A nova Lei de Organização e Processo do Tribunal de Contas (TdC), aprovada pela Assembleia da República em votação final global, altera o momento e a forma como o dinheiro público é fiscalizado. Os contratos públicos até 7,5 milhões de euros deixam, em regra, de precisar de visto prévio do tribunal, mas isso não significa que fiquem fora do controlo. A questão é saber quem verifica a legalidade da despesa, em que fase e com que meios.
A alteração não consiste em entregar a fiscalização dos contratos até 7,5 milhões de euros a uma nova entidade. O que muda é a distribuição do controlo entre as próprias entidades públicas, os seus mecanismos internos e o Tribunal de Contas.
O TdC continua a ser a entidade responsável pelo controlo externo da legalidade e da regularidade financeira da despesa pública. A principal alteração está no modelo de fiscalização: em vez de analisar previamente tantos contratos, o tribunal passa a concentrar mais recursos no acompanhamento da execução e em auditorias posteriores.
A reforma separa as funções do próprio TdC em três áreas: a 1.ª secção: dedicada à fiscalização prévia, para os atos e contratos que continuam sujeitos a visto, a 2.ª secção concentra a atividade de auditoria, incluindo a fiscalização concomitante e sucessiva e a 3.ª secção fica responsável pelo julgamento dos processos de responsabilidade financeira e pelos recursos.
A separação pretende evitar que os mesmos juízes intervenham em diferentes fases do mesmo processo, nomeadamente na auditoria e no julgamento de eventuais responsabilidades financeiras.
A responsabilidade inicial continua a caber à própria entidade pública que lança o procedimento e celebra o contrato. É essa entidade que tem de assegurar o cumprimento das regras da contratação pública, a existência de cabimento orçamental e a legalidade da despesa.
Os mecanismos de controlo interno das entidades públicas ganham, por isso, maior importância. A reforma prevê “a possibilidade de reconhecimento de sistemas de decisão e controlo interno considerados fiáveis, com intervenção da Inspeção-Geral de Finanças (IGF)”.
Isto não equivale, porém, a transferir toda a fiscalização para a IGF, nem significa que esta entidade passe a aprovar individualmente todos os contratos dispensados de visto. A responsabilidade pela contratação continua na entidade adjudicante, enquanto o TdC mantém os seus poderes de controlo externo.
Mas o TdC pode fiscalizar depois de o contrato começar a ser executado. Essa é, aliás, uma das mudanças mais significativas da reforma. A fiscalização concomitante permite acompanhar a atividade financeira durante a execução dos atos e contratos. A fiscalização sucessiva ocorre posteriormente, através da análise de contas, verificações e auditorias.
Na prática, o tribunal pode verificar se os procedimentos respeitaram a lei, se a despesa foi devidamente autorizada e se foram detetadas irregularidades na utilização dos recursos públicos. O novo modelo dá maior peso a estas modalidades de controlo, em vez de fazer depender a execução de um número tão elevado de vistos prévios.
Isso não significa, contudo, que cada contrato dispensado de visto seja automaticamente sujeito a uma auditoria individual. A extensão efetiva da fiscalização dependerá dos poderes legais do tribunal, dos procedimentos de controlo adotados e da capacidade de acompanhamento.
Uma das alterações introduzidas durante a discussão parlamentar estabelece que os contratos de valor superior a 950 mil euros, mesmo quando dispensados de visto prévio, têm de ser comunicados ao TdC antes do início da execução, para “efeitos de acompanhamento e eventual fiscalização”.
Esta obrigação cria uma diferença importante: não precisar de visto não é o mesmo que não ter de dar conhecimento do contrato ao tribunal.
A comunicação permite ao TdC ter informação sobre contratos de valor elevado e decidir como enquadrar o seu acompanhamento, sem que isso corresponda à emissão de uma autorização prévia para a execução. A obrigação de comunicação não significa, por si só, que todos esses contratos sejam objeto de auditoria.
A dispensa de visto não elimina a possibilidade de fiscalização nem afasta, por si só, a responsabilidade dos titulares de cargos públicos e dos gestores envolvidos.
A nova lei altera também o regime da responsabilidade financeira, estabelecendo como critério a existência de dolo ou culpa grave. O Ministério Público passa a ter legitimidade exclusiva para requerer o julgamento da responsabilidade financeira, nos termos do novo regime.
Assim, se uma auditoria detetar indícios de infrações financeiras, poderá haver lugar aos mecanismos legalmente previstos para apurar responsabilidades. A existência de uma irregularidade não implica, automaticamente, que determinado responsável seja condenado: é necessário avaliar os factos e os pressupostos legais aplicáveis.
