

"We urge Japan to deeply reflect on its history of aggression, earnestly respect the security concerns of its Asian neighbors and the international community, act prudently in military and security affairs, and avoid repeating the mistakes of history," Jiang said.

Ursula von der Leyen will propose measures against Israel as well as against Russia over its war on Ukraine.

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BYD wants to send engineers and executives to the neighboring country to resume its training programs

Chinese electrical vehicle (EV) maker BYD is looking to expand its operations in India, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

BYD’s India managing director, Ketsu Zhang, is likely to travel to the South Asian nation in the next couple of months, the media outlet reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

The carmaker, based in Shenzhen, has started obtaining visas for its top managers and engineers, which will allow the company to resume its training programs and maintain its equipment, according to the report.

When bilateral ties between New Delhi and Beijing soured in 2020, India put restrictive visa policies for Chinese citizens. These restrictions are gradually being eased as the Asian neighbors work towards better relations.

The Chinese EV maker also intends to obtain Indian regulatory clearance for roadworthiness, which would allow it to exceed the current annual import quota of 2,500 vehicles, Bloomberg reported.

During his visit, Zhang is scheduled to meet with officials from the Indian federal government in New Delhi. A few engineers have already been cleared to travel, and vice-president-level executives are expected to follow shortly, the report added. 

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The development comes in the wake of the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin at the end of August. The two leaders agreed to move towards stabilizing relations, a culmination of months of efforts by both countries to restore ties strained by prolonged border tensions.

The thaw in relations between New Delhi and Beijing comes at a time when the US has imposed 50% tariffs on India. 

The improvement in China-India ties is likely to provide BYD with a significant opportunity to establish a presence in the Indian market, following the rejection of its proposal to set up a manufacturing facility in the country in 2023, the Bloomberg report said.

A federal judge late Tuesday ruled against President Donald Trump's unlawful attempt to fire Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook last month, determining that the president's "for cause" argument was unconvincing as it was based on unsubstantiated accusations of wrongdoing and represented an executive overreach with worrying implications.

Trump claimed his attempted removal of Cook, whose legal team challenged it as politically motivated and an "unprecedented and illegal" violation of the Fed's statutory independence, was for falsified mortgage applications for homes Cook purchased prior to her appointment to the board, However, Judge Jia M. Cobb of the US District Court for the District of Columbia found that the alleged infractions were neither substantiated and also took place prior to her taking the position.

"According to the government, the determination of cause is committed to the president's discretion by statute, leaving no role for this court. The court disagrees," Cobb said in her decision.

The accusations against Cook center on accusations brought by Bill Pulte, a prominent political supporter of Trump appointed by the president to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which operates the public lending arms of both Fannie and Freddie Mac. Critics of Pulte have accused him of weaponizing his access to private mortgage data by sifting through records of Trump's perceived political enemies.

As economist Dean Baker wrote in a column last week, people would be wise to recognize Pulte's outsized role in the accusations Trump made against Cook.

"While the validity of Pulte's allegations will have to be determined by the courts, the real scandal is Pulte himself," wrote Baker. "He is supposed to be running the agency that oversees the processing of tens of millions of mortgages by two huge quasi-public agencies. We are not supposed to be paying him to rifle through mortgage documents to find and disclose dirt that Trump can use against his political opponents."

By ruling against Trump on Tuesday, Cobb sided with Cook's request for a temporary injunction. This means she will remain in her post, with full voting rights as a governor of the Fed Board, as the case proceeds in the courts.

"Today's ruling recognizes and reaffirms the importance of safeguarding the independence of the Federal Reserve from illegal political interference," said Abbe Lowell, an attorney on Cook's legal team. "Allowing the president to unlawfully remove Governor Cook on unsubstantiated and vague allegations would endanger the stability of our financial system and undermine the rule of law."

For now, Lowell added, Cook will "will continue to carry out her sworn duties as a Senate-confirmed Board Governor."

Poland to invoke article 4 of the NATO treaty, calling for consultation within the alliance over security.

How Qatar and its Gulf partners respond to the attack could decide the next chapter for the region.

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Local peace activists in Washington, DC, were swiftly ejected on Tuesday night after confronting President Donald Trump and several members of his cabinet who were dining in a steak and seafood restaurant, but not before they castigated the men for "feasting" in opulence while the people of Gaza "starve" under the brutal humanitarian blockade imposed by the US and Israeli governments.

The small group of CodePink activists chanted "They feast while Gaza starves!" and "Trump is the Hitler of our time!" as Trump looked on just several feet away inside Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab restaurant, alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and others.

"He's terrorizing Gaza and communities all over the world!" one activist in the group shouted at Trump. At the same time, the president looked on and then shooed them to go away with a point of his finger and then a gesture to his Secret Service detail.

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"While Trump, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and others feasted at a steakhouse, we stood our ground and told them the truth," said Olivia DiNucci, the group's DC organizer, in a statement following the confrontation. "Two years into genocide, Gaza is under evacuation orders, Puerto Rico and Venezuela are in the crosshairs, and the Pentagon proudly calls itself the Department of War. Trump looked us in the eyes, and we made sure he would never dine in peace while communities are under siege."

CodePink said a Trump administration "prioritizing war and the wealthy over the needs of the American people and human rights abroad" should not be able to dine in luxury when it is causing so much pain and misery both abroad and in communities nationwide in the US, including the capital.

The group specifically condemned ongoing "support for the genocide in Gaza, reckless and illegal military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean, and the deployment of troops and ICE agents within US borders. As well as the growing threat of occupying U.S. cities with the deployment of the National Guard."

With National Guard troops now deployed in Los Angeles and Washington, DC—and with the Trump administration announcing the launch of what it dubbed operation "Midway Blitz" in Chicago this week—CodePink said there is growing anger nationwide over the president's authoritarian and fascist tactics that are reminiscent of how Adolf Hitler intensified his violent grip on power in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 40s.

"We hope he sees our faces in his mind, for a long time," said one group member who confronted Trump in the restaurant. "Because he looked us all in the eyes as we were standing there. We will continue to fight for DC. We will continue to fight for a free Palestine every single day."

The activists received high praise online for their disruptive efforts.

"Pretty gutsy in my opinion. I don't know how they got so close," said journalist and writer Tim Shorrock.

"Amazing!" declared writer Polly Sigh. "My hats off to these brave protesters for saying it right to his ugly orange face."

In its statement, CodePink said that while Trump's authoritarian march at home and warmongering abroad continues, "the very programs that support struggling Americans—healthcare, education, and addiction treatment—face severe cuts."

"This agenda, funded by a bill providing massive tax cuts for the super-rich, is being paid for by a working class that cannot afford it," said the group, which added that their minor disruption of a dinner for some of the world's most powerful men represents the frustration of a majority of Americans who reject these priorities.

Israel carried out an unprecedented airstrike in Qatar's capital, Doha, on Tuesday, targeting a building used by senior Hamas officials. Israeli authorities described it as an attempt to assassinate group leaders.

The strike occurred while Hamas negotiators were discussing a ceasefire proposal submitted by the United States. The strike quickly drew condemnation from Qatar, a key mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that hosts Hamas's political bureau, and from other countries and organizations, including Egypt, Jordan, and the Arab League.

What consequences will the attack cause? Why did Israel decide to strike in Doha? And could Qatar's role as a mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict be damaged?

Impact of the strike

According to Hamas sources, the group's leaders survived the attack, although several family members and aides of Hamas leaders were killed. Qatar's Interior Ministry confirmed that one security officer died and several others were wounded. 

The strike took place in Doha's diplomatic district, a crowded area surrounded by schools and homes. Residents expressed shock and fear after the strike.

Qatar's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attack, describing it as a serious threat to the safety of Qatari citizens and residents.

 The attack prompted quick international condemnation. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the strike a "flagrant violation" of Qatar's sovereignty. "All parties must work toward achieving a lasting ceasefire, not destroying it."

Saudi Arabia also criticized what it called ongoing Israeli violations in the region, citing recent strikes in Syria's Homs and Latakia governorates as breaches of international law and the 1974 Disengagement Agreement. 

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned the Doha strike as "extremely dangerous, criminal and in violation of the UN Charter," stating it was part of Israel's "continued crimes" against international law.

Other countries and organizations, including Egypt, Jordan, Türkiye, and the Arab League, also hurried to condemn the Israeli attacks. 

Steven Wright, a professor at Qatar's Hamad Bin Khalifa University, told Xinhua that Israel's action was "shocking, reckless, and a flagrant violation of international law," portraying Israel as a "rogue state with no interest in peace."

Khalid Ahmed, an associate professor of political science at Qatar University, said that Israel, backed by the United States, continues to act like a "bully" indifferent to regional security, warning that "such hegemonic acts will only bring further instability to the region."

Why Doha?

Analysts believe that the strike aimed to target Hamas leaders, weaken their decision-making ability, and gain leverage in ceasefire negotiations. 

Kheir Diabat, a professor from Qatar University's International Affairs Department, told Xinhua that Israel sought to "eliminate Hamas and exclude them from the decision-making process, paving the way for a deal with a Palestinian side more willing to accept Israeli conditions."

Eyal Zisser, vice rector of Tel Aviv University and a Middle East affairs expert, said the strike aimed to "settle the account" with Hamas leaders, noting that Israel has vowed to punish everyone involved in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, no matter where they are.

Regarding the possible U.S. involvement in the strike, a White House official told Al Jazeera that Washington "was informed of the operation targeting Hamas officials in Qatar." The United States, which designated Qatar a major non-NATO ally, maintains close ties with Qatar.

Wright pointed out that all attention is now on Washington, and any U.S. decisions at this point will shape its future course and relationships in the region.

Qatar's mediator role under pressure

Qatar has long played a central role in mediating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, hosting Hamas offices and facilitating talks with multiple parties. However, the Doha strike has now strained both the country's security and diplomatic environment. 

Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said Tuesday that Qatar will take a "comprehensive" approach to respond to the Israeli strike on Doha earlier in the day and to deter future attacks.

Mediation on a ceasefire and prisoner exchange in Gaza will continue, but no talks are currently underway after Israel's Doha strike, he added. 

Analysts say the attack will increase pressure on Qatar's role as a mediator, though it is unlikely to abandon its efforts. Qatar's Foreign Ministry has pledged that it will not tolerate threats to the country's sovereignty and security.

Palestinian political analyst Hussam Al-Dajani told Xinhua that the strike could have serious legal and political consequences for Israel, noting that Qatar might use the incident to rally international support, leveraging diplomatic and legal channels to push for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2735, which calls for an end to the conflict and Israel's full withdrawal from Gaza.

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Foi nessa época que aprendeu a operar no mercado de ações da Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo. Comprava ações de empresas semifalidas e esperava alguma valorização, como fez com uma companhia do empresário Eike Batista, na qual investiu 1 mil reais e, em oito meses, lucrou 9 mil reais.

Com esse excedente, comprou algumas armas de airsoft de fornecedores do Paraná e do Vale do Paraíba e as revendeu em uma página do Facebook. Também abriu uma empresa, montou um site na internet e trocou a casa dos pais por um flat próximo da Avenida Paulista. Em 2017, porém, as vendas começaram a cair, e o jovem desistiu da empreitada. Comprou um automóvel usado e virou motorista de aplicativo. Com o restante de sua reserva financeira, investiu em bitcoins, moeda virtual que vivia um processo frenético de valorização – no início de 2017, 1 bitcoin valia 995 dólares; doze meses depois, passou a valer 20 mil dólares.

Felipini decidiu apostar tudo nesse novo mercado. Ingressou em um grupo de operadores de criptomoedas no Facebook chamado Bitcoin Brasil e começou a participar de eventos pelo país. Até que foi procurado por um amigo cujo pai havia morrido e deixara grandes dívidas tributárias. Para evitar que o fisco sequestrasse o dinheiro das contas bancárias do falecido, o rapaz pediu a Felipini que investisse 150 mil reais em criptomoedas – aplicação mais difícil de ser rastreada pela Receita Federal –, em troca de uma remuneração. Deu certo: a operação nunca foi descoberta pelo fisco. 

Seu próximo passo na nova carreira foi investir 100 mil reais em criptomoedas para um empresário chinês radicado em São Paulo. Até a década passada, os lojistas do comércio popular paulistano faziam operações dólar-cabo para enviar dinheiro aos fornecedores de mercadorias na China sem pagar tributos. Depois, passaram a adotar criptoativos para movimentar dinheiro entre os países, à margem do câmbio oficial, evitando assim o pagamento de impostos. Satisfeito, o empresário começou a levar mais e mais lojistas chineses para negociar com Felipini.

Dois anos depois, através de sua empresa Makes Exchange, ele passou a fazer operações de câmbio para a compra de criptomoedas nos Estados Unidos. De acordo com a Polícia Federal, em seus quatro primeiros anos de existência, entre 2017 e 2021, a Makes recebeu em suas contas bancárias cerca de 7 bilhões de reais no total. Três bancos – UBS, Topázio e MS Bank – se negaram a fazer essas operações de câmbio. Outros três – Genial, Master e Santander – aceitaram.

Por meio da compra e venda de criptoativos, Felipini também passou a lavar dinheiro para o tráfico internacional de cocaína, sob as vistas grossas dos bancos brasileiros. Relatórios da PF obtidos pela piauí revelam que Felipini lavou dinheiro para narcotraficantes do PCC e membros da máfia calabresa ‘Ndrangheta, além de criminosos albaneses, que embarcavam toneladas de cocaína para a Europa em portos do Nordeste. Em 2022, o bando usou uma das empresas de fachada de Felipini para transformar 26,4 milhões de reais em criptomoedas.

Em 2 de janeiro de 2023, quando já morava em Dubai, o brasileiro foi batizado como membro do Hezbollah. Para alguns amigos, ele enviou um vídeo feito no Vale do Bekaa, no Líbano, em que aprende a atirar com um fuzil AK-47. Era a primeira vez na vida que o jovem paulistano empunhava uma arma de fogo. Felipini pôs todo o seu conhecimento no mercado de criptomoedas a serviço de pessoas ligadas à organização. Entre outubro de 2022 e agosto de 2023, converteu em criptomoedas 847 mil reais a pedido do empresário sírio Mohamad Khir Abdulmajid, dono de uma rede de tabacarias em Belo Horizonte e acusado de recrutar brasileiros para serem treinados pelo Hezbollah.

Seis meses depois daquele treino de tiro, o governo israelense apreendeu 1,7 milhão de dólares em criptomoedas pertencentes ao Hezbollah e à Força Quds, uma organização paramilitar iraniana. Ao ser alertado sobre isso por um amigo, via WhatsApp, Felipini não deu a mínima. “Que se foda Israel. Cliente pediu pra pagar”, escreveu. “Eu sou facilitador, mano. Eu não quero saber. Essa é a realidade. Se eu souber que é terrorismo, arma, tráfico ou corrupção, eu vou cortar. Mas não vou me esforçar para saber.” Naquela época, ele se autointitulava o maior operador do mercado de criptomoedas do Brasil. Em um único dia, 20 de dezembro de 2023, transformou 330 milhões de reais em moedas virtuais.

Assinantes da piauí podem ler a íntegra da reportagem aqui.

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A embaixada dos Estados Unidos no Brasil ameaçou o ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) Alexandre de Moraes, relator do julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e de outros sete réus acusados de participar de uma trama golpista para reverter o resultado das eleições presidenciais de 2022 e impedir o candidato eleito, Luiz Inácio Lula da […]

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Após o ataque de Israel ao Catar, o Conselho de Segurança das Nações Unidas realizará uma reunião nesta quarta-feira (10/09) para discutir a nova agressão israelense e a situação no Oriente Médio. “A reunião sobre a situação no Oriente Médio está marcada para amanhã às 15h, horário local (19h GMT, 10 de setembro)”, disse a […]

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O ministro francês das Forças Armadas (equivalente ao ministério da Defesa no Brasil), Sébastien Lecornu, aliado de Emmanuel Macron e vindo da direita, foi nomeado primeiro-ministro, anunciou nesta terça-feira (09/09) o Palácio do Eliseu, sede da Presidência. Seu nome foi divulgado poucas horas após François Bayrou entregar sua demissão, um dia depois de perder o […]

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A Dinamarca, que ocupa a Presidência rotativa do Conselho da União Europeia (UE), disse nesta terça-feira (09/09) que a ambição do bloco é aprovar o acordo comercial com o Mercosul até o final do ano. A declaração foi dada pelo ministro da Agricultura dinamarquês, Jacob Jensen, ao chegar ao conselho informal da UE sobre Agricultura […]

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A Polícia Judiciária de Portugal (PJ) anunciou nesta terça-feira (09/09) a prisão de João Paulo Silva Oliveira, de 56 anos, cidadão português acusado de oferecer “500 euros pela cabeça de brasileiros”. A prisão ocorreu após um vídeo produzido e divulgado pelo acusado viralizou na plataforma TikTok. O conteúdo foi inicialmente denunciado pela página Hedflow Mídia […]

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Há 49 anos, em 9 de setembro de 1976, falecia o líder comunista Mao Zedong, o arquiteto da Revolução Chinesa. Membro fundador do Partido Comunista, Mao se destacou por seu papel na luta pela emancipação nacional, combatendo os senhores da guerra, as forças estrangeiras e o Kuomintang. Ele proclamou a República Soviética de Jiangxi e […]

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A Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), organização que administra a Flotilha da Liberdade, publicou um comunicado nesta quarta-feira informando que a frota que se dirige à Faixa de Gaza tentando levar ajuda humanitária à população palestina sofreu um novo ataque com drones, por volta das 19h desta terça-feira (09/09), segundo a hora de Brasília (já madrugada […]

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O Ministério das Relações Exteriores divulgou nota na noite desta terça-feira (09/09) em que condenou a ameaça dos Estados Unidos “de uso de sanções econômicas ou ameaças de uso da força contra a nossa democracia” em meio ao julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e de sete réus pela trama golpista. Na nota, o Itamaraty diz […]

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The European Commission will put bilateral support with the Jewish state on hold over the ongoing war in Gaza, the official has said

The European Union will suspend its bilateral support programs with Israel and freeze related payments over the Jewish state’s ongoing siege of Gaza, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday.

She stressed that what is happening in Gaza has “shaken the conscience of the world” and that in addition to suspending payments, the EC will propose sanctions on “extremist ministers and violent settlers” and “propose a partial suspension of the Association Agreement on trade-related matters.”

The EC had previously also proposed suspending Israel’s access to EU Horizon research funding for start-up companies, although von der Leyen noted that the move is not yet possible because it needs support from a weighted majority of the bloc’s 27 member states. The initiative is currently opposed by Germany, Italy, Hungary, and several other states.

Von Der Leyen insisted that the EU “cannot afford to be paralyzed” in the face of “catastrophic” images coming out of Gaza of people being “killed while begging for food” and “mothers holding lifeless babies.”

Over 64,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its campaign two years ago, following Hamas’ 2023 attack that left 1,200 dead and about 250 taken hostage.

Von der Leyen’s announcement comes after Israel also drew international criticism on Tuesday for carrying out an attack on a Hamas-controlled compound in the Qatari capital of Doha.

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Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani condemned the strike as “state terrorism” and stressed that it would not be “overlooked” as Doha “reserves the right to respond to this blatant attack.”  

Moscow slammed the Israeli attack as a “gross violation of international law and the UN Charter,” warning that such actions could lead to further escalation and destabilize the Middle East.

US President Donald Trump also criticized the airstrike, stressing that bombing a “sovereign nation and close ally of the United States” did not “advance Israel or America’s goals.”

Hamas said its top leadership survived the attack, which it described as an attempt to assassinate negotiators working on a potential settlement.

Por Agência Brasil O Ministério das Relações Exteriores divulgou nota na noite desta terça-feira (9) em que condenou a ameaça dos Estados Unidos “de uso de sanções econômicas ou ameaças de uso da força contra a nossa democracia” em meio ao julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e de sete réus pela trama golpista. Na nota, o Itamaraty diz que […]

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Warsaw wants consultations with bloc members after an alleged violation of its airspace by drones it identified as Russian

Poland has formally invoked Article 4 of NATO’s founding treaty following what it described as “an act of aggression” by Russia. The article provides for consultations in case one of the bloc’s members believes its security is threatened.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said he made the request after informing lawmakers on the alleged airspace violations. Russia has yet to comment on the accusations.

According to Tusk, the Polish military detected 19 separate violations of its airspace over seven hours, with at least three and possibly four drones downed.

He claimed the aircraft came from Belarus rather than Ukraine, and characterized the incident as a Russian “provocation.”

The Belarusian military earlier reported having given their Polish counterparts early warning that some drones used by Ukrainian and Russian forces for mutual attacks “lost their track as a result of the impact of the parties’ electronic warfare assets.”

“This allowed the Polish side to respond promptly to the actions of the drones by scrambling their forces on duty,” said General Pavel Muraveiko, the chief of the general staff of Belarus.

The general added that some of the stray aircraft had been intercepted by Belarusian air defenses. He stressed that the exchanges with Poland were part of regular communications about incoming threats, with the Polish side regularly informing officials in Belarus about aircraft detected in Ukrainian airspace.

Multiple officials in the EU expressed solidarity with Poland, pinning the blame on Russia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen mentioned the incident in her “state of the union” address at the European Parliament on Wednesday, urging continued military assistance for Ukraine.

READ MORE: Poland claims it shot down ‘Russian drones’

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, called the incident “the most serious European airspace violation by Russia” since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, claiming that “indications suggest it was intentional, not accidental.”

Last week, former Polish President Andrzej Duda mentioned a November 2022 incident in which a Ukrainian interceptor missile landed on Polish territory, killing a local resident. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky claimed it was an intentional Russian attack and urged Warsaw to call for NATO-level retaliation.

Duda said the Ukrainian leadership was “obviously” trying to get the US-led organization to fight Russia directly, describing such a scenario as a “dream” for Kiev, but unacceptable for Poland.

A recent CGTN survey shows that 66.7 percent of global respondents are aware of Taiwan's history related to World War II and its restoration to China in 1945, with the rate among Asia-based respondents standing at 73.5 percent.

The global public opinion survey was conducted on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, covering close to 12,000 respondents from some 40 countries. 

