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The 20th party congress of the Communist Party of China has confirmed Xi Jinping as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CCP) for a third five-year term. President Xi’s confirmation as China’s supreme leader for a third term is a widely expected break with precedent since no leader of China since Mao Zedong’s death in 1976 has ruled for more than two terms.
What does that mean for China — its politics, economy, military and its people? What is its impact on global politics, at a time when geopolitics is in a state of flux and global norms are being disrupted?
What does that mean for India, which shares a long and contested border with China?
What does that mean for India’s neighbourhood, which has become a place for contestation for both New Delhi and Beijing?
To make sense of these developments and much more, Vijay Gokhale will be the guest at the Explained. Live session of The Indian Express on Monday.
Gokhale, who has served as India’s ambassador to China, retired as Foreign Secretary in 2020. During his 39-year diplomatic career, he has worked on China for the major part of his career either through diplomatic assignments in the country or looking after the bilateral relationship from the Ministry of External Affairs’ headquarters in New Delhi.
After his retirement, Gokhale has authored three books, The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India, Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest and most recently, After Tiananmen: the Rise of China.
Gokhale will be in conversation with Shubhajit Roy, Associate Editor of The Indian Express.
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I’d written a book on the Indian nuclear weapons programme soon after the 1998 tests. I wanted to follow up with a comparative study of India, China and Pakistan but, between my joining the Bush administration and working on the US-India civil nuclear agreement, the opportunities for writing a serious book quickly disappeared. The Covid pandemic, however, produced enforced isolation and the opportunity to return to a subject where dramatic changes were afoot.
When I finally put pen to paper, I was struck by a few things. First, the importance of treating ‘Southern Asia’ as a unit of analysis because China had become an integral nuclear player in the Indian subcontinent. Second, the impact that external developments have had on the patterns of nuclearisation in the region, especially, the rise of US-China competition and the disappearance of Sino-Russian rivalry, both of which have shaped China’s evolving nuclear programme. Third, the striking transformations in the nuclear weapons programs themselves in China, India, and Pakistan since 1998.
Documenting these transformations constitutes the core of the book. In 1998, all three countries sought small nuclear arsenals; today, the arsenals are large, albeit with considerable variation, and growing. In 1998, all three countries pursued simple nuclear strategies centered largely on existential deterrence; today, the nuclear strategies are more complex and range from graduated escalation to, in the Chinese case, a growing capacity for counterforce strikes. In 1998, all three countries seemed satisfied with maintaining a placid nuclear posture; today, the shift toward executing speedy nuclear responses has become the norm. Despite these transitions, however, the three countries are also pulling in very different directions. These “asymmetries” have major consequences, including for the safety, security, and effectiveness of the respective deterrents, which the book examines at length.
In the ’80s and ’90s, the United States aggressively pursued non-proliferation policies toward South Asia—aimed solely at India and Pakistan. At the time, India and Pakistan were viewed as the two main problem states for nuclear non-proliferation. The central objective of the United States then was to cap and ultimately roll back the Indian and Pakistani nuclear programmes. Washington’s field of vision was limited to ‘South Asia,’ and that meant India and Pakistan. New Delhi would persistently make the point that looking at just India and Pakistan misses an important part of the non-proliferation problem, which is China.
A non-proliferation policy that overlooked China was bound to fail because China was an integral part of the security competition in ‘South Asia.’ China, of course, hated the idea of ‘Southern Asia’ because Beijing wanted to maintain the fiction that it had no role to play in the proliferation problems of the region. There were many in the United States who unfortunately bought into that argument. My book’s use of the term, ‘Southern Asia’ emphasises the fact that there are three intertwined nuclear actors—China, India, and Pakistan—who each in their own way are responding to wider strategic developments that transcend the region.
There is a temptation to rank-order nuclear capabilities in a way that we do with conventional military forces. But one must be careful about what can be inferred from such a rank ordering because there is a big difference between nuclear and conventional weapons. As Bernard Brody famously phrased it, nuclear weapons are ‘absolute’ weapons. Even the least capable nuclear state can inflict horrendous damage on the most capable nuclear state. That is important to keep in mind when thinking about relative capabilities.
Yet, relative capabilities do matter, especially in a crisis. So, if I was forced to rank order the three states, the most powerful would obviously be China. The reasons for China’s preeminence are both historical and power political. Historically, China started its nuclear weapons program first and thus enjoyed a longer lead time over India and Pakistan. Furthermore, China today is challenging the United States, which makes Beijing’s imperative for possessing front-rank nuclear capabilities all the more important.
Pakistan comes next. Pakistan sees itself as a beleaguered state and one whose security is constantly at risk from India, a much more powerful country. Pakistan is thus driven both by its fears, on one hand, and its ambitions on another, to build up the largest and most sophisticated nuclear arsenal possible.
India is last in this game for many reasons. There is still residual discomfort with nuclear weapons in New Delhi. But, more importantly, India is fundamentally secure because it is large and capable country. It can resist both Pakistani and Chinese aggression adequately with its conventional capabilities and, therefore, it has not invested inordinately in nuclear weapons. India really does not require nuclear weapons except to prevent nuclear attacks on itself and fend off nuclear blackmail. Except for the fact that its adversaries possess them, India does not need nuclear weapons. So, it is not surprising to me that India trails its competitors on this count.
We talked earlier about the absolute weapon. But even ‘absolute’ weapons are accompanied by an asterisk because there is a fundamental distinction between atomic weapons and thermonuclear weapons. Crudely speaking, atomic weapons produce smaller yields, usually in the few tens of kilotons. Thermonuclear weapons, in contrast, can produce yields in the hundreds of kilotons and beyond into the megaton range. Hiroshima and Nagasaki admittedly were destroyed by 15-20 kiloton atomic weapons. But Hiroshima and Nagasaki were small towns. They were nothing in size compared to the megacities of Southern Asia — Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, Bombay, and Karachi.
Early in the nuclear era, it was concluded that high-yield weapons, which bestow ‘one city, one bomb’ destructive capabilities, made the most effective deterrents. Thermonuclear weapons are thus unique because their enormous destructive capabilities can produce successful deterrence despite small numbers. During the Cold War, for example, China had probably fewer than 200 nuclear weapons, but these were largely thermonuclear devices and hence were deemed sufficient for deterrence.
India attempted to acquire similar capabilities in 1998. I think that test failed. In the normal course of things, if a stable relationship exists with adversaries such as Pakistan and China, India may not, at the end of the day, need thermonuclear weapons. There are very few Pakistani cities that require high-yield weapons for extensive destruction. China, however, is a different matter. It has a huge landmass, very large cities, and significant nuclear advantages.
I conclude, therefore, that, depending on where Sino-Indian relations go in the future, India could feel the need to retest its thermonuclear weapons in order to deploy a powerful deterrent. When that happens, there will be consequences for US-India relations, because the entire US-India civil nuclear deal and India’s integration into the global nuclear order, particularly with respect to the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) waiver, were both premised on the assumption that India would not test nuclear weapons again.
Yes, that is correct. There was widespread international consensus after the 1998 tests, including within the US government, that India’s thermonuclear test had fizzled, that is, it had failed to produce its declared yield. Several Indian nuclear scientists who had intimate knowledge of India’s thermonuclear design, such as P. K. Iyengar and K. Santhanam, subsequently admitted to this failure. Today, the main divide is between those who know that the 1998 thermonuclear test really failed and those who feel compelled to pretend otherwise because of understandable bureaucratic or political necessity.
None of this would matter if China was not engaged in a major nuclear expansion of its own and if Sino-Indian relations had remained amicable. Because both these problems will intensify, I think India may be compelled one day to test again. And when that happens, I believe it is in US interests to avoid penalising India in any way. In fact, I would go further: it is in US interests now to help India to build a survivable nuclear deterrent. And the best avenue for doing that is foreign assistance to India’s nuclear submarine program. And the best candidate to offer that cooperation is France—with US support.
Nuclear weapons hopefully deter nuclear conflicts, but even as they can deter such threats, they stimulate other kinds of conflicts. What the Russians have now reminded us of is what the Pakistanis actually first taught us in the 1980s: while nuclear weapons can prevent full-scale attacks on a nuclear-armed defender, they do not guarantee the eradication of dangerous revanchist impulses. The Russians, in effect, are pursuing a revanchist conventional war against Ukraine while brandishing their nuclear weapons to prevent other countries from supporting Kyiv’s defence. This is unadulterated nuclear blackmail.
If the Russians can successfully get away with such coercion, could the Chinese follow in their footsteps? That is an unsettling thought. And it impacts India directly. As long as Sino-Indian relations remain stable, India does not have to worry too much about the character of the relative nuclear balance. And as long as there is no US-China competition, there will be few knock-on effects on India’s nuclear deterrent. But both these elements appear to be changing fundamentally, and that leads me to the conclusion that India needs to think seriously about both the character of its nuclear capabilities and how they stack up against the Chinese threat. These realities take me in the direction of saying that India has to think about nuclear deterrence in a more sophisticated way.
I would disagree with that conclusion substantially for several reasons. It was, of course, symbolic because it was meant to signal to the international community that India was different, and that the United States was prepared to treat India differently. But the US-India nuclear deal was far more important than that: it created the preconditions for the NSG waiver, which allowed the international community to resume nuclear trade with India. The biggest benefit of the nuclear deal actually has been that it has allowed India’s Department of Atomic Energy to buy nuclear fuel abroad to run its domestic reactors and to participate once again in international nuclear R&D cooperation. The US-India nuclear deal thus gave India’s civilian nuclear energy program a new lease on life—not to mention all the other strategic transformations that came in its wake.
I think that Pakistan will continue to complain about the changes that India made to Article 370 but it is really not Islamabad’s prerogative, because these changes pertain mainly to the relationship between the Indian union and the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan is involved only to the degree that it claims ownership of the state. But I think Islamabad is also realistic enough to know that this is a done deal—and that Pakistan has to live with it.
There was a Sino-Indian crisis in the making long before the changes to Article 370. That crisis was brewing because of China’s monadic vision of itself in Asia and the world, China’s growing confidence stemming from the widening power gap with India, China’s unrequited expectations of deference from India, and China’s increasing anxiety about India’s deepening ties with the United States. These factors created the preconditions for a crisis. The events surrounding Article 370 merely provided the trigger. The Chinese government misread this decision completely, thinking not about the domestic exigencies that provoked it but rather viewing it as the leading edge of New Delhi’s evolving challenge to China’s control over Tibet, a neuralgic subject in Beijing.
When bilateral protests cut no ice, China upped the ante by working with Pakistan to force a discussion and a resolution in the UNSC that would condemn India. This effort was jointly defeated by the United States and India in partnership with other friends, which produced a humiliation for Beijing. China wanted to use the UNSC to embarrass India, but it failed spectacularly. And publicly. These things didn’t go down very well in Beijing and, as they say, the rest is history.
There is no doubt about that. For the first time in a long while, the West is deeply at odds with Russia at exactly the time when New Delhi is attempting to protect its longstanding relationship with Moscow. It is clearly a stress test, and we cannot pretend otherwise. And as Russian-Indian relations persist, even if they do so only in narrow areas like energy and defense, the anxieties in Western capitals will increase, especially as Putin doubles down on egregious behavior like issuing nuclear threats.
Western policymakers are sophisticated enough to know that they cannot pursue a singular agenda with an important country such as India. So, they will balance their discomfort with India’s relations with Russia against the benefits that India brings to the concurrent competition with China. That is the tightrope that different Western capitals are trying to walk currently, but it could be severely buffeted again depending on the character of future Russian escalations in Ukraine and India’s response to them.
