A judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition as part of his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett said Trump must give his deposition by Dec. 11 unless the discovery deadline is extended beyond Dec. 18.
This followed complaints by the BBC's legal counsel about the delay in the deposition after Trump had canceled a previously scheduled deposition for Oct. 16.
"The formerly respected and now disgraced BBC defamed President Trump by intentionally, maliciously and deceptively doctoring his speech in a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 presidential election," a spokesperson for Trump's legal team told Fox News Digital.
"The BBC has a long pattern of deceiving its audience in coverage of President Trump, all in service of its own leftist political agenda. President Trump’s powerhouse lawsuit is holding the BBC accountable for its defamation and reckless election interference just as he has held other fake news mainstream media responsible for their wrongdoing."
The BBC previously filed a motion to compel Trump’s deposition. The BBC had said it understood that Trump’s deposition requires "additional planning," and he "accepted the obligations of civil litigation" when he chose to file the lawsuit.
Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC late last year for its 2024 "Panorama" documentary that distorted his remarks to supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. Critics claim the documentary was misleading because it omitted Trump's call for supporters to protest peacefully, splicing together separate portions of a lengthy address to give a wrong impression.
"We're going to walk down to the Capitol. And I'll be there with you. And we fight — we fight like hell," the documentary showed Trump saying.
In reality, Trump said, "We're going to walk down to the Capitol. And we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them, because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong."
It wasn't until 54 minutes later that Trump called on his supporters to "fight like hell" for election integrity.
The BBC previously issued an apology for the erroneous edit and said it had pulled the program from its platforms. Despite the apology, the broadcaster has insisted the mistake is not enough for a defamation claim.
The controversy led to the resignations of BBC News CEO Deborah Turness and BBC Director-General Tim Davie.
Num mundo em que a inteligência artificial está a tomar conta de tudo e um ritmo alucinante, que espaço ainda resta às capacidades humanas, seja nas empresas, nas universidades, nas decisões políticas ou no jornalismo? Esta e outras questões mereceram a reflexão de protagonistas de renome no regresso da edição ao vivo do podcast “Puxar Pela Cabeça”, um programa da Amrop Portugal, conduzido por Maria da Glória Ribeiro e que conta com o JE como parceiro.
Para esta conversa, moderada por João Marcelino, diretor do JE, a Universidade Católica Portuguesa recebeu Isabel Capeloa Gil, reitora da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Mário Crespo, jornalista, Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, Assunção Cristas, Rui Miguel Nabeiro e Maria da Glória Ribeiro. Estes especialistas que partilharam visões e experiências distintas sobre as transformações que poderão marcar a próxima década.
Confrontada com todas possibilidades que se colocam através da tecnologia, Maria da Glória Ribeiro, diretora da Amrop Portugal e consultora, considera que as capacidades humanas “serão sempre as mais importantes” e define tudo aquilo que a tecnologia está a replicar como algo que “está ligado ao cérebro mas não à mente, sem intuição ou emoção”. A especialista considera que essas qualidades vão ficar para os humanos e que será tudo isso “que nos irá distinguir dos humanóides que nos vão substituir”. Num contexto em que os recrutamentos têm uma boa dose de tecnologia a determinar se determinado candidato é o melhor para a função, Maria da Glória Ribeiro não tem dúvidas: “Nunca aceitaria que um candidato fosse excluído através da avaliação de uma ferramenta de IA. As conversas até podem ser online mas nada é decidido sem uma reunião presencial”.
Decisões ao ritmo do algoritmo
A anfitriã deste encontro, Isabel Capeloa Gil, começou por ser desafiada para projetar o futuro do ensino superior, num mundo em rápida mudança alavancada na tecnologia. Para a reitora, o ensino superior “é muito mais do que um criador de emprego ou criar braços para a indústria” e terá que regressar à sua função primordial: a de articular a formação de um profissional com a formação de um cidadão que deve estar preparado para refletir e resistir à desinformação. Para Isabel Capeloa Gil, o mercado precisa de pessoas que pensem e que tragam valor e quanto a IA, terá o seu papel como extensão das possibilidades do ser humano.
Para Rui Miguel Nabeiro, CEO da Delta, a tecnologia é muito importante mas seja a IA ou qualquer outro mecanismo, tem que trazer sempre eficiência. Reconhece que a Delta está a aprender a melhor forma de adotar tecnologia e que isso também trouxe um maior acréscimo de trabalho: “A fórmula mágica é continuar a trabalhar junto dos nossos clientes para conquistar o top10 mundial que é o nosso objetivo”.
