A iniciativa “FAROL – Fé que aproxima, Igreja que encontra” continua até 29 de novembro. Depois de São Brás de Alportel, onde começou a 11 de outubro, o Bispo do Algarve, D. Vitorino José Pereira Soares, vai celebrar a Eucaristia em Portimão, Olhão, Cacela, Odeleite, Cachopo, Giões e Alcoutim.
O percurso atravessa a Diocese de ponta a ponta. Começa a 31 de outubro na Igreja Matriz de Portimão e passa por Olhão a 8 de novembro, numa celebração que assinala 200 anos. Termina no interior do Sotavento, junto de comunidades pequenas que raramente estão no centro das atenções.
A 29 de novembro, o Bispo estará em Cachopo, Giões e Alcoutim, com três Eucaristias entre as 9h00 e o meio-dia. Assim, o FAROL mostra que nenhuma paróquia fica longe demais.
Esta nova etapa é mais do que uma agenda: é uma forma de estar. O Bispo quer ouvir os párocos, conhecer quem dá vida a cada comunidade e perceber as alegrias e as dificuldades no lugar onde acontecem. O nome lembra a ligação do Algarve ao mar e à luz que orienta sem se impor. Lido letra a letra, resume a proposta: Fé, Acolhimento, Relação, Oração e Ligação.
O FAROL não pretende substituir ninguém nem impor caminhos — quer apenas iluminar, acompanhar e reconhecer o trabalho silencioso de quem sustenta a fé em cada canto do Algarve.
“A Diocese do Algarve convida os paroquianos, as famílias e todos os que vivem nestas terras a participar. Um farol só cumpre a sua missão quando há quem se guie pela sua luz”, lê-se em nota de imprensa.
The move comes amid increased attention to the worsening humanitarian crisis in the city, which over the past weeks has gained international attention, including from Pope Leo XIV.
Una donna di 36 anni è stata uccisa a coltellate a Vergiate, in provincia di Varese. Per il delitto è stato fermato il compagno, Marco Panichi, 53 anni, originario di Civitella Roveto, in provincia dell’Aquila. L’omicidio sarebbe avvenuto nella mattinata di giovedì 22 ottobre, all’interno di un’abitazione presa in affitto dalla coppia nella frazione di Cuirone. Secondo la prima ricostruzione degli investigatori, l’uomo avrebbe colpito la fidanzata con un coltello durante una lite. La vittima, Grey Noralba Sanmartin Villalba, era originaria della Colombia. Dopo quanto accaduto, Panichi avrebbe lasciato il Varesotto per raggiungere l’Abruzzo. Una volta arrivato ad Avezzano, si è presentato spontaneamente alla caserma dei carabinieri di via Genserico Fontana, dove avrebbe riferito di essere responsabile dell’omicidio.
La confessione e il fermo
L’uomo avrebbe parlato dell’accaduto davanti al procuratore di Avezzano, Maurizio Maria Cerrato. Al termine degli accertamenti, nei suoi confronti è scattato il fermo e il 53enne si trova ora nel carcere di Avezzano. La vicenda giudiziaria è ancora alle prime battute e gli investigatori stanno ricostruendo con precisione quanto avvenuto nell’abitazione di Vergiate, compresi dinamica, orari e movente. Nel frattempo, l’Autorità giudiziaria di Avezzano procede in raccordo con la Procura di Busto Arsizio. È previsto anche il passaggio davanti al gip per la convalida del provvedimento.
Il corpo trovato nella camera da letto
Dopo la segnalazione arrivata dall’Abruzzo, i carabinieri della zona sono intervenuti nell’abitazione di Vergiate insieme ai militari del Nucleo investigativo e ai magistrati della Procura di Busto Arsizio. Per entrare nell’immobile è stato necessario anche l’intervento dei vigili del fuoco. All’interno, il corpo della 36enne è stato trovato sul pavimento della camera da letto. La donna presentava numerose ferite provocate da un’arma da taglio, anche nella zona del collo. Nell’appartamento è stato rinvenuto un coltello da cucina, ritenuto l’arma utilizzata per il delitto. L’abitazione è stata posta sotto sequestro dalla Procura di Busto Arsizio per consentire agli investigatori di effettuare tutti gli accertamenti necessari.
La versione della difesa
Sul caso resta da chiarire anche la dinamica della lite. Il difensore di Panichi, l’avvocato Leonardo Casciere, ha riferito la versione fornita dal proprio assistito: secondo questa ricostruzione, l’aggressione sarebbe partita dalla donna, che avrebbe avuto un coltello in mano. Il legale sostiene inoltre che il 53enne avrebbe riportato diverse lesioni mentre cercava di difendersi, comprese ferite a un braccio e a una mano. Si tratta, però, di una ricostruzione della difesa che dovrà essere verificata dagli investigatori attraverso gli elementi raccolti nell’indagine.
