A Russian gas plant more than 1,700 miles from the Ukrainian border was attacked by a drone on Wednesday, Ukrainian and Russian officials said. This is reportedly the longest-distance Ukrainian strike of the war and comes as Kyiv continues to target Moscow’s energy infrastructure. 

“Today, an attack by a drone was repelled against one of the industrial facilities in Noyabrsk,” Dmitry Artyukhov, governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, stated on Telegram. “As a result of the drone’s debris falling, a fire broke out. Emergency services specialists are working at the scene. Most importantly: there are no casualties or injuries. The extent and nature of the damage are being determined.”

“I urge residents of Yamal to remain calm and to rely only on information from official sources,” Artyukhov added. “The situation is under control.”

“The criminal Kyiv regime has, for the first time, attacked the Arctic region of the Ural Federal District,” Artem Zhoga, the Presidential Envoy of the Russian Federation to the Ural Federal District, confirmed on Telegram. “As a result of debris from a drone falling on the territory, a fire broke out at a fuel and energy complex facility in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District… The enemy is trying to damage economic facilities in order to sow panic.”

New range record: Ukrainian drones attack Novy Urengoy – nearly 3,000 km from Ukraine.

The facility in Novy Urengoy that processes gas condensate for transport was hit—one of the most important installations in Russia's gas condensate infrastructure.

The facility has a capacity… pic.twitter.com/gLysVaLjJJ

— Jürgen Nauditt (@jurgen_nauditt) September 9, 2026

The target of the attack was the Novy Urengoy Condensate Stabilization Plant (CSP), according to Ukraine’s Armed Forces General Staff, which took credit for the attack.

“On 9th September 2026, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck the Novy Urengoy Gas Condensate Processing Plant in Novy Urengoy, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug,” the general staff claimed on X. “The extent of the damage is being assessed.”

The plant has an annual processing capacity of approximately 19.5 million tons, the general staff added.

“It produces stabilized gas condensate, petroleum fractions, diesel fuel and other petroleum products,” the Ukrainian military pointed out. “Its products are used, among other purposes, to meet the needs of the Russian armed forces. Operations against key enemy military targets are ongoing.”

Ukrainian officials did not provide any details about how the strike was carried out.

More than 3,000 km away. Novy Urengoy gas condensate processing plant hit

On 9th September 2026, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine struck the Novy Urengoy Gas Condensate Processing Plant in Novy Urengoy, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, russian federation.

The extent… pic.twitter.com/YrRmHp6NYb

— Генеральний штаб ЗСУ (@GeneralStaffUA) September 9, 2026

One video that emerged from the scene showed a column of flames rising in the distance but does not offer much in the way of detail about where the attack took place or the extent of the damage.

Ukrainian drones have for the first time attacked Russia’s largest gas-production hub, almost 3,000 km from the Ukrainian border.

Ukraine struck the Arctic part of the Urals Federal District. A fire started at a fuel-and-energy site.

The plant is part of the Gazprom structure.… pic.twitter.com/yQjodp2vrE

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 9, 2026

Another video showed smoke rising in the distance, but again offered little in the way of detail about what happened.

Ukrainian drones attacked Novy Urengoy in Russia for the first time. That's about 3,200 km from Ukraine!

The Novy Urengoy plant for preparing condensate for transport, located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, was the target. It is one of the region's key gas condensate… pic.twitter.com/KDwOFWicd6

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 9, 2026

The region is a significant target.

“Novy Urengoy is Russia’s unofficial gas capital, located in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district in northwestern Siberia,” according to the Moscow Times. Gazprom “estimated the region’s gas resources at 26.5 trillion cubic meters as of 2020, enough to cover global demand for more than six years.”

In Novy Urengoy, Khanty Mansi AD, west Siberia, Russia,
long-range Ukrainian drones hit an industrial facility in the city located some 3,000 kilometers (1,800 miles) from the Ukrainian border.https://t.co/bruXXjLYR4

— Alexander Kokcharov (@alex_kokcharov) September 9, 2026

In addition to being the first attack in this region of Russia, this was “the furthest strike since the start of the war,” the Russian Mediazzzona Telegram channel stated. “Previously, the record for distance was the attack on the Omsk Oil Refinery in July 2026. It is located approximately 2,500 km (about 1,550 miles) from the border in a straight line.”

While the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff offered scant details about the strike, officials from the Fire Point weapons company hinted online that one of their drones carried out the attack. 

“Guess who traveled over 3300 km (about 2,050 miles) and successfully achieved their goal,” the company stated on a Telegram post that included video of the gas plant attack.

“3200)),” Fire Point’s founder, Denys Shtilierman, teased in an X post with an image of the burning gas plant.

3200)) https://t.co/Go0EbSm2BS

— Denys Shtilierman (@DenShtilierman) September 9, 2026

Neither Shtilierman nor the company provided any other details; however Fire Point claims its FP-1 drones can now travel about 2,100 miles (3,400 km) with a 60 kg payload.

Despite Fire Point’s hints, there is no confirmation that the company’s weapons had anything to do with this attack. There is also the chance that it could have been carried out by another system or even from inside Russia. Ukraine has, in the past, relied on proxies to stage attacks deep in Russia. In addition, Ukraine last summer carried out a series of remotely launched drone attacks on Russian strategic aviation. Dubbed Operation Spider Web, it included strikes on the Belaya Air Base, about 3,000 miles from the border.

However, a strike from inside Russia is much less likely than one launched from Ukraine given Fire Point chiming in and the increasing reach of Ukraine’s weapons. We have reached out to Fire Point and Ukrainian officials for comment.

You can see video of the Operation Spider Web attack on Belaya below:

Ukrainian drones struck Russian strategic aviation at the Belaya air base in Irkutsk – 4,800 km from Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/UBAi7znioR

— Michael MacKay (@mhmck) June 1, 2025

The Novy Urengoy Gas Condensate Processing Plant wasn’t the only site in Russia affected by drone incursions far from the Ukrainian border today.

“A state of emergency has been declared in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug due to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) activity,” the Russian RIA Novosti news outlet reported on Wednesday. This is located about 1,500 miles from Ukraine. 

“Temporary restrictions have been implemented at the airports of Igra, Nyagan, Uray, ‘Sovetsky,’ Surgut, and Khanty-Mansiysk,” the outlet added.

The publication did not report any attacks and Ukraine did not claim any, but video emerged of what appears to be a Fire Point FP-1 drone flying over the area.

Russian Telegram channels report drones in the area of Khanty-Mansiysk, a city, in west-central Siberia, Russia. pic.twitter.com/in0M552FZN

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 9, 2026

Officials in the region were preparing for a Ukrainian strike, the independent Russian outlet Verstka reported earlier this week.

The area is “a sprawling oil-producing region responsible for roughly 40% of the country’s crude output,” the official Ukrainian United24 media outlet noted.

While the extent of the damage to the Novy Urengoy Condensate Stabilization Plant is unclear at the moment, the attack extends the range of Ukraine’s campaign against Russia’s oil infrastructure.