The survey showed that 42.4 percent of global respondents believe that Taiwan's restoration to China is an outcome of victory in WWII, with favorable views standing at 50 percent among those aged 18-24 and 50.9 percent among those aged 25-34. 

Behind this is the fact that binding documents like the 1943 Cairo Declaration and the 1945 Potsdam Proclamation mandated Taiwan's return to China on October 25, 1945, when Japan surrendered under the terms of these documents and ended the 50 years of Japanese occupation. 

According to the CGTN survey, in eight Asian countries–India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam – 73.2 percent of respondents were aware of the history.

Among the younger demographics, favorable views were held by 47.4 percent of respondents aged 18-24 and 51.4 of those aged 25-34. 

But in Japan, only 14 percent of respondents acknowledged this, and 48 percent held a negative view. 

Across all 40 countries surveyed, 37.5 percent of respondents said they believe that "Taiwan independence" separatist activities undermine the post-war international order, with a 41.8 percent of those aged 18-24, a 44.1 percent in the 25-34 ages and 40.1 percent among the 35-44 group expressing agreement with this sentiment. 

In the eight Asian countries mentioned above, the overall rate of favorability towards the same sentiment reached 45.3 percent, with favorability among the 18-24 age group at 47.4 percent, 51.4 percent among those aged 25-34, 47.5 percent among those aged 35-44 and 41.9 percent among those aged 45-54.

A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday accused Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of recklessly expanding military expenditure and pursuing selfish interests at the expense of the island's well-being.

Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks in response to media questions relevant to the Taiwan region's defense budget and the regional business community's opposition to the DPP authorities' cross-Straits policies during a regular press conference.

As for the reports that Taiwan's defense budget will reach more than 3 percent of local GDP next year, Chen said the DPP authorities are stubbornly clinging to their "Taiwan independence" separatist stance and attempting to seek independence by relying on external forces and by military means. He added that the DPP authorities are squandering the hard-earned money of the residents in the Taiwan region without limits at the mercy of external forces.

Such actions can neither bring security and peace nor protect Taiwan, but will only squeeze and undermine locals' livelihoods, jeopardizing present and future generations, Chen added.

As for the reports that relevant Taiwan authorities recently issued a white paper, which put forward proposals including easing cross-Straits exchanges and seizing opportunities in the mainland's market in a white paper, Chen said the white paper reflected the regional business community's concerns over the current situation in the Taiwan Straits and conveyed their skepticism and opposition to the DPP authorities' cross-Straits policies.

Noting the United States has imposed a 20 percent tariff on goods imported from the island, Chen said the tariff left many industries and enterprises on the island facing survival challenges.

For those industries and enterprises, the vast mainland market represents not only a way out of their difficulties but also an opportunity for sustained development, Chen added.

The two sides of the Taiwan Straits can jointly address external risks and challenges and strengthen the Chinese national economy by deepening integrated development and enhancing the level of industrial and supply chain cooperation, Chen said.

However, the DPP authorities, defying the laws of the market economy, persist in the delusion of "relying on the U.S. to resist China" and engage in activities that promote "decoupling and severing supply chains" across the Straits, Chen added.

In pursuit of their own partisan and selfish interests, the DPP authorities disregarded the survival of enterprises, which is bound to provoke public anger and lead to a complete loss of popular support, Chen said.

More than 80,000 police have been deployed as demonstrators rally against Macron's government and austerity policies.

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Por Caio Spechoto e Cézar Feitoza (Folhapress) – A Primeira Turma do STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal) retomará às 9h desta quarta-feira (10) o julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro (PL) sob pressão ainda maior do presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump. Falta um voto para o colegiado formar maioria pela condenação do político brasileiro. Na terça […]

Roman Marshavin has highlighted technology exchange, infrastructure protection and enlarging the Gas Exporting Countries Forum

Russia and Algeria have agreed to step up coordination in the energy sector, pledging closer collaboration within OPEC+ and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) as well as joint projects in electricity and resource development, the Russian Energy Ministry reported on Tuesday.

The announcement followed talks in Algiers between Russian Deputy Energy Minister Roman Marshavin and his Algerian counterpart Mohamed Arkab.

“Among the main priorities that we consider important to promote jointly are the facilitation of free trade in energy resources, technology exchange, protection of critical infrastructure, as well as the expansion of GECF membership and its dialogue partners, including the SCO, APEC, and other forums,” Marshavin stated.

According to Moscow’s Energy Ministry, Algeria invited Russian companies to participate in upcoming oil and gas exploration tenders and in power generation projects.

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On the sidelines of the 4th Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) in Algiers, Marshavin met energy executives and pointed to opportunities for scientific and technical cooperation with Russian partners. He also congratulated Georges Elombi on his election as Afreximbank President and invited him to participate in Russian Energy Week 2025, which will take place in Moscow on October 15–17.

Russia has strengthened its energy cooperation with African countries in recent years. At the 2023 Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Putin announced that more than 30 energy projects with a combined capacity of about 3.7 gigawatts were ongoing across the continent. 

In Algeria, Gazprom International has been developing the El Assel project since 2008. In 2021–22, a development plan for the Rhourde Sayah and Rhourde Sayah Nord fields was approved by the national hydrocarbons agency ALNAFT.

Algiers has been bolstering ties with Moscow in recent years as part of efforts to diversify its economy amid deteriorating relations with Paris. In May, Algeria officially became a member of the New Development Bank (NDB), the financial institution established by the BRICS group of nations.

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Earlier this month, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev stated that Moscow is ready to expand mutual supplies of agricultural products and is interested in increasing exports of mineral fertilizers to Algeria.

Por Cleber Lourenço O líder do PT na Câmara, Lindbergh Farias (RJ), protocolou nesta terça-feira (9) uma representação criminal no Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) pedindo a prisão preventiva do deputado Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) e o bloqueio imediato de salários e verbas parlamentares. O argumento central é que o parlamentar estaria agindo como articulador de uma […]

A banner with the words “We are Russians. God is with us” has reportedly triggered administrative proceedings in Latvia  

Latvian police have launched an investigation after a flag bearing the Russian Empire’s coat of arms appeared on a private house near the eastern city of Rezekne, state broadcaster LSM has reported.

Riga earlier banned the public display of the letters ‘Z’ and ‘V’ for being associated with the Ukraine conflict and restricted events within 200 meters of Soviet war monuments.

The outlet said on Tuesday that the flag in black, yellow and white, which was on display only for a few hours, carried the inscription “We are Russians. God is with us.” Police described it as “a symbol glorifying military aggression,” while local residents interviewed by regional television said they did not see anything objectionable in the use of a historical flag.

“It is a symbol of tsarist Russia. It is not modern Russia. It comes from the soul, it’s not about war,” LSM quoted a local resident as saying.

A police spokesperson said that when officers arrived at the scene the flag was still hanging on the wall, adding that it was removed and “administrative offence proceedings” were opened against the person responsible.

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Latvia has increasingly targeted its Russian minority since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. Around a quarter of its 1.8 million people are ethnic Russians, according to official statistics.

The Baltic state is making significant efforts to distance itself from its Soviet past, including by banning the use of symbols linked to the USSR such as its flag, coat of arms, and anthem.

Authorities have opened administrative and criminal cases for marking Victory Day, laying flowers at dismantled memorials to Soviet soldiers, and displaying prohibited symbols. Celebrated on May 9, Victory Day commemorates the Soviet role in defeating Nazi Germany. Latvia, then part of the USSR, was a key battleground. Many residents, especially the Russian-speaking population, honor those who fought against the Nazis.

At the same time, every year former SS legionnaires and their supporters march in Riga. Nazi medals and symbols are displayed at the event, even though the SS was declared a criminal organization at the Nuremberg Tribunal.

Por Cleber Lourenço A reunião de líderes da Câmara realizada nesta terça (9) foi descrita por parlamentares como marcada por cautela. O presidente da Casa, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), reafirmou que nesta semana serão levados ao plenário apenas projetos considerados consensuais, deixando de fora a discussão da anistia aos envolvidos no 8 de janeiro. A decisão […]

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President Cyril Ramaphosa has stressed that Pretoria prefers engagement with Washington, but will not be bullied

Pretoria has dispatched officials to the US for new trade talks after earlier negotiations failed to deliver a deal or ease tariffs. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the move during a parliamentary engagement on Tuesday, noting that the latest discussions center on critical minerals.

US President Donald Trump imposed a 30% tariff on South African goods as part of broader global levies targeting imports from multiple countries. The measure took effect last month despite Pretoria’s repeated attempts to negotiate a fair agreement.

“The Presidency and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition have sent representatives ... who are preparing for the further formal negotiations with the United States government, which should be taking place in just a few days,” Ramaphosa told parliament.

He said that instead of “war,” South Africa has opted for engagement with a US administration “that at times is unpredictable,” but without doing so “on a bended knee.”

“We have said we will not be bullied. We will stand as a sovereign country and negotiate and get the best deal for South Africa,” the president declared.

READ MORE: South Africa pushes BRICS unity on global trade issues

Ramaphosa said his government has “leverage” grounded in the country’s natural resources, particularly its reserves of critical minerals.

“We have the minerals… which the United States needs. The discussions that we are having now with the United States also revolve around that. The critical minerals,” he stated.

Relations between Pretoria and Washington have deteriorated since Trump returned to office in January. He has accused the South African government of mistreating the country’s white minority, halted all funding to Pretoria, and expelled its ambassador for being “anti-American.” 

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Ramaphosa has rejected the allegations as baseless, meeting Trump in May to dispel the “completely false narrative.” However, the situation remains unresolved, and Pretoria insists it will press on with negotiations.

On Tuesday, Ramaphosa said the US is South Africa’s second-largest trading partner, sustaining hundreds of thousands of jobs, and stressed that protecting the interest of those workers is his government’s duty.

Pretoria has been pushing to strengthen trade and investment ties through BRICS, across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas.

Nepali army orders people in Kathmandu to stay home amid mass unrest gripping capital.

For a second night in a row, members of the Global Sumud Flotilla say their ships have come under attack in Tunisia.

Kiev’s military intelligence allegedly coerced the suspect into an attempted assassination through a financial scam

Russia has foiled a Ukrainian military intelligence service assassination plot against a senior employee of a major defense plant in the Urals, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said Wednesday.

The incident was reported in Russia’s Republic of Udmurtia, whose capital, Izhevsk, hosts the firearms manufacturer Kalashnikov and other defense enterprises. 

According to the FSB, Kiev’s HUR intelligence agency recruited a man, provided him with instructions on handling explosives and toxins, and tasked him with carrying out the bombing attack. The suspect has been charged with preparing a terrorist act.

A video released by the FSB suggested that Ukrainian operatives coerced the man into the plot through a financial scam. He said he had been told that a bank loan exceeding $100,000 had been taken out in his name, leaving him vulnerable to prosecution.

The FSB said the suspect was arrested after surveilling the residence of his intended target. Officials shared footage of him filming a rural home over a fence with his phone.

Last month, the Russian agency reported preventing another alleged Ukrainian-organized terror plot, in which a 54-year-old Russian woman was tricked into debt and then unwittingly sent on a suicide bombing mission. Investigators said she survived because an encrypted signal intended to trigger the explosive device failed to transmit.

China strongly condemns Israel's attack in Qatar and firmly opposes Israel's violation of Qatar's territorial sovereignty and national security, said a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.

Israel launched an unprecedented air strike in the Qatari capital of Doha on Tuesday, targeting a building used by senior Hamas officials in what Israeli authorities described as an attempt to assassinate leaders of the group.

"We are deeply concerned that the incident may lead to further escalation of regional tensions, and express dissatisfaction with the actions of relevant parties that undermine the Gaza ceasefire negotiations," said Lin Jian, the spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, at a regular press briefing.

The strike took place as Hamas negotiators were discussing a ceasefire proposal put forward by the United States, and drew swift condemnation from Qatar, a key mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that hosts Hamas' political bureau.

"Force will not bring peace to the Middle East; dialogue and negotiation are the fundamental way out," Lin said.

Noting that the conflict in Gaza has dragged on for nearly two years, he said China strongly calls on all relevant parties, especially Israel, to make more positive efforts to cease hostilities and resume negotiations, instead of doing the opposite.

Asked about the reports that Israel had notified Washington before the air strike, Lin expressed grave concern.

He said Israel's move to strike Qatar would not be possible without the long-standing and seriously unbalanced stance on the Middle East of a certain "related outside country."

China urges "the certain major power" to prioritize regional peace and stability, uphold a just and responsible attitude, and work with the international community to play a constructive role in promoting a ceasefire, ending hostilities, and easing regional tensions, said Lin.

Miles Pickering is a protester who was arrested over wearing a ‘Plasticine Action’ t-shirt in London.

Nepal has entered a defining moment in its young democratic history. On September 8, 2025, thousands of Gen Z protesters surged through the streets of Kathmandu and other cities, demanding accountability over entrenched corruption and opposing the government’s abrupt ban on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Snapchat. The protests quickly escalated, […]

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The Nepali army, which assumed control of the country's security after protests, has extended the general curfew until the evening of September 10.

A Y-20 transport aircraft of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force departed for the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Wednesday to bring back the remains of 30 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs who died during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953).

The PLA Air Force will send four J-20 fighter jets to escort the remains of the CPV martyrs as they re-enter Chinese airspace.  

The same Y-20 previously flew over Tian'anmen Square during the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.  

Zhou Han, pilot of the Y-20, said that these arrangements are meant to remember history and honor the fallen heroes.

ROK will transfer the remains of 30 CPV martyrs and their belongings to China on Friday, according to the PLA Air Force.

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À vontade durante as cinco horas em que atuou como relator da trama golpista na Primeira Turma do STF, o ministro Alexandre de Moraes chegou a fazer piadas e provocou risos até entre os advogados de defesa. 

Abaixo, algumas de suas pérolas:

- “Prometo que serei breve. Dificilmente cumprirei minha promessa.”

- “Bolsonaro liderou uma organização criminosa e usou a estrutura do Estado para implementar um projeto autoritário de poder."

 - -“Nós estamos esquecendo aos poucos que o Brasil quase volta a um ditadura pura, que durou 20 anos, porque uma organização criminosa, constituída por grupo político, não sabe perder eleições.”

- “Essa mensagem não é de um delinquente do PCC para outro. É uma mensagem do diretor da Abin para o então presidente da República.”

- “Anotações de teor golpista não podem ser consideradas apenas como "uma espécie de meu querido diário".

- “A ideia de que o juiz deve ser uma samambaia jurídica durante o processo não tem nenhuma ligação com o sistema acusatório. Isso é uma alegação esdrúxula.”

“Só havia três possibilidades dele deixar a presidência: preso, morto ou vitorioso. Quero dizer aos canalhas que nunca serei preso. O trecho de entrevista de Bolsonaro é uma prova de que ele jamais aceitaria uma derrota nas urnas.”

- “Isso não é conversa de bar, alguém no clube conversando com amigo. Isso é o presidente da República instigando milhares de pessoas contra o STF.”

- “Essa reunião (dos embaixadores) talvez entre para a história como um dos momentos de maior entreguismo nacional, ou tentativa de entreguismo nacional.”

- “Uma organização criminosa, constituída por grupo político liderado por Jair Bolsonaro, não sabe que é princípio democrático e republicano a alternância de poder.”

- “Mário Fernandes imprimiu no Palácio do Planalto, se dirigiu ao Palácio do Alvorada (...) ficou 1 hora e 6 minutos e fez barquinho de papel. Isso é ridicularizar a inteligência do tribunal.”

O ministro condenou os sete réus do "Grupo Crucial”, seguido pelo ministro Flávio Dino. O julgamento é retomado hoje, a partir das 9h, com o voto do ministro Luiz Fux. Após o posicionamento dos demais, será discutida a dosimetria das penas, se eles concordarem com o veredito do relator.

Resta saber qual será a próxima tentativa de golpe do clã...

 

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Shankar Pokharel, general secretary of Nepal's Communist Party (CPN-UML)), which led the now ousted government, said the party "will rise again" after it lost power amid mass protests and violent riots, the Khabarhub news website reported on Wednesday.

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Por Amanda Cieglinski e Daniella Almeida – Agência Brasil Os chamados anos finais do ensino fundamental – que compreendem o 6º, 7°, 8º e 9 º anos – são considerados uma etapa escolar peculiar, que enfrenta desafios próprios ao reunir os estudantes que estão na transição da infância para a adolescência. Para subsidiar a criação da primeira […]

Por Daniel Camargos – Repórter Brasil A CSN MINERAÇÃO, segunda maior exportadora de ferro do Brasil, tenta na Justiça esvaziar a legitimidade da comunidade de Santa Quitéria, que se autodeclara quilombola, enquanto avança com um projeto de pilhas de rejeito de minério no entorno das residências, em Congonhas (MG). Os moradores lutam pela suspensão do […]

The unipolar moment that defined the post-Cold War era is drawing to a close. As American hegemony wanes and new power centers emerge in Beijing, Moscow and beyond, Israel finds itself navigating an increasingly complex multipolar landscape that demands a fundamental reassessment of its strategic orientation and diplomatic priorities. For decades, Israel’s foreign policy operated […]

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“I think what we're seeing is … an evolution of Netanyahu's descent into insanity.”

The founding of North Korea was proclaimed on September 9, 1948. This date is celebrated annually as a national holiday.

The Jewish state’s airstrikes on Doha failed to hit the targeted leaders of the Palestinian militant group

Israel is determined to kill Hamas leaders wherever they reside and will continue its efforts until they are all dead, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter told Fox News on Tuesday.

Earlier in the day, Israeli airstrikes hit a residential building in Doha, Qatar, targeting senior figures of Hamas’ political wing. The group said its officials survived, while the attack has been criticized by the White House and condemned by Qatar.

“If we didn’t get them this time, we’ll get them the next time,” Leiter said.

The ambassador described Hamas as “enemies of Western civilization” and argued that Israel’s actions were reshaping the Middle East in ways “moderate” states understood and valued. “Right now, we may be subject to a little bit of criticism. They’ll get over it,” he said of the Arab countries.

US President Donald Trump said that while dismantling Hamas was a legitimate goal, striking a US ally undermined both American and Israeli interests.

Leiter noted that Israel had “never had a better friend in the White House” and that Washington and West Jerusalem remained united in seeking the militant group’s destruction.

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Qatar, which hosts Hamas officials as part of its role as a mediator, said a Qatari security officer was among six people killed in the Israeli strike.

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has denounced the attack as a “heinous crime” and an “act of aggression,” while Doha’s Foreign Ministry has accused Israel of “state terrorism.”

Israel has vowed to hunt down Hamas leaders, who it blames for the deadly October 2023 attack which was launched from Gaza into southern Israel. The ambassador vowed that those responsible “are not going to survive,” no matter where they are.

Israel’s military response has left at least 64,000 dead in Gaza, according to local authorities. Critics have accused West Jerusalem of committing genocide by rendering the blockaded enclave uninhabitable and worsening famine conditions through restrictions on food aid.

Over 70 youngsters with special needs had to be relocated due to the overnight incident in Russia’s Rostov Region

Dozens of children with mental disabilities were forced to evacuate overnight when a Ukrainian drone crashed into their boarding school in Russia’s Rostov Region, acting Governor Yury Slyusar said on Wednesday morning.

The aircraft struck near the school’s back entrance, shattering glass and injuring two adult staff members who were hospitalized, Slyusar reported on Telegram. Seventy-three children and other employees were safely evacuated, he added.

Slyusar noted that Russian forces had deployed electronic warfare to repel Ukrainian kamikaze drones in the area. The Defense Ministry said it intercepted 122 fixed-wing Ukrainian drones during the night, most of them over the Bryansk border region.

Kiev has increasingly relied on drone strikes as part of its military strategy, particularly as its frontline forces face mounting setbacks.

READ MORE: Zelensky’s Donbass civilian strike claim ‘another false flag’ – Russian MOD source

Ukrainian officials claim that sustained drone and missile attacks on Russian territory are critical and have urged Western allies to fund domestic production of long-range weapons. The country’s military budget is challenged by a growing deficit despite foreign cash injections.

Afghanistan begin their Asia Cup campaign with a thrashing of tournament minnows Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi.

Steep tariffs would be part of joint effort to pressure Russia to end its war on Ukraine, according to reports.

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Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted US President Donald Trump’s dinner at a restaurant in Washington DC.

“This frustration has been building for over two decades, fuelled by corruption. Every one of us has had enough.”

France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu took office on Wednesday facing a day of protests that are expected to see transport, education and other services suffer disruptions in a show of grassroots anger against President Emmanuel Macron.

The protests, led by a loose left-wing collective called "Block Everything," could prove to be a baptism of fire for Lecornu.

Macron named Lecornu as prime minister on late Tuesday, a day after his predecessor Francois Bayrou lost a confidence vote in parliament, forcing him and his government to resign.

Factors behind latest shift in France's government

Bayrou's budget proposal to reduce public spending was the main trigger of opposition in the National Assembly of France. On Monday, 364 deputies voted against the plan, 194 supported and 15 abstained.

The budget plan sought to address France's mounting debt problem, which Bayrou described as an urgent issue. Official figures show that France's public debt stood at 3,345.8 billion euros (approximately $3,914.6 billion), or 114 percent of its gross domestic product, at the end of the first quarter of 2025.

Bayrou's proposal included reducing national holidays, freezing welfare benefits, and cutting public spending, aimed at saving around 44 billion euros (approximately $51.5 billion). However, his proposal has sparked widespread backlash.

Before the Monday confidence vote, unions and opposition parties had scheduled a nationwide standstill on Wednesday, known as the "Block Everything" movement, to protest the austerity plan. 

A fragmented parliament further deepened the challenges facing the French government. Following snap elections in 2024, no political bloc secured a clear majority in the National Assembly, leaving the minority government vulnerable and unstable.

Bayrou's decision to seek a confidence vote, instead of seeking a compromise with opposition parties, also hastened his downfall. In August, he called the vote a "moment of truth," a move many analysts described as a strategic misstep.

The political crisis in France made international headlines on Tuesday. Western media highlighted the political instability within Macron's administration.

The New York Times reported on the matter under the headline "French Government Collapses, Again, Deepening Paralysis," reflecting concerns over chronic political instability. The Guardian noted that Bayrou's fall and a divided parliament would hardly provide the stability needed by President Macron.

