Survive News 33

 

Survive News 33

Declaration by G20 Leaders is approved with consensus and addresses priority issues, ending wars, taxation of the ultra-rich and AI

The declaration addresses in detail the three priority themes of the meeting, in addition to calling for an end to the wars in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip and the taxation of the ultra-rich – named as "ultra-high net worth individuals" – and raising concerns about the artificial intelligence, among other topics (see the main points of the declaration).

The three priority themes are:

·        agreements to combat hunger and poverty – the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty was officially launched;

·        sustainability and combating climate change;

·        the reform of global governance, with more representation of emerging countries in international bodies – such as the United Nations (UN), for example.

 

How Russia's revision of its nuclear doctrine brings the world closer to atomic war

The Kremlin expanded the spectrum of situations in which it says it considers the use of its nuclear arsenal legitimate this Tuesday, the same day that the Russians accused Ukraine of using long-range missiles supplied by the US for attacks on its territory. The document is four years old and has a bland, bureaucratic title – "Basic Principles of State Policy on Nuclear Deterrence" – but its contents are frightening, especially with its most recent revisions. Better known as Russia's nuclear doctrine, the revised version signed this Tuesday (19) by President Vladimir Putin lists the circumstances that allow him to use Moscow's atomic arsenal, the largest in the world.

 

·        US President Joe Biden has given the go-ahead for Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles to attack Russia, an official source confirmed to CBS News, the BBC's US partner, on Sunday.

 

Nine Army weapons are stolen from a battalion in Paraná; task force attempts to recover items. The theft was noticed on Sunday (17). These are 9 Beretta pistols, caliber 9 mm. A Military Police Inquiry established what happened, and military personnel were mobilized to clarify the situation and assist in the search.

 

·        PF arrests military and federal police suspected of planning murders of Lula, Alckmin and Moraes. According to the PF, the criminal coup d'état plan would have been discussed at the home of General Braga Netto - who commanded the Ministry of Defense and the Civil House during Bolsonaro's presidency.

 

Ukraine fires first long-range American missiles at Russia. At the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the use of American missiles was a sign that the West wants to intensify the conflict.

 

·        Moscow changes rules to allow nuclear weapons response.

 

Russia launches heavy attack on Ukrainian capital in response to use of long-range American missiles. The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 56 Russian drones that flew into Kiev and other parts of the country. The embassies of the United States, Italy, Spain and Greece closed this Wednesday (20).

 

·        The United States government will allow Ukraine to use landmines supplied by Washington against Russian forces, United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced this Wednesday (20). The authorization follows approval from the USA for Kiev to use long-range missiles supplied by the Americans. On Tuesday (19), Ukraine carried out the first attack on Russian territory using the artifacts.

 

Black Awareness Day, November 20th, is celebrated throughout the country. This date was chosen because it was the day of the death of the black leader Zumbi, who fought against slavery in the northeast. The celebration recalls the importance of reflecting on the position of black people in society. After all, the generations of Afro-Brazilians that followed the era of slavery suffered (and still suffer) different levels of prejudice.

 

·        Bolsonaro indicted: understand the crimes attributed to the former president by the Federal Police. Police concluded that there are elements that indicate that the PL politician had committed three crimes. Two of them were included in the Penal Code by a 2021 law, which set the punishment for attacks on democracy. violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law: occurs when someone attempts "by using violence or serious threat, to abolish the Democratic Rule of Law, preventing or restricting the exercise of constitutional powers". The penalty varies from 4 to 8 years in prison. coup d'état: occurs when a person attempts to "depose, through violence or serious threats, the legitimately constituted government". Punishment is imposed by imprisonment for a period of 4 to 12 years.

 

Russia made another show of strength in the bombing it carried out against the city of Dnipro, in Ukraine, on Thursday (21), when it surprised by revealing a new hypersonic ballistic missile, the Oreshnik. Heir to Soviet power, the country led by Vladimir Putin has the largest arsenal of ballistic and cruise missiles in the world, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a North American think tank specializing in military equipment. Also according to the American institute, Russia has "a significant modernization program" of its arsenal, with "major advances in the field of precision-guided cruise missiles", production of new variants of weapons and "with significantly advanced capabilities".

 

·        Negotiators at COP29 are trying to reach an agreement to establish the financing that rich countries must provide to developing nations to tackle global warming. The meetings in Baku resume this Saturday (November 23) after a night of talks without a consensus.

 

The 29th United Nations (UN) climate conference, COP29, reached an agreement this Saturday (23) on the final text that will summarize the Baku climate negotiations. One of the central points of COP29 was the decision on the annual financing target of around a trillion dollars, an amount requested by developing countries from rich countries to finance global climate action. The new text of the "COP of Finance", as this summit is being called, however, presented a target of US$300 billion per year. The figure is higher than the number released in last Friday's draft (US$250 billion annually), but far below the US$1.3 trillion requested by developing countries, including Brazil's Environment Minister, Marina Silva.

 

·        Dozens of people died in Israeli bombings in the north of the Gaza Strip, devastated by more than a year of war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. More than 200 residents of the Gaza Strip, most of them children, died in the last 24 hours as a result of air and artillery strikes by the Israeli Army in different parts of the Palestinian enclave. Nineteen Palestinians were killed and more than 40 injured in three massacres caused by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

 

Brazil still has 1.2 million people in homes without a bathroom; 5.4 million live with 4 or more, according to the Census IBGE published in this Last Friday data on sanitation in the country. Numbers show that the share of those living without a bathroom fell from 7.7% in 2010 to 0.6% in 2022. Advances occurred in all regions, but the North and Northeast still have a worse scenario than the Central-West, Southeast and South 12 years ago.