L’autopsia e le indagini
La salma della vittima è stata trasferita all’Istituto di Medicina Legale di Pavia, dove sarà effettuato l’esame autoptico disposto dalla Procura di Busto Arsizio. Gli accertamenti dovranno contribuire a stabilire con maggiore precisione la sequenza dei fatti e a verificare le diverse ricostruzioni. Gli investigatori stanno inoltre ricostruendo il percorso compiuto dal 53enne da Vergiate fino ad Avezzano dopo l’omicidio. Restano dunque diversi aspetti da chiarire mentre l’indagine prosegue sotto il coordinamento delle Procure diBusto Arsizio e Avezzano.
O corregedor-geral da Justiça Eleitoral, ministro Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva, deu prazo de 24 horas para que a empresa Meta – responsável pelas plataformas Facebook, Instagram e WhatsApp – e a rede social X revelem detalhes sobre a remoção de publicações e a forma como distribuem conteúdos de cunho político a seus usuários.
Cueva é relator de um processo aberto pela campanha do presidente e candidato à reeleição Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, que alega haver um favorecimento nas plataformas de conteúdos ligados ao candidato Flávio Bolsonaro, adversário no segundo turno da corrida presidencial.
Para ilustrar o tratamento desigual, a campanha de Lula citou a remoção de um vídeo do projeto Revelando apresentado pelo artista MC Cabelinho, que contém críticas a Flávio e foi retirado da rede social Instagram na quinta-feira (22), pouco depois de ser lançado, sob alegação de uso excessivo de Inteligência Artificial.
Para o corregedor eleitoral, diante da proximidade da votação em segundo urno, no domingo (25), o episódio “justifica a adoção de providências destinadas a esclarecer os fundamentos da remoção e a assegurar sua pronta reavaliação".
O ministro, contudo, ressalvou que os elementos apresentados até o momento não permitem concluir que o vídeo recebeu “tratamento diferenciado em razão de sua orientação político- eleitoral". Ele determinou à Meta que submeta o material à revisão humana.
Outra alegação da campanha lulista é que anúncios pagos pelas campanhas oficiais estariam tendo alcance distinto nas redes sociais, com menor distribuição de conteúdos ligados a Lula. A campanha lulista aponta ainda um alcance desproporcional entre conteúdos, com favorecimento a conteúdos do campo adversário.
A defesa de Lula reclama também de tratamento desigual pela ferramenta de IA Grok, que funciona embutido no X, que apresentaria comportamento distinto quando confrontada com questionamentos semelhantes a respeito das duas candidaturas.
Em informações apresentadas ao presidente do TSE, ministro Munes Marques, nesta semana, a Meta negou tratamento diferenciado entre as campanhas e afirmou respeitar todas as regras da Justiça Eleitoral.
Nesta sexta (23), Nunes Marques deve realizar uma última reunião com representantes das principais redes sociais - como Instagram, Facebook, TikTok e Kwai - antes do segundo turno.
Uma mulher de 48 anos apresentou crises epilépticas recorrentes que ocorriam exclusivamente durante a menstruação. O padrão dos episódios levou médicos a investigarem uma possível forma de endometriose cerebral, condição extremamente rara em que tecidos semelhantes aos encontrados no revestimento interno do útero estão presentes no sistema nervoso central.
O caso foi descrito em um estudo publicado em setembro de 2026 no Journal of Clinical Medicine. A paciente também relatava episódios de perda de memória de curto prazo, e exames de ressonância magnética identificaram uma lesão no hipocampo direito, região do cérebro relacionada à formação de memórias.
Apesar dos resultados dos exames e da melhora após o tratamento hormonal, os pesquisadores ressaltaram que não foi possível confirmar definitivamente a origem da lesão. Como uma biópsia foi considerada arriscada devido à localização, o diagnóstico permaneceu como uma suspeita de endometriose cerebral.
O que é endometriose cerebral?
A endometriose é uma doença crônica caracterizada pela presença de tecido semelhante ao endométrio, que reveste a parte interna do útero, fora da cavidade uterina. A condição afeta principalmente estruturas da região pélvica, mas também pode atingir outros órgãos.
Em casos excepcionalmente raros, o tecido pode estar presente no sistema nervoso central. A manifestação cerebral é pouco documentada na literatura médica e pode ser difícil de identificar, porque os sintomas e as alterações observadas nos exames de imagem também podem ocorrer em outras doenças neurológicas.
Dependendo da localização das lesões, a endometriose cerebral pode estar associada a manifestações como convulsões, dores de cabeça e alterações neurológicas. A relação entre os sintomas e o ciclo menstrual pode ajudar os médicos a considerar essa possibilidade durante a investigação.
Por que as convulsões aconteciam durante a menstruação?
No caso descrito, a paciente mantinha um registro dos episódios e do ciclo menstrual durante seis meses. O acompanhamento mostrou que as crises aconteciam exclusivamente durante o sangramento menstrual.
Esse padrão é compatível com a chamada epilepsia catamenial, termo utilizado para descrever a piora ou a ocorrência de crises epilépticas em determinados períodos do ciclo menstrual.
As oscilações hormonais ao longo do ciclo podem influenciar a atividade cerebral e a ocorrência de crises em algumas pessoas com epilepsia. Entretanto, a coincidência entre os episódios e a menstruação não confirma, por si só, a presença de endometriose no cérebro.