O advogado e ex-governante Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, autor do livro “Algoritmocracia”, expôs algumas das suas teses sobre a forma como os algoritmos estão a tomar conta das nossas vidas e como querem acima de tudo, a nossa atenção: “Os algoritmos escolhem aquilo que nós vemos e são eles que vão tomar decisões. Vão entrar na nossa vida em decisões que nunca pensamos atribuir-lhes competências”.
E como será no campo da energia e da sustentabilidade? A advogada e também ex-governante, Assunção Cristas, sublinha que “o grande desafio é tornar estas possibilidades tecnológicas como alavancas da sustentabilidade” e apesar de reconhecer dificuldades, considera que “o conhecimento vai permitir-nos esta evolução de forma sustentável e a fazer escolhas mais informadas”. Com Portugal a receber investimento no sector dos centros de dados, a advogada da Vieira de Almeida não tem dúvidas da importância de trazer estas infraestruturas para Portugal: “Serão muito importantes, serão âncoras de desenvolvimento, mas é preciso que tudo isto seja verdadeiramente bem feito”.
O jornalista Mário Crespo não tem dúvidas que os mecanismos atuais de IA permitem produzir coisas absolutamente sublimes, como um discurso muito bem escrito, mas deixou a pergunta: “Será que isso substitui a eloquência de um grande orador? Creio que não”. Para este profissional da comunicação com muitos anos de trabalho nos EUA, “habituamo-nos a reduzir os nossos standards de exigência e a aceitar a solução mais cómoda”. E como vê a relação de Trump com o Chat GPT? “Utiliza-o de forma muito curiosa e muito ridícula. Vivemos numa fase de absurdo”, realça.
“Para as empresas, há mais desafios para além da IA”
Rui Miguel Nabeiro reconhece a importância da tecnologia e não a desvaloriza, mas como CEO de uma das empresas mais importantes do país (e que quer crescer a nível mundial), realça que “é preciso perceber que há muito mais desafios para as empresas do que a IA”. E concretiza: “A gestão das pessoas é o mais importante, assim como a capacidade de conhecer os nossos clientes e de humanizar essa relação. Naturalmente que as tecnologias são fundamentais mas não podem ser o único tema nem o único desafio. E se a IA nos disser para lançar um produto no mercado e se não corre bem? Há muitos desafios para lidar e as pessoas estão nesse caminho”. Este responsável destaca ainda que “quando definimos determinados valores para a Delta, como o humanismo e a proximidade, sabemos que isso terá sempre um custo. Mas o bem-estar é algo que valorizamos e isto é um círculo virtuoso”.
“Preservar a empatia é essencial”
Isabel Capeloa Gil não tem dúvidas que a IA é imparável e que tentar evitá-la, no âmbito do ensino superior, “é como tentar parar o mar com as mãos”. Qual a solução? “Temos que potenciar uma adoção ética. A forma como os modelos de IA são utilizados e a forma pedagógica com que são utilizados é a chave. No meu entender, não basta que o estudante reproduza o que está na IA, é preciso trabalhar com os alunos para os sensibilizar que a capacidade de dominar o seu futuro será a capacidade de resolver aquilo que lhes vai aparecer pela frente”. Assim, é necessário um processo de evolução pessoal e quem sai da universidade “tem que entender o algoritmo e saber lidar com isso para perceber o que está por trás de tudo isto. Mas o pensamento crítico e a criatividade vem através de outros instrumentos”. E aqui, a reitora dá especial ênfase à empatia: “Temos que preservar a empatia e isso é essencial. Temos que ser capazes de ler e compreender aquilo que lemos, é um problema central. Tem que haver literacia e numeracia”.
“Novas gerações devem fazer perguntas”
Para Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, “somos todos responsáveis pela delegação de poder que confiamos à IA”. E que papel cabe às novas gerações nesse desafio? “Há mais emprego, mas as empresas contratam cada vez menos jovens. É importante que as novas gerações tenham a capacidade para fazer perguntas, para questionar constantemente”. O advogado considera que “no dia em que delegármos tudo na máquina, acabou a supervisão humana. E as máquinas vão ficar cada vez mais sofisticadas. Temos que ser donos das decisões”. O ex-governante lança um olhar no futuro e deixa um prognóstico: “Cada um de nós vai pagar de forma diferente consoante aquilo que o algoritmo sabe sobre nós e qual a nossa capacidade financeira. Vamos querer isto?”. Para Adolfo Mesquita Nunes, “a IA gere riscos brutais que podem determinar a existência de uma empresa ou os valores de uma família”.