I think it would be how fast the relationship has evolved. I always imagined that we would get to where we are today someday, but I thought it would take much longer. We had always envisaged such a relationship when we first began thinking about its transformation in 2001-2004. But I never thought we’d be able to pull this off in 20 years.
In retrospect, I think we’ve been lucky on two counts. First, both in India and in the United States, we’ve lucked out with having broad bipartisan support for this objective. Congress and BJP governments essentially pursued the same policy in Delhi, and Republican and Democratic governments pursued the same policy in Washington, which is really surprising given the differences that otherwise mark the two sides in each country. Second, the transformation of the global system has occurred much faster than I expected: China’s intensifying rivalry with the United States and its Asian neighbors has produced the glue that has bound New Delhi and Washington ever more deeply and so, I guess, we have to be grateful to Xi Jinping after all.
We have not moved as quickly on the economic front as we should have. I would also like to see a broader set of constituencies that have a stake in a strong US-India relationship on both sides. For all the new entrants, it is still driven primarily by strategists. And, finally, there are still unresolved differences about global order—I wished we had made more progress in bridging those divides. | https://indianexpress.com/article/idea-exchange/karnataka-minister-of-school-education-literacy-india-may-be-compelled-one-day-to-test-again-8239499/ | 2022-10-30T23:07:47 | en | 0.967736 |
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Kharge won, he got 84 per cent of the vote. Tharoor lost, as expected. His vote share was not insignificant. I believe that this election for the president of the Congress party is a defining moment in the history of the party system in India, or even perhaps of Indian democracy.
Reading the tea leaves today is to distinguish between the probable and the possible. Causal explanation is required to make sense of the data, as many commentators have mechanically done when noting the challenges before Kharge, while prophecy is required to rearrange the data and read it imaginatively through the lens of history. Prophecy’s value lies in its acknowledgment of the intangibles of human nature thereby producing a narrative that combines aspiration, realism, and fact.
The election of the Congress president, after about 25 years, with no member of the Gandhi family as a candidate, is such a fluid moment in Indian history. Agency is at play. Whether it will redefine the future of the party, and of politics in India, will depend on how the various actors of this moment — Kharge, Tharoor, Gandhis, party grandees, young turks, new recruits who have joined after the Bharat Jodo yatra, allies, especially NCP, RJD, TMC, DMK, Shiv Sena (T), ex-Congress men and women, and of course the NDA — respond to this fluidity. Such a moment of openness is ephemeral and requires the many agents to make a choice. Will they be daring or timid, change the system or submit to it?
Tharoor’s role has just begun. He lost. But he also won. While most commentators have focused on Kharge’s victory, his years of public service, closeness to the Gandhis, fierce commitment to Congress ideology, caste identity, challenges before the party, formidable opposition of the BJP etc, I shall comment only on the successes of the loser.
With his posh accent, Tharoor’s campaign began at the heart of the British establishment, the Oxford Union debate. He charged Britain’s favourite Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, with a crime against humanity for diverting food from Indian peasants leading to the tragic famine in Bengal. He criticised British colonialism for the damage it caused Indian industry, asked for the Kohinoor back, and demanded reparations for the harms done. Tharoor won that debate. The embarrassed and overwhelmed Britishers in attendance politely applauded. His performance charmed nationalists of every hue in India, including many Sanghis. His speech was a brilliant illustration of the Nehruvian idea of inclusive nationalism very different from the whining nationalism of the Savarkarites. And not a whimper from the NDA.
His second success is his insistence on forcing an election for the Congress president against the many who wanted unanimity. By forcing the election, he silenced, or maybe weakened, the voices that called it a sham, a front for the Gandhis. He thereby opened space for genuine party reform. Whether it will be taken up depends on the various actors mentioned earlier. Will they seize the moment? Four sets of actors are important to turn this political space into an opportunity for a new party politics. The first are the 23 signatories, the party grandees. The second are the former Congressmen who preside over their own parties. The third are the state-level parties who are the Congress’ allies. And the fourth are the assortment of civil society organisations who, having joined the Bharat jodo yatra, still adopt a holier than thou stance of not wanting to be soiled by Congress politics.
Led by Kharge, provoked by Tharoor, enthused by the two-month media coverage the election produced, the Congress is back. The more open-minded among this set of actors are being challenged to recognise the historic opportunity and accept their responsibility. Tharoor’s candidature created this space for choice. At this moment it may not be farfetched to suggest that maybe, just maybe, the Gandhi family may wish to withdraw from the centre of party life, fade into history, and do so without being accused of abandoning the ship. It may be the pivotal moment of restoring the practice of genuine competitive succession. Tharoor prepared the ground for collective party building, for new ideas to be tried without fear of offending the Gandhis, for a post-Gandhi Congress. It is today a real possibility.
Although the next point reads as a continuation of the second, it, in fact, has independent status. Tharoor’s third success is the removal of the fear of the family. Criticism of policies, especially those prepared by the leadership, can now move from behind the darbar curtain to the darbar hall itself. This will be a huge advance for the Congress party. It will open up the feedback loop blocked by years of sycophancy. A feedback loop is necessary for any successful political organisation. The BJP, in contrast, has diminished its own feedback loop, thereby setting the stage for its eventual decline. Will the Kharge Congress grasp this opportunity, using digital technology and PCC platforms?
The fourth success is the respect for ideas that Tharoor’s candidature has brought back into public discourse in opposition to the current climate of anti-intellectualism. He has done it in style. He has made ideas vibrant and fun. Tharoorisms proliferate on social media. Through his self-deprecatory humour, a style in short supply during this NDA regime, he has restored an important element of a healthy democratic politics. Having vanquished the colonialists, Tharoor must continue to flail the rakshasas of Indian politics who mock his Lutyens colleagues and his Khan Market friends.
His final success lies in effectively nudging the Indian polity towards the Kerala model of politics for the nation. We are too diverse a society to have a two-party national political system. We must accept that we are a federal party system that must be nudged towards supporting a two-front competitive party system. This must be encouraged through a relentless campaign in all media. For him this will be easy. Social media loves him. He still has work to do.
Peter Ronald deSouza is the DD Kosambi Visiting Professor at Goa University. He has recently co-edited the book Companion to Indian Democracy: Resilience, Fragility and Ambivalence, Routledge, 2022.
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India’s newly anointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), even as he tackles thorny issues related to the management of two live borders, force-modernisation, competing budgetary claims and new personnel policies, will be under pressure to expedite the creation of new joint command structures. While he receives unsolicited advice from many quarters, the only counsel that the CDS should heed is “to make haste slowly”. This is because, contrary to popular impression, the appointment of a CDS did not call for the immediate creation of theatre commands.
The December 24, 2019 PIB note announcing Cabinet approval for creation of the post of CDS drew a clear line between achieving “integration” and the “creation of theatre commands”. In one paragraph, the CDS is tasked, “As the Permanent Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee… to bring about jointness in operations, logistics, training …etc of the three Services, within three years”. A separate paragraph mandates the Department of Military Affairs with “facilitation” of the “restructuring of Military Commands for optimal utilisation of resources, by bringing about jointness in operations, including through establishment of joint/theatre commands,” with no time stipulation.
Possibly due to a misinterpretation of the Cabinet’s intent, the process of reform got off to a false start in 2020 with the coining of a new term — “theaterisation” — which became its driver. The creation of theatres should have been an end-state or ultimate aim of a process for engendering jointness and integration. But once the “cart was put before the horse”, the process, predictably, ran into inter-service conflict, resulting in a logjam that persists.
The nine-month delay in the appointment of the second CDS may turn out to be a blessing in disguise if it leads to introspection by our military and political leadership. Such introspection must take place against the background of the 30-month-old military confrontation with China and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Apart from this, there are some other imperatives that cannot be wished away.
First, any conflict with China will demand forces/resources from 4-6 of India’s 14 single service, and two tri-service commands (none of them co-located), as well the space and cyber agencies and the Special Forces division. Facing them will be the PLA’s combined-arms forces under the unitary commander of its Western Theatre Command. One can imagine the command/control and logistic nightmare such a situation could create for India’s operational commanders and the fiascos that could ensue. The obvious imperative is to integrate these 14 commands into 4-5 geographic or threat-based theatres and place necessary forces under a single commander charged with conduct of operations.
Second, the service chiefs have to reconcile themselves to the reality that once theatre commanders assume the “warfighter” role, they will be divested of operational responsibilities, and assume the “raise-train-sustain” functions, involving recruitment and training of personnel as well as acquisition of combat wherewithal. The theatre commanders will have service “component commanders” of two/three-star rank to render service-specific advice.
Third, while the component commanders may retain a linkage with their chiefs, the question of who will provide operational guidance to the theatre commanders still remains open.
The last issue relates to air power, which has been the cause of fierce controversies over resources, roles and missions. Beneath the facade of inter-service bonhomie hides this germ of discord, which no one wants to talk about. The idea that strategic bombing alone was the path to victory was propagated by air-power proponents, Billy Mitchell in America and Guilio Douhet in Italy. Command of the air, according to them, meant quick, cheap and decisive victory, making surface forces redundant.
Notwithstanding the failure of the WW II allied bomber offensive, a continued Western belief in the decisiveness of air power via “air dominance” has persisted during asymmetric conflicts in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya and Syria. However, none of these conflicts resulted in a “decisive victory” for the West nor did air power make a significant contribution.
While the IAF was justified in taking umbrage at being described as a “support arm” by the previous CDS, it is undeniable that as far as armies and navies are concerned, air power plays a “support function”, albeit, vital and indispensable. One of the lessons of 20th century conflicts was that wars are won and lost neither at sea nor in the air but on the ground by armies. Possibly, the same playbook is being re-enacted in Ukraine!
While “indivisibility of air power” may have been a good hypothetical construct in the past, the need of the hour is to find pragmatic modalities for sharing air power to enable future theatre commanders to counter the threat. The IAF’s reluctance to share assets must be tempered by the fact that the theatre air assets will be deployed on the advice of and by the IAF component commanders.
An area where the services have been remiss is in failing to initiate changes in professional military education even before the reform sequence was initiated. The very first step should have been to re-cast the present Staff College as a “Joint Services Staff College” with changes in its curriculum to produce “joint staff officers,” ready to serve in sister-service HQs, learning in the process to function as future component commanders and theatre commanders. Likewise for the three war colleges.
Finally, for those on Raisina Hill, there is much to be learnt from study of the thorny path of the US National Security Act of 1947, pushed through by President Truman in the face of bitter opposition from the US Navy. Or about the “Revolt of the Admirals” over cancellation of the “super-aircraft carrier,” which followed in 1949. Or how Secretary Defence Forrestal resolved the air power “roles & missions” conundrum via the “Key West Agreement” of 1948. And lastly, how it was two deeply concerned politicians, who persevered through four years of bitter debate, in the Pentagon, Congress and media to have the Goldwater-Nichols Act passed in 1986.
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Last Thursday, after months of uncertainty, Elon Musk closed his $44-billion deal to buy social media platform Twitter. Musk wasted no time getting down to business, removing four top executives of the company including chief executive officer, Parag Agrawal and chief financial officer, Ned Segal. But the culmination of the deal has put Twitter in an unknown space — as a privately owned, global public platform. In an increasingly polarised world, where platforms, including Twitter, often come under criticism for the decisions they take and, at times, they don’t, and when there is a growing push back by governments against Big Tech over the governance of global public platforms, the new owner has his task cut out.
Both Tesla and SpaceX, companies that have propelled Musk to the top of the global rich lists, have been pioneering initiatives. Both have been industry leaders, revolutionising the electric vehicles segment and the aerospace industry. They have benefitted consumers by bringing down costs, and lowering entry barriers. In both these areas, Musk has displayed an uncanny ability to not only articulate a bracing vision, but to ensure its fructification. But Twitter is another animal. As one of the most widely used social media platforms in the world, it lies at the intersection of society, politics and government. And considering the critical role it plays in the dissemination of news and the shaping of global public opinion, it wields immense power. However, its decisions in the past, including the manner in which it effectively blocked former US President Donald Trump, have been considered to be shrouded in opacity, with many accusing the platform of not being either accountable or transparent in its decision-making process.
