Tiago Dias
@tiagodf.bsky.social
Portuguese journalist. I post about a ton of random things (PT/EN/ES/FR). tiagodf at protonmail.com
Les frères ennemis du Maghreb ont, en 2026, les budgets de défense les plus élevés d’Afrique. Ils sont aussi, et de loin, les premiers importateurs d’armement du continent. Tous deux représentaient 87 % des achats militaires en Afrique du Nord entre 2020 et 2024
« Aucun des deux pays ne souhaite la guerre, mais ils semblent se préparer au pire » : entre l’Algérie et le Maroc, une inquiétante course aux armements
ANALYSE. Les budgets de défense cumulés des deux pays dépassent pour la première fois les 60 milliards d’euros, alors que le statu quo demeure précaire sur la question de la souveraineté du Sahara occ...
www.lemonde.fr
February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Les frères ennemis du Maghreb ont, en 2026, les budgets de défense les plus élevés d’Afrique. Ils sont aussi, et de loin, les premiers importateurs d’armement du continent. Tous deux représentaient 87 % des achats militaires en Afrique du Nord entre 2020 et 2024
Several former editors said it appeared the paper was seeking to compete more with such specialized publications as Politico and Punchbowl rather than The New York Times. And numerous Post reporters and editors blamed their chief executives under Bezos
Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post'
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.
www.npr.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Several former editors said it appeared the paper was seeking to compete more with such specialized publications as Politico and Punchbowl rather than The New York Times. And numerous Post reporters and editors blamed their chief executives under Bezos
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Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...
Speaking to WaPo employees, editor Matt Murray says cuts are about “positioning ourselves to become more essential to people's lives, and what is becoming a more crowded, competitive and complicated media landscape, and after some years when, candidly, the Post has had struggles to do that."
February 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
"To the extent that a plan exists, it seems to be to transform the Post into a facsimile of Politico."
The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
"To the extent that a plan exists, it seems to be to transform the Post into a facsimile of Politico."
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WaPo laying off entire Middle East team
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
WaPo laying off entire Middle East team
A E-Redes admite não conseguir garantir uma data para a reposição total da eletricidade, apesar de esperar que esteja concluída ***até ao final de fevereiro.***
Presidente da E-Redes não garante data para reposição total de energia, mas deseja que seja "até ao final do mês"
A E-Redes admite não conseguir garantir uma data para a reposição total da eletricidade, apesar de esperar que esteja concluída até ao final de fevereiro. O presidente, José Ferrari, explica que a ope...
cnnportugal.iol.pt
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 PM
A E-Redes admite não conseguir garantir uma data para a reposição total da eletricidade, apesar de esperar que esteja concluída ***até ao final de fevereiro.***
Israeli forces have bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery containing the war graves of dozens of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed in the first and second world wars, satellite imagery and witness testimony reveal.
Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
Satellite images and witness testimony show destruction as IDF claims it was forced to take defensive measures
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Israeli forces have bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery containing the war graves of dozens of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed in the first and second world wars, satellite imagery and witness testimony reveal.
“I want to see elections be honest, and if a state can’t run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it,” Trump said Tuesday in the Oval Office, flanked by congressional Republicans during a bill-signing ceremony to reopen the federal government.
Trump Doubles Down on Calls for Republicans to Nationalize Elections
The president said federal government agents should be involved in counting votes, a role the Constitution explicitly grants to states.
www.wsj.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
“I want to see elections be honest, and if a state can’t run an election, I think the people behind me should do something about it,” Trump said Tuesday in the Oval Office, flanked by congressional Republicans during a bill-signing ceremony to reopen the federal government.
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A civic crisis: "The Metro section will be restructured, ensuring a "healthy presence for local subscribers," he said. According to a Metro staffer who was just laid off, there will be about a dozen people left on the desk. That's down from more than 40." -- www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...
Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post'
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.
www.npr.org
February 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
A civic crisis: "The Metro section will be restructured, ensuring a "healthy presence for local subscribers," he said. According to a Metro staffer who was just laid off, there will be about a dozen people left on the desk. That's down from more than 40." -- www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...
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This is about The Washington Post but it is also about the slow death of movie theaters, of book stores—the rapid integration of AI into schools—the Kennedy Center—the way so many people in power are afraid of art (and wow even sports) for the power it has to give people common language and cause.
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
This is about The Washington Post but it is also about the slow death of movie theaters, of book stores—the rapid integration of AI into schools—the Kennedy Center—the way so many people in power are afraid of art (and wow even sports) for the power it has to give people common language and cause.
Israeli strikes and artillery shelling were reported in Gaza City, Khan Yunis and the al-Bureij Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Israeli fire in Gaza kills 21 Palestinians, medics say, after militants wound IDF officer
Israeli Strikes and Artillery Shelling Were Reported in Gaza City, Khan Yunis and the al-Bureij Refugee Camp in the Central Gaza Strip. The Israeli Military Said the IDF Reserve Officer Was Wounded Wh...
www.haaretz.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Israeli strikes and artillery shelling were reported in Gaza City, Khan Yunis and the al-Bureij Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip.
"It's led experts to caution that shark attacks are still very rare relative to the higher rates of people using the water for leisure - and urge the public to remember the ocean is a wild space with risks".
