More than twice the current official death toll, according to Rio de Janeiro’s state public defender’s office, was claimed by the city’s state public defender’s office.
The public body that assists the poor in legal matters said on Wednesday, “The most recent update is 132 dead.”
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As bodies were laid on the road, mourners gathered in the streets of , Rio , de , and Janeiro , close to where the operation took place.
Governor of Rio de Janeiro Claudio Castro estimated the death toll on Wednesday at around 60, but warned that the actual figure was likely higher as more bodies were being taken to a morgue where the victims were being numbered.
As a group affiliated with al-Qaeda imposes an economic siege on the country by blocking fuel tanker routes in an effort to destabilize the military administration, parts of Mali’s capital have come to a near standstill.
The United States Embassy in Mali on Tuesday urged Americans to “depart immediately” as the Sahel nation becomes more and more dangerous as the fuel blockade increases.
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This week, there are long lines at petrol stations in the capital’s Bamako, with anger rising as the blockade gets worse. According to Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque, the cost of fuel has increased by 500 percent, from $25 to $ 130 per litre.
The armed group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), which imposed the blockade in retaliation last month for the military’s decision to outlaw fuel sales in rural areas, appeared to have succeeded in generating public outcry against the country’s rulers, Haque noted.
Omar Sidibe, a driver in Bamako, told Al Jazeera, “It’s up to the government to play a full role and take action to… discover the real reason for this shortage.”
According to Haque, al-Qaeda members were ejecting fuel trucks as supplies ran out.
Additionally, for the past two weeks, schools and universities have been closed, and Bamako-based airlines are now halting flights.
The US Embassy has also issued a warning to Americans to leave Mali right away using commercial flights rather than land-based neighboring nations because of the possibility of “terrorist attacks along national highways.”
It advised residents of , Mali , to make emergency plans, including ones that would allow them to stay there for an extended period.
However, according to Haque, the military tyrannies resisted saying that “everything is under control.”
In a coup that came first in the year of 2019, the army pledged to end a tumultuous security situation involving armed groups affiliated with al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS), but the situation has since only increased.
Tanks are “empty.”
Truck drivers who were prepared to cross the border did not want to speak to Al Jazeera on camera despite the tense scenes from a fuel pit stop in Senegal, which is close to Mali. According to Habee, some transportation firms have been accused of paying truck drivers to move their vehicles.
They have been waiting, their tanks are empty, for months, not days. A dangerous path or journey into al-Qaeda territory is ahead for them, Haque said from Dakar.
Citizens in Bamako are becoming more and more desperate at the same time. “We could have bought gas in cans everywhere before. Gas resellist Bakary Coulibaly told Al Jazeera, “but now there isn’t anymore.”
It’s not certain that there will be gasoline at the gas stations, according to the group that we are required to visit. It’s only present on a select few stations.
In the Sahel, a vast stretch of semi-arid desert stretching from North to West Africa, JNIM is one of several armed organizations that are active there. Large-scale attacks and rapid fighting are carried out there.
The country cut ties with its former coloniser, France, while thousands of French soldiers who were involved in the conflict with the armed groups left .
Ukraine, Ukraine, and Kyiv rely on Chinese-made components for their drones, jamming devices, and fiber optic cables to prevent jamming.
One of the pioneers of drone warfare in Ukraine claims that Beijing could immediately and utterly ban the imports if it wanted to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Andrey Pronin, the owner of a drone school in Kyiv, told Al Jazeera that “almost every component is made in China.” China “could cut off our or our side,” he said.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, Beijing supplies Moscow with four-fifths of drones, electronic chips, and other dual-use items that end up on the front lines to maintain the Russian military’s grip.
In response to Beijing’s export restrictions, Ukraine is trying to wean itself off of Chinese drones, but they still make up a staggering 97% of components, according to the Washington, DC think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Donald Trump, the president of the United States, hopes that Xi Jinping’s summit with Trump’s Chinese counterpart will change that.