A teacher who was injured during last Thursday's school shooting in Bend, Oregon, said she tried to shut a classroom door before pretending to be dead in the hope that the gunman would not target her again.
Becky Drury made the remarks in a statement released to the media on Wednesday, as the Bend Police Department confirmed that the firearm used in the attack on Silver Rail Elementary, which left three children and one teacher dead, was "purchased legally."
"Here is what I remember: Once I realized something was happening outside, I ran to see what was going on. I then saw the shooter and immediately ran back into the classroom. I turned to shut the door behind me, but the shooter was already there. Before I could do anything more, he shot me at close range and I fell to the ground," Drury said.
"Lying on the floor, I saw that my left hand was almost completely severed from the gunshot, and my other arm was also severely injured. I could not get up, defend myself, or protect anyone else," she added. "So, I did the only thing I could do, which was to pretend to be dead in the hope he would not shoot me again."
Drury continued, "What happened in that classroom was unimaginable, and like so many in this community, my heart is broken for everyone affected by this tragedy," and her "thoughts are with those who were hurt, those we lost, their families, our school, and the Bend community."
The Bend Police Department said on Wednesday that detectives are continuing a "complex investigation."
"They have served search warrants at the shooting suspect's home, as well as on his electronic devices and his social media accounts on a variety of platforms. That work continues, and it takes time," the department said in a statement.
The 16-year-old shooter was "neutralized" by a good Samaritan, police said.
Bend-La Pine Schools began welcoming students back to their other schools on Wednesday following the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary.
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"Heartfelt artwork and messages of love reminded our students and staff that they are surrounded by a community that cares deeply for them," the school district said.
A 22-year-old Texas mother accused of driving more than twice the speed limit with her two young children in the car faces manslaughter charges after a crash killed a couple who had recently graduated from college.
Aldrea Rogers, 22, was arrested and charged with two counts of manslaughter in connection with the deaths of Julian Harris and Madison Duren, Dallas County jail records reviewed by Fox News Digital show.
Rogers was allegedly driving 82 mph in a 35 mph zone when she crashed into the couple's vehicle, FOX 4 Dallas reported, citing a newly released arrest affidavit.
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Harris, 23, and Duren, 22, had recently graduated from Southern Methodist University, where they shared a passion for theater.
Harris died at the scene, while Duren was taken to a hospital, where she later died.
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Rogers' two children were also in her vehicle during the crash. All three survived, authorities said.
Investigators said Harris was driving a Toyota Prius with Duren in the passenger seat when he attempted to turn left onto a major roadway.
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The couple's car was struck by a Hyundai Elantra driven by Rogers, who investigators said was traveling at a high rate of speed before the collision.
Rogers was booked into the Dallas County Jail on Oct. 16, with bond set at $250,000 for each manslaughter charge, jail records show.
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Her total bond was listed at $500,000 as of Wednesday afternoon.
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Harris and Duren were active in Dallas' theater community after graduating from SMU, where they shared a passion for acting.
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Their friends, Eli Barron and Emmet Overcarsh, described the couple to FOX 4 Dallas as curious, enthusiastic people who loved learning and connecting with others.
Overcarsh also expressed disbelief that Rogers, who was the same age as the victims, allegedly had her two young children in the car when the deadly crash occurred.
The couple had been leaving their apartment when the crash occurred.
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Friends said the deaths have been difficult to comprehend, particularly because Rogers was the same age as the victims and allegedly had her two young children in the car.
Fox News Digital has contacted the Dallas Police Department and Dallas County court officials to obtain a copy of the arrest affidavit and additional details about the crash investigation.
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A memorial service for Harris and Duren is scheduled for Oct. 31 at Southern Methodist University.
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Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) published a 3D model and parts list of Russia’s new Filin cruise missile on 22 October. The breakdown names the Russian companies behind the missile and the foreign makers of its electronics.
HUR runs its War&Sanctions portal to trace such parts back to their makers. Its stated aim is to “deprive the aggressors of the ability to produce weapons for terror,” the portal says. Meanwhile, Russia is betting on cheap, fast cruise missiles, Serhii Beskrestnov, a freelance adviser to the president on technology, told Radio NV in mid-September. Naming the Banderol, Dan-T, Dan-M, and Gerbera-5, he warned they would soon outrun Ukraine’s jet-powered interceptors, so Ukraine needed its own cheap missiles to shoot them down.
JSC NPO Molniya, part of Russia’s Tactical Missiles Corporation, builds the Filin, HUR said. The agency called it part of a Russian defense-industry trend toward cheap jet-powered, ground-launched air-attack weapons. Russia began firing it at Ukraine in late summer 2026.
