Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was met with loud protest outside his hotel in New York City Sunday. As he prepares to deliver the traditional opening speech at the United Nations General Assembly, dozens of demonstrators gathered to denounce him, accuse him of corruption, and demand accountability.
A boycott movement targeting Disney is spreading rapidly after ABC affiliates owned by Nexstar and Sinclair removed “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from their stations. The show was pulled following host Jimmy Kimmel’s controversial remarks about the assassin of Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10. Viewers angry over the suspension are canceling subscriptions to Disney‑owned streaming services like Disney+ and Hulu, and are demanding the reinstatement of Kimmel.
A 64‑year‑old man named Anibal Hernandez Santana was arrested Saturday after allegedly firing multiple shots into the lobby window of Sacramento’s ABC affiliate ABC10. The shooting came one day after protests at the station over its indefinite suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” due to controversial remarks connected to Charlie Kirk’s death. Thankfully, no one inside was hurt despite the building being occupied.
Police in London arrested demonstrators outside Parliament on Saturday after hundreds defied a government ban on the extremist group Palestine Action, which has been classified as a terrorist organization.
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is preparing for Christian musician and activist Sean Feucht’s “Revive in ’25” worship tour stop at Gas Works Park this Saturday. City officials hope the event will remain peaceful amid tensions between Feucht’s movement and LGBTQ activists.
As the 82nd Venice International Film Festival kicks off, pro-Palestinian activists are using the high-profile event to draw attention to the war in Gaza. Demonstrators from the group Venice4Palestine are demanding the festival sever ties with organizations backing Israel and disinvite actors Gal Gadot and Gerard Butler, both linked to support for the Israeli military.
Tensions escalated at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington, campus on Wednesday as at least 18 people were arrested during a disruptive protest led by current and former employees. The group, calling themselves “No Azure For Apartheid,” targeted Microsoft’s AI contracts with Israel, accusing the tech giant of aiding the Israeli military.
Across England, patriotic groups are raising Union Jacks and St. George’s flags in quiet defiance of the country’s mass migration agenda. Yet left-wing councils in cities like Birmingham and London have rushed to strip the flags down, citing “safety” concerns — even as they have tolerated Palestinian flags flying for months at a time.
Seattle is preparing for potential unrest as Christian worship leader Sean Feucht announced plans to hold a rally later this month at Cal Anderson Park, the former site of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) and recent Antifa riots. Feucht’s Revive in 25 tour is promoting a message to “renew cities that have been devastated for generations.”
Dutch police arrested a 24-year-old man Saturday after he was caught on video spray-painting a World War II memorial in Amsterdam during a pro-Palestine protest. The suspect, described in media reports as an apparently transgender activist, was filmed wearing a dress and spraying the words “never again is now” across the National Monument in Dam Square.