No caso analisado, a associação entre as crises e o ciclo menstrual, somada à lesão identificada na ressonância magnética, levou os pesquisadores a considerar a endometriose cerebral entre as possíveis explicações.
Como foi o diagnóstico?
A primeira ressonância magnética, realizada em agosto de 2019, identificou uma alteração no hipocampo direito. Em exames posteriores, os médicos observaram uma área de aproximadamente 11 por 10 milímetros com realce após a administração de contraste.
As imagens levantaram diferentes hipóteses, incluindo alterações do desenvolvimento cerebral, processos infecciosos e lesões tumorais. A endometriose cerebral também foi considerada, mas os resultados dos exames não permitiram estabelecer uma causa definitiva.
A paciente não apresentava sintomas típicos de endometriose pélvica, como dor menstrual intensa, dor durante relações sexuais ou dor pélvica cíclica. A ausência dessas manifestações, contudo, não foi suficiente para descartar a possibilidade de acometimento fora da região pélvica.
O que aconteceu após o tratamento?
Segundo o relato, a paciente recebeu inicialmente medicamentos para controlar as crises epilépticas, mas os episódios persistiram. Posteriormente, foi submetida a tratamento hormonal com progestágenos, incluindo desogestrel e dienogeste.
Após a terapia, os sintomas neurológicos desapareceram, e o tratamento antiepiléptico foi suspenso. Uma ressonância magnética realizada em março de 2026 também mostrou redução acentuada ou desaparecimento da alteração anteriormente observada no hipocampo direito.
Os pesquisadores consideraram a evolução clínica e radiológica compatível com a hipótese de endometriose cerebral. No entanto, destacaram que a resposta ao tratamento não comprova, isoladamente, a origem endometriótica da lesão.
A endometriose cerebral é uma manifestação excepcionalmente rara da doença. O estudo publicado em 2026 identificou oito relatos de casos na literatura científica ao revisar publicações anteriores sobre a condição.
Por isso, os autores destacam a importância de avaliar a relação entre os sintomas neurológicos e o ciclo menstrual, acompanhar a evolução das lesões por exames de imagem e integrar avaliações de diferentes especialidades médicas.
O relato contribui para o conhecimento sobre uma manifestação incomum da endometriose, mas, por se tratar de um caso isolado e sem confirmação histológica, não permite estabelecer conclusões definitivas sobre a frequência da doença, seus mecanismos ou a eficácia do tratamento em outros pacientes.
President Trump called on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to “IMMEDIATELY resign” and accused her of using a fake name in a Truth Social post on Thursday evening. “Please inform the Speaker of the House of Representatives, James Michael Johnson, that the Dumocrat Party has just conceded her seat,” Trump wrote. “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, her…
President Trump called on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to “IMMEDIATELY resign” and accused her of using a fake name in a Truth Social post on Thursday evening. “Please inform the Speaker of the House of Representatives, James Michael Johnson, that the Dumocrat Party has just conceded her seat,” Trump wrote. “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, her…
For nearly two years, Donald Trump’s Justice Department has been unusually aggressive in pursuing the White House’s political opponents. Now, however, it appears that a presidential ally is the one facing scrutiny from federal law enforcement.
MS NOW has confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has sent a criminal referral to the Justice Department over allegations that Corey Lewandowski profited from his role at DHS.
A Lewandowski spokesperson issued a statement Thursday saying that the former DHS official hadn’t been contacted by the Justice Department, adding that Lewandowski “denies any wrongdoing when he was proudly serving his country in a voluntary capacity.”
For those who would benefit from a refresher on Lewandowski, around this time 10 years ago, it appeared that his role as a member of Trump’s team had run its course. The Republican operative was Trump’s campaign manager for several months in 2016, but after clashing with his colleagues and facing a criminal charge after a confrontation with a reporter, the future president ousted Lewandowski from his political operation.
Although it seemed implausible, the operative gradually worked his way back into Trump’s good graces, and when the president returned to power after the 2024 election, Lewandowski received a striking reward: Trump tapped him to serve as a “special government employee” to help run the Department of Homeland Security alongside then-Secretary Kristi Noem.
Predictably, Lewandowski’s tenure proved controversial — in part because of the policy agenda he championed; in part because he wanted to carry a gun (for reasons that were never fully explained), to the alarm of DHS officials; and in part because of the nature of his close relationship with Noem.
But it’s the corruption allegations that are of particular and ongoing significance.
In July, for example, The Wall Street Journal reported that federal investigators found evidence that Lewandowski “may have been involved in improperly awarding government contracts” during his time at DHS. Last month, the Journal published a separate report, alleging that the operative used his role in the department to pursue side deals for himself with officials in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. (Lewandowski slammed the reporting as “fiction.”)
Time will tell what, if anything, comes of the inquiry, though if it reaches a more serious stage, it will create a difficult test for the president and his political operation.