This summer, Ukraine struck nearly all Russian refineries within range, the Kyiv Post noted. 

“Ukraine’s military said in July that the attacks had knocked 43% of Russia’s refining capacity offline, contributing to a nationwide fuel shortage and export restrictions,” the publication reported.

Still, “Russia’s overall oil exports remained relatively stable between June and July, with higher crude exports and energy prices partly offsetting revenue losses,” the Kyiv Post added.

For Russia, the attacks on its energy infrastructure have become so damaging that last month, President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the government to temporarily seize what it deems commercial critical infrastructure that is not sufficiently protected against such strikes. That followed Russia’s move earlier this year to allow private companies to purchase their own air defense systems to protect their own facilities. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing the government to temporarily take control of critical infrastructure if private owners fail to protect it from Ukrainian drone attacks or rebuild it after strikes.

Read more: https://t.co/SzAbSZqobI

— ABC News (@ABC) August 25, 2026

Though Russia is continuing its grinding offensive, the energy infrastructure attacks are clearly taking a major toll. The ability to do so seems to have taken on additional significance in the wake of another round of attempts to end the fighting.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s top envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, recently traveled to both Russia and Ukraine seeking to rekindle peace talks. However, there does not appear to be any immediate resolution in sight.

The expanding range and quantity of Kyiv’s long-range strike arsenal gives Zelensky perhaps his most powerful card to play against Russia’s interest in continuing the war. Ukraine has been improving these weapons by the month and the pace of development of its drones and cruise missiles is rapidly accelerating. The country also has several ballistic missile projects in the works, which will only add to the pressure put on Moscow once operational.

Regardless, earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he expects the war with Russia to continue into the winter at the very least. Given that, Kyiv’s campaign against Russia’s energy infrastructure does not seem like it will end anytime soon, either.

Case in point, Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes continued on Wednesday with another attack on Sochi, a Black Sea resort town often frequented by Russian President Vladimir Putin. And, for the second day, drones were visible over Russia’s remote central high-north energy production hub.

Massive fire erupts at Sochi port, Russia, following reported Ukrainian drone attacks. pic.twitter.com/cm2WsiA4jS

— Clash Report (@clashreport) September 9, 2026

Russian Telegram channels report drones in the area of Khanty-Mansiysk, a city, in west-central Siberia, Russia. pic.twitter.com/in0M552FZN

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 9, 2026

Contact the author: howard@twz.com

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Austria’s new nationwide ban on “traditional Muslim” head coverings, including hijabs and burqas, for girls under 14 in both public and private schools, has now taken effect as of Sept. 7, 2026. in Vienna, Lower Austria, and Burgenland. The start date coincided with the start of the new school year. Austria’s remaining states will follow with a ban next week as well.

The measure, framed by the government as a child-protection and gender-equality policy, immediately faced visible resistance from Muslims and the first formal legal challenge.

At an Islamic primary school in Vienna, reporters from Austrian news outlet Heute observed young girls arriving to school still wearing headscarves accompanied by their mothers. One child wore a pink hijab coordinated with her dress; two slightly older students entered in simple hijabs without parents. School officials did not immediately clarify how they would apply the ban on private Islamic institutions.

Austria moves to ban Muslim headscarves for girls, but Muslim group says it will do everything it can to overturn law

The law requires schools to start with conversations involving the student and her legal guardians. Repeated violations trigger involvement of child-protection services, with fines of €150 to €800 possible for parents as a last resort. Teachers, already under strain, must initiate these talks. There are now fears of real conflict arising in the coming months.

Integration Minister Claudia Bauer of the conservative ÖVP described the headscarf as “a sign of oppression and a means of controlling girls from the earliest childhood.” Chancellor Christian Stocker has separately called for a constitutional ban on political Islam, saying he does not “want to live in an Islamic state.”

The right-wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), the most popular party in the country is known for its even harsher stance toward migrants and Islam in the country. FPÖ politician Ricarda Berger stated there is “no place for political Islam in Austria, and certainly not in our schools.”

Full-face veils banned in Portugal after president signs ‘burqa law’

The party wants a general ban on all headscarves and face coverings in schools for both students and teachers alike, which would cover all ages.

Education Minister Christoph Wiederkehr of the liberal NEOS acknowledged uncertainty about the law’s fate at the Constitutional Court, stating: “You can never be completely certain.”

He added that the government and education ministry “carried out very intensive consultations” to draft a constitutionally compliant text.

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Only the Greens opposed the bill in parliament. Green politician Sigi Maurer accused Wiederkehr of “creating new conflicts and offloading them onto the teachers,” saying the minister wanted to “foist the role of police officers onto them.”

Teachers’ union chairman Paul Kimberger noted that some communities had already announced they would resist and that certain conversations with parents “will probably have limited success.”

The Islamic Religious Community in Austria (IGGÖ), the largest Islamic organization in the country, condemned the ban as discriminatory. Spokesperson Carla Amina Baghajati said, “We believe it unjustifiably restricts the fundamental right to freedom of religion and disproportionately affects Muslim girls. Rather than protecting children, it singles out a specific religious practice and risks excluding the very children it claims to support.”

Italy’s Lombardy region extends burqa and niqab ban to public buildings and schools

The IGGÖ has pledged to support families challenging the law at the Constitutional Court. A request for annulment was filed on the first day of school.

A 2020 Constitutional Court ruling had struck down an earlier ban limited to children under 10, finding it violated Austria’s duty of religious neutrality. The court dismissed premature challenges to the new law in July because it had not yet entered force, but that procedural barrier is now gone. Left-wing student groups have called for protests. An 11-year-old girl demonstrated against the ban in February carrying a banner that, translated into English, read, “My headscarf, my decision.”

The Constitutional Court is likely to have the final word on the issue.

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For much of the 20th century, the US represented not just a place on the map. It was also a point in time. When Western Europeans looked at images of America after the second world war—depictions of Hollywood’s glamour, American cars and newfangled labour-saving devices—they thought they were looking into the future.

The American Dream had an especially irresistible draw for Eastern Europeans behind the Iron Curtain, and for tens of millions of Chinese during the opening and reform era that began after Mao Zedong’s death in 1976. China’s great economic reinvention was inspired, in part, by Deng Xiaoping’s awe at American modernity, which he witnessed firsthand during an official visit in 1979.

But fast-forward to 2026, and the positions have been reversed. For most people in most countries, the future can now be seen in China. Just as Hollywood once showed the world what modern life looked like, China is showing African, Latin American and even American young people what an economy built on green energy, mobile payments and other services, and advanced robotics looks like. For Cobus van Staden of the China-Global South Project, the West is “increasingly being framed as backward-looking [and] associated with the past”, a phenomenon presumably accelerated by Trumpism, with its rejection of renewable energy, diversity and its social conservatism.