HUR’s data puts the carbon and fiberglass fuselage at 3.5 m, with a 3 m wingspan. Some parts are 3D-printed. Russia claims a top speed of 800 km/h. The range is 600–1,200 km, and the missile flies at ultra-low altitude or up to 6 km. Versions carry 50-kg or 100-kg warheads. A solid-fuel booster fires it from a ground launcher.
PLAZ LLC makes the onboard equipment, HUR said. The firm also helps produce the Garpiya, a version of Russia’s Shahed-type Geran-2 drone. Filin and Garpiya units share a similar layout and markings. Guidance combines a Chinese-made inertial navigation system with a 16-channel Kometa anti-jamming module from Russia’s VNIIR-Progress.
The electronics resemble those in other Russian missiles and drones but carry a larger share of Chinese parts. Of 81 components, 35 are American and 22 Chinese. The engine, however, is Russian: an R500 turbojet from Reynolds LLC. A similar engine earlier turned up in the S-71K Kover aviation cruise missile and S-71M Monokhrom, HUR said.
For comparison, Ukraine found more than 20 foreign components in a different cheap missile, the Banderol, in May 2025. They included 10 US microchips, and the Banderol flies on a Chinese jet engine.
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A sociedade de advogados Pérez-Llorca contratou os serviços da Alantra, na qualidade de consultor financeiro, para obter empréstimos no valor de 85 a 100 milhões de euros, avança o Expansión. O objetivo é saldar a sua dívida e financiar o seu crescimento internacional.
Com este montante, a firma de advogados pretende refinanciar cerca de 50 milhões de euros da dívida atual, enquanto os restantes 35 a 50 milhões serão utilizados para cobrir a eventual integração de novos escritórios na América Latina.
Segundo explica o Expansión, a estrutura que foi apresentada aos potenciais credores da Pérez-Llorca consiste num empréstimo bullet com prazo de seis ou sete anos.
Em 2025, a Pérez-Llorca alcançou uma receita de 211,3 milhões de euros. Segundo a firma, este valor representa um aumento de 28% das suas receitas globais em comparação com 2024. Estas receitas englobam as vendas em Espanha, Portugal, México e Colômbia.
Russian missiles and drones killed one person and injured 24 in Kyiv overnight on 22 October, the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office said. Damage spread across six of the city’s districts, the city military administration reported.
The strike came hours after Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin had told Witkoff that Russia was “in principle” ready to resume three-way talks with the US and Ukraine in mid-November. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy read the overnight attack as a sign that Russia’s attitude has not changed. A day earlier, Russian drones killed two people in a 24-story Kyiv apartment block.
Russia fired 21 ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight, Zelenskyy said. The barrage came in three waves, around 22:00, at about 02:00, and around 03:30.
Across Ukraine, air defenses downed or suppressed 181 of 210 Russian drones, the Air Force said. Its report did not mention any ballistic missiles shot down.
The only death in Kyiv came in the Dniprovskyi district, on the city’s left bank. There, Russian strikes destroyed 13 detached houses on several streets, prosecutors said. Police said the man killed was 48 and that six people were injured in the district, four of them children, the youngest aged five.
Of the injured, five are minors and two are young children, and prosecutors reported acute stress reactions among them. A 16-year-old boy is in hospital with a closed head injury, prosecutors said. Sixteen of the injured were hospitalized, the city military administration said. The final number of injured is still being established.
In the Holosiivskyi, Obolonskyi, Pecherskyi, and Sviatoshynskyi districts, the attack damaged eight apartment buildings, prosecutors said. It also damaged a building-supply hypermarket, a restaurant, a monastery building, a post office, and office premises.
In Pecherskyi, Russia damaged an ambulance station and six ambulances, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote. The State Emergency Service said eight people were injured in that district, three of them children, and reported damaged transport infrastructure in the Darnytskyi district.
The strikes damaged metro infrastructure on the Pivdennyi (Southern) Bridge, Kyiv Metro said. As of the morning, green-line trains ran in two sections, Syrets–Vydubychi and Osokorky–Chervonyi Khutir. Inspections and repairs would continue after the all-clear, the metro said.
Oleksii Biloshytskyi, head of Ukraine’s Patrol Police Department, announced that traffic across the bridge toward the left bank was temporarily closed. The city is adding buses on routes 22 and 91, the city administration said. Russian drones had already hit the bridge repeatedly in early October.
The entire full-time police force and city manager in a small town in Georgia recently resigned from their positions, officials revealed during a city council meeting on Monday.
Milner, Georgia, City Manager Tausha Grose told the city council Monday night that the town's entire full-time police force and most of its part-time volunteer officers have resigned. Grose also announced her own resignation during the meeting.