Indeed, if Trump’s former campaign manager faces a possible federal criminal indictment, it’s an open question as to whether the president will intervene and derail the case, or whether he’ll add Lewandowski to his list of close allies whom he pretends not to know.
Complicating matters further, it was just last week when Trump sat down with Newsmax for a lengthy interview, and when the discussion turned to pardons, the Republican said, “I can tell you this, I don’t want to see my people go through — because these people are lunatics on the, on the left — I don’t want to see people that work for me go through years of nonsense, hire lawyers and everything else, all for nothing.”
This came a few weeks after Trump also told Time magazine that he’s prepared to issue pardons to members of his administration. Watch this space.
Un uomo di 53 anni si è costituito per aver aver ucciso la compagna giovedì mattina a Vergiate, in provincia di Varese. Le numerose coltellate con cui Marco Panichi ha confessato di aver colpito la donna di 36 anni originaria della Colombia, ne hanno causato il decesso.
I due erano in viaggio nel Varesotto e, dopo l’omicidio, Panichi è rientrato in Abruzzo e si è costituito spontaneamente alla caserma dei carabinieri di via Genserico Fontana. Secondo il difensore, l’avvocato Leonardo Casciere, l’uomo sarebbe inizialmente fuggito per paura e avrebbe raggiunto il padre prima di consegnarsi.
Dopo aver aperto la porta dell’abitazione con l’intervento dei Vigili del Fuoco, i carabinieri di Gallarate sono entrati nell’appartamento che i due avevano preso in affitto e hanno trovato il corpo della donna sul pavimento della camera da letto, con diversi fendenti al corpo e al collo.
Accanto alla donna è stato trovato un coltello da cucina, indicato dagli investigatori come l’arma utilizzata. Il fermo del 53enne, originario di Civitella Roveto, in provincia dell’Aquila, è stato disposto dall’autorità giudiziaria di Avezzano, in accordo con la magistratura lombarda. La salma è stata trasferita all’Istituto di Medicina legale di Pavia, dove sarà eseguita l’autopsia. La Procura di Busto Arsizio ha avviato ulteriori accertamenti per ricostruire la dinamica dell’omicidio.
Secondo quanto riferito dall’avvocato Casciere all’Ansa, l’aggressione non sarebbe partita da lui ma dalla donna, per motivi di gelosia. A sostegno della sua tesi, il legale ha menzionato anche le lesioni sul braccio di Panichi, ma sarà la documentazione sanitaria ad accertare il numero esatto delle lesioni, la loro gravità ed eventualmente la compatibilità delle ferite con un tentativo di autodifesa da parte della vittima. A breve prevista la convalida del provvedimento da parte del giudice delle indagini preliminari del Tribunale di Avezzano.
ORQA supplies drones to NATO militaries and views working in Ukraine as key to making the standard of drone technology that the alliance needs.
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A major Western drone firm says working in Ukraine is key to getting gear to the standard NATO needs.
ORQA is partnering with Ukraine's industry to co-produce drone systems, including for the NATO market.
Its CEO said Ukraine has battlefield experience and operational excellence that can shape gear for NATO.
A Western company developing drone technology for NATO militaries says that working in Ukraine is the best way to ensure its gear meets the alliance's needs for a future fight.
ORQA, a Croatian company that makes drones and drone technology, including controllers, receivers, goggles, video equipment, and flight simulators, already supplies parts and systems to two dozen NATO allies. But it wants to draw on Ukraine's battlefield experience to improve its products.
Working in Ukraine "creates an opportunity to really channel this sort of operational expertise to shape these products. And then these products can be made to a standard that NATO demands," CEO Srđan Kovačević told Business Insider.
ORQA produces components used by Ukrainian defense tech company General Cherry and is partnering with the firm to jointly make drone systems and spread Ukraine's drone expertise.
The war in Ukraine is the most intense drone war ever fought, and getting feedback from the battlefield provides critical insight into what soldiers need most.
ORQA and General Cherry are working together to produce for both Ukraine and the NATO market.
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"If I'm being blunt, there are only a few parts of the world where you can actively shoot down these unmanned aerial threats in a real-world environment," Kovačević told Business Insider.
That same drive has prompted Western defense companies, ranging from small start-ups to major primes, to set up manufacturing facilities, repair hubs, and offices in Ukraine, seeking battlefield feedback to improve their technology faster.
ORQA is also seeking to better understand how Ukraine's defense industry scales, moves quickly, and works in wartime.
Kovačević said that "the West has a tremendous amount to learn from Ukraine," saying that the "operational excellence that Ukrainian defense forces have developed is unparalleled in the Western world."
He said that while the West "has a very deep technology expertise," it lacks "this lived experience of taking that technology and applying it to the operational reality of the 21st-century warfare."
"Now," he said, "it's time to merge the two and emerge better off on both sides of this partnership."
General Cherry is one of Ukraine's biggest drone companies and has announced partnerships with other Western defense tech companies.
Ukraine is fighting the most drone-heavy war ever.
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ORQA and General Cherry intend to manufacture in both countries, supplying NATO and its allies with Ukrainian-developed counter-drone technology while expanding domestic production of drone components in Ukraine.