“A Europa tem que se emancipar”
Mário Crespo não tem dúvidas de que a Europa tem um grande desafio e que esse repto é para já: “Tem que se emancipar porque deixou-se atrasar face aos EUA. Há pulsões nos governos europeus que mostram uma vontade de libertação, é visível no Reino Unido, no Canadá. Olhamos para a China e percebemos que há ali um método. Nos EUA, a governação de Trump prometeu uma poupança de trilhões ao erário público e isso foi confiado a Musk: foi um desastre humanitário completo”. O jornalista deixou um cenário do que eram as redações e da forma como estas também foram perdendo a memória: “Nas redações é fundamental a memória de redação e mesmo nas nossas famílias havia sempre aquele respeito pelos mais velhos, que eram instituições. Agora já não é assim. O fact checking deve ser usado, eu faço isso e todos os que trabalham nesse meio”.
Regulação e competitividade
Para Assunção Cristas, antiga governante e advogada da Vieira de Almeida, não devem haver clivagens entre os dois conceitos: “É importante que haja regulação porque isso transforma-se numa vantagem competitiva. Quando as pessoas usam menos o seu carro próprio e usam um carro elétrico de uma plataforma, tomam uma decisão muito mais sustentável”. Mas há riscos e os maiores passam pelas cisões e as fissuras “que podem ser criadas na sociedade fruto da evolução tecnológica e da transição energética”. Assim, “temos que confiar na regulação e em quem pode liderar a mudança”, concluiu.
Depoimentos inéditos, entrevistas com testemunhas-chave e o áudio do único telefonema de Duarte Lima com a polícia. O novo Podcast Plus centra-se no caso do homicídio de Rosalina Ribeiro, no Brasil.
Domingos Duarte Lima foi acusado do homicídio de Rosalina Ribeiro em 2011, pela justiça brasileira. O início do julgamento do advogado está marcado para o próximo dia 5 de novembro, no Tribunal de Sintra
Two nonprofits linked to Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham have rejected a congressional ultimatum to turn over financial records, accusing lawmakers of using a foreign-influence investigation to target their political views and violate their First Amendment rights.
The People's Forum Inc., a New York City-based activist hub, and BreakThrough News, a far-left nonprofit media outlet, fired back in letters to Tuesday the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, which threatened to depose their leaders — and Singham personally — if the organizations failed to comply with earlier subpoenas for financial records.
The People's Forum blasted the latest congressional crackdown as a "MAGA-led witch hunt."
BreakThrough News and its supporters accuse the committee of targeting the outlet over its coverage of Israel and immigration enforcement, while lawmakers maintain the probe concerns the organizations' finances and structure.
The showdown comes as the Republican-led committee, headed by Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., investigates whether millions of dollars flowing through Singham's network of tax-exempt nonprofits are being used to advance Chinese Communist Party interests in the United States.
"This approach is tantamount to holding the staff of BreakThrough News hostage," attorneys for BreakThrough News wrote in their Oct. 20 response, accusing the committee of threatening seven newsroom employees with depositions unless the outlet abandons its constitutional objections.
The attorneys also challenged the committee's foreign influence allegations, pointing to its reference to Singham, who lives in Shanghai, alongside foreign principals.
"Mr. Singham is a U.S. citizen," the attorneys wrote.
The standoff raises the prospect of Singham being personally deposed by congressional investigators after the committee identified him among 21 potential witnesses, including nonprofit executives, activists and journalists associated with the two organizations and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a Massachusetts-based Marxist think tank that has not publicly released a response to the latest demands.
The People's Forum similarly condemned the committee's latest demands in its Oct. 20 response, accusing lawmakers of using the threat of depositions against eight staff members as retaliation for asserting its First Amendment rights.
The committee did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
WATCH: Subpoenaed pro-China media outlet blasts House Singham probe on "Democracy Now!"
On their websites, BreakThrough News and The People's Forum also urged supporters to donate to help fund their legal defenses against the probe.
"This is an escalation of the same MAGA-led witch-hunt," The People's Forum wrote in an Oct. 21 statement beneath a black graphic declaring, "We won't surrender our First Amendment rights."