While it’s too early to pronounce judgement, turning Twitter private may perhaps reduce the transparency and scrutiny that comes naturally from being a publicly listed company. The veil of secrecy that comes with being a privately owned company as well the sheer indispensability of social media platforms in itself warrant a more robust and elaborate system of checks and balances and far greater transparency and accountability. More so when there is the possibility of conflict of interest. After all, the new owner has business dealings with governments across the world, even those who are not receptive to his views on free speech — Musk has described himself as a free speech absolutist. This has triggered both enthusiasm and alarm. How he addresses the contentious issues of hate speech and disinformation will be keenly watched. The takeover, which comes at a tumultuous moment — with the West facing acute economic turmoil while a war rages on in Europe and an ambitious China aggressively charts its own trajectory — is, inarguably, a moment of disruption. The stakes couldn’t be higher. | https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/owning-twitter-elon-musk-takeover-social-media-platform-8239482/ | 2022-10-30T23:08:03 | en | 0.965955 |
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Much of what Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the Valdai Club, a much awaited annual feature at the Moscow think tank, was along predictable lines. He railed at the West of creating its own rules and trying to impose them on others. He lashed out at the American desire for a unipolar world, and said he was not for unipolarity or even a bipolar world, but a multipolar world in which all would be respected. He alleged that the West was “seeking some kind of nuclear incident” and trying to create a false flag incident with a “dirty bomb” to pin against Russia, and thus to escalate the war. But between the lines, there was also an intriguing outreach to Western Europe — particularly Germany, whose relations with Russia in the post Cold War phase were built on the belief that Moscow could never be isolated in any plan for peace and security in Europe. Putin’s appeal to Europe sought to differentiate between the “the genuine traditional West” as opposed to the American-led West in which “even allies are sanctioned” and they “lower their heads and agree to everything”. He asked Europe to “rediscover/restore its political and economic independence” as this was the only way to a multipolar world.
Putin’s effusive praise for India and its political leadership, in response to a question after his main speech, may have embarrassed Delhi as it tries to walk the tightrope and stay neutral in this war. In another era, Putin’s description of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “independent” foreign policy, and of India under his watch as an “icebreaker” “moving calmly” towards its chosen destiny would have been received with more enthusiasm in Delhi. But days after high praise for Modi in the West for telling Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation that “this is not the time for war”, the Russian president’s remarks sought to throw a very different light on Indian “neutrality”. Understandably, Delhi was lukewarm. Despite India’s abstentions at the United Nations on resolutions to do with Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the Indian establishment’s patience with Putin’s actions has been wearing thin. In the phone call between the two foreign ministers, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh rightly told his counterpart Sergei Shoigu that the use of nuclear weapons “should not be resorted to by either side” as these weapons go “against the basic tenets of humanity”.
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With 50.9% of votes tallied in Brazil election, candidates very close with 50.3% for Bolsonaro, 49.7% for Lula da Silva, reports AP VN VN
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With 90.7% of votes tallied in Brazil election, candidates very close with 50.5% for Lula da Silva, 49.5% for Bolsonaro, reports AP VN VN
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(OFFICIAL)-U.N. says agreed with Turkey, Ukraine on plan to move 16 vessels under Black Sea grain deal
The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine agreed on Sunday on an Oct. 31 movement plan for 16 vessels that are in Turkish waters, a day after Russia suspended its participation to the Black Sea grain initiative that allowed food exports from Ukrainian ports.
In a statement, the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Istanbul, where Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish and U.N. personnel are working, said the three delegations had also agreed for inspections to be provided on Monday to 40 outbound vessels. JCC said the Russian delegation was informed of both plans.
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WRAPUP 6-U.N., Turkey, Ukraine press ahead with Black Sea grain deal despite Russian pullout
The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine are pressing ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal with a transit plan in place for 16 ships on Monday, despite Russia suspending its participation in the pact that has allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets. Russia, which invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, halted its role in the Black Sea deal on Saturday for an "indefinite term" because it could said it could not "guarantee safety of civilian ships" travelling under the pact after an attack on its Black Sea fleet.
The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine are pressing ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal with a transit plan in place for 16 ships on Monday, despite Russia suspending its participation in the pact that has allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets.
Russia, which invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, halted its role in the Black Sea deal on Saturday for an "indefinite term" because it could said it could not "guarantee safety of civilian ships" travelling under the pact after an attack on its Black Sea fleet. The United Nations and Turkey, two main brokers of the July deal, scrambled on Sunday to save it. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was deeply concerned about Russia's move and delayed a foreign trip to try and revive the agreement that was intended to ease a global food crisis, his spokesperson said.
Following Russia's move, wheat prices on international commodities markets were expected to leap on Monday as both Russia and Ukraine are among the world's largest wheat exporters, analysts said. More than 9.5 million tonnes of corn, wheat, sunflower products, barley, rapeseed and soy have been exported since July. Under the deal, a Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) - made up of U.N., Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian officials - agrees on the movement of ships and inspects the vessels.
No ships moved through the established maritime humanitarian corridor on Sunday. But the United Nations said in a statement that it had agreed with Ukraine and Turkey on a movement plan for 16 vessels on Monday - 12 outbound and 4 inbound. It said the Russian officials at the JCC had been told about the plan, along with the intention to inspect 40 outbound vessels on Monday, and noted that "all participants coordinate with their respective military and other relevant authorities to ensure the safe passage of commercial vessels" under the deal.
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was in contact with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts to try and salvage the agreement and had asked the parties to avoid any provocation, the Turkish defence ministry said. NATO and the European Union have urged Russia to reconsider its decision. U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday called Russia's move "purely outrageous" and said it would increase starvation. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Moscow of weaponising food.
On Sunday, Russia's ambassador to Washington, snapped back, saying the U.S. response was "outrageous" and made false assertions about Moscow's move. FALSE PRETEXT'
The Russian defence ministry said Ukraine attacked the Black Sea Fleet near Sevastopol with 16 drones early and that British navy "specialists" had helped coordinate what it called a terrorist attack. Britain denied the claim. Russia said it repelled the attack but that the ships targeted were involved in ensuring the grain corridor out of Ukraine's Black Sea ports. Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied it was behind the attack. The Ukrainian military suggested that Russians themselves may have been responsible for the explosions.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Moscow used the explosions 220 km (137 miles) away from the grain corridor as a "false pretext" for a long-intended move. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff accused Russia on Saturday of inventing attacks on its own facilities.
Ukraine often accuses Russia of using the Black Sea Fleet to fire cruise missiles at Ukrainian civilian targets, a charge supported by some military analysts who say that makes the fleet a legitimate military target. Russia's invasion has recently been dominated by a Ukrainian counteroffensive and Russian drone and missile attacks that have destroyed more than 30% of Ukraine's generating capacity and hit populated areas. Each side has accused the other of being prepared to detonate radioactive bombs.
Russia asked the U.N. Security Council to meet on Monday to discuss the Sevastopol attack, Deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy wrote on Twitter. SHIPS BLOCKED
The grain deal had restarted shipments from Ukraine, allowing sales on world markets, targeting the pre-war level of 5 million metric tonnes exported from Ukraine each month. But ahead of its Nov. 19 expiry, Russia had said that there were serious problems with it and Ukraine complained that Moscow had blocked almost 200 ships from picking up grain cargoes.
The deal ensured safe passage in and out of Odesa and two other Ukrainian ports. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of wanting to escalate the crisis, saying 218 ships were blocked and waiting to either carry food or enter Ukrainian ports.
Zelenskiy said 40,000 tonnes of wheat had been loaded onto a ship at the port of Chornomorsk, chartered by the U.N. Food Program and intended for Ethiopia which he said was "on the brink of starvation" and, like Yemen and Somalia, facing "catastrophic" food shortages. "We are ready to release this ship into the sea," he said, but like other ships with agricultural products, it was being forced to wait, "because Russia is blackmailing the world with hunger," he said.
Zelenskiy called for a strong response from the United Nations and Group of 20 (G20) major economies to what he called Russia's nonsensical move on the grain deal, saying in a video address on Saturday that the move threatened large-scale famine in Africa and Asia.
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Brazil's Lula overtakes Bolsonaro in ongoing Brazil vote count
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took the lead in the ongoing vote tally of Sunday's presidential election, moving ahead of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.
Lula had 50.01% of the vote compared with 49.99 for Bolsonaro, with 67.76% of voting machines counted, according to date published on the Supreme Electoral Court's website.
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Polls close in Brazil's polarizing Bolsonaro-Lula contest
Polls in Brazil closed on Sunday afternoon in a polarising presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country to a more prosperous past.The runoff shaped up as a close contest between President Jair Bolsonaro and his political nemesis, former President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva.
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Polls in Brazil closed on Sunday afternoon in a polarising presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country to a more prosperous past.
The runoff shaped up as a close contest between President Jair Bolsonaro and his political nemesis, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Both are well-known, divisive political figures who stir passion as much as loathing.
The electoral authority had begun counting ballots and, because the vote is conducted electronically, the final result is usually available within hours after voting stations close.
The vote will determine if the world's fourth-largest democracy stays the same course of far-right politics or returns a leftist to the top job — and, in the latter case, whether Bolsonaro will accept defeat. There were multiple reports of what critics said appeared attempts to suppress turnout of likely da Silva voters. Voting stations in the capital, Brasilia, were already crowded by morning and, at one of them, retired government worker Luiz Carlos Gomes said he would vote for da Silva.
"He's the best for the poor, especially in the countryside," said Gomes, 65, who hails from Maranhao state in the poor northeast region. "We were always starving before him.'' Because the vote is conducted electronically, the final result is usually available within hours after voting stations close in late afternoon. Most opinion polls gave a lead to da Silva, universally known as Lula, though political analysts agreed the race grew increasingly tight in recent weeks.
For months, it appeared that da Silva was headed for easy victory as he kindled nostalgia for his 2003-2010 presidency, when Brazil's economy was booming and welfare helped tens of millions join the middle class. But while da Silva topped the October 2 first-round elections with 48 per cent of the vote, Bolsonaro was a strong second at 43 per cent, showing opinion polls significantly underestimated his popularity. Many Brazilians support Bolsonaro's defence of conservative social values and he has shored up support with vast government spending.
Candidates in Brazil who top the first round tend to win the runoff. But political scientist Rodrigo Prando said this campaign is so atypical that a Bolsonaro win could not be ruled out. More than 150 million Brazilians are eligible to vote, yet about 20 per cent of the electorate abstained in the first round. Both da Silva and Bolsonaro have focused efforts on driving turnout. The electoral authority prohibited any federal highway police operations from affecting voters' passage on public transport.
Still, there were multiple reports of checkpoints and traffic stops. Television network Globo reported more than 500 stops, half of which in the northeast region, a Workers' Party stronghold. The party filed a request for the arrest of the highway police's director, and demanded the region's polls remain open later. Human Rights Watch, an international nonprofit, said in a statement it was "very concerned" about the reports.
Speaking to reporters in Brasilia, the electoral authority's president Alexandre de Moraes said the police force's director had provided clarification that no stop lasted over 15 minutes, turnout wasn't affected and polls would close at 5 pm local time, as scheduled.
"(Stops) were made in accordance with traffic laws and that stalled some voters, but all arrived to their voting places. No bus returned to its point of origin," said de Moraes, adding that all traffic stops have since been suspended.