Kovačević said Ukrainian companies like General Cherry have "immensely valuable lived experience of building and scaling under fire," something that is often "neglected by Western companies," but they can learn.
The significant "volumes that Ukrainian drone companies are able to produce really dwarf anything that's happening in the West right now," he added.
Western leaders are encouraging industrial collaboration, andNATO has launched programs to bring Ukrainian and allied defense companies together.
ORQA isn't alone in looking to Ukraine's extensive battlefield experience to develop better weapons for NATO. Latvia-based Origin Robotics, for example, makes BLAZE interceptor drones purchased by several NATO militaries and BEAK, a drone-launched precision-guided weapon used by Ukrainian forces.
Its CEO, Agris Kipurs, previously told Business Insider that the company takes lessons from its work in Ukraine, "but we adapt those weapons systems specifically to be used in a NATO country. And NATO countries and the armies of NATO countries are our customers. That is the user we build for."
Kovačević said Ukrainian technology can't simply be transplanted into NATO militaries. Ukraine has had to develop weapons at breakneck speed and make do with what's available.
NATO, however, has time to take operational knowledge, contextualize it for alliance forces, and build these products to the necessary standards using Western technology, he said.
Kovačević said the goal of these industrial partnerships is to supply NATO without undermining Ukraine's ability to meet its own wartime needs.
ORQA also aims to boost Ukraine's domestic production of drone components and reduce its reliance on foreign suppliers.
Ukraine is "relying heavily on non-Ukrainian and non-European supply chains," Kovačević said, adding that reducing that dependence is strategically important. ORQA says it manufactures key components in-house and avoids Chinese-made parts to strengthen its supply chain.
EXCLUSIVE – The White House is highlighting the brutal hammer killing of a Florida mother as President Donald Trump prepares to headline a midterm rally in Fort Myers on Friday, with a spokesperson telling Fox News Digital that the case demonstrates the consequences of former President Joe Biden's border policies.
Trump is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. at Florida Gulf Coast University's Alico Arena ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. The White House is pointing to the killing in the same city as it prepares to put a spotlight on the president's immigration enforcement record.
"A few short months ago, an illegal alien barbarically killed a woman outside of a gas station in Fort Myers by hitting her on the head with a hammer multiple times," White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis told Fox News Digital exclusively.
"This heinous murderer was RELEASED into the country by the Biden administration. Not only did the Biden administration release him into the country, but they then gave him Temporary Protected Status. This is the result of Democrats open-border policies. If you import the third world, you become the third world."
Trump previously condemned the killing in an April Truth Social post, calling the surveillance video "one of the most vicious things you will ever see" and blaming the Biden administration for allowing the suspect into the country.
"This one killing should be enough for these Radical Judges to STOP impeding my Administration’s Immigration Policies," Trump wrote at the time.
The remarks refer to the brazen killing of a Florida mother in April. Haitian national Rolbert Joachim is accused of repeatedly striking the woman in the head with a hammer outside a Fort Myers gas station.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, surveillance video showed the suspect smashing the woman's windshield before approaching her and repeatedly striking her in the head with a hammer in broad daylight. The victim, a gas station clerk and mother of two teenage daughters, died in the attack.
Fort Myers police enlisted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to help locate Joachim, who was subsequently arrested on Mango Street, DHS said.
The department said Joachim entered the United States in August 2022 and was released into the country under the Biden administration. A federal judge issued a final removal order against him that year, but he later received Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which expired in 2024.
The designation allows eligible foreign nationals from certain countries to remain and work temporarily in the United States because of conditions in their home countries. It does not provide permanent residency.
The White House is putting a spotlight on the case as Trump prepares to address supporters in southwest Florida, a region that has delivered strong election results for the president.
Trump carried Florida in all three of his presidential campaigns, expanding his statewide winning margin from roughly one percentage point in 2016 to more than 13 points in 2024.
In Lee County, home to Fort Myers, Trump won 63.6% of the vote in 2024, compared with 35.3% for former Vice President Kamala Harris, according to official county election results.
The White House says Trump's immigration crackdown has led to 17 straight months without releases at the border and the deportation of more than 3 million people who were in the United States illegally.
DHS said in April that ICE had lodged an immigration detainer against Joachim following his arrest and that he would face deportation regardless of the outcome of his criminal case.
Prosecutors later announced they would seek the death penalty against Joachim, according to local reporting.
Ukraine's Cabinet has opened the construction of underground arms production space to private investors, Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi announced on 22 October, saying the rule applies from that day. A second decision eases imports for partner-funded weapons production.
Koretskyi said the change would add more of the space arms makers need, especially as Russian strikes intensify. On 9 December 2025, the Defense Ministry reported that more than UAH 1.5 billion (about $36 million) in budget support had let war-damaged defense firms restore operations. At the time, the ministry planned to relocate or duplicate the most critical plants, and underground complexes were under construction. The new model puts no additional burden on the state budget, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Hvozdiar said. The bill still lands somewhere, though. Defense firms will buy, lease, or take the space for use, and companies working on state contracts are among those eligible. If they pay developers out of state-contract revenue, part of the cost could come back to the budget.
