President Lula calls Bolsonaro’s Brazil exit ‘shameful’
President Lula da Silva criticised Flavio Bolsonaro for leaving Brazil amid reports he was headed to the US.
A bad day for Ben-Gvir as he addresses his supporters
Itamar Ben Gvir was defiant after polls show his Otzma Yehudit party has lost seats in the Israeli election.
China’s families are now supporting more old people than kids
The latest figures mark a major milestone as Beijing grapples with an ageing population.
China’s families are now supporting more old people than kids – BBC
- China's families are now supporting more old people than kids BBC
- China aims to stabilise number of new births with policy support Reuters
- As births decline across China, 1 in 8 are born in Guangdong. What’s the secret? South China Morning Post
- Nine provincial-level regions in China post birth rates above 7‰ in 2025, Guangdong tops newborns: report Global Times
- China’s Population Falls by 3.39 Million, Largest Drop Since 2022 Caixin Global
No clear mandate projected in Israel election: What’s next?
President Isaac Herzog will task the candidate he deems best placed to form a government once results are in.
Smotrich dances in Israel despite far-right decline
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich celebrates despite exit polls suggesting support for his far-right party declined.
Arab towns in Israel celebrate historic Knesset gains with fireworks
Celebrations erupted in Lod, Kafr Manda and Tayibe after Israeli media exit polls projected a combined 18 Knesset seats
Thousands rally outside Portugal’s parliament over housing crisis, police operations – Reuters
- Thousands rally outside Portugal's parliament over housing crisis, police operations Reuters
- Thousands of Portuguese gather outside Parliament as housing protests swell AP News
- Portuguese police clear Lisbon housing protest camp, arrest 25 Al Jazeera
- Portugal: Lisbon housing crisis sparks protest outside parliament Yahoo
- CORRECTION Portugal Housing Protest dailyrecordnews.com
Grand jury declines to indict ex-White House staffer who testified about January 6
Cassidy Hutchinson had implicated Donald Trump in US Capitol attack during testimony before House committee
The justice department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former White House staffer who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against Donald Trump before a House committee investigating the 6 January 2021 US Capitol insurrection, according to two people familiar with the matter.
A grand jury in Washington rejected prosecutors’ request to return an indictment charging Cassidy Hutchinson, said the people, who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case. It’s the latest setback in the justice department’s efforts to charge perceived adversaries of the Republican president.
Continue reading...Pope says ‘there is no such thing as a holy war’ in message to religious leaders – NBC News
‘Go home, Ben-Gvir’; Arab Bloc celebrates record turnout in Israel election
Israel’s Joint Arab List party celebrated as exit polls projected as many as 18 parliamentary seats for the Arab-bloc.
AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research finds
AI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake responses in a failed attempt to stop the UK’s ban on disposable vapes.
Three-quarters of all the responses to the 2023 consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill were machine-generated, in what is thought to be the first coordinated attempt to use AI to derail health policymaking in the UK.
Continue reading...Chris Mason: Budget needs to go some way towards delivering PM’s promises – BBC
- Chris Mason: Budget needs to go some way towards delivering PM's promises BBC
- Wednesday briefing: We asked you - what do you want from the Burnham government’s first budget? The Guardian
- Healey seeks to steer UK through 'difficult moment' with low-key budget Reuters
- Healey due to unveil tax and spending plans in Burnham's first Budget Yahoo
- UK Treasury chief faces headwinds as he delivers first budget under new prime minister, Andy Burnham 10TV
Iran war live: Pezeshkian says Middle East can solve own issues without US
Iranian president's words came at summit for gas exporting countries in Russia.
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says territory recaptured, forces on the offensive – Reuters
- Ukraine's Zelenskiy says territory recaptured, forces on the offensive Reuters
- Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv retaking territory, Zelenskyy says, as Nordic leaders urge Putin to end the conflict The Guardian
- The Subterranean Battle Playing Out Deep in Ukraine’s Soviet-Era Pipelines WSJ
- Zelenskyy on Operation Veles: Ukrainian forces have successfully adapted underground advance tactics Українська правда
- The New Subterranean Front The Atlantic
‘A government of paralysis’: Ben-Gvir rejects unity with Eisenkot after election setback – Ynetnews
- ‘A government of paralysis’: Ben-Gvir rejects unity with Eisenkot after election setback Ynetnews
- Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich Diverge in Israel’s Election The New York Times
- 'A terrible mistake': Ben Gvir warns Netanyahu against notion of unity government with Eisenkot The Times of Israel
- Israel Election 2026: Itamar Ben-Gvir, RZP projected to win 12 seats in next Knesset The Jerusalem Post
- Ben-Gvir reminds supporters of all he has achieved after disappointing exit polls for far-right Otzma Yehudit Yahoo
Ceasefire extended across Ukraine’s Kherson region, officials say
The truce was originally planned for the stranded residents of Oleshky, and Russia and Ukraine say no breaches have been reported.
Ceasefire extended across Ukraine’s Kherson region, officials say
The truce was originally planned for the stranded residents of Oleshky, and Russia and Ukraine say no breaches have been reported.
Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil after election loss, US says will grant visa
News comes one day after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to hand over his passports in money-laundering probe.
Trump says US voter fraud is ‘rampant’ – evidence suggests it is extremely rare
As the US president casts doubt on the security of the midterm elections, BBC Verify examines his claims.