"It is with my extreme sorrow that our entire full-time police department has resigned, most of our part-time police. And also, I've also filed my resignation with the city clerk today," Grose said.
Milner Police Chief Lamar Bunn accused city hall of secretly placing a tracker on his truck, paid for with personal funds and without the knowledge of anyone else in city government. He also said he had been falsely accused of having an affair with the city manager.
"City Hall every day, it's got a tracker on my truck, it was bought with personal funds and placed on my vehicle without the city council or my supervisor, city administrator knowing it," Bunn said at the meeting. "Here's the thing, still I'm looking for a glimmer of hope to stay in the city. I don't know why. It's because I've devoted my life to Lamar County. 15, 16 years with the sheriff's office and now I'm back here in this county. My dad was here in '74 policing with his police department. I got roots here."
During the meeting, Mayor Craig Timmons acknowledged the concerns and said he hopes the situation can be resolved. Officials had disagreed over police overtime and a proposal to bar officers from using city vehicles for part-time work, but those disputes were not cited as the reason for the resignations.
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In resignation letters obtained by Fox News Digital, Bunn said he was stepping down over what he described as conflicts with city leadership on legal and ethical issues.
"I have determined that it is in my best interest to step down at this time due to fundamental differences regarding leadership, governance, and ethical alignment. Regrettably, recent actions and governance decisions within city leadership â specifically regarding legal compliance, ethical standards, and core values â have compromised my ability to perform my duties with integrity," Bunn said.
Other full-time employees at the police department echoed Bunn's concerns, with Milner Police Captain Craig Walton demanding an investigation into Timmons in his resignation letter.
"I sincerely hope that the residents of Milner and the members of the City Council will take these concerns seriously and pursue an independent investigation into the mayor's conduct, including any potential violations of his oath of office or the rights of city employees," Walton said.
Several other police department employees also cited disagreements with the mayor and city council as the reason for their resignations.
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Tesla is sending its Optimus humanoid robot back to school.
Speaking on the company's earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk compared training the EV maker's humanoid robot to raising a toddler.
Musk said that while Tesla's autonomous driving models can learn from data collected by its massive fleet of vehicles, its Optimus robot has to learn by watching people do tasks and practicing them itself, a process similar to how humans learn.
"You can see this when you have a toddler, and they initially are sort of wobbly, and they don't know how to do things, and eventually, they learn to wipe their own ass, which is a big milestone," Musk told investors.
"They learn to read and do all sorts of things, and they learn this by playing. And we actually need Optimus to play at scale in order to have it be really good at tasks in the real world," Musk said.
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The Tesla CEO added that the company was building out an "Optimus Academy" where prototypes can practice a wide range of tasks and generate training data to teach future versions of Optimus.
"For Optimus to get the training data we need, we actually need to make a lot of Optimi. So we need to make, I think, on the order of 10,000 or 20,000 bots and then have them do self-play," said Musk.
Tesla said on Wednesday that it had begun production of Optimus at its Fremont factory, with Musk saying the company expects to begin delivering Optimus to customers by the end of next year.
The near-trillionaire cautioned that production would be "somewhat bumpy" and that development of the humanoid robot still has some way to go.
He listed the challenges of designing durable yet responsive robotic hands, as well as AI capable of handling open-ended tasks, among the main hurdles Tesla faces.
Tesla is not alone in setting up robot academies to provide training data for humanoid robots.
Unlike large language models like ChatGPT, which were trained on the vast corpus of text data available on the internet, robotics faces a shortage of real-world training data to teach humanoids to navigate the physical world.
Other startups, such as Texas-based Apptronik, have also set up "data factories" where robots load conveyor belts and sort objects to generate training data to combat the data shortage.
O valor movimentado em fusões e aquisições (M&A) do sul da Europa cresceu 37% no primeiro semestre, para um total de 147,7 mil milhões de euros, de acordo uma análise da auditora internacional Forvis Mazars divulgada esta quinta-feira. Apesar de uma ligeira descida de 6% no número de operações, o mercado transacional nesta região do Velho Continente mobilizou mais capital.
As grandes transações – os chamados megadeals – e o contínuo interesse dos investidores internacionais contribuíram para impulsionar a atividade nesta zona da Europa, onde se insere Portugal. No entanto, o mercado português prossegue em contraciclo, com um total de 800 milhões de euros entre janeiro e junho, abaixo dos 6,3 mil milhões de euros registados no período homólogo.
Segundo o grupo de auditoria, fiscalidade e consultoria, o número de operações de M&A em Portugal caiu 37%, para 82, embora nesta contabilização apenas entrem transações de valor mais alto, porque a Forvis Mazars baseou-se nos dados da Mergermarket – que só olha para negócios acima de cinco milhões – em Itália, Espanha, Suíça, Turquia, Portugal e Grécia.