Trump reaffirmed his desire to work with Russia on October 24 after halting his discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and imposing sanctions on two Russian oil companies.
On the occasion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Trump and Xi are scheduled to meet in Seoul, South Korea. Their most recent meeting took place in Osaka, Japan, in 2019.
Zelenskyy hopes the meeting will “help us all.”
Beijing denies directly playing a role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict despite claims that it is officially neutral about the conflict. However, it serves as Moscow’s primary political and economic supporter.
Moscow is understood by observers to be assisting Beijing in “returning” Taiwan to its fold by disclosing information about the use of drones, the vulnerabilities of Western-supplied weapons, and the operation of airborne troops.
Beijing is purchasing discounted oil, gas, and raw materials in the face of mounting Western sanctions, paying Moscow tens of billions of dollars annually.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, wants Trump to target that area in Xi’s discussions.
Trump said on Monday, “I think it will help us all if we can come to an agreement with China about the reduction of Russian energy exports.”
However, Trump’s most recent sanctions against state-owned oil company Rosneft and the private Lukoil company could unintentionally strengthen Beijing.
Both businesses will have to sell their foreign subsidiaries, reducing their involvement in international projects, particularly in former Soviet Central Asia and several African nations, where Chinese companies could replace them.
Xi’s contribution to the end of the war is crucial, according to Volodymyr Fesenko, the head of the Kyiv-based Penta think tank.
Russia can’t continue the war, he said, “without the financial support and without the economic cooperation with China.” Russia’s main economic resource is China.
He continued, “Beijing] would have accomplished this war very quickly if it had wanted to end it. It would suffice to discuss China’s harsh position with Putin in private, non-public conversations.
Beijing, however, stated Fesenko, “has no desire or desire to give a gift to Trump.”
On October 27, 2025, a car drives along an anti-drone road near the Ukrainian town of Sloviansk [Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters]
As the White House sought to restrain China’s expanding global influence and its access to Western technologies during his first term in office, ties with Beijing deteriorated.
Beijing threatened to stop the flow of crucial minerals, so China and the US have set tariffs on mutual exports, and Washington promised to halt technology transfer. Trump and Xi have more business to do than Russia, where their countries are currently at war with one another, so the Russia-Ukraine conflict is unlikely to rule the summit.
“Freezing the War”
Beijing has also been investing heavily in new infrastructure while strengthening its economic clout in Eastern Europe, which was Moscow’s former home base.
According to Fesenko, “The escalation of the war and its spread to Europe are things that go against China’s interests.”
Washington and Beijing may want to keep the conflict a simmering or thawing without allowing Moscow or Kyiv to achieve a decisive victory, argued Igar Tyshkevych, an analyst in Kyiv.
Washington won’t gain from Russia’s overwhelming victory, he claimed, as the Kremlin will undoubtedly seek the position of a “third global leader.”
Russia’s complete defeat, however, would not benefit Beijing or Washington because both are concerned about destabilization near their northern and northern frontiers.
Washington is actively working to end the war, according to Tyshkevych. If Beijing continues to move in the same direction, I won’t be surprised.
If the war is frozen, it’s possible that it will rekindle once Russia recovers economically and has enough resources.
Kyiv would look to establish new or expanding partnerships, particularly with those with the European Union and its individual members as well as with Turkiye and Pakistan, both of which have friendly ties to Beijing.
And Putin is still offering Trump numerous incentives.
According to reports, it is proposed to build infrastructure along the Arctic Sea to cut down shipping times from Asia to Europe by weeks.
Moscow also considered a joint project to develop Russian oil and gas fields in Russia’s Far East, sell Russian natural gas to Europe, and supply rare earths, which are important for US tech giants.
Putin may also suggest that Russia’s expertise in processing used nuclear fuel from US power plants be used in post-war situations, as well as developing nuclear security agreements, including non-proliferation.
In Sudan’s el-Fasher, satellite images of bloody streets and piles of bodies were analyzed by Yale University researchers. Witnesses who witnessed the RSF’s takeover of the city on Monday described widespread racial cleansing and executions.