"If there was an abuse of power, that is an electoral crime. And we will look into that," de Moraes said.
Gleisi Hoffmann, who leads the Workers' Party, told reporters in Sao Paulo she doesn't believe all voters stalled indeed cast their ballots, but also said her party doesn't have an estimate as to how many people may have been deterred.
"We can't think these voters arrived just because the highway police said so," Hoffmann said in a press conference. "The head of the highway police is a militant of the Bolsonaro campaign." Bolsonaro was first in line to cast his vote at a military complex in Rio de Janeiro. He sported the green and yellow colours of the Brazilian flag that always feature at his rallies.
"I'm expecting our victory, for the good of Brazil," he told reporters afterward. "God willing, we will be victorious this afternoon. Actually, Brazil will be victorious." Da Silva voted Sunday morning in Sao Bernardo do Campo, a city outside Sao Paulo, where he lived for decades and started his political career as a union leader. He wore white, as he often has during the campaign, rather than his party's traditional red.
"Today we are choosing the kind of Brazil we want, how we want our society to organise. People will decide what kind of life they want," da Silva told reporters. "That's why this is the most important day of my life. I am convinced that Brazilians will vote for a plan under which democracy wins." On the eve of the election, Bolsonaro shared video on Twitter of former US President Donald Trump endorsing him, saying that he has secured Brazil's universal respect on the world stage. Da Silva has specifically criticised Bolsonaro for the nation's fallen stature abroad, highlighting the dearth of state visits and bilateral meetings.
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Bolsonaro, Lula close with half votes counted in Brazil election
Polls in Brazil closed on Sunday afternoon in a polarising presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country to a more prosperous past.The runoff shaped up as a close contest between President Jair Bolsonaro and his political nemesis, former President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva.
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Far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were very close in Brazil's runoff presidential election with 50.9 per cent of the votes tallied.
Bolsonaro has 50.3 per cent compared to 49.7 per cent for da Silva, according to the country's election authority.
Polls closed at 5 pm (2000 GMT; 4 pm EDT) nationwide. Because the vote is conducted electronically, initial results are out quickly and final results are usually available a few hours later. In the first round of voting, on October 2, the first half of votes tallied showed Bolsonaro ahead, with da Silva pulling ahead later after votes from his strongholds were counted. Polls in Brazil closed on Sunday afternoon in a polarising presidential runoff election that pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country to a more prosperous past.
The runoff shaped up as a close contest between President Jair Bolsonaro and his political nemesis, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Both are well-known, divisive political figures who stir passion as much as loathing.
The electoral authority had begun counting ballots and, because the vote is conducted electronically, the final result is usually available within hours after voting stations close.
The vote will determine if the world's fourth-largest democracy stays the same course of far-right politics or returns a leftist to the top job — and, in the latter case, whether Bolsonaro will accept defeat. There were multiple reports of what critics said appeared attempts to suppress turnout of likely da Silva voters. Voting stations in the capital, Brasilia, were already crowded by morning and, at one of them, retired government worker Luiz Carlos Gomes said he would vote for da Silva.
"He's the best for the poor, especially in the countryside," said Gomes, 65, who hails from Maranhao state in the poor northeast region. "We were always starving before him.'' For months, it appeared that da Silva was headed for easy victory as he kindled nostalgia for his 2003-2010 presidency, when Brazil's economy was booming and welfare helped tens of millions join the middle class. But while da Silva topped the October 2 first-round elections with 48 per cent of the vote, Bolsonaro was a strong second at 43 per cent, showing opinion polls significantly underestimated his popularity. Many Brazilians support Bolsonaro's defence of conservative social values and he has shored up support with vast government spending.
Candidates in Brazil who top the first round tend to win the runoff. But political scientist Rodrigo Prando said this campaign is so atypical that a Bolsonaro win could not be ruled out. More than 150 million Brazilians are eligible to vote, yet about 20 per cent of the electorate abstained in the first round. Both da Silva and Bolsonaro have focused efforts on driving turnout. The electoral authority prohibited any federal highway police operations from affecting voters' passage on public transport.
Still, there were multiple reports of checkpoints and traffic stops. Television network Globo reported more than 500 stops, half of which in the northeast region, a Workers' Party stronghold. The party filed a request for the arrest of the highway police's director, and demanded the region's polls remain open later. Human Rights Watch, an international nonprofit, said in a statement it was "very concerned" about the reports.
Speaking to reporters in Brasilia, the electoral authority's president Alexandre de Moraes said the police force's director had provided clarification that no stop lasted over 15 minutes, turnout wasn't affected and polls would close at 5 pm local time, as scheduled.
"(Stops) were made in accordance with traffic laws and that stalled some voters, but all arrived to their voting places. No bus returned to its point of origin," said de Moraes, adding that all traffic stops have since been suspended.
"If there was an abuse of power, that is an electoral crime. And we will look into that," de Moraes said.
Gleisi Hoffmann, who leads the Workers' Party, told reporters in Sao Paulo she doesn't believe all voters stalled indeed cast their ballots, but also said her party doesn't have an estimate as to how many people may have been deterred.
"We can't think these voters arrived just because the highway police said so," Hoffmann said in a press conference. "The head of the highway police is a militant of the Bolsonaro campaign." Bolsonaro was first in line to cast his vote at a military complex in Rio de Janeiro. He sported the green and yellow colours of the Brazilian flag that always feature at his rallies.
"I'm expecting our victory, for the good of Brazil," he told reporters afterward. "God willing, we will be victorious this afternoon. Actually, Brazil will be victorious." Da Silva voted Sunday morning in Sao Bernardo do Campo, a city outside Sao Paulo, where he lived for decades and started his political career as a union leader. He wore white, as he often has during the campaign, rather than his party's traditional red.
"Today we are choosing the kind of Brazil we want, how we want our society to organise. People will decide what kind of life they want," da Silva told reporters. "That's why this is the most important day of my life. I am convinced that Brazilians will vote for a plan under which democracy wins."
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Brazil's Lula overtakes Bolsonaro in presidential election vote count
That has added to tensions in Brazil's most polarizing election since its return to democracy in 1985 after a military dictatorship that Lula, a former union leader, rallied against and Bolsonaro, a former army captain, invokes with nostalgia. With Bolsonaro stickers on her chest, Rio de Janeiro resident Ana Maria Vieira said she was certain to vote for the president, and would never countenance picking Lula.
Brazilian former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took the lead over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the vote count for Sunday's runoff election marred by accusations from Lula's leftist Workers Party that police suppressed the vote in some regions. With 80.9% of voting machines counted, Lula had 50.3% of votes compared with 49.7% for Bolsonaro, though a significant number of votes remained to be counted in the Bolsonaro stronghold state of Sao Paulo.
Lula allies on Sunday said police had stopped buses carrying voters on highways even though the electoral authority had prohibited them from doing so. Brazilian media reported that such operations were concentrated in the northeast, where Lula has the strongest support. "What happened today is criminal. There is no justification for the (police) to mount roadblocks on Election Day," Workers Party President Gleisi Hoffman told journalists.
However, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), which runs Brazil's elections, said no one had been prevented from voting and declined to extend voting hours. The Federal Highway Police said they had complied with court orders. The election serves as a referendum on two starkly different - and vehemently opposed - visions for Brazil's future.
Bolsonaro has vowed to consolidate a sharp rightward turn in Brazilian politics after a presidency that witnessed one of the world's deadliest outbreaks of COVID-19 in the pandemic and widespread deforestation in the Amazon basin. Lula promises more social and environmental responsibility, recalling the rising prosperity of his 2003-2010 presidency, before corruption scandals tarnished his Workers Party.
Bolsonaro has without proof described the voting system as fraud-prone, raising concern he may not concede defeat, following the example of his ideological ally, former U.S. President Donald Trump. That has added to tensions in Brazil's most polarizing election since its return to democracy in 1985 after a military dictatorship that Lula, a former union leader, rallied against and Bolsonaro, a former army captain, invokes with nostalgia.
With Bolsonaro stickers on her chest, Rio de Janeiro resident Ana Maria Vieira said she was certain to vote for the president, and would never countenance picking Lula. "I saw what Lula and his criminal gang did to this country," she said, as she arrived to vote in Rio's Copacabana neighborhood, adding that she thought Bolsonaro's handling of the economy had been "fantastic."
Bolsonaro outperformed opinion polls in the first round on Oct. 2 among a field of 11 candidates. Pollsters said they recalibrated their methods based on that result. A Lula victory would mark a stunning comeback for the leftist leader, who was jailed in 2018 for 19 months on bribery convictions that the Supreme Court overturned last year, clearing the way for him to seek a third presidential term.
In Sao Paulo, 31-year-old lawyer Gerardo Maiar said he was horrified by what Bolsonaro had done as president. "The last four years were an embarrassment, both nationally and internationally," he said after voting. "I think it's ridiculous for Brazil to be in this shameful position."
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Bolsonaro, Lula in close race as final Brazil votes tallied
People in the streets of Rio de Janeiros Ipanema neighbourhood could be heard shouting, It turned In the first round of voting, on October 2, the first half of votes tallied likewise showed Bolsonaro ahead, with da Silva pulling ahead later after votes from his strongholds were counted.
Far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were very close in Brazil's runoff presidential election with 90.7 per cent of the votes tallied.
Da Silva has 50.5 per cent compared to 49.5 per cent for Bolsonaro, according to the country's election authority.
Polls closed at 5 pm (2000 GMT; 4 pm EDT) nationwide. Because the vote is conducted electronically, initial results are out quickly and final results are usually available a few hours later. In the first round of voting, on October 2, the first half of votes tallied showed Bolsonaro ahead, with da Silva pulling ahead later after votes from his strongholds were counted. Bolsonaro had been leading throughout the first half of the count and, as soon as da Silva overtook him, cars in the streets of downtown Sao Paulo began honking their horns. People in the streets of Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema neighbourhood could be heard shouting, “It turned!” In the first round of voting, on October 2, the first half of votes tallied likewise showed Bolsonaro ahead, with da Silva pulling ahead later after votes from his strongholds were counted. Both men are well-known, divisive political figures who stir passion as much as loathing.
The vote will determine if the world's fourth-largest democracy stays the same course of far-right politics or returns a leftist to the top job — and, in the latter case, whether Bolsonaro will accept defeat. There were multiple reports of what critics said appeared attempts to suppress turnout of likely voters for da Silva, who was president from 2003-2010. Voting stations in the capital, Brasilia, were already crowded by morning and, at one of them, retired government worker Luiz Carlos Gomes said he would vote for da Silva.
“He's the best for the poor, especially in the countryside,” said Gomes, 65, who hails from Maranhao state in the poor northeast region. “We were always starving before him.'' Most opinion polls before the election gave a lead to da Silva, universally known as Lula, though political analysts agreed the race grew increasingly tight in recent weeks.
For months, it appeared that da Silva was headed for easy victory as he kindled nostalgia for his presidency, when Brazil's economy was booming and welfare helped tens of millions join the middle class. But while da Silva topped the October 2 first-round elections with 48 per cent of the vote, Bolsonaro was a strong second at 43 per cent, showing opinion polls significantly underestimated his popularity. Many Brazilians support Bolsonaro's defence of conservative social values and he has shored up support with vast government spending.
Candidates in Brazil who top the first round tend to win the runoff. But political scientist Rodrigo Prando said this campaign is so atypical that a Bolsonaro win could not be ruled out. More than 150 million Brazilians are eligible to vote, yet about 20 per cent of the electorate abstained in the first round. Both da Silva and Bolsonaro have focused efforts on driving turnout. The electoral authority prohibited any federal highway police operations from affecting voters' passage on public transport.