Os investimentos em destaque no radar da Forvis Mazars foram o do grupo Sabseg, de mediação de seguros e gestão de risco, na gestora de investimento Miura Partners (600 milhões de euros) e o aumento da participação da Schroders na empresa de 2% para 20%. Segue-se a compra do hotel de cinco estrelas Caesar Park, um resort de golfe em Sintra, por 140 milhões de euros, por parte do Catterton Management e da Cedar Capital Partners.
“As três maiores operações anunciadas em Portugal no primeiro semestre de 2026 foram lideradas por compradores internacionais – do Reino Unido, de Espanha e dos Países Baixos – o que confirma o interesse dos investidores estrangeiros no mercado português de fusões e aquisições”, lê-se no estudo “Investing in Southern Europe: M&A and Private Equity Activity in 2026”.
Embora o mercado português de M&A registe um número de transações menor, a verdade é que existem muitas oportunidades. A atividade subjacente em operações de menor e média dimensão continua presente, embora seja menos visível nos dados de transações com valores divulgados.
A Forvis Mazars considera que as perspetivas para a atividade de M&A no sul da Europa continuam positivas, porque as condições de financiamento mantêm-se globalmente favoráveis, existe um volume significativo de empresas disponíveis para venda devido a processos de sucessão e as empresas continuam a reavaliar e a ajustar os seus portefólios de negócios. Ademais, a digitalização, a transição energética, a inovação na saúde e a transformação da indústria deverão continuar a impulsionar os negócios a longo prazo, apesar das tensões geopolíticas e da subida dos preços da energia e das taxas de juro.
O fluxo de potenciais operações aponta também para um segundo semestre e um período subsequente potencialmente ativos. Das 608 notícias sobre empresas do sul da Europa disponíveis para venda identificadas pela Mergermarket no primeiro semestre, 126 diziam respeito a empresas de bens de consumo e 114 aos setores industrial e químico. Itália concentrou 237 destas notícias, seguida de Espanha, com 177. Por outro lado, em Portugal foram identificadas apenas 33 oportunidades de M&A em 12 diferentes setores.
“A perspetiva positiva é sustentada por algumas operações com o apoio de fundos de capital de risco, pelo interesse contínuo de investidores estrangeiros e pela consolidação em setores fragmentados. A atividade é particularmente visível em áreas como a tecnologia, os serviços empresariais, a indústria e os ativos imobiliários e hoteleiros”, defende a consultora Filipa Matias.
Denmark will guarantee a loan to the Danish subsidiary of Fire Point, the Ukrainian maker of Flamingo cruise missiles, the Danish Business Ministry announced on 21 October. The financing will run through EIFO, Denmark’s state export and investment fund.
Ukraine uses its Flamingo missiles to strike defense plants deep inside Russia as Moscow continues its full-scale invasion. Fire Point broke ground in December 2025 on a plant in Vojens, southern Denmark, to make solid fuel for the missiles. The project has since grown far more expensive. In August, CEO Iryna Terekh said its estimated cost had risen from €50 million to above €150 million, calling the figure “very rough.” The war, meanwhile, stands in the way of Fire Point borrowing on ordinary terms in Denmark, the ministry said. That is why the Danish state is guaranteeing the loan.
The guarantee covers 750 million Danish kroner, or about $112.6 million, Reuters reported. Terekh said in August that the plant’s launch had slipped to late 2027. The ministry called the deal another big step toward starting production. However, Ukrainian outlet Defender Media noted that the statement does not say directly that the loan will fund the plant.
EIFO chief Peder Lundquist said the fund is involved in nearly 40 projects linked to Ukraine. Business Minister Martin Lidegaard said hosting a Ukrainian defense company brings Denmark knowledge, production, and partnerships. Europe’s security and freedom, he added, start in Ukraine.
Defense Minister Jeppe Bruus said Denmark was the first country to decide to let a Ukrainian defense company set up on its soil. Production outside Ukraine, he argued, is better protected from Russian attacks. He added that Fire Point’s presence opens cooperation that could give Denmark access to technologies developed in wartime.
Denmark first said in September 2025 that Fire Point would make long-range missile fuel on Danish soil. Since then, the company has signed deals with more than a dozen European firms for FREYJA, an anti-ballistic project. It could reduce Europe’s long-term reliance on scarce US-made Patriot interceptors. Fire Point aims for a first ballistic missile intercept with it by mid-2027.