In the global south, young people aren’t just imitating Chinese practices like drinking hot water or trying out tai chi. They are watching as China reshapes their daily experiences

In many parts of the West, disillusionment has given rise to Chinamaxxing on social media, with American and European influencers performatively embracing Chinese mannerisms and aesthetics. And in the global south, young people aren’t just imitating Chinese practices like drinking hot water or trying out tai chi. They are watching as China reshapes their daily experiences.

This signals a genuine historical rupture. For generations, most countries defined themselves in relation to the West. Some sought (or were convinced) to emulate Western development models like the Washington Consensus, and many were keen to acquire Western technology and aid, or simply to get the West’s approval. Other countries did push back against the West’s influence and attack Western hypocrisy, but their counter-models were themselves defined by opposition to the West.

Either way, West-centrism was the prism through which geopolitics was conducted and interpreted. When countries in the Sahel invited Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries to help them deal with insurgencies, it was seen as a reaction against France and its traditional role in the region. When Angola invited Sinopec to exploit its oil fields, it was seen as a snub to Portugal and Britain. And then there are the many challenges to US hegemony in the Middle East, Latin America and South-East Asia. Around the world, memories of bloody Western interventions or financial crises still linger.

Yet younger generations around the world are not even pro- or anti-Western so much as they are post-Western. For them, China, not the US, is at the centre of their conceptual universe and envisaged future.

What happened? One of the big differences between countries in the global south and the global north is their demographic profile. In the US and Europe, the median age is 40–50, compared to 19 in Nigeria, and 29 in South Africa, India and Lebanon. That means some 70% of Nigerians aren’t even old enough to have registered the 2003 US invasion of Iraq or the 2008 global financial crisis. As Cobus points out, young West Africans “never knew anything more than the US as we know it now”. The era of Donald Trump encompasses their entire political memory, and they presumably are not very impressed.

This shift in perceptions is not just an African story, of course. In Vietnam, which has long had a fraught relationship with China, young people are becoming less reflexively Sinophobic than their elders. Chelsea Nguyen, a researcher at the London School of Economics, credits the covid-19 pandemic for catalysing this change. The West’s perceived mishandling of the pandemic undermined its status as a model worthy of emulation. Many Vietnamese turned to exploring their own history and that of their Asian neighbours, including China. As in much of Africa, growing exposure to China’s rapid technological progress and Chinese consumer goods transformed the country’s global brand.

Meanwhile, Loubna El Amine, a China scholar at King’s College London, notes that in regions riven by instability—such as the Middle East, where the US itself is a big part of the problem— “a lot of the attraction of China is its absence rather than presence”. The latest Arab Opinion Index bears this out, showing that 77% of respondents view US policies as a threat to the region’s security and stability, compared with just 25% for China—and that was well before Trump launched his catastrophic war against Iran. And, of course, China carries none of the colonial baggage that complicates European interventions (or even peacebuilding efforts) in the region.

Still, China has been known to be aggressive in pursuing its economic agenda in the developing world, whether through predatory loans, acquiring critical national infrastructure or deliberately exporting its domestic overcapacity. Such behaviour ruffles feathers as much in Thailand, Mexico and Nigeria as it does in the US and Europe. Moreover, young people’s widespread distrust of their governments can easily bleed into unhappiness with China when political leaders are seen to be giving it undue privileges.

Since the pivot to China as an exemplar of modernity is in many ways pragmatic and non-ideological, its hold on the popular imagination is still tenuous. Lots of leaders in the West want to compete with China for “soft power”. But the key is not to counter Chinese “propaganda” or improve Western PR. The winners in the battle for hearts and minds will be those who offer real solutions to people’s problems and create more opportunities for prosperity than are currently available.

This article was first published by Project Syndicate on August 18th 2026

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Houve 12 incêndios urbanos e 17 acidentes rodoviários, o que também corresponde a um aumento em comparação com Julho de 2026.

José Manuel Oliveira

Em pleno Verão, no mês de Agosto de 2026, o Corpo de Bombeiros Voluntários de Lagos viu continuar a aumentar, embora de forma relativa, o número de ocorrências a que foi chamado a intervir.

Registados mais três incêndios urbanos, enquanto se verificaram sete ocorrências envolvendo quedas de árvores / estruturas

De acordo com as estatísticas agora divulgadas por aquela instituição, foram registadas 525 Emergências Pré-Hospitalares 112 (mais uma do que em Julho, quando houve 524); 24 Incêndios Rurais (no mês anterior o número atingiu 23); 12 Incêndios Urbanos (em Julho tinham sido nove); e 17 Acidentes Rodoviários. A este nível, foram assinalados 15 durante o mês anterior.

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Restaurante Porta Certa (Portimão)

Estrada de Alvor, 1A. Contacto telefónico: 282 475 256. Email: restauranteportacerta@gmail.com

Aberto de 2ª a 6ª feira das 08h30 às 20h30

Restaurante O Quinto Império (Portimão)

Avenida João Paulo II, L2. Contacto: 282 074 993. Email: reservas@oquintoimperio.com

Aberto de 2ª feira a sábado, das 12h00 às 14h30 e das 19h00 às 22h00

O Ténis Restaurante/Snack Bar (Portimão)

Rua do Viveiro. Contacto: 282 485 715. Email: rest.otenis.ezequiel@gmail.com

Aberto de terça a sábado, das 12h00 às 15h00 (almoço); das 15h00 às 17h00 (petiscos/snacks) e das 19h00 às 22h00 (jantar) e ao domingo, das 12h00 às 15h00

Tasca Ibérica (Portimão)

R. Poe. António Aleixo, Portimão

Aberto de 2ª a 6ª feira das 07h30 às 19h00

Friendly Bar Restaurante (Portimão)

Urbanização Vila Rosa Lote 12, Portimão. Contacto telefónico: 917 332 182

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Menu desde 13€

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Restaurante Ti Emília (Portimão)

EN 124, nº6. Contacto: 963 795 627

Snack-Bar Raminha (Portimão)

Rua da Raminha, Lote 19, Loja A, Portimão

Contacto: 282 482 522

Quarta-feira:

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Cabidela

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Petisqueira Os Moinhos (Portimão)

Rua Projectada À Rua Caldeira Do Moinho Edif. Abicada, Lj. 6, Portimão

Restaurante Prato Cheio (Lagos)

Rua Francisco Sá Carneiro, 23 A, Lagos. Contacto: 282 037 469. E-mail: prato.cheio.lagos@gmail.com

Aberto de quarta-feira a domingo, das 12h00 às 15h00 e das 19h00 às 22h00 e à segunda-feira, das 12h00 às 15h00

Restaurante O Caseiro (Lagos)

Sítio do Arão, EM 539, Sítio do Arão, Odiáxere, Lagos. Contacto: 910 799 846

Aberto de terça-feira a sábado, das 10h00 às 22h00, e ao domingo, das 12h00 às 15h00

Restaurante Mi-Ema (Lagoa)

Rua da Liberdade 58, R/c, fração A, Lagoa. Contacto: 916 535 840

Aberto de 2ª a 6ª feira, para almoços, das 11h30 às 15h30. O serviço de take-away funciona das 11h30 às 17h00