Still, there were multiple reports of checkpoints and traffic stops. Television network Globo reported more than 500 stops, half of which in the northeast region, a Workers' Party stronghold. The party filed a request for the arrest of the highway police's director, and demanded the region's polls remain open later. Speaking to reporters in Brasilia, the electoral authority's president Alexandre de Moraes said the police force's director had provided clarification that no stop lasted over 15 minutes, turnout wasn't affected and polls would close at 5 pm local time, as scheduled.
Bolsonaro was first in line to cast his vote at a military complex in Rio de Janeiro. He sported the green and yellow colours of the Brazilian flag that always feature at his rallies.
“I'm expecting our victory, for the good of Brazil,” he told reporters afterward. “God willing, we will be victorious this afternoon. Actually, Brazil will be victorious.” Da Silva voted Sunday morning in Sao Bernardo do Campo, a city outside Sao Paulo, where he lived for decades and started his political career as a union leader. He wore white, as he often has during the campaign, rather than his party's traditional red.
“Today we are choosing the kind of Brazil we want, how we want our society to organise. People will decide what kind of life they want,” da Silva told reporters. “That's why this is the most important day of my life. I am convinced that Brazilians will vote for a plan under which democracy wins.” The candidates presented few proposals for the country's future beyond affirming they will continue a big welfare programme for the poor, despite very limited fiscal room going forward. They railed against one another and launched online smear campaigns — with considerably more attacks coming from Bolsonaro's camp. On the eve of the election, Bolsonaro shared video on Twitter of former US President Donald Trump endorsing him, saying that he has secured Brazil's universal respect on the world stage. Da Silva has specifically criticised Bolsonaro for the nation's fallen stature abroad, highlighting the dearth of state visits and bilateral meetings. “Don't lose him, don't let that happen,” Trump said in the video. “It would not be good for your country. I love your country, but it would not be good. So get out and vote for President Bolsonaro. He's doing the job like few people could.”
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Lula defeats Bolsonaro in Brazil's runoff election, pollster Datafolha says
That has added to tensions in Brazil's most polarizing election since its return to democracy in 1985 after a military dictatorship that Lula, a former union leader, rallied against and Bolsonaro, a former army captain, invokes with nostalgia. Lula allies on Sunday said police had stopped buses carrying voters on highways even though the electoral authority had prohibited them from doing so.
Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Brazil's bitterly-fought election on Sunday, according to pollster Datafolha, denying far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro a second term. The polling firm called the election with 95% of the votes counted in Latin America's largest country. The official count stood at 50.7% of votes for Lula against 49.3% for Bolsonaro.
A significant number of votes still remained to be counted in the Bolsonaro stronghold state of Sao Paulo, but his leftist rival was inching ahead in a runoff marred by accusations from Lula's Workers Party that police suppressed votes in some regions. The election serves as a referendum on two starkly different - and vehemently opposed - visions for Brazil's future.
Bolsonaro has vowed to consolidate a sharp rightward turn in Brazilian politics after a presidency that witnessed one of the world's deadliest outbreaks of COVID-19 in the pandemic and widespread deforestation in the Amazon basin. Lula promises more social and environmental responsibility, recalling the rising prosperity of his 2003-2010 presidency, before corruption scandals tarnished his Workers Party.
Bolsonaro has without proof described the voting system as fraud-prone, raising concern he may not concede defeat, following the example of his ideological ally, former U.S. President Donald Trump. That has added to tensions in Brazil's most polarizing election since its return to democracy in 1985 after a military dictatorship that Lula, a former union leader, rallied against and Bolsonaro, a former army captain, invokes with nostalgia.
Lula allies on Sunday said police had stopped buses carrying voters on highways even though the electoral authority had prohibited them from doing so. Brazilian media reported that such operations were concentrated in the northeast, where Lula has the strongest support. "What happened today is criminal. There is no justification for the (police) to mount roadblocks on Election Day," Workers Party President Gleisi Hoffman told journalists.
However, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), which runs Brazil's elections, said no one had been prevented from voting and declined to extend voting hours. The Federal Highway Police said they had complied with court orders. With Bolsonaro stickers on her chest, Rio de Janeiro resident Ana Maria Vieira said she was certain to vote for the president, and would never countenance picking Lula.
"I saw what Lula and his criminal gang did to this country," she said, as she arrived to vote in Rio's Copacabana neighborhood, adding that she thought Bolsonaro's handling of the economy had been "fantastic." A Lula victory would mark a stunning comeback for the leftist leader, who was jailed in 2018 for 19 months on bribery convictions that the Supreme Court overturned last year, clearing the way for him to seek a third presidential term.
In Sao Paulo, 31-year-old lawyer Gerardo Maiar said he was horrified by what Bolsonaro had done as president. "The last four years were an embarrassment, both nationally and internationally," he said after voting. "I think it's ridiculous for Brazil to be in this shameful position."
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Soccer-Serie A talking points
"Sometimes strikers do not realise the importance of recovering a run or covering a space but it can do so much for their team mates." YOUNGSTERS TAKE OVER AT JUVENTUS Injury-depleted Juventus again had to turn to their younger generation at Lecce on Saturday (1-0), with Fabio Miretti (19), Nicolo Fagioli (21) and Samuel Iling-Junior (19) enjoying playing time in the absence of more experienced team mates. The latter two quickly repaid coach Massimiliano Allegri's trust when halftime substitute Fagioli struck the winner in the 73rd minute from an assist by Iling-Junior who had come on one minute earlier.
Talking points from the Serie A weekend: WHO CAN STOP KVARATSKHELIA?
Although Napoli's Victor Osimhen grabbed the headlines with a hat-trick against Sassuolo on Saturday, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's two assists and one goal were also crucial in the 4-0 win. The 21-year-old Georgian -- nicknamed Kvaradona by the fans, after former club hero Diego Maradona -- has six goals and seven assists in the league this season. Only Diego Milito and Cristiano Ronaldo were involved in more goals in their first 12 Serie A matches.
"He knows how to do everything... he chased down his opponent and covered well. He's perfect," coach Luciano Spalletti told DAZN after the game. "Sometimes strikers do not realise the importance of recovering a run or covering a space but it can do so much for their team mates."
YOUNGSTERS TAKE OVER AT JUVENTUS Injury-depleted Juventus again had to turn to their younger generation at Lecce on Saturday (1-0), with Fabio Miretti (19), Nicolo Fagioli (21) and Samuel Iling-Junior (19) enjoying playing time in the absence of more experienced team mates.
The latter two quickly repaid coach Massimiliano Allegri's trust when halftime substitute Fagioli struck the winner in the 73rd minute from an assist by Iling-Junior who had come on one minute earlier. "Nicolo is a boy who has great qualities," Allegri said.
"I think his role is to play in front of the defence. He has technique but has to learn this role because he has never done it, and sometimes he (leaves his position). Today he was good at staying (on it). He had a good intuition, a great shot. "Iling was also good at giving (him) a nice ball. All the guys did well, also because they were supported by the older players ... It's a good win at a difficult time."
Iling-Junior suffered a minor injury himself towards the end of the game, taking a knock on his right ankle. Juve said he would be need around 20 days to fully recover. GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END FOR LAZIO
Lazio entered the weekend relishing their joint-second best start in Serie A in the three-points-for-a-win era, having earned 24 points from 11 games with only one defeat. It matched their points performance in 2002-03 and was only bettered by 2017-18 when they had 28 points at the same stage.
Lazio's joy, however, evaporated on Sunday when they fell to a surprise 3-1 home defeat against Salernitana. The last team to beat Lazio in the league were leaders Napoli on Sept. 3 and the Rome side had conceded only five goals before Salernitana's visit.
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Golf-Aces high as Johnson leads team to LIV Golf team title
Four teams; the 4 Aces, Punch GC captained by Open champion Australian Cameron Smith, Smash GC led by four-time major winner Brooks Koepka and Stinger GC by Louis Oosthuizen played in Sunday's final where every players scored counted towards their outfit's total. The format provided some compelling golf with the championship coming down to the final hole, Johnson draining a three-footer at the 18th after Reed had birdied his last hole to get 4 Aces to seven-under and a one shot lead over Smith's Punch GC.
Captain Dustin Johnson led the 4 Aces to the first LIV Golf team championship and the $16 million winner's purse on Sunday at Trump National Doral to bring the curtain down on the Saudi-back venture's tumultuous inaugural season.
Johnson had said that it was the competition not the money that excited him but the former-world number one and Masters champion cashed in anyway finishing top of the LIV money list with more than $35 million from just eight events (including an $18 million bonus as the season's individual champion). That total also does not include the reported $150 million LIV paid to lure Johnson away from the PGA Tour, and make him one of the rebel circuit's marquee recruits.
Johnson's 4 Aces team mates Pat Perez, Patrick Reed, and Talor Gooch, who all defected from the PGA Tour, also pocketed $4 million. Four teams; the 4 Aces, Punch GC captained by Open champion Australian Cameron Smith, Smash GC led by four-time major winner Brooks Koepka and Stinger GC by Louis Oosthuizen played in Sunday's final where every players scored counted towards their outfit's total.
The format provided some compelling golf with the championship coming down to the final hole, Johnson draining a three-footer at the 18th after Reed had birdied his last hole to get 4 Aces to seven-under and a one shot lead over Smith's Punch GC. "Coming down the stretch you couldn't draw it up any better with me and Cam battling it out to win the team championship," said Johnson, who was paired with the mullet haired Australian for the final round. "It's been amazing.
"This whole season has gotten better and better and obviously this finale has been unbelievable." Smith's team of Marc Leishman, Matt Jones and Wade Ormsby finished runner-up splitting $8 million, more than the entire $6.5 million purse on offer at this week's PGA Tour stop at the Bermuda Championship.
A total of 12 team took part in the $50 million team final with the last four teams splitting $1 million for a single round of golf.
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Motor racing-Verstappen sets F1 record for most wins in a season
The Dutch 25-year-old led from pole position at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez to take the chequered flag ahead of Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton with Red Bull's Sergio Perez third in front of his home crowd. Verstappen's win was his fourth in Mexico and the podium was the same as last year.
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Red Bull's double world champion Max Verstappen won the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday to set a Formula One record of 14 victories in a single season. The Dutch 25-year-old led from pole position at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez to take the chequered flag ahead of Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton with Red Bull's Sergio Perez third in front of his home crowd.
Verstappen's win was his fourth in Mexico and the podium was the same as last year. It was also a ninth win in a row and 16th from 20 races for Red Bull, who wrapped up the constructors' title in Texas last weekend with three rounds to spare. Verstappen retained his drivers' title in Japan on Oct. 9. (Writing by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Clare Fallon)
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Soccer-Torino upset Milan 2-1 in Serie A
Struggling Torino grabbed a 2-1 home win against AC Milan on Sunday, condemning the defending champions to their second Serie A loss this season.
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Struggling Torino grabbed a 2-1 home win against AC Milan on Sunday, condemning the defending champions to their second Serie A loss this season. Torino took a surprise lead in the 35th minute through defender Koffi Djidji, who nodded home a free kick by Valentino Lazaro awarded after Pierre Kalulu's foul on Torino midfielder Nikola Vlasic.
Aleksey Miranchuk doubled Torino's advantage two minutes later when goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic sent a long ball up the field which landed just in front of Milan's area, and the midfielder fired a low shot inside the right post. Milan hit back through midfielder Junior Messias who unleashed their first shot on target in the 67th minute, after an error by Milinkovic-Savic who left the goal uncovered and allowed the Brazilian to shoot into the empty net.
Milan are third in the standings on 26 points from 12 games, one point below second-placed Atalanta and six adrift of leaders Napoli, who both won their games this weekend. Torino moved up to ninth on 17 points.