Financial markets also reacted with caution. According to Les Echos, a French economic daily, Fitch Ratings is expected to review France's credit rating this week, with analysts predicting a potential downgrade to A+, signaling a historic shift since France had a triple-A rating before the 2008 financial crisis.

Unlike previous delays in naming a new prime minister, Macron quickly appointed Lecornu, signaling urgency in stabilizing the political and economic situation.

Lecornu, who has served as defense minister for over three years, is known as a Macron loyalist, and is seen as a discreet but highly skilled operator who, crucially for Macron, himself harbors no presidential ambition.

French political parties' reactions to the nomination are mixed. Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe praised Lecornu for his ability to negotiate and reach an agreement with the other parties. Marine Le Pen, former presidential candidate of National Rally, criticized the move, stating that Macron is "playing his last card of Macronism."

Mathilde Panot, president of the La France Insoumise parliamentary group, condemned Lecornu's nomination as a "provocation" amid the rising protests. She accused Macron of pursuing "the same policy for the rich, who are in the minority in the Assembly and the country."

Observers note that Lecornu faces several key challenges: forming a government, managing potential no-confidence votes, and addressing the unresolved issues left by Bayrou's departure.

One of his immediate priorities will be drafting the government budget plan, a political Waterloo for several French prime ministers, but also a mission the government cannot avoid or divert from.

(With input from agencies)

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Epidemic being fuelled by availability of ultra-processed foods and aggressive market.

US President Donald Trump said he’s “not thrilled” about Israel’s deadly attack on Hamas in Qatar that targeted a reside

The US president and Indian PM have expressed confidence that negotiations on an agreement will be concluded soon

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have confirmed that Washington and New Delhi are continuing their trade talks, expressing optimism that the negotiations would conclude soon.

In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, Trump said he was looking forward to discussions with Modi in the near future.

”I am pleased to announce that India, and the United States of America, are continuing negotiations to address the Trade Barriers between our two Nations,” Trump wrote. “I look forward to speaking with my very good friend, Prime Minister Modi, in the upcoming weeks. I feel certain that there will be no difficulty in coming to a successful conclusion for both of our Great Countries!”

Calling India and the US “close friends and natural partners,” Modi wrote in a post on X on Wednesday that the trade negotiations “will pave the way for unlocking the limitless potential” of the relationship.

“I am also looking forward to speaking with President Trump,” he added. “We will work together to secure a brighter, more prosperous future for both our people.” 

🇮🇳🇺🇸 PM Modi & President Trump Confirm Trade Talks Continue

The two leaders expressed a positivity to ongoing negotiations, and said they looked forward to personal talks. pic.twitter.com/6BOcSN7LMX

— RT_India (@RT_India_news) September 10, 2025

The US has imposed duties on most Indian products, which include a 25% tariff announced in early August followed by an additional 25% at the end of last month, as a “penalty” for India’s purchases of Russian oil and defense equipment – actions that Trump claims have indirectly fueled the Ukraine conflict. 

READ MORE: West cannot treat India and China like colonies – Putin

Trump’s Tuesday post came a few hours after he reportedly urged the European Union (EU) to impose tariffs of up to 100% on imports from China and India, as part of a joint effort to pressure Moscow. 

Trump made the demand during a recent phone call to a meeting in Washington between high-ranking American and EU officials, who were discussing ways to increase the economic costs of the Ukraine conflict for Russia, according to the Financial Times.

Trump made the demand during a recent phone call to a meeting in Washington between high-ranking US and EU officials, who were discussing ways to increase the economic costs of the Ukraine conflict for Russia, according to the Financial Times.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned the West against using a “colonial tone” toward India and China, saying last week that efforts to punish them are aimed at slowing their economic rise. “Talking to such partners in such a tone of voice is unacceptable.”

Led by Erling Haaland, Norway thrash Moldova 11-1 in the qualifier, while Portugal hold off Hungary to win 3-2.

The dominance of the United States and China in artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLMs) technologies has raised sovereign concerns about other nations’ domestic AI capabilities. In response, “Sovereign AI”—a concept referring to a country’s capacity for developing and operating AI systems—has emerged as a global policy priority.   Indigenous AI technologies are […]

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Here are the key events on day 1,294 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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PM Donald Tusk says he has informed NATO about the alleged airspace violations

Polish officials have claimed that the country’s military intercepted several drones that crossed from Ukraine during overnight Russian strikes, describing the incident as an “unprecedented” violation of national airspace. Moscow has yet to comment on the allegation, and Warsaw has yet to show any evidence.

Polish armed forces launched an operation in response to “multiple violations of Polish airspace” and defensive weapons were used against the objects, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X early Wednesday morning.

“I informed the NATO Secretary-General about the current situation and the actions we have taken against objects that violated our airspace,” Tusk explained in a separate post. He added that he remained in “constant contact” with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and Defense Minister Władyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.

According to Warsaw, Polish and allied radar systems tracked “dozens of objects” during the incident. Those deemed a threat were “neutralized,” with several suspected drones shot down, Kosiniak-Kamysz said. The minister added that search operations were ongoing to locate the debris.

The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces also appealed to residents in the eastern regions of Podlaskie, Mazowieckie, and Lubelskie to remain indoors while the military response continued.

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“This was an unprecedented violation of our airspace and represented a real threat,” the military said in a statement. The reported breach came amid reports of Russian drone and missile strikes against targets in western and central Ukraine overnight, with explosions reported in Kiev, Rovno, Vinnitsa and Lviv.

Moscow has stepped up cross-border attacks against Ukrainian military facilities in response to Kiev’s strikes on Russian territory.

The incident follows Poland’s announcement that it will close its border crossings with Belarus later this week, citing security concerns over upcoming joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises near its frontier. Warsaw has mobilized tens of thousands of troops for NATO exercises, while Minsk has pledged to monitor the drills closely and respond to any “sign of aggression.”

Bolivia pulled off one of the biggest shocks of the South American qualifiers to reach the World Cup playoff round.

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US President Donald Trump has said he could have a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week or next.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto has met with Russian Ambassador to Venezuela Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov, discussing US actions in the Caribbean.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani confirmed on Tuesday the release of Russian and Israeli citizen Elizabeth Tsurkov.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stands in solidarity with Qatar and will support any response following the Israeli strikes on Doha, GCC Secretary General Jasem Albudaiwi said.

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Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles says large underwater attack drones have 'very long range' of operations.

A senior Chinese diplomat said China is willing to participate in improving global human rights governance and jointly promote the healthy development of the global human rights cause on the basis of mutual respect and equality.

Chen Xu, China's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, made the remarks on Tuesday while delivering a speech at the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Noting this year marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the global governance nowadays still faces severe challenges, Chen said the China-proposed Global Governance Initiative aims to promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction.

The Chinese diplomat detailed China's three positions in human rights governance during his speech.

China advocated for abiding by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, respecting the sovereignty of all countries and their right to independently choose their path of human rights development and opposing interference in internal affairs under the pretext of human rights, Chen said, adding that China supports the just cause of the Palestinian people in restoring their legitimate national rights.

Noting there is no one-size-fits-all path of human rights development in the world, Chen said China advocated for the diversity of world civilizations, promoted human rights through dialogue and cooperation, and firmly opposed unilateralist acts such as unilateral coercive measures.

China also advocated for a people-centered approach, said the Chinese diplomat.

Acknowledging that people are the participants and beneficiaries of global governance, Chen said it is important to recall the original aspiration of the UN Human Rights Council to promote and protect human rights, attach equal importance to and balance the advancement of all human rights and accelerate the implementation of economic, social and cultural rights as well as the right to development.

The 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council opened on September 8 in Geneva, Switzerland, and is scheduled to conclude on October 8.

Just 41 percent of US firms optimistic about the five-year business outlook in China, chamber of commerce says.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk says military defences deployed after 'multiple violations of Polish airspace'.

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang held talks with Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro in Beijing on Tuesday, with the two sides pledging to enhance cooperation and work together to safeguard free trade.

Li said that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Portugal comprehensive strategic partnership, which presents new opportunities for the growth of bilateral relations and cooperation.

China is willing to work with Portugal to enhance high-level exchanges, strengthen political mutual trust, deepen and solidify cooperation across various fields and bring more benefits to the people of both countries, he noted.

Li said China is ready to strengthen its alignment of development strategies with Portugal, continue joint efforts in high-quality Belt and Road development, tap into the potential of emerging areas such as the digital economy and the green economy, create more growth drivers for cooperation and support enterprises from both countries in exploring third-party markets together.

He noted that China is ready to import more high-quality agricultural and food products from Portugal and encourages more Chinese enterprises to invest in Portugal. He also expressed hope that Portugal will foster a favorable business environment.

The Chinese premier called on both sides to further facilitate personnel exchanges, unleash the vitality of tourism-driven economic activities and enhance exchange and cooperation in cultural fields such as higher education, language teaching, digital education and youth engagement.

Li said that at present, unilateralist and protectionist acts are severely impacting the international order. As two major global forces, China and the European Union (EU) should strengthen coordination and work together to address these challenges, he added.

He expressed China's hope that Portugal will encourage and guide the EU to adhere to its positioning as a partner of China, adopt a positive and pragmatic policy toward China and work with China to safeguard free trade and protect the common interests of both sides.

Montenegro said that the Portuguese government is willing to use the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries as an opportunity to enhance dialogue and exchange at all levels, deepen cooperation in areas such as trade, agriculture, maritime affairs, culture and sports, and create new highlights in sci-tech innovation, the digital economy, green energy and tourism cooperation.

He added that Portugal is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China on multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, work with China to oppose protectionism, and uphold open and fair free trade.

French President Emmanuel Macron named Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu as the country's new prime minister on Tuesday evening.

Lecornu, 39, has served as defense minister for more than three years and is regarded as a close ally of Macron, local media reported. The Elysee said his main task will be to consult with political parties to "build the necessary agreements for decisions in the coming months."

In a message on his social media account, Lecornu thanked Macron for his trust and praised outgoing Prime Minister Francois Bayrou for his "courage" in defending his convictions.

Former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who heads the Together for the Republic coalition in the National Assembly, welcomed the appointment, saying on X that it serves "the public interest." Edouard Philippe, another former prime minister under Macron, also voiced support, noting that Lecornu "has the qualities" to negotiate and reach an agreement with the other parties.

The opposition reacted sharply. Marine Le Pen, former presidential candidate of National Rally, said Macron was "playing his last card of Macronism." Mathilde Panot, president of the La France Insoumise (LFI) parliamentary group, called the appointment a "provocation" on the eve of the "Block Everything" movement. She accused Macron of pursuing "the same policy for the rich, who are in the minority in the Assembly and the country."

The "Block Everything" movement, a grassroots campaign organized largely via social media, has called for a nationwide standstill on Wednesday to protest Bayrou's budget plan.

Macron made the appointment one day after Bayrou and his cabinet were ousted in a parliamentary confidence vote over his proposal to cut public spending. Bayrou submitted his resignation earlier on Tuesday.

The handover of power between Bayrou and Lecornu is set for Wednesday at noon at Matignon, the French prime minister's office.

US president's denial comes after White House said it would support a forensic analysis of the signature.

South Korea will send a chartered plane to Atlanta as early as Wednesday to bring back workers detained in a huge immigration raid last week on a car battery plant in the U.S. state of Georgia, a Korean Air spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Seoul would negotiate with Washington to achieve a reasonable resolution to the situation based on the spirit of their alliance, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said at a cabinet meeting, adding that he felt a "heavy responsibility" for the detained nationals.

A Korean Air Boeing 747-8i plane with 368 seats will fly from South Korea's Incheon to Atlanta, the airline spokesperson said.

During the U.S. immigration raid, about 300 South Koreans were arrested along with 175 others at the site of the $4.3 billion Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution project to build batteries for electric cars.

South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun is in Washington to negotiate on points such as seeking assurances that the Koreans returned home will be allowed to re-enter the United States.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt referred questions to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Commerce, saying they were handling the matter.

Assistant of U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, in a statement, gave no details on the ongoing probe or talks but defended the raid: "Those who exploit our workforce, undermine our economy, and violate federal laws will be held accountable."

Over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump said foreign companies must hire and train American workers while respecting immigration laws.

The raid – the largest single-site enforcement operation in the history of the Department of Homeland Security's investigative operations – sent shockwaves through South Korea, a U.S. ally that has been trying to finalize a trade deal agreed with Washington in July.

A Realmeter opinion poll published on Tuesday showed that nearly 60 percent of South Koreans felt disappointed by what they viewed as excessive action by U.S. authorities in the raid, while about 30 percent regarded the action as unavoidable.

Details on how U.S. immigration rules may have been breached have not been released by the authorities or companies involved, but South Korean lawmakers say some may have overstepped the boundaries of a 90-day visa-waiver program or a B-1 temporary business visa.

South Korean foreign minister said he would discuss with Washington creating a special work permit for Korean professionals.

(With input from Reuters)

O Ministério das Relações Exteriores divulgou nota na noite desta terça-feira (9) em que condenou a ameaça dos Estados Unidos "de uso de sanções econômicas ou ameaças de uso da força contra a nossa democracia" em meio ao julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e de sete réus pela trama golpista. 

Na nota, o Itamaraty diz que o governo repudia qualquer interferência de outros países na soberania brasileira. 

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"O primeiro passo para proteger a liberdade de expressão é justamente defender a democracia e respeitar a vontade popular expressa nas urnas. É esse o dever dos três Poderes da República, que não se intimidarão por qualquer forma de atentado à nossa soberania. O governo brasileiro repudia a tentativa de forças antidemocráticas de instrumentalizar governos estrangeiros para coagir as instituições nacionais", diz o comunicado.

Estados Unidos

A secretária de imprensa da Casa Branca, Karoline Leavitt, disse que o governo norte-americano considera a liberdade de expressão uma prioridade máxima, citando o julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro.

"Não tenho nenhuma ação adicional [contra o Brasil] para apresentar a vocês hoje. Mas posso dizer que esta é uma prioridade para o governo. E o presidente [Donald Trump] não tem medo de usar o poderio econômico e militar dos Estados Unidos da América para proteger a liberdade de expressão em todo o mundo", disse a porta-voz, conforme informou a agência Reuters. 

"Conspiração da família Bolsonaro"

Em discurso em Manaus, o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ainda citou o julgamento no Supremo Tribunal Federal em que o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro é réu por tentativa de golpe de Estado. 

Lula considerou que o país vive um momento delicado.

“Ele sabe que cometeu as burrices que cometeu (...) Esses caras tiveram a pachorra de mandar gente para os Estados Unidos para falar mal do Brasil e para condenar o Brasil”, criticou Lula. 

A ministra de Relações Institucionais, Gleisi Hoffman, criticou a declaração do governo dos Estados Unidos sobre uso da força.

Em uma postagem nas redes sociais, a ministra afirmou que chegou ao "cúmulo" a "conspiração da família Bolsonaro contra o Brasil", apontando para a articulação conduzida pelo deputado federal Eduardo Bolsonaro para que os EUA sancionem o Brasil.

"Não bastam as tarifas contra nossas exportações, as sanções ilegais contra ministros do governo, do STF e suas famílias, agora ameaçam invadir o Brasil para livrar Jair Bolsonaro da cadeia. Isso é totalmente inadmissível'", disse a ministra.

Julgamento 

A Primeira Turma do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) retomou hoje o julgamento de Jair Bolsonaro e mais sete réus pela trama golpista. Os ministros Alexandre de Moraes, relator da ação penal, e Flávio Dino votaram pelas condenações. Faltam três votos. 

A sessão foi suspensa e será retomada amanhã (10) para o voto dos ministros Luiz Fux, Cármen Lúcia e Cristiano Zanin.

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Por Catia Seabra (Folhapress) – Integrantes do governo Lula (PT) apontaram como grave a ameaça do governo dos EUA de uso de força militar contra o Brasil em meio ao julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro (PL) pelo STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal). Nas redes sociais, a ministra das Relações Institucionais, Gleisi Hoffmann, atribuiu a manifestação a uma […]

O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defendeu, nesta terça-feira (9), as ações de preservação da Amazônia por parte do governo brasileiro.

Ele assinou, em cerimônia em Manaus, a implementação do Programa “União com Municípios” para a redução do desmatamento e incêndios florestais. 

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Para o programa, estão previstos R$ 150 milhões, com recursos do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) e da Agência Nacional de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (Anater).

Lula criticou países estrangeiros que interferiram na região.

“A gente está preservando o que eles não preservaram. O Brasil ainda é o país que tem a maior quantidade de floresta do mundo. Então, esse país precisa ser respeitado”, afirmou. 

“Não precisamos de ninguém metendo o bedelho no nosso país. Cada um cuida do seu nariz. Do nosso quintal, cuidamos nós”, ressaltou. 

Mais cedo, a porta-voz da Casa Branca, Karoline Leavitt, afirmou que o presidente Donald Trump não teme em usar "meios militares" contra o Brasil e outros países em defesa da liberdade de expressão no mundo.

“COP da verdade”

O presidente disse que a conferência do clima COP30, a ser realizada em Belém, em novembro, significará um evento que marcará a “verdade” para traçar uma diferença entre quem acredita na ciência e quem se comporta como negacionista.

“Essa COP será a COP da verdade. A gente vai ver quem é que acredita na ciência ou quem quer continuar mentindo”, afirmou Lula, destacando as evidências das mudanças climáticas em todo o mundo.

Parceria com prefeituras

Lula defendeu a necessidade de todos os entes de governo se unirem para o combate à devastação e às mudanças do clima. Particularmente, como prevê o plano, a ideia é que a parceria esteja estabelecida com as prefeituras.  

“A melhor forma é repassar recursos para ajudar os prefeitos a ter acesso às condições básicas para que eles possam cuidar [do meio ambiente]”, afirmou o presidente. Pelo menos 70 prefeituras da região aderiram ao plano.

“O prefeito não é nosso inimigo, mas nosso principal soldado numa cidade para que a gente possa evitar os desmazelos e os erros que têm acontecido”, disse o presidente. 

O presidente reconheceu a importância de viabilizar os recursos do Fundo Amazônia, administrado pelo BNDES. 

Lula posicionou-se ainda pela exploração da Amazônia com responsabilidade. “Nós achamos que ela tem que ser explorada de forma correta tirando aquilo que a gente pode tirar, repondo aquilo que a gente tem que repor”.

"Não é causa perdida"

Na cerimônia de assinatura do programa União com Municípios, o indigenista e filósofo Egydio Schwade destacou que serão necessários novos paradigmas na relação do homem com a natureza, e também com as populações tradicionais.

“Me lembro que, quando jovem, decidi trabalhar com os povos indígenas e todo mundo dizia que seria uma causa perdida. Hoje ninguém mais tem coragem [de dizer isso]. A partir dessas causas perdidas é que realmente vão haver mudanças”.

Investimento

O presidente do BNDES, Aloísio Mercadante criticou a falta de investimento do governo anterior na região. “Eles não tinham nenhum compromisso com essa agenda. Nós já liberamos mais de R$ 2,5 bilhões”. 

Esses recursos, conforme Mercadante, incluem apoio para as comunidades indígenas e quilombolas, para demarcação de terra, para cadastro rural e para agricultura familiar.

Desmatamento zero

A ministra Marina Silva (Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima) defendeu que o governo retomou investimentos do Fundo Amazônia e com o compromisso de desmatamento zero até 2030.

“Nós estamos fazendo uma ação focada nos municípios. O nosso compromisso é de desmatamento zero até 2030. Nós já conseguimos uma redução do desmatamento de 46% nos dois primeiros anos do governo”, disse a ministra.

"Momento delicado"

Em discurso, o presidente ainda citou o julgamento no Supremo Tribunal Federal em que o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro é réu por tentativa de golpe de Estado. 

Lula considerou que o país vive um momento delicado.

“Ele sabe que cometeu as burrices que cometeu (...) Esses caras tiveram a pachorra de mandar gente para os Estados Unidos para falar mal do Brasil e para condenar o Brasil”, criticou Lula. 

Para o público presente no auditório do campus da Universidade Federal do Amazonas (Ufam), Lula disse que Bolsonaro tentou dar um golpe de Estado e recordou a crise enfrentada por Manaus durante a pandemia de covid-19, com falta de respiradores. “Ele não trouxe sequer oxigênio para Manaus, Quando essa cidade estava vendo muita gente morrer”. 

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A White House spokesperson suggested Tuesday that US President Donald Trump could use military force against Brazil as two of the country's Supreme Court justices said they would vote to convict former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro of a coup plot involving the assassination of current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and other officials, including a leading member of the high court.

Speaking during a daily press briefing, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said that Trump—a staunch Bolsonaro ally who has called the effort to bring him to justice a "witch hunt"—has "taken significant action with regards to Brazil in the form of both sanctions and also leveraging the use of tariffs."

In addition to imposing 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports, Trump has sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes—who has led efforts to hold Bolsonaro accountable and who placed the former president under house arrest during his trial—while threatening further punitive action.

The alleged coup plot for which Bolsonaro and seven other defendants are being tried allegedly involved assassinating Moraes, Lula, and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin.

Leavitt dubiously couched her threat as defense of "free speech," saying that "this is a priority for the administration, and the president is unafraid to use the economic might, the military might of the United States of America, to protect free speech around the world."

In 1964, the US assisted a coup against the mildly reformist democratically elected government of Brazilian President João Goulart, ushering in two decades of military dictatorship that crushed dissent and free speech under the pretext of fighting communism. In a move similar to Trump's deployment of US warships to the coast of Venezuela, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson secretly deployed a naval task force to Brazil for possible invasion.

While there was no invasion, the US subsequently supported the 21-year dictatorship, including by sending specialists who taught Brazilian security forces more efficient torture techniques.

Bolsonaro, who was a young army paratrooper during the dictatorship, has infamously praised the brutal regime and pined for its return.

Tuesday's threat came as Moraes and fellow Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino voted to find Bolsonaro and the seven other defendants—who include senior military and intelligence officers—guilty of plotting a coup.

"The defendant, Jair Bolsonaro, was leader of this criminal structure," Moraes told the court in the capital city of Brasília.

