Mario Nawfal

🚨🇧🇷 A poll worker in Brazil says she was PROHIBITED from filming last night, after voting was extended... "Everything went normally, and the ballot boxes were closed at 5 PM. At 5:05 PM, the TRE coordinator announced news about Zanin's decision: the voting would be extended by another 2 hours! General chaos. No one knew what to do. Coordination's decision: NO ONE ENTERS, NO ONE LEAVES! I and one other voter from my section remained, who, having voted last and been witnesses to the closing of operations, just like in the 1st Round, were prevented from leaving Colégio Marista São José, in Barra da Tijuca. At one point, a meeting was called for all the polling officials and other voting participants, in the school's internal courtyard, to announce a decision on what would be done. My section colleague and I approached. I started recording on video. - Filming is Prohibited! Shouted the "authority" - What do you mean? Why can't I record a decision that affects the voting operations I participated in as a witness? I retorted. - Because I am prohibiting it. - I'm civilized and won't question this personal decision of yours, even though I disagree with it. But I'll listen and be a witness to whatever you communicate. It's my right, since I'm being prevented from leaving here. I replied. The stunned looks and disapproval from almost everyone were noteworthy. They're not used to questioning anyone without causing a commotion. They don't know what the word "citizenship" means. They feel ashamed and get intimidated in front of anyone who presents themselves as an authority. What can you do? THE DECISION: The sections would be reopened and, for another 2 hours, voters who arrive could cast their votes in a separate minutes, to be attached to the other documents of the section! Imagine the potential for irregularities. Even though the ballot boxes can't be reopened, "voters" could cast their votes separately. Who oversees that? Between this new decision and what was implemented at my polling station, there were at least 2 people who "voted" in this mode. We were finally released to leave the school. I don't know how many more voters managed to go vote. All this mess opens the door to questions and even possible annulment of the vote. Who benefits from such electoral insecurity?" Source: @Miriam__GM / Writer: Michael

🇫🇷🇺🇸 France's prisons are getting more VIOLENT, while the system is running out of room... And the argument is increasingly about whether sentences actually mean what they say. Since 1995, physical assaults in prisons have reportedly increased nearly fivefold, while the inmate population has risen from roughly 50,000 to 80,000. The argument from advocates of expanding prison capacity is straightforward: without enough cells, courts rely more heavily on alternatives such as electronic monitoring and community service. While sentence reductions can mean offenders serve substantially less time than the original term. Their proposed solution: build the missing prison capacity. If France wants the sentence handed down to more closely resemble the sentence actually served, it needs somewhere to put the people being sentenced. Writer: Samuel t.co/fSMRJlgUyo

🚨🇬🇧 BREAKING: Chris Brown gets suspended sentence over London nightclub attack In July, Brown pleaded guilty to a count of affray at London’s Southwark Crown Court for ATTACKING a music producer with a tequila bottle on the head. The judge handed down an 8-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. So Brown avoids serving time behind bars. Writer: Bri t.co/XUFvHFcd53

🇺🇸 Did Trump get a BBL? 😂 You know all of those videos that keep showing something weird happening on Trump’s backside? He’s good friends with Nicki Minaj, and he really cares about “aesthetics”, and ASSES! You heard the speech! I’m just saying… it would explain some things! Writer: Jamie t.co/hKYOfro17w

🇪🇺 The absolute state of Europe right now... Writer: Samuel t.co/4O7mds4RTp

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Mike Pompeo says Europe's unrest is the result of a “TOXIC BREW” years in the making... The fmr. Sec. of State blamed “wide open borders,” excessive government spending, and what he described as Europe's refusal to confront radical Islamists. Pompeo argued European governments admitted too many people without knowing who they were, while failing to deliver for their own citizens. His conclusion: “When you have those 3 things, that toxic brew, you get what you're seeing all across Europe.” 💯 Writer: Samuel t.co/EnkEAqoDhr

🇧🇷 This Brazilian man says Zanin, the judge who gave Lula the extension yesterday, will be responsible for "an unprecedented civil war"... Bolsonaro supporters all had high hopes (as did I), then the usual bullsh*t happened. No, there should NOT be a civil war. But is it too much to ask for fair fcking elections??!?! Writer: Michael t.co/tsyUVKtKtN

🇫🇷 France is preparing for another weekend of disorder, with authorities concerned about Halloween... Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez expects further trouble despite 70,000 police officers being deployed for Saturday's demonstrations. “Clearly, yes,” he said when asked whether more violence was expected. Police arrested 1,435 people on Saturday, with clashes reported in Paris, Marseille and Lyon. The massive police deployment helped contain the violence, but without a real plan to deter riots, things will likely get ugly once again. Not your typical trick-or-treaters... 🎃 Source: Reuters / Writer: Mhedi

🇧🇷 Brazil's election numbers are already fueling FRAUD allegations online... The analysis claims Lula's runoff gain would require him to capture essentially all of the net decline in blank/null votes and abstentions, plus around 60% of votes that went to other candidates in the first round. The problem is that aggregate totals cannot tell us which individual voters moved where... It assumes Lula's and Flávio's first-round voters remained perfectly loyal, then treats changes in abstentions and invalid ballots as a pool of “new votes.” It's WEIRD, to put it mildly Writer: Samuel t.co/dLOzzdGdM2

