BRAZIL: A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court is set to open proceedings tomorrow to decide whether the country’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and several of his associates will stand trial on five counts, including attempting to stage a coup d’etat.

Mr Bolsonaro was charged in February with plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election to current President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva.  

INDIA: A comedian popular for his biting political humour is being investigated for possible defamation over jokes made about an Indian state leader who is an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in yet another case raising questions over freedom of speech in the country.

Police in Mumbai opened the investigation today against Kunal Kamra over a comedy skit referring to Eknath Shinde, the second highest elected leader of Maharashtra state.

PAKISTAN: Security forces said that 16 militants were killed on Sunday in a remote north-western border area as they tried to cross the border with neighbouring Afghanistan.

A military statement said the “Khwarij,” a phrase the government uses for Pakistani Taliban, attempted to enter Pakistan from Ghulam Khan, a border town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

AIDS: The head of the UN Aids agency today proposed an “amazing deal” for US President Donald Trump that she said could result in “the end of Aids.”

At a news briefing in Geneva, UNAids executive director Winnie Byanyima said that the deal would involve Trump enabling the US company Gilead to produce and license its “magical” prevention drug lenacapavir across the world to the millions of people who need it.