Both organizations also accused the committee of repeatedly changing its rationale and ignoring their legal objections but said they remained open to narrower requests.
The responses come as BreakThrough News has also been accused of sympathetically amplifying recent protests and unrest across Europe, including demonstrations in France that descended into violent riots, with protesters torching cars and clashing with police.
The Singham-funded outlet advertised an online discussion, "Europe's Youth Uprising," declaring that "a rebellion is sweeping Europe" and portraying the demonstrations as a youth uprising against rising living costs, austerity and military spending, according to a Fox News Digital report.
Press freedom groups announce support
Ten press freedom and civil liberties organizations, including PEN America, the Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Society of Professional Journalists, have also backed BreakThrough News, accusing the committee of targeting its political views and warning that forcing journalists to testify could threaten press freedom.
"Rep. Smith's shameless targeting of BreakThrough News for editorial viewpoints that he dislikes shows a complete disregard of the First Amendment," Seth Stern, chief of advocacy at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, said in a statement published by BreakThrough News.
In their Oct. 20 letter, the groups called on the committee to abandon its investigation into the outlet and refrain from issuing further subpoenas.
The committee alleges that Singham routed money through shell companies and donor-advised funds, obscuring the original source of contributions to the three nonprofits. Singham, an American-born Marxist tech tycoon who now lives in Shanghai, sold his software company, ThoughtWorks, for an estimated $785 million in 2017.
A previous Fox News Digital investigation traced at least $278 million from Singham into six core U.S. nonprofits that served as funding hubs within a broader international network of activist groups, media organizations and think tanks promoting socialist, communist and pro-China causes.
Of that funding, $22.44 million flowed to The People's Forum, $16.76 million to Tricontinental and $1.098 million to BreakThrough BT Media Inc., the parent organization of BreakThrough News.
The three received approximately $40.3 million combined, according to Fox News Digital's investigation, which the committee cited in its earlier correspondence.
The committee said it is examining whether existing tax laws adequately protect against foreign influence in the nonprofit sector and whether Congress should strengthen those laws.
Committee's position
"Shanghai Singham has poured millions of dollars into these groups to take advantage of America's nonprofit sector and promote Chinese Communist Party propaganda. That much is public. What these groups are fighting to keep hidden is even more concerning," Smith said in an Oct. 13 statement.
"Either these organizations turn over the documents, or their leaders will answer the Committee's questions under oath."
The committee has not publicly identified evidence showing the organizations are concealing information related to foreign influence. Fox News Digital sought an update from the committee following the Oct. 20 deadline but had not received a response as of publication.
A wave of student protests has spread across several European countries in recent weeks, with France at its centre, where demonstrations over staff shortages, underfunded schools and run-down facilities have continued since mid-September.
The French protests began on September 17th, when teachers at a high school in south-eastern Paris protested over staff shortages and students joined them, Australia’s ABC News reported. Demonstrations followed in Spain, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Albania, and smaller protests took place in Greece, Austria, Ireland and Germany, according to the same report. What began over education has since widened to include the cost of living and public-sector cuts.
In this context, the Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO) has come under the spotlight following its announcement of support for student protests in France and Belgium, and subsequently in Albania.
Several European reports have drawn links between FEMYSO and the Muslim Brotherhood, describing the student forum as the organisation’s youth wing. Among the most notable is a report by a French National Assembly investigative committee, published in December 2025, which points to close ties between the forum and networks linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and characterises its role as contributing to the spread of the movement’s ideas across Europe.
In a parliamentary question submitted in 2025, Germany’s Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Protection of the Constitution was cited as viewing FEMYSO as an umbrella organisation for youth groups with links to the Muslim Brotherhood.
FEMYSO, however, rejects these allegations. In a previous statement, the organisation affirmed that it has no ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Statements of Support for Protests Across Europe
On October 9th, the forum announced its solidarity with student demonstrations in France and Belgium. On October 18, it declared its support for student and youth protests in Albania, while also referring to ongoing demonstrations in Spain and Greece in the same context.
On October 15th, 2026, the French Muslim Students Association (Étudiants Musulmans de France, EMF), a member organisation of FEMYSO, went beyond expressing solidarity. It called on students, education workers and the broader social movement to join a nationwide mobilisation scheduled for October 17th, reaffirming its support for demonstrations stretching from Paris to Marseille and from Bordeaux to Strasbourg.
