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French President Emmanuel Macron joined other world leaders in sending their support to President Lula on Sunday. A man was arrested in Brasília after he was caught trying to get into Lula’s inauguration party carrying a knife and fireworks, the State Police of the Federal District said in a statement. A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has ordered the governor of the country’s Federal District to temporarily leave his post following the unrest in Brasilia on Sunday.

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• The country’s justice minister, Flávio Dino, said Monday that everyone who “participated in or financed serious crimes this Sunday” are being identified and everyone will “face justice” as soon as Monday or the coming days.
• “We must stand in solidarity with @LulaOficial’s democratically elected government.
• “We strongly condemn the assault on the Brazilian Congress and call for an immediate return to democratic normality,” he added.
• The breaches came a week after the inauguration of Lula da Silva, who returned to power after a 12-year hiatus following a victory over Bolsonaro in a runoff election on October 30.
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“We fully support the President of Brazil, (Luiz Inácio) Lula da Silva, in his actions aimed at restoring order in the country and the rule of law,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. In one selfie photo, Indio appears with a green t-shirt and black cap with his eyes visibly red. Several US lawmakers have called for the extradition of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been residing in Florida since shortly before the inauguration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. We work together day to day on any number of matters and issues, and oftentimes those are matters of law enforcement. We have well-honed processes in place to cooperate where requests are made for information or potentially for action on the part of Brazil to the United States.

Brazilian Football Confederation condemns jersey use after rioters stormed Congress

«They’re very close to Bedminster,» he added, referring to his New Jersey golf club. «I think maybe I won’t spend the weekend in Bedminster. I’ve decided to cancel my trip.» President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that the government should disclose more information about the recent drone sightings in New Jersey. The braincharm Supreme Court in recent years has become a target for threats by far-right groups and supporters of Bolsonaro’s due to its crackdown on the spread of false information. In particular, Justice Alexandre de Moraes has been a focus for their ire.

The three main government buildings — the Supreme Court, the presidential palace and the congressional building — involved in today’s breach have been cleared of protesters, police said Sunday, according to CNN Brasil. At least 400 people have been arrested after pro-Bolsonaro supporters stormed key government buildings in Brazil’s capital, said Ibaneis Rocha, the governor of the country’s Federal District. At least 12 journalists were attacked when supporters of Brazil’s former leader Jair Bolsonaro stormed major government buildings in the capital Brasilia on Sunday, according to the Union of Professional Journalists in the Federal District. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the United States “must cease granting refuge” to former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, after his supporters stormed major government buildings Sunday in scenes reminiscent of the January 6 US Capitol riot two years ago. Months after Bolsonaro lost his 2022 election bid, his supporters stormed the main government buildings in Brasilia, seeking to oust his leftist successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from power. In a tweet Sunday, US President Joe Biden condemned supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after they breached security barriers and gained access to the country’s congressional building, the Supreme Court and the Presidential Palace.

The breaches came about a week after the inauguration of Lula da Silva, who returned to power following a 12-year hiatus that ended when he defeated Bolsonaro in a run-off election in October. Among them was a photographer who was assaulted by protesters shouting they would “take over Brazil,” the statement from ABRAJI said. The union condemned the violence against members of the press which “prevented them from carrying out their work safely,” it said in a statement Monday. “Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined,” Biden tweeted. “It is important to respect the results of elections and the democratic processes that reflect the will of the people in the country,” the MFA said in a statement published Monday. And like that event, the riot followed months of incendiary remarks from Bolsonaro about the legitimacy of Brazil’s elections and of Lula’s electoral victory.

Bolsonaro left Brazil for the US on Dec. 30, 2022 — just two days before Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s inauguration — and was admitted into the Florida hospital after suffering from abdominal “discomfort,” according to an Instagram post from his wife Michelle Bolsonaro. January 2, 2025 • A gunman who fatally shot at least 12 people, including two children, in Montenegro has killed himself while surrounded by police, officials said Thursday. January 2, 2025 • Keleti, who was also a Holocaust survivor, was hospitalized in critical condition with pneumonia on Dec. 25. She died Thursday morning in Budapest, the Hungarian state news agency reported. De Moraes said Thursday that the explosions outside the Supreme Court appeared to be the most serious attack on the institution since then. He said that the man had attempted to enter the Supreme Court and that it appeared that he acted alone, though the police official indicated he also was viewing the attack in the broader context of extremism.

At least 400 people have been arrested after supporters of former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro stormed key government buildings in Brasilia Sunday, according to Brazilian authorities. Bolsonaro supporters had been camped out in the capital since his presidential election defeat in October. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan condemned the violence in Brazil’s capital, Brasília, by Bolsonaro supporters after they stormed several federal government buildings.

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The final group of lenders includes some of the most experienced lenders in the sector, along with many of Equinor’s relationship banks, according to a press release. In a joint statement last week, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said there is «no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or public safety threat or have a foreign nexus.» Our roundup the biggest discoveries and top science in the news each week. Don’t miss out on the latest science news as it happens by signing up to the Live Science newsletter, and follow us on social media. And while President Lula is not currently in the building, a team assembled for the newly-elected president was working inside the palace at the time the protesters entered, CNN Brasil reported. Officials at Planalto Palace are waiting for the Air Force to evacuate them from the building, per CNN Brasil.