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Lula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonaro
Leftist incumbent Lula stages unprecedented comeback weeks after narrowly losing first round of election to Bolsonaro Lula wins election in stunning comeback – live updates Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , the Brazilian president, has staged a dramatic election fightback , defeating his far-right opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro , to claim a historic fourth term in power. With nearly 99% of votes counted the 80-year-old leftist received 51.75% of the vote to his 45-year-old rival’s 48.25%. Continue reading...
Bullet left on Victorian Labor minister’s car with ‘RAT’ etched on to it
Paul Edbrooke says he fears for family’s safety amid heightened concerns for MPs after alleged attack on Helen Haines Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Victoria’s emergency services minister says he fears for his family’s safety after a bullet, etched with the word “RAT” and his old firefighter number, was left on his car on Saturday. The Herald Sun first reported on Monday that Paul Edbrooke had returned to his car after speaking to members of the community and found the bullet on the bonnet. Continue reading...
Brazil runoff live updates: ballot count resumes after two-hour voting extension
Polls officially close after Brazilian supreme court ordered the extension Sunday as Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva await results The local electoral court ordered the immediate restoration of 100% of the bus fleet and ordered the arrest of the municipal transport secretary, Pablo Souza, on suspicion of an electoral offence and disobeying court orders. The arrest warrant could not be carried out, however, because he is in Paris on what the city government described as an “official mission”, and is not expected to return to Brazil until Monday. Late in the afternoon, Flávio Bolsonaro also filed requests for voting to be extended by two hours in cities in the states of São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina, but because of heavy rain that he said had prevented voters from turning out. Continue reading...
Trump rallies for Mike Rogers – and Nicki Minaj’s derriere – in Michigan
Trump again congratulated Ohio senator’s rear end before his cheeky comment about rapper being ‘hard to miss’ Donald Trump reiterated his apparent love for buxom bums during a rally in Michigan on Sunday where he encouraged the crowd to compliment rapper Nicki Minaj ’s behind. Trump’s cheeky comments about Minaj’s derriere came as he explained his recent observation on the Republican Ohio senator Jon Husted’s rear end. Earlier in October, Trump said of the former college football player: “I don’t do this with men very often. I started examining his body, because I didn’t know he was a great athlete. And I looked and I watched up and down. I looked at his ass and I looked at the whole – and then I looked at his hands. Look at his hands. He’s got these, like, claws. Continue reading...
Burnham to double spending on homelessness amid drive to end rough sleeping by Christmas
Downing Street will allocate a further £432m in this week’s budget, bringing total funding for finding a ‘lasting solution’ to nearly £900m Andy Burnham is to double spending on ending rough sleeping to almost £900m by the end of the current parliament, as he steps up efforts to get people off the streets by Christmas. The prime minister has pledged to offer every rough sleeper in England a safe route off the streets or wider support as a central part of his premiership. Continue reading...
Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat in fiercely contested parliamentary election
Vučić’s 12-year reign looks to have been ended by record turnout of voters in election provoked by student-led protests Serbia’s veteran leader Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat to the student movement, ushering in a seismic political shift after two years of student-led protests gave rise to a fiercely contested parliamentary election. Speaking on Sunday, Vučić cited preliminary results that showed the student-backed protest movement surging ahead. “Based on a stratified sample, it is clear that we lost these elections,” Vučić told supporters at his party headquarters in Belgrade. Continue reading...
NFL roundup: Falcons spoil Niners’ undefeated start; Steelers win in Paris
Bucs rout Panthers in Baker Mayfield’s return Browns move to 5-2 with late win over Titans Jets hand Dolphins their first win of the season Michael Penix Jr threw three touchdown passes, Atlanta scored 13 points off four turnovers and the Falcons handed the San Francisco 49ers their first loss, 29-20. San Francisco were already thin at wide receiver before its offense faced additional limitations when running back Christian McCaffrey missed much of the first half with a thigh injury. Brock Purdy threw two interceptions, one of them by rookie linebacker Kendal Daniels. Daniels also recovered a fumble by George Kittle. Penix threw scoring passes to Nick Muse, Kyle Pitts and Drake London as the Falcons snapped a two-game skid. Continue reading...
Australia politics live: MPs to pay tribute to Helen Haines as parliament resumes; Hanson says One Nation cartoons ‘not going anywhere’
Follow live updates Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast UTI treatment, contraception to be available through pharmacies All Australian women will soon be able to attend a pharmacy for UTI treatment or re-supply of hormonal contraception, as the federal government expands a trial program to lower health care costs. For too long, women’s experiences of the health system haven’t received the attention they deserve. We’re determined to change that. We’re making practical changes that give women more choice, make health care more accessible and help save women thousands of dollars over their lifetimes. We want to make it easier for women to get care that fits into their lives. Continue reading...
