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News Wrap: Bolsonaro arrested days before starting prison sentence over coup attempt

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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In our news wrap Saturday, police arrested former Brazilian President Bolsonaro after he allegedly tried to escape house arrest, Israel launched airstrikes into Gaza despite the ongoing ceasefire, classrooms closed across parts of Nigeria after mass kidnappings at schools, and the COP30 global climate summit came to a quiet end in Brazil. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

In tonight's other headlines, police arrested Brazil's former president today after he allegedly tried to escape house arrest days before beginning a 27-year prison sentence.

0:11.6

The Supreme Court Justice, who oversaw the case against Jair Bolsonaro, said the far-right leader hatched a plan with his son to flee his home for the U.S. Embassy in Brazil to seek

0:21.6

a political asylum. Bolsonaro is a political ally of President Trump. He's now expected to

0:27.3

remain in custody until Brazil's Supreme Court panel hears the case Monday. Deemed a flight

0:32.8

risk, Bolsonaro had been placed on house arrest ahead of his prison term after he was found guilty

0:38.1

of charges for leading a coup attempt. Israel launched several air strikes into Gaza overnight

0:44.4

despite the ongoing yet fragile ceasefire in the region. The Israeli military said the strikes

0:49.9

were in response to an attack from an armed militant who crossed into an area of the IDF controls

0:56.0

and opened fire. No Israeli soldiers were injured, but Israel said it responded with strikes

1:01.6

across the Gaza Strip meant to target Hamas militants. Health officials in Gaza said at least

1:07.3

24 people were killed and nearly 60 wounded, including children.

1:12.5

Classrooms across part of Nigeria are now closed over security concerns following mass kidnappings

1:17.9

at schools in the country this week. New numbers out today reveal gunmen took more than

1:22.7

300 students and 12 teachers from a Catholic school on Friday. That incident happened just days after

1:29.5

25 students were kidnapped from a predominantly Muslim school in the country's northwest.

1:35.4

Experts say schools in the region have become easy targets due to the lack of security. No group

1:40.4

has claimed responsibility for the abductions. The United Nations Climate Summit meant to open dialogue between countries about how to address

1:49.0

climate change came to a quiet end in Brazil today.

1:53.0

The president of COP 30 announced a compromise with little fanfare.

1:57.0

Wealthy countries signed onto an agreement to triple funds for nations hardest hit by extreme weather related to climate change,

2:03.7

but the agreement removes any mention of fossil fuels as a driving factor.

2:08.6

Critics called the agreement inadequate and questioned whether it would help lower the planet's rising temperature.

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