In large-scale raids aimed at drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, at least 60 people were killed, including four police officers. The deadly operation comes just before Brazil’s COP30 UN climate summit, which is scheduled to begin on November 10.
The first direct meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Seoul, South Korea, is anticipated to lead to a resolution to lower trade tensions between the US and China.
Whatever they agree on on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea on Thursday, aside from Trump and Xi’s representation of Washington and Beijing, will have an impact on the world economy as a whole.
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The US and China have unmatched influence on global stability and prosperity because they are the two largest economies in the world.
Together, they account for nearly half of the world’s manufacturing output and 43% of the global GDP.
Their two-way trade alone generated $585 billion in 2024.
A full-fledged US-China trade war or decoupling would almost certainly have a negative impact on global economic growth.
According to the World Trade Organization, the US and China’s economic division would result in a global GDP decline of nearly 7% over the long term.
Heiwai Tang, director of the Asia Global Institute in Hong Kong, declared that the US-China relationship is “the most significant bilateral relationship.”
According to Tang, “Any de-escalation in their tension will have significant effects on smaller economies that depend on trade with either of the superpowers,” Tang said.
“The question is how long the agreements can last, whether it’s about China purchasing more soybeans or about the US lowering its tariffs on China.”
On October 29, 2025, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO summit in Gyeongju, South Korea [Ng Han Guan/AP] attendees walk near a logo.
Trump and Xi’s summit on Thursday follows mutual threats to sharply escalate their conflict after months of back-and-forth trade spats between Washington and Beijing.
Concerned by Beijing’s plans to impose stringent export controls on rare earths, which are essential for everything from fighter jets to smartphones, sparked by concerns about significant disruption to global supply chains earlier this month.
Trump responded by threatening to impose an additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods, which raises the possibility of a successful trade embargo between the two countries.
The measures are viewed by economists as being significantly more disruptive than statements of intent because they are so economically disruptive.
According to Henry Gao, an expert on international trade at Singapore Management University, “if they were enforced, they would have devastating effects on the global economy and could easily backfire on their own economies.”
“I’ve always argued that these tools should be promoted rather than deployed to entice the other party to the table,” he continued.
US officials have stated that Trump and Xi will work to prevent further escalation in the weeks leading up to the summit.
This week, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated in press interviews that he anticipated a deal to defer China’s tariffs and export restrictions.
Rolf J. Langhammer, a researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany, quoted Trump as saying, “De-escalating the trade war, and perhaps even more importantly, the tech war, is of huge importance for the world economy, which was severely hit by the shocks and uncertainty triggered by the US president after April 2 and that it is of paramount importance.
It might stabilize expectations for the time being, at least temporarily, and inspire investors to put their decisions in perspective rather than delay them because of concerns about potential new overnight shocks.
The global economy has so far emerged relatively unscathed despite the US-China conflict having caused a sharp decline in their trade, with exporters diversifying into Southeast Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Africa.
On November 24, 2024, the International Monetary Fund’s logo was viewed from its Washington, DC, headquarters [Benoit Tessier/Reuters]
The IMF earlier this month increased its GDP growth forecast for 2025 from 2.8% to 3.2%, which is an increase over the 2.8% that Trump announced in April. The majority of his “liberation day” tariffs have been delayed or significantly decreased.
If the US and China are unable to resolve their differences in full, the outlook could change dramatically.
Trump and Xi are expected to ease their country’s conflict for the time being, but there are low hopes that Washington and Beijing will put their long-term differences behind them.
The fundamental incompatibility of the two superpowers’ economic models had become impossible to ignore, according to Jacob Gunter, an analyst at Berlin’s Mercator Institute for China Studies.
Gunter told Al Jazeera, “These irreconcilable differences exist.”
Gunter said it was difficult to imagine China abandoning its state-led export business model, or the US allowing Chinese imports to be fully regulated and lifting Chinese technology controls.