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Motor racing-Verstappen sets F1 record for most wins in a season
It was also a ninth win in a row and 16th from 20 races for Red Bull, who wrapped up the constructors' title in Texas with three rounds to spare, but Mercedes showed they were getting closer. "I was so close in that first stint but I think the Red Bull was clearly too fast today and ultimately, maybe they had the better tyre strategy," said Hamilton, who started on medium tyres and switched to hards.
Red Bull's double world champion Max Verstappen won the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday to set a Formula One record of 14 victories in a single season. The Dutch driver led from pole position at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and made one stop before a long stint on the medium tyres to take the chequered flag 15.186 seconds clear of Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton.
"It's been an incredible year so far, we are definitely enjoying it and we'll try to go for more," said the 25-year-old Verstappen, who clinched his second title in Japan on Oct. 9. Red Bull's Sergio Perez finished third in front of his cheering home crowd after a race low on thrills but with plenty of strategy.
Verstappen's win was his fourth in Mexico and the podium was the same as last year. In Austin, Texas, last weekend he had equalled the record for most wins in a season on 13 with German greats Michael Schumacher (2004) and Sebastian Vettel (2013).
There are more races now than then, however, with the 2022 season featuring 22 compared to 19 in 2013 and 18 in 2004. It was also a ninth win in a row and 16th from 20 races for Red Bull, who wrapped up the constructors' title in Texas with three rounds to spare, but Mercedes showed they were getting closer.
"I was so close in that first stint but I think the Red Bull was clearly too fast today and ultimately, maybe they had the better tyre strategy," said Hamilton, who started on medium tyres and switched to hards. "I'm not sure (hard) was the right tyre at the end."
George Russell lost out at the start, lining up on the front row for Mercedes but dropping two places to fourth as Hamilton muscled past his team mate with Perez also seizing the opportunity to go third. Russell finished fourth, pitting on the penultimate lap to take the bonus point for fastest lap away from Perez.
The race was a four-driver battle after 20 of the 71 laps, with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc finishing fifth and sixth but far off the pace and the latter close to being lapped. "This weekend we were just slow," said Sainz, who finished 58 seconds behind Verstappen.
Daniel Ricciardo put on the show of the day, reeling off overtakes on the soft tyres and finishing seventh for McLaren despite a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda. His performance won the Australian, who is leaving McLaren at the end of the season with no other drive lined up, the vote for driver of the day by fans.
Esteban Ocon was eighth for Renault-owned Alpine, after team mate Fernando Alonso retired with an engine failure, with McLaren's Lando Norris ninth and Valtteri Bottas back in the points for Alfa Romeo in 10th. Formula One said 395,902 spectators attended over the three days, compared to 371,779 last year. (Writing by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Clare Fallon)
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Soccer-Torino upset Milan 2-1 in Serie A
Defender Sergino Dest had a chance to score for Milan shortly after the break when he found space just outside Torino's box and struck powerfully, seeing the ball go just over the crossbar. Milan hit back through midfielder Junior Messias who unleashed their first shot on target in the 67th minute, after an error by Milinkovic-Savic who left the goal uncovered and allowed the Brazilian to shoot into the empty net.
Struggling Torino grabbed a 2-1 home win against AC Milan on Sunday, condemning the defending champions to their second Serie A loss this season.
Milan are third in the standings on 26 points from 12 games, one point below second-placed Atalanta and six adrift of leaders Napoli, who both won their games this weekend and face each other in the next round. Forward Rafael Leao should have put Milan ahead inside the opening 10 minutes when he received two great passes in or just outside the opponents' box, but missed the target badly on both occasions.
While Stefano Pioli's men dominated possession and looked to settle into the game as the half wore on, Torino took a surprise lead in the 35th minute through defender Koffi Djidji. The 29-year-old nodded home a free kick by Valentino Lazaro awarded after Pierre Kalulu's foul on Torino midfielder Nikola Vlasic.
Aleksey Miranchuk doubled Torino's advantage two minutes later when goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic sent a long ball up the field which landed just in front of Milan's area, and the midfielder fired a low shot inside the right post. Defender Sergino Dest had a chance to score for Milan shortly after the break when he found space just outside Torino's box and struck powerfully, seeing the ball go just over the crossbar.
Milan hit back through midfielder Junior Messias who unleashed their first shot on target in the 67th minute, after an error by Milinkovic-Savic who left the goal uncovered and allowed the Brazilian to shoot into the empty net. Milan lacked clear chances to draw level, allowing Torino to end their unbeaten run of 17 Serie A away matches, the longest across Europe's top five leagues.
Torino secured two successive league wins for the first time since January. Milan, who need to avoid a defeat against RB Salzburg on Wednesday to progress to the Champions League knockout stage, host Spezia on Saturday.
Torino, who moved up to ninth on 17 points, travel to Bologna next Sunday.
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Soccer-Torino upset Milan 2-1 in Serie A
Defender Sergino Dest had a chance to score for Milan shortly after the break when he found space just outside Torino's box and struck powerfully, seeing the ball go just over the crossbar. Milan hit back through midfielder Junior Messias who unleashed their first shot on target in the 67th minute, after an error by Milinkovic-Savic who left the goal uncovered and allowed the Brazilian to shoot into the empty net.
Struggling Torino grabbed a 2-1 home win against AC Milan on Sunday, condemning the defending champions to their second Serie A loss this season.
Milan are third in the standings on 26 points from 12 games, one point below second-placed Atalanta and six adrift of leaders Napoli, who both won their games this weekend and face each other in the next round. Forward Rafael Leao should have put Milan ahead inside the opening 10 minutes when he received two great passes in or just outside the opponents' box, but missed the target badly on both occasions.
While Stefano Pioli's men dominated possession and looked to settle into the game as the half wore on, Torino took a surprise lead in the 35th minute through defender Koffi Djidji. The 29-year-old nodded home a free kick by Valentino Lazaro awarded after Pierre Kalulu's foul on Torino midfielder Nikola Vlasic.
Aleksey Miranchuk doubled Torino's advantage two minutes later when goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic sent a long ball up the field which landed just in front of Milan's area, and the midfielder fired a low shot inside the right post. Defender Sergino Dest had a chance to score for Milan shortly after the break when he found space just outside Torino's box and struck powerfully, seeing the ball go just over the crossbar.
Milan hit back through midfielder Junior Messias who unleashed their first shot on target in the 67th minute, after an error by Milinkovic-Savic who left the goal uncovered and allowed the Brazilian to shoot into the empty net. Milan lacked clear chances to draw level, allowing Torino to end their unbeaten run of 17 Serie A away matches, the longest across Europe's top five leagues.
"(This defeat leaves me with) disappointment, we could have done better," Pioli told a news conference. "We knew it would be a dirty, difficult, physical (game). But we should have moved better without the ball, we struggled to find solutions."
Milan, who need to avoid a defeat against RB Salzburg on Wednesday to progress to the Champions League knockout stage, host Spezia on Saturday. Torino, who moved up to ninth on 17 points as they secured two successive league wins for the first time since January, travel to Bologna next Sunday.
Earlier on Sunday, fourth-placed Lazio suffered a surprise 3-1 home defeat by Salernitana after they went up through striker Mattia Zaccagni before halftime but conceded three goals in the second half. Fiorentina moved up to 12th after forward Arthur Cabral scored to secure a last-gasp 2-1 win at 10-man Spezia, while Udinese continued their winless streak at bottom-placed Cremonese (0-0).
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Musk denies reports he is firing Twitter employees in attempt to avoid payouts
According to research firm Equilar, the executives stood to receive separation payouts totaling some $122 million. Citing unidentified people familiar with the matter, The Information reported that Elon Musk terminated four top Twitter executives, including Agrawal and Segal "for cause," in an apparent effort to avoid severance pay and unvested stock awards.
Twitter's new owner Elon Musk has denied a New York Times report about laying off Twitter employees at a date earlier than Nov. 1 to avoid stock grants due on the day.
In a response to a Twitter user asking about the layoffs, Musk tweeted: "This is false." The New York Times reported on Saturday that Musk has ordered job cuts across the company, with some teams to be trimmed more than others and that layoffs would take place before Nov. 1 date, when employees were scheduled to receive stock grants as part of their compensation.
Citing unidentified people familiar with the matter, the Times reported the cuts could begin as soon as Saturday. According to media reports on Saturday, Musk fired top executives in an effort to avoid hefty severance payouts, while lining up other layoffs as soon as Saturday.
Musk fired Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and legal affairs and policy chief Vijaya Gadde on completion of a high-profile $44 billion buyout of the social media platform on Thursday, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. He had accused them of misleading him and Twitter investors over the number of fake accounts on the platform. According to research firm Equilar, the executives stood to receive separation payouts totaling some $122 million.
Citing unidentified people familiar with the matter, The Information reported that Elon Musk terminated four top Twitter executives, including Agrawal and Segal "for cause," in an apparent effort to avoid severance pay and unvested stock awards. In a tweet on Saturday LightShed analyst Rich Greenfield said Musk fired top Twitter execs "for cause," preventing their unvested stock from vesting as part of a change of control.
Twitter did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. Reuters wasn't immediately able to contact the fired executives.
Director of research at Equilar Courtney Yu told Reuters on Friday that the fired executives "should be getting these (severance) payments unless Elon Musk had cause for termination, with cause in these cases usually being that they broke the law or violated company policy."
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Elon Musk deletes tweet with unfounded theory about Pelosi attack
Neither Musk nor Twitter immediately responded to a request for comment. With fears growing of increasing political violence ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Musk's tweet prompted fresh concerns about how he will handle hate speech and misinformation on the social media platform, which the outspoken tech and auto mogul purchased last week for $44 billion.
Twitter's new owner Elon Musk appeared to have deleted a tweet posted on Sunday referencing an unfounded theory regarding the attack on the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at their San Francisco home. The since-deleted tweet was in response to one by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who blamed the attack on hateful rhetoric by the Republican Party and linked to an L.A. Times story about how the suspect promoted far-right conspiracy theories online.
"There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye," Musk replied to Clinton, linking to a site called the Santa Monica Observer that fact-checkers have described as a purveyor of hoaxes, including that Clinton herself had died and been replaced by a body double. The Observer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither Musk nor Twitter immediately responded to a request for comment.
With fears growing of increasing political violence ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Musk's tweet prompted fresh concerns about how he will handle hate speech and misinformation on the social media platform, which the outspoken tech and auto mogul purchased last week for $44 billion. Advertisers will be watching closely. General Motors Co said on Friday, before Musk's now-deleted tweet was posted, it was temporarily halting paid advertising on Twitter after Musk completed his takeover, and that it was engaging with the company "to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership."
Ad sales accounted for more than 90% of Twitter's revenue in the second quarter. In a tweet last week, Musk appealed directly to advertisers, saying that under his watch the social network "obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!" The suspect in the Pelosi attack, David DePape, is due to be charged on Monday with multiple felonies for allegedly clubbing Paul Pelosi over the head with a hammer on Friday after forcing his way into the couple's home shouting "Where is Nancy?"
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4 kidnapped, including teen girl and baby, in California
Published: Oct. 30, 2022 at 5:23 PM CDT|Updated: 45 minutes ago
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Police have arrested two suspects who allegedly kidnapped four people, including a teenage girl and a 6-month-old baby, last week in Southern California.
Police found the 14-year-old girl and the baby uninjured inside a hotel room in Costa Mesa early Thursday morning after the two adults who also were kidnapped managed to escape and call 911.
The suspects were arrested during a traffic stop and remained in jail on Sunday without bail.
It was not immediately clear whether they had attorneys who could speak on their behalf.
The adult victims were allegedly pistol-whipped when the suspects demanded money from them.