Developers build, arms makers move in
The changes to Cabinet resolution No. 1494 give private investors a simplified route to construction and permits, the ministry said. Developers can build protected facilities with their own or raised funds. Deadlines, terms of use, and the handover are set in a contract between investor and defense firm. The mechanism covers new sites as well as moving or expanding existing production. If a firm gets only part of a facility, that part must be at least 25% of the facility's total area and fit for production.
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Developers must sign deals with, among others, residents of Defence City, Ukraine's special legal regime for arms makers, holders of state defense contracts, and firms the ministry designates as critical.
Tax break for partner-funded arms production
Components for weapons production that international partners pay for will enter Ukraine free of import duty and VAT, Koretskyi said. He added that customs inspection and clearance would be simplified and sharply shortened through a "single window."
After the extraordinary revelations – and the sense of hope – that came from the independent commission set up almost four years ago to investigate child sex abuse within the
Without citing specifics, Carr decried what he called “a significant surge in entirely Fake Polls and Suppression Polls designed to do nothing more than interfere with the regular functioning of the electoral process and alter the normal patterns of voter turnout and enthusiasm.”
“Broadcasters are advised to avoid engaging in News Distortions or running Broadcast Hoaxes by airing Polls that would violate their regulatory obligations,” Carr warned Wednesday.
It’s possible Carr was referring to news this week that an obscure group called Wedgewood Polls had propagated fraudulent polling data that, despite news outlets’ due diligence, made its way into polling aggregations at several outlets, including The New York Times and MS NOW. The problem of apparently malevolent actors fudging poll numbers before an election is not something to take lightly, but responsible news organizations have been transparent with their audiences, appending corrections, editor’s notes and updating their aggregations as needed. (The commission’s lone Democratic appointee, Anna Gomez, posted to X on Wednesday, “FCC rules on news distortion or hoaxes do not apply to a station that reports this data in good faith.”)
This would hardly be the first time Carr has used his office to threaten broadcasters from airing bad news about his boss.
But Carr’s track record as an anti-free-speech warrior for Trump makes it hard to see his comments as an earnest effort to prevent the distribution of incorrect information before an election. In nearly two years as FCC chair, Carr has demonstrated that he’s an unprincipled, hyperpartisan hack who cosplays as an advocate of free speech and limited government. Examples abound of him using his office to try to silence Trump critics and strong-arm risk-averse media corporations that prioritize nothing more than their bottom lines.
More likely, Carr is helping lay the groundwork for Trump to — once again — falsely claim fraud in the event of a GOP wipeout in the midterm elections, lest Trump’s historic unpopularity be blamed for Republicans losing control of one or both houses of Congress or any number of statehouses.
In March, as it became evident that Trump’s war on Iran was destined to become an unwinnable quagmire, Carr threatened broadcasters from airing “hoaxes and news distortions” in war coverage. Those words, in MAGA-speak, typically translate to “reports that accurately reflect the president’s incompetence.”
Carr also effectively censored Jimmy Kimmel after the September 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk by jawboning ABC’s corporate parent, The Walt Disney Company, into suspending the late-night comic, even boasting, “When we see stuff like this, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.” So egregious was this government gangsterism that no less a Trump lickspittle than Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, condemned it as “mafioso” behavior. When Carr wasn’t acting as the comedy police, he went after ABC’s daytime talk show “The View,” claiming the program violated the FCC’s antiquated “equal time” rules regarding political candidate interviews, despite the fact that talk shows had historically been considered exempt from that regulation.
The FCC’s censorship campaign has been such a success that ABC’s lawyers claimed in court recently that the network’s news division has been tempering its election coverage to avoid further harassment by the Trump administration.
Thankfully for Carr, his efforts earned him a good-boy pat on the head from Trump at an Alaska campaign rally this month, when the president praised his FCC attack poodle as “the most-feared man in government.” If you were wondering, yes, it is bizarre that the head of the historically bipartisan FCC would be attending a partisan political rally. But then, Carr — who’s known for wearing a lapel pin in the shape of Trump’s head — broke decades of precedent when he told a Senate committee in December 2025 that the FCC is not an independent agency. References to “independent” have also been removed from the FCC’s website.
Twelve former FCC officials — who served in both Republican and Democratic administrations — issued a joint statement Wednesday condemning Carr’s “dangerous and unconstitutional” attempt to “censor and control the information available to Americans as they prepare to vote.” They added, “Make no mistake: this is a direct attack on free and fair elections, which is especially concerning in the days and weeks when Americans are heading to the polls.”
In an X post Wednesday, The Bulwark’s Will Saletan aptly summed up Carr’s pathology: “Stephen Miller might look the part, but Brendan Carr is actually Trump’s most dedicated authoritarian apparatchik. In a fascist regime, he would do anything the boss ordered.”
