Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated challenger Flávio Bolsonaro in a closely watched election. Transport and weather disruptions affected voting in parts of Brazil, while Bolsonaro refused to concede and U.S. President Donald Trump called the result “rigged.”
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Lula defeated Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s election.
Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede.
Transport disruptions affected parts of Brazil during the final stretch of voting.
Weather disruptions also affected parts of the country.
U.S. President Donald Trump called the outcome “rigged.”
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Serbia's longtime leader Aleksandar Vucic lost a historic election, bringing down his government. The article describes the result as an ouster by a student-led movement.
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Aleksandar Vucic lost the election in Serbia.
The article describes the election result as historic.
Vucic's government fell after the election.
The article identifies the movement behind the result as student-led.
William Brangham discussed the results with Heather Conley.
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The article says Chancellor John Healey will announce a tapered earnings rule for the UK’s carer’s allowance in Wednesday’s budget, replacing the rule that removed a full weekly payment when a carer earned even slightly above the limit. Under the proposed system, the benefit would fall by £1 for each £1 earned above the limit, so carers would not lose their allowance all at once.
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The current weekly earnings limit is £204, and the weekly carer’s allowance payment is £86.45.
Under the current rule, earning even a penny above the limit can cost a carer the full weekly payment.
The article says some carers accumulated debts of £2,000 to £5,000, with some debts reaching £20,000.
A government-commissioned review found that about 180,000 carers built up overpayment debts totaling £300 million between the years covered by the review.
The review described hardship and distress linked to the allowance’s rules and the Department for Work and Pensions’ administration.
The budget is also expected to make higher tax-free mileage rates permanent, including 55p per mile for the first 10,000 business miles and 35p per mile above that.
The Treasury estimates that the mileage-rate change would benefit about three million employees and self-employed people who use their own vehicles for work.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidential runoff, despite prediction markets showing him as an underdog on Sunday. At noon Eastern time, Kalshi gave Lula a 20.2% chance of winning, while Polymarket put his odds at 20.5%.
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Lula won Brazil’s presidential runoff election over the weekend.
Lula was rated an underdog in prediction markets on Sunday.
Kalshi gave Lula a 20.2% chance of winning at noon Eastern time.
Polymarket gave Lula a 20.5% chance of winning at noon Eastern time.
Flávio Bolsonaro was Lula’s opponent in the runoff.
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FRANCE 24 checked three viral videos shared as evidence of recent unrest in Europe. The footage came from a 2017 march in Poland, military event preparations in Portugal, and an August protest in Argentina—not recent demonstrations in Europe.
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A video viewed more than a million times on X was falsely described as showing millions protesting in Poland; it depicts the country’s annual Independence Day march in 2017.
The Poland video has resurfaced with misleading captions over the years, including claims that it showed unrest in France.
Military vehicles shown in Porto were part of preparations for Army Day, held from October 20 to 25, not a deployment against protesters.
Portugal’s city website said thousands of soldiers arrived in Porto for events showcasing the military.
Police, not the army, handled recent demonstrations in Portugal; police dismantled housing protest camps in Porto and Lisbon on Sunday, arresting more than 30 people.
Footage said to show Italian protesters removing a US flag was filmed in Buenos Aires in August.
The Buenos Aires footage showed a flag being removed from a hotel during a protest linked to a law on private property introduced by President Javier Milei.
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Israel is holding its first parliamentary elections since the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces opposition, and the vote is partly a referendum on his response to the attacks and the war that followed.
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Israel is holding parliamentary elections on Tuesday.
The election is the first since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023.
Israel has been on a war footing since the attacks.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces an opposition challenge.
The vote is partly a referendum on Netanyahu’s tactics.
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Jordan said its air force struck armed groups in Syria in retaliation for an attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Karak that killed nine people. Syrian state media reported that at least five civilians died in the strikes, while Jordan said it coordinated the operation with Damascus and Syria’s government said it was investigating the attacks.
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The church attack took place during a funeral in Karak on Friday and wounded more than two dozen people.
Jordanian authorities arrested three men in Karak after a dawn shootout; all three were wounded.
Jordan identified the suspects as brothers Hazzah and Mishal Zaidan Mohammad and their brother-in-law, Ahmad Sami Hussein.
Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said the suspects were not linked to an organized group and that authorities found a large cache of munitions.
Jordan said its strikes killed or wounded members of armed groups and destroyed several vehicles but did not name the groups or specify the strike locations.
A Syrian health official said at least five civilians, including women and children, were killed in the strikes in Daraa province.
Jordan declared three days of mourning after the church attack; no group had claimed responsibility, and the motive remained unknown.
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Busted musician James Bourne says his younger brother Chris donated a kidney to him after doctors told him he had a few years left to live. Bourne said both brothers are recovering from surgery and that he is already starting to feel better.
