Stunning comeback: Lula da Silva seizes power in Brazil after ruthless election

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will become Brazil’s next head of state, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right politics. Da Silva received 50.9 per cent of the vote and Mr Bolsonaro 49.1 per cent, according to the country’s election authority. Yet hours after the [...]