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Torre e Cercas de Silves. Contactos: 967 677 848 e 282 115 692

Cantinho da Dora (Armação de Pêra)

Av. Beira Mar 1, Armação de Pêra, Portugal, 8365-101. Contacto: 965 791 084. E-mail: cantinhodadora@gmail.com

Recanto do Zé (Armação de Pêra)

Rua D. João II, Armação de Pêra. Contacto: 282 315 533

Aberto de terça-feira a domingo, das 10h00 às 15h00 e das 18h00 às 23h00

Laly Take Away(Pêra)

Rua João de Deus, Lj. 1, Pêra (Traseiras do Mercado Municipal de Pêra)

Aberto das 11h30 às 14h30 e das 18h30 às 21h30, de segunda a sexta-feira

Restaurante Bambu (Quarteira)

Rua da Nora, Quarteira (em frente ao Intermarché). Contacto: 968 557 477

Restaurante Colher de Pau (Almancil)

Rua Francisco Guerreiro Mealha, Almancil. Contactos: 289 391 273 e 264 787 362

Aberto de segunda a sexta-feira, das 11h00 às 15h00

A Minha Cozinha (Olhão)

Rua Dr. João José de Mendonça Cortez, nº 2, Olhão. Contactos: 965 121 030 e 289 723 095

Aberto de segunda a sexta, das 11h30 às 18h00, e ao sábado, das 11h30 às 15h00

Manos Consta Restaurante (Olhão)

Sítio do Lamaceiro 253A, Olhão. Contacto: 289 101 750

Casa da Avó (Tavira)

Avenida Doutor Mateus Teixeira de Azevedo, Tavira. Contacto: 281 326 279/915 313 009. E-mail: casadaavo2020@outlook.pt

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Pouco antes da oficialização da corrida eleitoral, uma série de indignações coletivas tomou conta da imprensa e das redes sociais. Em São Paulo, um ator da Rede Globo foi preso por estupro de um menino de 5 anos durante uma festa de aniversário em Pindamonhangaba. Em Franca, uma influenciadora esfaqueou o padrinho de sua filha, também de 5 anos, por suspeita de abusos. Já em Pernambuco, cinco adolescentes foram apreendidos pelo estupro coletivo de uma colega dentro de um escola no Cabo de Santo Agostinho. No Rio de Janeiro, um alerta da polícia nos Estados Unidos levou à prisão de um homem que mantinha materiais de exploração sexual infantil, incluindo três cenas de estupros.

As notícias, todas de agosto de 2026, atormentaram pais em todas as regiões, ganharam projeção nacional e, de quebra, inflamaram discursos políticos extremados e eleitoreiros quase de imediato, às vésperas do início da campanha eleitoral. A indignação, no entanto, pouco se traduz em compromissos de um potencial governo.

Violência pública é o assunto mais recorrente nas propostas dos 13 candidatos à presidência em 2026. Mas quando o assunto é a vitimização de crianças e adolescentes ou, ainda mais urgente, a prevenção para que esses crimes não venham a ocorrer, os programas dos presidenciáveis passam longe de contemplar esses cidadãos, que, vale lembrar, não representam “votos” até ao menos os 16 anos.

Nas duas pontas da questão, há um vácuo de propostas, seja no combate ou na construção de um ambiente mais seguro e favorável ao crescimento. Tanto o enfrentamento à exploração sexual quanto o termo “primeira infância” são invisibilizados nos compromissos de campanha de mais da metade dos candidatos, incluindo os mais progressistas.

O levantamento feito pela Agência Pública identificou que, com exceção do candidato Rui Costa Pimentel (PCO), todos os programas de presidenciáveis fizeram menções a crianças e/ou adolescentes em seu corpo de propostas, o que não encontra necessariamente correspondência a propostas efetivas para essa parcela da população.

O foco coletivo dos presidenciáveis se deu até três vezes mais na discussão sobre a questão da redução da maioridade penal, de 18 para 16 anos, do que na prevenção à morte infantil por crimes violentos ou durante intervenções policiais. Esse foi, aliás, o único compromisso de governo assumido pelos candidatos que contempla, exclusivamente, adolescentes na área de segurança pública. Caiado, Zema e Bolsonaro defendem a proposta, enquanto Edmilson Costa (PCB), Hertz Dias (PSTU) e Samara Martins (UP) fazem oposição. O tópico não foi contemplado no programa do atual presidente Lula.

No caso das mortes de crianças indígenas, apenas Martins faz uma menção à questão, ignorada pelos candidatos posicionados mais à frente nas pesquisas de intenção de votos. Ou seja, há uma preocupação mais evidente com a punição de crianças e adolescentes enquanto indutores de violações penais do que propriamente na proteção desse mesmo público enquanto vítimas de crimes de qualquer natureza.

Uma análise realizada pelo Fundo das Nações Unidas para a Infância (Unicef) nas propostas de cinco candidatos, que a 45 dias das eleições apresentavam maior intenção de votos nas pesquisas eleitorais, evidencia a busca clara por respostas quanto à segurança de crianças e adolescentes ao mesmo tempo em que há negligência quanto à prevenção do problema.

Os programas de Lula (PT), Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), Ronaldo Caiado (PSD), Romeu Zema (Novo) e Renan Santos (Missão) mencionam crianças e adolescentes 178 vezes. No entanto, Zema, Bolsonaro e Santos se concentraram em tratar desse público mais pela ótica da educação. A maior parte das menções feitas por Lula e Caiado tratam do enfrentamento da violência que afeta a infância, tema que sequer foi citado explicitamente por Santos.

“Não se trata de escolher entre prevenção ou repressão. É preciso, sim, investigar e responsabilizar os autores da violência. Mas, para proteger crianças e adolescentes, é fundamental também agir antes que a violência aconteça, por meio de políticas de Educação e oportunidades para jovens, da Assistência Social, da Saúde, do fortalecimento das famílias e de sistemas que identifiquem e referenciem situações de violência”, avalia o representante da Unicef no Brasil, Joaquin Gonzalez-Aleman.

Além das propostas, um segundo levantamento da Unicef e da Autoridades Brasil, identificou que nas duas primeiras semanas de campanha, entre 16 e 30 de agosto, 1.652 conteúdos foram publicados por Bolsonaro, Caiado, Cury, Lula, Santos e Zema, mas apenas 26 (2%) abordavam crianças e adolescentes. Sendo a maior parte (8 postagens) sobre violência ou segurança pública. Nesse cenário, Cury foi o candidato que teve maior proporção de publicações sobre a infância (4%) e Santos a menor (0,5%).

Uma carta do órgão endereçada aos presidenciáveis foi publicada em junho deste ano, dois meses antes da publicação dos planos de governo, tentando sensibilizá-los por meio de um manifesto quanto à necessidade de um compromisso público para combater as violências que ocorrem dentro e fora de casa, incluindo tanto a formação de agentes públicos quanto a orientação de pais e educadores, bem como o combate aos fatores de risco associados à violência, a exemplo do abandono escolar, a pobreza, o racismo e da falta de oportunidades.

