Sep 11 Watch 8:58 Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro convicted of attempted coup By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was sentenced to over 27 years in prison after he was found guilty of attempting to use military force to overturn an election and plotting to assassinate current President Luiz Inacio Lula da… Continue watching
Sep 11 Trump tries to distance U.S. from Israel’s strike on Qatar amid fury from Arab leaders By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Just a few months ago, the rulers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump to their palaces with camel parades and pomp. Now, those same leaders are united in anger after Israel’s strike… Continue reading
Sep 11 South Korean workers who were detained in a Hyundai factory raid are now headed home. Here’s what else to know By Kate Brumback, Russ Bynum, Associated Press The workers went by bus from southeast Georgia to Atlanta earlier in the day and are expected to land in South Korea on Friday afternoon. Continue reading
Sep 11 U.K. fires ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson after publication of supportive emails to Jeffrey Epstein By Pan Pylas, Associated Press On Wednesday, The Sun newspaper published emails that it said showed Mandelson telling Epstein to "fight for early release" shortly before Epstein was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Continue reading
Sep 11 Brazilian Supreme Court panel sentences Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup attempt By Mauricio Savarese, Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Associated Press A panel of Brazilian Supreme Court justices sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison Thursday after convicting him of attempting a coup to remain in office despite his 2022 electoral defeat. Continue reading
Sep 11 Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ of hostage release with strike on Doha, Qatar’s prime minister says By Jon Gambrell, Abdel Kareem Hana, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Sheikh Mohammed was expected to attend a U.N. Security Council meeting later Thursday, part of a diplomatic push by Qatar after the strike. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 8:15 ‘Putin is mocking’ Trump, Polish foreign minister says after Russian drone incursion By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn It was an ominous series of firsts for the world’s largest military alliance. For the first time in NATO history, alliance airplanes engaged enemy targets in allied airspace, and for the first time since Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, NATO… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 5:25 The potential consequences of Israel’s strike on Hamas in Qatar By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi The leader of the United Arab Emirates visited Doha to express solidarity with Qatar, one day after an unprecedented Israeli attack on the Gulf nation. Israel's airstrikes that targeted Hamas's political leaders reportedly failed to kill them, but rattled the… Continue watching
Sep 10 Nationwide protests in France turn new prime minister’s first day into chaos By John Leicester, Jeffrey Schaeffer, Thomas Adamson, Associated Press A day of anti-government action across France on Wednesday saw streets choked with smoke, barricades in flames and volleys of tear gas as protesters denounced budget cuts and political turmoil. Continue reading
Sep 10 UK ambassador to U.S. under scrutiny over his links to ‘best pal’ Epstein By Pan Pylas, Associated Press British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he has “confidence” in the country’s ambassador to the United States following mounting criticism of his links to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading