Mentioned in this edition: Jair Bolsonaro, Benjamin Netanyahu, Edmundo González Urrutia, Elon Musk, Jeremy Clarkson, Russian missiles, the Maori, Pakistani gunmen, a migrant caravan, and more.

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🇧🇷 Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was indicted on 34 counts. Prosecutors accused the populist-right former general of having had “full knowledge” of a plot to kill incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after he defeated Bolsonaro in the previous presidential election. Bolsonaro has denied any attempt at plotting a coup.

🇮🇱 The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu. The International Criminal Court, which the United States does not recognize, also issued warrants for former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas’ military chief, who Israel says it has already killed. The charges include war crimes and crimes against humanity.

🇬🇧 Elon Musk got into a spat with British parliamentarians. Members of the governing left-wing Labour Party demanded that Musk appear before a parliamentary hearing on disinformation, which they claim is rampant on his X platform. In response, Musk said the US government would demand they appear before Congress to “explain their censorship and threats to American citizens.”

🇷🇺 Russia fired an experimental missile at Ukraine. The missile — an intermediate-range ballistic missile — had never been used in combat and is capable of carrying four nuclear warheads, each 20 times the explosive force of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The attack was likely in response to the Biden administration’s decision to allow Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia.

🇪🇺 EUROPE

• The US sanctioned more than 50 Russian banks, including Gazprombank, one of the largest banks in Russia.

• Berlin’s police chief told Jews and gays to hide their identities when traveling in Arab neighborhoods.

• Lithuania’s new government features a unique alliance of social democrats, greens, and a far-right Euroskeptic party.

• The Netherlands and France confirmed they will arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he comes to their country due to the ICC’s arrest warrant.

🌏 ASIA-PACIFIC

• Japan’s government held an emergency meeting to address the spread of bird flu.

• China condemned the Biden administration’s decision to allow Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia.

• A North Korean general was wounded in a Ukrainian strike in Kursk.

New Zealand’s Maori are the latest Western resistance group

A viral video making the rounds on social media shows a group of Maori legislators staging a protest in New Zealand’s parliament, beginning with one of them ripping up a bill, followed by a group performing a “Haka” — a traditional Maori war-dance ritual…

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British farmers revolt over devastating taxes

British farmers erupted in protest earlier this week after the left-wing Labour government introduced new inheritance taxes.

Currently, “agricultural assets” — such as farms and fields — are not taxed as part of Britain’s inheritance tax system. But now, under the proposed changes, assets valued at over 1 million pounds (about $1,260,000) would be taxed at a 20 percent rate…

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