O Tribunal Penal Internacional (TPI) venceu o prémio Sakharov, atribuído pelo Parlamento Europeu, indicaram fontes europeias à agência Lusa, numa altura em que a instituição tem sido alvo de sanções e pressões dos Estados Unidos.
A atribuição do prémio ao Tribunal Penal Internacional será formalmente anunciada pela presidente do Parlamento Europeu (PE) em Estrasburgo por volta das 12:00 locais (11:00 de Lisboa). A cerimónia de entrega do prémio terá depois lugar em 16 de dezembro.
O prémio Sakharov para a Liberdade de Pensamento, batizado em homenagem ao físico e dissidente político soviético Andrei Sakharov, é o maior prémio de direitos humanos da União Europeia (UE), com o valor pecuniário de 50 mil euros.
A 9 de outubro, o governo norte-americano anunciou sanções ao Tribunal Penal Internacional (TPI), poucas horas após a ex-juíza sul-africana Navi Pillay ter sido galardoada com o Prémio Nobel da Paz, nomeadamente em reconhecimento pelo seu trabalho na instituição.
Washington justificou estas sanções com a intenção de “defender a soberania norte-americana e os seus cidadãos da ameaça representada pelo TPI”, segundo um comunicado do Departamento de Estado. Donald Trump apelou aos 125 países membros para se retirarem da instituição, que acusou de estar “fora de controlo”.
Em reação, a instância judicial que julga os crimes mais graves do mundo – crimes de guerra, crimes contra a humanidade e genocídio – declarou que as sanções são “um ataque ao Estado de direito e aos próprios fundamentos da ordem jurídica internacional, que desfere um golpe no princípio fundamental de que ninguém está acima da lei”. “A história julgará este momento”, acrescentou.
EXCLUSIVE: Twenty-three years after Duane "Dog" Chapman chased fugitive Max Factor heir Andrew Luster to Mexico and tackled him on a Puerto Vallarta street, the convicted serial rapist is a free man â despite an initial sentence of 124 years.
"I hope he's smart enough â and he's smart â to never do anything like that again," Chapman told Fox News Digital Wednesday, more than two decades after the capture that helped make him a household name.
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Chapman, his son Leland and several others went to Mexico after receiving a tip about Luster's whereabouts â months after he fled the U.S. in the middle of a California rape trial. They first identified him from the tipsters' photo, which showed a knee and a watch.
Chapman had been studying his face closely for weeks, but he also recognized the watch from a televised interview, he said. And he credits his son with first spotting Luster, who was speaking with a young woman in a bar on June 18, 2003.
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"When I saw him, you talk about an adrenaline rush went through my body," Chapman told Fox News Digital Wednesday. "Tim got down . ..he snuck up behind him, and then I pushed him. He fell over. We all jumped on him, and I screamed, 'You're under arrest by the United States of America.'"
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They pulled him into an SUV and drove off â only to be intercepted on the road outside town by Mexican authorities who arrested everyone amid the chaos.
Luster claimed he'd been kidnapped, Chapman said, so he handed the lead investigator what Chapman called a "bible" of information on the case.
Luster, the great-grandson of makeup mogul Max Factor, vanished during a recess in his trial and was convicted in absentia on 86 counts involving the drugging and raping of three women between 1996 and 2000 at his home in Mussel Shoals, California.
One of the victims, who asked not to be named out of concerns for her safety, said she's still struggling to comprehend Luster's release even though she knew it was
coming.
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"Itâs very unsettling knowing that he is not behind bars, not in a closed facility," she told Fox News Digital Wednesday. "He is out in the public, in a community that just â it just doesnât feel very good at all."
She said she has concerns for her own safety, her family, Luster's other victims and even investigators after a notebook containing a "payback list" was recovered from his Mexican hotel room â with their names on it.
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She said she dated Luster for five or six months without knowing she'd been drugged and raped the night they met â something detectives discovered years later, after they recovered videotapes from the home.
"It was me, comatose on his bed, wearing the clothes that I was wearing the first night I met him," she said. "Thatâs how I knew when it happened, because I had just bought that outfit, and I was wearing it the night that I met him. So thatâs how I figured out when it happened to me, which was absolutely horrifying."
Police found more than 100 videos, she said. Not all of them involved criminal activity, but those that did were "mortifying," she said, as Luster spoke to the camera like he were playing with "a toy."
"Theyâre pretty brutal," she added. "The things that he did to us while we were completely unconscious were things that, I mean, had we been able to feel anything, it would have been awful. He narrated the video and talked to the camera throughout and thoroughly enjoyed the whole entire thing."
He initially received consecutive sentences totaling 124 years â later reduced to 50, and he was released earlier this month after over two decades behind bars.
