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2026-02-20 07:08:40 (3 days ago)

Arábia Saudita poderá enriquecer urânio após acordo proposto com EUA, dizem especialistas

O presidente Donald Trump posa ao lado do príncipe herdeiro da Arábia Saudita, Mohammed bin Salman, durante sua visita à Casa Branca. Mark Schiefelbein/AP/Arquivo A Arábia Saudita poderá ter algum tipo de enriquecimento de urânio em seu território dentro de um acordo nuclear em negociação com os Estados Unidos, segundo documentos do Congresso americano e uma organização de controle de armas. A possibilidade levanta preocupações sobre proliferação nuclear em meio ao impasse atômico entre Irã e EUA. Os presidentes americanos Donald Trump e Joe Biden tentaram fechar um acordo com o reino para compartilhar tecnologia nuclear dos EUA. Especialistas em não proliferação alertam que a operação em solo saudita poderia abrir caminho para um eventual programa de armas, algo que o príncipe herdeiro do país já sugeriu que poderia buscar caso Teerã obtenha uma bomba atômica. No ano passado, Arábia Saudita e o Paquistão — país que possui armas nucleares — assinaram um pacto de defesa mútua após um ataque de Israel ao Catar que teve como alvo integrantes do Hamas. LEIA TAMBÉM: Os sinais de que os EUA podem atacar o Irã Veja os vídeos que estão em alta no g1 Na ocasião, o ministro da Defesa paquistanês afirmou que o programa nuclear de seu país “será disponibilizado” à Arábia Saudita se necessário, declaração vista como um recado a Israel, considerado há décadas o único Estado do Oriente Médio com arsenal nuclear. “A cooperação nuclear pode ser um mecanismo positivo para reforçar normas de não proliferação e aumentar a transparência, mas o problema está nos detalhes”, escreveu Kelsey Davenport, diretora de política de não proliferação da Arms Control Association, sediada em Washington. Segundo ela, os documentos levantam “preocupações de que o governo Trump não tenha considerado cuidadosamente os riscos de proliferação representados pelo acordo proposto com a Arábia Saudita nem o precedente que ele pode criar”. A Arábia Saudita não respondeu imediatamente aos questionamentos feitos pela Associated Press. LEIA TAMBÉM: EUA mobilizam maior poder aéreo no Oriente Médio desde a invasão do Iraque em 2003, diz jornal Relatório do Congresso descreve possível acordo O documento do Congresso, também analisado pela AP, indica que o governo Trump pretende fechar 20 acordos comerciais nucleares com países ao redor do mundo, incluindo a Arábia Saudita. O contrato com o reino pode valer bilhões de dólares. O texto afirma que concluir o acordo “promoverá os interesses de segurança nacional dos Estados Unidos”, rompendo com políticas consideradas ineficazes e permitindo que a indústria americana recupere espaço diante de concorrentes estrangeiros. China, França, Rússia e Coreia do Sul estão entre os principais exportadores de tecnologia para usinas nucleares. O rascunho prevê que EUA e Arábia Saudita firmem salvaguardas com a Agência Internacional de Energia Atômica (AIEA), órgão da ONU responsável por fiscalizar o setor nuclear. Isso incluiria supervisão das áreas “mais sensíveis à proliferação”, como enriquecimento, fabricação de combustível e reprocessamento. A AIEA não respondeu de imediato aos pedidos de comentário. A Arábia Saudita é membro da agência, que promove o uso pacífico da energia nuclear e inspeciona países para garantir que não mantenham programas secretos de armas atômicas. Para Davenport, a proposta sugere que, uma vez firmado o acordo bilateral de salvaguardas, “a porta estará aberta” para que o reino adquira tecnologia ou capacidade de enriquecimento de urânio — possivelmente até dos próprios Estados Unidos. O enriquecimento, por si só, não leva automaticamente à produção de uma arma nuclear. Um país também precisa dominar outras etapas técnicas, como o uso coordenado de explosivos de alta precisão. Ainda assim, o processo abre caminho para a militarização, motivo das preocupações ocidentais com o programa iraniano. Os Emirados Árabes Unidos, vizinhos da Arábia Saudita, firmaram com os EUA um acordo conhecido como “123” para construir a usina nuclear de Barakah com ajuda sul-coreana. O país, porém, renunciou ao enriquecimento de urânio — modelo considerado por especialistas como o “padrão-ouro” para nações que desejam energia nuclear sem riscos de proliferação. LEIA TAMBÉM: Cresce temor de que possível ataque dos EUA ao Irã desencadeie uma guerra no Oriente Médio Proposta surge em meio à tensão com o Irã O avanço das negociações entre sauditas e americanos ocorre enquanto Trump ameaça ação militar contra o Irã caso não haja um acordo sobre o programa nuclear iraniano. A pressão militar vem após protestos nacionais no país, reprimidos com violência pelo governo, resultando em milhares de mortos e dezenas de milhares de detidos, segundo relatos. O Irã sustenta há anos que seu programa de enriquecimento tem fins pacíficos. No entanto, países ocidentais e a AIEA afirmam que Teerã manteve até 2003 um programa nuclear militar organizado. O país também já enriqueceu urânio a até 60% de pureza — nível tecnicamente próximo dos 90% necessários para uso bélico —, algo inédito sem a existência declarada de um programa de armas. Diplomatas iranianos citam declarações do líder supremo, aiatolá Ali Khamenei, como uma fatwa — decreto religioso — que proibiria a construção de uma bomba atômica. Mesmo assim, autoridades iranianas têm mencionado com mais frequência a possibilidade de buscar o armamento à medida que aumentam as tensões com os Estados Unidos. O príncipe herdeiro saudita Mohammed bin Salman, governante de fato do país, já declarou que, se o Irã obtiver a bomba, “nós teremos que conseguir uma também”.