Trump’s recent claim that Carr is the “most feared” person in government is in keeping with the president’s flattery of thugs, and Carr no doubt appreciated the ego-stroking. That’s probably overstating the case a bit — the Trump administration does have high-ranking officials who brag about committing likely war crimes, after all — but Carr is most certainly a giddy soldier in Trump’s war on the Constitution.
STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan — President Donald Trump promised that his tariff policies would make the country richer and would bring in enough revenue to eliminate the need for income tax and to pay down the country’s debt. Instead, Trump voters in Michigan told MS NOW they feel poorer, as income tax is still on the books and the national debt has soared to $40 trillion.
Increased prices due to tariffs continue to pinch consumers across the country, and few are paying a higher price than Michiganders.
In September, a study for the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, a nonpartisan “small government” research group, estimated that the impact of tariffs on Michigan households since January 2025 has been somewhere between $23 billion and $26 billion, which breaks down to an estimated burden of about $6,000 per household.
“I hate them. They suck,” Dennis Walls, a three-time Trump voter who works in landscaping and is looking for a second job, said of tariffs.
Walls, who is from Imlay City, said the tariffs have made groceries more expensive and cost his landscaping business more for equipment.
“Our backpacks, leaf-blowing backpacks, stick edges, weed whackers, machines, even keep going up higher and higher,” he said.
Michigan’s exposure to Trump’s trade war is amplified by its proximity to Canada and the deep ties between their economies. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative estimated that Michigan exported $23.2 billion in goods to Canada in 2025. The Canadian government estimated it exported about $43.5 billion in goods to Michigan that same year.
This year, Trump imposed significant tariffs on Canada, drawing retaliation from Canada — which ended in a stalemate this September, when tariffs on billions of dollars of goods went into effect.
Kenneth Matthews, 57, is another three-time Trump voter who’s juggling work at a factory and his own lawn care business.
“I’m pissed off about them,” he said. “It’s even harder when you’re running your own business.”
Matthews said he regrets his support for Trump.
“He’s not making America great again. He’s putting us farther in the hole,” he said.
His message to the president is simple: “Knock the tariffs off. Get rid of them. We shouldn’t have them.”
Michigan’s historic automotive industry is on the front line of the trade wars Trump has picked with Canada and Mexico. But it’s the small businesses that keep the industry humming that are being hit hardest.
Andi Asliwa, 28, is an owner and mechanic at New Testament Auto Service in Sterling Heights. The entrepreneur told MS NOW that the tariffs are making his business untenable as he has to pass on higher prices for parts to his customers.
I think the richer people got richer, but the average person — no, it’s tearing us apart.”
—Andi Asliwa
“I used to get brake pads for $35, $25. Now they’re $70 and up,” said Asliwa, who voted for Trump in 2024. He said his brake pads are imported from China, and he’s sticking with them as they remain less expensive than domestically produced brake pads, which he said are worse quality.
Asked how the tariffs have affected the country, Asliwa said, “I think the richer people got richer, but the average person — no, it’s tearing us apart.”
Oil filters seen in Asliwa’s auto shopMS NOW
Last month, Trump announced an import ban on select Canadian alcoholic beverages, and Canada retaliated, putting bars on both sides of the border on the rocks. But it’s not just the booze that’s drying up; it’s also the boycott by Canadian tourists, spurred by the escalating trade war, that’s making a dent on Michiganders’ bottom lines.
Bob Roberts owns McShane’s Irish Pub & Whiskey Bar in Detroit, which employs 32 people. Roberts, who voted for Trump in 2016, said Canadian tourists from just across the border in Windsor, Ontario, have stopped their patronage.
You would see Canadian plates everywhere. Now you walk around, you don’t see any Canadian plates at all.”
—Bob Roberts
“We used to enjoy a pretty big crowd from Canada, because they have no sports teams there,” Roberts said. “You would see Canadian plates everywhere. Now you walk around, you don’t see any Canadian plates at all.”
Roberts put the damage to his revenue from the Canadian tourism boycott at about 15%, or about $30,000. He said the hospitality industry in Detroit right now is “fragile.”
“If you continue down the road that we’re on, there’s not going to be any way that I can survive as a restaurateur, and because of that, you know, I’ll go out of business,” Roberts said.
Patrons drinking at Roberts’ barMS NOW
Roberts said he is still undecided on whether he will vote for Democrat Abdul El-Sayed or Republican Rep. Mike Rogers for Michigan’s Senate seat.
“If these tariffs don’t get cleared up, if the Republicans win either the House or the Senate — I mean, there needs to be a dramatic change in Washington,” he said.
“Otherwise, I mean, quite frankly, we’re screwed,” he added.
El-Sayed has opposed Trump’s tariff policy from the beginning of his campaign, in contrast to Rogers, who only came out against the president’s trade war with Canada with less than a month before Election Day.
“As a politician, he came out in support of Canada and against the trade wars; in my opinion, [he] came out a little late,” Roberts said of Rogers.
“It doesn’t pass the sniff test: It smells like politics, as opposed to being genuine,” he added.