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James Bourne, 43, said his health condition was serious, but he has not shared further details.
Bourne said doctors told him he had a few years left to live.
His younger brother, Chris, donated one of his kidneys to him.
Both brothers are recovering from their transplant operations, according to Bourne.
Bourne dropped out of a Busted and McFly arena tour in September 2025 because of health problems.
Chris replaced his brother on the tour.
Busted had four UK number-one singles before splitting up in 2005.
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Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes barred Senator Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving the country and ordered him to surrender his passports within 24 hours, shortly after his reported loss to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The order cites a police investigation into alleged money laundering and separately bars Bolsonaro from contacting a lawyer linked to the case; Bolsonaro said he would pursue legal action against Lula’s election victory.
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The ruling cancelled Bolsonaro’s passports, including his diplomatic passport.
Federal police are investigating Bolsonaro over possible involvement in a money-laundering scheme.
The investigation concerns betting companies suspected of being used to launder about £680 million.
The ruling bars Bolsonaro from contacting lawyer Willer Tomaz.
Bolsonaro said police served him with the order after he visited his father, Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest in Brasília.
Bolsonaro denied saying he would leave Brazil if he lost the election, despite comments by his brother Eduardo Bolsonaro urging him to do so.
Bolsonaro said he would file a case seeking to disqualify Lula’s election ticket over alleged abuse of economic power.
Bolsonaro has not publicly conceded defeat or withdrawn his demand to annul the election.
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Serbia’s student-led Student List won the October 25 parliamentary election with 52.45 percent of the vote and 138 seats, defeating the list backed by outgoing President Aleksandar Vučić. Supporters said they trained thousands of election monitors and reported suspected fraud, which they said helped protect the vote.
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The Student List received 52.45 percent of the vote and won 138 seats in Serbia’s National Assembly.
The Aleksandar Vučić – United Serbia list received 39.2 percent of the vote and won 103 seats.
The Student List challenged the Serbian Progressive Party, which had dominated Serbian politics for 14 years.
The student movement grew after a railway station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad on November 1, 2024, killing 16 people and prompting protests over corruption.
A Student List supporter said the movement trained at least 16,000 people to serve as official election monitors.
Supporters also trained about five people per polling station for mobile teams to monitor suspected fraud outside polling places.
Reported concerns included unofficial voter lists, carousel voting, payments to voters, and intimidation.
Turnout was 69 percent, with more than 4.4 million people voting.
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Yael Natra, 61, flew from Toronto to Tel Aviv to vote in Israel’s upcoming election after previously deciding not to vote since moving to Canada. She said the far right’s rise to power and the stakes of the election changed her view.
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Natra left Israel for Canada about 20 years ago.
She had not considered returning to vote because she no longer lived in Israel.
Natra spent thousands of dollars to travel from Toronto to Tel Aviv.
The trip covered nearly 6,000 miles.
Natra said the far right’s rise to power convinced her that she needed to vote.
The election is the first since the Hamas-led attacks in 2023 and the ensuing regional wars.
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UNCTAD and African trade officials warned that disruption around the Strait of Hormuz linked to the US-Israel war on Iran has raised fuel and fertiliser costs across Africa. They said reduced fertiliser use could weaken next year’s harvests and push up food prices, while the impact varies among countries.
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UNCTAD official Luz Maria de la Mora said fertiliser prices have risen sharply and some countries have reduced their use.
De la Mora warned that lower fertiliser use could affect next year’s crops, food availability and food prices.
About one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas trade previously passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
Zimbabwe’s women affairs minister said rising fuel and fertiliser prices concern a country where more than 70 percent of the population depends on agriculture.
Uganda’s trade minister said fuel prices in the country have more than doubled.
Uganda’s domestic food production has helped cushion the impact, but its currency has lost 10 percent of its value against the US dollar, the minister said.
Zimbabwe says it seeks investment from both the United States and China and has deposits of more than 60 critical minerals, including lithium and graphite.
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Israeli forces barred a 23-person international delegation, including three serving British elected representatives and former Labour MP Sam Tarry, from entering the West Bank. The group said it planned to meet Palestinian communities and attend a congress in Ramallah; delegates reported being detained and questioned for nine hours at the Allenby/King Hussein Bridge.
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The delegation included four elected representatives and people from France, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, the Netherlands, Ireland and the United States.
The British representatives were Clive Lewis, Lara Bird and Kate Nevens; Sam Tarry is a former MP.
The group planned to attend the Second Ramallah Congress, organised by Progressive International with Birzeit University, and meet Palestinian academics, students and civil society groups.
Clive Lewis said delegates were taken aside and questioned. Sam Tarry said they were held for nine hours at the Allenby/King Hussein Bridge.
The article reports that Israeli media said Defence Minister Israel Katz had instructed officials to pursue exclusion orders against activists accompanying Palestinian olive harvesters.
