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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the left-wing former leader of Brazil, has emerged as the winner in the country's momentous election, defeating the hard-right president Jair Bolsonaro in one of the most stunning comebacks in international politics. Lula's victory after a toxic contest was, however, by a narrow margin – Lula had won 50.8 per cent of votes to Mr Bolsonaro's 49.2 per cent with 99.1 per cent counted – raising the prospect of a possible challenge by the incumbent and his supporters taking to the streets in protests which many fear could turn violent. Lula's inauguration is scheduled to take place on 1 January. He last served as president from 2003 to 2010. Mr Bolsonaro, a former army captain, had claimed even before Sunday's vote that the election may be "stolen" from him. This week his son Flavio, a Brazilian senator, echoed Donald Trump's claims about the 2020 US election by declaring his father will be the "victim of the largest electoral fraud ever seen". |
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| Exclusive: Lord Deben warned Britain's own bid to tackle emissions was 'off track', while cuts to foreign aid risk undermining its leadership on top priority for Cop27 |
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| Exclusive: 'It's an absolute vicious cycle' warns senior nurse Charlotte Collings, who says international recruits are affected most by childcare costs |
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| Priti Patel told parliament that making all small boat crossings a crime would deter asylum seekers |
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| Power outages also reported in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia |
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Cop27, the annual United Nations' global climate summit, will take place in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt over 10 days in November. Following last year's Cop26 gathering in Glasgow, the conference from the 6th to the 18th will again see world leaders and their teams of negotiators come together to thrash out deals to safeguard the future of the planet. Cop27 is open to all parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the landmark treaty signed by many nations at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That treaty was aimed at reining in "dangerous human interference with the climate system" - and later led to the emissions-cutting deals Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement. Observer organisations like environmental NGOs, think-tanks and faith-based groups, as well as members of the media and the general public, are also allowed to attend. |
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| – At least 81 people are believed to have died after a suspension bridge collapsed on Sunday in India, plunging more than 400 people into a river below and leaving others clinging to what remained of the structure. | |
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"Yes. Suella is a first-rate, front-rank politician. She has acknowledged the mistake that has been made." |
– Levelling-up secretary Michael Gove defended the prime minister Rishi Sunak's controversial decision to bring Suella Braverman into cabinet only six days after she was sacked for a security breach. |
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