Argentine lawmaker Marcela Pagano filed a criminal complaint against officials of the Milei administration to investigate how Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro crossed into Argentina and departed for United States despite a judicial ban on leaving Brazil.
The complaint was presented before the Federal Court in Puerto Iguazu, in Misiones province. It seeks to establish the circumstances of Bolsonaro’s entry into Argentina and his later departure toward United States.
The far-right senator, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, lost the presidential run-off to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday. He faces criminal cases in Brazil for corruption and money laundering, and Supreme Federal Court justice Alexandre de Moraes had prohibited him from leaving the country.
Pagano framed the matter in stark terms. “The justice system has to establish who organized Bolsonaro’s passage through our territory toward U.S. and whether Argentine officials facilitated it. A government cannot become the escape route for someone who is barred from leaving his country by court order”, she said.
The reconstruction presented to the court traces the route in detail. The Brazilian Senator crossed the international border between Foz do Iguazu and Puerto Iguazu through the Tancredo Neves crossing at 10.50 P.M. local time on Tuesday.
Forty minutes after entering Argentine soil, Flávvio Bolsonaro and his family boarded a private Gulfstream G400 jet at Iguazu International Airport. The aircraft belongs to the firm Baires Fly and had been positioned there since Monday.
🇧🇷 "I address the Brazilian people and the international community as the true elected president of Brazil."
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's presidential runoff to incumbent Lula da Silva by about 4.4 million votes, is claiming the presidency in a statement released… pic.twitter.com/oTTodsaOcU
The jet traced a path through the airspace of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Peru. It made a technical stop in Guayaquil, Ecuador, before landing Wednesday in Miami, avoiding Brazilian airspace at every stage.
Pagano detailed that Flávio Bolsonaro reached the air terminal under escort from an Airport Security Police patrol car. That force answers to the Security Ministry, which falls under the federal Executive.
The National Directorate of Migration initially denied on Tuesday that the conservative leader was present or had any flight plans. Yet the government of Javier Milei officially acknowledged his passage at 2.00 A.M. Wednesday, when the aircraft was already airborne.
The complaint demands clarification of another element, the presence in Misiones of Santiago Caputo, political strategist and chief advisor to the Argentine presidency. Caputo reportedly arrived in the province earlier in the week aboard the same private plane.
La Dirección Nacional de Migraciones informa que a las 22:50 hs del dia 27/10, ingresaron por el paso fronterizo de Puente internacional Tancredo Neves en la provincia de Misiones, los ciudadanos Flavio Nantes Bolsonaro, Fernanda Antunes Figueira Bolsonaro, Carolina Figueira…
Text reads: “The National Directorate of Migration reports that at 10:50 P.M. on October 27, entered through the border crossing of Tancredo Neves International Bridge in the province of Misiones, citizens Flávio Nantes Bolsonaro, Fernanda Antunes Figueira Bolsonaro, Carolina Figueira Bolsonaro and Luiza Figueira Bolsonaro, who did so with skilled travel documentation without any legal impediment to entry into the country, also the transits were registered by the enforcement authority without incidents. For its part, at 11:30 P.M., the incoming party boarded a private flight dispatched by the company Baires Fly S.A to the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, as reported in the flight plan.”
The written filing asks the court to investigate alleged crimes of illegal trafficking of persons, facilitation of illegal stay, abuse of authority, violation of public official’s duties, and cover-up. It requests urgent evidence measures including camera footage from the border bridge, aeronautical records, and the Airport Security Police duty logs.
The political fallout reached the legislature quickly. Argentine Congressman and former Defense Minister Agustin Rossi formalized a request to summon the Chief of Cabinet, Diego Santilli, to answer before Parliament.
The sequence raises the question at the heart of the complaint. A senator barred from leaving his country crossed a border, boarded a private jet, and flew to Miami without touching Brazilian airspace, all with a police escort on Argentine soil.
The government first denied any knowledge. It then confirmed the passage hours later, after the plane was gone. That gap between denial and confirmation sits at the center of the criminal filing.
The denunciation now forces the federal justice system to determine whether officials in the Milei administration facilitated a fugitive’s exit. The demand in Congress puts the same question to the Cabinet’s Chief.
U.S. federal judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, who presided over the criminal case against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, died Wednesday at the age of 92, and his pending cases will pass to another judge.
Alvin K. Hellerstein died Wednesday at 92 of natural causes after nearly three decades presiding over high-profile matters. He had led the penal process against President Maduro and Cilia Flores since the two were kidnapped on January 3 during a U.S. military incursion into Venezuelan territory.
Ed Friedland, administrative director of the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York, confirmed the death.
Hellerstein held the role for nearly three decades. He was appointed in 1998 by then U.S President Bill Clinton to the Southern District of New York, considered one of the most significant federal tribunals in United States.
BDE: Longtime Manhattan federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein, an Orthodox Jew appointed by President Clinton in 1998, has died at 92, according to a court spokesperson. He was overseeing the prosecution of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. pic.twitter.com/w0nHyrcwc2
The federal case against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has a new judge. Analisa Torres will preside over the Southern District of New York proceedings after the death of Alvin K. Hellerstein, court records confirmed Wednesday.
The tribunal posted a document covering the reassignment of matters “previously assigned to judges no longer serving due to retirement or death.” The notice names Torres as the magistrate now handling the file.
The court’s standard procedure produced the transition. A docket left by a deceased judge passes to a colleague, assigned without public choice. The reassignment document makes no special provision for the President Maduro file, treating it like every other pending matter.
Analisa Torres was born in New York in 1959. She reached the federal bench in 2013 by appointment of President Barack Obama, and she has since presided over a wide range of civil, criminal, and regulatory matters.
Her path runs deep in the law. Descended from a family of Puerto Rican judges, she graduated with honors from Harvard, earned her doctorate at Columbia Law School, and worked in private firms before entering the courts. Before her federal appointment she sat for almost a decade on the New York State Supreme Court. Earlier she served on the city’s civil and criminal benches.
The trial against the Venezuelan President and his wife remains set for June 14, 2027. The judge’s death did not alter that date, and the schedule already fixed by the court holds.
On October 15, President Maduro and Flores appeared at a judicial hearing in New York after prosecutors tightened the accusations against them. The two listened to the arguments and pleaded “not guilty” to the new charges of alleged conspiracy to commit torture brought by the U.S. Attorney’s office.
That same day Hellerstein accepted a request presented by both the prosecution and the defense to postpone the start of the trial by two weeks. The extra time allows both sides to present pretrial motions.
The next hearing was programmed for December 17. On that date the defense will argue its motions to dismiss the case. The outcome of those arguments could reshape the proceeding before it reaches a jury. President Maduro’s lawyers affirmed that sovereign immunity shields the President from prosecution in a foreign court.