A recorrente saída pela punição

O punitivismo é o recurso mais explorado nas propostas de governo dos presidenciáveis, mas vão além da redução da maioridade penal em três dos cinco programas de candidatos melhor posicionados nas pesquisas de intenção de voto. Há, normalmente atrelada à essa ideia, o reforço de uma suposta necessidade de intensificação das medidas socioeducativas, bem como a elevação de penas – nesse ponto, não restrito apenas a adolescentes, mas a transgressões em gerais.

O que não é mencionado, muito menos refletido, nas propostas dos presidenciáveis quanto à questão é a queda significativa registrada justamente quando o assunto são adolescentes em conflito com a lei. Numa análise de uma década, o Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública aponta que o número de adolescentes em medidas de internação, a exemplo das Fundações Casa, caiu em quase 54% em 2025, quando compara-se à realidade de 2016.

Além disso, a taxa de reincidência dos egressos de medidas socioeducativas chega a 20% frente aos 40% registrados no sistema carcerário tradicional para adultos no país. Vale a pena destacar ainda que, segundo o Unicef, o Brasil é o país sulamericano com a menor idade de responsabilização penal (12 anos) entre os vizinhos mais desenvolvidos do continente Argentina, Chile, Colômbia e Uruguai, ou seja, a idade em que adolescentes já respondem por seus atos na Justiça, mas em um sistema separado.

Para a coordenadora de projetos do Instituto Futuro é Infância Saudável (Infinis), Sofia Rebehy, a questão da maioridade penal acaba sendo recorrente num embalo de discurso punitivista que encontra eco em parte das famílias. “São pautas eleitoreiras, de uma parcela importante da sociedade, que é bastante conservadora. Mas a redução não é uma estratégia que traz bons resultados no futuro, como as evidências de outros países vêm mostrando”, opina.

Rebehy explica que a proteção contra violências deve se dar numa perspectiva de saúde quando o assunto são crianças e adolescentes, com foco em prevenção: “O Brasil já tem uma enorme capilaridade com o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), os esforços de atenção primária à saúde e vacinação, há todo um acompanhamento que faz desse tipo de equipamento nos territórios um espaço privilegiado para a prevenção e identificação precoce de casos. Todo governo deveria considerar esse trabalho intersetorial, que não dá para dividir entre pastas, mas que, no caso da infância, normalmente não é sublinhado nos planos.”

Primeira Infância apagada das prioridades

Evidências da neurociência já são mais do que aceitas ao identificar que a maior parte da base do desenvolvimento dos seres humanos se dá nos seis primeiros anos de vida, a chamada primeira infância. Nessa fase, os estímulos, as vivências e até o desenvolvimento cerebral providenciam um alicerce para nossa trajetória na vida adulta. A lógica encontra respaldo na economia, em que a relação entre acesso a um complexo de direitos básicos – que vão além de segurança, educação e saúde e passam até mesmo pelo direito de brincar e ser acolhido – significam menos gastos para o Estado em aprendizagem, tratamento de doenças evitáveis ou ressocialização, para citar alguns.

Pareceria evidente, portanto, que políticas visando o estímulo e a proteção das violências que atingem essa faixa etária pudessem ser prioridade daqueles que buscam ocupar o mais alto posto executivo do país – o que não poderia estar mais distante da realidade. Apenas os candidatos à presidência Clariana Barão (DC), Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), Romeu Zema (Novo), Ronaldo Caiado (PSD), Pablo Marçal (PRTB) mencionam, em vários contextos, o termo “Primeira infância” em suas propostas de governo. Ainda assim, os programas não aprofundam diretrizes ou colocam a criança no centro da política pública, o que defendem organizações da sociedade civil que trabalham com o tema ouvidas pela Pública.

Talvez haja um motivo claro para isso: além de não representarem seres votantes, muitos pais não têm a dimensão dessa fase da vida de seus filhos. Essa realidade foi mensurada há um ano por uma pesquisa da Datafolha, em agosto de 2025, que revelou que 4 entre cada 5 brasileiros não compreendem que o período até os seis anos concentra o maior desenvolvimento físico, emocional e de aprendizagem humana e 42% sequer sabe o significado de “primeira infância”.

De acordo com a diretora de políticas públicas da Fundação Maria Cecília Souto Vidigal (FMCSV), que se dedica à promoção de políticas públicas de estímulo à primeira infância, Marina Fragata, os planos de governo carregam uma lógica “adultocêntrica” por considerarem, assim como a visão comum entre as famílias, que as infâncias seriam uma “preparação para ser adulto”, o que dificulta o reconhecimento desse sujeito de direitos a ser protegido.

Fragata critica a abordagem de políticas que “fatiam” a criança entre pastas – saúde, educação, etc – o que representa um desafio maior para protegê-las. “As violências contra as infâncias são complexas, invisibilizadas e silenciadas até pela subnotificação e exigem estratégias específicas. A violência doméstica é diferente da violência de rua, armada. Esse é um problema gigantesco do Estado, que precisa de uma forma realista de enfrentá-lo.”

Com 2,5 milhões de nascidos anualmente no Brasil, Fragata reforça o quanto, para a sociedade civil, é importante deixar de ver a criança como uma esperança de futuro, para preservar seu desenvolvimento no agora:

“Das 18 milhões de crianças brasileiras, 11 milhões, ou seja, 63%, estão inscritas no CADÚnico, vulneráveis a uma pobreza monetária, que está sempre acompanhada de outros tipos de pobreza. Quando colocamos as crianças como prioridade, deixamos de ‘cortá-la’ em vários pedaços, de várias ‘pastas’ – da saúde, da educação, do bolsa [família], etc –. Com ela no centro, é possível reconhecer as primeiras infâncias, e prover uma jornada de direitos, uma atenção integral não só a ela, mas a sua família, seus cuidadores e seus contextos de vida.”

O desafio de uma dura realidade cotidiana

Aproximadamente a cada quatro horas, uma criança ou adolescente morre vítima de crimes violentos no país – são quase seis assassinatos de brasileiros não adultos por dia, 2.029 apenas em 2025, segundo o Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública. Mais de dois terços deles eram negros e 240 vítimas tinham, no máximo, 11 anos de idade.

A cada 9 minutos, uma criança ou adolescente foi vítima de violência sexual no Brasil em 2025. Foram 61.076 vítimas. No ano anterior, 65.395. Por mais incômodo que essa marca possa soar, a realidade pode ser muito pior. Desde 2023, as autoridades brasileiras trabalham com a estimativa de que apenas 8,5% dos casos cheguem, de fato, aos registros policiais, um cálculo feito pelo Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea). Os motivos variam e contemplam até mesmo a dificuldade ou vergonha em denunciar. Em outras palavras, a violência pode ter uma incidência quase 12 vezes maior.

