Day: November 4, 2026

The bank held the Selic rate at 13.75%, raised inflation forecasts, and warned that risks remain tilted upward.

With public debt near 83% of GDP and interest costs approaching 9%, fiscal pressure is mounting.

The message is clear: spending must come down or interest rates stay high.

The same high-rate policies the left once blamed on right-wing governments are now confronting Lula’s own administration.

Source: Reuters / Writer: Lucas

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remains committed to his position through the end of President Trump’s term.

The statement shuts down speculation surrounding a possible change at the top of the Pentagon.

President Isaac Herzog sent a warning letter last month to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials, warning of a “highly explosive and dangerous reality” in the West Bank, and lamenting the ongoing “moral disgrace” of settler violence.

“A severe flare-up on the ground is liable to carry severe and far-reaching consequences, both for Israel’s security and its functioning as a sovereign state, and for Israel’s international standing, Diaspora Jewry, the Israeli economy, and more,” warned Herzog, adding that there is a “moral disgrace and the stain on us” when innocent Palestinians are harmed.

Herzog wrote the letter after a September 30 visit to the Judea and Samaria Division headquarters.

Read more on The Times of Israel.

— @TimesofIsrael Nov 5, 2026

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