Times of India

2026-02-20 07:04:17 (3 days ago)

From Bill Gates to former prince Andrew: The biggest names felled by the Epstein files

In most cases, the documents do not accuse those named of participating in Epstein’s crimes. The consequences have instead flowed from the visibility of continued contact, personal familiarity, or financial links that became publicly indefensible once exposed.

Gazeta do Povo - Mundo

2026-02-20 07:02:06 (3 days ago)

Trump ordena liberação de arquivos sobre vida extraterrestre após fala controversa de Obama

Trump instrui agências do governo a divulgar arquivos relacionados a possíveis formas de vida extraterrestre

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 07:00:54 (3 days ago)

Whistles are a symbol of resistance amid Trump’s ICE crackdown. Some say they hurt more than they help

The instrument has strengthened community ties, but some organizers say whistles can create panic or confusion

Over the past year, whistles have become a symbol of the collective resistance of ordinary people standing up to federal immigration enforcement. As the Trump administration expands its immigration crackdown to cities and towns across the US, people are relying on whistles to warn their neighbors about the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

But not all activists agree on their efficacy. Some organizers, including those in rural areas of the US, say that whistles can heighten panic in the communities they serve. Others say they can create unnecessary confusion for children, the elderly and those with disabilities.

When a few grassroots organizations across the country, from Washington state to Maryland, posted on social media about their decision to keep whistles out of their activism, a debate exploded online. But scholars of social movements say that tactical adaptability is a healthy part of organizing, as coalitions emerge, coalesce and continue to transform to meet the needs on the ground.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 07:00:53 (3 days ago)

Itoje’s character and consistency shine through as he joins England’s 100 club | Ugo Monye

Captain’s moment must be celebrated at Twickenham on Saturday, as should Edwin Edogbo’s first Ireland cap

I was struck by Tommy Freeman’s comments this week when he said he had struggled mentally on the back of the British & Irish Lions tour to Australia last summer. It struck me because it was a very similar sentiment to that expressed by Maro Itoje earlier in the season, and it was a feeling with which I could sympathise. After the 2009 tour of South Africa, I was wrecked.

All but one of the England lads who went on that tour needed major surgery within a year of it finishing but, even if the body is holding up, you just don’t quite feel right. You’re back at your club, expected to be one of the best performers and don’t want to admit you’re tired, but sometimes you need someone to intervene and tell you to take a breather. There’s endless data these days but, for all that, mental fatigue can be hard to quantify and there can be no doubt that is something the Ireland squad is wrestling with at the moment.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 07:00:53 (3 days ago)

Texas congressional candidate with extremist views backed by hard-right donors

After tech billionaire Peter Thiel and others donated to Jace Yarbrough’s campaign, Donald Trump endorsed him

A rookie congressional candidate in a nine-way Texas primary has received the imprimatur of wealthy hard-right donors including tech billionaire Peter Thiel, Claremont Institute board chair Thomas Klingenstein and Charles Haywood, who once expressed a desire to be a “warlord”, according to new Federal Election Commission filings showing early donations to his campaign.

