At least 11 dead in collision involving bus and truck in Brazil
Among the over 40 people injured, 12 were in critical condition, G1 reported.
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BBC News
2 hours ago
- BBC News
Eduardo Bolsonaro praises President Trump's tariffs on Brazil
The son of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has praised US President Donald Trump for imposing huge tariffs on his home country - and warned more measures could be on the Bolsonaro - who is an elected Congressman in Brazil - spoke to the BBC in Washington, where he has been on a months-long lobbying campaign to convince the Trump administration to punish the Brazilian authorities for putting his father on trial on coup congressman said there could be more sanctions on individuals."There's a very significant possibility regarding the application of sanctions and the extension of Magnitsky sanctions to other people. You have on Secretary Marco Rubio's desk, for example, the possibility of withdrawing visas, among other pressure mechanisms, to try to get Brazil out of this institutional crisis we're experiencing."When asked if he was personally involved in this lobby campaign for more, he added:"American intelligence itself has already produced many reports and dozens of reports. So they have a very large opportunity on their desk to push whatever buttons they see fit. And if this is brought to President Trump's desk, he will be the ones to choose what to do."The former president is accused of plotting a coup to prevent the man who beat him in the 2022 presidential election, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from taking office. Jair Bolsonaro has denied that he led an attempt to overthrow the government but acknowledged taking part in meetings aimed at reversing his election loss.A verdict in the case is expected in the coming weeks. If found guilty, Jair Bolsonaro could face decades in likened the case against Bolsonaro, who has been dubbed "Trump of the Tropics" for his similarities to the US president, to a "witch hunt" and drew parallels with his own legal battles following his refusal to accept defeat in 2020. It has left the two largest democracies in the Americas in a huge accuses Brazil of 'witch hunt' against BolsonaroTrump threatens Brazil with 50% tariff and demands Bolsonaro's trial endIn July, Trump announced he would raise tariffs on Brazilian imports to 50%, citing Brazil's treatment of Jair Bolsonaro as a trigger for the addition to that, the US state department banned eight Brazilian supreme court justices from travelling to the US, including Alexandre de Moraes, the judge overseeing Bolsonaro's President Lula said the move constituted an unacceptable interference in his country's justice system and refused to budge, so the 50%-levy came into effect last an interview with the BBC in Washington, Eduardo Bolsonaro would not be drawn on the closeness of his relationship with President Trump or if he influenced the tariff action."I admire President Trump, we've met several times in his first and second term. We fought first to sanction Alexandre de Moraes. But if President Trump starts with tariffs, I do believe that he is right and I do support him because of that."Eduardo Bolsonaro, 41, has been in the US since March - saying he is living in "exile" out of fear of arrest should he return to rejects criticism that he is being unpatriotic by lobbying for sanctions which will see his country suffer economically: "I believe freedom comes first, before the economy."When challenged, he cites a recent poll by the Quaest institute saying that one day after Trump announced the 50%-levy, "four in every 10 Brazilians were in support of the tariffs".We put it to him that the poll actually suggests that 79% of Brazilians believe the tariffs will harm their lives, and among voters who say they have got no political position, 77% believe their imposition is tariffs has Trump announced and why?Bolsonaro denies involvement in alleged coup plotSo how worried is he that this could blow back on his family, and boost support for the current president, Lula?"I'm not thinking about the next election, I'm thinking about the next generation," he says before conceding that he knows it is something "people are really concerned about, for sure".He often refers to Brazil as a dictatorship in his answers, despite the fact that major institutions like Freedom House cite the country as having free and fair Bolsonaro himself was one of the members of Congress to gain most votes in has also said that his father may stand again for president despite being barred from running for public office until 2030 under a ban which predates the coup charges that the older Bolsonaro is currently Bolsonaro's anger is very focussed on Alexandre de Moraes, the judge who presided over the electoral court which issued the ban in 2023, and who is also overseeing the current trial on coup charges against Jair is confident that "in the next election … we will have new judges in the electoral court", which he thinks will mean that the restrictions preventing his father from running for office will be lifted."The new judges in the electoral court, they can do a better system. They can improve the system. And I hope this is going to happen," he he adds that in order for that to happen "you need Alexandre de Moraes to be isolated".The BBC asked the supreme court and Mr Moraes for a response but has not received a Moraes, meanwhile, has doubled down despite the US sanctions. He has placed Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest for breaching an order banning him from social media and ordered him to wear an electronic ankle has also ordered that the finances of Eduardo Bolsonaro be frozen on suspicion that he was using them to bankroll his lobbying on behalf of his father in the and father have also been banned from seeing each other, accused of trying to get the US to intervene to obstruct the Bolsonaro argues that what he is doing in the US is shining a light on what he says are wrongdoings committed by "dictators" in his home country: "They think that is an anti-democratic act when you denounce the human rights violations of the abusers in Brazil."He goes on to compare himself to women from Iran who have been critical of their government and face persecution upon their no arrest warrant has been issued for him, Eduardo Bolsonaro has repeatedly expressed fear he would be detained if he were to return to Brazil."What is going to happen with me if I go back to my country because I'm denouncing these dictators? I'm going to jail, it's pretty much the same situation. In Iran, they are a little bit more violent," he told the he decries the current Brazilian government as a "dictatorship", in 2019 - when his father was in power - Eduardo Bolsonaro himself proposed