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Trump celebrates first-round result in Brazil; Lula insists on the risk of foreign interference

American President Donald Trump celebrated the result of the first presidential round in Brazil, in which the far-right candidate, Flavio Bolsonaro, was victorious. The US president said that it was "a very big victory" and that "it will be a very difficult election," while the campaign of the left-wing candidate and current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, insists on the risk of foreign interference in the elections.

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In Quebec, the independenceists returned to power with an online referendum

The Parti québécois de Paul St-Pierre Plamondon won the Quebec elections on Monday night, with about 28% of the vote but without an absolute majority, complicating the implementation of its program. The new Prime Minister of this Canadian province said he would wait until Donald Trump's term of office ended to hold a referendum on independence.

World

Trump now allows all Americans to buy zero-rated diesel

US President Donald Trump, whose popularity rating suffers from pump prices, signed a decree on Monday to allow all Americans to buy "tax-free red diesel". The text is in fact limited to deferring the payment of the tax on this diesel oil normally reserved for agricultural machinery.

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US to execute 2009 Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad

President Donald Trump approved a firing squad execution on Monday for Nidal Hasan, the US Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009. Hasan's execution will be the first carried out by the US military since 1961, with the date and location yet to be set by the Army.

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Fort Hood rifle in 2009: shooter to be executed by peloton

Donald Trump agreed on Monday that Nidal Malik Hasan, a former US military psychiatrist who had killed 13 people on the Texas base in Fort Hood in 2009 to protest the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, should be killed by firing squad.

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Is the ‘Trump Curse’ Real? See the Overwhelming Evidence

When Jaxson Dart, the New York Giants’ hot young quarterback, went down in Week 2 with a brutal, season-ending knee injury on the team’s opening drive against the Rams, the NFL world let out a collective gasp — and then began pointing fingers. Many of them, it seems, were aimed at President Trump. You see, […]

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Trump heads to Nebraska as Republicans fear strongholds could flip

US President ​Donald Trump will visit Nebraska on Monday to rally Republicans and promote his economic ​record, taking his message of new investment and manufacturing to a state where farmers and truckers face sharply higher diesel prices and voters worry about inflation. His stop in ​the ‌city of Grand Island is part of Trump's 32-day ⁠sprint to the November 3 midterm elections, a campaign in which he is spending considerable time in ‌Republican strongholds. Trump has urged Republicans to “pretend” he is on the ballot, ⁠arguing that voters should view the midterms as a referendum on his admin

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Lula and Bolsonaro face off in Brazil presidential race

Twelve candidates are on the ballot, but the presidential race is centred on two rivals: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro. Lula is seeking a fourth and final term, warning that Brazil’s sovereignty is at stake amid pressure from Donald Trump. Bolsonaro, meanwhile, has highlighted his ties to the White House, saying Brazil needs better deals with the US, including over its rare mineral resources. Nick Rushworth has more on the controversial senator. Dr Andrea Aruska de Souza Santos, Director of King's College Brazil Institute in London, shares further insights.

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Brazil: A portrait of Flavio Bolsonaro

Brazilians are voting for governors and lawmakers, but the biggest stakes are in the presidential race. Twelve candidates are on the ballot, but the contest is seen as a toss-up between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro. Lula is seeking a fourth and final term, warning that Brazil’s sovereignty is at stake amid pressure from Donald Trump. Bolsonaro, meanwhile, has highlighted his ties to the White House, saying Brazil needs better deals with the US, including over its rare mineral resources. Nick Rushworth has more on the controversial senator.

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The Christa Pike case: why does his failed execution shake the debate on the death penalty?

"Chemical torture." Thus the process was described by the lawyers of a 50-year-old woman sentenced to death, who was left in life support after two doses of a lethal injection were missed. Christa Pike asked if it was normal for his arm to hurt so much as the pentobarbital entered his bloodstream. "It shouldn't be that hard," President Donald Trump questioned. On 3 October, the trial took over the head of the Tennessee prison system.

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Trump insists on giving $5,000 to each adult if the Republicans win the 'midterms'

With a majority of Americans disapproving Donald Trump's performance in his second term, the president reaffirmed a controversial promise on October 3: if the Republicans win the mid-term elections, he will give $5,000 to all the country's adult citizens. The promise has raised criticism, which calls it electoral bribery, while others question its economic cost, estimated at about a billion dollars. One month after the elections, the forecasts indicate that Republicans could lose their majority in both chambers of Congress.