"Brazil nearly went back to being a dictatorship... because a criminal organization made up of a political group doesn't know how to lose elections," the justice added. "Because a criminal organization made up of a political group led by Jair Bolsonaro doesn't understand that the alternation of power is a principle of republican democracy." s

In addition to attempting a coup, Bolsonaro is charged with involvement in an armed criminal organization, attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, violent damage of state property, and other charges. A coup conviction carries a sentence of up to 12 years' imprisonment under Brazilian law. However, if convicted on all counts, Bolsonaro and his co-defendants could face decades behind bars.

The former president and seven other defendants are accused of being the "crucial core" of a plan to overturn the results of the 2022 election, which Lula narrowly won in a runoff. Like Trump in 2020, Bolsonaro and many of his supporters falsely claimed the contest was "stolen" by the opposition. And like in the US, those claims fueled mob attacks on government buildings. Around 1,500 Bolsonaro supporters were arrested in the days following the storming of Congress and the presidential offices.

Bolsonaro is already banned from running for any office until 2030 due to his abuse of power related to baseless claims of electoral fraud.

Members of Lula's Workers' Party (PT) and other leftist lawmakers applauded Tuesday's conviction votes.

"Our expectation is that justice will be done," Federal Deputy Nilto Tatto (PT-São Paulo) said outside the court. "It was, clearly, an attempted coup. They tried to discredit the electoral system and even set up a scheme to assassinate President Lula."

Leftist lawmakers also condemned the White House's threat, with Federal Deputy Lindbergh Farias (PT-Rio de Janeiro) calling it "a blatant attempt to interfere with our sovereignty and judicial independence."

"This has nothing to do with 'freedom of expression': It is external pressure, blackmail, and intimidation to sabotage Brazilian justice," Farias asserted. "Brazil is neither a backyard nor a colony of anyone. And the trial of the coup plot, which already has two votes in favor... will continue to the end, because here the Constitution decides, not Donald Trump."

Federal Deputy Erika Hilton (Socialism and Liberty-São Paulo) called Leavitt's "free speech" justification "ridiculous."

"First of all, no one is restricting Bolsonaro's freedom of speech," she said. "He can say whatever he wants, from inside his house, where the ineligible individual is serving house arrest due to the risk of flight."

"It's also important to remember that US legislation does not apply to Brazil," Hilton continued. "Instead of protecting absolute freedom of speech to shield groups like the Ku Klux Klan and the right of murderers to enter schools with rifles, our Constitution addresses issues relevant to our country, our democracy, and our people. And in this Constitution, made after the end of a military dictatorship, there is provision for... punishment against those who attempt a coup d'état."

"Of course, besides not caring, Trump isn't even capable of understanding all this," she added. "He's too busy planning his defense for the next public accusation of child sexual exploitation, his next round of golf, or his next dip in a pool of Doritos-flavored sauce. And with his brain in an advanced state of degeneration, Trump was only capable of an empty threat."

A aguardada sessão de julgamento da tentativa de golpe nesta terça-feira (9) começou com muitas certezas e algumas dúvidas. Nas questões principais – se houve tentativa de golpe de Estado e de abolição violenta do estado democrático de direito, se esses crimes são cumulativos e qual foi a responsabilidade jurídica dos principais acusados –, o desfecho foi o que se esperava. Em um voto detalhado e objetivo, com indicação exaustiva de provas, o relator Alexandre de Moraes concluiu pela procedência integral das acusações apresentadas pela Procuradoria–Geral da República (PGR) contra os oito réus.

Em processos criminais colegiados, a posição do relator, que é quem melhor conhece o caso, costuma ter ascendência sobre os demais julgadores. O voto de Flávio Dino seguiu essa lógica. O ministro acompanhou Moraes na íntegra, dando apenas um indício de que discorda da importância atribuída a três acusados (Augusto Heleno, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira e Alexandre Ramagem) na trama golpista. Essa discordância, porém, deve se refletir somente na dosimetria das penas, que ainda não foi discutida. Dino aproveitou a oportunidade para mandar recados: primeiro ao Legislativo, frisando que eventual anistia aos golpistas seria inconstitucional, e depois ao governo Trump, dizendo que ministros do STF não temem perda de cartão de crédito nem se intimidam com tuítes. 

Com base no que vimos em etapas anteriores do processo, não se espera que Cármen Lúcia tenha divergências relevantes, o que já deve bastar para sacramentar o destino dos réus, impondo a eles a decisão de Moraes ou algo muito próximo dela. O saldo da sessão de hoje foi especialmente ruim para Bolsonaro e Braga Netto, que tanto no voto de Moraes quanto no de Dino foram retratados como peças centrais da organização criminosa. Heleno, Nogueira e Ramagem, por outro lado, ganharam um fio de esperança com o voto de Dino.

A voz dissonante deve ser a de Luiz Fux, que já no início da sessão adiantou que trará posições alternativas às de Moraes. Tudo indica que ele fará ressalvas à validade da delação de Mauro Cid. Poderá ainda defender que o crime de tentativa de abolição violenta do estado democrático de direito seja absorvido pelo crime de tentativa de golpe de Estado (o que levaria os réus, se condenados, a responder apenas pelo último crime, e não por ambos). Talvez Fux conteste também o fato de o julgamento estar acontecendo na Primeira Turma, e não no plenário, embora essa questão já tenha sido superada. Ele pediu, na sessão desta terça-feira (9), que os outros ministros não o interrompam quando estiver lendo seu voto. Parece estar tentando se proteger de Moraes, que conhece as provas dessa ação penal como ninguém e costuma intervir quando alguém faz afirmações que ele julga infundadas.

O fato de Moraes e Dino terem votado exatamente como o esperado não significa que estejamos diante de um julgamento de cartas marcadas, como dizem os apoiadores de Bolsonaro. Os principais debates jurídicos do caso, como a competência da Primeira Turma para julgá-lo e a cumulação de alguns crimes, já haviam sido resolvidos antes do início do julgamento. Inexplicável seria o tribunal mudar de opinião justo agora, no momento de dar seu veredito. Além do mais, em processos judiciais como esse, fartamente embasados em provas conhecidas e convincentes, o resultado costuma mesmo ser previsível. Um processo criminal não é um romance de Agatha Christie: não combina com desfechos surpreendentes.

 

Ainda assim, havia algumas dúvidas no ar quando começou a sessão. Não estava claro, por exemplo, quão eficaz seria a estratégia dos generais Augusto Heleno, ex-ministro do Gabinete de Segurança Institucional (GSI), e Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, ex-ministro da Defesa. Durante a fase de instrução da ação penal, os dois se esforçaram para parecerem distantes e discordantes de Bolsonaro nos momentos finais de seu governo, auge da maquinação golpista. O primeiro alegou ter perdido espaço e influência no Planalto; o segundo disse ter se esforçado para dissuadir o então presidente de medidas extremas (alegação que, na semana passada, produziu um notável diálogo entre o advogado de Nogueira e a ministra Cármen Lúcia).

Logo no início de seu voto, porém, Alexandre de Moraes fez ruir qualquer esperança que os dois generais pudessem ter. Ele exibiu, longamente, anotações de Heleno na chamada “caderneta golpista”. Elas mostram que o general não apenas aderiu à primeira ação da empreitada golpista – descredibilizar as urnas e a Justiça Eleitoral – como colocou o GSI a serviço da desinformação. Depois, ao encerrar seu voto, Moraes rebateu também as alegações de Nogueira, relembrando que foi o ex-ministro quem levou os comandantes militares para uma reunião em que foi apresentada uma versão modificada da minuta do golpe – isso depois de Nogueira ter assinado uma nota pública insistindo que havia pontos cegos na urna eletrônica, apesar de uma auditoria das Forças Armadas não ter detectado qualquer falha relevante no sistema de votação. Moraes não economizou adjetivos ao tratar desse episódio, referindo-se à tal nota como “esdrúxula, vergonhosa e criminosa”.

Repetida por vários advogados, a alegação de que o golpe não passou da fase preparatória também foi rebatida à exaustão por Moraes. Ele argumentou que o crime ocorreu numa trama complexa, composta por diversos atos praticados por vários personagens, muitos dos quais fazem parte de outros núcleos da acusação. Essa conduta, explicou Moraes, se prolongou no tempo e foi se ajustando ao longo do percurso, dependendo sempre do sucesso da empreitada anterior. Para enxergar o golpe é preciso contemplar o mosaico inteiro, e não apenas um ou outro ladrilho.

Essa execução prolongada começou após Bolsonaro ter se convencido que a anulação da condenação de Lula pelo STF, em abril de 2021, fora planejada para prejudicá-lo. A partir daí, Bolsonaro definiu sua estratégia e passou a colocá-la em prática em meados de 2021, com os ataques às urnas e ao sistema eleitoral, o envolvimento de órgãos públicos na produção de  desinformação, as ameaças ao STF e à Justiça Eleitoral, o convencimento da comunidade internacional de que havia uma fraude eleitoral sendo preparada (vide a reunião com embaixadores), o uso indevido da Polícia Rodoviária Federal para impedir eleitores de votar, o plano “Punhal Verde e Amarelo”, a operação “Copa 2022” (que só foi abortada no último instante por falta de apoio das Forças Armadas), as minutas de golpe apresentadas aos comandantes militares e, finalmente,  o 8 de janeiro. Tudo isso, afirmou Moraes, foi o golpe.

O relator ressaltou a todo instante que esses foram atos de execução, e não de mera preparação. Todos eles. É esse grande conjunto, e não apenas uma determinada live ou reunião, que caracteriza o golpe. Moraes lembrou também que mesmo o golpe malsucedido, do ponto de vista fático, é um golpe pleno e consumado do ponto de vista jurídico. Bolsonaro sempre quis traçar uma diferença entre os dois. Disse que não há golpe sem tiros disparados e canhões nas ruas. O ministro lembrou, corretamente, que o objetivo da lei é justamente evitar os tiros e os canhões.

Dino foi na mesma linha. Para ele, a lei penal começa a incidir no momento em que há risco aos chamados bens jurídicos protegidos – neste caso, a independência dos Poderes e a integridade do governo eleito. Como está claro, o risco foi máximo: bastava que o general Freire Gomes, em vez de dizer “não”, dissesse “sim”. O golpe estaria consumado. Além disso, lembrou Dino, houve, sim, violência: tanques desfilaram na Esplanada, policiais fecharam rodovias no dia do segundo turno, vândalos tentaram invadir a sede da PF, uma bomba foi plantada em um caminhão de combustível e ministros foram ameaçados de tudo o que se pode imaginar.

Moraes também se posicionou sobre a cumulação dos crimes, e das penas, de tentativa de abolição violenta do estado democrático de direito e de tentativa de golpe de Estado. Goste-se ou não do fato de a lei prever esses dois crimes, e não apenas um (como alguns defenderam na época em que ela foi sancionada – ironicamente, no governo Bolsonaro), tratam-se de duas tipificações diferentes, que não se confundem. A primeira serve para proteger a independência dos Poderes e o sistema de freios e contrapesos da República. Moraes lembrou que o próprio Executivo é quem costuma cometer esse delito, já que, nos golpes clássicos, são os presidentes que empregam força ilegítima, normalmente militar, contra o Legislativo e o Judiciário. Já a segunda tipificação serve para proteger o Executivo da ação violenta de outros atores, caso eles tentem depor o presidente eleito. 

Moraes foi astuto ao citar exemplos da história brasileira que caracterizariam ora um crime, ora o outro. E ainda deixou claro que, mesmo após consumado um golpe de Estado e instalado um regime ditatorial, o crime de tentativa de abolição violenta do estado de direito poderia, em tese, ser cometido. Se, por exemplo, a legislação atual fosse vigente em 1964, o crime praticado pelos militares em 31 de março daquele ano seria golpe de Estado, porque a vítima foi o governo legitimamente eleito de João Goulart. Já em 1965, quando foi promulgado o Ato Institucional nº 2, que interveio diretamente no STF, a lesão foi a outro bem jurídico: a independência do Judiciário.

O golpe de 1964, portanto, se encaixaria na primeira tipificação. O AI-2, na segunda. Se Fux defender a tese da absorção de um crime pelo outro, Moraes poderá perguntar a ele se o AI-2, uma das maiores violências já cometidas contra o Judiciário no Brasil, não deveria ser punido e sim absorvido pelo crime anterior.

 

Um último ponto relevante da sessão foi a delação de Mauro Cid. As defesas, especialmente a de Braga Netto, pleitearam sua anulação, argumentando que houve vícios graves tanto na celebração do acordo, quanto no comportamento de Mauro Cid durante sua vigência. É verdade que o ex-ajudante de ordens de Bolsonaro não foi um delator exemplar. Mas a questão é saber se sua delação deveria, por isso, ser anulada. Moraes e Dino, em uníssono, disseram que não: a delação é válida, e portanto também são válidas as provas trazidas por Cid aos autos do processo. Se ele foi omisso, mentiu ou descumpriu os termos do acordo ao usar um perfil de rede social de sua esposa, por exemplo, isso deve ser avaliado mais adiante e pode impactar a sua pena. Mas nada disso implica nulidade do ato – o que ocorreria, por exemplo, caso Cid tivesse sido coagido a celebrar o acordo, hipótese que ele mesmo já descartou.

Se ainda há algum mistério no processo, ele está no tamanho das penas. Cid deve estar apreensivo com a possível perda de seus benefícios de delator. Bolsonaro e Braga Netto têm razões de sobra para preocupação, porque Dino já adiantou que, do seu ponto de vista, a responsabilidade de ambos foi alta. Moraes foi explícito ao dizer que Bolsonaro foi o “líder da organização criminosa”, expressão repetida por ele diversas vezes. Isso é importante não apenas para avaliar a gravidade de seus atos, mas também para definir o regime de cumprimento de pena. Graças a uma alteração ocorrida justamente no governo Bolsonaro, a lei prevê que líderes de organizações criminosas armadas devem “iniciar o cumprimento da pena em estabelecimentos penais de segurança máxima”. Bolsonaro, é certo, torce pela prisão domiciliar.

Como já foi dito, o tema das penas foi o único em que Dino sinalizou ter uma leve divergência com relação a Moraes, o que deve levá-lo a defender penas menores para Augusto Heleno, Paulo Sérgio e Alexandre Ramagem. Só o que está claro, até aqui, é que as condenações do 8 de janeiro deveriam servir de piso para as condenações da tentativa de golpe. Se os peixes pequenos receberam penas de até 17 anos de prisão, os peixes grandes devem ser condenados a um tempo de reclusão ainda maior.

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A Câmara dos Deputados aprovou nesta terça-feira (9) o projeto de Lei (PL) 7323/2014 que inclui no Código Penal o crime de exercício ilegal da profissão de médico veterinário dentre as hipóteses de crime. A pena para quem praticar ilegalmente a profissão será de detenção, de seis meses a dois anos. Se o crime é praticado com o fim de lucro, também será aplicada multa. O texto segue agora para apreciação do Senado.

O projeto também determina que se o crime resulta em lesão ou morte de animal, o agente responderá também pelo crime de maus-tratos a animais, previsto na Lei de Crimes Ambientais (Lei nº 9.605 de 1998), com pena de detenção, de três meses a um ano, e multa. Quando se tratar de cão ou gato, a pena será de reclusão, de dois a cinco anos e multa.

Notícias relacionadas:

• Gleisi critica EUA por fala de uso de "poder militar" contra o Brasil.
• Senador Flávio ataca Moraes após voto para condenar Bolsonaro.
• Congresso promulga PEC que muda regras para pagamento dos precatórios.

Além disso, a proposta diz ainda que a prática ilegal será enquadrada como crime mesmo se o agente exercer a profissão durante o período de suspensão ou após o cancelamento da habilitação ou do registro profissional.

Urgências

Na sessão desta terça-feira, os deputados também aprovaram o regime de urgência para sete propostas. Com isso, os projetos podem ser votados diretamente no plenário, sem passar antes pelas comissões da Câmara.

A urgência foi aprovada para as seguintes propostas:

• PL 226/24, do Senado, que define novos critérios para a decretação de prisão preventiva e da conversão da prisão em flagrante em preventiva;

• PL 2056/25, do deputado Pastor Henrique Vieira (Psol-RJ), que propõe transformar bens imóveis de origem ilícita, localizados em favelas e periferias, em espaços destinados a atividades sociais, culturais, esportivas para fortalecer a presença do Estado nesses territórios vulneráveis;

• PL 4392/25, da deputada Camila Jara (PT-MS), que altera o Estatuto do Pantanal para prever, entre outros pontos, a criação de programa de compensação da reserva legal do bioma e de áreas da bacia do Alto Paraguai;

• PL 2829/25, do Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU), que altera a estrutura de carreira dos servidores e cria indenização de 25% da remuneração para servidor com função de confiança, sem incidência do Imposto de Renda;

• PL 4225/23, dos deputados Alex Manente (Cidadania-SP), Any Ortiz (Cidadania-RS) e Amom Mandel (Cidadania-AM), que enquadra o Transtorno do Déficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade (TDAH) como deficiência e garante a seus portadores direitos como educação inclusiva com recursos adaptados e atendimento prioritário na saúde;

• PL 3050/20, do deputado Gilberto Abramo (Republicanos-MG), que inclui no Código Civil o direito de herança digital, para transmitir aos herdeiros todos os conteúdos, contas e arquivos digitais do autor da herança;

• PL 4488/23, da deputada Maria do Rosário (PT-RS), que institui a Política Nacional de Prevenção ao Assoreamento de Rios por meio da recomposição de matas ciliares e do controle da erosão.

As global outrage over Israel's attack targeting Hamas ceasefire negotiators in Qatar began to mount on Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters that the "breaking news underscores the importance of the report that we launch today."

In addition to condemning "this flagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Qatar," which "has been playing a very positive role to achieve a ceasefire and the release of all hostages" from Gaza, Guterres said that the attack "lays bare a stark reality: The world is spending far more on waging war than in building peace."

His comments came at the unveiling of The Security We Need: Rebalancing Military Spending for a Sustainable and Peaceful Future, which explores how the global increase in military expenditure is impacting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN's 17 sweeping targets for 2030.

The ambitious SDGs include ending poverty and hunger, ensuring quality education and gender equality, reducing inequality, achieving affordable clean energy, taking bold climate action, and promoting peaceful and inclusive societies.

"As global insecurity intensifies and geopolitical rivalries deepen, global military spending has surged to unprecedented levels. In 2024, it reached an all-time high of $2.7 trillion, the report says, citing the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. "At the same time, progress on the Sustainable Development Goals is faltering. Only 1 in 5 targets is on track to be achieved by 2030; the annual financing gap for the goals now stands at $4 trillion."

Guterres on Tuesday put the global military expenditure for 2024 into context, pointing out that it is "the equivalent of $334 for every person on Earth," as well as "nearly 13 times the amount of official development assistance from the world's wealthiest nations—and 750 times the regular budget of the United Nations."

The new report "is a call to action. A call to rethink priorities. A call to rebalance global investments toward the security the world truly needs," the UN chief said, stressing that "the current trajectory is unsustainable," and "a better path is within reach."

"We need practical steps to rebalance," Guterres asserted. His report offers that in the form of a five-point agenda for UN member states and the international community:

• Prioritize diplomacy, peaceful settlement of disputes, and confidence-building measures to address the underlying causes of growing military expenditure through 2030;
• Bring military expenditure to the fore of disarmament discussions, and improve links between arms control and development;
• Promote transparency and accountability around military expenditure to build trust and confidence among member states and increase domestic fiscal accountability;
• Reinvigorate multilateral finance for development; and
• Advance a human-centered approach to security and sustainable development.

"Investing in people is investing in the first line of defense against violence in any society," Guterres said, highlighting how war spending is "crowding out essential investments in health, education, job creation, protecting people from droughts and floods, and expanding opportunities for women and young people."

"The evidence is clear: Excessive military spending does not guarantee peace," he continued. "It often undermines it—fueling arms races, deepening mistrust, and diverting resources from the very foundations of stability. A more secure world begins by investing at least as much in fighting poverty as we do in fighting wars."

US President Trump confirms Elizabeth Tsurkov freed after being held by Iraqi group amid spy claims.

The strike on a close US ally was Israel’s “unilateral” decision, the president has insisted

US President Donald Trump has criticized West Jerusalem’s airstrike on a Hamas compound in Doha, stressing that the decision to carry out the operation inside Qatar had been made unilaterally by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and not by Washington.

Around 15 Israeli warplanes fired at least ten missiles during the operation on Tuesday, reportedly killing several Hamas members, including the son of senior official Khalil al-Hayya.

Hamas said its top leadership survived the attack, which it described as an attempt to assassinate negotiators working on a potential settlement.

In a statement posted Tuesday on Truth Social, Trump said the Israeli bombing inside “a Sovereign Nation and close Ally of the United States” did not “advance Israel or America’s goals.”

“I view Qatar as a strong Ally and friend of the US, and feel very badly about the location of the attack,” he wrote, emphasizing that the strike was “a decision made by Prime Minister Netanyahu, it was not a decision made by me.”

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Trump said that as soon as he was informed about the operation, he directed US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to warn Qatari officials, but noted the alert came “too late to stop the attack.” The president claimed that eliminating Hamas was a “worthy goal,” but expressed hope that “this unfortunate incident could serve as an opportunity for PEACE.”

Trump has since spoken with Netanyahu, who told him he wanted to make peace, and with Qatari leaders, whom he thanked for their support and assured that “such a thing will not happen again on their soil.”

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Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, denounced the strike as an act of “state terrorism” and warned that his country “reserves the right to respond.” He accused Netanyahu of undermining regional stability for personal gain and said the incident had derailed ongoing US-brokered mediation efforts aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages.

The White House called the strike an “unfortunate” incident. Trump said he has directed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to finalize a Defense Cooperation Agreement with Qatar, which is designated a “major non-NATO ally.”

A secretária de imprensa da Casa Branca, Karoline Leavitt, afirmou nesta terça-feira (9) que o governo Donald Trump está preparado até mesmo para recorrer a medidas militares em defesa do que considera a “liberdade de expressão em nível global”. A declaração foi feita em meio ao julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro (PL) no Supremo Tribunal Federal, em que ele e outros acusados podem pegar até 43 anos de prisão caso sejam condenados pelo conjunto de crimes ligados à tentativa de golpe de Estado.