Hellerstein’s career extended far beyond this single file. Over nearly three decades on the federal bench he supervised a wide variety of matters, including the litigation tied to the September 11 attacks.
That new judge will inherit the pretrial motions, the pending defense requests, and the responsibility of presiding over a trial that involves a sitting head of State and his spouse.
Venezuelan authorities have characterized the detention of President Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores as a kidnapping carried out during a military incursion into sovereign territory. The December 17 hearing stands as the next concrete step in a process scheduled to stretch into mid 2027.
Acting President Delcy Rodriguez demanded Wednesday that the Bank of England return Venezuela’s gold, calling the metal a Central Bank reserve that belongs to the Venezuelan people and declaring that no excuse remains.
Venezuelan Acting President Delcy Rodriguez delivered the demand during a working meeting with the Council of Ministers and regional authorities held at Miraflores Palace. She insisted the gold constitutes a reserve of the Central Bank and belongs to the nation.
Rodriguez recalled that the National Assembly, including the 2015 legislature, had produced an agreement in which political sectors of Venezuela called for the gold’s return, framing the demand as a settled matter of national will.
The Acting President added that an irrational legal action that opposition figures had attempted was dropped by those same actors. That withdrawal, she argued, removed any remaining justification for the Bank of England to hold the metal.
“There is no excuse. That is the only thing I have to tell the Bank of England. They must return Venezuela’s gold, which belongs to Venezuelan men and women”, she stated.
The language was direct. Rodriguez offered no room for negotiation, framing the gold as a sovereign asset held outside the country against the will of Venezuelan institutions.
#28Oct | La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, solicitó a la Cancillería de la República y a la Procuraduría General que inicien las gestiones correspondientes para recuperar el oro venezolano que se encuentra en el Banco de Inglaterra.
Text reads: “The Acting President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Attorney General to initiate the appropriate steps to recover the Venezuelan gold that is at the Bank of England. “I will not stop demanding the Bank of England to return our gold. Enough excuses. There was an agreement”, said Rodriguez, referring to the agreement to recover international reserve assets reached last August during the first cycle of dialogue between the delegations of the elected National Assembly in 2015 and the government (…)”
Mining Push Grows
The same working session included a live link with Mining Minister Hector Silva from the Choco plant in Bolivar state. Silva confirmed the arrival of 41 surface machines, part of a total of 544 pieces of equipment purchased by the state.
Those machines are meant to boost gold and coal production. The government tied the mining drive to strengthening the country’s reserves and generating income for social projects, health care, and worker welfare.
The equipment delivery anchors the government’s broader argument. Venezuela insists it does not need foreign permission to manage its resources, whether gold underground or gold stored abroad.
The Bolivarian government also pledged a productive revival across the country to energize the engines of the economy and support organized local development. The gold demand sits at the center of that agenda. Every program announced, from ham production to health brigades, depends on revenue the government says its reserves should generate.
Venezuela has long argued that the Bank of England’s refusal to release the gold violates its sovereignty. Acting President Rodriguez renewed that claim in the sharpest terms, insisting the metal funds the welfare of a people, not the accounts of a foreign institution.
No response from the Bank of England appears in the official record. The demand now stands public, delivered from the presidential palace and addressed directly to London.
The Spain’s government has declared three days of national mourning, from October 29 to 31, for the 64 people killed in the collision of two passenger trains on October 28 in the province of Toledo.
The Spanish government declared three days of national mourning, to be observed on October 29, 30 and 31, 2026. The order requires flags to fly at half-staff on public buildings and military installations across the country during the three days.
Pedro Sánchez announced the measure in memory of those who died in the rail collision in the province of Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha.
The impact occurred at 8:54 A.M. local time near the municipality of Urda. A high-speed AVE train, operated by state-owned Renfe, hit the rear of a train operated by the private company Iryo, which was stopped on the tracks. The collision derailed the last two cars of the Iryo train and sent several units down a ravine.
Following a deadly train crash near Toledo, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez declares 3 days of national mourning and demands strict safety measures: "It is unacceptable for Spain to suffer two high-speed rail accidents in the same year." pic.twitter.com/IeiKNHndtf
The crash involved two operators that share Spain’s high-speed network. Renfe, which is state-owned, runs the AVE, while Iryo, which is privately owned, operates the train that was struck from behind. Both companies carry passengers on high-speed corridors.
65 people died in the crash, according to the President of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page. There were 544 passengers aboard the two trains at the time of the impact: 397 on the AVE and 147 on the Iryo, including a baby.
The rescue operation involved 100 members of the Military Emergencies Unit. The Civil Guard’s Major Disasters Team also took part. The search for bodies continues, meanwhile the injured remain in hospitals.
Official activity was suspended in the central government and in regional administrations while emergency teams continue their work at the crash site.
Sánchez traveled to Toledo to assess the response at the scene. King Felipe VI set aside his official engagements after speaking with the prime minister about what had happened. Both cleared their public schedules.
For her part, Health Minister Mónica García suspended her scheduled activities and merged state medical resources with the regional administrations of Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha to assist victims of the disaster in Urda. The order pulled national capacity and local response into a single coordinated operation.
Signaling and safety failures on the high-speed network are the focus of the technical investigation. Transport Minister Óscar Puente went to Atocha station in Madrid to review those systems. He also examined the factors surrounding the collision between the two trains.
‼️Accidente tren
🚨 La Guardia Civil ha desplegado en la zona personal de Seguridad Ciudadana de la provincia de Toledo, OMAC (Oficinas Móviles de Atención a la Ciudadanía) así como agentes del SEPRONA y de la Jefatura de Tráfico.
Text reads: “The Civil Guard has deployed personnel from the Citizen Security area of the province of Toledo, OMAC (Mobile Offices for Citizenship) as well as agents from SEPRONA and the Traffic Headquarters.”
The January Precedent
The Urda disaster follows a wreck that Spanish investigators still struggle to explain. In January 2026, on the Madrid-Andalucía route near Adamuz in Córdoba province, an Iryo train departing the capital derailed and struck another unit serving the Huelva-Madrid corridor.
That collision produced no immediate answers and the track had been renovated shortly before. The first train cleared its technical inspection only four days earlier, moving between 200 and 210 kilometers per hour. Minister Óscar Puente described the crash as a highly unusual event.
The consequences spread fast. Rail service toward the south of the country stopped temporarily while experts examined the wreckage. Atocha station, Madrid’s main rail terminal, absorbed massive cancellations as passengers rebooked or abandoned their journeys.
