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The US president says Ukraine's attacks on Russian diesel infrastructure are contributing to global fuel shortages.
President Donald Trump says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has to stop striking Russiaโs diesel fuel refineries because itโs โhurting the world.โ
Mr. Guterres, in Delhi for BRICS Summit, commends Indiaโs efforts at mediation between Russia and Ukraine, clarifies map controversy
Mr. Guterres, in Delhi for BRICS Summit, commends Indiaโs efforts at mediation between Russia and Ukraine, clarifies map controversy
Tokyo, Sept. 13 (Jiji Press)--Japan has been unable to take concrete countermeasures since Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a disputed northwestern Pacific island a month ago. Japan has lodged a strong protest following Putin's Aug. 13 visit to the island of Etorofu, one of the four islands claimed by Tokyo but controlled by Moscow. The four islands, seized by the former Soviet Unio...
Os participantes daย reuniรฃo de Cรบpula do Brics,ย neste fim de semana em Nova Delhi, capital da รndia, manifestaramย โprofunda preocupaรงรฃoโ com tensรตes no Oriente Mรฉdio, criticaramย a imposiรงรฃo de tarifas unilaterais no comรฉrcio internacional e defenderamย que o Brasil tenha papel maior no Conselho de Seguranรงa das Naรงรตes Unidas. O posicionamento estรก na declaraรงรฃo do encontro, chamada โConstruindo para a Resiliรชncia, Inovaรงรฃo, Cooperaรงรฃo e Sustentabilidadeโ e divulgada neste sรกbado (12). Notรญcias relacionadas:รndia sedia Cรบpula do Brics no fim de semana.Brasil aponta tratamento discriminatรณrio em tarifas dos Estados Unidos.Brasil amplia comรฉrcio com รndia e retoma diรกlogo sobre tarifaรงo.O Brics รฉ formado por Brasil, Rรบssia, รndia, China, รfrica do Sul, Arรกbia Saudita, Egito, Emirados รrabes Unidos, Etiรณpia, Indonรฉsia e Irรฃ. Os 11 paรญses representam 39% da economia mundial, 48,5% da populaรงรฃo do planeta e 23% do comรฉrcio global. Em 2025, o grupo foi presidido pelo Brasil, e a reuniรฃo anual ocorreu em julho, no Rio de Janeiro. ย Irรฃ x EUA Uma das expectativas para a reuniรฃo em Nova Delhi era como o Brics se comportaria em relaรงรฃo ร guerra no Oriente Mรฉdio, iniciada em fevereiro deste ano, quando Estados Unidos e Israel lanรงaram ataques contra os iranianos, sob o argumento de que o paรญs desenvolvia armas nucleares. O Irรฃ nega a acusaรงรฃo. Em retaliaรงรฃo ร agressรฃo, o Irรฃ fez ataques aos Emirados รrabes e ร Arรกbia Saudita, paรญses alinhados aos EUA e integrantes do Brics.ย Com 35 pรกginas e 140 parรกgrafos, a declaraรงรฃo do encontro manifesta preocupaรงรฃo com a situaรงรฃo, mas nรฃo se direciona exclusivamente ร regiรฃo do Golfo Pรฉrsico. O Parรกgrafo 28 nรฃo cita diretamente os paรญses envolvidos nem usa a palavra guerra. โExpressamos profunda preocupaรงรฃo com a contรญnua escalada das tensรตes no Oriente Mรฉdio/รsia Ocidental e, recordando nossas respectivas posiรงรตes nacionais, conclamamos ao exercรญcio da mรกxima contenรงรฃo, bem como ร abstenรงรฃo de aรงรตes que possam agravar ainda mais a situaรงรฃo.โ Em documentos diplomรกticos, รฉ comum a prรกtica de nรฃo citar nomes e paรญses em pontos especรญficos, facilitando a chegada de consenso para redaรงรฃo de declaraรงรตes. A reuniรฃo de Nova Delhi contou com a presenรงa de lรญderes de relevรขncia no cenรกrio internacional e regional, como o anfitriรฃo e primeiro-ministro da รndia, Narendra Modi, e os presidentes Xi Jinping (China), Vladimir Putin (Rรบssia), Cyril Ramaphosa (รfrica do Sul) e Masoud Pezeshkian (Irรฃ). Os Emirados รrabes Unidos enviaram o prรญncipe herdeiro de Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. O Brasil foi representado pelo ministro das Relaรงรตes Exteriores, Mauro Vieira. Reforma da ONU Em outro ponto da declaraรงรฃo, o Bricsย defende a reforma do Conselho de Seguranรงa da Organizaรงรฃo das Naรงรตes Unidas (ONU), โcom o objetivo de tornรก-lo mais democrรกtico, representativo, eficaz e eficiente, e de ampliar a representaรงรฃo dos paรญses em desenvolvimentoโ. O conselhoย รฉ o principal รณrgรฃo da organizaรงรฃo encarregado de zelar pela manutenรงรฃo da paz e da seguranรงa no planeta. ร formado por 15 paรญses, dos quais apenas cinco tรชm status de permanentes e com poder de veto: EUA, China, Rรบssia, Reino Unido e Franรงa. Hรก dรฉcadas o Brasil pleiteia assento permanente. Na declaraรงรฃo, os paรญses enfatizam a posiรงรฃo de China e Rรบssia. โChina e Rรบssia, como membros permanentes do Conselho de Seguranรงa da ONU, reiteram seu apoio ร s aspiraรงรตes do Brasil e da รndia de desempenhar um papel maior na ONU, incluindo seu Conselho de Seguranรงa.โ O texto nรฃo cita especificamente a entrada do Brasil como membro permanente. Tarifaรงo Os signatรกrios do texto expressaram crรญticas a barreiras no comรฉrcio internacional, como a imposiรงรฃo de tarifas unilaterais. โManifestamos sรฉrias preocupaรงรตes com o aumento de medidas tarifรกrias e nรฃo tarifรกrias unilaterais que distorcem o comรฉrcio e sรฃo incompatรญveis com as regras da Organizaรงรฃo Mundial do Comรฉrcio.โ O documento nรฃo menciona nominalmente os Estados Unidos, paรญs que tem aplicado tarifas a parceiros comerciais desde que Donald Trump assumiu a Presidรชncia, em 2025. O nome de Trump nรฃo aparece no texto. Assim como o Brasil, China e รndia estรฃo entre os principais alvos do tarifaรงo americano. Moedas locais A declaraรงรฃo aponta que os paรญses caminham para soluรงรตes prรกticas de mecanismos eficientes de pagamentos transfronteiriรงos, em moedas locais, mas nรฃo faz nenhuma menรงรฃo ร criaรงรฃo de uma moeda especรญfica do Brics nem de proposta de substituiรงรฃo do dรณlar. Combate ร desigualdade No 15ยบ parรกgrafo, os signatรกrios assinalam que erradicar a pobreza em todas as suas formas e dimensรตes, incluindo a forma extrema, โรฉ o maior desafio global eย requisito indispensรกvel para o desenvolvimento sustentรกvelโ. O documento registra a proposta do Brasil e da รfrica do Sul para estabelecer um painel internacional sobre desigualdade.
