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GuardianOct 4Preview

Brazil presidential election 2026: first-round live results

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is standing against Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round of the presidential raceThe incumbent, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is up against Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is in prison for plotting a military coup. The president in Brazil is directly elected, and candidates need more than 50% of the vote to avoid a second round. Continue reading...

Seán Clarke and Tom PhillipsBrazilLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Al JazeeraOct 4Preview

Three years of genocide in Gaza through one man’s camera

For almost three years, Ibrahim Rabaa has filmed fragments of his life through Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

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GuardianOct 4Preview

Polls close in first round of Brazil’s high-stakes presidential election

Leftwing incumbent Lula trying to fight off close rival Flávio Bolsonaro, far-right son of jailed ex-presidentThe polls have closed in the first round of Brazil’s highly polarised and high-stakes presidential election that could change not only the direction of Latin America’s largest country but that of the entire region.The election pits the leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is seeking a fourth non-consecutive term, against the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of Donald Trump and the son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for attempting a coup after his failed 2022 re-election attempt. Continue reading...

Tiago Rogero in Rio de JaneiroBrazilLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva

GuardianOct 4Preview

Dining across the divide: ‘Without being patronising, I think as he grows older he’ll tune in to the damage “free speech” can do’

Did a Tory voter who opposes all censorship offend a leftwinger concerned about how people treat one another?• Want to meet someone from across the divide? Click here to find out howTed, 24, LondonOccupation Works for a thinktank Continue reading...

Zoe WilliamsLife and styleSocial trends

GuardianOct 4Preview

A cargo ship, 20 crew, and a huge stash of cocaine: the seafarer imprisoned for smuggling – on no evidence

After Turkish police found drugs on board the Phoenician M, the ship’s chief mate, Ali Albokhari, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. His wife is still fighting to free himIn the early hours of 6 October 2023, Elena Albokhari was woken by a text message from her husband. Ali Albokhari, 42, a Finnish-Syrian with dark hair and cherubic features, was chief mate on a cargo ship named the Phoenician M and had been at sea since June. The 180-metre bulk carrier had docked at Ereğli in the Turkish Black Sea a few days earlier and Ali was due to return home to Helsinki soon, but instead of feeling excitement, Elena was growing increasingly worried about his welfare.She’d had a similar feeling of unease a month earlier, when the ship had arrived at Barranquilla, Colombia. Ali had called in a panic to report that drugs had been found; Armada Nacional officers had marched onboard and uncovered hold

Will ColdwellShipping industryDrugs trade

GuardianOct 4Preview

‘You have 10 minutes to decide’: answering the life-changing call to become a kinship carer

Those who have stepped in to keep young family members from going into care in England and Wales say the decision has brought them joy and hardshipClive vividly remembers the day when, without warning or time to work out what he was really letting himself in for, he became a kinship carer.“The social worker left, the door closed and Savannah was lying there in a carry cot, wrapped up in a pink blanket. She looked so calm and so comfy, absolutely oblivious about what’s just happened. Continue reading...

Patrick Butler Social policy editorCarersChildren

BBCOct 4Preview

Cornell president says university 'must do better' after frat house rape allegations

Michael Kotlikoff described the allegations of a woman who says she was drugged and gang raped as "deeply disturbing".