The UN aid coordination office recorded at least 160 Israeli settler attacks linked to the olive harvest in the first two weeks of October.
Recent incidents cited in the article included Israeli forces attacking European diplomats and a French mayor accompanying farmers, and detaining about 80 olive-harvest volunteers, including U.S. congressional candidate Brad Lander.
The Israeli embassy had been contacted for comment.
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One year after the fall of El-Fasher in Sudan, the UK sanctioned 15 military officials over brutality and abuse of civilians during the city’s capture. The program also covered Algeria’s planned deployment of army units to Niger to protect its interests, and migrants’ fears in Durban amid a stalled asylum process and a recent fatal attack on a foreign national.
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The report marks one year since El-Fasher fell.
The UK sanctioned 15 military officials over abuse of civilians during the fall of El-Fasher.
Algeria plans to send army units to Niger to protect energy and economic interests.
The program reported that a foreign national was beaten to death in Durban.
The report linked migrants’ fears in Durban to a stalled asylum process.
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President Donald Trump said Brazil’s presidential election “looked” rigged after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection. Trump said he had not taken sides but criticized how the election appeared to him.
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Lula da Silva won reelection in Brazil’s presidential election.
Trump commented on the result Monday.
Trump said the election “looked terrible” to him.
Trump described the election as appearing to be “another rigged election.”
Trump said he had not taken sides.
The election took place Sunday, according to the article.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was declared the winner of Brazil’s presidential runoff after trailing his rival in the first round. His opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro, disputed the result and called for it to be annulled. The article examines the challenges facing Lula’s planned fourth, nonconsecutive term and his promise to govern differently.
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Lula was declared the winner of the runoff vote on Sunday.
Lula had lost to his right-wing rival in the first round.
The article describes the win as a first for Lula after losing the first round.
Flavio Bolsonaro disputed the result and said he wanted it annulled.
The article says this will be Lula’s fourth nonconsecutive term in office.
Lula promised a new approach to governing.
The discussion features political risk specialist Thiago Vidal, Latin American affairs analyst Robert Valencia, and political science professor Graziella Testa.
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Pope Leo XIV will make his planned Nov. 6–17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru after doctors found no medical reason to prevent travel following his lung cancer surgery. The Vatican said his recovery is progressing favorably and the trip program remains unchanged.
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Surgeons removed a lung lobe on Oct. 13 after finding a malignant nodule.
The surgery confirmed that Leo has adenocarcinoma, a common type of lung cancer.
Leo has gradually resumed his activities while making time for rest.
His physician, Luigi Carbone, said there is no medical reason preventing the trip.
The itinerary includes a dozen flights and two helicopter rides to high-altitude locations.
Leo said he looked forward to returning to a region where he had spent important periods of his life.
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A Swiss woman who was Nigeria’s first confirmed Ebola case in the current outbreak was evacuated from Abuja to Switzerland on Monday with her husband. Nigeria’s health minister said her condition had improved and she was stable, conscious and able to communicate.
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The patient is a Swiss woman receiving treatment for Ebola in Nigeria.
She was Nigeria’s first confirmed case in the current outbreak.
She left Abuja for Switzerland early Monday with her husband.
Nigeria’s Health Minister Muhammad Pate approved the evacuation.
Pate said the woman’s condition had improved significantly.
She was stable, conscious and able to communicate.
Nigerian authorities were monitoring 52 people who had been in contact with her.
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Palestinian children in Jenin crawl under Israeli military gates to travel to and from school. The article says restrictions have disrupted education for 24,500 Palestinian students in the occupied West Bank this year.
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The children described are Palestinian.
The children are in Jenin.
They crawl under Israeli military gates to reach school.
They also crawl under the gates on their way back from school.
The article says restrictions have disrupted education in the occupied West Bank.
The disruptions affect 24,500 Palestinian students.
The article refers to disruptions this year.
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Serbia’s opposition Student List has defeated Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party after 14 years of political dominance. Analysts cited in the article expect the new authorities to focus first on domestic institutions, with changes to foreign policy and ties with neighboring countries likely to be gradual.
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The article says the Student List won Sunday’s election, ending the SNS’s 14-year political dominance.
Presidential elections are scheduled for December.
Analyst Aleksandar Popov said the incoming authorities would need to address problems in democratic institutions, the judiciary, prosecution service, police and media.
Popov said a rapid improvement in relations with Serbia’s neighbors was unlikely.
The article describes strained ties with Croatia and Montenegro and unresolved issues with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Popov said stronger relations with neighbors would be important for Serbia’s prospects of joining the European Union.
Analyst Vuk Vuksanovic predicted that foreign policy would change less than other areas because many forces shaping it would remain in place.
Under Vucic, Serbia did not impose sanctions on Russia, while ammunition flowed indirectly to Ukraine, the article says.
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