Lula wins historic fourth term as Bolsonaro rejects result

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile to Caracas

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado announced her return to Caracas on Sunday after nearly ten months in exile, writing on X, “I’m here. With you.” She left in late 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo and had since operated largely from the United States and Panama.

Thousands of supporters lined the streets of Caracas to greet her. Her return comes as doubts deepen over Venezuela’s democratic future and the role of the United States, following the reported U.S. military removal of Nicolás Maduro and installation of an interim government led by Delcy Rodríguez, who has exceeded the term she was authorised to serve and with no election scheduled.

Machado, a Nobel laureate, remains sidelined from negotiations over the country’s democratic transition, and her arrival is unlikely to please the interim leadership.

Serbia's Vucic concedes defeat to student-led opposition movement

Serbia’s longtime leader Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat to the opposition Student List in a snap parliamentary election, telling supporters, “It is clear that we have lost these elections.” The result ends more than a decade of political dominance by Vučić, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and had denounced the student movement as a foreign-led attempt to unseat him.

Turnout was close to 70%, the highest since the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1992. The vote followed nearly two years of student-led protests triggered by the 2024 collapse of a train station canopy in Novi Sad that killed 16 people.

Supporters celebrated across the country, but the student movement’s yet-to-be-named leaders face a long list of governing challenges.

Judge rules Trump DOJ unlawfully fired prosecutor Maurene Comey

A federal judge has ruled that Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was unlawfully fired by the Trump administration in July 2025. Judge Jesse Furman said Comey, an assistant U.S. attorney for a decade, was dismissed despite consistently stellar reviews and work on some of the country’s highest-profile cases.

Comey sued the Department of Justice over her abrupt termination, and the judge reinstated her.

Storm Boelo kills at least one person and leaves thousands without power

Storm Boelo has killed at least one person and cut power to tens of thousands of homes across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. Winds reached 84 mph, bringing down trees and flooding streets.

A 60‑year‑old man died near Castle Douglas in Scotland when a tree fell on him; reports suggest a second man may also have been killed by a falling tree. At the storm’s peak, about 800,000 homes lost power, and more than 4,000 households in Cumbria and north‑east England remained without electricity as recovery work continued.

Jordan arrests three over deadly church attack during funeral

Jordanian authorities have arrested three men over a deadly attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the western village of Hammoud during a funeral procession that killed nine people. The director of public security described the assailants as Islamic extremists.

The suspects were wounded in a dawn shootout after they refused to surrender and attacked security forces, officials said. They are due to be brought before the courts in a country that retains capital punishment.

Chris Brown receives suspended sentence for London bottle assault

R&B singer Chris Brown, 37, has been sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 12 months, for attacking a music producer with a tequila bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. Brown pleaded guilty earlier this year to affray after striking the man twice in the head with a heavy bottle on the dancefloor of the Tape private members’ club in Mayfair.

Teenager arrested after shooting near Florida university injures 12

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder after a shooting near the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University campus in Tallahassee injured 12 people. The gunfire erupted at a homecoming party on Saturday night following an altercation, police said.

Six adults and six minors were hurt; all but one suffered gunshot wounds, and the youngest victim was 11 years old.

Trump attacks El-Sayed and wins Nicki Minaj endorsement in Michigan

President Donald Trump intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a Republican rally in the state, portraying him as a national security threat and questioning his loyalty to the United States. The remarks drew condemnation.

At the same event, rapper Nicki Minaj joined Trump on stage and endorsed him, telling the crowd he “has given us a future to look forward to.” Trump also made sexually explicit remarks about Minaj and renewed his attacks on El-Sayed.

Voice actor Eric Bauza, modern voice of Bugs Bunny, dies at 46

Emmy-winning voice actor Eric Bauza has died at home from hypertensive cardiovascular disease at the age of 46, his family announced. Bauza was the modern voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, and his credits included Puss in Boots, Muppet Babies, Avatar: The Last Airbender and the animated film Coyote vs. Acme.

Walter Koenig, Star Trek's original Chekov, dies aged 90

Walter Koenig, the actor best known for playing Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek television series and several films, has died at the age of 90. His representative confirmed he died at his home in North Hollywood, surrounded by his daughter and niece. Koenig also worked as a writer.