Brazil's President Lula defeats Bolsonaro
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Brazil's President Lula defeats Bolsonaro

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 26, 202627 min
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  • Politics

Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been elected to a fourth term in office, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro in the runoff of the presidential election. The right-wing challenger Bolsonaro has called for the election to be annulled, following in his father Jair Bolsonaro’s footsteps by not recognising the results. Lula becomes the first president in Brazil's history to win a fourth term. Also: joy and disbelief on Serbia's streets as a student-led protest movement defeats the long-standing leader Aleksandar Vučić. The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to Caracas after n...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. The Hubble Space Telescope was designed to peer deeper into the universe than ever before, unlocking some of its greatest secrets. But after launch, a devastating flaw emerged. The significant spherical aberration appears to be present in the optics.

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National disaster. Hubble launched with flawed mirror. The BBC Space Podcast 30 Minutes is telling the inside story of how NASA rescued Hubble. The future of space astronomy depends on it. From the BBC World Service, 13 Minutes, trouble with Hubble.

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All episodes available now, wherever you get your BBC podcasts. The edition is published in the early hours of Monday 26th October. The veteran left-wing President Lula da Silva has won the election in Brazil, but his defeated

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