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Reuters
a day ago
- General
- Reuters
Fact Check: Months-old Ivory Coast shopping mall fire clip falsely portrayed as May 'coup'
A video of an Ivorian shopping centre engulfed in flames in February was shared on social media on May 21 with the baseless narrative that a coup d'etat had taken place. The clip, which shows a large blue and grey building on fire while people gather at the scene, was shared, opens new tab on Facebook with overlaid text that says: "ivory coast Coup 19/5/2025 ivory coast is burning" and that the country's President, Alassane Outtara, is "no where to be found". It was one of several such videos posted around that time purporting to be showing a coup. Reuters found no credible reporting of a coup in Ivory Coast in May. The building in the video matches, opens new tab imagery uploaded to Google Maps in April 2024 of the Adjamé Château, opens new tab shopping mall in the southern city of Abidjan. The clip traces to February 5, when it was posted, opens new tab online, opens new tab by national media outlet RTI, described as showing a blaze, opens new tab at the shopping centre. The name 'Adjame Chateau' was partly visible in the footage. The shopping centre's Facebook page, opens new tab on February 6 said in a statement, opens new tab that there were no fatalities and the blaze was brought under control, as did, opens new tab the Adjamé Town Hall's Facebook page, opens new tab. Ivory Coast's government and defence ministry did not respond to requests for comment. The National Agency for Information Systems Security of Ivory Coast (ANSSI) told Ivorian media, opens new tab on May 22 that online claims of a coup in Ivory Coast were false. President Outtara was seen, opens new tab on May 22 in a livestream video posted from his X account, opens new tab of UNESCO's Félix Houphouët-Boigny award ceremony, opens new tab hosted in Abidjan. He also delivered a speech at the event, according to the presidency's website, opens new tab. Miscaptioned. The video was captured in February and shows a fire at a shopping centre in Abidjan. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work.
Bloomberg
3 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Bolsonaro's Plan to Stage a Trumpian Comeback Might Save Lula's Presidency
Jair Bolsonaro's insistence he can pull off a Donald Trump-like comeback in Brazil's looming election has paralyzed his fervent right-wing movement, effectively blocking the search for a successor to the ineligible former president. Unable to run thanks to an eight-year political ban and facing charges that he attempted a coup after the 2022 vote, Bolsonaro is nevertheless clinging to control over the future of the Brazilian right. Pointing to polls that show him as the strongest candidate, he describes himself as victim of political persecution.
Bloomberg
4 days ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Bolsonaro Wants to Stage a Trumpian Comeback. It Might Save Lula's Presidency
Jair Bolsonaro's insistence he can pull off a Donald Trump-like comeback in Brazil's looming election has paralyzed his fervent right-wing movement, effectively blocking the search for a successor to the ineligible former president. Unable to run thanks to an eight-year political ban and facing charges that he attempted a coup after the 2022 vote, Bolsonaro is nevertheless clinging to control over the future of the Brazilian right. Pointing to polls that show him as the strongest candidate, he describes himself as victim of political persecution.