Durante coletiva, Leavitt foi questionada pelo jornalista Michael Shellenberger, do site Public News, se Trump cogitava novas ações diante da iminência de uma condenação contra Bolsonaro, que o impediria de disputar eleições. Ela respondeu que o presidente norte-americano “não teme lançar mão de sanções econômicas ou até militares para assegurar a liberdade de expressão”, reforçando que essa é, segundo ela, “a questão mais importante do nosso tempo”.

Apesar do tom agressivo, Leavitt afirmou que, por ora, não há medidas adicionais contra o governo brasileiro. Ainda assim, a fala foi repercutida oficialmente pela Embaixada dos EUA em Brasília, ampliando o peso político do posicionamento.

O pronunciamento ocorreu após o ministro Alexandre de Moraes, relator no STF, votar pela condenação de Bolsonaro e de mais sete envolvidos no núcleo central da trama golpista, acusado de tentar manter o ex-presidente no poder e impedir a posse de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).

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The gulf state reserves its right to respond to the “blatant attack” on a Hamas compound in Doha

The Israeli attack on Doha was a “pivotal moment” for the whole region, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has said, condemning the strike as ”state terrorism.”  

Earlier on Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), in coordination with the security service Shin Bet (ISA), attacked a compound in the Qatari capital used by Hamas. The Palestinian militant group claimed its leadership had managed to survive the attack. 

The surprise strike will not be “overlooked,” and Qatar “reserves the right to respond to this blatant attack,” the prime minister told a press conference.

“Today, we have reached a turning point for there to be a response from the entire region against such barbaric conduct,” he stressed.

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Al-Thani took personal jabs at his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of disrupting regional stability for the sake of “narcissistic delusions” and personal gains. Qatar will continue its mediation effort to settle the enduring hostilities between Hamas, he said.

The prime minister admitted that the room for diplomacy has now become very narrow and the attack likely derailed the round of negotiations dedicated to the latest proposal floated by US President Donald Trump. 

“When it comes to the current talks, I don’t think there is anything valid right now after we’ve seen such an attack,” he said.

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The Israeli attack came two days after the US president issued another “last warning” to Hamas, claiming that Israel had already accepted unspecified terms of a deal he had proposed and demanding the group release Israeli hostages still held in Gaza. 

Shortly after, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also gave the group a “final warning,” threatening Hamas with annihilation and demanding that the militants lay down arms. 

Following the threats, Hamas said it was ready to “immediately sit at the negotiating table” after hearing what it described as “some ideas from the American side aimed at reaching a ceasefire agreement.”

A ministra de Relações Institucionais, Gleisi Hoffman, criticou nesta terça-feira (9) declaração do governo dos Estados Unidos de que o país poderia usar seu "poder militar" para retaliar o Brasil por causa do julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro. 

Mais cedo, a porta-voz da Casa Branca, Karoline Leavitt, afirmou que o presidente Donald Trump não teme em usar "meios militares" em defesa da liberdade de expressão no mundo.

Notícias relacionadas:

• Dino diz que STF não vai se intimidar com tweet de governo estrangeiro.
• Embaixada dos EUA no Brasil ameaça Alexandre de Moraes .
• Saiba como foram os dois votos pela condenação de Bolsonaro no STF.

Em uma postagem nas redes sociais, a ministra afirmou que chegou ao "cúmulo" a "conspiração da família Bolsonaro contra o Brasil", apontando para a articulação conduzida pelo deputado federal Eduardo Bolsonaro para que os EUA sancionem o Brasil.

"Não bastam as tarifas contra nossas exportações, as sanções ilegais contra ministros do governo, do STF e suas famílias, agora ameaçam invadir o Brasil para livrar Jair Bolsonaro da cadeia. Isso é totalmente inadmissível'", disse a ministra.

Ela defendeu ainda a cassação do deputado federal, filho do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro. 

"Ainda dizem que estão defendendo a "liberdade de expressão". Só se for a liberdade de mentir, de coagir a Justiça e de tramar golpe de Estado; estes sim, os crimes pelos quais Bolsonaro e seus cúmplices estão sendo julgados no devido processo legal", acrescentou. 

Casa Branca 

A secretária de imprensa da Casa Branca, Karoline Leavitt, disse que o governo considera a liberdade de expressão uma prioridade máxima, citando o julgamento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro.

"Não tenho nenhuma ação adicional [contra o Brasil] para apresentar a vocês hoje. Mas posso dizer que esta é uma prioridade para o governo. E o presidente [Donald Trump] não tem medo de usar o poderio econômico e militar dos Estados Unidos da América para proteger a liberdade de expressão em todo o mundo", disse a porta-voz, conforme informou a agência Reuters. 

Julgamento 

A Primeira Turma do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) retomou hoje o julgamento de Jair Bolsonaro e mais sete réus pela trama golpista. Os ministros Alexandre de Moraes, relator da ação penal, e Flávio Dino votaram pelas condenações. Faltam três votos. 

A sessão foi suspensa e será retomada amanhã (10) para o voto dos ministros Luiz Fux, Cármen Lúcia e Cristiano Zanin.

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Em cúpula virtual, convocou líderes do agrupamento para a defesa da cooperação e de um “multilateralismo revigorado”, pela reforma da governança global e um novo modelo de desenvolvimento sustentável

O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defendeu nesta segunda-feira, 8/9, a união dos países do BRICS como contraponto à “crescente instabilidade internacional” e ao que classificou como estratégia de “dividir para conquistar” do unilateralismo. Em discurso durante Reunião Virtual de Líderes do agrupamento, convocada por iniciativa brasileira, Lula afirmou que o grupo, que representa 40% do PIB global, tem “legitimidade necessária para liderar a refundação do sistema multilateral”.

“A chantagem tarifária está sendo normalizada como instrumento para a conquista de mercados e para interferir em questões domésticas. Cabe ao BRICS mostrar que a cooperação supera qualquer forma de rivalidade”, criticou o presidente brasileiro. Lula também convidou os países membros do BRICS a chegarem “unidos” na 14ª Conferência Ministerial da OMC no próximo ano, prevista para acontecer em Camarões, na África equatorial.

O encontro virtual, ocorreu dois meses após a Cúpula do Rio de Janeiro, realizada no início de julho, frente ao contexto de acirramento de tensões geopolíticas e comerciais globais. Em declaração final, os líderes reafirmaram o compromisso do grupo com a preservação e o fortalecimento do multilateralismo, bem como com a reforma das instituições de governança internacional.

COP30: liderança do Sul Global é fundamental

O presidente dedicou parte significativa de seu discurso à agenda ambiental, posicionando a COP30, que será realizada em Belém no próximo ano, como “o momento da verdade e da ciência”. Lula defendeu que os países em desenvolvimento, os mais impactados pela crise do clima, devem liderar a proposição de um novo paradigma de desenvolvimento.

Lula fez um convite formal aos parceiros do BRICS para considerar a criação de um Conselho de Mudança do Clima na ONU, com o objetivo de centralizar e fortalecer a governança climática global, hoje fragmentada em diversos fóruns e mecanismos. “Precisamos de uma governança climática mais forte, capaz de exercer supervisão efetiva”, disse.

Como proposta concreta, o presidente brasileiro destacou o Fundo Florestas Tropicais para Sempre, idealizado para remunerar países e comunidades pela preservação de biomas essenciais ao equilíbrio do planeta. Lula argumentou que é possível utilizar receitas dos combustíveis fósseis para financiar a transição ecológica, sublinhando que o caminho para evitar uma nova Guerra Fria passa por essa cooperação do Sul Global em favor de um modelo de crescimento distinto, harmonizando desenvolvimento e preservação ambiental.

Multilateralismo revigorado

O presidente encerrou seu discurso enfatizando a importância da 80ª Assembleia Geral da ONU, em duas semanas, como oportunidade para o BRICS “falar com uma só voz em defesa de um multilateralismo revigorado”. Ele defendeu a ampliação do Conselho de Segurança com novos membros permanentes e não permanentes da América Latina, África e Ásia. “O unilateralismo jamais conduzirá à realização dos propósitos de paz, justiça e prosperidade que nossos antecessores delinearam em 1945”, concluiu. “O BRICS já é o novo nome da defesa do multilateralismo”.

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Thousands of demonstrators rallied Tuesday outside a major London arms fair to protest what one campaigner called the United Kingdom's "peak complicity in genocide" in Gaza, where Israeli forces have killed more than 64,600 Palestinians—mostly women and children—and wounded over 163,000 others since October 2023.

The Independent reported at least three arrests for alleged assaults on police officers outside the the biennial Defense and Security Equipment International (DSEI) UK trade show, which is being held at Excel London at the Royal Victoria Dock. At least one person was also reportedly taken away in an ambulance.

Video posted to social media showed police officers shoving people to the ground, as well as DSEI attendees smirking and recording on their phones as they passed demonstrators.

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Protesters chanted "shut it down," waved Palestinian flags, and held up signs with messages like "stop arming Israel," "only war criminals past this point," and "we hope that the screams of babies will haunt them in their sleep."

Ajahn Santamono, a Buddhist monk taking part in Tuesday's protest, lamented to Middle East Eye that "people who contribute to genocide and mass murder are protected and supported, while people of conscience who try to protest this are the ones who are arrested, criminalized, and treated with violence."

On Monday, members of the direct action group Shut the System sabotaged fiber optic internet cables and splashed red paint over portions of the DSEI venue.

"How can anyone with a shred of humanity build their fortune on mass slaughter?" the group asked. "Shut the System's answer—they are a symptom of a global financial system that prioritizes extreme, psychopathic profiteering for growth's sake alone, above solid healthcare and the natural support systems underpinning all life on Earth."

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More than 50 Israeli arms manufacturers and US weapons giants including Lockheed Martin—which makes the F-35 fighter used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to bomb Gaza—are among the approximately 1,600 exhibitors taking part in DSEI.

The United States is far and away the world's leading enabler of Israel's war on Gaza, which is the subject of an ongoing International Court of Justice genocide case and International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

Some of the IDF's most powerful arms—including 1,000- and 2,000-pound bombs that have been repeatedly used to massacre Palestinian civilians—are provided by the United States and the tens of billions of dollars in armed aid it lavishes upon Israel.

"The US and Europe-backed slaughter of families in Palestine is the frontline of our struggle for climate and social justice globally," said Shut the System. "If we can't stop this genocide, power holders will use it as a blueprint to commit genocides elsewhere."

The advocacy group Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) said ahead of DSEI that the UK government "keeps insisting it is doing everything in its power to hold the Israeli government to account for its actions."

However, a report published by the group last week shows that "this is an outrageous and offensive lie."

The report notes that "the UK is deeply complicit in supporting Israel's genocide in Gaza: through arms sales, [Royal Air Force] reconnaissance flights over Gaza, from which it is suspected intelligence is shared with Israel, training of Israeli soldiers, and other forms of military cooperation."

According to the report:

Despite the government's decision on September 2, 2024 to suspend arms export licenses to Israel... they are still allowing the supply of crucial components for Israel's 45 F-35 combat aircraft, so long as they are supplied indirectly via the US or other countries, rather than directly to Israel. These are used to bomb Gaza, at an extraordinary level of intensity, requiring a constant supply of spare parts. By its own admission at the time of the decision, the government accepts that these UK-supplied components may well be used by Israel to violate international humanitarian law in Gaza.

CAAT media coordinator Emily Apple said that the UK has "reached peak complicity in genocide in allowing 51 Israeli arms companies to exhibit at DSEI."

"It is allowing companies to market their genocide tested weapons to human rights abusing countries around the world," Apple added. "The people who run these companies are war criminals. They should be investigated for crimes against humanity, not invited to profit from the unspeakable devastation they have caused in Gaza."

Other actions Tuesday included a Quaker meeting at Waterloo Station attended by around 200 people, part of No Faith in War Day.

Anti-DSEI protests are set to continue Wednesday, when the Palestine Solidarity Campaign is planning a 5:00 pm "pots and pans protest" meant to "greet the arms traders with a wall of noise."

The protests against DSEI follow last weekend's arrest of nearly 900 supporters of the banned UK-based group Palestine Action in London's Parliament Square.

As US President Donald Trump expands his authoritarian takeovers of Democrat-led cities, more than 1,000 students from four universities in Washington, DC walked out to protest the Republican's recent actions in the nation's capital.

Students from American University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and Howard University are protesting Trump's deployment of National Guard troops and federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), which have also provoked a lawsuit from DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb and a congressional resolution that aims to stop his takeover.

"Students are showing the country that we won't be silent while Trump tries to strip DC residents of our rights," American University student organizer Asher Heisten said in a statement circulated Tuesday by the youth-led Sunrise Movement.

"When Trump sends federal forces into DC, he is trying to intimidate and silence us," Heisten continued. "But students are proving that we will fight back to reject Trump's dangerous authoritarianism."

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The students were joined by a pair of progressive lawmakers, US Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.).

"Trump's federal takeover is a direct attack on democracy and the people of Washington, DC," Jayapal said in a statement. "The students leading today's walkouts are showing the entire nation what it means to resist authoritarianism with strength and solidarity."

The congresswoman told a crowd at Georgetown, her alma mater, that "this is an unprecedented moment in our country, where we have an authoritarian leader who is deploying federal troops to Washington, DC—to cities across the country, militarizing our streets, kidnapping people on the streets."

"The only bulwark that we have is the people, and so what you are doing here today is so important, because, at the end of the day, the checks and balances that were supposed to be built into our Constitution so that we could protect our constitutional rights are not working right now," she stressed, calling out Republicans in Congress and US Supreme Court justices for refusing to hold Trump accountable.

Acknowledging the thousands of protesters who marched to the White House on Saturday, Jayapal declared that "we are not powerless," a line that drew loud cheers from the crowd.

Markey, in his remarks at Georgetown, noted that when the president's supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 in hopes of stopping the certification of his 2020 electoral loss, "Trump refused to send in troops."

"He allowed for that assault," Markey said of the attempted insurrection. "But now, here in DC, the president is attempting to create an impression that the crime rate is going up rather than down, that there is in fact a crisis here in the District of Columbia."

"And what he is doing, not just here in DC, but in Chicago, in LA, in Boston, is to try to characterize communities that are majority minority, that are majority Black and brown, as being unsafe to live," Markey noted. "And it's not a coincidence... It is to scare America. You cannot make America great again by making America hate again."

Markey argued that "this is not about policing, this is about political theater," and denounced Trump's DC takeover as a "charade."

Like the lawmakers, Georgetown student Scout Cardillo suggested that the DC takeover isn't just about the district. Cardillo told The Washington Post that "the effects of the occupation of DC and federalization of MPD is going to be felt throughout the country imminently, and it is on us to take a stand and fight back."

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Advocates for homeless people are urging Congress to stop a bill that will allow people in Washington, DC to be fined or jailed for sleeping on the streets.

The bill, known as HR 5163, was introduced in the US House of Representatives last week by Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.), as President Donald Trump's militarized takeover of the nation's capital moves into its second month.

Federal law enforcement has already forcibly cleared dozens of homeless encampments in DC under Trump's July executive order, which directed local and federal authorities to fight what it called "endemic vagrancy" in US cities.

Though the Trump administration claims that it has helped to find shelter for those living in the homeless encampments demolished by federal agents, homeless people and advocates in the city told CNN in a report published Monday that federal law enforcement "just told homeless people to move from encampments when they were cleared" and have often taken their possessions, while providing them little assistance and foisting that responsibility onto the city.

Timmons' bill, which is scheduled to be marked up by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, would further the criminalization of homelessness by codifying it into federal law.

It would ban people in the District of Columbia from setting up or "making preparations" to set up temporary structures to sleep outside. It would also make it illegal to sleep inside a car. Those found in violation will be subject to fines up to $500 or up to 30 days in prison.

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It is one of several bills Congress will consider that could tighten federal control over Washington, DC. Brianne Nadeau, a member of DC's city council, said it and other bills "will do direct and serious harm to the district" and represent "an unprecedented attack on home rule and on the 700,000-plus residents that call DC home."

According to the most recent data from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, there are about 5,600 people in Washington, DC experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness on a given night.

One recent investigation found that Trump's deployment of the National Guard to DC costs roughly four times as much as it would cost to provide housing to every homeless person in the city.

"Instead of making rent cheaper and helping people make ends meet, Congress is considering a bill that would jail or fine people who have no choice but to sleep outside," said the DC-based National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC). "That's shameful."

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The group and others urged voters around the country to contact their representatives and pressure them to oppose the bill.

"Friends outside of DC, we need your help. We have no vote in Congress, yet some people in Congress want to write our laws, and they want DC to lock people up for being homeless," the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless posted on X. "Tell Congress NO."

The NHLC said voters should instead urge Congress to back the Housing Not Handcuffs Act introduced by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) in June, following the Supreme Court's decision the year before to allow cities to ban homeless people from public spaces.

The Democratic bill would stop law enforcement from arresting and ticketing homeless people for camping on federal lands or asking for donations in public places, which advocates say would force Congress to look to long-term housing investment as a solution to homelessness rather than punitive measures to force people off the streets.

According to a May study published in the Policy Studies Journal, the first to ever look at the effects of homelessness criminalization on a national scale, cities that passed ordinances banning outdoor camping have not only failed to reduce homelessness, but actually saw slight increases in their unhoused populations.

Trump's punitive approach to homelessness is broadly unpopular. In a February YouGov survey conducted with the ACLU, 75% said that homelessness is primarily caused by the lack of affordable housing rather than an issue of crime, while 77% said they believed it would be better solved by housing and expanding social services rather than arrests.

"Imposing a $500 fine or sending an unhoused person to jail for 30 days is cruel and shameful," Nadeau said. "Being unhoused is not a crime."

Washington would “mirror” any penalties imposed by Brussels, a US official has claimed

President Donald Trump has urged the European Union to impose tariffs of up to 100% on imports from China and India, as part of a joint effort to pressure Moscow, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

According to the newspaper, Trump made the demand during a recent call-in to a meeting between senior US and EU officials in Washington, where strategies for raising the economic costs of the Ukraine conflict for Russia were being discussed.

One US official said Washington was “ready to go, ready to go right now, but we’re only going to do this if our European partners step up with us.”

“The president came on this morning and his view is that the obvious approach here is, let’s all put on dramatic tariffs and keep the tariffs on until the Chinese agree to stop buying the oil,” the source was quoted as saying. A second official added that the US was prepared to “mirror” any tariffs imposed by Brussels on Beijing and New Delhi.

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EU officials had already begun debating potential secondary sanctions against China for its energy imports from Moscow, though they stressed the talks were still at an “early stage” and dependent on US support, according to an earlier FT report.

New Delhi has pushed back against external demands to reduce its reliance on Russian crude. Last month, Trump doubled tariffs on Indian goods to 50%, citing its energy ties with Moscow.

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman responded by calling the move “unfair, unjustified, and unreasonable,” stressing that New Delhi’s oil policy is driven by domestic economic needs.

Beijing has also rejected Western pressure over its energy purchases, insisting it will “ensure its energy supply” in line with its national interests. Chinese officials have warned that “tariff wars have no winners.”

Russia has emerged as one of the largest suppliers of oil to both China and India since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022.

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 Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned the West against using a “colonial tone” toward Beijing and New Delhi, saying last week that efforts to punish them are aimed at slowing their economic rise.

“Countries like India – almost 1.5 billion people, and China – 1.3 billion people, boast powerful economies and live by their own domestic political laws,” Putin said. “Talking to such partners in such a tone of voice is unacceptable.”

The “We are all DC” march on Saturday, Sept. 6, was one of the largest protests—if not the largest—to take place in the US capital since the beginning of the second Trump administration. Thousands of local residents, out-of-state supporters, union members, and others marched through the streets of Washington, DC, to demand an end to President Trump’s militarized federal occupation of DC. But the march also brought together a cross-section of concerned citizens protesting the Trump administration’s attacks on immigrants, US support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and more. Reporting on the ground for TRNN, Rattling the Bars host Mansa Musa speaks with a range of organizers and attendees at Saturday’s march.

Additional links/info:

• Mansa Musa & Dave Zirin, The Real News Network, “‘We are all DC’: Massive protests rock US capital in defiance of Trump”
• Mansa Musa, The Real News Network, “DC residents rebel against Trump’s ‘gestapo takeover’ of US capital: ‘We don’t want a militarized city!’”
• Maximillian Alvarez & Mansa Musa, The Real News Network, “‘Crazy as hell!’ and ‘Distraction from Epstein’: Residents respond to Trump’s takeover of Washington, DC”

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• Producer / Videographer / Post-Production: Cameron Granadino

Transcript

The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. A proofread version will be made available as soon as possible.

Mansa Musa:

We at Meridian Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, where we are recovering the rally from free dc, a coalition group of all organizations in the District of Columbia that’s coming together to call for the freedom of dc. What do freedom of DC mean? It means they saying that in the federal occupation, but it means more than that. It means statehood, it means the right to self-determination. As you can see, a lot of people have come out here today to be a part of this process. What you going to see today is a textbook and organizing 1 0 1. What do you think about this movement today?

Alfonso:

Well, I think it’s very popular. There’s a lot of people, it’s across generations, across all walks of life. So I’m really hopeful.

Mansa Musa:

Right. And in terms of the connection between the DC federal occupation and what we seeing going on in Occupy Palestine, is it a connection?

Alfonso:

Well, I guess there is a connection, but it’s much worse and much more serious what’s going on in Gaza.

Mansa Musa:

And I agree 100%. Right, it’s more serious. But do you think that in terms of your presence here and the fact that I walked around, I see a lot of Palestinian flags. I see a lot of, I get out of Gaza free Palestine, so it’s obviously international, it’s obviously international connection. People are looking at from respect that none of us are free until

Alfonso:

All of us are free. Absolutely. I think we have a lot of things to protest against. So I think it’s a good moment to gather and ask for all of those things. Right.

Lydia Walther-Rodriguez:

We’re here today with over a hundred CASA members, over a dozen organizations with one simple ask to stop the militarized occupation in DC

Mansa Musa:

They using the law to say that if you are committed a crime and you are an immigrant, then they hold you to the outcome of your crime to determine whether or not they’re going to deport you. But they rounding people up saying that under the pretense they commit the crime. What do you think? Really the story is behind why they rounded?

