Empreitada tem um prazo de execução de 90 dias e deverá estar concluída até 26 de janeiro de 2027. IP tem duas outras obras de reabilitação rodoviária no concelho de Abrantes.
A intervenção responde aos danos provocados pelas intempéries do início do ano, que originaram deslizamentos de terras e obrigaram ao encerramento temporário daquele troço da EN2
Pontiff posts mail-in ballot ahead of crucial elections and after sparring with Donald Trump earlier this year over the Iran war, which saw the president accuse him of being ‘weak’ and ‘endangering Catholics’
Pontiff posts mail-in ballot ahead of crucial elections and after sparring with Donald Trump earlier this year over the Iran war, which saw the president accuse him of being ‘weak’ and ‘endangering Catholics’
Pontiff posts mail-in ballot ahead of crucial elections and after sparring with Donald Trump earlier this year over the Iran war, which saw the president accuse him of being ‘weak’ and ‘endangering Catholics’
As bolsas asiáticas fecharam majoritariamenteem baixa nesta sexta-feira (30), acompanhando as perdas de Wall Street, após a frustração com a receita da Alphabet, controladora do Google, levar investidores a reduzir a exposição a ações de tecnologia.
A empresa, uma das principais “hyperscalers” (gigantes de computação em nuvem) no boom de inteligência artificial, perdeu cerca de meio trilhão de dólares em valor de mercado na quinta-feira (29), depois que o crescimento da receita de buscas do Google no terceiro trimestre perdeu fôlego, devido ao menor potencial de monetização das pesquisas com IA.
“O entusiasmo com a inteligência artificial pode sustentar expectativas elevadas, mas os resultados precisam mostrar avanços em rentabilidade e geração de caixa”, disse Antonio Di Giacomo, analista sênior de mercado da XS.com.
“Nesse ambiente, o mercado pode punir até um crescimento robusto de receita quando os lucros decepcionam ou quando as necessidades de investimento continuam aumentando.”
O tombo de quase 13% da Alphabet pesou sobre ações de tecnologia nos EUA e o movimento de aversão ao setor deve continuar, com futuros do Nasdaq em baixa de 2% no fim da madrugada.
As perdas também se espalharam para a Ásia. Na Coreia do Sul, o Kospi caiu 3,48%, para 5.730,74 pontos, embora tenha se recuperado das mínimas do dia.
A Samsung ampliou as perdas de ontem após divulgar resultados do terceiro trimestre, enquanto a SK Hynix interrompeu uma sequência de cinco sessões de ganhos.
A Korea Exchange chegou a suspender temporariamente as negociações de ações do Kospi depois que os futuros do índice recuaram mais de 5%.
No Japão, o Nikkei caiu 2,12%, para 63.290,11 pontos. Ao fim de sua reunião de dois dias de política monetária, o Boj (Banco do Japão) decidiu manter sua taxa básica de juros inalterada em 1,25%, como amplamente esperado, depois de elevá-la no mês passado.
Na China continental, o Xangai Composto recuou 1,44%, a 3.599,02 pontos, e o menos abrangente Shenzhen Composto apresentou queda mais intensa, de 2,65%, a 2.057,33 pontos.
Em Taiwan, o Taiex perdeu 2,49%, a 45.211,83 pontos. Na contramão, o Hang Seng avançou 1,46% em Hong Kong, para 23.294,42 pontos.
Na Oceania, a bolsa australiana contrariou o tom negativo da Ásia, e o S&P/ASX 200 avançou 0,18% em Sydney, para 8.908,10 pontos.
The US and Japan have signed a deal to establish an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) facility in Japan, a move that will help bolster production of the most sought-after American beyond-visual-range air-to-air munition.
The agreement paves the way for a final assembly and checkout (FACO) facility for AIM-120 AMRAAMs—which arms F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters operated by both countries and many other US allies—in Japan.
“This is a groundbreaking agreement that will not only ensure the acquisition of equipment needed by both Japan and the United States, but will also strengthen Japan’s defense industry base,” Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirō Koizumi announced after holding discussions with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on 28 October, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus in Cebu, the Philippines.
The Japanese Defense Minister said the AMRAAM missiles are “essential for the F-35” and that the new facility is part of “Operation Supercharge,” a US-Japan initiative to strengthen cooperation on defense equipment and technology, particularly munitions production and industrial capacity.
However, he did not provide any information on the potential facility location, operator, cost, timeline, or the planned output.