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Musk denies reports he is firing Twitter employees in attempt to avoid payouts
According to research firm Equilar, the executives stood to receive separation payouts totaling some $122 million. Citing unidentified people familiar with the matter, The Information reported that Elon Musk terminated four top Twitter executives, including Agrawal and Segal "for cause," in an apparent effort to avoid severance pay and unvested stock awards.
Twitter's new owner Elon Musk has denied a New York Times report about laying off Twitter employees at a date earlier than Nov. 1 to avoid stock grants due on the day.
In a response to a Twitter user asking about the layoffs, Musk tweeted: "This is false." The New York Times reported on Saturday that Musk has ordered job cuts across the company, with some teams to be trimmed more than others and that layoffs would take place before Nov. 1 date, when employees were scheduled to receive stock grants as part of their compensation.
Citing unidentified people familiar with the matter, the Times reported the cuts could begin as soon as Saturday. According to media reports on Saturday, Musk fired top executives in an effort to avoid hefty severance payouts, while lining up other layoffs as soon as Saturday.
Musk fired Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and legal affairs and policy chief Vijaya Gadde on completion of a high-profile $44 billion buyout of the social media platform on Thursday, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. He had accused them of misleading him and Twitter investors over the number of fake accounts on the platform. According to research firm Equilar, the executives stood to receive separation payouts totaling some $122 million.
Citing unidentified people familiar with the matter, The Information reported that Elon Musk terminated four top Twitter executives, including Agrawal and Segal "for cause," in an apparent effort to avoid severance pay and unvested stock awards. In a tweet on Saturday LightShed analyst Rich Greenfield said Musk fired top Twitter execs "for cause," preventing their unvested stock from vesting as part of a change of control.
Twitter did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. Reuters wasn't immediately able to contact the fired executives.
Director of research at Equilar Courtney Yu told Reuters on Friday that the fired executives "should be getting these (severance) payments unless Elon Musk had cause for termination, with cause in these cases usually being that they broke the law or violated company policy."
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Dak Prescott took to the field the first-to-market premium functional sparkling beverage GLOW®
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GLOW® Beverages Inc. recently debuted its functional sparkling beverage line and announced Dak Prescott and Kylie Jenner as equity stakeholders and ambassadors. GLOW® is proud of their partnership with The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Dak Prescott who was drawn to the brand because of its unique offerings that fulfil a gap in customer needs regarding hydration.
This Sunday, Prescott returned to the field in an exciting game against the Chicago Bears. He chose this special moment to publicly showcase his alignment with GLOW® Energy Sparkling Water. As an equity stakeholder and brand ambassador, Prescott's commitment to the company is unrivalled, and his decision to showcase GLOW® during this important game further cements his connection with the brand, which will be part of his comeback success on the field.
"GLOW® is an incredible, functional drink, and it tastes amazing. I'm proud to be an ambassador of the brand and a shareholder in the company. LET'S GLOW!" said Dak Prescott.
"With Dak Prescott joining our GLOW team as an equity stakeholder and endorser of the beverage, we are going to GLOW this company up!" said Kev Kouyoumjian, Managing Partner.
Fellow ambassador Kylie Jenner took to Instagram earlier in the week to say she is proud to join the GLOW® team as an equity stakeholder alongside Dak Prescott.
GLOW® product lines include hydration and energy. The immune-forward brand launched with six SKU flavors: Spicy Watermelon, Mango Apricot, Ginger Lemon, Cherry Lime, Pineapple Blood Orange, and Tiger's Blood. They will also carry GLOW® PH, an Ultra Smooth Alkaline Water.
GLOW® white bottles denote a hydration product, while the black bottles in the line boast B12 & green coffee bean extract as the energy source. The product line also has GLOW PH, an Ultra Smooth Alkaline Water with 150+ TDS. The low-calorie treat was invented when founders John Larson and Kev Kouyoumjian noticed a whitespace in the functional beverage category. Historically, sparkling waters have lacked function, and functional beverages don't offer sparkling (carbonated) versions of their product.
"I formulated GLOW® to support my busy lifestyle. My goal was to create a premium beverage that wasn't made for an athlete but instead made for someone with a demanding professional lifestyle. I didn't see anything like that being offered. Additionally, I wanted all-day usage from the time when I woke up until the end of the night. This drink is needed to support a healthy mind & body, and GLOW® does just that. Not only is GLOW® great for your day-to-day life, but it is also multifunctional. It has won awards for taste and best cocktail mixer," said John Larson, Founder of GLOW® Beverages Inc. "After long days at the office and in meetings, I enjoy going out in the evenings. I only go out for a couple of cocktails, but I don't want water or soda to be my other option. I want something unique that fits the more upscale environments I enjoy. I also want to have a flavor that I enjoy. GLOW® is premium enough to be sold where I like to spend my evenings. It is hydrating, tastes great, and, most importantly, has functionality with our proprietary blend of herbs, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and so much more. It keeps me going all day and into the night. GLOW® was created from a personal need that has become a growing need for those around me that expect function, flavor, and style."
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GLOW® Beverages are available direct to consumers via www.drinkglow.com. The brand can also be found in Costco's in the Bay Area starting October 18th with the official launch of GLOW® Ultra Smooth Alkaline water. They will be rolling out to Walmart, Ralph's (Kroger), 7-Eleven, and Albertsons locations in Spring 2023. You can follow @drinkglow on Instagram to keep up with the latest news.
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Elon Musk deletes tweet with unfounded theory about Pelosi attack
Neither Musk nor Twitter immediately responded to a request for comment. With fears growing of increasing political violence ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Musk's tweet prompted fresh concerns about how he will handle hate speech and misinformation on the social media platform, which the outspoken tech and auto mogul purchased last week for $44 billion.
Twitter's new owner Elon Musk appeared to have deleted a tweet posted on Sunday referencing an unfounded theory regarding the attack on the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at their San Francisco home. The since-deleted tweet was in response to one by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who blamed the attack on hateful rhetoric by the Republican Party and linked to an L.A. Times story about how the suspect promoted far-right conspiracy theories online.
"There is a tiny possibility there might be more to this story than meets the eye," Musk replied to Clinton, linking to a site called the Santa Monica Observer that fact-checkers have described as a purveyor of hoaxes, including that Clinton herself had died and been replaced by a body double. The Observer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither Musk nor Twitter immediately responded to a request for comment.
With fears growing of increasing political violence ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, Musk's tweet prompted fresh concerns about how he will handle hate speech and misinformation on the social media platform, which the outspoken tech and auto mogul purchased last week for $44 billion. Advertisers will be watching closely. General Motors Co said on Friday, before Musk's now-deleted tweet was posted, it was temporarily halting paid advertising on Twitter after Musk completed his takeover, and that it was engaging with the company "to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership."
Ad sales accounted for more than 90% of Twitter's revenue in the second quarter. In a tweet last week, Musk appealed directly to advertisers, saying that under his watch the social network "obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape, where anything can be said with no consequences!" The suspect in the Pelosi attack, David DePape, is due to be charged on Monday with multiple felonies for allegedly clubbing Paul Pelosi over the head with a hammer on Friday after forcing his way into the couple's home shouting "Where is Nancy?"
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The Detroit Pistons haven’t gotten off to the start to the season they hoped in Year 2 with Cade Cunningham at the helm, as their young stars have had the struggles young players often do in terms of consistency and efficiency, which is part of the reason the team made the move it did on Sunday.
Prior to the Pistons home game against the Warriors, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski brought word that they were inking Bojan Bogdanovic to a two-year contract extension that will keep him in Detroit through the 2024-25 season for $19.5 million per year — just about the same number he’s currently at.
Bojan Bogdanovic has agreed on a two-year, $39.1 million extension with the Detroit Pistons, @wassbasketball tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 30, 2022
Bogdanovic is one of a few veterans on the Pistons roster and the sharpshooter has brought some life to the offense as a catch-and-shoot threat opposite his young and talented guards in Cunningham and Jaden Ivey. Bogdanovic is leading the team in scoring through six games at 23 points per, knocking down 51.1 percent of his three-point attempts, and while that rate won’t continue, his presence has been big in opening up the Pistons offense.
As for the price tag, it’s a big payday for Bogdanovic, but that’s part of the tax of getting quality veterans onto teams still in the rebuilding process — see: JJ Redick in Philadelphia. His contract also won’t impact the long-term cap situation for the Pistons when it matters most, as he’ll come off the books before it’s time to sign Cade Cunningham to a likely max extension. | https://uproxx.com/dimemag/pistons-sign-bojan-bogdanovic-contract-extension-details/ | 2022-10-30T23:13:22 | en | 0.967004 |
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The Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons met on Sunday with first place in the NFC South on the line somehow despite being a game between 2-5 and 3-4 teams.
While it wasn’t the marquee game on paper, it became the game of the day as the two teams traded leads in the fourth quarter with some outrageous playmaking in the final minutes. The biggest play came from PJ Walker and DJ Moore, as Walker uncorked a bomb that traveled 70 yards in the air, with Moore somehow getting over the top of the defense to catch what appeared to be the game-winning touchdown.
PJ WALKER JUST DID THAT. HAIL MARY TO DJ MOORE. pic.twitter.com/dDYwoZhaGG
— NFL (@NFL) October 30, 2022
However, DJ Moore ripping his helmet off in celebration earned him a 15-yard penalty, which made the extra point a 48-yard attempt. Naturally, that got tugged just wide left and a Panthers win became 10 more minutes of football — with the Falcons naturally winning the toss to get the ball in overtime.
— highlight heaven (@lowlightheaven) October 30, 2022
It’s a miserable way to have a win taken away from you, particularly considering how great a play that was from Walker — who threw an all-time great pass on the money — and Moore. That said, the rule about not being able to remove your helmet on the field has been in the NFL for a very long time, so this isn’t something new that Moore would be surprised by. Moore was shown with a sheepish smile on the sideline after the missed extra point, as he could only hope to get a chance to atone for his mistake (again, after a great play) in overtime if the Panthers could get a stop on defense.
Clutch play CJ 💪 pic.twitter.com/We2cqbHspv
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) October 30, 2022
Luckily, the defense did him one better, picking off Marcus Mariota on a terrible deep shot attempt and then returning it inside the red zone, allowing the Panthers to set up the game-winning field goal with three runs. However, Eddy Pineiro again missed wide left from 34 yards, giving the Falcons life once again.
Naturally, the Falcons marched down the field to set up their own game-winning kick and Younghoe Koo didn’t miss.
The @AtlantaFalcons win a thriller! #CARvsATL pic.twitter.com/T0Vgc05Dvc
— NFL (@NFL) October 30, 2022
It is a dismal way for the Panthers to lose, with Moore and Pineiro both feeling sick after an incredible effort to have two chances to win the game. The Falcons, meanwhile, continue to win games somehow and are now first in the NFC South at 4-4, a game ahead of the Saints and Bucs. | https://uproxx.com/sports/dj-moore-touchdown-celebration-penalty-pj-walker-missed-extra-point-falcons-panthers-video-highlights/ | 2022-10-30T23:13:39 | en | 0.966133 |
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The Chicago Bears have not had a great season and offensive struggles have been a big reason why they came into Sunday’s game in Dallas with a 3-4 record.
The focal point for many has been the play of second year quarterback Justin Fields, who has struggled with consistency throwing the football, and hasn’t been helped by a bad receiving corps and play-calling that hasn’t exactly played to his strengths. The good news was that on Sunday, Fields wasn’t the main problem for the Bears, as he had a pair of touchdowns (one rushing and one passing) and no interceptions in the third quarter.
The bad news for the Bears was their defense had no answers for Dak Prescott and the Cowboys, who rolled up 35 points on them by the mid-third quarter. It was there that the Chicago offense finally gave way, with a David Montgomery fumble on third and 17 deep in their own territory, that was compounded by a rookie mistake from Fields when he jumped clear over Micah Parsons who was laying on the ground after recovering the fumble rather than touching him down.