Prosecutors had opposed early release in 2024 and again in 2025. However, he was able to earn substantial early release credits under California's controversial Proposition 57 criminal justice reforms, and his prison term came to an end on Oct. 11.
"I did not know that [Prop 57] meant that it was gonna make Andrew Lusterâs crimes be deemed nonviolent," Doe No. 3 told Fox News Digital. "Thatâs just so baffling. I just feel like if anybody could watch these tapes of what he did to me and all of these other women, just to look at that and try to put the word nonviolent on it, that word could not come out of your mouth. It just would be impossible."
Doe was among those who successfully lobbied for changes to the law to close that nonviolent loophole.
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Chapman said he never received the bounty for Luster and lost hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own money for the operation and ensuing legal fallout.
Mexican law did not allow bounty hunters to apprehend fugitives. Chapman said he was arrested alongside his son Leland, longtime friend and associate Tim Chapman, who is not a blood relative, and members of a camera crew.
"He told me, 'Iâm going to get him for you,' and he did," Doe said of Chapman. So to help him get out after he put Luster back behind bars, she kicked off a legal fundraiser that she said attracted donations from around the country.
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A judge in Mexico later dismissed the case.
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The incident happened shortly before Chapman rose to fame with A&E's reality series, "Dog the Bounty Hunter."
Chapman is returning to the screen with a new YouTube series launching Saturday â "Dog the Bounty Hunter ... Everyone Deserves a Second Chance."
As part of the series, he plans to help bail out certain inmates with a history of good behavior and positive reports â but not for people facing serious felonies or sex abuse charges, he said.
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"We'll call out the ones that deserve a second chance, right, and you can't be perfect OK, so if they run, yeehaw," he said. "I don't wish they would, but if they do, then I'm going to catch them."
He said he's got at least another five to seven years of bounty hunting left in him.
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Fox News' Greg Wehner and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Lo ha incastrato uno scontrino che aveva nello zaino. È stato un pezzetto di carta a portare al fermo di Richard William Salvador Janampa, 31enne peruviano irregolare e senza fissa dimora, accusato di aver abusato una studentessa tedesca di 21 anni in Erasmus lo scorso giovedì in via Giacosa, vicino a Parco Trotter, a Milano. La ragazza – come riporta Il Corriere della Sera – era rimasta sola dopo aver salutato il suo gruppo di amici – altri sette studenti stranieri – con cui aveva passato la serata; era stata poi aggredita e successivamente salvata dal casuale passaggio di due turisti italiani.
Determinante nelle indagini è stato il ritrovamento di uno zaino in via Padova, vicino al luogo della violenza: in esso è stato trovato uno scontrino, e dall’analisi delle telecamere del negozio in cui era avvenuto l’acquisto è stato possibile isolare il volto dell’aggressore. I carabinieri di Porta Garibaldi, poi, nella medesima sacca, hanno trovato la Sim di un telefono, da cui è stato possibile risalire al negozio dove è stata comprata e dunque rinvenire il numero di telefono associato e il suo intestatario.
Sono stati setacciati i filmati di videosorveglianza dei circuiti installati nella zona circostante all’aggressione: le riprese hanno mostrato la vittima venire adocchiata e poi aggredita da una sagoma, quella di Salvador Janampa. L’uomo è stato trovato nella zona di via Padova, vicino al luogo della violenza, ed è stato fermato – motivato con la presenza di gravi indizi di colpevolezza e di pericolo di fuga – e condotto in carcere.
L'articolo Incastrato da uno scontrino il 31enne che ha aggredito una studentessa Erasmus a Milano proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Riflessioni sui confini tra laicità, sovranità e stabilità sociale
La controversia relativa all’uso dell’hijab nelle scuole azere ha assunto nuove dimensioni nel mese di ottobre, in seguito all’attuazione di norme sul codice di abbigliamento che hanno comportato il divieto di accesso alle istituzioni pubbliche per studentesse e insegnanti. L’episodio ha scatenato manifestazioni, arresti e critiche da parte delle organizzazioni internazionali, suscitando al contempo reazioni anche da parte della Turchia. Il dibattito si estende ben oltre l’ambito scolastico, coinvolgendo questioni di sovranità, identità religiosa e stabilità regionale.
L’Azerbaigian ha ragioni storiche per mantenere un modello di Stato laico. L’esperienza sovietica, la formazione delle sue istituzioni dopo l’indipendenza e la necessità di governare una società religiosamente diversificata in un contesto regionale teso hanno contribuito al consolidamento di un sistema in cui lo Stato mantiene un controllo rigoroso sul funzionamento delle istituzioni pubbliche. Le autorità azere hanno la prerogativa di determinare le proprie politiche educative, stabilire standard per le scuole e decidere in che modo debbano essere attuati i principi costituzionali.