British man tells BBC of horror shark attack on Caribbean holiday
Peter Smith and his wife were on holiday in the Caribbean when a beautiful swim suddenly changed.
www.bbc.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
"It's led experts to caution that shark attacks are still very rare relative to the higher rates of people using the water for leisure - and urge the public to remember the ocean is a wild space with risks".
Duarte said he doesn't like when people change the recipe of the pasteis de nata.
He said the original pastry is the best and hoped to pass along his craft to the younger generation to keep his culture alive through the Portuguese staple.
He said the original pastry is the best and hoped to pass along his craft to the younger generation to keep his culture alive through the Portuguese staple.
97-year-old crafts pasteis de nata by hand after nearly 50 years at Colonial Bakery
Pasteis de nata are Portuguese egg custard tarts.
turnto10.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Duarte said he doesn't like when people change the recipe of the pasteis de nata.
He said the original pastry is the best and hoped to pass along his craft to the younger generation to keep his culture alive through the Portuguese staple.
He said the original pastry is the best and hoped to pass along his craft to the younger generation to keep his culture alive through the Portuguese staple.
The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.
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NOOOOOOOO
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
NOOOOOOOO
Seven provinces face critical food insecurity, the final stage before famine, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a group of international organizations that the United Nations and aid agencies rely on to monitor global hunger. None were at this level a year ago.
In Afghanistan, a Trail of Hunger and Death Behind U.S. Aid Cuts
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Seven provinces face critical food insecurity, the final stage before famine, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a group of international organizations that the United Nations and aid agencies rely on to monitor global hunger. None were at this level a year ago.
This is just shocking. An American institution, a part of its history, being gutted in plain sight.
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
This is just shocking. An American institution, a part of its history, being gutted in plain sight.
Chile's president-elect Kast is in Europe and has inevitably met with Orban.
Gira por Europa: José Antonio Kast se reúne con Viktor Orbán, primer ministro de Hungría - La Tercera
Más tarde, el mandatario electo continuará su periplo reuniéndose con el presidente de dicho país, Tamás Sulyok.
www.latercera.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Chile's president-elect Kast is in Europe and has inevitably met with Orban.
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Epstein lawyers discussed possibility of cooperation with prosecutors days before his death, files reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Epstein lawyers discussed possibility of cooperation with prosecutors days before his death, files reveal
Less than two weeks before convicted abuser was found dead, lawyers met with Manhattan federal prosecutors
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Epstein lawyers discussed possibility of cooperation with prosecutors days before his death, files reveal www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
February 4, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
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Muhamad Majadla (ch12, Israel) reports that Palestinian returnees were "offered flights to third countries as an alternative to going back to Gaza".
Haaretz reports that only 12 Palestinians (9 women and 3 children) were allowed to cross from Egypt to Gaza yesterday.
They were taken by the pro-Israel Palestinian militia for interrogation by Israeli officials, and their luggage was mostly confiscated.
38 Palestinians were turned back to Egypt.
They were taken by the pro-Israel Palestinian militia for interrogation by Israeli officials, and their luggage was mostly confiscated.
38 Palestinians were turned back to Egypt.
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Muhamad Majadla (ch12, Israel) reports that Palestinian returnees were "offered flights to third countries as an alternative to going back to Gaza".
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Minnesota’s Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ruled, almost immediately, that ICE could not move the two men out of Minnesota. He gave the federal government until Friday to provide an explanation for their actions.
A federal judge ordered the release of two Venezuelan men accused of assaulting a federal immigration officer last month outside a north Minneapolis duplex.
But they never made it outside the St. Paul courthouse. ICE detained them again, without explanation, after the hearing.
But they never made it outside the St. Paul courthouse. ICE detained them again, without explanation, after the hearing.
Federal judge orders release of two men in ICE shooting charged with assaulting immigration agents
Defense attorneys cited photos in challenging the government’s account of when the agent fired a shot that wounded the fleeing suspect.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Minnesota’s Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ruled, almost immediately, that ICE could not move the two men out of Minnesota. He gave the federal government until Friday to provide an explanation for their actions.
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RBS / NatWest staff were taught how to forge customers’ signatures on loan documents, according to whistleblowers, who say the bank taught employees how to download genuine signatures from the bank’s system, trace them onto new documents and photocopy the paperwork to avoid detection #ICYMI
RBS taught us to forge signatures, says whistleblower
Police and finance watchdogs are being asked to investigate claims that Royal Bank of Scotland staff were trained in how to forge customers’ signatures. Manage
www.thetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:11 AM
RBS / NatWest staff were taught how to forge customers’ signatures on loan documents, according to whistleblowers, who say the bank taught employees how to download genuine signatures from the bank’s system, trace them onto new documents and photocopy the paperwork to avoid detection #ICYMI
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When the Kremlin sent Georgy Avaliani to fight in Ukraine, he did exactly what German leaders proposed: He ran.
Last week, Berlin told him it would be safe to go back to Russia.
Last week, Berlin told him it would be safe to go back to Russia.
He refused to fight for Putin. Germany says it’s safe for him to go back.
A Russian pacifist who fled the Ukraine front now faces deportation under tougher asylum rules.
www.politico.eu
February 4, 2026 at 8:46 AM
When the Kremlin sent Georgy Avaliani to fight in Ukraine, he did exactly what German leaders proposed: He ran.
Last week, Berlin told him it would be safe to go back to Russia.
Last week, Berlin told him it would be safe to go back to Russia.