Cabinet split emerges over controversial Rosebank oilfield decision
Chancellor is in favour the North Sea project, but energy secretary has said she is leaning towards rejecting it A cabinet split has emerged over whether to approve drilling at the Rosebank oilfield, with the chancellor, John Healey, in favour of the controversial North Sea project. The energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, is ultimately in charge of the decision and the Guardian reported last week that she was leaning towards rejecting it after granting permission for the smaller Jackdaw gasfield. Continue reading...
Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola delays campaign stops after car crash
Peltola and her family sustained minor injuries after a driver struck the car transporting group to campaign stop Mary Peltola , a Democrat who is running for Alaska ’s lone US Senate seat, and her family suffered minor injuries in a car crash while driving to a campaign stop on Saturday, her campaign said. The family was on its way to the Alaska Federation of Natives annual banquet when another vehicle crashed into the one transporting Peltola and her family, her campaign said in a statement on Sunday. Peltola required medical attention after the collision. Continue reading...
Macron’s ‘vandals pay’ bill puts right to protest at risk
Making innocent protesters liable for damage would be bad for rule of law and play into far-right hands, say opponents Emmanuel Macron has been accused by trade unions of trying to curb the fundamental French right to protest as the government fast-tracks a bill to make protesters pay for damage caused by vandalism at street demonstrations even if they did not directly cause it themselves. The French president, who leaves office next spring, has faced more than a month of protests in which high-school students have blockaded schools demanding a response to teacher absences, repairs to decrepit buildings and changes to the university applications platform. Continue reading...
NFL today: How to watch Chiefs v Seahawks, TV channels & live stream Sunday 25 October
How will the Kansas City and Seattle fare today? Here is what to know, including kick-off time, TV channels and live stream options Sunday Night Football this week is a blockbuster. The Chiefs take their undefeated record to Seattle, where the defending-champ Seahawks should have an early sense of urgency. Mike Macdonald’s team enter at 3-3, already a full three games (plus, for now, a tiebreaker) behind the gangbusters 49ers. To have any real shot at a home playoff game — a critical edge in last year’s Super Bowl run — the Seahawks need to get a win against a resurgent Chiefs squad who nothing like the husk they appeared to be down the stretch last season. In addition to a clash between two marquee franchises, the evening is a homecoming for one of the most important players of the young season: Kenneth Walker III. The Seahawks-turned-Chiefs running back has been key to KC’s offensive revitalization after signing as a free agent following his Super Bowl MVP nod with Seattle. The Chiefs were in the bottom half of the league in rushing yards per carry last year but this season hold a whopping lead over the second-place team, averaging 5.5 yards to the Bills’ 5.1. The 26-year-old Walker is having a career year and has worked his way from “good player” to “maybe the Offensive Player of the Year.” Continue reading...
Brazil election 2026: Live second round results
After a shock defeat in the first round, the incumbent Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is seeking a new term in a runoff with Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of his convicted predecessor Polls close at 17.00 BRT, 20.00 GMT, with first results expected within the hour. Continue reading...
Has Healey’s military-style budget secrecy really played out so differently to past budgets?
Chancellor was said to be worried about market-sensitive leaks, yet significant policies have been heavily trailed in the media The public has been told repeatedly that John Healey is so concerned about budget leaks that he has set up defence-style “compartmentalisation” to prevent the Treasury’s financial secrets escaping. The macho military analogies began in mid-August when Healey was said by the Telegraph to be “on a war footing” to stop the drip of information that he believed had beleaguered Rachel Reeves. Continue reading...
Four-year-old girl dies after falling from east London tower block
Police say the incident at an address in Barking is not believed to be suspicious A four-year-old girl has died after falling from a tower block in east London. She was injured after “falling from height” at an address in St Paul’s Road, Barking, on Saturday and died in hospital, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading...
Emirati diplomat who helped deliver aid to Gaza enters UN secretary general race
Lana Nusseibeh has Palestine’s endorsement but faces criticism over the UAE’s human rights record and alleged funding of the RSF in Sudan An Emirati diplomat who as UAE ambassador to the UN helped secure the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza has entered the race as a late contender to succeed António Guterres as the world body’s secretary general. Lana Nusseibeh, who is of Palestinian heritage, is widely noted for her advocacy of the Palestinian cause and the two state solution and has won the endorsement of the state of Palestine. Continue reading...
