Top World News

Oct 27, 2026 - World

Environmentalists, Indigenous groups and climate scientists are relieved after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's reelection in Brazil

Oct 27, 2026 - World

A localized ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia has taken effect ahead of a humanitarian mission brokered by U.S. first lady Melania Trump

Oct 27, 2026 - World

Having lost the first round of Brazil’s presidential election to far right rival Flávio Bolsonaro, incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spectacularly triumphed in the second. What comes next for Brazil? The Guardian’s Tom Phillips will be answering your questions from 15:00 GMT today.Ask a question: log in or sign up here to comment, or email [email protected] losing the first round of Brazil’s presidential election to far right rival Flávio Bolsonaro, incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, better known simply as Lula, pulled off the most stunning political fightback in modern Brazilian history by winning the second, in so doing securing a fourth presidential term. It will see him become the country’s longest-serving leader.The result – 51.79% to Lula, 48.21% to Bolsonaro – was delivered after a supreme court judge had extended polling time by two hours, and after Lula’s camp accused their opponents of sabotaging public transport in an attempt to keep their voters from the polls. It was the first time in Brazilian electoral history that a first-round verdict had been overturned. Continue reading...

Oct 26, 2026 - World

Far-right senator banned from leaving country as supreme court judge’s ruling makes reference to money-laundering caseThe far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro was banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports just hours after his dramatic loss in the presidential election to the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.The ruling was issued by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes, the same justice who oversaw the trial of the senator’s father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro, for attempting a coup. Continue reading...

Oct 26, 2026 - World

Jordanian air force says it carried out strikes against ‘terrorist groups’ tied to killing of nine during funeralJordan has carried out airstrikes against armed groups in Syria in retaliation for Friday’s attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the southern Jordanian governorate of Karak that killed nine people, the Jordanian air force has said in a statement.It said the operation “resulted in the killing and wounding of many members of these terrorist groups and the destruction of a number of their vehicles”. It did not specify who the groups were or the precise location of the strikes. Continue reading...