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World · SBS World

Serbians face a choice between the populist right and the student protest movement

25 Oct 17:31

Serbians are voting after nearly two years of anti-corruption protests.

This line is Day Square’s own note, added so the page is not only a headline. SBS World placed the item on the World wire at 25 Oct 17:31. The headline reads: Serbians face a choice between the populist right and the student protest movement. The paragraph above is the whole text that came with it. No name, figure, or quote was added.

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World · Guardian World

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, how

26 Oct 10:35

World · BBC

Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returns after months in exile

Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

26 Oct 10:33

World · BBC

Serbia's veteran ruler Vučić concedes election to student-led protest movement

The populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his party has lost the vote billed as a referendum on the country's future.

26 Oct 09:54

World · Guardian World

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 were originally due to close at 17.00BRT, 20.00GMT, but voting was extended for two hours; the full count is now under way. Full coverage here Continue reading...

26 Oct 09:11

World · BBC

Deeply divided Israel braces for pivotal election

After three years of regional war, this is a battle Israel always knew was coming, writes Lucy Williamson.

26 Oct 09:11

World · SBS World

Student-led movement ends ruling party's 14-year grip on Serbian politics

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić's ruling populist party could not overcome a stiff electoral challenge from the surging Student List.

26 Oct 07:56

World · SBS World

Presidential vote in Bulgaria heads to runoff amid Black Sea security fears

Experts said the very low voter turnout expressed frustration "with the very functioning of democracy" among Bulgarian citizens.

26 Oct 07:27

World · Guardian World

Exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela

Nobel peace prize winner’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 left the country to receive the Nobel peace prize. “I’m here. With you,” she wrote on X on Sunday lunchtime. Continue reading...

26 Oct 06:56