Mudar essa realidade exige um compromisso que não é apenas do Estado. É necessário que todos os atores dessa equação estejam em acordo com objetivo de proteção à infância. Mas a nomeação de crianças e adolescentes em planos dos candidatos à presidência faz diferença na medida em que considerá-los incluídos em políticas maiores dificulta a execução e cobrança do representante eleito.

“Crianças e adolescentes não votam, mas deveriam ser sujeitos explícitos desses planos e eles vêm sendo olhados de modo transversal e superficial. Não nomear deixa tudo de uma forma muito fragmentada e impacta o que vai ser executado pelo governo eleito. O trabalho necessário é de quase sensibilização para esse olhar conjunto”, destaca Sofia Rebehy.

O olhar conjunto citado passa por um trabalho que envolve também as famílias e que não se inicia ou encerra no pleito eleitoral. “A violência contra crianças e adolescentes não pode se tornar normal, nem parte da cultura. O ‘eu também apanhei na minha infância’, que relativiza, também precisa mudar, bem como a lógica dos adultos de uma parentalidade punitiva para uma positiva, que apoie o desenvolvimento, o que ainda é um grande gargalo”, resume Rebehy.

Just hours ago, the Saudi Aramco refinery at Jazan on the Red Sea was engulfed in flames after a Houthi missile and drone attack. Strikes at the heart of the Saudi’s energy infrastructure on the Red Sea, which acts as the remaining primary lifeline of energy exports out of the region, threaten to drastically impact global oil prices further, a concern we have been raising for some time. In the wake of the attack and additional fighting in the Persian Gulf, oil prices surged toward the $100 per-barrel mark.

“The Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative, large-scale military operation, targeting the Aramco company in Abha, Najran and the Economic City, Aramco in Jizan, and Khamis Mushait Air Base with dozens of ballistic missiles and drones,” Houthi spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree stated on Telegram. “The strikes were precise, by God’s grace, and direct, causing major damage to those facilities.”

Saree claimed that the strikes were “in response to the Saudi aggression that targeted our people and our country with 121 air strikes over the past three days.”

Saudi officials confirmed Houthi attacks and said they would retaliate.

“The terrorist Houthi Militia’s senseless attacks, the latest of which targeted civilian and economic sites in the cities of (Abha, Khamis Mashait, Jazan and Najran) resulting in injuries to (73) civilians, including women and children, constitute a blatant violation of the Kingdom’s sovereignty and a direct threat to the security and safety of its citizens and residents,” anti-Houthi coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki stated on X. 

“The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition will take all necessary operational measures to deter this Terrorist Militia and resolutely confront its hostile approach, in defense of the Kingdom’s sovereignty, the preservation of its national assets and the safety of its citizens and residents,” Al-Maliki added. “The Command will also take all necessary measures and actions to respond to the sources of the threat and neutralize its danger.”

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— المتحدث الرسمي باسم قوات التحالف (@CJFCSpox) September 8, 2026

“…several energy sector facilities and installations in the southern region of the Kingdom were targeted this morning,” the Saudi Ministry of Energy stated on X. The attacks “caused fires at several locations, leading to a temporary halt in some operations,” the ministry added. “Specialized field teams have begun containing the fires, securing the sites and assessing the damage.”

#Statement | Energy Sector Facilities Targeted in Saudi Arabia's Southern Region. pic.twitter.com/olZoupwH48

— وزارة الطاقة (@MoEnergy_Saudi) September 8, 2026

Videos on social media this morning showed the Saudi Aramco facility still burning after the attacks.

Following Houthi strikes, fires can be seen raging at the Jizan oil refinery in Saudi Arabia. pic.twitter.com/tAqOPlsmvS

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) September 8, 2026

Data from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) indicates a large amount of ongoing thermal anomalies in and near the massive Jazan refinery.

Houthis appear to have launched a major drone attack on Jazan, SW Saudi Arabia, in recent hours.

— Fires at Aramco’s Jazan oil refinery
— Multiple hotspots at Jazan Bulk Plant
— Hotspot near King Abdullah Airport https://t.co/cdhFe7I274 pic.twitter.com/ZIN7WKKUiX

— Egypt's Intel Observer (@EGYOSINT) September 8, 2026

The Houthi attacks inside Saudi Arabia came amid increased fighting in Yemen between the rebels and anti-Houthi forces backed by Riyadh.

War in #Yemen #SITREP | Houthi Narrative | Houthi official media has largely stopped pretending there is no ground war.

The line that this is only a series of limited skirmishes is becoming harder to maintain. Houthi TV @TvAlmasirah and other outlets are now openly reporting… https://t.co/bju4iHy28G pic.twitter.com/ZnifZ1CcQI

— Basha باشا (@BashaReport) September 8, 2026

The conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis grew out of a civil war in Yemen that erupted in 2014. It expanded a year later when a Saudi-led coalition joined forces with the government ousted by the Houthis and raged on until the parties reached a tenuous ceasefire in 2022. The Saudis held off on getting involved in the recent Red Sea conflict which saw the U.S. and coalition warships duking it out with the Houthis, and eventually led to a U.S.-led air campaign over Yemen. Tensions, however, reignited after that conflict ended when the Houthis joined the U.S.-Iran conflict on the side of their major supporter. The Houthis recently imposed a blockade on the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, and began striking Saudi ships in the Red Sea as well as refineries.

As we have frequently detailed, Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia’s energy infrastructure put further pressure on oil exports from the Middle East, already drastically affected by the Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the resumption of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports. Saudi Arabia has diverted millions of barrels of oil per day through pipelines to its Yanbu port on the Red Sea in an effort to minimize the energy shortages due to the hostilities near the Persian Gulf. This also raised the specter of the U.S. having to get as involved as it did during the previous Houthi campaign against shipping that ended last September, which could pull resources away from Iranian-focused operations, if supporting such an operation is even possible at all at this point. The bottom line here is that if the Houthis stop Saudi oil from transiting through the Bab el Mandeb Strait and the Suez Canal, this last lifeline of energy to Europe and Asia and beyond would be severed. This would drastically exacerbate an already ballooning oil crisis.

The Houthi strikes on Tuesday followed a spike in attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Last week, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said it destroyed three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) oil tankers after the Iranians fired ballistic missiles at U.S. warships.

On Tuesday, “American forces have struck multiple Iranian tankers tied to the IRGC in response to more attempted missile attacks on a U.S. Navy warship,” a U.S. official told TWZ.

The CENTCOM strikes are part of the Trump administration’s new tanker-for-a-tanker policy of hitting Iranian vessels in response to Tehran’s attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. This marks a change from previous incidents where ships were only attacked for running the ongoing U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports. The sinking of one of the Iranian tankers in the most recent strikes is another escalation. Previous incidents following major combat operations during Epic Fury involved U.S. forces disabling Iranian transport vessels, not sinking them.

“Following Iran’s failed attacks, CENTCOM permanently disabled the IRGC crude oil carriers M/T Downy off the coast of Kharg Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask,” the command stated on X on Saturday. “American forces also completely destroyed the unladen crude oil carrier M/T Kylo (also known as the “Noxen”) in the Gulf of Oman, striking the vessel in multiple critical locations to render it inoperable after the crew was directed to abandon ship.”

