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🚨 BACKSTAGE: Jorge Jesus reached a verbal agreement with the Brazilian National Team before Ancelotti's hiring. The talks lasted more than 4 months, between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. After the early elimination in the Copa América and the inconsistent performance of the team, Ednaldo Rodrigues, former president of CBF, matured the idea of dismissing Dorival Júnior. In December, two CBF officials traveled to Portugal and reached a VERBAL AGREEMENT with Jorge Jesus. The coach only requested to participate in the Asian Champions League with Al-Hilal. After Argentina's 4-1 thrashing of Brazil, CBF made new contact with JJ and REINFORCED the verbal agreement. It was decided that Jorge Jesus would replace Dorival. • POLITICAL PRESSURE CHANGES PLANS Ednaldo began to face pressure in a process that threatened his permanence at CBF. Desperate, the executive sought a significant popular appeal to gain political strength and expedited the coach's change. As Jorge Jesus could not leave Al-Hilal immediately, Ednaldo resumed discussions with Ancelotti. In poor form at Real Madrid, the Italian agreed to rebuild the frustrated agreement from 2023 but requested a few weeks before the announcement to avoid repercussions before the Copa del Rey final. • HASTY ANNOUNCEMENT CBF intended to announce Ancelotti after the end of LaLiga on May 24. However, pressured by the possibility of his process being judged at any moment, Ednaldo rushed into CBF’s headquarters and ORDERED Ancelotti's announcement on May 12, surprising even close officials and people from Real Madrid. Three days later, Ednaldo was removed from the presidency and did not return to the position nor personally received Ancelotti. Jorge Jesus, who never hid his frustration at being 'abandoned' by Ednaldo and wasting the dream of leading Brazil, took over Portugal after the 2026 World Cup. 🗞️ @ESPNBrasil | @pedroivoalmeida 📸 Portugal National Team | Rafael Ribeiro/CBF (translated)

The NYT points to interference from the Trump government to favor Flavio. This should be enough for Brazilians to be worried. The tone of the report is one of fear of looting and plundering the country's wealth. This would happen for decades. I have an opinion at the end. What the NYT claims, in summary: The newspaper states that it has not openly endorsed any candidate, but that the American government is trying to favor Flávio Bolsonaro against Lula. The text cites, as examples of these measures, tariffs, sanctions against Brazilian authorities, the designation of PCC and Comando Vermelho as terrorist organizations, and questions about electronic voting machines. Brazilian authorities, diplomats, and electoral technicians interviewed by the newspaper (many anonymously) say that Brazil is setting up a “barrier” to reduce the risk of interference: monitoring foreign lobbying and disinformation, responding to fraud allegations, and discussions with countries in Europe, Asia, and others about a joint reaction after the election. Lula, at the UN and in campaign propaganda, accused the Trump government of interfering to “colonize” Brazil and take its natural resources. The newspaper emphasizes that it is unclear whether this push helps Flávio. In a close contest, a nudge from Trump could decide, but it could also provoke an anti-Trump reaction and increase the vote for Lula, as the NYT says happened in Canada and Australia. The article has a tone of fear, in Brazil, that something similar to what Trump did in other countries could be repeated, coupled with American measures that the newspaper interprets as favorable to the right. All in all: within what the NYT itself can do, the pressure from the Trump government on the press is systematic, it's a big alert. However, I think Brazilians still do not grasp the magnitude of what lies ahead. There will be decades of political, economic, democratic, and social backsliding. Many do not want to hear it. They are mistakenly convinced otherwise. The plundering will run rampant and there will be no one to investigate. (translated)

As a heroic pilot of Indian origin saved almost 200 passengers from FlyDubai. The FlyDubai pilot Smit Machchhar, of Indian origin, has been identified by the Israeli press as the hero of a flight bound for Tel Aviv carrying almost 200 passengers. According to reports, Machchhar resisted a sudden attack from his co-pilot from Oman, preventing him from crashing the plane in what could have been a "second September 11." After the plane was diverted to Tabuk, passengers spoke about the suffering they experienced, explaining that both Machchhar and the other pilot were injured after the incident. Both were taken to the hospital, and the assailant was arrested by Saudi Arabian police. According to his LinkedIn profile, Machchhar spent eleven years at SpiceJet, working as a senior commander and later as a line instructor captain. In June 2022, he moved to FlyDubai as a captain, having accumulated almost 10,000 flight hours. Although the exact details of the incident have not yet been disclosed by the authorities, passengers stated that they had intervened to subdue the assailant. After that, two off-duty pilots on board took control of the aircraft and landed it safely. (translated)

Four passengers on a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, including Yaniv Hayoun, Tzvika Manes, Asaf Rajuan, and Dr. Shota Musayev, heroically intervened to neutralize the co-pilot who tried to crash the plane after stabbing the commander, successfully landing it in Saudi Arabia with only the pilot injured. (translated)

I will take a Spanish example, but it wasn't different here. The media and journalists, in general, hate Israel (due to ignorance, ideological conviction, collective phenomenon; there are various explanations), and almost without exception, all "news" about Israel is biased. Yesterday, that bias was as clear as day. In light of a terrorist attack without a doubt: an Omani, who has been in Dubai for 8 months and is known among colleagues for being "strongly religious," stabs the commander; there are images and videos, and reports from passengers. What was the press's initial reaction? Attempted suicide. The second reaction: "Israel says." How would these "journalists" report on 9/11 if it were today? Journalism is based on rigor; right now, it seems to me that it is in rigor mortis. (translated)

O ministro da Defesa israelita, Ben-Gvir, classificou como ataque terrorista o incidente a bordo do voo da Flydubai, onde passageiros relatam que um dos pilotos, natural de Omã, esfaqueou o comandante e tentou desviar a aeronave que voava do Dubai para Tel Aviv. #GuerraHíbrida #PolíticaExterna #DonaldTrump

" I dedicate it to Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, our President and great pride, an example of work, honesty, integrity, and loyalty to the People. That makes me very happy, from whom I handed the Staff of Command has turned out extraordinary, THE BEST PRESIDENT IN THE WORLD." (translated)

“Ritmul războiului se schimbă mai repede decât procesul de susținere a acestuia”Statele Unite vor crea un nou comandament militar dedicat dezvoltării și furnizării de tehnologii autonome și robotice pentru forțele armate americane, a anunțat miercuri secretarul Apărării, Pete Hegseth. #SUA #pentagon #inteligențăartificială

An Israeli passenger who entered the cockpit during the attack on a Flydubai flight told Netanyahu that he pulled the controls back to help stop the plane's descent, adding that having watched the TV series "Air Crash Investigation" had helped him understand what to do. The witness stated that the Indian captain, after being stabbed by the Omani first officer and before collapsing, managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to enter and intervene. (translated)