Lula wins fourth term in dramatic Brazil election comeback

Israelis are preparing to head to the polls on Tuesday (October 27). Unable to vote from abroad, tens of thousands of expatriate citizens have been flying in from across the world to cast their ballots. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky met some of them at the airport.

US singer Chris Brown has avoided jail after striking a man twice in the head with a glass tequila bottle in a London nightclub. The R&B star was given an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, over the attack at private members' club Tape in Mayfair, in the early hours of 19 February 2023. Brown's vocal coach, rapper Omololu Akinlolu, who joined the attack, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months. Both men, who had pleaded guilty to affray, were also ordered to pay £1,500 costs.

Prosecutors have indicted Devin Jacob Ballard for a killing that has caused outrage in Japan, local media reports.

For Dr Perfeito da Silva, Lula's stunning success reflects the convergence of digital organizing, grassroots mobilization, targeted socioeconomic appeals and an effective effort to mobilise opposition to the Bolsonaro political project. As he explains, Lula assembled a coalition that "not only energized his supporters but also attracted voters from groups that had been somewhat skeptical of the government in the first round."