Daily Mail
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Angela Rayner's plot to 'rebuild Labour' being masterminded by her former-MP boyfriend and funded by the unions - party insiders brand it 'the start of a coup'
has been accused of plotting a 'coup' against the Prime Minister after it was claimed her allies were preparing an alternative programme for Government – funded by the unions and masterminded by her boyfriend. Senior Labour figures said they had been contacted by friends of Deputy Prime Minister Ms Rayner inviting them to help create a 'think-tank' which would 'promote a more confident centre-Left programme within government'. Under the plan, the unnamed outfit – which is being seen as a vehicle for Ms Rayner's leadership ambitions – would be run by her on-off partner Sam Tarry, 42, a former Labour MP for Ilford South who was deselected in 2022. Last night a source close to Ms Rayner, 45, insisted the claims were 'absolute nonsense'. But they follow a week in which Ms Rayner waged a public war with Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves to advance her Left-wing agenda. It came after a leaked memo showed she had urged the Chancellor to hike taxes on savers and high earners and suggested stripping middle-class families of child benefit payments. A senior Labour source said: 'The think-tank's main job will be to be a focus for Angela's leadership ambition. It's part of her shadow campaign – the start of a coup.' Ms Rayner is fast becoming the rallying point for Labour MPs opposed to the Government's welfare reforms, including the now half-abandoned removal of winter fuel payments. As many as 170 Labour MPs are threatening to avoid voting for welfare reforms when they come before the Commons next month, which poses a threat even to Sir Keir's gargantuan 174-seat majority. Among Labour voters, only Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham comes close to matching Ms Rayner's support in the race to succeed Sir Keir, with other leadership contenders, such as Health Secretary Wes Streeting, now regarded as outsiders. Ms Rayner's jostling has already led her to repeatedly threaten to resign from the Cabinet over the 'impossible' target No 10 has set for her to build 1.5 million homes in the next five years. Her pushing has intensified in the wake of this month's local election results, which showed the extent to which Nigel Farage's Reform UK is surging in Labour's heartlands. Ms Rayner's seat of Ashton-under-Lyne is a major Reform target. The disarray in Labour follows the steepest fall in a government's popularity in modern times, with the party polling up to ten points below Reform. Cultural differences are also feeding into the schism – an ally of Ms Rayner said the 'leak' of the memo is partly prompted by a growing resentment about the 'patronising' attitude of Sir Keir's London-based circle. A significant proportion of Sir Keir's 400-plus MPs are now said to be panicking about their fate at the next General Election and turning to the working-class 'authenticity' of Ms Rayner, in contrast to the metropolitan image of Sir Keir and his acolytes. Ms Rayner's supporters have now organised focus groups to find out how she would fare in a leadership campaign, with the results suggesting she needs to show she is a 'serious politician'. Speculation about Ms Rayner's ambitions increased last year when it was revealed that, in July 2022, four internet domain names had been registered by persons unknown: ' ' ' and ' Labour denied the domain names had anything to do with her. In March, The Mail on Sunday revealed that Ms Rayner was back with her 'soulmate' Mr Tarry. She made the relationship official three years after it was made public by declaring Corbynista Mr Tarry as her partner in the register of ministers' interests. Sir Keir sacked him as a shadow transport minister in July 2022 after he gave an unauthorised TV interview from a rail picket line. Last year it emerged Ms Rayner failed to declare taking Mr Tarry on a holiday to New York, which was paid for by multi-millionaire Labour donor Lord Alli. Their relationship was unwittingly made public at the start of 2022 when Mr Tarry, then married to a paediatric consultant, was pictured leaving her flat with her one morning. He seemed to have a toothbrush in his coat pocket.
Free Malaysia Today
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Turkey arrests 65 soldiers, police for ties to late Erdogan foe
Almost 500 people, including soldiers, were arrested for participating in the 2016 attempted coup. (EPA Images pic) ISTANBUL : Turkey arrested 65 soldiers and police officers early on Friday over alleged ties to the late preacher Fethullah Gulen, who was accused of masterminding the failed 2016 coup. State news agency Anadolu said 56 active-duty soldiers from the Turkish armed forces had been arrested, with another seven still being sought. Halk TV, meanwhile, said nine police officers were arrested, 'most of them in Istanbul'. 'In an operation against the terrorist organisation FETO in 36 provinces centred in Istanbul, 56 of the 63 active-duty soldiers for whom detention orders were issued were captured,' Anadolu said. The FETO – or the 'Fethullah Terror Organisation' – is the name Turkey gives to Gulen's Hizmet movement, which once had widespread influence behind the scenes. Gulen, who died in October, was once a close ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the two became bitter enemies. He fled to the United States in 1999 and never returned. Even after his death, Turkey has vowed to pursue his followers across the globe. Quoting a prosecutors' statement, Halk said the arrest operation began in Istanbul at 6am (0300 GMT) and concerned members of the air force, the gendarmerie, and the land and naval forces.
