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Bolsonaro’s arrival in Florida ended days of confusion over his whereabouts, after he was reported to have travelled to Argentina, and then prematurely reported to have already entered the US on Tuesday. In a statement, Bolsonaro thanked both the presidents of Argentina and the US, and the American public “who share the same values ​​as

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he was “shocked by the serious train accident in Toledo”. “I remain in constant contact with the Minister of Transport, and with the president of Castilla-La Mancha,” Sánchez said on X, adding that emergency services were working on the ground “to assist those affected and ensure their safety, in

Polls have closed in the Israeli election and votes are being counted. Exit polls suggest Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc have won the largest number of seats, but has not wont a majority. The polls also suggest Netanyahu’s Likud party is set to be the biggest single party in the parliament. The BBC’s Hugo Bachega looks at

Kylian Mbappé has apologised for “ill-judged” comments he made about late Chinese leader Mao Zedong which led to him being dropped by several Chinese brands. Mbappé had reportedly told French talk show The Bridge the meme “that makes me laugh the most, it’s the one where there’s a video of a guy, I think it’s

Americans have gone all in on “maxxing”, making it the 2026 Word of the Year for Dictionary.com. Short for maximising, the term “can be used on its own or added to the end of any word to convey you’re doing something to the fullest or optimizing it as much as possible”, Dictionary.com said in a

A nurse has been killed and another health worker seriously injured in an attack as they were responding to an Ebola alert in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The two were targeted by local youths who accused them of contaminating water sources and spreading the Ebola virus, according to the UN-backed Radio Okapi. The World

The anti-corruption movement campaigned on a manifesto that included purging officials who broke rules cracking down on protesters, stopping party loyalists from leading public enterprises, and freeing the public broadcaster of political control. Vučić and the SNS party have repeatedly denied corruption. Vučić, who backs Serbia’s candidacy for the European Union while refusing to impose

Lula and his Workers’ Party have cast this election as a “battle for democracy”, arguing that Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction for coup-plotting was evidence that “Bolsonarismo” constituted a threat to Brazil’s democratic institutions. During Lula’s latest term in office, relations with Trump have been rocky. Lula has insisted that Brazil “does not fit into anyone’s backyard”,

It is common practice for Israeli forces to demolish the homes of Palestinians who are suspected of carrying out attacks on Israelis in the West Bank – a practice Israeli rights groups have criticised as collective punishment. Netanyahu likened the operation to previous operations in Palestinian refugee camps in the north of the territory, when

Ukraine now has a “stable connection” to Starlink, its defence minister has said, after its military suffered days of restricted connectivity on the satellite internet network. Kyiv relies on the Starlink and its military-grade counterpart Starshield for piloting drones and operations within Ukraine, but last week accused US President Donald Trump of telling owner Elon

A criminal investigation into Argentine President Javier Milei and his sister’s links to a cryptocurrency scandal has been dropped. The case against Milei and his sister Karina Milei was dismissed by federal judge Marcelo Martinez de Giorgi at the request of prosecutors, court records show. The Argentinian president had denied promoting the newly launched cryptocoin

At least seven people were killed when two gunmen opened fire on a funeral in central Jordan, the country’s state media report. Another 10 people were injured in the church in the Karak governorate on Friday. The unidentified gunmen are reported to have arrived in a car and began shooting inside the church before fleeing

A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump to answer questions under oath in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by 11 December. Trump is suing the BBC over an episode of Panorama that edited together two different sections of a speech he gave before the riot at the US Capitol in 2021. Trump cancelled

Governments and cyber-security agencies around the world are scrambling to contain a massive flaw in internet technology, after AI discovered issues that could be exploited by hackers. Developers of the PHP platform – which powers more than 70% of websites, including Wikipedia and digital shopping sites – rolled out patches to fix the vulnerabilities that

Twenty-seven-year-old Republican Riley Owen is one of the few candidates from Gen Z – aged in their early teens to late 20s – from either party running for Congress on 3 November. Owen is running in a newly created district in Utah that experts say may lean towards the Democrats. He has championed issues including

Russia has released a 74-year-old American citizen who was jailed for allegedly fighting on behalf of Ukraine, as President Vladimir Putin met US envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg for talks. Stephen Hubbard has been taken to Pulkovo Airport, Putin said during the meeting early on Wednesday. President Donald Trump later said the former teacher