The AIM-120 is the primary beyond-visual-range (BVR) active radar-guided air-to-air missile and the longest-range air-to-air weapon in the US Air Force (USAF) arsenal.
It remains the most widely deployed active radar-guided missile, integrated on more than a dozen aircraft types across more than 40 nations, including the F-35, which the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) also operates.
Additionally, the missile is also used in the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) and other ground-based air defense systems, many of which have been combat-tested in Ukraine.
US and Japanese officials said that the agreement will diversify the AMRAAM industrial base and build regional stockpiles for Washington and its allies.
The agreement comes amid intense global demand for precision munitions, as conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East have depleted stockpiles and rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific have heightened the need for resilient supply chains.
Earlier, Raytheon signed a deal with the US Department of War in February 2026 to produce at least 1,900 AIM-120 missiles annually. Later that year, the company was awarded a five-year AMRAAM production contract by the Department worth up to $20.7 billion in September 2026, with options for two more years.
AIM-120 AMRAAM (Via RTX’s Raytheon)
Against that background, Japan’s new facility will not supplant US production lines but will create a second node, improving much-needed surge capacity and reducing logistics risks for the F-35 fleets and other platforms of both countries, as security risks from China in the Indo-Pacific continue to mount.
The agreement on the new facility stems from work that began in July 2024 at that year’s 2+2 meeting.
The licensing process took more than two years due in part to Japan’s tight constitutional prohibitions on exporting lethal weapons or even co-producing offensive equipment with allies, which stem from its peace-focused foreign policy following its tragic losses in World War II.
Additionally, the AMRAAM includes intellectual property and sensitive guidance systems that must be protected.
For this reason, the proposed facility does not promise to produce the entire missile locally. Instead, a final assembly and inspection approach enables Japan to finish and verify missiles with parts made through an industrial structure.
Japanese Industry Pursues Closer Ties With USA
Japan has pursued a deeper defense industrial relationship with the United States as a core element of its security strategy for decades. This push accelerated after the 2022 National Security Strategy and related documents, which called for fundamentally reinforcing Japan’s defense capabilities, revitalizing its industrial base, and expanding international cooperation amid heightened security threats from China.
It is, however, pertinent to note that while it pursues new areas of collaboration that were earlier farther, it already has a long history of licensed production of US equipment, as well as joint development of several cutting-edge systems.
This includes the SM-3 Block IIA ship- and land-based ballistic-missile interceptor, co-developed by Raytheon and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Designed to engage ballistic missiles in the mid-course phase of flight and a key element of Aegis ballistic missile defense for both the US Navy and Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force, the SM-3 Block IIA entered full-rate production in 2024.
In fact, in addition to the latest AMRAAM deal, the US and Japan “agreed to share the necessary technical information to achieve increased production” of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile. However, neither side has said when more output will be available or how much the most recent deal is expected to boost overall SM-3 production.
SM 3 Block IIA launched from the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex at Hawaii – Wikimedia Commons
This follows Raytheon’s $745.4 million contract to manufacture and assemble SM-3 Block IIA all-up rounds for both the US and Japan earlier this year, and Tokyo reportedly funded nearly half of the immediate obligation under that contract.
Notably, the US Navy used SM-3—including the Block IIA variant—during the Iran War, and reports suggest the overall inventory of these interceptors has been significantly depleted in the past eight months of hostilities.
Japan has also manufactured Patriot air-and-missile interceptors for decades through licensed production agreements, including that of the PAC-2 and the PAC-3.
In a notable development reflecting easing rules, Japan exported finished PAC-3 missiles to the US in November 2025 to help replenish US stocks depleted by aid to Ukraine, as the EurAsian Times reported at the time. However, Japanese officials clarified that the interceptors would be used only by the US and would not be supplied to a third nation.
PAC-3 | Lockheed Martin
Patriot systems, particularly the PAC-3 MSE interceptor, have been a cornerstone of US defense alongside THAAD in its latest conflicts with Iran.In fact, the US and Japan are currently discussing co-production of the PAC-3 MSE, the more advanced hit-to-kill variant.
The co-development of the Mitsubishi F-2 combat aircraft by the United States and Japan remains a classic example of their collaboration and close defense ties.
The F-2 is a derivative of the US F-16 Fighting Falcon, developed through a partnership between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Lockheed Martin through technology transfer, design support, and manufacturing. Japan has also license-produced an array of US aircraft, including the F-15J, the P-3C Orion, and Sea Hawk military helicopters, among others.