Months later, the cause remains open. Renovated track, a freshly inspected train, and routine high speed, none of it explained the collision. That unresolved record shaped the public mood when the news from Urda arrived.
Two railway disasters within a single year have now tested Spain’s emergency systems twice. January demanded a forensic response, an effort to understand an accident that defied easy explanation. Urda has demanded a medical one.
Spanish authorities have not yet released a complete account of the Urda disaster. Investigators will face the same task that followed Adamuz, determining what failed and why. The January wreck left a toll of 39 dead and more than 100 wounded, and the questions it raised remain unresolved as the country confronts a second emergency on the same network.
The national mourning decreed by the government will last until October 31. Technical teams will determine the causes of the crash and the condition of the signaling systems on that stretch of the network, as well the recovery of the hospitalized injured completes the authorities’ immediate agenda.
The Brazil’s government warned that false social media posts claimed the 6×1 workweek law had been changed and that social programs such as Bolsa Familia faced cuts, and it urged citizens to consult official sources.
The Secretariat of Social Communication (Secom), denied that any change had been made to the constitutional amendment that ends the 6×1 workweek.
The posts, which spread after the presidential run-off, offered incorrect information about labor legislation and social benefits.
Constitutional Amendment 141 guarantees two paid rest days each week without any reduction in salary. The way those free days are organized can be settled through collective bargaining, as long as the constitutional conditions are respected. The Secretariat of Social Communication stressed that the norm remains in force and untouched.
The false claims included an alleged exclusion of certain professional categories from the new rules. No such proposal exists. The Secretariat of Social Communication explained that conversations with different sectors concern only how to implement rules that have already been approved.
The reduction of the workweek will unfold gradually. The initial limit will be 42 hours a week, and later 40 hours, with no salary reduction at any stage.
The government offered a blunt explanation of why the Executive holds no power over the text. Since the measure is a constitutional amendment approved by the National Congress, the Executive cannot modify or veto it.
O Governo do Brasil alerta para informações falsas que circulam nas redes sociais neste período pós-eleitoral sobre um suposto recuo no fim da escala 6×1 e cortes no Bolsa Família e no Gás do Povo. pic.twitter.com/SIR0but5Vl
Text reads: “The Government of Brazil warns about false information circulating on social media in this post-election period about a supposed retreat at the end of the 6×1 scale and cuts to Bolsa Família and Gás do Povo.“
Welfare Programs Intact
Separate rumors suggested that the Bolsa Família program faced suspension or reduced benefits. The Secretariat of Social Communication confirmed that the program keeps operating normally, with payments continuing and no cuts applied.
In October the minimum amount per family rose by 15.04%, from R$600 (about 112 U.S. dollars) to R$691 (around 129 U.S. dollars). That adjustment contradicted the online claims, since a program facing cuts does not raise its floor. Families can verify their information through the Bolsa Familia app, the Caixa Tem platform, or by calling 111, the direct line of the Caixa Economica Federal bank.
The government also rejected rumors about Gas do Povo, the program that provides free refills of 13-kilogram gas cylinders to families that meet the requirements. The Secretariat of Social Communication (Secom) affirmed that the initiative already has budget assigned for 2026 and that resources appear in the 2027 budget proposal sent to Congress.
The pattern was consistent across all the false messages. Each one targeted a program or a right that benefits working families, and each one crumbled against the official record.
The Secretariat of Social Communication (Secom) advised the public to distrust messages that do not identify reliable sources. Citizens should verify whether information has been confirmed by competent authorities before sharing it. The Social Direct Line 121 and official digital channels remain open for questions about benefits.
The warning reflects a government trying to contain a wave of misinformation at a politically charged moment. False posts about labor rights and welfare can spread faster than corrections, especially when they play on fear of losing income or benefits.
The facts, however, tell a different story. The workweek amendment stands. The Bolsa Familia Program pays more than before. Gas do Povo holds its funding for this year and next. None of the alleged changes appears in any official document.
The government’s message closed with a practical instruction. Before passing along a message about labor law or social programs, check the source. The tools to do so, apps and official channels, remain available.
Serguéi Lavrov described Africa as a civilization in its own right and one of the pillars of an order that, in his view, is replacing five centuries of Western hegemony. Russia opens the third summit on Wednesday with 48 delegations and an offer to support the continent’s industrial and technological sovereignty, with the El Dabaa nuclear plant already under construction.
Serguéi Lavrov spent nearly an hour and a half on Tuesday with the heads of Africa’s leading media outlets, gathered in Moscow on the eve of the third Russia-Africa summit, and laid out how Russia sees the continent.
“We regard the African continent as a distinct civilization, one of the most important pillars of the multipolar world that is now, as an objective course of history, actively taking shape on the international stage, replacing the hegemony that Western countries have exercised for more than 500 years,” the Foreign Minister said.
According to Lavrov, Russia wants to help strengthen the sovereignty of African states, the development of their industries and greater self-sufficiency in the economy, finance and technology. The summit agenda, on October 28 and 29, groups those goals into four areas, namely political and economic cooperation, security, science and technology, and cultural and humanitarian ties.
Nearly all the delegations from the 48 confirmed countries are already in Moscow, and 22 of them are led by heads of state. On the table are 33 documents, among them an agreement on cooperation in artificial intelligence, and the 2027-2029 joint action plan, which Vladimir Putin and Burundi’s Évariste Ndayishimiye, the current chair of the African Union, will adopt at Thursday’s plenary session. Putin also has 24 bilateral meetings scheduled, with the leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali and Libya, as well as Iran and Qatar, in a week when the Russian capital is also hosting the Gas Exporting Countries Forum.
Seven years separate this gathering from the first one, held in Sochi in 2019, which closed with 92 agreements worth some $12.5 billion. The second brought together delegations from 48 countries in St. Petersburg in July 2023, and since then the Russian Foreign Ministry has created the Department of Partnership with Africa to follow up on what was signed, while intergovernmental commissions grew from four in 2023 to nine in 2025. In August, Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced that Moscow would bring to this summit a package of contracts on peaceful nuclear energy, independent payment systems, food security, digitalization and artificial intelligence.
Paul Kagame confirmed his attendance after several Western governments suspended part of their financial aid to Rwanda in 2025, and in Moscow he will sign the creation of a cooperation commission with a country he has already invited to build fertilizer plants. Ghana, whose parliament is processing a military-technical cooperation agreement with Russia, has an open tender for its first nuclear power plant, a 1,000-megawatt facility, in which Rosatom is competing with suppliers from China, South Korea, Canada and the United States.
In 2023, oil, refined products, wheat and metals made up 90% of Russian exports to Africa, while Russia bought mainly fruit, cocoa and coffee. The balance leaves Russia with a surplus of more than $10 billion a year.