🇬🇧🇵🇰 This is absolutely bonkers! A Brit was arrested for using the word “PAKI” on a live stream! Are you f*cking kidding me, right now?! Grow some thicker skin, you authoritarian bastards... Writers: Jamie, Michael t.co/Y9Ux2tmnX0

🇺🇸 I can't believe Trump said this last night... 😂😂 "El-Sayed would be the only senator that will have to go through a metal detector before he's allowed to go into the Senate. I want him to have a metal detector." Writer: Michael t.co/A5uWjpEDzU

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Terrible scenes of what can only be called COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT in the West Bank! Two IDF soldiers were shot dead in Hebron on Friday, and the Israeli government thinks it's okay to level entire neighborhoods in the area in response. Peace has no chance as long as injustice like this is allowed to continue! Source: BBC, Reuters / Writer: Mhedi

🇧🇷 Bruh, the consequences of Lula’s victory are already being felt in the Brazilian market 💀 Writer: Samuel t.co/iM96waEAKT

🇹🇷 WTF is going on here? This could straight up be the most bizarre road-rage incident I have ever seen in my life! Bro is becoming one with the minivan! Writer: Jamie t.co/7Sn2VS8hMk

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Zelensky on how he would make Europe REGRET lifting sanctions on Russia, if it were to do so: "I do not currently see any demand from the major European economies to lift sanctions or restore energy alliances with the Russian Federation. I don't see that, because we would react. I would certainly react." How exactly would he react...? Writers: Mhedi, Michael t.co/dBEGD3s8iO

🇧🇷 While the left celebrates their win for "democracy," Brazilian journalists are calling BS... Malu Gaspar says ALL Superior Electoral Court ministers were AGAINST extending the voting in Brazil by 2 hrs. Lula was granted his unprecedented request by a judge who "coincidentally" was his fmr. personal attorney... As others have said, this would be like SCOTUS ordering polls to reopen only in Democratic strongholds... Everyone with a brain knows this is crooked as hell!!! Source: @BonillaJL / Writer: Michael t.co/G0C7ClfB62

🇧🇷 HOW did Lula manage to gain 10M votes between rounds in Brazil's presidential election, compared with just 4M for Flávio Bolsonaro? In the first round, ~9.5M votes went to other candidates, while changes in turnout, blank ballots, and invalid votes added another ~5M to the calculation. That leaves a pool of ~14M votes. Flávio gained 4M, rising from 56M to ~60M. Lula gained 10M, jumping from 54M to 64.1M. That works out to 71% of the net gains for Lula and just 29% for Flávio. What makes this particularly striking is the claim that ~10M of those 14M votes came from voters who had backed eliminated candidates with more right-wing political platforms. So how did Lula end up gaining so much more ground in just 3 weeks? The figures don't prove wrongdoing or show exactly how individuals voted, but the dramatic shift has raised serious questions about the results. To say nothing of the unprecedented 2-hr extension of voting, signed off by Lula's own fmr. defense attorney... Something stinks... Sources: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, G1, @BolsonaroSP / Writers: Mhedi, Michael

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia says it has foiled a Ukrainian plot to launch drones from inside Russian territory against Moscow's missile defense system and a critical electricity facility. Russia's FSB security service arrested two men accused of preparing the attacks under instructions from Ukraine's SBU intelligence agency. According to the FSB, the suspects collected explosive-laden first-person-view (FPV) drones from two Russian regions before transporting them to the Moscow area. The drones were reportedly configured locally and intended to be controlled remotely by operators in Ukraine. Russian authorities claim one suspect was recruited by an SBU officer and promised money to carry out the operation, before enlisting an acquaintance. The alleged plot highlights a potentially serious vulnerability for Moscow: drones launched close to strategic defenses, bypassing the long-distance approach that Russian air defenses are designed to intercept. Ukraine has not commented on the allegations, which remain independently unverified. Source: Reuters / Writer: Mhedi

🇧🇷 Can't expect to run a fair race against a leftist... But don't worry, "democracy" won 🙄 Writer: Michael t.co/lBAI3CYy00

🇬🇧 Fmr. London detective Peter Bleksley blasted GB News anchor Alex Armstrong for saying he wouldn't fight for his country, telling him, "I am utterly disgusted by your rampant, pathetic cowardice." The Former police officer suggested that speaking like that only helps the nation's enemies. Alex's response? There's little left for Britain's young people to fight for anyway these days! Writer: Mhedi t.co/Y2nIIb1QXW

🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 Netanyahu is facing a demand for a CRIMINAL investigation, over allegations he tried to drag Israel into war with Iran before the election. He's literally being accused of TREASON.... Israeli opposition lawmaker Liberman says he formally asked the AG to investigate Bibi, accusing him of pressuring security chiefs over the past month to take actions that could trigger a dangerous miscalculation with Iran. Liberman alleges the PM was willing to risk IDF soldiers and a wider war because he feared losing the election. Could he end up in PRISON if he loses tomorrow?!? Source: @AvigdorLiberman / Writer: Samuel

