On the streets, Lula's supporters are mobilising to bring about a comeback for the incumbent president: students, labor unions, grassroots activists and artists are holding a growing number of rallies against Flávio Bolsonaro. In São Paulo, gig-economy delivery workers have even led their own versions of the motorbike caravans popularised by Jair Bolsonaro and taken up by his son as part of his signature campaign style. They support Lula while demanding that his administration provide the social protections for which they are still waiting.

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The situation in the West Bank is increasingly violent. Jewish settlers are seizing and destroying Palestinian property in a campaign of dispossession, actively supported by the Israeli authorities.

Many in the West see China as the real victor in the Iran war, with the US's failures clearing Beijing's path to global dominance. In reality, it has little to gain from a new world order.

In the run-up to October's election, the US president has been using diplomatic pressure to undermine Brazilian sovereignty and bolster Flávio Bolsonaro. This continues a long history of US interference.

Some of the world's smallest states have taken their climate fight to the highest international court, shifting the debate from pleas for help to questions of human rights and state responsibility.

Albania's Adriatic coast, concrete-free until now, is beginning to suffer from tourism-led development. Winning political support for projects seems to be easy – especially if your name is Trump.

On Moscow's streets, signs of a nation at war are hard to see. Its effects are clearer in individual lives. The burden has fallen unevenly on Russians, reshaping fortunes and fracturing families.

The prospect of Ukraine's likely EU accession is becoming less popular with Poles, as farmers and truckers face price collapses. And with disputes over historical memory, too, mistrust is deepening.

Nigel Farage is surrounded by scandal and has seen his poll numbers dip. To counter Andy Burnham, Britain's populist leader marshalled his ‘People's Army' at Reform UK's annual conference.

The situation in the West Bank is increasingly violent. Jewish settlers are seizing and destroying Palestinian property in a campaign of dispossession, actively supported by the Israeli authorities.

Many in the West see China as the real victor in the Iran war, with the US's failures clearing Beijing's path to global dominance. In reality, it has little to gain from a new world order.

After two world wars, states divided by ideology nonetheless built a common international order. Faced now with the dangers of climate change, AI and rising militarism, they must find ways to cooperate again.

The month's archives.

On 8 September, as part of a joint initiative involving twelve countries, the UK foreign secretary made a statement to the House of Commons announcing new sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Most notably, Ed Miliband condemned the ‘ethnic cleansing' taking place there. The measures he detailed will target ‘specific companies and individuals who provide services such as construction, infrastructure, financing, or real estate for settlement expansion'. This move is (…)

The small self-proclaimed state of Somaliland is aiming to become a regional player: it is now an ally of Israel and has commercial and security agreements in the Gulf. Now it's hoping for US support.