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Brazil on knife-edge in Bolsonaro-Lula showdown
Brazil on knife-edge in Bolsonaro-Lula showdown
World
by  AFP

Brazilians were on the edge of their seats Sunday awaiting results from an election battle between far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a bitterly divisive race seen as too close to call.

AU appeals for ceasefire as rebels advance in DRCongo
AU appeals for ceasefire as rebels advance in DRCongo
Africa
by  AFP

African Union officials on Sunday appealed for an end to the growing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a day after rebels made further progress there and Kinshasa expelled Rwanda's ambassador. The DR Congo government said on Saturday it was expelling Kigali's envoy over what it said was Rwanda's backing for the M23 rebels making fresh inroads in the east of the country.

In Amazon, Indigenous voters wear Lula support painted on faces
In Amazon, Indigenous voters wear Lula support painted on faces
World
by  AFP

In the Brazilian Amazon, members of an Indigenous community painted their faces and put on traditional feather headdresses as they set out to vote Sunday in the hard-fought presidential runoff election. The Satere-Mawe men wear feather headdresses, the women colorful feather earrings.

Firebombing at UK immigration office handling Channel migrants
Firebombing at UK immigration office handling Channel migrants
World
by  AFP

An attacker on Sunday threw firebombs at an immigration office used to process asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats and was later found dead. The BBC quoted the Home Office as saying the attack took part at the Western Jet Foil Border Force centre in the major Channel port town, used to process asylum seekers.

Brazil election hit by outcry over roadblocks
Brazil election hit by outcry over roadblocks
World
by  AFP

Brazil's election boss on Sunday announced the lifting of traffic police roadblocks that had "delayed" voters during a high-stakes presidential election, after the blockages led to an outcry from the left. On Saturday night the superior elections court banned any traffic police (PRF) operation that would hinder voters.

Paris museum says painting was target of attempted attack
Paris museum says painting was target of attempted attack
World
by  AFP

A young woman tried to throw soup at a painting at the world-famous Musee d'Orsay in Paris this week, the museum confirmed Sunday, in a similar attack to others by climate activists in Europe. According to Le Parisien newspaper, the woman had initially tried to approach the 1889 Van Gogh self-portrait at Saint-Remy before attempting to throw soup at a painting by Gaugin.