Tuttavia, il modo in cui tali politiche vengono attuate può produrre conseguenze che vanno oltre i loro obiettivi originari. Nel caso dell’hijab, l’applicazione dei regolamenti scolastici ha suscitato resistenze tra le famiglie e le comunità religiose, mentre gli arresti legati alle proteste hanno amplificato la controversia. La sfida principale del governo sarà quella di gestire questa reazione senza permettere che una disputa sulle uniformi scolastiche si trasformi in un conflitto più ampio tra le autorità statali e le comunità religiose.
La situazione presenta inoltre importanti implicazioni internazionali. Ankara, principale partner strategico di Baku, ha espresso preoccupazione per le restrizioni relative al velo islamico. La vicinanza politica, culturale e linguistica tra i due Paesi rende la questione particolarmente delicata. Sebbene questo disaccordo non equivalga necessariamente a una crisi bilaterale, dimostra come le decisioni interne possano creare attriti anche tra governi che intrattengono relazioni strette. Ankara deve tenere conto delle proprie considerazioni sociali e politiche, mentre Baku cerca di preservare la propria autonomia nella gestione degli affari interni.
Merita attenzione anche la dimensione iraniana. L’Azerbaigian intrattiene un rapporto complesso con l’Iran, caratterizzato da legami storici e religiosi, nonché da divergenze strategiche. Come l’Iran, l’Azerbaigian ha una popolazione prevalentemente sciita, mentre la Repubblica Islamica ospita una consistente minoranza azera. Sia la Guida Suprema, l’Ayatollah Khamenei, sia il presidente Masoud Pezeshkian hanno origini etniche azere. In questo contesto, le politiche di secolarizzazione potrebbero essere interpretate da attori esterni come parte di una più ampia lotta per l’influenza religiosa e politica all’interno dell’Azerbaigian. Tale interpretazione, tuttavia, non dimostra che i regolamenti scolastici siano stati adottati esclusivamente per contrastare l’influenza iraniana.
Esiste inoltre un rischio interno che merita di essere preso in considerazione. Le restrizioni religiose applicate in modo troppo rigido possono produrre effetti contrari a quelli desiderati. Quando alcuni segmenti della popolazione percepiscono determinate misure come imposizioni alle proprie pratiche religiose, i gruppi radicali potrebbero sfruttare il malcontento che ne deriva, dipingere lo Stato come un avversario della religione ed espandere la propria capacità di mobilitazione. Per comprendere questa questione è necessario prendere in considerazione altre esperienze, come quella della Siria sotto il governo di Assad, dove la laicità coesisteva con la proliferazione dell’estremismo. Questo esito non è inevitabile e l’opposizione alle norme non dovrebbe essere automaticamente equiparata all’estremismo. Tuttavia, l’esperienza internazionale suggerisce che tale possibilità debba essere esaminata con attenzione.
Per l’Azerbaigian, la questione va quindi oltre la semplice definizione di un’uniforme scolastica. Il Paese ha il diritto di organizzare le proprie istituzioni secondo le proprie priorità, senza che governi stranieri ne dettino le scelte. Allo stesso tempo, il mantenimento della stabilità richiede che si eviti che le decisioni amministrative alimentino una polarizzazione duratura o creino nuove opportunità per gli attori che cercano di intensificare le tensioni religiose.
L’evoluzione di questo caso avrà implicazioni per le relazioni di Baku con Ankara e Teheran, nonché per le dinamiche politiche interne del Paese. L’esito dipenderà non solo dalle norme stesse, ma anche dalla loro attuazione pratica e dalla risposta delle autorità alle preoccupazioni sollevate da studenti, famiglie ed educatori. Nel Caucaso meridionale, dove identità, sovranità e sicurezza rimangono strettamente intrecciate, anche una controversia apparentemente circoscritta può avere gravi ripercussioni a livello regionale.
Juventus e Stade Rennais se enfrentam nesta quinta-feira (22), às 13h45 (de Brasília), no Allianz Stadium, em Turim, na Itália, pela terceira rodada da fase de liga da Uefa Europa League.
A partida terá transmissão da CazéTV, além do tempo real do CNN Esportes.
A Juventus busca se recuperar da derrota recente no campeonato nacional e terá de lidar com uma série de desfalques por lesão e suspensão, incluindo o técnico Luciano Spalletti.
Do outro lado, o Rennes, que ocupa a 13ª posição com quatro pontos e atravessa uma fase irregular, tenta conquistar um resultado positivo fora de casa. A equipe francesa tem apenas o atacante Esteban Lepaul como dúvida por questões físicas.
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