The three Iranian crude oil tankers “are part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC and its regional proxies,” the command added. “Iran has no means by which to defend them.”

“Let the message to the IRGC be clear: If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost —taking out three of yours,” said Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander. “We will not hesitate to defend American forces, and if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet.”

“Let the message to the IRGC be clear: If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost —taking out three of yours. We will not hesitate to defend American forces, and if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet.” — Adm. Brad Cooper,… pic.twitter.com/UGGcSGsUtd

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) September 5, 2026

In addition to the tanker attacks, CENTCOM is maintaining its naval blockade of Iranian ports. “As of Sept. 6, U.S. forces have redirected 92 commercial vessels, disabled 3 and boarded 2 to ensure strict compliance,” the command stated on X.

A U.S. Air Force F-35A stealth fighter jet patrols over regional waters as CENTCOM forces continue to enforce the maritime blockade against Iran. As of Sept. 6, U.S. forces have redirected 92 commercial vessels, disabled 3 and boarded 2 to ensure strict compliance. pic.twitter.com/oXNN5zKx1t

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) September 6, 2026

As these events unfold, the price of oil is rising further, as we noted earlier in this piece. As of noon on Tuesday, the per barrel price of Brent crude was trading at nearly $98, a $10 per barrel gain from Aug. 26, according to OilPrice.com.

Analysts said the price reflected “the market’s recognition that there is no end in sight for the conflict in the Middle East, which has disrupted oil flows through two vital arteries: the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea,” The New York Times reported on Tuesday.

“Oil market participants are now pricing in a more prolonged disruption to shipping flows,” Hamad Hussain, a senior economist with Capital Economics, a research firm, told the publication. “They and other analysts have raised oil price estimates, based on an expectation of increased disruptions.”

Amid the strikes on oil-related targets, Iran claimed it captured an Anduril Dive-LD UUV and is in the process of reverse-engineering it. The IRGC released video and images of the device.

The IRGC Navy has released footage showing the captured U.S. Navy Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) seized in the Strait of Hormuz. pic.twitter.com/XN379Kcpkh

— Ebrahim Zolfaghari (@IranTimes72) September 8, 2026

Additional images showing the U.S. Dive-LD AUV that was captured by the Iranians, following what a U.S. official described as a malfunction a number of days ago. pic.twitter.com/fyuDFJxsuv

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) September 8, 2026

The IRGC “captured one of the most modern intelligent and unmanned submarines of the terrorist U.S. military at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz at dawn today, in a complex operation involving intelligence and operational surveillance,” the organization claimed.

The vessel “possesses the latest technology in the field of underwater systems in the world and was delivered to the fleet of the terrorist U.S. military in 2025,” the IRGC added.

Asked if Iran captured a UUV, a U.S. official denied that the Iranians obtained anything sensitive.

“An underwater drone operated by U.S. forces malfunctioned more than a day ago,” a U.S. official told us. “It was surveying regional waters in support of ongoing operations. The defective drone was an older model that neither collected sensitive data nor carried any classified sonar or radar equipment. U.S. operations in area waters continue.”

That's a Dive-LD from the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Squadron 1 (UUVRON-1). pic.twitter.com/qwfOUTA8v7

— Mehdi H. (@mhmiranusa) September 8, 2026

The Dive-LD can be configured for demining operations. Cooper, the CENTCOM commander, recently stated that: “We have successfully cleared sea mines in the strait’s international shipping lanes that were laid months ago by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Internationally recognized transit routes in the strait are free of Iranian sea mines, thanks to the incredible work of the U.S. military.”

It is unclear whether the Dive-LD system was used in those operations; however Financial Times last week reported that the U.S. sent “Navy Seal divers, robot boats and specialized underwater craft into the perilous strait for a four-month mine-clearance mission.”

“The fraught process of explosive device disposal was carried out underwater and in darkness in an attempt to eliminate a crucial factor deterring ships from carrying vital cargoes through the strait since the US and Israel attacked Iran in February,” the publication added.

US Navy SEAL divers spent four months clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Financial Times.

SEAL divers worked at night from inflatable-hulled boats with help from underwater crafts to remove the mines.

"That is usually followed up by a navy diver… pic.twitter.com/NT1gBvQVqA

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 7, 2026

As the Houthi-Saudi exchanges continue and the Strait of Hormuz is still heavily contested, there appears to be no real movement toward a diplomatic solution.

U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed that the U.S. will defeat Iran.

“Oil prices will drop precipitously, like everything else is dropping (but more!), when we WIN the war with Iran,” the president stated on his Truth Social site. “Three Dollars a gallon, but ultimately, below Two Dollars a gallon. It will all happen quickly, and Iran will never have a Nuclear Weapon. MAGA!”

Trump acknowledges 1) oil prices are high, 2) it's because of the war with Iran, 3) the war has not ended, 4) the US has not won, yet. pic.twitter.com/gcsfqYmu0E

— Gregory Brew (@gbrew24) September 7, 2026

Iran, for its part, said it will continue fighting.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has always opposed war and has considered the preservation of the people’s interests and regional security to lie in refraining from igniting conflict,” Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on X. “However, just as it has boldly risen to defend against aggression up to this day, it will continue this resistance with full strength until the aggressors are brought to complete regret and will remain the guardian of the rights of the great Iranian nation.”

جمهوری اسلامی ایران همواره با جنگ مخالف بوده و حفظ منافع مردم و امنیت منطقه را در پرهیز از آتش افروزی دانسته است. اما چنانکه تا امروز در برابر تجاوز، دلیرانه به دفاع برخاسته است این مقاومت را تا پشیمانی کامل متجاوزان با قوت ادامه خواهد داد و پاسدار حقوق ملت بزرگ ایران خواهد بود.

— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) September 8, 2026

Should there be a resolution to this conflict, U.S. military and intelligence officials have had “recent quiet discussions about cutting the number of people and facilities typically stationed in Middle East,” CNN reported.

In offices across the US military & intel community, there have been recent quiet discussions about cutting the number of people & facilities typically stationed in Middle East if Trump admin succeeds in ending the Iran conflict, 6 sources tell @KatieBoLillis & me.…

— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) September 8, 2026

That’s it for now. We’ll update this story when new details emerge.

UPDATE: 6:25 PM Eastern:

CENTCOM said it “destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers, Sept. 8, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the past two days.”

“The U.S. warship successfully evaded the attempted Iranian attacks and continued to patrol regional waters. No American personnel were harmed,” the command added on X. “In response to Iran’s most recent failed attacks, CENTCOM destroyed the IRGC crude oil carriers M/T Kaviz, M/T Charminar, M/T Horizon 1, and M/T Riesco in the Gulf of Oman as well as M/T Derya near Kharg Island. American forces directed the crews to abandon ship before the vessels were struck and rendered inoperable. Iran has used the tankers as part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC and its regional proxies. Iran has no means by which to defend these vessels.”

