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Bolsonaro v Lula in crucial Brazilian election

Tens of millions are going to the polls as the far-right incumbent takes on a leftist ex-president making a bid to return to the top office.
Latin America & Caribbean
They stayed for the storm - what happens now?

Florida residents face tough choices about whether to stay or leave in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
US & Canada
Venezuela frees jailed Americans in prisoner swap

Two nephews of Venezuela's first lady had been serving 18-year sentences for trafficking drugs.
Latin America & Caribbean

Sport

La Liga: Real Madrid 1-0 Osasuna - Vinicius opens scoring

Follow live updates as Real Madrid take on Osasuna.
European Football
Haaland & Foden hat-tricks as Man City thump Man Utd

Manchester City's Erling Haaland becomes the first player to score three successive Premier League home hat-tricks as Manchester United are thrashed 6-3.
Football
England complete T20 series win over Pakistan

Dawid Malan hits an unbeaten 78 as England beat Pakistan by 67 runs in the seventh T20 international to clinch a 4-3 series win.
Cricket

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Why a 1922 horror film still terrifies

Why controversial 1920s documentary-horror Häxan still terrifies, 100 years on
Culture
Will Venice succumb to the sea?

The city is moving to protect itself from rising seas and sinking foundations
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New Zealand's overlooked cuisine

Nearly 17% of New Zealanders identify as Māori, but their food is hard to find
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How an essential job skill is changing

You may think you know this soft skill – but it doesn't mean what you think
Worklife
The surprising power of memes

They are almost a language in themselves for conveying complex ideas
Future
The food America erased

"It's a monumental deal when a decolonised menu is on the table"
Travel
11 films to watch this October

A biopic of Emily Brontë and a romcom starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts
Culture
Birth control scandal of Greenland's young women

Denmark and Greenland agree to investigate traumatising birth control procedures
Europe
Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face

It was widely reported that the actor had sold his face to a deepfake company
Technology
'I refused to get out of the car unless they took me home'

South Korean orphan Milton dreamed of making it to America, the land of his father
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