Brazil's presidential election goes to runoff
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Brazil's presidential election goes to runoff

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202630 min
  • News bulletin
  • Politics

Brazilians voted on Sunday in a high-stakes presidential election pitting incumbent left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against the right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro amid a regional shift to the right. Bolsonaro won the first round, but failed to win an outright majority, with a run-off scheduled for 25 October. Also: The US has pulled its B1 bombers from an airbase in England which was the target of a suspected terror plot. Israel has barred the British Green Party leader after his party passed a motion defining Zionism as racism. Ethiopian troops entering Mekelle have sparked regional fe...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. cast from the BBC World Service. I'm Janet Jalil and in the early hours of Monday the 5th of October these are our main stories.

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Brazil's election goes to a run-off after the right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro wins the first round, beating President Lula, but fails to get more than 50% of the vote. The US removes its bomber planes from an English airbase which was recently alleged to be the target of a terror plot. Israel and British Jewish groups condemn the UK's Green

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