CENTCOM forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers, Sept. 8, after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the past two days. The U.S. warship successfully evaded the attempted Iranian attacks and… pic.twitter.com/Gi8a2tloN1

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) September 8, 2026

In the wake of the CENTCOM strikes, Iran launched a new wave of ballistic missile attacks, a Jordanian source confirmed to us. The official Iranian Fars media outlet said Muwaffaq Salti Air and Prince Hassan air bases were targeted.

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حمله به پایگاه‌های موفق‌السلطی و شاهزاده حسن در اردن

گفته می‌شود پایگاه‌های هوایی موفق السلطی و شاهزاده حسن اهداف حملات موشکی ایران است.

براساس گزارش‌ها اردن به دلیل ناتوانی سامانه‌های پدافندی آمریکایی، جنگنده‌های نیروی هوایی را برای رهگیری موشک‌های ایرانی به پرواز درآورده.

— خبرگزاری فارس (@FarsNews_Agency) September 8, 2026

Video has emerged on social media of interceptors in Jordan defending against the attack.

An insane amount of Jordanian interceptors being seen used here. Dozens being used, as Iranian fires inundate the local area. So far no visible impacts have been viewed. pic.twitter.com/cyZtoojZ9G

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) September 8, 2026

NOW: Jordan is currently under heavy Iranian ballistic missile attacks.

A large amount of interceptors are being launched, impacts have been recorded. https://t.co/GVndx2SrP6 pic.twitter.com/xzUanwcSUu

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) September 8, 2026

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Em todo o período eleitoral, a economia invade a conversa do dia a dia de boa parte das pessoas. Seja no almoço de domingo, no ponto de ônibus, na fila da padaria ou no grupo de WhatsApp da família. E é aí, longe do palanque, que uma pesquisa revela algo que o discurso da polarização insiste em esconder: brasileiros e brasileiras de todos os espectros concordam bem mais sobre economia do que a lógica do “nós contra eles” sugere.

O estudo Percepções da Economia Brasileira, encomendado pelo Fundo Global para uma Nova Economia (GFNE) e conduzido pela Ipsos, em parceria com os think tanks Transforma e Cipó, ouviu, de forma online, brasileiros maiores de 18 anos das classes A, B e C, entre junho e julho de 2026. E o resultado é revelador para este momento pré-eleitoral: o que eles defendem em termos de projeto econômico tem pouco a ver com a sua identificação política e ideológica.

A pesquisa fez um experimento simples e eficaz: apresentou plataformas de governo hipotéticas a dois grupos distintos de eleitores, sempre contrastando uma proposta identificada com a “direita genérica” – redução generalizada de impostos, privatizações, combate à corrupção, penas mais duras para crimes graves – a uma alternativa de esquerda.

No primeiro cenário, a alternativa foi a “centro-esquerda tradicional”: elevação do salário-mínimo, combate à pobreza por auxílios sociais, Estado mais presente na economia. Resultado: 46% dos eleitores preferem essa plataforma, contra 39% pela direita. Esse resultado, em si, já diz bastante. Mesmo uma parte de quem desaprova (23%) o governo atual ou não soube avaliá-lo (41%) se identifica mais com uma alternativa ao neoliberalismo.

Mas, no segundo cenário, a proposta de esquerda mudou de figura e o resultado disparou. A plataforma chamada de “nova economia” mantém a defesa do papel do Estado, mas troca o enfoque: combate a preços abusivos, reconhecimento do trabalho de cuidado, ampliação de direitos trabalhistas e taxação de grandes fortunas. Neste caso, a adesão à direita cai para 27%, enquanto a “nova economia” é escolhida pela maioria, por 59% dos entrevistados. Aqui, vale esclarecer: essa nova economia é definida pelo próprio GFNE como uma plataforma econômica que seja inclusiva, equânime e sustentável. Bastante do que venho defendendo nessa coluna, e do que também é promovido pela NoVE, Novas Vozes Econômicas, a rede de economistas progressistas da qual faço parte. 

A diferença entre os dois cenários não é sutil: são 20 pontos percentuais de distância entre duas versões de esquerda: uma tradicional, outra com propostas mais atreladas ao cotidiano dos entrevistados.

Isso diz algo que interessa a qualquer estrategista de campanha: não basta ser de esquerda, é preciso falar da economia que pesa no bolso das pessoas todos os dias.

E quem está migrando de opinião? Sobretudo dois grupos que a política costuma dar como perdidos para qualquer agenda progressista: os “inconsistentes”. Trata-se de eleitores sem padrão fixo de voto nas duas últimas eleições, categoria que reúne desde quem alternou o voto entre PT e Bolsonarismo até quem não votou ou nem se lembra em quem votou. Isso inclui uma fatia relevante de quem hoje desaprova o governo Lula.

Entre os inconsistentes (os eleitores sem padrão fixo), a adesão à esquerda salta de 49% para 63% quando a proposta é a “nova economia”. Entre os opositores ao PT, o salto é de 17 pontos percentuais, chegando a 40%, ou seja, quase a metade de quem hoje reprova Lula prefere uma agenda que taxa fortunas e amplia direitos trabalhistas a uma agenda neoliberal.

Se há um consenso por trás desses números, é que quem sente na pele o custo de vida quer soluções concretas, independente de quem as ofereça. A prova disso é o apoio a medidas específicas, que atravessa o espectro político inteiro.

Diante de um cenário internacional instável, 59% defendem maior controle estatal sobre empresas estratégicas; 66% apoiam a atuação do governo sobre o preço dos combustíveis. Metade do país defende relações diplomáticas pragmáticas, independentemente de alinhamento político, desde que haja vantagem comercial para o Brasil.

Mas o ponto de maior acordo da pesquisa – o maior de todos – não é sobre impostos, nem sobre o papel do Estado. É sobre tempo. Quase três em cada quatro brasileiros (73%) querem o fim da escala 6×1. E mesmo entre quem desaprova o governo Lula, esse apoio continua alto: 60%. Raramente uma pauta econômica reúne tanta gente ao redor da mesma mesa.

A isso soma-se a percepção de que o jogo está desequilibrado: 58% dos entrevistados acham que o sistema econômico atual beneficia principalmente ricos e poderosos, e mais da metade (53%) apoia taxar grandes fortunas para corrigir a rota.

Em síntese, o que a pesquisa da GFNE mostra é que grande parte do eleitorado concorda com novas políticas econômicas, voltadas ao desenvolvimento do país e à redução das desigualdades.

O eleitorado brasileiro, de direita, esquerda e centro, já sabe o que quer. Até outubro, falta saber qual candidato vai ser capaz de nomear essa economia com a clareza que ela merece.

O desafio é bem simples: parar o scroll por alguns minutos e transformar aquilo que acontece no mundo digital numa história. Os alunos do 3.º Ciclo e Ensino Secundário são chamados a pensar a tecnologia e a sua utilização puxando pela criatividade.