Lydia Walther-Rodriguez:

We are seeing a time that is unprecedented to us, but a time that has repeated itself over and over again under this administration. We have seen the constitutional crisis of the injustice of this president not respecting due process. We saw it in Quin Ab Garcia’s case, and we continue to see it every time they detain our immigrant communities here in DC and Baltimore, all across the country, folks are being detained and targeted and there there’s a PR machine saying they’re criminals. But the reality is that they see black and brown people and they have already targeted us as criminals and are taking away our due process. It’s happening to, it’s happening to immigrants, it’s happening to black Baltimoreans, and it’s going to happen to all of us if we don’t put a stop to this right now.

Mansa Musa:

And I like that. I like that articulation because I want you to unpack this right here. Alright. As you said, they rounding up people under the prescience of being criminals. Do you think that the fact that they’re using their lack of citizenship status to ignore their rights as human beings,

Lydia Walther-Rodriguez:

We know there’s no dignity and there hasn’t been dignity in this country for people of color, for black Americans, for immigrants, for anybody who does not meet the white supremacist agenda, they’re just trying to use the laws that were created against us. But we have the Constitution that clearly states that we have due process and in violation of due process is where we will resist, we will fight back and we will not allow these normalized racial biases to continue to silence the voices of the struggle. And for everybody who can hear my voice, it’s going to happen in you two if you don’t rise up and stand up.

Mansa Musa:

That’s right. And we remember in time in history was called Dr. Scott decision and Dred Scott, the Supreme Court, said that Dred Scott did not have no rights that the United States was bound to respect because he was considered one third of a human being and looked like they resurrected the Dred Scott decision in terms of rounding up people, not just Latin Americans, Latinos, Hispanic, anybody that can fit the narrative. You got the last word on this

Lydia Walther-Rodriguez:

Dred Scott decision never left us. Our people have continued to suffer as black, indigenous, Latina queer. And now this system is showing its face. Are you listening? Are you seeing it because we’re seeing it through every single kidnap that’s happening every single day in the streets of DC and countrywide? This is not a phenomenon that started here, but the US occupation intervention has been piloted in Central and South America. And it has shown to us that imperialism continues and its tactics will continue on in this country too.

Susan:

There have been people we’ve talked to, there’s a whole bus from Unite here, it’s come from Philadelphia, people from New Jersey, Vermont, Florida. So I think people understand the threat. This means not just for people in DC and for the country, and I guess particularly from Pennsylvania, people from DC every election go out and canvas and do things we don’t have people to vote for. So I kind of feel like it’s paying back and appreciative of that.

Sarah:

There’s 60 of us here from Vermont because we want DC to be free. This invasion is terrible.

Mansa Musa:

Why do y’all feel like y’all had to come down here though?

Sarah:

Because if Trump does it here, he’s going to do it in the next city, in the next city, in the next city. And this is not a dictatorship. And just because most of the people in DC voted against him, he’s now pissed and he’s taking it out on them. That is not right. This is not a dictatorship. This is a country where we all vote. And if he doesn’t, people don’t like what he’s doing, they’ll vote him out and bye-bye Mr. Trump. We’re here to support the people in dc

Gelly:

We have basically changed our rhythm from focusing on climate change legislation and getting elected officials in that are for a green New deal. And we’ve shifted completely to trying to combat the administration and the oligarchy and occupation that’s happening because we can’t get anything done with them in office.

Mansa Musa:

So you think it’s a connection between climate change, immigration and free dc?

Gelly:

Absolutely. And there’s a connection between climate change and the oligarchy that’s happening right now in our government.

Mansa Musa:

Okay. So what you think about the demonstration today?

Gelly:

I think the demonstration today is beautiful. I see a lot of people out here focused on different things. We’ve got immigrants, we’ve got climate people, just everyday Americans who want to be free and don’t want to have an occupation in our streets.

Mansa Musa:

This definitely is a people’s movement?

Gelly:

Absolutely. Yeah. This is for the people, by the people.

Mansa Musa:

It’s all about the revolution…

Joe:

This is Bernie Sanders’ group, our revolution group. And why are y’all here? Well, we’re here because the country’s been taken over by a group of fascists.

Mansa Musa:

This is Malcolm X Park. At one point in time you had African Liberation Day. They rally around. They rally around here. But more importantly, the most salient demonstration and rallying point was the war in Vietnam. And it all started with small groups. And then every day

Joe:

I was in all of them

Mansa Musa:

Nationally, you see nationwide, worldwide. So you got defund genocide, free Palestine.

Lisa:

Well, I think our giving military aid to Israel is just perpetrating these attacks on Gaza and giving them the means to commit genocide and cause this starvation, this hunger problem over there. And what’s really upsetting is people are trying to get the aid we’re sending and they’re getting shot down. And I find that quite upsetting. It’s an atrocity,

Joe:

It’s a major war crime and genocide. The whole world knows it. But the good thing, except for Trump and his administration,

Jane:

A members of Congress including a lot of Democrats in Congress who won’t vote to cut off the aid.

Mansa Musa:

Why is occupation a crime?

Pomelo:

Oh, occupation is just a violation of everybody’s dignity and justice. It’s an complete abuse of power. Everything that’s happening in Palestine is going to be happening in the states and DC is the test case for what’s going to happen across the country. So it’s all intersectional. It’s being tested on Palestine. The technologies they’ve been used on Palestine ICE are now using here on DC and people are across the street. So we’re just got to protest it all.

Mansa Musa:

What do you think about today’s demonstration?

Pomelo:

It’s fantastic. I mean, obviously people have to be protesting every day in their lives, not just in one protest that we get to go on a Saturday. Everybody can do actions all day every day. But it’s amazing to be in masses of people and know that you’re not alone.

Mike:

Human rights belong to everybody. When people start taking people off the street claiming they’re illegal, they’re not only hurting that person, they’re hurting the family that they provide for, which can be a large family in the community as a whole. Even if they’re not legal citizens of the United States, they still pay taxes. They still belong here. We are the melting pot of America. Isn’t that correct? We have a statue in New York Harbor that is meant for exactly that.

Mansa Musa:

Most people just won’t be treated as human beings.

Mike:

That’s correct. Why can’t everybody just be treated like human beings? There’s a lot of people out there that are intimidated of large groups of people or people they don’t know or understand instead of loving them.

Mansa Musa:

Why are you here today?

Yuri:

Well, I’m an immigrant and I don’t feel like we are being treated fairly. We are here to work, to be part of America and support the American dream, and that way that we’re being treated is just unfair. So I’m here to protest.

Mansa Musa:

Bottom line. You here to do the same thing his father did, came here to find a place to live and get living conditions and you’re no different. You’re not an immigrant. You’re a human being.

Yuri:

Thank you. I appreciate that.

Mansa Musa:

Yeah. Talk about your sign.

“Freedom Fighter”:

My sign indicates today that our president can go into the White House, he could exercise his writer free speech. I’m doing the same. I’m keeping it in plain text English. Let’s impeach this bitch. What’s happening in our world is not okay. What’s happening in Palestine is not okay. And we as a people have come together today to stand for justice, for unity and to take back our streets. I think that this is what DC is. It is collective unity. It’s love, it’s peace, and it’s coming together on the streets and letting our voices be heard. So this is what this represents and this is beautiful.

Mansa Musa:

And talk about what you think the takeaway going to be today. For most people,

“Freedom Fighter”:

The takeaway for most people today is going to say, listen, we are here. We’re loud. We’re in color. We’re letting our voices be heard. And enough is enough, right? We’re in the streets. We love dc, this is our home. And we won’t let it just go willingly and teach this bitch.

Medea Benjamin:

I think this one is great because it brings together so many key issues. You have the issue of ice, get ice out of our city. You have groups like Casa representing immigrants and the signs saying immigrants are welcome here. Then you have the issue of the militarization of our city, which is wrapped around the whole issue of free DC and statehood for dc. And then we have the issue of Palestine. That occupation is a crime from DC to Palestine. So it’s all connected. It’s a large march. It’s very militant and I think it’s great.

Mansa Musa:

And I dub this as organized in 1 0 1 because we seen initially the call was for free dc, but then it takes on the international and national character. How do you think This’s going to play out in the long run?

Medea Benjamin:

Well, I think in the long run, the only way to deal with any of these issues, whether it’s ice or the oppression of DC by the Trump administration or Palestine, is united front. And this is an example of United Front. It’s got to get much bigger and we’ve got to really strengthen all of those connections. But this is a great example.

Mansa Musa:

This remind me of the war in Vietnam. When we had the marches against the war in Vietnam, it started out microscopic, but then it got to a point where it became international, where every Saturday, every Sunday, every day throughout the week, you see masses demonstration. So this is characteristic of that. Do you not agree?

Medea Benjamin:

Absolutely. And I think that’s the way we have to do, it’s great to be marching on a Saturday, but we really need to be out in the streets on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday when we say no business as usual. So I’m looking forward to that because until now there’s been small groupings of these individual issues. For example, I’m in Congress all the time and you see the free DC people in Congress, you see us, the Palestine people, you see the immigrant rights people, but they’re not together. So if we joined up during the week as well as on the weekend, I think there’s so much power in that.

Ryan Harvey:

Well, I think it’s important for folks. We came down, we had five buses come down from Baltimore, organize that with in partnership with unions and grassroots groups. I saw a busload of folks from Vermont. I think it’s really important for folks to take some national action right now and stand up because DC’s a test case. DC’s the city where he’s testing out how far he can push it. And I think Trump’s making real authoritarian moves right now. And I think it’s really important for people to be out here, not just for us and for the people in our cities, but also for members of the National Guard and members of the US military. They need to be asking themselves if they’re not already serious questions right now about what they’re doing, what they’re being asked to do, what their rights are, and do they have the willingness to stand on the right side of this.

Mansa Musa:

And we was down here, one of the marches that they had, and it was about 60 people today. It looked like we estimating more close to 3000. But in terms of the coalition building, what’d you think about that?

Ryan Harvey:

I mean, I would say this looks to me like it’s at least 10,000. I mean, how far we’re stretching the White House right now, but no, look, I mean we’ve been building coalitions I would say in a pretty unprecedented way for the last couple of years. And I think what’s been happening, especially with the unity now between some of the labor unions and grassroots organizations, especially black led grassroots organizations in DC, I think is critical. I think the labor movement needs to be pushed in a better direction in terms of how they show up on the streets. And I think that a lot of folks need to be reaching out to the unions and working with the unions and organizing unions as well. So I think there’s a gap that we’ve been suffering from, I would say, since McCarthy in this country. And I think we’re starting to undo some of that. And I think it’s really good to see.

Mansa Musa:

And this remind me of the war in Vietnam, how to protest, start with the war in Vietnam. And it always ended up in DC where people come together in hundreds of thousands to protest. And I think this is the star that would you agree?

Ryan Harvey:

Absolutely. And Vietnam was a common enemy. I think there’s a misconception about the sixties that it was all about Vietnam. You go to a Vietnam War protest, there’s the black power movement, there’s the Puerto Rican Liberation Movement, the gay liberation movement, leftists, socialists, et cetera. The feminist movement. We’re in a moment like that and folks need to understand. And I think we are understanding that when you have these common struggles, that’s where a lot of problems get solved. That’s where a lot of forms of bigotry disappear when you confront that this person is fighting just like I am for something better for themselves and for the world.

Johnny Silvercloud:

It looks pretty amazing, man. It was like a whole lot more folks than I thought.

Mansa Musa:

Yeah. Have you been at the previous ones?

Johnny Silvercloud:

Yeah, a few of them. I was bit injured, so I couldn’t be in the ones early August. But I make my way to be out here. Now you’re talking to Johnny Silver Cloud, the premier photographer, videographer of Washington DC as far as street journalism goes.

Mansa Musa:

But talk about this movement and talk about the characteristics of it. Have you been noticing that they got people from all over the country?

Johnny Silvercloud:

Oh yeah. Especially as a military veteran, a lot of folks center around where we’re camped out at. We’ll find numerous folks coming from Mississippi, Georgia, California, Vermont, Maine. It’s pretty amazing. There’s probably a couple of days that I’ve missed. I don’t have overhead sight of every day, but these summer come out, there’s, there’s folks that are native to dc, native of the DMV. There’s a difference. And also folks from across the United States. It’s pretty amazing. Alright, one more thing. Alright. So we as Washington dc, especially US military veterans, we are not against the National Guard. We’re not against the troops, we’re against their presence. We are against their usage. Their usage. Because we’re not mad at the pieces on the chess board. We’re mad at the hand on the pieces.

Mansa Musa:

Okay. You mad at the people that’s moving the pieces?

Johnny Silvercloud:

Exactly.

Craig Williams:

I’m Craig Williams. I do a jazz program on Thursday mornings. Morning brew, classic jazz edition.

Mansa Musa:

Yeah, I listen to Morning Brew.

Craig Williams:

Oh good, good. And I’m also here in the streets representing the justice side of our radio station.

Mansa Musa:

What you think about this day’s demonstration?

Craig Williams:

I think it’s great that we finally have a really big event and turnout from everywhere.

Mansa Musa:

Look, when you look up we way down, we are in the middle of it and they way down the road. Talk about being alternative radio and attack on media. How is WPFW fighting back?

Craig Williams:

So we have not had corporation for funding, public broadcasting for over a decade. So they can’t take money away from us that they haven’t been given us. On the other hand, our Pacifica network was specifically mentioned in Project 2025 and the FCC is watching. So we have to be careful about everything we do, everything we say, everything we play, and it isn’t fun.

Mansa Musa:

Is freedom of speech under attack?

Craig Williams:

Absolutely. Absolutely.

Mansa Musa:

Why you wearing that at this time?

Unnamed Protestor 1:

Because it’s about solidarity. It’s about all the people who are experiencing hate and oppression banding together and not being divided.

Mansa Musa:

And you got to say a reminder, this is not normal. Why is this not normal?

Unnamed Protestor 1:

We do not need the National Guard in our streets. Our streets are safe. I feel more unsafe from the National Guard than I do from the people of dc.

Mansa Musa:

And what do you think about today’s demonstration, the turnout?

Unnamed Protestor 1:

I’m really happy about it because the last demonstration I went to was much smaller and I think that everybody should be in the streets. Everybody, when one person civil rights are taken away, all of our civil rights are at risk.

Thomas:

It’s a great turnout. Multicultural religious organizations in the forefront. And many people who are native and live in DC are here as well as people from around the region.

Mansa Musa:

Right. I noticed that it’s a cross section of people representation, the unions transgender, L-B-G-T-Q, the Palestinians. But talk about free DC because I see you have free dc. Talk about what it means when you say free dc.

Thomas:

If you notice the term free DC is more than taxation without representation is more than home rule. It’s actually the deliberation of people exercising their own right to liberty. So free DC means a lot. Those people who made our home, it means that we get to run our lives, we get to run our government. It’s not run from the outside even by a person like Trump.

Mansa Musa:

And I’m glad you qualify that. I was thinking the same thing when you say free DC and then you put the limitation on it, statehood that don’t mean that you free right now we got home rule. And do you think home rule represent freedom?

Thomas:

No. Home rule examples of what’s going on right now. Home rule show you that it’s not freedom. It’s so many exemptions and so many rights that can be taken away simply by the presidential authority.

Mansa Musa:

Talk about if you have a view on they saying the mayor capitulated to Trump going with the occupation. Talk about that, if you got a view.

Thomas:

The mayor plays within the lines. She’s not a rebellious person. She plays within the rules that are given to her. So she’s trying to make the best that she can. But the mayor, I thought was a friend of mine, but I can see her days coming to an end.

Mansa Musa:

Yeah, I think so too because right now most citizens in the District of Columbia don’t like this occupation. Just the other day, they locked out kids from Union Station. They didn’t let ’em at a certain time when the curfew kicked in, they said that they could not go use the subway in public transportation, the National Guard. And then the mayor turned around and say that we are happy that these people are here.

Keya Chatterjee:

We’re out here also in front of the Wilson building. So I want to say something also to Mayor Bowser. Mayor Bowser, your constituents call on you to stop cooperating with this administration. Do not make their work easier or convenient. We do not welcome indefinite coordination. Do we welcome that? No. And the vast majority of our constituents do not want this. Local leaders oppose what is happening right now. And we need you not to enable it.

Erin McCleary:

Mariel Bowser. Yeah, we need some leadership right now. We don’t need conciliatory, appeasement. It gets us nowhere. First rule against fascism is Yeah, don’t bend the knee.

Mansa Musa:

Don’t bend.

Erin McCleary:

Don’t bend.

Mansa Musa:

I thought she was for statehood. I thought she was for a home rule. I thought all her actions she say is in defense of these things.

Erin McCleary:

I mean, actions speak louder than words. And she talks to Pam Bundy every day. I am disappointed. I’m let down. I’m afraid.

Mansa Musa:

Oh, is it more or is it more like Pam Bundy? Tell her what to do every day.

Erin McCleary:

I mean, either way. Does she have to be an earpiece for Pam Bundy?

Mansa Musa:

No.

Erin McCleary:

Come on.

Mansa Musa:

What you think about today’s demonstration?

Erin McCleary:

Huge turnout. Very inspiring. We’re united. We’re united.

Mansa Musa:

She’s coming about there.

Erin McCleary:

She’s going to what?

Mansa Musa:

Bows. She’s coming about

Erin McCleary:

There. Oh, for

Mansa Musa:

Sure.

Erin McCleary:

She’s done. She’s done.

Mansa Musa:

She’s done.

Erin McCleary:

She’s done. Bye-bye. Bowser.

Mansa Musa:

Talk about the orange man. Why you got the orange man?

Maisy:

I wanted to bring some fun to the march because we are so fed up. We’re so filled with anger. So now it’s kind of like nice to put a little fun in it.

Mansa Musa:

And fun is definitely, this is like you got good trouble and you got good fun.

Maisy:

Yep. Good trouble.

Keya Chatterjee:

So fascists like this president lose their power. When people like us start using our power, we’re going to use our power as workers and we’re going to use our power as community members. So we need to use every single tool we have to make this administration’s attacks on us. Difficult and costly every day. Everywhere. And that is how we will win.

Mansa Musa:

Talk about what you see today, Paul.

Paul Coates:

I see people. I see people and I’m energized by ’em. I’m energized by the young folks. I’m energized by the older folks who are out here like me, but very, very energized by people and from all different veins. All right. Different interests are united here. Beautiful.

Mansa Musa:

And we just talked to a woman from Vermont and she say, and we got people from Vermont. We got people representing the Palestinians. We got people representing in apartheid DC and we got people talking about don’t occupy Baltimore. So it’s a cross section throughout the world.

Should the unions be more proactive?

Steven:

The unions should be much more active. Trump’s taken away bargaining rights from a million people and every union should be out and some unions are, but a bunch of unions have somehow convinced themselves that they’ll sort of sit this out and be okay and they’re wrong. Everybody needs to be out.

Mansa Musa:

Yeah, because come for one ain’t going to come for everybody.

Steven:

That’s exactly right. But what is good is UNITE HERE, SEIU 32BJ, a bunch of unions are here today, but it’s unions who should be on the front lines in fighting fascism.

Mansa Musa:

And Paul, what about the representation of black people? You think more black people should be represented? I mean, we don’t turn out, we’re not turning out. And the one that’s most threatened

Paul Coates:

In this city, I don’t know about most threatening this city, but I know when black folks are ready to turn out, they’ll turn out. Right now, I’m very happy to see white folks out here and so many white folks out here. It actually makes me feel good and it enlivens me. I don’t think we have to worry about black folks coming out. I don’t. Folks are ready to jump in the street. They’ll jump in the street and unfortunately they may come out with a little different, a little different. So I’m glad to see it going. It’s going okay.

Sue Blair:

We’re union workers. We stick up for rights, workers’ rights. We are based out of Atlantic City, but unite here is all over the country. Local 54 is very powerful. Our president, Donna DiCaprio, she’s awesome. She likes to stick up for workers’ rights. And when this all went down, we have about 150 TPS workers in Atlantic City and we came down here to March. They’re trying to take away their temporary protective status. So we came down here to march and do the rally.

Mansa Musa:

How important do you think it is for the union to be represented in marches like this?

Sue Blair:

Very important. It’s very important for workers’ rights. We stick up for all workers’ rights, but being that my mom was never a citizen and to stick up for the dreamers and they have their children here and for them to be deported and it’s just horrible. They have rights. They’ve been paying taxes for decades now, and now they’re trying to make them leave the country. It’s just not right.

Mansa Musa:

We’re in the midst of a march in DC Freedom. We marched from Malcolm X Park to down to Freedom Square. But what you see behind me is where they barricaded the front of the White House. This was one of the major tour attraction, and now they got petitions up where you can’t walk through that section no more. Just last week you could. Today you can’t. Here today, gone tomorrow.

Keya Chatterjee:

This is not just about the next election. Their end game is to silence, dissent and prevent a transfer of power. Why do we have Democrats voting for that? They’re bullying you and you are being bullied into attacking dc. So some of the people who have the most tools right now are members of Congress and we need Congress to do their part. And this president’s racist and white nationalist occupation of dc, right? They have the power to do that. We need this Congress to get ice out of DC and get the entire federal Gestapo outside of dc. We heard from our black youth today what that is doing. Do we want them out?

Juliette Bethea:

All I have to say is we must resist this. And today is encouraging to see folks out who aren’t going to deal with this. So we just have to resist. Are you a native Washington? Well, I’ve lived here since 1967. I wasn’t born here, but I’ve payed a lot of taxes

Mansa Musa:

You’re a Washingtonian. You remember the Civil Rights Act? You remember summer jobs, all that stuff. Right. So what you think about the state of DC right now? What’s going on with the state of DC right now?

Juliette Bethea:

Well, it’s really distressing. It’s an outrage because I was here when we were fighting for home rule, and even when we were fighting for representation on the school board and then mayor and then, so to see the pendulums would go, this far is really distressing and I have no other option but to resist it in many ways.

Mansa Musa:

And this is a good indication of the people’s attitude about what they feel. I didn’t participate in a number of rallies, but this is the largest and the most You think about that, the cross-sectional aspect of this.

Juliette Bethea:

Well, we have people from all over the country. I’ve been talking with people from Chicago, from Atlantic City, from New York. So people realize what this means and the ramifications of this. It’s not just about controlling dc, it’s this march towards authoritarian, which we have to resist.

