At least 5 Palestinians have been killed and more than 20 injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, according to the spokesperson for Gaza’s Civil Defense.

Among those killed was Dr. Rizq Abu Shaeera, a surgeon working in the hospital’s surgical department. Al Jazeera’s correspondent also reported extensive damage to the hospital’s surgical ward following the Israeli attack.

The latest strike marks another attack on Gaza’s already decimated healthcare system, as Israel continues committing genocide amid international silence.

The deputy mayor of São Paulo, Colonel Mello Araújo (Liberal Party) , sent a report to the MPSP (São Paulo Public Ministry) this Wednesday (11) regarding evidence of irregularities in public funds amounting to R$ 21.3 million for the realization of this year’s Virada Esportiva . He asks that the partnerships established by SEME (Municipal Secretariat of Sport and Leisure) with the OSCs (Civil Society Organizations) involved in the event be investigated .

The document sent by the deputy governor to the MPSP (São Paulo State Public Prosecutor’s Office), which CNN Brasil had access to, requests an investigation into the possible recurrence of the same suppliers , evidence of quotes from the same supplier for items of different natures , price disparity for the same service , and a change of venue for one of the events on the eve of the scheduled date.

Furthermore, the existence of entities without a registered office was noted, including those operating from third-party residences, residential housing complexes, closed properties or properties available for rent, coworking spaces, a Spiritist center, a sheet metal workshop, and a municipal gymnasium in another municipality .

“Among other observed issues, they would hardly have the structure to carry out large-scale events, which lends credibility to the news that the events were not held as scheduled,” the document stated.

Mello Araújo had already published a video on Tuesday saying that he would forward the documentation to the Public Prosecutor’s Office of São Paulo, to Mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB), and to the city’s comptroller general. He classified the case as a “very serious allegation” and stressed the need for accountability if the irregularities are proven.

The document also includes activities that were part of the official program but did not take place, such as a children’s ballet performance, an obstacle course, stretching and breathing classes, and a lawn bowling tournament.

In 12 cases cited in the text, the respective headquarters could not be located at the addresses provided.

There are also possible indications of overpricing and collusion between competitors. One example cited was SERC (Sociedade Esportiva e Cultural Santa Maria), which received R$ 1.67 million to carry out kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding activities on the Guarapiranga Reservoir, where the “Arena Praia” was to be developed.

“The rental of all this equipment, at market price, would cost approximately R$ 72,000.00 , an amount that corresponds to only 4.3% of the amount transferred to the entity , that is, about 96% less . In other words, if the amount transferred were compared to the 1,200 hours of possible use of this equipment, each hour of kayak or paddleboard would cost the public treasury approximately R$ 1,393.94 , more than 23 times the price of R$ 60.00 charged to any citizen at the same reservoir,” the document states.

The event “Arena dos Esportes - Medieval Experience”, which received R$ 247,000 for two days of events , approximately R$ 123,000 per day, had a cost for support infrastructure four times greater than the cost of the sporting activities themselves , “held in a total area smaller than that of a beach volleyball court”.

Speaking to CNN Brazil , Mayor Ricardo Nunes said that the addresses mentioned do not necessarily have resources from the City Hall , that monitoring the contracts is important, and that the case will be investigated . He also stated that all events announced in the program were carried out and that some activities were not financed by the municipal budget.

On Tuesday (10), the City Hall of São Paulo informed that it will also hold a new bidding process to maintain the Wi-Fi Livre Comunidades program, which distributes and maintains free internet access points in communities in the capital. The statement came after the termination of the R$ 157.1 million contract with ICB (Insitituto Conhecer Brasil), chaired by Karina Ferreira da Gama . The businesswoman is also the owner of Go Up Entertainment, responsible for the biopic of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), “Dark Horse”.

The agreement, signed in 2024, stipulated the installation of 5,000 internet access points through the Free Wi-Fi program . The original value was R$ 108 million. In June 2025, a new addendum extended the partnership for six months and reduced the installation target from 5,000 to 3,200 Wi-Fi access points. At the end of the same year, the municipal government authorized a further 12-month extension, with an additional R$ 49,182,720 added to the contract.

In an interview with CNN Brazil on September 11, Nunes stated that the City Hall could terminate the contract if it became necessary to comply with the court decision .

According to CNN , the video was criticized by Nunes’ allies in the City Council and by party members, who see the deputy mayor as an “oppositionist.” Speaking to CNN Brazil , the deputy mayor criticized Ricardo Nunes, saying he never offered him a position within the city hall. Mello Araújo came to the position after being nominated by former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and said he sought out the Public Prosecutor’s Office because he was discouraged “by not getting answers.” He also said that he plans to run for mayor in 2028.

Brasilia, Nov 12 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva today demanded public apologies from the press and those who accused him over the triplex apartment in Guarujá, on the coast of Paulista state.

During a live broadcast on the social network X from Antalya, Turkey, where he is participating in the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31), the president asked his followers to demand a public retraction for the information disseminated for years about the property.

“I wanted to ask Lula’s Army (name of a channel on WhatsApp) one personal thing: when you can, demand an apology from the Brazilian press for the apartment,” the president said alongside Congressman André Janones.

Lula recalled that he spent 580 days in prison and maintained during that period that the apartment did not belong to him.

He also questioned why the media outlets that disseminated the accusations did not offer a retraction proportionate to the impact of those reports.

“I expect the people who accused me and those who for years claimed the apartment was mine to apologize. Not in a footnote, but in large letters, the same size they used to accuse me,” she emphasized.

The statement came after the Federal Court of Brasilia ordered the return to the construction company OAS of more than 2,428,000 reais (US$441,000), corresponding to the money obtained in the auction of the apartment in 2018.