In a statement, EMF stressed the need to build a balance of power through protests. The statement came just two days before large-scale demonstrations took place across France, attracting hundreds of thousands of participants in largely peaceful gatherings before separate groups became involved in acts of violence, looting, arson and attacks on police officers and public buildings. These incidents reportedly resulted in more than 1,000 arrests and injuries to dozens of security personnel.
Such initiatives and calls for participation in demonstrations have raised concerns that political Islamist networks may seek to capitalise on public discontent, particularly when protests are accompanied by public disorder or acts of vandalism. This, critics fear, could turn student and social demands into instruments for expanding organisational influence and securing political leverage.
According to official French data, masked and violent individuals were present at the demonstrations. In several cities, shops were looted, while cars and rubbish bins were set on fire. In the city of Limoges, flames engulfed the historic town hall, a building dating back to 1883.
The same data indicated that 1,800 people had been arrested and more than 500 police officers and firefighters had been injured. In response to the violence and rioting, the French government announced the imposition of curfews in several cities.
Concerns Reach the Heart of European Institutions
These developments come at a time when the activities of organisations suspected of having links to the Muslim Brotherhood are facing increasing political scrutiny.
On September 15th, 2026, French MP Constance Le Grip submitted a written question to the government concerning European funding for projects involving FEMYSO, calling for clarification of funding mechanisms and oversight procedures governing grants.
The question followed recent reports and studies that raised concerns over the continued involvement of FEMYSO in projects benefiting from European funding, despite an earlier announcement by the European Commission that the organisation was no longer receiving direct funding.
FEMYSO has consequently become one of the most contentious issues in the wider European debate.
A recent study published by CERIF and AK Polis in September examined the organisation’s participation in the EmpowerAction project, which forms part of the TACKLE initiative funded by the European Union through its DEAR programme.
According to the study, the funding does not necessarily take the form of a direct EU operating grant to FEMYSO. Instead, it may be channelled through partner organisations, projects and sub-granting mechanisms.
This has raised concerns that European funds could reach an organisation through a project led by another partner or through a consortium and its sub-granting arrangements.
Against the backdrop of FEMYSO’s visibility in the protests, some of which were subsequently accompanied by violence and looting, as well as allegations of links to the Muslim Brotherhood, concerns have emerged over the possibility that the organisation could gain a foothold in current social unrest and convert it into political influence by winning the sympathy of European communities and left-wing parties.
FEMYSO: Background, Membership and European Footprint
The Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organisations (FEMYSO) describes itself as a European umbrella organisation bringing together Muslim youth and student associations.
FEMYSO currently comprises 32 member organisations across 22 European countries. Its roots date back to 1995, when the first meeting of Muslim youth organisations was held in Sweden.
The following year, FEMYSO was formally established at a meeting in Leicester, United Kingdom, which brought together 19 organisations from 11 countries. In 2000, the forum established its headquarters in Brussels.
Rosalina Ribeiro sai ao encontro do advogado Duarte Lima e desaparece. No dia seguinte uma mulher que corresponde à descrição dela é encontrada morta a tiro. Antestreia de “As Sombras de Duarte Lima”.
Venezuela’s National Assembly President reaffirmed sovereign control over the country’s oil revenues and reported 71 active energy agreements alongside 44 contracts under negotiation, framing the figures as evidence of a sector revival after years of financial restrictions.
The statements came amid what officials called a strategic reconfiguration of the Venezuelan hydrocarbon industry. After years of intense global financial restrictions, the gradual operational reactivation of agreements between state-owned oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and international firms aims to restore a steady flow of foreign currency into the national treasury.
“No foreign agency or international financial entity administers or safeguards the public funds that enter the country from hydrocarbon sales,” National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said.
Rodríguez detailed that the money enters the public treasury under the supervision of authorized national banks, and he ruled out any external trust or any management of accounts by third parties outside the country’s institutions. In this sense, he called autonomy over foreign currency “a non-negotiable principle” for the country’s macroeconomic stability.
71 agreements are currently in force, while another 44 contracts are being negotiated. For the government, that volume confirms an operational momentum geared toward diversifying investment across the country’s main extraction fields.
The National Assembly President presented this dynamism as the result of a deliberate push to reopen the sector to international capital without surrendering control. Over the past several years, sweeping financial measures limited Venezuela’s ability to sell crude, collect payments and maintain production infrastructure. The current wave of deals represents a step-by-step return to commercial activity.