Mansa Musa:

As you can see, we’re wrapping up our day of rally and demonstration for freedom. They say free dc. But as we talk to people, they say it’s bigger than that. It’s bigger than free in dc. It’s about people’s right to humanity and to be treated as human beings. We had a cross section of people here today. We had unions, we had the Palestinian representatives, we had people come all the way from Guam. We had people come from every city, major city in the United States, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta Union representatives, and more importantly, we had grassroots elements come here around organizing to eternity as they see it today from the Trump administration. So it is not about free dc, it’s about freedom. Our right to have freedom. Stay tuned.

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Sebastien Lecornu, 39, is facing an uphill battle over budget as protests loom in the coming days.

Logo após o ministro do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) Alexandre de Moraes finalizar seu voto a favor da condenação de Jair Bolsonaro, o filho do ex-presidente e senador Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-SP) fez ataques ao magistrado e tentou desacreditar o julgamento na Corte.

“[O ministro Moraes] parecia o líder do governo do PT no Supremo, proferindo palavras sem embasamento jurídico, sem vinculação com absolutamente nenhuma prova, como quem está ali praticando uma vingança, porque, na cabeça dele, parece que Jair Bolsonaro queria matá-lo”, disse o filho do ex-presidente nesta terça-feira (9), no Salão Azul do Senado.

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Jair Bolsonaro é acusado de liderar uma tentativa de golpe de Estado para se manter no poder. As investigações apontam que existia a previsão de um plano entre os auxiliares do ex-presidente para matar o atual presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, o vice-presidente Geraldo Alckmin, e o ministro Moraes. Flávio voltou a acusar o Supremo de “perseguição” política.

Questionado se a fala do advogado do ex-ministro da Defesa de Bolsonaro, o general Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, de que seu cliente atuou para demover o ex-presidente de tentar dar um golpe de Estado, compromete a versão da família Bolsonaro, Flávio sustentou que não.

“O que foi conversado lá e foi admitido foi estado de defesa ou de sítio, que está na Constituição, como não havia base para nada, foi todo mundo para casa e nada aconteceu. Como isso foi tentativa de golpe?”, rebateu.

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Os ex-comandantes da Aeronáutica no governo Bolsonaro, brigadeiro Carlos de Almeida Baptista Júnior, e do Exército, Marco Antonio Freire Gomes, confirmaram em depoimento que, em reunião no Palácio da Alvorada, no dia 7 de setembro de 2022, foram discutidas medidas para impedir a posse de Lula e suspender o resultado eleitoral.

Acusação contra Moraes

Durante a fala à imprensa, o senador Flávio se concentrou em acusar Moraes de “manipulação processual” ao sustentar ter supostas “provas” que seriam enviadas a todos os ministros do STF. Flávio pediu que o julgamento contra Bolsonaro seja suspenso até que a denúncia seja investigada.

“Que seja aberta uma investigação e que seja suspenso esse julgamento que está em andamento até que essa investigação seja concluída pelo bem da democracia”, finalizou.

A Russian expert explains how Moscow and Beijing can help solve the unresolvable war between Israel and Hamas 

On Tuesday evening, Israel conducted a “precision strike” against the “senior leadership of Hamas” in Doha, Qatar. Along with the US and Egypt, Qatar has led several attempts to end the Israel-Hamas war, while also serving as Hamas' headquarters outside of Gaza for years. Despite Qatar being regarded as an important US ally and hosting the huge Al Udeid airbase used by the US Air Force, West Jerusalem still claimed the strike to be an action against terrorists and nobody else. 

How will this strike affect the Gulf states, and is there a way to resolve the crisis with no more bloodshed? Russian expert, Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Russia’s State Academic University for the Humanities Grigory Lukyanov explains how Moscow and Beijing can try to resolve the crisis as soon as this October. 

Qatar’s vulnerability

RT: Why did Israel decide to strike Qatar, which was, so to speak, under protection, given its mediating position in negotiations between West Jerusalem and Hamas?

Grigory Lukyanov: Several events can be highlighted. The most important happened not so long ago, in early summer, with the short-lived Israeli–Iranian war, which ended, it should be recalled, with Iran striking American facilities on Qatari territory.

At that time, it was said that this had allowed Iran to save face, to demonstrate that a retaliatory strike had been carried out, and thus all sides exited the deadlocked crisis into which Israel’s actions had primarily driven them.

But the side effect of such a decision was the literal removal of immunity from Qatar – an immunity it valued, which the emirate had been building around itself for many decades through active foreign policy, by positioning itself as a neutral state, a mediator in negotiations, oriented toward rejecting the use of force in military relations. All this was meant to create, in the eyes of the regional and global public, an image of Qatar as a country not seeking to use violence, but determined to defend itself, including with the support of allies – such as the US since Iraq’s aggression against Kuwait, or Türkiye since the Qatar crisis of 2017.

But in fact, it was a strike on its territory, and no clear response was voiced against Iran. On the contrary, the Qatari leadership smoothed the situation over, thus demonstrating the possibility of striking Qatar’s territory without any retaliation or consequences.

In the long term, this poses a serious threat not only to Qatar’s security – and to its future overall – but also to the security of all Gulf Arab states, which, taking either neutral or friendly positions toward Israel, expected that the Arab-Israeli conflict would never affect them.

Now, with a strike that essentially violated the country’s sovereignty, Qatar’s leadership is again trying to present the situation not as an attack on Qatar itself, but as an attack on the Hamas mission in Qatar. But this doesn't sound very convincing.

Netanyahu’s calculations

RT: Why else did it happen?

Grigory Lukyanov: Many of Israel’s recent foreign policy actions have not only a foreign-policy or security dimension, but also a domestic one. In Israel, a political crisis has flared up connected to accusations that Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration accepted bribes from Qatar since the October 2023 crisis. The bribes were allegedly taken to whitewash Qatar’s image in the eyes of Israeli society.

Public opinion in Israel about Qatar has always been very mixed, especially because of the Al Jazeera channel, which rose to prominence by covering events in Lebanon and Palestine in an anti-Israeli light. Until recently, Al Jazeera continued operating in Palestine and Israel, and was only recently shut down.

In this context, for Netanyahu it was important to demonstrate that he had no special relationship with Qatar and that accusations of bias that might allegedly threaten Israel’s security had no grounds.

This strike is in many ways aimed at criticizing Netanyahu’s political opponents and allies. The strike on Doha demonstrates that Qatar harbored Hamas, which Netanyahu had promised to destroy – and he will keep his promise.

If Qatar had not allowed its territory to be used for the last strike during the 12-day war, Netanyahu would not have had such grounds to solve his domestic political dilemma in such an extravagant way.

RT: Sources from Channel 12 say that it was not Mossad but Israel’s military intelligence that coordinated this. Can this be considered a rift inside the Israeli services?

Grigory Lukyanov: This may be connected to the fact that former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen has essentially declared his ambitions to become the next prime minister. He is dangerous as a political rival, since his authority inside Mossad is very strong.

At the same time, Netanyahu seeks to shift the blame for the 2023 failure (the Hamas incursion on Israeli territory in 2023 – RT) to Israel’s security services. He cannot fully rely on all leaders or all structures within Israel’s military command.

This is evidenced by the earlier crisis in relations with former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, which led to a series of public conflicts and Gallant’s dismissal. 

So it cannot be ruled out that in the current conditions, in carrying out such an operation, Netanyahu was also guided by internal bureaucratic considerations. He chooses those he can trust.

On the other hand, it is important to understand that despite the internal coordination of Israel’s armed forces, they are not really divided by branches of the military and services. The IDF, Mossad, Shabak are deeply integrated with each other. In this context, it is also possible that it was simply easier to react this way. Perhaps there was no internal conflict at all – just a need to use the situation while it was still relevant.

Washington, Trump, and the bigger game

RT: It is claimed that US President Donald Trump gave Israel permission to strike Doha. How strong is Washington’s role in the conflict?

Grigory Lukyanov: It’s actually Netanyahu’s clear understanding of the psychological profile of the current US president: he needs flattery, constant statements of his importance in world and regional politics. And the Israeli political establishment has long adopted this approach.

So regardless of whether there really was coordination at the level of intelligence agencies, the operation would have already succeeded or failed; it was worth claiming coordination with Trump simply to highlight his importance.

If the operation had succeeded – and we do not yet know, although there are statements that no one was injured or killed – it would have been a powerful blow against Hamas structures, whether political or military. Since both the US and Israel equally designate Hamas as a terrorist organization,  success could have allowed Trump to claim another victory in the fight against international terrorism, both for domestic and global audiences.

In case of failure, such claims would have shifted part of the responsibility away from Israel and tried to force the US to justify and cover both itself and Israel. To convince the world community that Washington knew nothing and had not agreed to anything would be just as damaging as a failed operation – hurting the US’ reputation. That would mean Israel was acting on its own, like the tail wagging the dog.

We are dealing with subtle attempts by Israel to manipulate the character traits of the current US president, at a time when personality plays the highest role in American politics.

RT: How did it turn out that for some – such as the US and Israel – Hamas is considered terrorists, while for others it is the legitimate authority of Gaza, against whom such a military campaign cannot be waged?

Grigory Lukyanov: The US and Israel act fully consistently with their stated goals. Their aim is not just to deny Hamas’ political subjectivity in words, but to deprive it in practice – politically, militarily, and in every other way. Strikes of this kind are carried out only against marginal actors, not recognized as legitimate political opponents.

The strike on Qatari soil shows that neither Israel nor the US – if the latter was involved – is interested in conducting any negotiations with Hamas. Qatar’s mediation has been symbolically ended. Negotiations with Hamas are no longer needed and will not be conducted – in any form.

Thus, solving the Palestinian issue, the problem of Gaza, is seen exclusively in a non-negotiated way. Israel does not intend to negotiate with Hamas and, by its actions on Qatari territory, emphasizes that it needs no mediators.

But this raises another question – a humanitarian one, important for the entire Arab world: the fate of Gaza’s civilian population. In practice, there is no one else to negotiate with but Hamas. Yet the US is trying to impose on Arab states the idea that responsibility for Gaza’s population should fall either on the Arab states themselves or on Israel.

Regional fallout

RT: What are the real risks of such a policy by West Jerusalem?

Grigory Lukyanov: The serious political risk for Israel is the fate of the hostages. This is the reverse side of the humanitarian dimension.

Netanyahu has already repeatedly demonstrated that he is prepared to sacrifice the few remaining hostages – despite Israeli society’s conviction that every Israeli life is valuable. His actions suggest that even these sacrifices may be acceptable, because what is at stake is much higher: ensuring reliable security.

And that security will not exist until Hamas is destroyed. This, I think, is a serious blow to the illusions of Arab states that Israel intends to negotiate with the weak. It is also a serious factor that will affect Egyptian politics, since Cairo, along with Qatar, acted as mediator between Israel and Hamas.

By these actions, Israel has further strengthened the threat to itself in a country like Egypt, which also mediated negotiations with Hamas. At the same time, there is a high chance that such a policy will bring Israel success.

RT: Can Arab states defend themselves?

Grigory Lukyanov: They show no ability to defend their own approaches to the problem. The Arab League cannot uphold its principles because of internal division, weakness, and lack of mutual understanding.

Still, they have a chance to agree and find another way to resolve the Palestinian–Israeli problem. For example, at the Russia-Arab World forum to be held this October. Russia still retains its status as a permanent Security Council member and is capable of being a mediator in such conflicts – something no Arab state can claim. The efforts of Russia, China, and BRICS could help Arab states protect their interests both in their own region and globally.

RT: Will the international community – particularly the UN and European states – react cautiously to this? Why are some actions harshly condemned while others are overlooked?

Grigory Lukyanov: The difficulty is that such actions have always been typical of Israel… This is the signature of Israeli security policy – physically eliminating opponents – which has simply become more visible recently. It needs no additional political statements, but it drags the region into a whirlpool of uncertainty that few can predict.

Israel is destroying rules of the game established not 10, 20, or even 50 years ago. These were rules that emerged after World War I, when principles were laid on the table of international negotiations against secret deals, principles that later underpinned first the League of Nations, and then the UN.

These principles say that politics must be public and accept certain values, including international ones. But Israel – and the US too, which killed Qassem Soleimani in 2020 – places above all the protection of national interests at any cost, including the physical elimination of political opponents.

Qatar, which until recently had always avoided conflicts and wars, has become the target of strikes twice in just one year. And the fact that these are precision strikes not aimed at the country’s civilian population changes nothing. Qatar and Israel are not weak states at war, without unified governments recognized by the international community. Qatar is peaceful, prosperous, involved in the global economy, with huge revenues. And yet it is now the target of such strikes.

Qatar’s word in regional and global politics may also weaken. By hosting groups like Hamas and acting as a mediator, Qatar was supposed to serve as a guarantor of agreements. But if it cannot guarantee even security, who will trust Qatar’s word in the future?

Short-term security interests have been prioritized at the expense of the country’s long-term reputation, sacrificing decades of work to secure itself by non-military means.

This may contribute to more instability, growing tensions, and militarization. For Qatar this is a serious wake-up call, which could lead to a rethinking of its approach to security. Or it could be ignored if Qatar’s leadership still believes that, with low political participation by the population, it can offer its territory as a platform for others to solve their problems.

But this may cost it dearly in the long term, especially given Qatar’s complicated relations with neighbors such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

RT: At the same time, many experts say it is the US that is losing credibility as a negotiating party, despite Trump’s Middle East tour.

Grigory Lukyanov: The US is sought after in the region not for its reliability in negotiations, but for its immense military, economic, and political power. Countries must negotiate with the US and befriend it not because they want to, but because they have no alternative. No other power is as deeply involved in the region.

So this will not affect the reputation of the United States, since there have been many similar cases in the past. But for regional actors it matters. For Qatar and the Gulf states as a whole, it is significant.

Today, when Saudi Arabia and Türkiye declare the unacceptability of such actions, this indicates that Israel no longer feels constrained by anything. Although Qatar was not a signatory to the Abraham Accords, it never attacked Israel. On the contrary, it helped: it took part in repelling Iran’s missile strikes on Israel in 2024.

This should make regional actors reflect on where their passive position may lead. They cannot hide behind economic successes or ties with the US.

No alternative to Hamas

RT: And have regional actors truly accepted that there is no alternative to Hamas in the region?

Grigory Lukyanov: Who could have created such an alternative? Only Hamas itself. But in Gaza, Hamas did not allow any alternative to arise. It was comfortable for them to cooperate with Islamic Jihad, which is not a mass political organization and does not claim governing functions. That’s all.

As for the Palestinian National Authority, it has neither moral, nor political, nor financial, nor human, nor organizational resources to counter Hamas. Moreover, Hamas’s victory in the 2006 elections only underscored its successes.

Israel could have worked on creating some peaceful alternative to Hamas’ armed forces, but it did not. The fact that Hamas is essentially illegitimate allows Israel to use the most inhumane measures not only against militants, but against all residents of Gaza.

For Arab states, the Palestinian issue has always receded to the background in the face of internal problems, such as the Arab Spring. On the contrary, it was in Egypt’s and Qatar’s interest for Hamas to control Gaza. No one was interested in an alternative.

And there still isn’t one.

PM Francois Bayrou’s government lost a no-confidence vote in parliament amid attempts to rein in the country’s ballooning sovereign debt

The French government’s failure to put a lid on the country’s growing sovereign debt together with protracted political infighting could plunge the nation into a “black hole,” a financial expert has warned.

France has one of the highest debts levels in the European Union, currently standing at about 113% of GDP, a ratio that is expected to climb to 125% by 2030. Its budget deficit is projected at 5.4-5.8% of GDP this year, well above the bloc’s 3% limit.

Appearing on the Tocsin podcast on Monday, financier Charles Gave said that should the Fitch credit rating agency downgrade France’s rating from AA to A, it would prompt institutional investors to sell off its government bonds.

“There are a number of institutions, [such as] central banks and insurance companies, that cannot invest in something that is below AA,” he clarified.

“I know that something huge is coming,” the expert warned, predicting a “black hole” caused by the “illogical” policies pursued by successive French government over the past twenty years.

“We have a real collapse in the quality of our elites” reflected in the current “lamentable political state,” Gave claimed.

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On Monday, Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly, which he had called himself to secure backing for a drastic austerity plan. The measures, which included slashing public sector jobs, curbing welfare spending, as well as axing two public holidays, were vehemently opposed by the right-wing National Rally, the Socialists, and the leftist France Unbowed.

On Tuesday, President Emmanuel Macron appointed outgoing Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu as France’s new prime minister.

Despite the growing budget deficit, Paris plans to increase its military spending to €64 billion in 2027, double what it spent in 2017.

Macron has repeatedly invoked a supposed Russian threat as the reason for the spending hike. Russian officials have consistently dismissed such claims as “nonsense,” accusing Western leaders of fear-mongering to justify inflated military budgets and to cover up their economic failures.

South Africa maintain Group C lead with 1-1 draw with Nigeria in the CAF qualifiers for the FIFA 2026 World Cup.

Health and environmental advocates are hammering a new report issued Tuesday by the Trump administration's Make America Health Again Commission for papering over dangers posed by pesticides and replicating the positions of powerful corporate interests.

According to StatNews, the MAHA report takes a "cautious line" on pesticides, and even includes a section recommending that the Environmental Protection Agency work "with food and agricultural stakeholders... to ensure that the public has awareness and confidence in [the Environmental Protection Agency's] pesticide robust review procedures."

As StatNews noted, this section in particular drew the ire of organic food advocate Elizabeth Kucinich—the spouse of Dennis Kucinich, who served as presidential campaign manager for Trump Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—who said that it "reads like it was written by Bayer and Monsanto."

Zen Honeycutt, founder of the pro-MAHA group Moms Across America, similarly told StatNews that "we are deeply disappointed that the committee allowed the chemical companies to influence the report," even as she praised other parts of it.

Public interest advocacy groups, meanwhile, slammed the MAHA report, which they called wholly deferential to major industries.

"The MAHA Commission report is a gift to Big Ag," said Food & Water Watch senior policy analyst Rebecca Wolf. "Its deregulatory proposals read like an industry wish list. The truth is, industrial agriculture is making us sick. Making America healthy again will require confronting Big Ag corporations head on—instead, the Trump administration has capitulated."

Wolf added that the MAHA report lacks "any real action on toxic pesticides linked to rising cancer rates nationwide" and called it "shameful but not surprising" that the report barely mentioned so-called "forever chemicals" contaminating drinking water "while disregarding how elsewhere in the administration common-sense water safety rules are being weakened and canceled."

Sarah Starman, senior food and agriculture campaigner at Friends of the Earth, was even more scathing in her assessment of the report, which she called "a slap in the face to the millions of Americans, from health-conscious moms to environmental advocates to farmers, who have been calling for meaningful action on pesticides."

Like other critics, Starman heaped particular scorn upon the report's section on pesticides.

"Laughably, the report calls the EPA's lax, flawed, and notoriously industry-friendly pesticide regulation process 'robust,'" she said. "This, in spite of the fact that EPA currently allows more than 1 billion pounds of pesticide use on US crops each year, including the use of 85 pesticides that are banned in other countries because of the serious risks they pose to human health and the environment."

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) said that the MAHA report offered "a few crumbs" to health advocates, but was mostly filled with "hollow rhetoric."

George Kimbrell, legal director and co-executive director of CFS, also called out the report's claims about the EPA having a "robust" procedure for approving pesticides.

"There is nothing 'robust' about EPA's regulation of pesticides," he said. "In reality it is the antithesis of robust: it is an oversight system filled with data holes and regulation loopholes, lacking in public transparency, which has instead required decades of dogged public interest litigation to get EPA to do its most basic duties."

Environmental Working Group co-founder and president Ken Cook said that the report made a mockery of Kennedy's past promises to use his power to take on powerful industries.

"It looks like pesticide industry lobbyists steamrolled the MAHA Commission's agenda," he commented. "Secretary Kennedy and President Trump cynically convinced millions they'd protect children from harmful farm chemicals—promises now exposed as hollow."

Cook also took aim at the leaders of the MAHA movement, whom he described as "grifters exploiting the hopes and fears of health-conscious Americans in their quest for power jobs in Washington."

Da Agência Brasil

O ministro Flávio Dino, do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), votou nesta terça-feira (9) pela condenação do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e de mais sete aliados por tentativa de golpe de Estado. 

Com o voto do ministro, o placar pela condenação está 2 votos a 0. O relator do processo, ministro Alexandre de Moraes, também votou pela condenação. Faltam três votos.

O tempo de pena ainda não foi anunciado e deve ser definido somente ao final da rodada de votação sobre a condenação ou absolvição dos réus. Em caso de condenação, as penas podem chegar a 30 anos de prisão em regime fechado.

A sessão foi suspensa e será retomada amanhã (10) para o voto dos ministros Luiz Fux, Cármen Lúcia e Cristiano Zanin.

Dino aceitou totalmente a denúncia da trama golpista apresentada pela Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR) e condenou os acusados pelos crimes de organização criminosa armada, tentativa de abolição violenta do Estado Democrático de Direito, golpe de Estado, dano qualificado pela violência e grave ameaça e deterioração de patrimônio tombado.

No caso do ex-diretor da Abin Alexandre Ramagem, que, atualmente, é deputado federal, a condenação se deu somente por três dos cinco crimes.

Por ser parlamentar, Ramagem não responde pelos crimes de dano qualificado pela violência e grave ameaça, contra o patrimônio da União, e com considerável prejuízo para a vítima e deterioração de patrimônio tombado, ambos relacionados aos atos golpistas de 8 de janeiro.

Voto

Em sua manifestação, Dino detalhou a participação de todos os acusados e se manifestou pela condenação de todos. Para o ministro, houve atos executórios para realização da tentativa golpista.

“Não se cuidou de mera cogitação. Não se cuidou de meras reflexões, que foram indevidamente postas em agendas, cadernos e folhas”, afirmou.

Penas maiores

Dino também adiantou que vai propor penas maiores para o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e o general Braga Netto. O ministro entendeu que eles tiveram a participação de liderança e poderão ter tempo de pena maior.

No entanto, o ministro disse que vai votar pela adoção de penas menores para o ex-diretor da Abin Alexandre Ramagem e os generais Augusto Heleno e Paulo Sérgio.

“Eu considero que há uma participação de menor importância em relação a cada um deles”, afirmou.

Bolsonaro

Sobre a atuação do ex-presidente, Dino disse que o ex-presidente era uma “figura dominante” na organização criminosa.