This decision was made by Judge Marcelo Gentil Monteiro, of the 12th Federal Chamber of the Federal District, who considered that the property was formally registered in the name of OAS Empreendimentos and that, after the dismissal of the criminal case, there were no legal grounds to keep the resources withheld.

Located in the Solaris condominium, in the municipality of Guarujá, state of São Paulo, the triplex was presented by the Lava Jato anti-corruption operation as an alleged undue advantage received by Lula from the construction company in exchange for favoring it in contracts with the state-owned Petrobras.

In July 2017, then-judge Sérgio Moro convicted Lula of passive corruption and money laundering in that process, and the sentence was later confirmed in other instances and constituted one of the grounds for his imprisonment.

The Supreme Federal Court overturned the convictions in 2021, determining that the Curitiba court lacked jurisdiction to try those cases.

Furthermore, the highest court recognized Moro’s bias in the case and the criminal action was eventually dismissed in 2022 due to the statute of limitations.

During the broadcast, Janones endorsed the presidential demand and called for an immediate retraction from the media.

He compared the delay in recognizing journalistic errors with the time it took some organizations to admit responsibility for their actions during the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985).

Caracas, Nov 12 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela expressed to Colombia today in a statement its willingness to take all necessary security measures.

The Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade stated that cooperation mechanisms, institutional channels, and existing bilateral contacts are available for this purpose.

All with the aim of “facilitating the exchange of information and the coordination of actions that may be necessary,” in accordance with existing protocols between the two nations, he indicated.

The Bolivarian Republic reaffirmed its commitment to “border and regional security”, the fight against transnational organized crime and the strengthening of bilateral cooperation.

Based, the official text stated, on mutual respect, national sovereignty and shared responsibility in preserving peace and stability in the region.

Ankara, Nov 12 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela and Antigua and Barbuda reviewed cooperation between the two countries today, in the context of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31).

At the COP31 headquarters in Antalya, Turkey, Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodríguez and Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne held a meeting in which they also assessed new areas of cooperation. The president was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Oliver Blanco, and the Minister of Hydrocarbons, Paula Henao, official sources reported.

The Bolivarian Republic and Antigua and Barbuda established diplomatic relations in 1982 and currently maintain a strong alliance based on mutual respect and complementarity, for the benefit of their peoples.

Bogotá, Nov. 12 (Prensa Latina) The favorable image of Colombian President Abelardo De la Espriella is below 50 percent, according to a survey released today by the consulting and research firm Cifras y Conceptos.

The percentage is higher than that obtained by Iván Duque (2018-2022) in the same period, which was 33 percent, but it is lower than those obtained by Juan Manuel Santos (2010-2018), with 73 percent, and Gustavo Petro (2022-2026), with 62 percent.

The poll, released close to the end of the first 100 days of government, reveals that the president finds his greatest support among women, people who identified as right-wing in the survey, those over 55 years of age, and those with a medium level of education.

The investigation indicated that his acceptance is more favorable regarding visits to the regions and his hardline stance on combating crime and armed groups. On the other hand, those interviewed deplored his appearance with corpses in videos, his announcements of the “cultural battle” and the use of expressions such as “Long live Christ the King”.

De la Espriella is also not faring well in the public perception of international relations, fracking, and the tax reform project that the Government calls the “Fiscal Rescue Law”. The populations that disapprove of his administration are young people, people with a high level of education, and those who declared themselves to be left-wing. The survey involved 2,628 people from 52 municipalities between October 30 and November 10.

Washington, Nov. 12 (Prensa Latina) At least four people were wounded by gunfire today by a suspected attacker who is barricaded inside a building in the Logan Circle neighborhood of the United States capital.

Police, describing the scene as an “active” situation, said the shooting occurred at the Vida Gym, located in the aforementioned city neighborhood.

A stay-at-home order is in effect in areas of Dupont Circle and Logan Circle while law enforcement works to secure the area. Residents of the area received an alert on their cell phones warning them to “enter the nearest building, stay away from windows and remain indoors until further notice.”

More than ten years after the start of Operation Lava Jato, which, among its many consequences, put Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in jail for 580 days because of a triplex apartment in Guarujá , on the southern coast of São Paulo state, the courts have recognized that the apartment never belonged to the president. The property belongs to OAS Empreendimentos, which, according to a ruling by the Federal Court, will receive the proceeds from the auction.

The legal farce that the operation led by then-judge, now senator and governor-elect of Paraná, Sérgio Moro (PL), became, removed Lula from the presidential race in 2018, paving the way for the election of Jair Bolsonaro.

Political scientist Larissa Peixoto, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh, believes that, even today, the Brazilian population does not fully grasp the impact that the operation, which turned into a political persecution, had on democracy. “We now have the written record of what we already knew: the triplex apartment never belonged to Lula, and Moro himself said there was no evidence, which is insane,” she emphasizes to Conexão BdF , on Rádio Brasil de Fato .

Peixoto, however, points out that the consequences of this were felt by the entire population. “Jair Bolsonaro was elected and 700,000 people died because of the decisions he made, and Lula is still called corrupt today because of the triplex apartment,” he states.

The political scientist recalls that Lava Jato originally began under the Dilma Rousseff administration and aimed to combat corruption. However, after the coup against the president and Michel Temer’s rise to power, the dynamics changed completely, and the operation became a platform for prosecutors and judges who turned to politics. “It [Lava Jato] lost its brakes. You have a judge from a local court becoming Minister of Justice; it’s clear there were political interests. That can’t be considered a legal issue, but a political one,” she emphasizes.

Larissa Peixoto argues that, given the facts, an investigation into the conduct of those involved in Lava Jato should be carried out. “I would very much like to see some investigation. It was a judge acting as a prosecutor. It’s a judge conducting an investigation. There were messages between Moro and Dallagnol. At the very least, they should disappear from politics,” she states.