Settling that trade became harder when Russia’s exclusion from SWIFT in February 2022 cut off the usual channels of Russian banks. Moscow responded with its own payment network, in which the rublealready covers 84% of transactions with Africa, backed by the Russian financial messaging system, China’s CIPS, crypto assets and the A7 payment agent, which operates in Nigeria and Zimbabwe. For African importers the circuit still carries costs, since obtaining rubles requires a double conversion through dollars, exposes them to the volatility of that currency and leaves their banks open to Western secondary sanctions, which is why several banks on the continent refuse to process payments linked to Russia.
Egypt, which accounts for 30% of Russia’s trade with Africa, hosts the Russian Industrial Zone on the Suez Canal, agreed in 2018 for 50 years, which took its first step in July 2026 when Moscow selected the developer. An Egyptian government source estimates investment of up to $5 billion and completion in 2028, and goods made there with more than 30% local content will enter as Egyptian products the markets where Cairo has preferential agreements. Benedict Oramah, President of Afreximbank, the African Export-Import Bank, urged Russian companies to seize an open market in energy, mining, railways and health, and in June the bank signed contracts with four Russian manufacturers.
Uranium for Europe, Blackouts in Niger
On Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, at El Dabaa, Rosatom is building four 1,200-megawatt reactors that will supply 10% of the country’s electricity. A Russian state loan covers most of a cost set in 2017 at $28.75 billion, which other estimates put at $30 billion, and the first unit is due to come online between 2028 and 2029.
The Russian corporation, which is carrying out 27 of the 31 nuclear plant export projects underway worldwide, offers a complete package covering the reactor, fuel, waste management and staff training over a 40- to 60-year lifespan, to a continent where some 600 million people live without electricity. The International Energy Agency estimates that universal access requires $15 billion a year, six times what was committed in 2023 for sub-Saharan Africa.
Niger, the world’s eighth-largest uranium producer, supplied France’s power plants for more than five decades (France gets about 70% of its electricity from nuclear power) and in 2022 provided almost a quarter of the natural uranium delivered to European plants.Only 20% of its 25 million inhabitants have electricity, and in Arlit and Agadez, where the ore is mined, coverage is close to zero. French company Orano took 86.3% of all the uranium sold from the Somaïr mine since 1971, more than its 63.4% shareholding. General Abdourahamane Tiani’s government nationalized the mine and the power utility Nigelec in June 2025, and although a tribunal of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ruled in Orano’s favor in September and barred the sale of the ore, some 1,000 tonnes of concentrate are waiting at Niamey airport. The French press reported a deal to sell them to Rosatom.
Niger’s Mines Minister, Ousmane Abarchi, brought to Moscow a proposal for two reactors totaling 2,000 megawatts. “Electricity must be accessible to everyone on this planet; it should not be a privilege,” he said, and his Russian counterpart for energy, Sergei Tsivilev, replied that Moscow wants to build a complete peaceful nuclear energy system in Niger, beyond mining.
A plant of that size takes ten to fifteen years from contract signing to the first unit in operation, and costs tens of billions of dollars. The Russian model, tested in Egypt and Bangladesh, rests on state loans repaid over decades, and analysts following the case note that in Niger the most visible collateral is the uranium itself.
In Namibia, the world’s third-largest uranium producer, Rosatom plans to invest $500 million in a mine set to start production in 2029. Rwanda signed a roadmap in June for small modular reactors, Ethiopia signed another in March for its first power plant and Nigeria resumed the design of two plants. South Africa, home to Koeberg, the continent’s only commercial nuclear plant, launched a tender for 2,500 megawatts in which Rosatom is competing with French, South Korean, Chinese and U.S. companies.
Rosoboron export has military-technical cooperation agreements with 46 African countries and has signed some 150 contracts worth more than $20 billion since 2023. Between 2020 and 2024, Russia was the continent’s leading supplier of heavy weapons, with 21% of imports, ahead of China and the United States, helped by a Soviet-era arsenal that still needs spare parts and by contracts free of political conditions. Even with the war in Ukraine, which cut its global arms exports by 64% between 2021 and 2025, Africa accounts for 30% of the state company’s order book.
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger asked French troops to leave, formed the Confederation of Sahel States and opened their barracks to the Africa Corps, the force that replaced the Wagner Group under the direct command of Russia’s Defense Ministry. The “3+1” pact, signed in Niamey, extends cooperation to the economy and the central banks of the three countries, and Moscow plans to use the Togolese port of Lomé as a sea outlet for a landlocked region.
In July, during the second round of consultations with the Sahelian foreign ministers in Niamey, Lavrov spoke of building together “a fair multipolar world order” against “neocolonial practices.” Russia reopened its embassy in Niger this year, and Putin asked his Foreign Minister to invite the three presidents to the summit.
The alliance is fighting the jihadist coalition JNIM, which in September 2025 blockaded fuel supplies to Bamako and in April 2026 forced the Africa Corps out of Kidal. When Human Rights Watch attributed killings of civilians to Russian forces in July, Moscow and Bamako jointly rejected the accusation.
Lavrov announced in August a security memorandum with ECOWAS, the bloc the three Sahelian countries left in January 2025, and offered to mediate between the two; the regional organization has not yet confirmed the scope or the signing date.
Washington Tries the Russian Formula
The break with Niger cost the United States the withdrawal of 1,000 troops and a $110 million drone base in 2024, and Donald Trump brought a transactional approach. Massad Boulos, the presidential adviser for Africa, toured Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger in early 2026 and acknowledged past mistakes in the name of sovereignty, while Erik Prince, owner of a military contracting firm and an informal adviser to Trump, has been meeting with Madagascar’s junta since late 2025.
A U.S. company agreed in late 2025 with Mali’s state mining company to revive a gold deposit valued at $11 billion. In Madagascar, Washington is negotiating the $700 million Toliara project to extract titanium, zirconium and rare earths, along with a proposal for a military presence at the former naval base of Antsiranana. Colonel Michaël Randrianirina, who came to power after the overthrow of Andry Rajoelina, received Russian drones and instructors and U.S. envoys almost at the same time.
The Washington think tanks that call the Russian offer a “survival package”for military governments now note how their own government is adopting a similar scheme, with security in exchange for minerals.
From Classrooms to Fields
The places Russia funds for African students rose from 2,100 in 2021 to about 4,800 in 2026, and some 35,000 young people from the continent are now studying at Russian universities. The Association of African Universities opened an office in October at St. Petersburg Mining University, and Rwanda already has 24 graduates in nuclear fields working at its Atomic Energy Board and the country’s regulator.