🇸🇦🇸🇬 Saudi Arabia is stashing its oil in giant caves 150 meters under Singapore. Starting in the second half of 2027, Saudi crude will be stored in Singapore's Jurong Rock Caverns, which can hold roughly 9 million barrels. The goal is to keep oil flowing to Asia if the Strait of Hormuz gets choked off again, after the Iran war threw supplies into chaos. Before the war, Asia got 2/3 of its oil from the Middle East. Singapore will be the 3rd Asian country to store Saudi crude, after Japan and South Korea. When the main road keeps getting blocked, you start parking your oil closer to the customers. Source: Reuters / Writer: Julie

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Zelensky on his belief that lifting sanctions on Russia is nothing less than siding with the enemy: "It doesn't matter whether lifting sanctions is economically beneficial to America, Russia, Asia, Africa, Europe, or Ukraine. Sanctions were imposed because of Russian aggression, the seizure of our territories, illegal occupation and killings. Therefore, lifting sanctions can only be linked to ending the war, diplomacy, reconstruction, and security guarantees." Writer: Mhedi t.co/fpKVlNrAW6

🇫🇷🇷🇺 Europe's confidence in America's nuclear umbrella is fading, and France is stepping in with its own nukes. 10 countries, including the U.K., Germany, Poland, Greece and the Nordics, have joined Macron's "forward deterrence" plan. It could see French Rafale jets armed with nuclear missiles deployed across Europe, giving Russia something new to worry about. France is also restarting nuclear warhead production for the first time in decades, while keeping its arsenal size secret. The current estimate is around 290. America's B61 nuclear bombs in Europe were designed in the 1960s and are increasingly seen as more symbolic than practical against Russia. France's nuclear cruise missiles, meanwhile, are built to reach Russia's major cities. Paris keeps sole control of the button, and its European partners won't get a say in when it's pressed. As one European minister quipped, "The French will let us participate in their nuclear deterrence as much as the Americans." Source: WSJ / Writer: Julie

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Zelensky: "We cannot talk about the neutrality of our state. We cannot talk about limiting the Ukrainian army. Restrictions on our army and Ukraine's neutrality are not up for discussion." Russia invades Ukraine, and somehow Ukraine is expected to weaken its own army and surrender its right to choose its future? What kind of peace agreement is that supposed to be? Writer: Samuel t.co/KPO9PKvCak

🇯🇵 Japan’s hacking problem has gotten so bad the Prime Minister is stepping in herself. PM Sanae Takaichi is holding an emergency meeting with her ministers tonight, after a bunch of cyberattacks left Japanese companies leaking huge amounts of data. The latest one hit GMO Internet Group, where hackers got into its currency trading service and some customers found trades in their accounts they never made. GMO is now asking the government to help take the attackers down. And the awkward part is that Japan only just brought in new laws less than a month ago, letting it hunt down hackers before they strike. Turns out the hackers weren’t too worried about them. Source: Bloomberg / Writer: Daniyal

🇮🇱🇮🇷 Netanyahu posted a new campaign ad for Likud, featuring Mojtaba Khamenei in a hospital bed... "Even Mojtaba knows: only the Messiah will stop Iran." Israeli campaign season is fking weird... 😂 Writer: Michael t.co/woHBwiC7Jv

🇺🇸🇬🇧 Chris Brown faces sentencing in London today over a nightclub brawl in which he attacked a music producer with a bottle. He pleaded guilty to affray in July following the February 2023 incident at Tape nightclub in the city's exclusive Mayfair district. Prosecutors said the confrontation, involving music producer Abraham Diaw, was captured on surveillance footage in front of clubgoers. In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dropped more serious charges, including attempted grievous bodily harm. Chris was arrested at a Manchester hotel in May 2025 after returning to Britain for a concert, but was later released on £5 million ($6.7 million) bail, allowing him to continue touring. He now faces a maximum of three years in prison, adding to a troubled legal history that includes his 2009 conviction for assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna. His friend and vocal coach, Omololu Akinlolu, will also be sentenced after pleading guilty to affray. Source: ABC / Writer: Mhedi t.co/f0zqL2S5Ng

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸 Zelensky to Trump: don't blame us for your bad decisions in the Middle East... "Our strikes did not affect global prices, of course. Russia's diesel exports are almost nothing in global terms... around 2%, something like that. The other 98% comes from other exporters." Writer: Michael t.co/Dn5heCA0j4

🇯🇵 A 62-year-old accounting manager in Osaka admits draining more than ¥200 million (over $1 million) from his company... to tip female live streamers. His trick was slipping his own bank account into the company's bulk payments to business partners. The company went BANKRUPT. Hope the shoutouts were worth it 😆 Sources: Tokyo Reporter, Sankei Shimbun / Writer: Julie t.co/SHku5AM923