#EnVideo📹 | Coordinador del diálogo por el Gobierno Nacional, Jorge Rodríguez, aseveró que Venezuela mantiene el control sobre los recursos financieros obtenidos a través de la comercialización de petróleo hacia distintos países del mundo. pic.twitter.com/MUoEuwKXQI
— Ministerio de Comunicación e Información (@mippci_ven) October 22, 2026
Text reads: “Coordinator of the dialogue by the National Government, Jorge Rodríguez, asserted that Venezuela retains control over financial resources obtained through the marketing of oil to different countries in the world.”
Each reactivated agreement carries a single objective, officials indicated, the capture of hard currency for the public coffers. That revenue is meant to fund the productive apparatus and national infrastructure rather than remain subject to outside oversight.
By spreading investment across the country’s principal extraction zones, the government seeks to reduce dependence on any single field or partner.
Sovereign Control Defended
Reaffirming sovereign control over monetary flows stands as a central pillar of the government’s message. The leadership projected institutional stability at a moment when Washington continues to review and adjust the licenses it grants for oil operations.
Rodríguez also denounced continuous pressure and unilateral coercive measures against the country’s financial system by foreign powers. He said that, despite what he described as an economic siege, the government has consolidated alternative mechanisms to receive payments directly for oil-product exports.
Against that backdrop, the government is working to shield energy agreements legally, dismiss any suggestion of foreign tutelage and guarantee direct financing for public budgets.
Official strategy insists that autonomous management of oil income is an indispensable guarantee for preserving fiscal balance, defending the national currency and sustaining social development programs.
For the Bolivarian government, legal protection of the energy agreements goes hand in hand with financing priorities. The revenue is meant to flow directly toward the productive apparatus and public infrastructure, a framework that Rodriguez described as essential to institutional stability.
Israel is preventing thousands of Palestinian farmers in the West Bank from reaching their olive trees, while settlers harvest their crops. 90 per cent of Gaza’s two million olive trees have been destroyed since October 2023
A prominent leftist politician in Ecuador who was runner-up to President Daniel Noboa in the last two elections has been arrested, the head of her party said on Thursday.
Luisa Gonzalez, a protege of former socialist President Rafael Correa, is under investigation over alleged irregularities in political financing and campaign spending in the 2023 election.
In a post on X, Gonzalez said the accusation was “absurd” and she asked for unity from members of her party to reach freedom and democracy in Ecuador.
The head of the Citizens’ Revolution party, Gabriela Rivadeneira, confirmed the arrest in a social media post and argued it was politically motivated.
“We demand the immediate release of Luisa Gonzalez, who should not have to face a process of persecution and torture imposed by this government,” she told reporters.
In a video posted on social media, the Attorney General’s Office said the investigation was seeking to clarify the source of the funds used to finance election advertising between May and August 2023.
“A network of legal entities was used to channel approximately $500,000 to contract and purchase campaign advertising. The funds were allegedly channelled without disclosing their source or the identity of those who contributed them,” it said in a video.
Rivadeneira said the 2023 campaign funds were fully accounted for and prior financial penalties imposed by the electoral authority had been paid, echoing earlier statements from Gonzalez.
Former President Correa, who backed Gonzalez’s candidacy, also disputed the allegations.
“This is not about legality, or whether the rules are being followed or not. It is brutal and simple persecution,” he told a local radio program.
The Ecuadorean Attorney General’s Office in a social media post said seven people are under investigation over “inconsistencies in the contributions and the lawful source of the funds” during the 2023 presidential campaign.
Three people so far have been arrested and will face charges for alleged money laundering, it said, without providing their full names.
Gonzalez lost both the 2023 and 2025 elections to Noboa, and alleged fraud in last year’s loss. She had attempted to run in local elections set for November 29 but was unable to register her candidacy due to party registration rules.
LeBron James is officially back in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump over his performative antics during the national anthem during his debut with the Philadelphia 76ers this week.
James, who has turned into something of a golf addict, was spotted taking some practice swings in his new 76ers gear as the rest of the team stood respecting the anthem during Tuesday's game against the defending NBA champions.
"While listening to our National Anthem, LeBron James disrespects our Country! I said right from the beginning that he’s no good, a TOTAL DISGRACE. LeBron James should apologize to all of those Great American Warriors and Heroes who died for the American Flag, and all that our Country stands for!" the President wrote Thursday in a Truth Social post.