“Ele e o réu Braga Netto ocupam essa função. Era quem de fato mantinha o domínio de todos os eventos que estão narrados nos autos, e as ameaças contra os ministros Barroso, Fux, Fachin e Alexandre”, afirmou.

Anistia

Flávio Dino também considerou que os crimes imputados ao ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e mais réus na trama golpista não podem ser anistiados. O ministro citou precedentes do Supremo sobre a questão.

“Esses crimes já foram declarados pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal como insuscetíveis de indulto e anistia”, afirmou.

Ameaça dos EUA

O ministro também acrescentou que “agressões e ameaças de governos estrangeiros” não influenciam no julgamento e são “fatores extra-autos”.

“Não há no voto que vou proferir nenhum tipo de recado, mensagem, nada desse tipo. Há o exame estrito daquilo que está nos autos”, disse.

Forças Armadas

Dino também frisou que a Corte não está julgando as Forças Armadas, mas as acusações específicas contra os militares que são réus.

“Espero que nenhum militar vá para convescotes partidários, utilizando a farda para tecer considerações desairosas a tal e qual posição política”.

Normalidade

Dino também destacou que a análise da ação penal da trama golpista é um “julgamento com outro qualquer”  e negou motivação política.

“É um julgamento que se processa segundo as regras vigentes no país, de acordo com o devido processo legal, fatos e provas nos autos e em termos isonômicos”, completou.

Quem são os réus?

• Jair Bolsonaro – ex-presidente da República;
• Alexandre Ramagem – ex-diretor da Agência Brasileira de Inteligência (Abin);
• Almir Garnier – ex-comandante da Marinha;
• Anderson Torres – ex-ministro da Justiça e ex-secretário de Segurança do Distrito Federal;
• Augusto Heleno – ex-ministro do Gabinete de Segurança Institucional (GSI);
• Paulo Sérgio Nogueira – ex-ministro da Defesa;
• Walter Braga Netto – ex-ministro de Bolsonaro e candidato a vice na chapa de 2022;
• Mauro Cid – ex-ajudante de ordens de Bolsonaro.

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Nas comunidades ribeirinhas da Amazônia, a rotina ganha novos rumos graças a pequenos portos fluviais que conectam pessoas e levam saúde, educação e desenvolvimento. A categoria Instalações Portuárias Públicas de Pequeno Porte foi criada pelo Governo Federal para garantir segurança

Iniciativa leva saúde, educação, segurança e desenvolvimento às margens dos rios
As Instalações Portuárias Públicas de Pequeno Porte (IP4) – popularmente chamadas de “portinhos” pelas comunidades ribeirinhas – estão transformando o dia a dia de milhares de famílias, levando saúde, educação, segurança e desenvolvimento às margens dos rios.

Durante muito tempo, quem vivia em comunidades isoladas da Amazônia dependia de embarcações para quase todas as atividades: de chegar ao médico a comercializar a produção local. No entanto, essas viagens começavam e terminavam em barrancos improvisados, sem estrutura ou segurança.

Foi para preencher essa lacuna que, em 2013, o Governo Federal criou a categoria das Instalações Portuárias Públicas de Pequeno Porte (IP4), destinadas a municípios às margens de rios, que dependem exclusivamente do transporte hidroviário. A Lei 12.815, de 2013, incluiu as IP4 no ordenamento portuário brasileiro, estabelecendo requisitos de eficiência, segurança, interesse público, conforto e respeito ao meio ambiente para esses terminais fluviais.

Como surgiu

A iniciativa nasceu da constatação de um vazio de infraestrutura logística na região Norte. Antes dos pequenos portos, comunidades inteiras enfrentavam dificuldades para acessar serviços básicos ou comercializar seus produtos por falta de portos estruturados. Agora, passados mais de dez anos, a ideia se consolidou: mais de 80 portos fluviais foram implantados na Amazônia, em estados como Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia e Roraima.

Construídos e mantidos pelo Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes (Dnit), em parceria com o então Ministério dos Transportes – hoje com o Ministério de Portos e Aeroportos – esses pequenos portos vêm ajudando a resgatar a dignidade de comunidades tradicionais.

Integração e qualidade de vida

Em vastas regiões da Amazônia, sem estradas e com poucos aeroportos, o porto fluvial comunitário torna-se o coração da cidade: ali chegam mercadorias, partem alunos para escolas, desembarcam visitantes e ocorrem até eventos culturais.

Dona Joelma (com a neta) acompanhada da família

Para a dona de casa, com formação em gestão ambiental, Joelma Maia, que acompanha a filha em tratamento contra o câncer em Manaus, isso representa mais segurança para quem depende do porto para se deslocar entre os municípios. Segundo ela, antes as condições eram precárias. “Nós tínhamos que embarcar e desembarcar em um local improvisado, inadequado, sem nenhuma estrutura, pegando chuva e atravessando na lama, correndo o risco de escorregar e sofrer acidentes ao acessar a embarcação. Se essa situação já era perigosa para qualquer cidadão, imagine para quem tem uma enfermidade ou idade avançada. Agora, com o porto de Parintins funcionando, e equipamentos seguros, podemos transitar com tranquilidade nos espaços”, celebra.

Falando em saúde, esses portos permitem que barcos-hospital e equipes médicas cheguem a locais antes isolados, assim como facilitam a remoção de pacientes para centros maiores, em casos de emergência. Medicamentos e suprimentos hospitalares agora desembarcam em estruturas adequadas, agilizando atendimentos.

Na educação, crianças e jovens que vivem em comunidades ribeirinhas têm um ponto de apoio seguro para pegar o barco-escola rumo às salas de aula nas cidades próximas. Professores itinerantes também usam os portos fluviais para levar conhecimento a vilarejos distantes.

Desenvolvimento econômico

Com um ponto fixo de atracação, comerciantes e agricultores conseguem escoar sua produção de farinha, açaí, peixe e artesanato com mais facilidade. Muitos desses terminais portuários contam com pequenos armazéns e até fábrica de gelo e câmaras frigoríficas, o que evita a perda de pescado e de alimentos perecíveis.

Do ponto de vista do turismo, regiões antes inacessíveis agora recebem visitantes interessados em vivenciar a Amazônia autêntica. Os IP4 impulsionam o turismo de base comunitária, pois viabilizam escalas de barcos regionais e até cruzeiros fluviais de pequeno porte, gerando renda extra para famílias ribeirinhas que passam a oferecer serviços como hospedagem domiciliar, gastronomia típica e como guias ambientais.

Segurança e cidadania

Um dos maiores ganhos trazidos pelas IP4 é que esses terminais integram os rincões da Amazônia à malha de transporte nacional. Onde antes a incerteza reinava – Será que o barco consegue encostar? Vai atrasar por causa da maré? – hoje há calendário e linhas regulares atendendo a população.

E com essa iniciativa entra em ação a Marinha do Brasil, cujo papel é a fiscalização, segurança, salvaguarda da vida e do meio ambiente. Com instalações planejadas e sinalizadas, os portos fluviais reduziram drasticamente o número de acidentes durante embarques e desembarques. Rampas antiderrapantes, iluminação adequada e pessoal treinado oferecem condições dignas para as pessoas, protegendo principalmente idosos, crianças e pessoas com mobilidade reduzida.

O papel do MPor

Toda essa transformação social é fruto de planejamento público e parceria entre órgãos federais, estaduais e comunidades. Antes, o Ministério da Infraestrutura e, a partir de 2023, o Ministério de Portos e Aeroportos (MPor) lidera a expansão e manutenção dessa iniciativa.

Dentro da estrutura do MPor, foi criada em 2024 a Secretaria Nacional de Hidrovias e Navegação (SNHN); um marco institucional que reforça o compromisso governamental com o transporte aquaviário. Cabe à SNHN gerir, coordenar e supervisionar políticas para o setor hidroviário, incluindo as IP4.

Diante do sucesso alcançado na Amazônia, o governo federal planeja levar o modelo das IP4 para outras regiões do país. Uma das frentes já anunciadas é o projeto de revitalização da Hidrovia do Rio São Francisco, que atravessa parte do Sudeste e Nordeste. Nessa iniciativa, está prevista a construção de 17 pequenos portos públicos ao longo do “Velho Chico”, distribuídos entre Bahia, Pernambuco e Alagoas.

Nas águas da Amazônia, refletem-se agora histórias de transformação e cidadania; histórias de um Brasil que aprendeu a enxergar nos rios um caminho vivo de integração e prosperidade.

Publicado originalmente pela Agência Gov em 09/09/2025

Por MPor

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Convidado para participar do 9º Festival piauí de Jornalismo, Amos Schocken, Publisher do Haaretz, o terceiro maior jornal em circulação em Israel, teceu duas críticas à condução do governo de Benjamin Netanyahu no conflito na Faixa de Gaza e chegou a especular sobre a ideia de extermínio.  “Netanyahu muda constantemente as condições para terminar a guerra. Sempre aparece uma nova missão, um novo lugar a ser conquistado ou destruído a fim de garantir que Israel alcance seus objetivos.” Neste final de semana, Israel intensificou os ataques a Gaza e derrubou dois arranha-céus residenciais. “Parece que a ideia é eliminar a população palestina, não realizar um objetivo militar”, disse Schocken.

A constante invenção de pretextos para manter o conflito não é recente. Em janeiro deste ano, Israel e Hamas chegaram a um acordo de cessar-fogo. Dividido em três partes, o acordo previa a libertação gradual de reféns israelenses sob controle do Hamas, a retirada das tropas israelenses de Gaza e a soltura de palestinos presos em presídios israelenses. No entanto, dois meses depois, Israel interrompeu o cessar-fogo, quebrou o acordo unilateralmente e voltou a bombardear Gaza alegando que o Hamas não havia liberado seus reféns. Para Schocken, “Israel voltou atrás no acordo” e com isso conseguiu começar “nova guerra”, disse ele, ao ser entrevistado por André Petry, diretor de redação da piauí, e Ana Clara Costa, repórter da revista.

As críticas ao governo de Benjamin Netanyahu feitas pelo publisher no festival têm sido publicadas no jornal fundado por sua família em 1935 e que sempre foi conhecido pela linha editorial progressista. Nos últimos dois anos, o periódico tem sofrido retaliações por cobrir a crise humanitária na faixa de Gaza sem endossar o discurso oficial israelense. Para Schocken, a aliança entre Estados Unidos e Israel age de tal modo que não deixa aos palestinos outra opção que não o terrorismo. “Estimulam ações de incentivo ao terrorismo do Hamas”, diz ele.

Exemplo é a não concessão de vistos aos líderes da Autoridade Palestina para comparecer à Assembleia-Geral da ONU, que começou nesta terça-feira (9) e vai até 28 de setembro, em Nova York, e as sanções impostas pelo Departamento de Estado a organizações palestinas de direitos humanos – Al Haq, o Centro Al Mezan para Direitos Humanos e o Centro Palestino para Direitos Humanos – que solicitaram ao Tribunal Penal Internacional uma investigação contra Israel por alegações de genocídio em Gaza.

“Nos anos anteriores, o presidente palestino foi e falou com todos. Eles anunciaram que, desta vez, não concederão vistos, embora isso seja contrário ao acordo entre os Estados Unidos e a ONU sobre a necessidade de permitir que todos participem da Conferência, mesmo que os norte-americanos não gostem deles. Outra coisa que aconteceu recentemente foram as sanções contra as organizações palestinas de direitos humanos. São ações de incentivo ao terrorismo, porque se você não permite que os palestinos reclamem do regime de apartheid de Israel nos territórios ocupados, o que resta a eles além de recorrer ao terrorismo? A situação em Washington não ajuda a resolver o problema que Israel tem hoje.”

Em razão da gravidade do conflito – da matança de civis e da fome, que configura uma gravíssima crise humanitária –, Schocken acha que Israel sofrerá duras consequências de uma crise moral. “Será terrível”, diz ele, referindo-se ao futuro. “Nós não encontramos um jeito de resolver este conflito. Acho que, para Israel, é algo que muitas pessoas simplesmente querem ver resolvido. É isso o que devemos aspirar: viver em paz com todos os nossos vizinhos.”

 

Schocken tem 80 anos. Ele havia confirmado a participação presencial no festival em maio, mas, dias antes, precisou desmarcar a viagem ao Brasil e propôs falar por videoconferência. De um computador na redação do Haaretz, em Tel Aviv, o publisher do jornal disse por que acredita que o sionismo é uma ideia válida: “Os judeus merecem um lugar para governar por conta própria. Mas os líderes que temos hoje mudaram o significado do sionismo de tal forma que eu chamo a abordagem deles de antissionismo. Manter palestinos sob um regime de brutalidade destrói a nossa capacidade de construir uma nação.”

Nos primeiros meses do conflito em Gaza, o Haaretz foi acusado de fazer propaganda em prol do terrorismo do Hamas por narrar a morte dos palestinos. Schocken viu o seu jornal sofrer sanções governamentais por contrariar o discurso oficial – Netanyahu proibiu agências estatais de publicarem anúncios no Haaretz e cancelou as compras de assinaturas para funcionários públicos –, mas não diminuiu o nível crítico da cobertura. Durante o evento da piauí, ele leu um trecho do editorial publicado naquele mesmo dia no Haaretz: “Só em agosto, mais de setenta pessoas foram mortas por dia pelas Forças de Defesa de Israel. (…) A maioria morreu quando suas tendas, casas ou ruas foram bombardeadas.”

Pelo modo como o conflito está se desenrolando, Schocken acredita que Netanyahu será lembrado como o pior líder da história de Israel. Em sua opinião, o primeiro-ministro poderia ter sido um bom líder se tivesse ouvido a sugestão do ex-presidente americano Joe Biden para criar um Estado independente para o povo palestino. “O ataque inicial do Hamas foi horrível. É claro que eles mereciam uma resposta”, disse. “Mas é difícil entender o motivo de tantos palestinos estarem sendo mortos em Gaza por causa das ações do Hamas.”

O ministro das finanças de Israel, Bezalel Smotrich, é influente no governo e não tem pudor ao liberar orçamento para as investidas bélicas do país. No ano passado, Smotrich declarou que poderia ser “justificado e moral” matar de fome 2 milhões de pessoas em Gaza, se isso fosse necessário para o Hamas devolver os reféns israelenses – segundo o governo de Netanyahu, são 47 reféns. Schocken considera que a posição de Smotrich é igual à de Yahya Sinwar, o ex-líder do Hamas: os dois querem o controle absoluto de todo o território e fariam o que fosse necessário para atingir o objetivo. (Sinwar foi morto pelo exército isralesente em outubro de 2024.)

Ainda assim, afirmou que “o que Smotrich financia e incentiva é um crime contra a humanidade. Há dois anos, os palestinos são mandados embora e atacados. Israel mata seus animais e destroem suas casas. A vida deles virou um inferno”.

 

O conflito em Gaza já matou mais jornalistas e profissionais de mídia do que qualquer guerra da história mundial, segundo levantamento da Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. A Al Jazeera estima que cerca de 270 profissionais foram assassinados desde o dia 7 de outubro de 2023. O diretor de redação piauí perguntou a Schocken se ele acredita que a matança de jornalistas é um acidente ou um método. “Não tenho provas de que as mortes foram planejadas, mas tampouco posso dizer que não foram”, disse Schocken.

Nenhum jornalista do Haaretz foi morto trabalhando em Gaza. “Acho que ninguém aqui considera a possibilidade de um jornalista israelense ser assassinado. Israel não é a Rússia de Vladimir Putin”, afirmou Schocken. “Netanyahu tem mais inveja da maneira como Donald Trump governa, com os agentes do Estado sendo mais leais ao líder do que ao povo. Ele quer fazer em Israel o que está sendo feito nos Estados Unidos, na Hungria e em outros regimes autocráticos.”

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The attack involved around 15 Israeli warplanes that fired at least ten munitions at a compound used by the Palestinian group

Palestinian militant group Hamas has claimed the Israeli attack on its compound in the Qatari capital of Doha on Tuesday was largely unsuccessful and that its top members survived.

However, the attack did kill the son of Khalil al-Hayya, the group’s political bureau head, as well as a senior aide, according to Suhail al-Hindi, a senior Hamas member. Three bodyguards of the group’s leader remain unaccounted for after the strikes, he told Al Jazeera.

“The blood of the leadership of the movement is like the blood of any Palestinian child,” al-Hindi stated.

The “heinous” Israeli attack was an “attempt to kill those discussing ending the war on Gaza,” he added, corroborating earlier reports that the group’s leadership was hit when it had gathered to discuss the latest US proposals on settling the conflict with Israel.

According to Israeli media reports, some 15 aircraft were involved in the attack, firing more than ten high-precision munitions into the Hamas compound. Israel has insisted the attack was a unilateral action and that no other party was involved in striking “the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization.”

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Multiple Israeli media reports, however, suggested that West Jerusalem notified Washington of the impending action ahead of the strike. Moreover, Israeli Channel 12 reported, citing an unnamed official, that US President Donald Trump had given the green light for the attack.

The White House described the Israeli attack as an “unfortunate” incident, with spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt stating the strike at the heart of Qatar, a “close ally” of the US, “does not advance Israel or America’s goals.”

Qatar, which is designated a “major non-NATO ally” of the US, has condemned the “cowardly Israeli attack,” describing the location affected by the strike as “residential buildings housing several members of the political bureau of the Hamas movement.” The country’s Foreign Ministry has denied reports it had any prior knowledge of the attack, stating it received no notification either from Israel or US.

Later in the day, the Qatari Interior Ministry said at least one security officer had been killed and others injured while responding at the site of the attack.

O Congresso Nacional promulgou nesta terça-feira (9) a Proposta de Emenda à Constituição (PEC) 66/2023, que retira os precatórios federais do limite de despesas primárias do Executivo a partir de 2026. O texto também limita o pagamento dessas dívidas por parte de estados e municípios e refinancia dívidas previdenciárias desses entes com a União.

Na prática, a medida alivia a situação de estados e municípios, ao permitir que paguem dívidas judiciais em parcelas menores e com prazo mais longo. A PEC também ajuda o governo federal a cumprir a meta fiscal, ao retirar parte desses gastos do teto de despesas.

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Os precatórios são ordens expedidas pelo Judiciário para que entes públicos ─ União, estados, municípios e autarquias ─ paguem dívidas reconhecidas em processos judiciais em que já não cabem mais recursos.

O presidente do Congresso Nacional, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), disse que a medida é uma solução para o pagamento dos precatórios, classificados por ele como “um dos problemas mais complexos e antigos da República”.

“O problema, para todos os entes, é a falta de reservas orçamentárias para o pagamento destas despesas, que geralmente são imprevisíveis. Por conta disso, os pagamentos são adiados, o que acaba aumentando o tamanho desse tipo de dívida devido aos juros elevados”, disse.

Embora retire os precatórios das despesas primárias em 2026, o texto acrescenta, a cada ano, a partir de 2027, 10% do estoque de precatórios dentro das metas fiscais previstas pela Lei de Diretrizes Orçamentárias (LDO).

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Limitação

Para precatórios devidos por estados, Distrito Federal e municípios, o texto aprovado limita o pagamento de acordo com o estoque de precatórios em atraso.

Assim, em 1º de janeiro de cada ano, se os valores totais em atraso forem de até 15% da receita corrente líquida (RCL) do ano anterior, o município ou estado poderá pagar os títulos cuja soma seja equivalente a 1% dessa receita. Esses índices valerão, inclusive, para entes federativos que não possuam estoque.

Os percentuais crescem gradativamente até atingirem o pagamento equivalente a 5% da RCL se o estoque for maior que 85% da receita.

Em todas as situações, o cálculo para encontrar o valor do estoque de precatórios será com atualização monetária e juros moratórios. A correção se dará pelo índice de menor valor entre a taxa Selic, atualmente em 15%, e o Índice de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo (IPCA) mais 2%, calculado de forma simples.

"A promulgação desta emenda é uma verdadeira conquista para o municipalismo brasileiro”, afirmou Alcolumbre. “Temos a clareza que esses novos dispositivos constitucionais não resolverão, como num passe de mágica, os graves e recorrentes problemas financeiros dos municípios. Mas eles representam uma porta de saída, uma salvação para os que souberem se reorganizar financeiramente e aproveitar essa oportunidade para equacionar as suas contas”, apontou.

Refinanciamento

Pelo texto, estados, Distrito Federal e municípios poderão regularizar as dívidas previdenciárias com seus Regimes Próprios de Previdência Social (RPPS) e com o Regime Geral de Previdência Social (RGPS). A PEC abre, também, a oportunidade de regularização das dívidas dos Consórcios Públicos Intermunicipais com o RGPS.

O parcelamento com o RGPS será feito em 300 prestações mensais, prorrogáveis por mais 60, mediante limitação da parcela a 1% da Receita Corrente Líquida (RCL), e correção e juros dados por IPCA + 0% a 4%.

Na avaliação do presidente da Câmara dos Deputados, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), a alteração na Constituição vai dar maior garantia da saúde fiscal dos entes subnacionais.

"Ao estabelecer limites para o pagamento de precatórios pelos municípios, a nova emenda constitucional confere maior previsibilidade às administrações locais e assegura que as obrigações determinadas pela Justiça não resultem no colapso financeiro para esses entes federados”, disse Motta. “Ao mesmo tempo, abre prazo especial para o pagamento de débitos tanto quanto os seus regimes próprios, quanto com o Regime Geral de Previdência Social, dando fôlego às prefeituras e permitindo que possam reorganizar as suas contas com vistas ao equilíbrio atuarial e a sustentabilidade do sistema”, completou.

Créditos suplementares

A PEC também autoriza que créditos suplementares e especiais abertos em 2025 passem a compor o limite de despesas a partir de 2026. Na avaliação do governo, a medida dá espaço fiscal para que o Executivo Federal possa acomodar precatórios no Orçamento a partir de 2026 e pagar R$ 12 bilhões de licença-maternidade, decorrentes de uma decisão do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF).

Em 2024, a Suprema Corte declarou inconstitucional a exigência de carência mínima de dez contribuições ao INSS para que trabalhadoras autônomas e seguradas especiais possam receber o salário-maternidade. Agora, com apenas uma contribuição, elas podem ter acesso ao benefício, seguindo o mesmo critério das trabalhadoras formais.