US south-west braces for more flooding after stretch of heavy rain and storms
More inclement weather forecast in rain-soaked Four Corners region after evacuations and rescues last week A rain-soaked swath of the south-west US braced on Sunday for another round of potentially heavy showers and thunderstorms after days of rain forced evacuations and water rescues. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for much of the Four Corners – the meeting point of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah – even as local officials forecast further receding of swollen rivers that surged since rains picked up on Wednesday. Continue reading...
The Guardian view on Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation: cities should be designed around people, not cars | Editorial
The transformation of Europe’s busiest shopping street should be a case study in making cities greener, less congested and more inviting places to live Sadiq Khan has been trying to pedestrianise Oxford Street since he first became the mayor of London in 2016. On Monday, after numerous setbacks, his plan will finally come to fruition. The busiest stretch of the nation’s famous shopping street will be closed to traffic in a scheme designed to improve the area and make it more attractive to pedestrians. It should be an emblematic case study in making cities greener, less congested, more inviting places to live and visit. The Greater London Authority hopes it will rejuvenate a high street fallen on hard times. Since the pandemic, the number of vacant shops on Oxford Street has more than quadrupled . It estimates that the scheme will generate £82m of value a year in the area by increasing footfall and encouraging visitors to linger. This impact remains to be seen, but research from other cities suggests that shops experience higher sales once an area is pedestrianised. Given the prime minister’s focus on rejuvenating British high streets, whose dilapidation is correlated with support for Reform UK, he should be watching with interest. Continue reading...
Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader announces her return
Nobel laureate María Corina Machado’s return after almost a year in exile is unlikely to please interim president Delcy Rodríguez The Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has announced she has returned to Venezuela, almost a year after she skipped the country to receive the Nobel peace prize. “I’m here. With you,” she wrote on X on Sunday lunchtime. Continue reading...
NFL week seven: 49ers v Falcons, Colts v Vikings, Bengals v Ravens and more – updates
Steelers hold off Saints 16-10 in Paris You can email Graham | Sign up for The Recap Report from the action in Paris as the Steelers win amid the protests … “The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the New Orleans Saints 16-10 in the first NFL regular-season game in Paris on Sunday, in a calm and festive atmosphere, a day after fresh demonstrations drew more than 100,000 people into the French capital. Continue reading...
Blanche defends DoJ’s pre-emptive suit to block Alaska Senate results certification
US attorney general calls CNN ‘crazy’ for suggesting Trump’s attempt to overturn election could lead to January 6 repeat Sign up for The Stakes 2026: your weekly guide to the US midterms Todd Blanche , Donald Trump ’s attorney general, lashed out during an interview on Sunday while defending the justice department’s pre-emptive lawsuit to block certification of Alaska ’s US Senate results if the GOP incumbent loses, calling a TV host’s question “crazy”. The testy repartee unfolded on CNN’s State of the Union over the DoJ’s unprecedented legal action, which alleges that there could be “voter confusion” due to two candidates named Dan Sullivan on Alaska’s ballot. Trump told reporters , “I’m the one that said do it” when asked about the suit. Continue reading...
‘He’s not going to punk me. I’ll trick him’: Ali G: Who Iz I? stooge says he was in on joke but didn’t tell Sacha Baron Cohen
Exclusive: Joshua Loudermilk says suspicions first raised during filming by gun shaped like wearable plastic bottom: ‘You’re gonna put a butt on top of a butt? You can’t run in that’ • This article contains spoilers for Ali G: Who Iz I? Joshua Loudermilk, one of two men apparently discredited by the new Ali G movie Ali G: Who Iz I?, has said that he was in on the joke, but that the film-makers didn’t realise this. Loudermilk, a 54-year-old aspiring actor from North Carolina, has told the Guardian he recognised star Sacha Baron Cohen early in the shoot but continued pretending to be a hard-right Maga sympathiser prepared to defend the US border at all costs. Continue reading...
Serbia votes as strongman Vučić faces grassroots challenge to 12-year rule – Europe live
The Student List movement is taking on authoritarian leader following nearly two years of protests against government and institutional corruption What is at stake in Serbia’s election? Dobro veče , or good evening, and welcome to our live coverage of Serbian election night. The grassroots protest movement, the Student List, is taking on the country’s increasingly authoritarian leader, Aleksandar Vučić , in what is shaping up to be the sternest test of his 12-year grip on power. Continue reading...
Police in Portugal ‘use dogs and batons’ to dismantle housing protest camps
More than 30 people arrested as officers clear at least 100 tents in central Lisbon and about 50 in Porto Police in Portugal have dismantled housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto, baton-charging campaigners in the early hours of Sunday and arresting more than 30 people. The raids were the latest incident in days of clashes between police and campaigners who – inspired by similar camps in Spain – had sought to pitch tents in central squares to protest against the country’s deepening housing crisis. Continue reading...