Iran’s rapid post-strike recovery of its Eagle 44 airbase proves that hardened mountain shelters remain a decisive shield against precision firepower, transforming how inferior air forces survive and deter superior adversaries. This month, The War Zone (TWZ) reported that Iran is actively repairing and expanding its subterranean Eagle 44 airbase in Hormozgan province, despite having […]
Meta says that over a quarter of Muse users made purchases with the AI agent.
The average order was over $200 — that's a lot of clams!
If this is you, please tell me what you're using it for.
Something just blew my mind, and I'm asking for your help to figure it out.
According to Meta's Q3 earnings call on Wednesday, more than a quarter of Muse users so far have used the AI agent make purchases — and the average order size is over $200.
I'll say that again: average order size over $200.
This is shocking to me, and I'm someone who has been actively and happily using Muse for a variety of things. I've been perfectly happy to give Muse access to my email, my calendar, my credit cards, and even my Apple health data.
But I've been slightly reticent about using it to actually buy stuff. Not that I'm totally worried about it getting stuff wrong (although the one purchase I did try to make with it was to order a salad for lunch, and it attempted to place the order on my HSA card after I failed to recognize the last 4 digits of that card, oops).
I think it's more I enjoy shopping online myself? I mean, for most things, I suppose. For "fun" stuff like clothes or personal items, I enjoy browsing and the hit of dopamine when you check out. (Others take this to the extreme, using "dopamine sites" that let you browse fake restaurants and "order" food that never arrives.) The other night I ordered — on a real site — cotton balls, razor blade refills, a plain white t-shirt, and a pair of scissors from the Target app while watching TV and even that boring purchase with a total under $30 gave me a small thrill. Why would I want to cede that joy to AI?
I understand, however, that not all purchases are fun. My colleague, Peter Kafka, used Muse to help him place an order for a new washing machine — the kind of purchase that is difficult to decide on, not particularly fun or exciting to make, and fairly expensive. Things like plane tickets, washing machines, or car insurance are in that category of stuff you have to buy, cost a lot of money, are fairly complicated to decide which option to buy, but bring very little joy during checkout.
I can understand why you might want to hand that off to an AI agent.
If you are using Muse to place big $$$ orders, what the heck are you buying?
My best guess here is that people are using Muse for airplane flights and hotels — the kind of big dollar items that are kind of annoying to book yourself, and you care mainly about just booking the right dates.
Am I right? You tell me!
Comment below, or you can email me at: knotopoulos@businessinsider.com. Or, you know, tell your Muse to email me.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Mercedes Price Harry drives a 4Runner, and with gas back above $4 a gallon in Florida, she says it hurts every time she fills up. But the chair of the Lee County Republican Party is not giving up on President Donald Trump.
“You don’t save the country giving up the ship because gas prices are high,” she said.
Not everyone here feels the same way. Trump won nearly 64% of the vote in Lee County in 2024, but Price Harry said there are “a lot of people that feel a lot of apathy and frustration right now” over the economy and the war with Iran. When the president arrives for a rally Friday, she is hoping he can reassure them.
“We’re hoping that he’s just going to remind us that he is doing all that he can to move us in that right direction,” she said. “Hopefully, he’ll make everybody feel good about the bumps that we’ve had in the last year, and that we can continue to put all of our faith in him because I think that most of us do, but not everybody is staying on the Trump train.”
Trump’s visit comes with early voting underway and Election Day less than two weeks away. Republicans are fighting to hold slim majorities in both chambers of Congress, and the president’s approval rating has fallen to a record low of 31%, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released Monday. The question here is whether loyalty to Trump will carry over to the Republicans he is backing, and whether he can motivate enough of his voters to turn out.
Two of those Republicans are expected to join him at Friday afternoon’s rally: Byron Donalds, the party’s gubernatorial candidate, and Jim Schwartzel, its candidate in Florida’s 19th Congressional District. Donalds leads Democrat David Jolly by just 4 percentage points in the closely watched governor’s race, according to an MS NOW/Fifty Plus One polling average.
Florida Republicans, for their part, have spent the year trying to make the state’s congressional delegation even more conservative. Led by outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis, GOP leaders passed a new map this spring that could leave Democrats with just four of Florida’s 28 House seats, down from eight under the old lines.
But Republicans could fall short in at least three of the seats they redrew in their favor, including a coastal district where Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz is running. About $50 million has been spent on that race since the start of July, according to AdImpact, making it one of the year’s most expensive House contests.
Trump has repeatedly said gas prices will “drop like a rock” once the war with Iran is over. As the conflict enters its ninth month, the average price of gas in Florida has climbed back above $4 a gallon, according to AAA.
“I think what voters are hoping to hear from Trump is some sort of a promise for solutions for issues of affordability,” said Bethany Conrad, an assistant professor of political science at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Eight in 10 Americans rate the economy as fair or poor, according to the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey, which also found Trump’s approval at an all-time low. Voters MS NOW interviewed at several of the president’s recent campaign stops echoed that sentiment, saying the economy is top of mind.
“I think what we’re looking for is that he’s just going to instill in us the confidence that we had in him when we voted for him in ’24,” Price Harry said.
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