Russia’s ambassador to Burkina Faso, Igor Martynov, pledged technology transfers in agronomy, fertilizers, irrigation, fisheries and animal vaccines. In Togo, which signed a military agreement with Russia in 2024 and keeps its security channels with the West open, the first intergovernmental commission closed on October 1 with a protocol, a memorandum on cultural heritage and plans for mechanization and fertilizer production from local phosphate.
Egypt is building its nuclear plant with Rosatom without distancing itself from Washington or the Gulf monarchies, South Africa defends its non-alignment and Ethiopia joined BRICS without breaking with its Western lenders. According to an analysis published within that bloc’s orbit, Russia is welcome in Africa wherever it offers what others do not.
This week’s 33 documents will add to the 92 from Sochi and those from St. Petersburg, and the 2027-2029 plan will have its first milestones at the Suez industrial zone in 2028 and, a year later, at the first unit of El Dabaa and the Namibian mine. With those projects, Moscow seeks to give concrete form to the idea of Africa as a pillar of the multipolar world that Lavrov laid out on Tuesday before the African media.
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fortunes changed Wednesday as vote counting in Israel wound down, with his Likud party and coalition partners edging out the leading competitor, retired Gen. Gadi Eisenkot. Netanyahu’s Likud party was projected to hold 26 seats in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, with more than 80 percent of the votes…
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fortunes changed Wednesday as vote counting in Israel wound down, with his Likud party and coalition partners edging out the leading competitor, retired Gen. Gadi Eisenkot. Netanyahu’s Likud party was projected to hold 26 seats in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, with more than 80 percent of the votes…
El juez federal Alvin Hellerstein falleció a los 92 años, a menos de ocho meses del juicio contra Nicolás Maduro y Cilia Flores. La justicia estadounidense deberá designar a su sustituto, mientras siguen pendientes decisiones sobre las acusaciones de narcoterrorismo y tortura.
El juez federal Alvin K. Hellerstein, quien encabezaba el proceso penal contra Nicolás Maduro y Cilia Flores en Estados Unidos, falleció a los 92 años, un hecho que obliga ahora a reorganizar el expediente mientras se mantiene, por el momento, la fecha de inicio del juicio para junio de 2027.
Varios teatros han desplazado las funciones de día o incluso cancelado su programación del 11 de noviembre, incluidos el Auditorio Nacional y el Teatro Real. "Son hechos muy graves que el público debe conocer", aseguran
Paul Mescal, Susan Sarandon o Tilda Swinton apoyan a Sally Rooney tras su veto en Reino Unido por su apoyo a Palestina
Los sindicatos CGT y CNT han denunciado que varios espectáculos de Madrid están vulnerando el derecho a huelga a sus trabajadores, tras haber cancelado o desplazado a fechas diferentes las funciones programadas para el 11 de noviembre.
Tanto en El Rey León que se representa en el teatro Lope de Vega como El alma al aire que acoge el Coliseum, las funciones previstas para el miércoles 11 se han trasladado al lunes 9. Ambas están producidas por Stage Entertainment. En su página web publicaron un aviso, que posteriormente borraron, en el que informaban: “Debido a la huelga general, la función del 11 de noviembre ha sido cancelada. Sentimos mucho las molestias”.
En el texto, al que ha tenido acceso este periódico, indicaban igualmente que quien tuviera entradas para ese día, podría cambiarlas sin coste adicional por otra función disponible. Este periódico ha intentado contactar con la productora, pero todavía no ha obtenido respuesta.
Captura del calendario de noviembre de 'El rey león' con el que se accede a la venta de entradas
También se han desplazado los conciertos programados para el 11 en el Auditorio Nacional de Música y del Teatro Real, ambos dependientes del ministerio de Cultura. El Teatro Real ha enviado un comunicado a los medios de comunicación informando de la reprogramación. En él alegan que se ha acordado “por razones de seguridad y para prevenir posibles incidencias en la movilidad del transporte público o eventuales cortes de circulación que podrían dificultar la entrada y salida del público, los artistas, los trabajadores y el resto de profesionales relacionados con el Teatro Real, derivadas de la convocatoria de huelga general para esa jornada”. Añaden que con esta medida quieren “garantizar y compaginar el derecho a la huelga de la plantilla con el compromiso con el público”.
Lo mismo ha ocurrido en el musical Six en el teatro Gran Vía, que gestiona el grupo Smedia y otros del mismo grupo, como Un Dios salvaje en el Alcázar y Victoria en el Fígaro. En los teatros Luchana directamente se ha cancelado toda la programación, dando día libre al personal. Los sindicatos denuncian que se han producido igualmente irregularidades en el musical Los Miserables, regentado por ATG Entertainment, que ha cambiado la función del día 11 al 8. La misma productora ha cancelado Querido Evan Hansen en el Rialto, Wicked en el Nuevo Teatro Alcalá y La función que sale mal en el Amaya.
Para los sindicatos, estos son hechos “muy graves que el público asistente a esos espectáculos debe conocer”. Además, indican que en las próximas semanas harán piquetes informativos en diferentes teatros madrileños y hacen un llamamiento al público que hubiera adquirido entradas para el día de la huelga general, para que rechacen el cambio de fecha y soliciten la devolución de los importes abonados.
Getting a free upgrade, freezing your liquids before boarding a plane, wrapping your passport in foil – many of the hacks that have gone viral on social media don’t hold up to scrutiny.
Getting a free upgrade, freezing your liquids before boarding a plane, wrapping your passport in foil – many of the hacks that have gone viral on social media don’t hold up to scrutiny.
O presidente Volodymyr Zelensky afirmou que discutiu, nesta quarta-feira (28), com o primeiro-ministro britânico Andy Burnham um pacote de apoio adicional para a Ucrânia, bem como a política de sanções.
“Um passo verdadeiramente forte e muito oportuno — que chega justamente no momento em que a Rússia precisa ver e sentir que a Ucrânia não será deixada sozinha para lidar com os problemas que a Rússia está tão empenhada em intensificar”, disse Zelensky na rede social X, ao comentar um apoio adicional de 10 bilhões de libras (cerca de 71,4 bilhões de reais) anunciado mais cedo, nesta quarta-feira.
Zelensky vai ao Reino Unido para reunião com Burnham sobre apoio na guerra
O presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelensky, chegou ao Reino Unido na quarta-feira (14) para se reunir com o primeiro-ministro britânico, Andy Burnham, em Londres, num momento em que o Reino Unido busca reafirmar seu apoio à Ucrânia, inclusive com a promessa de um novo pacote de mísseis terra-ar.
A reunião ocorre em um momento difícil para Zelenskiy.
O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, disse no fim de semana que ele deveria ser substituído na liderança da Ucrânia, dias depois de fechar um acordo com Moscou para suspender as sanções sobre as exportações russas de diesel.
