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Brazil’s prosecutor-general has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in power after his 2022 election defeat, alleging that he knew and approved of a plot to poison his successor, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The case, which also accuses Bolsonaro’s allies of planning to assassinate a Supreme Court justice, marks a dramatic escalation in the legal battles surrounding the far-right leader. Brazil’s prosecutor charges Jair Bolsonaro, says he approved plot to poison Lula

A fire that tore through a luxury London hotel set to host a star-studded Bafta party was caused by wood falling from a pizza oven. Firefighters at the scene of the Chiltern Firehouse blaze on Friday and early saturday morning. How did the fire start at Chiltern Firehouse hotel The blaze broke out at the Chiltern Firehouse in Chiltern Street, Marylebone on Valentine’s Day and caused substantial damage. It spread via the ducting, damaging parts of the ground floor and half of the second floor and destroying the third floor and roof, London Fire Brigade said. Around 100 people were…

The experts of the General Council of Economists celebrate that the year 2024 has closed with economic growth of 3.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Despite this, they ask for caution at the signs launched by 2025 on the possible relaxation, although it will lift 2.4%. It has been in the presentation of this Tuesday of the report of the financial observatory and economic keys corresponding to the third four -month period of 2024. Economists have also warned about the increase in public debt, which has increased 2.9% in the last year to 1.61 billion euros, and have also…

Another Delta airline plane crashes. The aircraft was crash landing as plane flips at Toronto airport. The Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis skidded along the runway with flames visible and it came to a halt upside down as firefighters came to the rescue. The US Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was operated by Delta’s subsidiary Endeavor Air. All 80 people on board a plane which crashed and overturned while landing in Toronto have survived, officials said. Crash landing as plane flips at Toronto airport Survivors said they were suspended upside down in their seats and had to release…

The richest donate smaller proportion to charity than average working person. Research found British millionaires donating just 1% could boost the sector by £12 billion. The UK’s most popular cause was animal welfare which was more popular than starving children in Africa. Richest donate smaller proportion to charity than average person The comparison has been made by dividing the high net worth individuals and average payers by tax brackets. But a small caveat needs to added for those who have become property millionaires, due to the location of their family homes, which does not infer the same amount of disposable income.…

Egypt is racing against time to put together a plan for rebuilding the Gaza Strip and ward off a proposal by US President Donald Trump that would depopulate the devastated territory and convert it into a “Middle East Riviera” under US ownership. Cairo has reportedly determined the general contours of its Gaza plan, but a final blueprint is unlikely before a mini-Arab summit that Saudi Arabia is expected to host on 20 February. Cairo is also keen to draft a final plan for Gaza’s reconstruction before an emergency Arab summit it will host on 27 February so that it can…

Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams faced renewed pressure after the head of the city’s council called for his resignation, days after four deputy mayors and several prosecutors quit in protest of the dismissal of the corruption case against Adams. New York city council demands mayor's resignation following corruption case dismissal

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio continued his Middle East tour on Monday, arriving in Saudi Arabia ahead of a controversial meeting on Tuesday between the US and Russian delegations to discuss the war in Ukraine. European leaders and Ukraine decried the bilateral talks, insisting any talks on the future of Ukraine must include both Ukraine and its European allies. Rubio in Saudi Arabia ahead of US, Russia talks on Ukraine

Israel is set to miss the Tuesday deadline for its withdrawal from Lebanon, as established in last November’s ceasefire agreement, with its military announcing on Monday it would remain in five “strategic” locations within Lebanese borders. Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said his government was working to achieve a full Israeli withdrawal “diplomatically”, while an estimated 100,000 people remain internally displaced in the country. Israel to ignore Lebanon withdrawal deadline, remain in 5 locations

Dirty politics spark police probe in Nelson as an investigation into claims of irregularity over a council by-election has led to the suspensions of three Labour activists to the party. Pendle Borough Council Cllr Nelson Town Council chairman Faraz Ahmad and Bradley ward’s independent representative on Pendle Borough Council Cllr Mohammed Iqbal revealed some of the individuals on the petition had allegedly not consented to their names being used. A police spokesman said: “We received a complaint earlier this month about an alleged irregularity in Bradley ward in Nelson following the calling of a by-election and we are in the…