This isn't the first time James has pulled this stunt. Last year, on Christmas Day, while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers, he went through the same golf swing routine.
It's no secret that Trump isn't a fan of James. Earlier this year, the president said why he believes Michael Jordan was better than James.
"Michael Jordan is a guy that's a friend of mine, play golf with him. He's a really good guy. And I think LeBron is, maybe he's a racist, but maybe he doesn't like Trump, I don't know. But I only like people that like me. So, I would say Michael Jordan all the way," the president said.
LeBron's history of anthem antics
In October 2019, as James was embroiled in drama surrounding his loving support of China, he pulled this stunt during the anthem. "LeBron is READY," the NBA on ESPN Twitter account proudly tweeted as if it was Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
Do you want more instances of LeBron disrespecting the anthem? Let's fast-forward to 2023 at a USC basketball game featuring his son, Bronny James. That's the drama queen arriving to his seats during the anthem and taking a seat as the rest of the arena shows respect.
Survey finds 70% of reservists have put off or abandoned career moves due to prolonged service, and only about a quarter say state assistance met their needs
Without the protective gear, “I probably would have been dead,” Levine said, pointing out that Palestinians do not have such protection, and more than 20 had been killed by settlers this year.
Well-known pizza chain Pizza Fan was boasting that “everything was Greek.” Allegedly everything was Greek including the fraud scheme that cost the state 25 million euros in Value Added Tax. On Thursday, teams of the Greek Directorate for Combating Organized Crime raided the headquarters of Pizza Fan, an unknown number of its affiliates stores, houses […]
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Thursday to ban protests by "individuals or groups with no legitimate authority" as he blamed "ultra-left groups" for riots and looting that spread across his country.
Macron made the remarks as thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris on Thursday, according to The Associated Press, ahead of larger demonstrations set for this weekend.
"Last Saturday we had political and seditious acts by ultra-left groups whose aim is to bring down the Republic," Macron was quoted by Reuters as saying following a meeting with intelligence officials.
The news agency reported that businesses in central Paris have started boarding up their windows over concerns of violence on Saturday. Local authorities also told Reuters that protests planned for Saturday in Lyon have been banned.
Macron said the strategy adopted for the coming days is to ban protests requested by "individuals or groups with no legitimate authority."
"Where trade unions submit requests to hold demonstrations, prefects will examine them in accordance with the law, but alternative routes will be proposed" to protect city centers, businesses and public buildings, Macron said.
"The rules are simple, and I think they're just common sense. The general recommendation is that there should be no demonstrations in the coming days," he said. "For those who still want to protest, if they are trade unions, prefects will propose alternative routes."
Organizers of the Paris protest on Thursday said an administrative court in the city overturned a ban issued by police after they challenged it. The Paris police prefecture previously said the ban was necessary, given the risk of street violence after groups of masked youth clashed with police forces, looted shops and torched cars over the weekend.
The protests began in France in September with calls for education reform, before expanding into larger anti-government demonstrations that French officials say are being fueled by far-left groups.
Protesters gathered peacefully and chanted in the southeastern part of Paris on Thursday while they were watched by a heavy police presence, the AP reported.
Thursday's planned protests were seen as a prelude to Saturday's big demonstration, when activists from the "yellow vest" movement, whose demonstrations over fuel prices shook France in 2018 and 2019, and the CGT labor union, are expected to join.
Modern Times Café, the Minneapolis restaurant that eliminated prices for meals to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has apparently protested itself right out of business.
Emmanuel Macron has said “illegitimate” demonstrations will be banned over the coming days as France seeks to get a grip on civil unrest after some of its worst street violence in years erupted on the fringes of cost of living protests at the weekend.
Speaking after a meeting with intelligence officials and senior ministers, the French president said on Thursday that demonstrations organised by recognised groups would be allowed to go ahead, although their routes could be changed.
Emmanuel Macron has said “illegitimate” demonstrations will be banned over the coming days as France seeks to get a grip on civil unrest after some of its worst street violence in years erupted on the fringes of cost of living protests at the weekend.
Speaking after a meeting with intelligence officials and senior ministers, the French president said on Thursday that demonstrations organised by recognised groups would be allowed to go ahead, although their routes could be changed.
“I’ve been detained by the IDF, along with a group of rabbis and volunteers,” Lander posted on the way to the police station. “Harvesting olives isn’t a crime under any law I know.”
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