Beyond aircraft production, Japan currently operates a Final Assembly and Check-Out (FACO) facility for the F-35A Lightning II in Nagoya, operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
It is one of only a small number of F-35 FACO facilities located outside the United States. At this facility, Mitsubishi performs final assembly, systems integration, and check-out of F-35A aircraft destined for the JASDF.
For this, major components and kits are supplied from the global F-35 production network, with Japanese industry contributing certain parts and performing final build and testing.
In the past, the Japanese defense industry has also license-produced the AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. Currently, Japan is aiding the US in producing the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 under a licensed production agreement struck in June 2025.
Under the agreement, Raytheon supplies missile kits, parts, components, and technical assistance, while Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) handles the domestic assembly and production of the missiles.
Japan also builds and equips its destroyers with the Aegis Combat System and manufactures critical radar and missile components in partnership primarily with Lockheed Martin and Raytheon (RTX), along with Japanese firms such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Electric.
Japanese destroyers are based on US Arleigh Burke designs and incorporate licensed Aegis technology, and Japan builds the ships domestically with extensive US systems integration.
Further widening the scope of this industrial collaboration, the United States and Japan have expanded practical cooperation on ship repair and shipyard capacity with an eye on expanding the ability of Japanese shipyards to perform maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) work on forward-deployed US Navy vessels.
In 2025, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on shipbuilding cooperation to expand capacity, encourage Japanese investment in US shipyards, explore standardization of designs and parts, and strengthen overall industrial resilience.
The US is considering Japan’s FFM Mogami-class guided-missile frigate design for its next frigate, after US President Donald Trump issued a national security memo in August 2026 allowing the Navy to acquire foreign ship designs and build some warships overseas amid delays and cost overruns at home.
Against that backdrop, the latest agreements on AMRAAM FACO and expanded SM-3 production cooperation suggest Japan is pursuing two goals: strengthening its defense industrial base and contributing more actively to collective deterrence.
Contact the author at sakshi.tiwari13 (at) outlook.com
Sobre a retirada da máquina, Aida Fernandes, presidente do Baldio de Covas do Barroso, refere, citada em comunicado, que “é uma vitória para a nossa luta. E é uma alegria vermos uma máquina daquelas, que não tem outro objetivo que não destruir o baldio, a ir-se embora”.
“É uma vitória para a nossa luta. E é uma alegria vermos uma máquina daquelas, que não tem outro objetivo que não destruir o baldio, a ir-se embora”, acrescenta.
Carlos Gonçalves, morador de Covas do Barroso, também citado no comunicado, sublinha que a empresa “diz que não houve nenhum bloqueio, porque não havia trabalhos planeados. Alguém acredita nisto? De manhã, quando começávamos o bloqueio, víamos a carrinha dos trabalhadores a chegar ao local. Mas quando nos avistavam, iam-se embora. Se não tinham mais trabalhos planeados, porque é que demoraram três dias a retirar a máquina? É um discurso conveniente. Serve só para evitar alarme entre os investidores”.
Nélson Gomes, presidente da associação Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso (UDCB), frisa que “este bloqueio mostra que a comunidade está disposta a fazer o necessário para travar este projeto. A empresa não tem a maior parte dos terrenos que precisa para avançar com a mina, e ninguém aqui lhes vai facilitar a vida. Os investidores deste projeto andam iludidos. Tudo o que a empresa promete acaba por ser mais caro e demorado do que o prometido. E tenho a certeza de que no final este projeto vai cair”, pode ler-se na nota de imprensa envida pela associação UDCB.
Durante três dias, entre terça e quinta-feira, populares juntaram-se junto a um local de prospeção, em terreno baldio inserido na servidão administrativa concedida à Savannah, com o objetivo de bloquear os trabalhos da empresa.
Durante estes dias, a concessionária da mina insistiu que “não estavam previstas intervenções no local dos protestos” e, ao final da tarde de quinta-feira, anunciou que concluiu os trabalhos geotécnicos no bloco este do projeto lítio do Barroso, numa área onde se instalará a fábrica e se concentrarão as atividades durante os primeiros oito anos de operação.
A empresa referiu que o programa se encontra concluído naquela área, que as operações prosseguiram noutras frentes de trabalho, de acordo com o planeamento definido e repetiu que a sua atuação, no local, ocorreu ao abrigo da servidão administrativa concedida pela Estado português.
The Trump administration does not plan to back Flavio Bolsonaro’s claim to be Brazil’s rightful leader, despite helping the defeated candidate reach the US after years of supporting him and his father, a US official and another person familiar with the matter said.
