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Brazil’s Bolsonaro under house arrest

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49:36

Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro protest in a car caravan, passing a giant screen announcing his house arrest, ordered by Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday, in Brasilia, Brazil, 2025.

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under house arrest on charges of masterminding a coup to overturn the country’s 2022 election. Also, the reinterpretation by AI of a popular movie in India sparks debate. And, a retired US military officer discusses his firsthand experience at the controversial food distribution sites run by the joint US-Israeli Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Plus, attempts to convince Thai society to embrace a traditionally reviled lizard.

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In This Episode

Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest
6:05
The latest from Israel and Gaza
2:47
Debate over AI ‘reinterpretation’ of a popular movie in India
4:17
Long reviled lizards in Thailand finally getting some love
6:11
The story of Malawi’s Madalitso Band
1:53
‘It wasn’t designed to work’: A firsthand account of aid distribution in Gaza
Special Coverage
17:28
How Brazil became one of the epicenters of cybercrime
Special Coverage
6:16
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