passing a new Institutional Act Number 5 (AI-5), a decree passed under Brazil's military rule to suppress dissent. AI-5 closed down Brazil's Congress and indefinitely outlawed freedom of assembly and freedom of Bolsonaro said at the time that if protesters took to the streets against his father's administration, the government could adopt similar measures – thereby invoking one of the darkest moments in the country's told the BBC he now regrets those remarks: "It was a mistake to say that. It was a mistake. I would not do that again."He also condemns the events of 8 January 2023, when hundreds of his father's supporters stormed the buildings in Brasilia that symbolize the country's democracy, a week after Lula had taken vandalized the supreme court, congress and the presidential palace and urged the military to take Bolsonaro was in the United States when the storming in Brasilia happened, having left Brazil two days before his presidential term ended. He did not attend his successor's swearing-in and remained in Florida for months before returning to his home country in March 2023. He has always denied having incited his followers and according to his son, he even denounced it."January 8th was a protest that did go too far. I do agree, I do condemn it," he says, adding that "my father condemned it the very first day when it was happening".About 2,000 people were arrested over the Brasilia attack. Most were released but many were convicted by the supreme court on charges of an attempted coup, among other crimes, following ongoing police investigations. Eduardo Bolsonaro thinks the rioters should be granted an amnesty because, he says, the sentences are too we put to him that plenty of people would argue that if you commit a crime to overturn democracy you should be punished for in turn argued that vandalising buildings did not amount to a coup attempt:"Even with the heart angry because of the result of the elections, these people would never bring a dictatorship to Brazil. They would never accomplish a coup d'etat"He says he misses his home country but has no plans to return this all just simple, pure revenge by an aggrieved son?"For sure, he is my father, we have a relationship, but this is way bigger than only him. And if we do the right thing and rescue freedom in Brazil, everybody's going to receive the benefits, even him."
BBC News
3 hours ago
- BBC News
Birmingham crash junction still poses risk to life, coroner says
A council has been warned by a coroner to take action to make a Birmingham road junction safer after a motorcyclist was killed in a Charlotte Noordam was on Frederick Road in Edgbaston on 8 March, when she failed to comply with a stop sign at the junction with St James Road and was hit by an MG3 car, assistant coroner Ana Samuel was Samuel told an inquest into Ms Noordam's death that there had been at least 27 other incidents at the junction with St James Road, between May 2014 and March this also said there was evidence from Birmingham City Council, which has been contacted for comment, to indicate there were potential measures it could take. In a report to the city council, Ms Samuel said that at 14:10 GMT on 8 March Ms Noordam "crossed into the path of and into collision with" the car, after failing to stop at the junction. 'Inherent confusion' The MG driver was travelling with right of way along St James Road, the assistant coroner for Birmingham and Solihull said, and access to the street from Frederick Road was "controlled by a STOP".Access onto St James Road from Frederick Road was also controlled by a give way sign, she said, and both streets had a 20mph (32km/h) speed a post-mortem examination, the medical cause of Ms Noordam's death was from multiple injuries she sustained in the crash, the coroner Samuel said that during the inquest, evidence had emerged that "revealed matters giving rise to concern". The council had said that if a junction was being designed from scratch, it would oppose using a non-signalled crossroad junction, because of "the inherent confusion around priority of movement", Ms Samuel said."Whilst the road layout, including signage and road markings, complies with the legal requirements, this does not appear to have mitigated against the prevalence of incidents at the stop junction," she said. 'Prevent future deaths' A police investigator gave evidence that, in his experience, the number of collisions at the stop junction raised questions about its safety, the coroner Samuel added that evidence from the council suggested there were "potentially additional measures that could be considered to mitigate any safety risks so far as reasonably practicable"."I am concerned that there is still a risk to life for users of the junction," she concluded."In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I believe you have the power to take such action." Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Daily Mail
3 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Farm worker 'beats colleague to death and 'eats his brain' on first day in the job'
A farm worker reportedly beat his colleague to death before eating his brain on his first day on the job. The brutal killing took place on August 12 at Fazenda Baixinha, a rural property in Ilheus, in the far south of the Brazilian state of Bahia. According to local reports, a local landowner had offered suspect Luiz Teiceira work helping bring in the harvest. But for reasons still unknown, he got into a violent argument with fellow labourer Pedro Nascimento dos Santos, 60, and repeatedly struck him on the head with a piece of wood. The blows to his head were so severe that brain matter was left scattered across the floor. Witnesses alleged the suspect then picked up some of the matter and ate them. Local police said they are still in the process of verifying the cannibalism claims, as dogs that were on the farm had also eaten parts of the brain. Chief of Police André Aragão Lima, told DCM: 'The attack was so violent that the brain matter was scattered across the floor,' he stated. The brutal killing took place on August 12 at Fazenda Baixinha, a rural property in Ilheus, in the far south of the Brazilian state of Bahia. Pictured: Ilheus -a city known worldwide for cocoa farming-, Bahia state, Brazil, on December 12, 2019 The Civil Police and Military Police have begun searching the area, which is made up of several farms, after the suspect fled into nearby woodland following the brutal act. They are yet to locate him. 'Luiz's arrest has not yet been requested,' said Lima, who did not officially confirm the reports of cannibalism. The case has been registered as first-degree murder, and the motive remains under investigation. The area is at the heart of Brazil's cocoa bean country, where farms grow the pods used to make chocolate under the shade of taller trees.