President Donald Trump has said Brazil’s election on Sunday looked “rigged” but has pointed out that he offered no endorsement in the hotly contested race. Trump has also said he gets along well with incumbent leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the 81-year-old former union leader who beat the odds to clinch reelection by 3.5 percentage points.
The US official and the person familiar with the matter, who both spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Trump has no current plans to support Bolsonaro’s political ambitions even as the administration allowed him into the country, though they said the president could change his mind.
The Trump administration’s posture suggests the president may be reluctant to cause a fresh crisis in relations with Brazil, which have gone through ups and downs in recent months.
LAST-SECOND DEPARTURE AFTER COURT RULING ON PASSPORT
A third US official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Bolsonaro’s political capital had fallen now that he is in self-exile. Many conservatives in Brazil who had expected him to lead the opposition in the coming years have criticized his flight.
The White House referred a request for comment to the State Department, which did not reply. The Brazilian government and a representative for Bolsonaro did not respond to requests for comment.
Flavio’s father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, is imprisoned in Brazil for attempting a self-coup to stay in power after losing his reelection bid in 2022.
Some Brazilian officials, also speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Reuters that Bolsonaro’s departure helps Lula by weakening the conservative opposition in Brazil’s Congress.
Bolsonaro’s flight was a last-second decision that came after a Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered him to turn in his passport, granting a request by federal police who are investigating him over two alleged money-laundering schemes, US officials and others familiar with the matter said.
The police request came in just minutes after the election was called for Lula, according to Brazilian media reports, a timeline that some conservatives have pointed to as evidence of political motivation.
Supporters of Lula’s government point out that, days before the election, Flavio’s brother, Eduardo, suggested publicly that Flavio should leave Brazil if he lost. Eduardo, a former congressman who himself lives in the US, was convicted in Brazil in June of courting interference from the Trump administration in his father’s trial.
Argentine authorities said that Flavio Bolsonaro, his wife and two daughters crossed a bridge into northern Argentina at 10:50 p.m. on Tuesday before boarding a chartered aircraft at 11:30 p.m. Bolsonaro and his family then flew to Miami via Ecuador.
It is unclear how Bolsonaro traveled from his home in Brasilia to the bridge crossing 750 miles (1,300 km) away or exited Brazil without the knowledge of Brazilian customs officials. But during that journey, Bolsonaro contacted multiple US officials regarding his departure, according to one of the US officials.
Jason Miller, a Trump adviser who is close to the Bolsonaro family, helped arrange the flight from Argentina, the person familiar with the matter said. During Bolsonaro’s journey, Secretary of State Marco Rubio recommended to Trump that Bolsonaro be admitted, a recommendation the president signed off on, according to the US official.
During Bolsonaro’s two-leg flight, State Department officials scrambled to determine the best legal route for admitting him and his family, discussing the matter with Department of Homeland Security personnel, the official said. Ultimately, US authorities granted them humanitarian parole at the border, a temporary status given to individuals when urgent humanitarian concerns or a significant public interest are at play, the official added.
In an open letter posted on X on Wednesday, Bolsonaro declared himself “the elected president.” He then deleted that version and updated it with another letter in which he said he was Brazil’s rightful “leader.”
BRAZILIAN POLITICS WORTHY OF A TELENOVELA
The Bolsonaro departure was the latest chapter in a tumultuous period in Brazilian politics and in US-Brazil relations.
Bolsonaro’s father was president from 2019 to 2023, then lost reelection to Lula and was jailed last year for his self-coup attempt. Lula himself spent 17 months in jail in 2018 and 2019 on corruption charges that were later annulled.
The US last year slapped sanctions on the judge overseeing the trial of the elder Bolsonaro and other Brazilian officials. Washington lifted the sanctions after Trump and Lula had a notably cordial interaction at the UN General Assembly.
During the campaign, Brazil objected to what it called attempts by some US officials to boost the Bolsonaro campaign, and the government has refused to seat the incoming US ambassador to Brazil, a close Rubio ally, in part due to those objections.
Reuters reported last week that two conservative State Department officials successfully pushed for the Brazil sanctions as well as terrorist designations of two Brazilian organized crime groups, measures aimed at tilting the election in Bolsonaro’s favor.
Still, even as Trump has attacked the way Brazil conducted the election, he has refrained from criticizing Lula.
“I like Lula, I get along with him very well,” Trump told reporters on Monday. “I just think it had a very bad look, the election.”
