Bolsonaro ordered to pay damages for racist remarks in office

Court rules former president, sentenced to 27 years for coup attempt, must pay R$1m for ‘cockroaches’ comment in 2021

Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to pay R$1m (£138,000) in collective moral damages for remarks deemed “racist” while he was in office.

The latest ruling, delivered by a state appeals court, came less than a week after Brazil’s former president was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for leading an attempted coup to overturn the result of the 2022 election.

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Netanyahu’s ‘super-Sparta’ vision braces Israel for isolated economic future

Israeli PM’s outline of partial autarky and more militarised society stirs up backlash and concern over pariah status

Hours before unleashing a ground offensive against Gaza City on Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu braced his country for a future of mounting economic isolation, urging it to become a “super Sparta” of the Middle East.

The future the prime minister laid out for Israel, of a more militarised society, a partial autarky – or economically self-sufficient country – with limited trade options and relying increasingly on homemade production, has stirred up a backlash among Israelis who are ever more uneasy at the prospect of following him down the path to a pariah state.

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Targeting Financial Network Generating Millions for Iranian Military and Additional Actions in Support of Maximum Pressure on Iran – U.S. Department of State (.gov)

  1. Targeting Financial Network Generating Millions for Iranian Military and Additional Actions in Support of Maximum Pressure on Iran  U.S. Department of State (.gov)
  2. US slaps new sanctions on individuals and firms that help Iran sell its oil  Al Jazeera
  3. US sanctions target financing of Iran's military, Treasury says  Reuters
  4. US sanctions Iranian financiers, others over $100M in cryptocurrency transfers from Iran oil sales  AP News
  5. US sanctions Iranian oil network tied to IRGC and MODAFL  The Jerusalem Post
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‘We’ve lost our voice’ – Spiked

  1. ‘We’ve lost our voice’  Spiked
  2. I left the Tommy Robinson rally with the worrying realisation: this movement is only going to get bigger | Helen Pidd  The Guardian
  3. What Elon Musk gets wrong about Europe’s hard right  The Economist
  4. Elon Musk says UK needs ‘revolutionary’ change of government in speech to anti-migrant rally  CNN
  5. Police hurt during Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rally in London  BBC
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US slaps new sanctions on individuals and firms that help Iran sell its oil – Al Jazeera

  1. US slaps new sanctions on individuals and firms that help Iran sell its oil  Al Jazeera
  2. Targeting Financial Network Generating Millions for Iranian Military and Additional Actions in Support of Maximum Pressure on Iran  U.S. Department of State (.gov)
  3. US sanctions target financing of Iran's military, Treasury says  Reuters
  4. US sanctions Iranian financiers, others over $100M in cryptocurrency transfers from Iran oil sales  AP News
  5. US sanctions Iranian oil network tied to IRGC and MODAFL  The Jerusalem Post
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Man Known as the ‘Tinder Swindler’ Is Arrested in Georgia – The New York Times

  1. Man Known as the ‘Tinder Swindler’ Is Arrested in Georgia  The New York Times
  2. 'Tinder Swindler' con artist Simon Leviev arrested in Georgia  BBC
  3. ‘Tinder Swindler’ Shimon Hayut arrested in Georgia on Interpol request  The Guardian
  4. Netflix’s ‘Tinder Swindler’ Arrested After Allegedly Stealing $50,000 From Woman  Variety
  5. ‘Tinder Swindler’ Simon Leviev arrested on mysterious new charges after Interpol Red Notice  New York Post
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Ghana says all immigrants deported by the US have been sent home, contradicting lawyers – AP News

  1. Ghana says all immigrants deported by the US have been sent home, contradicting lawyers  AP News
  2. Federal Judge Declines to Intervene for Migrants Deported to Ghana  The New York Times
  3. Immigrants deported from US to Ghana are sent home, where lawyers say some could face torture  CNN
  4. Trump Admin Hit With New Lawsuit, Claims Migrants Held In 'Straitjackets'  Newsweek
  5. Trump’s Rapid Deportations Spotlight Court Frustrations  Bloomberg.com
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Donald Trump warns Hamas to avoid using hostages as shields – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Donald Trump warns Hamas to avoid using hostages as shields  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Hamas ‘moves hostages above ground to use as human shields’  The Telegraph
  3. Trump warns Hamas against using Israeli captives in Gaza as ‘human shields’  Al Jazeera
  4. Netanyahu warns Hamas against harming hostages as Gaza City op begins: 'You will have no shelter'  The Times of Israel
  5. Hamas holding hostages in homes, tents above ground in Gaza City to hinder IDF offensive  yahoo.com
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