Football’s talent pipeline has migrated from Africa to Europe for decades. Morocco is, however, changing that pattern. Samantha Johnson examines how Morocco’s football ecosystem can challenge the game’s traditional hierarchy.
Published On 28 Oct 2025
Published On 28 Oct 2025
Tetsuya Yamagami, age 45, gave his full consent to the prosecution’s opening statement on Tuesday, according to the Japanese broadcaster NHK.
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Yamagami allegedly shot Japan’s longest-serving leader with a handmade weapon, in addition to other crimes against the arms control laws.
According to the AFP news agency, the suspect claimed that “everything is true”.
On July 8, 2022, Abe was shot while giving a speech in Nara, a city in western Africa. At the scene, Yamagami was detained.
According to reports, the suspect’s anger over connections between Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the Unification Church reportedly drove the killing.
Due to his mother’s donation of 100 million yen ($663, 216), Yamagami harbored resentment toward the South Korean religious organization. According to Japanese media reports, the gift severely damaged his family’s financial health.
The Unification Church, whose adherents are referred to disparagingly as “Moonies,” has since experienced increased pressure from authorities over allegations of bribery, which has long been the subject of controversy and criticism.
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Following the shooting, it became clear that more than 100 LDP members had connections to the Unification Church, lowering the ruling party’s support in the electorate.
17 additional hearings are scheduled for this year’s court session after Tuesday’s initial hearing, with the verdict set for January 21.
The trial was held in Tokyo on the same day that Donald Trump, the leader of the LDP, and former prime minister Sanae Takaichi, who is currently in Tokyo, met with two of Abe’s former allies.
Both during public events frequently mention Abe, who served as Japan’s prime minister for almost nine years.
A US Air Force plane flew over the Caribbean on Monday, revealing a peculiar weather occurrence known as the “stadium effect.” The Category 5 storm, according to forecasters, is expected to make landfall early on Tuesday and will be the most destructive on record in Jamaica.
Published On 28 Oct 2025
Published On 28 Oct 2025
Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, was given a 27-year prison sentence last month for a failed military coup after his 2022 election defeat, and his lawyer has filed an appeal.
The 85-page petition requested that Bolsonaro’s conviction, including his sentence, be reviewed.
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Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has referred to the prosecution of his far-right ally as a “witch-hunt” and raised a serious issue with Brazil’s relations with his country.
Following the 2022 election, Bolsonaro was found guilty in September for attempting to oust President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
A week after Lula’s inauguration, crowds reportedly stormed government buildings, drawing comparisons to the riot on January 6 at the US Capitol after Joe Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
Bolsonaro’s attorneys’ motion claimed that his conviction and sentence had been “deep injustices.” How much of a sentence reduction was being sought, it wasn’t stated.
Bolsonaro was found guilty of five crimes last month by four of the five judges on a Supreme Court panel, including organizing a coup and participating in an armed criminal organization.
According to the prosecution, the plot involved the murder of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, and was only successful because military leaders lacked support.
In July, Trump announced punitive tariffs against Brazil and put sanctions on Brazilian officials, citing his frustration with the prosecution.
Bolsonaro, who has been under house arrest since August, has denied having done anything wrong. He won’t go to prison until all legal avenues are exhausted, according to Brazilian law.
The Supreme Court has made changes in the past, including the sentence length, according to Thiago Bottino, a law professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.
According to Reuters, defendants who have been given Supreme Court sentences typically need two judges to disagree on a ruling and file an appeal that might have a significant impact on the outcome.
Bolsonaro’s attorneys filed a lesser motion for clarification or review of specific aspects of the conviction after only one justice disagreed.
Bolsonaro, 70, may ask for house arrest if his appeal is unsuccessful because of his poor health.
Alassane Ouattara, the president of the Ivory Coast, was greeted with celebrations after officials announced his 83-year-old victory in a fourth term. In a vote in which his main rivals were barred from running, Ouattara won almost 90% of the vote. Ahmed Idris of Al Jazeera explains.
Published On 28 Oct 2025