Members of the 11-nation BRICS group including China, Russia, Iran and India called for calm in the Middle East at a summit in New Delhi on Saturday, overcoming earlier divisions to issue a joint statement. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who joined Russian, Iranian, Indian and other leaders in India's capital, told the summit that the Middle East war "does not serve the common interests of the international community". France 24's Andrew Hilliar tells us more.
The Russian authorities are using dubious claims to disqualify candidates previously cleared to run in the parliamentary election from September 18 to 20. The war in Ukraine is making the Kremlin even more cautious about who is allowed to campaign.
Russian, Iranian leaders due to hold talks with India's Modi at summit dominated by wars in Middle East and Ukraine.
France's government on Thursday condemned the return of expelled Russian commentator Xenia Federova to conservative TV channel, CNews, for alleged Kremlin ties. Federova was formally expelled from France in August over claims she was a Kremlin agent and accusations that she spread Kremlin propaganda on French television and radio.
Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson has criticized Tokyo's request to remove a new statue of a Soviet soldier destroying a stone marker bearing a chrysanthemum emblem, a symbol of Japan. Japan should not interfere in the matter, Maria Zakharova, director of the ministry's Information and Press Department, told a press conference Wednesday. The statue was...
The phone call comes after US special envoys travelled to Russia and Ukraine to discuss 'a proposal to end the war'.
Russia promises 'harsh and painful' response following Hungary's expulsion of its diplomats.
For years, Hungary was viewed as Russia's closest ally in the EU, but the new government has dropped the pro-Kremlin stance.
Saudi Arabiaโs Foreign Minister is in Moscow for a joint Saudi Russian press conference.
Hungary โ expelled 10 Russian diplomats on โ Tuesday, saying they had acted in ways incompatible with their diplomatic status, in a stark reminder that the pro-Russian years of former prime minister Viktor Orban are over. Russiaโs foreign ministry โsaid it would retaliate and its response would be painful for Hungary, local media reported. โThe response to the Russophobic lobby in Budapest will be harsh and painful,โ said foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Orban, swept from power in...
Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that President Putin will hold a bilateral meeting with PM Modi on Friday (September 11, 2026) on the sidelines of the BRICS summit
The Witkoff-Kushner visit to Moscow and Kyiv did not produce a breakthrough, but it can help begin a new process.
The rapport between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was evident when the two met during the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok last week. โMy profound apologies for missing this important event due to urgent matters I needed to attend to back home but Iโm now here to repay my debt,โ Prabowo told Putin on Wednesday, referring to a missed invitation earlier to be the guest of honour at Russiaโs National Day celebration on June...
Despite talks between US envoys and both Putin and Zelensky, the expectation in Kyiv is the fighting will continue, writes James Landale.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met Putin and headed to Kyiv as part of Trump's new efforts to broker agreement.
As US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner head to Kyiv following what the White House described as "substantive" talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, FRANCE 24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg talks about what he describes as a climate of scepticism in Ukraine that these latest negotiations could bring a long-awaited breakthrough.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Saturday to try to revive a stalled push to end Russiaโs full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian state news outlets reported. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
EU Ambassador to the United States Jovita Neliupลกienฤ joins Bloomberg This Weekend and discusses with hosts Christina Ruffini and Jeff Mason that Europe must keep supporting Ukraine while applying โmaximum pressureโ on Moscow because Russia has not changed its war aims. The comments come as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visit Moscow before heading to Kyiv in an effort to revive stalled peace negotiations. (Source: Bloomberg)
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are due to hold talks with Russia before travelling to Ukraine on Sunday.
Al Jazeeraโs Kimberly Halkett reports that US President Donald Trump is sending envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
US President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to arrive in Kyiv for a first-time visit on Sunday, several sources reported. Witkoff and Kushner โ Trump's son-in-law โ have been involved in shuttle diplomacy between Russia and Ukraine, travelling to Moscow multiple times, and are expected to visit Kyiv this weekend. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more.