O Reino Unido afirmou não apoiar o acordo EUA-Rússia sobre o diesel e pediu aos aliados que mantenham a pressão econômica sobre Moscou.
Burnham declarou que o apoio à Ucrânia é vital para garantir a segurança da população britânica e prometeu mais apoio militar.
Os Houthis do Iêmen atacaram o aeroporto de Aden nesta quarta-feira (28), informaram autoridades governamentais, depois que o grupo — alinhado ao Irã — alertou a população para se retirar do local, em meio a uma escalada dos combates no país, que se encontra inserido no conflito mais amplo do Oriente Médio.
Moradores da cidade portuária, situada no sul — onde está sediado o governo reconhecido internacionalmente e apoiado pela Arábia Saudita —, relataram ter ouvido uma explosão nas proximidades do aeroporto, que serve como uma via vital para a ajuda humanitária e é a principal porta de entrada para o sul do Iêmen.
O tráfego aéreo foi interrompido após o ataque, disseram à agência de notícias Reuters dois funcionários do Ministério dos Transportes.
Uma fonte ligada a organizações humanitárias afirmou que alguns funcionários da ONU deixaram o aeroporto pouco antes do ataque, e não houve feridos.
O porta-voz dos Houthis, Yahya Saree, declarou em uma publicação na rede social X que o aviso de retirada foi motivado, segundo ele, pela presença de uma aeronave de carga militar saudita que estaria entregando armas.
Não houve, de imediato, qualquer comentário por parte das autoridades sauditas.
Os Houthis, que controlam a capital, Sanaa, e a maior parte do noroeste do Iêmen, já atacaram o aeroporto de Aden em diversas ocasiões anteriores.
Moradores relataram que, antes da emissão do alerta, também foram ouvidas explosões em outras partes da cidade.
A Organização Internacional para as Migrações informou que sua equipe, que passava por Aden, está em segurança e que todos os seus integrantes foram localizados após os relatos do ataque.
Combates se intensificam
O ataque ocorre em um momento em que os combates entre os Houthis e a coalizão liderada pela Arábia Saudita — que apoia o governo do Iêmen — intensificaram-se nas últimas semanas, abrindo uma nova e volátil frente no conflito mais amplo entre EUA, Israel e o Irã.
No mês passado, as forças Houthis avançaram em direção ao Estreito de Bab el-Mandeb, uma das rotas marítimas mais estrategicamente importantes do mundo, situada no lado oposto ao Estreito de Ormuz, do outro lado da Península Arábica.
Desde então, as forças governamentais têm buscado retomar territórios na costa do Mar Vermelho, em uma manobra que poderia enfraquecer o controle dos Houthis sobre esse ponto de passagem crucial.
Paralelamente, a coalizão intensificou os ataques contra posições Houthis, em resposta à escalada de ofensivas do grupo contra a Arábia Saudita.
Na terça-feira (27), a organização humanitária MSF (Médicos Sem Fronteiras) informou que uma de suas aeronaves estava prestes a decolar do aeroporto de Aden, dias atrás, quando as equipes humanitárias foram orientadas a buscar abrigo devido à queda de um míssil nas proximidades.
“O aeroporto de Aden é o principal ponto de entrada para trabalhadores humanitários, suprimentos e equipamentos médicos destinados ao sul do Iêmen; portanto, garantir um acesso seguro a ele é fundamental”, declarou a organização em um comunicado.
A emissora Al Masirah, controlada pelos Houthis, relatou que 14 pessoas morreram e 15 ficaram feridas no que descreveu como um ataque saudita à região de Jawf, no norte do Iêmen.
A retomada dos combates pôs fim a uma trégua mediada pela ONU em 2022, que havia conseguido conter, em grande parte, os ataques de maior escala no conflito — iniciado após os Houthis expulsarem o governo de Sanaa, em 2014.
Agências de ajuda humanitária alertam que essa nova onda de violência está agravando rapidamente as condições em um país que já enfrenta uma das piores crises humanitárias do mundo.
Uma pessoa morreu em decorrência de um ataque com drone ucraniano na região russa de Belgorod, informaram as autoridades locais de emergência nesta quarta-feira (28).
A Reuters não conseguiu verificar a alegação de forma independente.
Ataque ucraniano danifica infraestrutura industrial em Novomoskovsk
Destroços de drones ucranianos danificaram infraestrutura industrial em Novomoskovsk, na região russa de Tula, além de prédios de apartamentos e residências particulares, informou o governador regional, Dmitry Milyayev, por meio do Telegram.
Novomoskovsk, situada a cerca de 200 km ao sul de Moscou, é um importante polo de produção química.
Milyayev afirmou que equipes de laboratórios e do órgão de fiscalização da saúde pública foram enviadas à cidade, sem fornecer mais detalhes.
Ataque russo provoca grande incêndio na Ucrânia e deixa quatro feridos
Um incêndio de grandes proporções teve início após um ataque com drones russos ao distrito de Osnovyanskyi, em Kharkiv, na noite desta terça-feira (27).
Um prédio de apartamentos de dois andares, residências particulares e um edifício industrial foram atingidos pelo fogo.
Segundo o prefeito de Kharkiv, Igor Terekhov, há registro de quatro pessoas feridas, incluindo um menino de 4 anos.
Líderes europeus de países vizinhos manifestaram hoje profundo pesar após a colisão de dois trens na província espanhola de Toledo, que resultou na morte de dezenas de pessoas.
O primeiro-ministro de Portugal, Luís Montenegro, expressou suas “condolências e profunda solidariedade” aos afetados, colocando seu país à disposição “para o que for necessário” após o acidente.
Em nome do Governo e do povo de Portugal, expresso as nossas condolências e profunda solidariedade às famílias das vítimas do grave acidente ferroviário em Toledo, Espanha. Deixo aos espanhóis, às suas autoridades e a todas as equipas a trabalhar nas operações a nossa disponibilidade para o que for necessário e o desejo de uma rápida recuperação aos feridos e a todos aqueles que foram afetados por esta tragédia.
O ministro das Relações Exteriores da Itália, Antonio Tajani, afirmou estar acompanhando a situação “com profunda preocupação”, acrescentando que o Consulado-Geral da Itália em Madri está trabalhando para verificar se há cidadãos italianos entre as vítimas.
Seguo con profonda preoccupazione le notizie del tragico scontro tra due treni avvenuto a Toledo, in Spagna, che ha provocato vittime e feriti. Il nostro Consolato Generale a Madrid è al lavoro per verificare l’eventuale coinvolgimento di cittadini italiani e fornire tutta l’assistenza necessaria. Il mio pensiero va alle famiglie delle vittime, ai feriti, al Re Felipe VI, al Governo e a tutto il popolo spagnolo, cui esprimo la mia vicinanza in questo terribile momento di dolore.
O presidente da França, Emmanuel Macron, manifestou solidariedade às vítimas da colisão e a seus familiares, bem como às equipes de emergência que atuam no local.
“Ao povo espanhol, expresso a solidariedade da França”, declarou ele.
Terrible drame ferroviaire en Espagne. Nos pensées vont aux victimes, à leurs familles, aux nombreux blessés ainsi qu’à l’ensemble des équipes mobilisées dans les opérations de secours. Au peuple espagnol, j’exprime la solidarité de la France.
Ursula von der Leyen, presidente da Comissão Europeia, classificou a notícia da colisão como “devastadora” e afirmou que seu “coração está com as famílias e os entes queridos das vítimas”.
Em uma publicação na rede social X, von der Leyen escreveu: “Hoje, a Europa está de luto com vocês”.
Just received the devastating news from Toledo on the collision of two high-speed trains. My heart goes out to the victims’ families and loved ones. Today, Europe mourns with you.
Por sua vez, Benjamín León Jr., embaixador dos Estados Unidos na Espanha, disse estar acompanhando “de perto” as notícias sobre o acidente “com profunda preocupação”.
Ao expressar solidariedade às vítimas, León Jr. afirmou que “todo o nosso apoio está com as equipes de emergência que trabalham no local neste momento. Estamos ao lado da Espanha nestes instantes”.
Embajador Benjamín León Jr.: “Seguimos con profunda preocupación las noticias sobre el grave accidente ferroviario ocurrido en Toledo. Nuestros pensamientos están con las víctimas, sus familias y seres queridos. Todo nuestro apoyo a los servicios de emergencia que están trabajando sobre el terreno. Acompañamos a España en estos difíciles momentos”
Líderes do Reino Unido, Suíça, Bélgica, Alemanha, Ucrânia, Países Baixos, Polônia, Suécia, Noruega, Finlândia, República Tcheca, Lituânia, Letônia, Romênia, Estônia, Croácia, Macedônia do Norte, Eslováquia, Moldávia, Bósnia e Herzegovina, Montenegro e Andorra também manifestaram seus sentimentos.
O primeiro-ministro britânico, Andy Burnham, expressou suas condolências à Espanha.
Em pronunciamento na Câmara dos Comuns, Burnham afirmou ter entrado em contato com o primeiro-ministro espanhol, Pedro Sánchez, para “oferecer todo o apoio necessário”.
O rei Felipe, da Espanha, afirmou que o acidente ferroviário foi uma “tragédia terrível” e expressou suas condolências às famílias afetadas. Ele participava de um exercício militar na cidade de Bétera, em Valência; a atividade precisou ser encurtada devido ao acidente.
Colisão de trem na Espanha deixa pelo menos 64 mortos, diz governo
Pelo menos 64 pessoas morreram após a colisão de dois trens de alta velocidade na província de Toledo, na Espanha, informou um porta-voz do governo regional ao veículo de notícias local CMM Noticias nesta quarta-feira (28).
Esther Padilla, porta-voz do governo regional da planície de Castilla-La Mancha, afirmou que havia 146 passageiros e um bebê em um dos trens, e 397 passageiros no outro.
“O tráfego na linha ferroviária de alta velocidade entre Madri e a Andaluzia foi suspenso após uma colisão traseira entre dois trens”, informou a Adif em uma publicação no X.
O presidente do país, Pedro Sánchez, se pronunciou sobre o acidente nas redes sociais. Ele disse que já está em contato com o ministro dos Transportes, Oscar Puentes, e com o presidente da Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page.
Consternado ante el grave accidente de trenes en Toledo. Permanezco en constante contacto con el ministro de Transportes, @oscar_puente_, y con el presidente de Castilla-La Mancha, @garciapage. Los servicios de emergencia están trabajando sobre el terreno para atender a las personas afectadas y garantizar su seguridad, en coordinación con todas las administraciones implicadas. Mi cariño, solidaridad y apoyo a todas las víctimas y sus familias.
O jornal espanhol El País citou testemunhas que relataram vários feridos e a chegada de equipes de emergência ao local. Segundo a reportagem, dois dos vagões envolvidos no acidente teriam saído dos trilhos e caído por um barranco.
De acordo com o El País, o acidente ocorreu pouco depois das 9h, no horário local, entre as cidades de Los Yébenes e Urda, na província de Toledo.
Um porta-voz do serviço de emergência 112 de Castilla-La Mancha informou à CNN que um relato de colisão foi recebido às 8h45 (horário local).
Segundo as informações recebidas, um dos trens, pertencente à empresa Iryo, estava parado ou trafegando em baixa velocidade quando foi atingido por um trem AVE, operado pela Renfe, a companhia ferroviária nacional da Espanha.
Parte do trem AVE saiu dos trilhos, enquanto vários vagões do trem da Iryo descarrilaram, disse o porta-voz, acrescentando que uma unidade militar de emergência foi mobilizada.
Um posto de comando avançado foi montado próximo ao local do acidente.
Paralelamente, em Urda, Toledo, foi aberto um abrigo onde a Cruz Vermelha presta assistência aos feridos e fornece alimentos e outros suprimentos a quem necessita de apoio não médico.
A CNN entrou em contato com ambas as empresas, mas ainda não obteve resposta.
Governo regional pede doações de sangue
O governo regional de Castilla-La Mancha solicitou doações de sangue após o acidente ferroviário ocorrido nesta quarta-feira (28)
“Doem sangue”, diz uma publicação no X. “Hoje, a sua solidariedade é muito importante.”
Mediadores do Catar apresentaram ao Irã uma nova minuta de acordo para encerrar a guerra contra os Estados Unidos e Israel, informou uma autoridade a par das negociações.
No entanto, um alto funcionário iraniano afirmou que Doha apresentou apenas ideias inaceitáveis, que não chegam a constituir uma proposta real.
A fonte a par das negociações — que não é iraniana — declarou que uma nova minuta de proposta de paz para o conflito, que já dura oito meses, foi apresentada no domingo (25) e está sendo analisada por Teerã; espera-se uma resposta até o final da semana.
O Catar, juntamente com o Paquistão, tem liderado os esforços de mediação para encerrar a guerra, um conflito que tem prejudicado o transporte marítimo global e o fornecimento de petróleo, e que, recentemente, estendeu-se à Arábia Saudita e ao Iêmen.
Segundo a fonte, a proposta apresentada pelo Catar estabelece um cronograma de sete dias que aborda as preocupações tanto de Teerã quanto de Washington, definindo medidas diárias de construção de confiança a serem adotadas por ambos os lados.
