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Brazil election: Lula beats out far-right Bolsonaro Brazil has elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – the left-wing former president, who was imprisoned in 2018 but had his conviction thrown out. He beat out far-right Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election, a divisive campaign which saw the two rivals go head to head- with Lila winning 50.9% of the votes. The men couldn’t have been any more different, both represented the opposite sides of the political spectrum. Lula’s supporters were confident of the win, despite it being an extremely slim margin. The political divisions highlighted in this election are unlikely…

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Breaking – Massive strikes hit major cities including Kyiv Russia has launched a massive missile strike across Ukraine – including the capital Kyiv, causing power and water outages, according to officials. At least two blasts were reported in Kyiv, one resident told the BBC his district was now without electricity. In the key city of Kharkiv, critical infrastructure facilities were hit, the local authorities said.  Ukraine War: Russia blames Ukraine for drone attack The strikes come after Russia blamed Ukraine for a drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet in the annexed Crimea. On Monday, missile strikes were also reported…

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Calls for GPS tagging to be abolished as report finds people left suicidal and stigmatised by the practice Lawyers and charities have called for controversial electronic tagging of migrants to be scrapped, describing it in a new report as a form of “psychological torture”. Tagging of people in the criminal justice system has been in place for years but it was only since August 2021 that a duty to monitor those on immigration bail facing deportation was introduced. GPS tagging, a more invasive form that can track people’s every move including where they shop, worship and who they spend time…

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