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Bolsonaro says medications made him tamper with tracking device, triggering detention

By Luciana Magalhaes and Anna Portella SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday told a judge that medicine-induced paranoia and hallucination caused him to tamper with an electronic ankle monitor, court records showed, a day after police took him into custody out of fear he might flee. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de …

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Hamas delegation meets Egypt spy chief, says Israeli ‘breaches’ threaten ceasefire

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A senior Hamas delegation met Egypt’s intelligence chief in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the ceasefire agreement and the situation in Gaza, the group said, as both Israel and the Palestinian militant group continue to trade accusations of truce violations. Egypt, Qatar and the U.S. have been mediating between Hamas and Israel, securing …

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Analysis-COP30 deal exposes fragile climate unity as US steps back

By Richard Valdmanis BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -In the final fractious hours of the U.N. climate summit in Brazil, when a deal to advance the world’s fight against global warming was slipping out of reach, COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago reminded them about the cost of failure. This was the first international climate conference since …

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Brazil’s Lula says ‘multilateralism will win’ despite Trump opposition

By Nellie Peyton and Anathi Madubela JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The G20 summit in South Africa and the COP30 climate summit in Brazil show multilateralism is very much alive, despite efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to dismantle it, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Sunday. “(Trump) is trying to preach the end of …

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Exclusive-US to launch new phase of Venezuela operations, sources say

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-related operations in the coming days, four U.S. officials told Reuters, as the Trump administration escalates pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s government. Reuters was not able to establish the exact timing or scope of the new …

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro detained over flight risk, damaged ankle monitor

By Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s federal police on Saturday took former President Jair Bolsonaro into custody due to flight risk after he took a soldering iron to his ankle monitor, ending months of house arrest as he appeals his conviction for plotting a coup. The detention in a 12-square-meter room in …

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G20 summit in South Africa adopts declaration despite US boycott, opposition

By Tim Cocks, Julia Payne, Nqobile Dludla and Andrea Shalal JOHANNESBURG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Group of 20 leaders adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges on Saturday over U.S. objections, prompting the White House to accuse South Africa of weaponizing its leadership of the group this year. The declaration, which was drafted without …

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Fifth police officer dies after Brazil’s deadliest anti-drug raid

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police confirmed on Saturday that another officer wounded in Brazil’s deadliest anti-drug operation has died, bringing the number of police fatalities to five, the highest ever recorded in a single raid in the country. The operation, carried out on October 28 in the Penha and Alemao favela complexes …

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Several international airlines cancel their flights in Venezuela after US warning

MADRID (Reuters) -Three international airlines canceled their flights departing from Venezuela on Saturday, the day after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned major airlines of a “potentially hazardous situation” when flying over the country. Brazil’s Gol, Colombia’s Avianca and TAP Air Portugal canceled their flights departing from Caracas on Saturday, according to Flightradar24 and the …

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Protesters in Serbia demand accountability for attacks on students

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Thousands of anti-government protesters, led by students, marched peacefully through the Serbian capital Belgrade on Saturday, demanding accountability for those responsible for the deaths of 16 people when a railway station roof collapsed and an attack on a student protest a year ago.  The November 1, 2024 station tragedy in the northern city of …

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