Jail for Bolsonaro by no means signals the end of his political movement

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With widespread support at home and from Trump, his heir will take the fight to Lula in the 2026 presidential election

Four years have passed since Jair Bolsonaro laid out three possible denouements for his extraordinary political career, during which the oft-ridiculed fringe politician rose to become one of leading lights of the global populist right alongside Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump.

“Going to jail, being killed or victory,” predicted Brazil’s then president as he grappled with a deluge of political crises in August 2021.

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Relief for campaigners as five-star hotel on Milos’s famous ‘moon beach’ halted

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Authorities revoke building licence for cascading hotel complex on one of Greece’s most photographed shorelines

Environmental campaigners have welcomed a decision to halt construction of a disputed five-star hotel on a Greek beach known for its outstanding natural beauty.

Local authorities on the Cycladic island of Milos said a building licence for the resort on the world-renowned “moon beach” had been revoked by the municipality’s planning department after falling short of inspection standards.

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Australian War Memorial defers military history prize after judging panel awards it to book on Ben Roberts-Smith

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Exclusive: Governing council ‘retrospectively’ decides the Les Carlyon literary award should go only to first-time authors, ruling out Chris Masters’ book

The Australian War Memorial has effectively overruled a decision by its appointed judges to award a military history literary prize to a book about the alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith.

War memorial sources and documents seen by Guardian Australia show that an external judging panel chose Chris Masters’ book Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and War Crimes as the 2024 winner of the Les Carlyon literary award for military history, after a panel comprising memorial employees had included it in a shortlist of six from 59 entries.

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China Gives Mexico Stiff Warning Over Tariffs Seen Appeasing US – Bloomberg.com

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  1. China Gives Mexico Stiff Warning Over Tariffs Seen Appeasing US  Bloomberg.com
  2. China warns Mexico to 'think twice' before raising tariffs, threatens countermeasures  CNBC
  3. Beijing Warns Mexico Against Tariffs That Could Harm Chinese Goods  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Mexico acting ‘under coercion to constrain’ China with 50% tariff on cars, says Beijing  The Guardian
  5. Mexican officials to speak with China on tariffs next week  Reuters
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Trump to meet Qatar’s PM Friday in aftermath of Israeli strike in Doha – Axios

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  1. Trump to meet Qatar's PM Friday in aftermath of Israeli strike in Doha  Axios
  2. ‘Every time they’re making progress, it seems like he bombs someone’  Politico
  3. U.S. Joins U.N. Security Council’s Criticism of Israeli Strike in Qatar  The New York Times
  4. FBI Holds News Conference on Charlie Kirk Shooting  C-SPAN
  5. When You Try to Kill the Negotiators, Negotiations End  The Atlantic
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Venezuela says 11 killed in US boat strike were not gang members amid reports vessel was returning to shore

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Interior minister says ‘murder has been committed’ while US Congress demands justification for attack

None of the 11 people killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean last week were members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, Venezuela’s interior minister has said, while US media reported the attack came after the vessel had turned around and was heading back to shore.

The administration of Donald Trump has said the boat was transporting illegal narcotics, but has provided little further information about the incident, even amid demands from members of the US Congress for a justification for the action.

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Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room – The New York Times

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  1. Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room  The New York Times
  2. Nepal's former chief justice Karki likely to be appointed interim PM, source says  Reuters
  3. Kathmandu Mayor Balen's Word Of Caution For Nepal Gen-Z: "Please Don't..."  NDTV
  4. Nepal Gen Z unrest: Who is Kulman Ghising; new frontrunner for next PM studied in India - 10 things to kn  Times of India
  5. Nepal army says in talks with protesters to decide on interim leader  Al Jazeera
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NATO allies accuse Russia of deliberate drone incursion to test readiness – The Washington Post

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  1. NATO allies accuse Russia of deliberate drone incursion to test readiness  The Washington Post
  2. After Russian drones were downed in Poland, what does triggering NATO Article 4 mean?  CNN
  3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 10, 2025  Institute for the Study of War
  4. The Kremlin’s plot to kill NATO’s credibility  The Economist
  5. The Beginning of the End of NATO  The Atlantic
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Drones target Moscow, Russian oil facilities in reported large-scale Ukrainian strike – The Kyiv Independent

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  1. Drones target Moscow, Russian oil facilities in reported large-scale Ukrainian strike  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Ukraine drone hits Black Sea Russian city of Sochi after Putin holds meeting there  ABC News
  3. Nine Ukrainian drones heading to Moscow downed or destroyed: Sergei Sobyanin  Deccan Herald
  4. UAVs attacked Smolensk, Russia. VIDEO  Цензор.НЕТ
  5. Russia says oil tanker caught fire in Primorsk port after drone attack  Українська правда
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Sheinbaum Aims to Calm China Tensions After Tariff Backlash – Bloomberg.com

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  1. Sheinbaum Aims to Calm China Tensions After Tariff Backlash  Bloomberg.com
  2. China warns Mexico to 'think twice' before raising tariffs, threatens countermeasures  CNBC
  3. Beijing condemns Mexican import tariff plan it claims is aimed at China  South China Morning Post
  4. Mexico’s new tariffs on Asian imports aim to counter US trade pressures  AP News
  5. Mexico to place 50% tariff on Chinese cars after US lobbying  Euronews.com
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