The vast produce farms of Yuma County, Arizona, rely heavily on foreign workers who cross the border every day from Mexico. John Boelts, a farmer and staunch supporter of US President Donald Trump, praises the administration’s strict border controls – though he says that competing Republican factions have complicated efforts to hire foreign labourers.
The vast produce farms of Yuma County, Arizona, rely heavily on foreign workers who cross the border every day from Mexico. John Boelts, a farmer and staunch supporter of US President Donald Trump, praises the administration’s strict border controls – though he says that competing Republican factions have complicated efforts to hire foreign labourers.
A Savannah comunicou na quinta-feira ao mercado que concluiu com “sucesso no início da semana” os trabalhos de reconhecimento geotécnico e hidrogeológico previstos para o Bloco Este do Projeto Lítio do Barroso.
“Esta é a área onde se instalará a fábrica e se concentrarão as atividades durante os primeiros oito anos de operação”, sublinha a empresa.
A campanha, realizada em contínuo pela equipa ao longo de aproximadamente cinco meses, permitiu recolher mais informação técnica detalhada sobre as características dos terrenos e as condições hidrogeológicas da área, essencial à engenharia e à preparação das futuras infraestruturas do Projeto.
Foram abrangidos 276 pontos de observação, incluindo 189 poços de reconhecimento, dos quais resultaram centenas de amostras enviadas para ensaios geotécnicos em laboratórios certificados.
Realizaram-se ainda 32 sondagens para piezómetros, que permitem medir e acompanhar os níveis de água, e 30 sondagens geotécnicas, que forneceram dezenas de amostras destinadas a caracterizar as condições das fundações das futuras instalações e a qualidade dos materiais que poderão ser utilizados em construção.
Impacto na economia local
Para além dos mais de 40 trabalhadores da Savannah envolvidos nesta campanha, os trabalhos mobilizaram, em média, cerca de 30 profissionais por dia.
A campanha contou adicionalmente com a participação de quatro empresas portuguesas: uma local na limpeza florestal e movimentação de terras, uma empresa regional na segurança no trabalho e duas empresas nacionais, respetivamente, nos serviços especializados de perfuração geológica e geotécnica e de vigilância profissional de equipamentos e pessoas.
Somando estes serviços aos de restauração, alojamento e outros de dia-a-dia, terão sido aplicados, durante este período de menos de meio ano, bem mais de 500 mil euros em serviços diretos na economia local.
Os trabalhos prolongaram-se por coincidirem com o verão, período de maior risco de incêndio rural definidos pelas autoridades locais, e altura em que as operações e os horários foram adaptados em conformidade com as restrições em vigor.
Emanuel Proença, CEO da Savannah, considera que “A conclusão desta campanha representa mais um passo concreto no desenvolvimento do Projeto Lítio do Barroso.
Foram cinco meses de trabalho intenso, com uma equipa alargada e envolvendo empresas locais e regionais, que nos permitiram recolher um conjunto muito significativo de informação técnica para a próxima fase do Projeto”.
“Relativamente à contestação ao projeto dos últimos dias, por sermos da região, sabemos que a mesma não representa o sentimento local. Nós vemos no dia a dia a cada vez maior aceitação do Projeto por todos aqueles que acolheram a via do diálogo, vemos o interesse que as pessoas têm no Projeto e nas oportunidades que ele está já a criar nas comunidades. Mais de 2.000 candidatos a novos empregos, e 50 novas vagas para preencher nos próximos meses, reforçam a grande responsabilidade que temos em mãos. Vamos continuar a desenvolver um Projeto de sucesso, que nos orgulhe a todos, no Barroso, em Portugal e na Europa”, acrescentou.
Savannah rejeita acusações
A Savannah esclarece ainda que, ao contrário do referido repetidamente nos últimos três dias, o protesto dos últimos dias não paralisou trabalhos. Conforme a empresa foi esclarecendo, não estavam previstas intervenções no local dos protestos, encontrando-se o programa já concluído nessa área. As operações prosseguiram noutras frentes de trabalho, de acordo com o planeamento definido pela empresa.
A Savannah reafirma que a sua atuação no local ocorreu ao abrigo da Servidão Administrativa concedida pela Estado português.
Com a conclusão da campanha, a Savannah revela que “dispõe agora de informação geotécnica e hidrogeológica adicional para apoiar as soluções de engenharia do Bloco Este do Projeto Lítio do Barroso”.
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