O cronograma poderia começar no início da próxima semana, e diversos países atuariam como fiadores do acordo, acrescentou a autoridade.
Pouco depois, um alto funcionário iraniano envolvido nas conversas afirmou que o Catar apresentou apenas “ideias inaceitáveis, e não uma proposta”, ressaltando que a política de Teerã — de não demonstrar qualquer flexibilidade em relação à questão nuclear — permanece inalterada.
Washington deseja que o programa nuclear iraniano — que existe há décadas — seja incluído, desde o início, nas negociações para encerrar a guerra.
O Irã, por sua vez, sustenta que suas condições — que incluem o fim do bloqueio dos EUA aos portos iranianos e a suspensão das sanções às exportações de petróleo do país — precisam ser atendidas primeiro.
O país rejeita as preocupações ocidentais de que seu programa nuclear tenha natureza militar.
Ataque a refinaria de petróleo saudita
No final de setembro, o Irã apresentou uma proposta de sete dias, segundo a qual, conforme afirmou o ministro das Relações Exteriores, Abbas Araqchi, o Estreito de Ormuz — uma das rotas de transporte de energia mais importantes do mundo — poderia ser reaberto caso certas condições fossem atendidas.
O presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, rejeitou a proposta, o que levou a uma nova rodada de mediação por parte do Catar.
A minuta discutida em Teerã no domingo (25) era diferente daquela proposta anterior, informou uma autoridade a par das negociações, embora os detalhes do plano mais recente não tenham ficado claros de imediato.
A mesma autoridade havia dito anteriormente à agência de notícias Reuters que os mediadores catarianos coordenaram suas ações com Washington antes de seguirem para Teerã.
Esforços anteriores de mediação para encerrar a guerra — iniciada pelos EUA e por Israel em 28 de fevereiro — chegaram a resultar em um acordo de paz provisório em junho, mas este acabou sendo rapidamente desfeito.
Nas últimas semanas, as forças Houthis do Iêmen, alinhadas ao Irã, lançaram ataques recorrentes contra a Arábia Saudita — um aliado fundamental dos EUA e o maior exportador de petróleo bruto do mundo —, abrindo uma nova frente no conflito, que já dura oito meses.
Os preços do petróleo (LCOc1) subiram mais de 1%, ultrapassando os 115 dólares por barril nesta quarta-feira (28), após um ataque Houthi contra a maior refinaria de petróleo da Arábia Saudita, Ras Tanura, o que intensificou as preocupações com riscos ao abastecimento.
Os confrontos com os Houthis se intensificaram no mês passado, à medida que o grupo militante avançava contra as forças apoiadas pela Arábia Saudita em direção ao Estreito de Bab el-Mandeb — outra importante rota de navegação, situada no lado oposto da Península Arábica em relação ao Estreito de Ormuz.
Preocupações com o risco de novas greves
Uma autoridade a par das negociações afirmou que, antes da reunião de domingo (25) em Teerã, havia receios de que o primeiro-ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu — que disputa um novo mandato em eleições gerais —, pudesse retomar os ataques contra a República Islâmica ainda esta semana.
Na sexta-feira (23), o presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, reiterou ameaças de atacar o Irã novamente, enquanto autoridades de segurança iranianas disseram à Reuters que Teerã elaborou planos detalhados para atacar cabos submarinos no Golfo, caso os EUA e Israel retomassem as ofensivas.
Na segunda-feira (26), altos representantes da Arábia Saudita, da Turquia e do Paquistão reuniram-se com autoridades iranianas em Teerã, como parte de esforços para reduzir a tensão.
O Catar declarou, na terça-feira (27), que o Irã precisa cessar as ameaças contra os Estados árabes do Golfo e liberar o Estreito de Ormuz, demonstrando assim boas intenções para que os esforços de mediação possam prosperar.
Os Estados do Golfo foram alvo de bombardeios constantes no início do conflito.
A guerra também reacendeu os confrontos entre Israel e o Hezbollah, grupo armado libanês apoiado pelo Irã.
O cenário contribuiu para a queda nos índices de aprovação de Trump, às vésperas das eleições de meio de mandato nos EUA, que definirão o controle do Congresso.
O presidente dos Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, disse que “tudo é possível” ao ser questionado, nesta quarta-feira (28), se os Estados Unidos realizariam mais ataques contra o Irã após as eleições de meio de mandato.
As Forças Armadas dos EUA já gastaram mais de US$ 47 bilhões (cerca de R$ 250,7 bilhões) na condução da guerra no Irã — um valor superior em mais de 25% à estimativa feita pelo Departamento de Defesa em julho, segundo dados do Pentágono obtidos pela agência de notícias Reuters.
O Pentágono não respondeu prontamente a um pedido de comentário sobre sua estimativa, que não foi divulgada publicamente.
A revelação sobre o custo crescente da guerra no Irã surge em um momento em que os republicanos lidam com as repercussões políticas desse conflito impopular, às vésperas das eleições de 3 de novembro, que definirão o controle do Congresso pelos próximos dois anos.
Trump também deve iniciar uma viagem pela Ásia, durante a qual se espera um encontro com o presidente chinês, Xi Jinping.
A desnuclearização poderá estar na pauta — embora o próprio Trump tenha reconhecido que o objetivo não será fácil de alcançar, dado que outros países também possuem armas nucleares.
Trump diz que guerra contra Irã é “uma das melhores coisas que já fizemos”
Trump, classificou a guerra contra o Irã como “uma das melhores coisas que já fizemos”, apesar de o conflito continuar sendo profundamente impopular internamente e de muitos candidatos do Partido Republicano defenderem o seu fim.
Questionado na quarta-feira (21) se lamenta ter iniciado a guerra, o presidente americano disse aos repórteres: “Não, acho que é uma das melhores coisas — acho que é uma das melhores coisas que já fizemos”.
“Impedimos o Irã de ter uma arma nuclear. É uma das melhores coisas que já fizemos”, continuou ele, acrescentando que sua decisão de atacar o país do Oriente Médio em fevereiro “exigiu muita coragem”.
No entanto, quase oito meses após o início da guerra, o presidente não conta com grande apoio da população dos EUA: uma nova pesquisa da CNN, divulgada nesta quarta-feira, mostrou que apenas 30% dos americanos aprovam a sua condução da política externa.
A CNN conversou com muitos eleitores, inclusive em comícios do presidente, que apontaram o impacto do conflito nos preços dos combustíveis e no custo de vida como uma questão central para as próximas eleições.
Enquanto isso, alguns republicanos que enfrentam disputas eleitorais difíceis neste outono têm se distanciado do presidente no que diz respeito à guerra.
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