In a recent candidate forum, Jace Yarbrough unapologetically staked out a series of extremist positions, saying that critics may call his approach to politics “bigoted and backward and oppressive and Nazi-ish”, but that he is “past trying to placate that in any way, shape or form”.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 07:00:53 (3 days ago)

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

The Barbecue at No 9 by Jennie Godfrey; A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage by MK Oliver; A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford; Holy Boy by Lee Heejoo; A Stranger in Corfu by Alex Preston

The Barbecue at No 9 by Jennie Godfrey (Hutchinson Heinemann, £16.99)
Most of the action in Godfrey’s second novel takes place during the Live Aid concert on 13 July 1985, at a barbecue hosted by the Gordon family in a new-build cul-de-sac in an unspecified part of England. As neighbours arrive and music plays, we gradually learn the backstories of the main characters, from teenage Hanna, who is planning to run away from her pale, preoccupied father and house-proud, socially ambitious mother, to mysterious Rita, newly arrived from Australia to begin a new life, and shell-shocked ex-soldier Steve, whose paranoia is exacerbated by the shadowy figure watching the street. Like Godfrey’s debut, The List of Suspicious Things, this is not so much a whodunnit as a wonderful slow-burn story about friendship, community, and secrets within families, the choices we make and the lies we tell to protect ourselves and others, with the bonus of a terrific built-in soundtrack and a nostalgic vibe.

A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage by MK Oliver (Hemlock, £16.99)
Former headteacher Oliver’s first novel centres on yummy mummy Lalla Rook, who lives with her banker husband Stephen and their young children Nelly and Nathan in the leafy north London suburb of Muswell Hill. It’s a privileged existence, but Lalla, who is not only admirably resourceful but also manipulative and utterly lacking in empathy, has her eye on a larger house in considerably pricier Hampstead as well as a place at an exclusive school for Nelly, who is already demonstrating that the antisocial apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Murder, body disposal, blackmail – Lalla will stop at nothing to achieve her ends, but things get complicated when it begins to looks as if the intruder she dispatched with a kitchen knife minutes before the start of four-year-old Nathan’s birthday party was trying to uncover her murky past. Told with gusto, plus wonderfully twisty plotting and lashings of lifestyle porn, this satirical thriller is the perfect antidote to the winter blues.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-02-20 07:00:52 (3 days ago)

New study hints at a hidden Alzheimer’s risk factor affecting older Americans

New study suggests air pollution could be directly linked to Alzheimer's disease risk, with researchers finding stronger associations in stroke survivors.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 07:00:52 (3 days ago)

Add to playlist: the seance-worthy dancefloor music of Miles J Paralysis and the week’s best new tracks

The enigmatic Bradford producer is moving into eerie new territory informed by folklore and delivered with a tangibly menacing low end

From Bradford, UK
Recommended if you like Adrian Sherwood, Kris Baha, Guerilla Welfare
Up next New EP Don’t Forget the Ritual released on 28 February

Miles J Paralysis maintains a low profile, with just a handful of releases available on Bandcamp and a sparse, faceless Instagram presence. The enigma suits the music he has been making and sharing under the alias since early last year: dark, dubby and complete with obscure vocal samples and titles such as Always Liked Scarecrows and Cursed Moor.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 07:00:33 (3 days ago)

Aston Martin issues another profit warning and sells F1 naming rights for £50m

Struggling British carmaker says earnings for 2025 will be worse than City forecasts as US tariffs hit sales

Aston Martin has warned that its losses will be worse than expected and sold its permanent naming rights to its Formula One team, as the struggling British carmaker battles to stabilise its finances.

The luxury carmaker, majority-owned by the Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, said its earnings for 2025 would be worse than City forecasts, its fifth profit warning since September 2024.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-02-20 07:00:24 (3 days ago)

Trump’s economic wins cancel out Biden’s losses in latest jobs report

January jobs report crushes forecasts with 130,000 new payrolls and unemployment dropping to 4.3% as Trump's policies continue to drive economic growth.

The Guardian - World News

2026-02-20 07:00:20 (3 days ago)

Digested week: Spa days for nerds and other coping mechanisms

Discovering Oxford’s Norrington Room, leaning into Pancake Day sainthood and dreaming of a house just for introverts

A kabillion-bedroom 17th-century manor house in Yorkshire – with a connection to Charlotte Brontë, no less! – set in 1 hectare of grounds has gone on sale for £1.15m, which means it is time to send my Utopian Living email again. This goes to a select group of friends with whom I share the same dream: to live in a house so big that we need never leave.