CHAOS IN DALLAS!
📺: #CHIvsDAL on FOX
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/QMxVpZl61r pic.twitter.com/EeMvcZBY3U— NFL (@NFL) October 30, 2022
Fields literally has to try not to touch Parsons on this play, leaping completely over him after coming inches from Parsons on the ground, allowing the Cowboys star defender to pop up and jog to the end zone for the most improbable of touchdowns.
— Ⓜ️𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕤𝔻 ▶️ (@_MarcusD3_) October 30, 2022
The biggest mistake of this play is, of course, the fumble by Montgomery, but it’s emblematic of the Bears struggles this season that they would compound that with another error on the part of Fields, who in his second year should be accustomed to the NFL’s down by contact rules compared to college. This play all but snuffed out any hopes of a comeback for Chicago, when they had at one point pulled to within five of the Cowboys in the third quarter. | https://uproxx.com/sports/micah-parsons-fumble-return-td-justin-fields-jump-over-video/ | 2022-10-30T23:13:42 | en | 0.981056 |
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Dr. Tomia Austin looks forward to returning to the highest of seven hills every year for homecoming.
Some of her favorite parts of the week - seeing her friends and professors and attending the parade.
"Lots and lots of hugs and hey's and selfies these days and finding good FAMU gear," Austin said.
Day eight of the FAMU Homecoming Experience kicked off with a parade followed by a range of vendors lining Wahnish Way.
Hundreds of Rattlers came to campus to enjoy food, drinks, and reconnecting with old friends ahead of FAMU's homecoming game against the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff.
Freeman Hinson is excited to be back for the first time since he graduated five years ago.
"Coming back and kind of just like taking it all in. You kind of appreciate it more when you come back because when you're an undergrad you're kind of running around and really just looking for the parties but this time you know you kind of take part in the parade and look forward to seeing old students and friends that you're cool with so that's the best part about it," Hinson said.
With a week full of festivities including the Coronation ball, concerts, FAMFEST, convocation and live Good Morning America broadcasts... the only way Hinson can describe the entire experience is, "Family, food and just a whole lot of creativity just from what you see what they put on as far as a show, as far as the celebrities, as far as the alumni that come out, and just everything that goes into it," Hinson said.
Austin says it's definitely a "FAMUly" celebration that's unlike any other.
"Once you're a Rattler, you're always a Rattler and you start recognizing faces and some call us a cult, but if you show that orange and green, you know about that Rattler spirit it matters not," Austin said. | https://www.wtxl.com/community/florida-a-m-university-celebrates-2022-homecoming-with-parade-events-saturday | 2022-10-30T23:14:08 | en | 0.970894 |
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist was among the many visitors who attended Florida A&M University's Homecoming parade Saturday.
"Unbelievable. The energy here is incredible. It's a great FAMU Homecoming day and I'm so honored to be here," Crist said.
With 2022 election less than two weeks away, ABC 27 got an inside look into the Democratic challenger's thoughts on the Florida governor race and his plans for his campaign.
Crist is running against Republican incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis for the spot of Florida's next governor.
As of Oct. 24, Crist was polling against DeSantis with a 10-or-more-point deficit.
Despite this, Saturday Crist seemed optimistic about his campaign.
"We just got a poll yesterday that has us ahead. The only poll that matters is when they all vote because when we vote, we win," Crist said.
Crist also shared his plans for how he would help out on the state's Historically black colleges.
"What I did in Congress and vote them millions of dollars. I had the opportunity to do that with David Scott from Atlanta, great friend, great man, always has FAMU's back," Crist said.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and challenger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were very close in Brazil’s runoff presidential election Sunday after 50.9% of the votes had been tallied. The election pits an incumbent vowing to safeguard conservative Christian values against a former president promising to return the country to a more prosperous past.
Bolsonaro has 50.3% compared with 49.7% for da Silva, according to the country’s election authority.
Polls closed at 5 p.m. (2000 GMT; 4 p.m. EDT) nationwide. Because the vote is conducted electronically, initial results are out quickly and final results are usually available a few hours later.
In the first round of voting, on Oct. 2, the first half of votes tallied showed Bolsonaro ahead, with da Silva pulling ahead later after votes from his strongholds were counted. Both men are well-known, divisive political figures who stir passion as much as loathing.
The vote will determine if the world’s fourth-largest democracy stays the same course of far-right politics or returns a leftist to the top job — and, in the latter case, whether Bolsonaro will accept defeat. There were multiple reports of what critics said appeared attempts to suppress turnout of likely da Silva voters.
Voting stations in the capital, Brasilia, were already crowded by morning and, at one of them, retired government worker Luiz Carlos Gomes said he would vote for da Silva.
“He’s the best for the poor, especially in the countryside,” said Gomes, 65, who hails from Maranhao state in the poor northeast region. “We were always starving before him.”
Because the vote is conducted electronically, the final result is usually available within hours after voting stations close in late afternoon. Most opinion polls gave a lead to da Silva, universally known as Lula, though political analysts agreed the race grew increasingly tight in recent weeks.
For months, it appeared that da Silva was headed for easy victory as he kindled nostalgia for his 2003-2010 presidency, when Brazil’s economy was booming and welfare helped tens of millions join the middle class.
But while da Silva topped the Oct. 2 first-round elections with 48% of the vote, Bolsonaro was a strong second at 43%, showing opinion polls significantly underestimated his popularity. Many Brazilians support Bolsonaro’s defense of conservative social values and he has shored up support with vast government spending.
Candidates in Brazil who top the first round tend to win the runoff. But political scientist Rodrigo Prando said this campaign is so atypical that a Bolsonaro win could not be ruled out.
More than 150 million Brazilians are eligible to vote, yet about 20% of the electorate abstained in the first round. Both da Silva and Bolsonaro have focused efforts on driving turnout. The electoral authority prohibited any federal highway police operations from affecting voters’ passage on public transport.
Still, there were multiple reports of checkpoints and traffic stops. Television network Globo reported more than 500 stops, half of which in the northeast region, a Workers’ Party stronghold. The party filed a request for the arrest of the highway police’s director, and demanded the region’s polls remain open later.
Human Rights Watch, an international nonprofit, said in a statement it was “very concerned” about the reports.
Speaking to reporters in Brasilia, the electoral authority’s president Alexandre de Moraes said the police force’s director had provided clarification that no stop lasted over 15 minutes, turnout wasn’t affected and polls would close at 5 p.m. local time, as scheduled.
“(Stops) were made in accordance with traffic laws and that stalled some voters, but all arrived to their voting places. No bus returned to its point of origin,” said de Moraes, adding that all traffic stops have since been suspended.
“If there was an abuse of power, that is an electoral crime. And we will look into that,” de Moraes said.
Gleisi Hoffmann, who leads the Workers’ Party, told reporters in Sao Paulo she doesn’t believe all voters stalled indeed cast their ballots, but also said her party doesn’t have an estimate as to how many people may have been deterred.
“We can’t think these voters arrived just because the highway police said so,” Hoffmann said in a press conference. “The head of the highway police is a militant of the Bolsonaro campaign.”
Bolsonaro was first in line to cast his vote at a military complex in Rio de Janeiro. He sported the green and yellow colors of the Brazilian flag that always feature at his rallies.
“I’m expecting our victory, for the good of Brazil,” he told reporters afterward. “God willing, we will be victorious this afternoon. Actually, Brazil will be victorious.”
Da Silva voted Sunday morning in Sao Bernardo do Campo, a city outside Sao Paulo, where he lived for decades and started his political career as a union leader. He wore white, as he often has during the campaign, rather than his party’s traditional red.
“Today we are choosing the kind of Brazil we want, how we want our society to organize. People will decide what kind of life they want,” da Silva told reporters. “That’s why this is the most important day of my life. I am convinced that Brazilians will vote for a plan under which democracy wins.”
The candidates presented few proposals for the country’s future beyond affirming they will continue a big welfare program for the poor, despite very limited fiscal room going forward. They railed against one another and launched online smear campaigns — with considerably more attacks coming from Bolsonaro’s camp.
On the eve of the election, Bolsonaro shared video on Twitter of former U.S. President Donald Trump endorsing him, saying that he has secured Brazil’s universal respect on the world stage. Da Silva has specifically criticized Bolsonaro for the nation’s fallen stature abroad, highlighting the dearth of state visits and bilateral meetings.
“Don’t lose him, don’t let that happen,” Trump said in the video. “It would not be good for your country. I love your country, but it would not be good. So get out and vote for President Bolsonaro. He’s doing the job like few people could.”
His four years in office have been marked by proclaimed conservatism and defense of traditional Christian values. He claimed that his rival’s return to power would usher in communism, legalized drugs, abortion and the persecution of churches — things that didn’t happen during da Silva’s earlier eight years in office.
On Sunday, Livia Correia and her husband, Pedro, brought her two young kids to a voting station in Rio’s Copacabana neighborhood, where Bolsonaro supporters regularly rally. They all wore green-and-yellow shirts. Livia, 36, said she voted for Bolsonaro because he defends the things she holds dear: “family values, God and freedom of expression.”
Da Silva has homed in on Bolsonaro’s widely criticized handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and said the president failed to care for society’s neediest members. And he painted Bolsonaro as an opponent of the Amazon rainforest, given that he defanged environmental authorities and presided over a surge in deforestation.
But for many, the record of da Silva’s Workers’ Party is equally off-putting. A sprawling investigation revealed the party’s involvement in vast corruption scandals that ensnared top politicians and executives.
Da Silva himself was imprisoned for 19 months for corruption and money laundering. The Supreme Court annulled his convictions in 2019, on the grounds that the judge was biased and colluded with prosecutors. That did not stop Bolsonaro from reminding voters of the convictions.
The president’s tremendous digital mobilization was on display in recent days as his campaign introduced fresh — and unproven — claims of possible electoral manipulation. That revived fears that Bolsonaro could challenge election results should he lose — much like Trump, whom he admires.
For months, he claimed that the nation’s electronic voting machines are prone to fraud, though he never presented evidence, even after the electoral authority set a deadline for him to do so.
More recently, allegations focused on airtime for political ads. Bolsonaro’s campaign claimed that radio stations may have hurt their candidate by failing to air more than 150,000 electoral spots.
“If da Silva wins, we’re going to have a problem,” said Pedro Correia, 40, who joined his wife and two children in Copacabana.
“It’s impossible that he wins,” he said.
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SAO PAULO ― Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, defeating far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in a heated contest during which the incumbent repeatedly threatened to dismantle the world’s fourth-largest democracy.
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Tribunal called the race for da Silva just before 7 p.m. Eastern time, with the leftist holding a narrow 50.83% to 48.17% lead with more than 98% of votes counted.
The victory will complete a triumphant return to the top of Brazilian politics for da Silva, the leader of the leftist Workers’ Party who previously served as the country’s president from 2003 to 2010, then spent nearly two years in prison on a corruption conviction that was ultimately annulled.
Four years after Brazilian discontent with a political establishment that da Silva had long represented helped propel Bolsonaro to victory, Brazilians turned back to the man they refer to simply as “Lula” in historic fashion: Bolsonaro is now the first president since Brazil’s return to democracy in the late 1980s to fail to win a second term.
The election did not provide a resounding defeat of Bolsonaro, one of a cadre of right-wing leaders putting democracies at risk worldwide, which da Silva and many of his supporters had once hoped for. But it was still a rejection of a leader who had spent his four years targeting Brazil’s democratic institutions and who seemed likely to use a second term in office to further erode the country’s democracy.
Da Silva and Bolsonaro advanced to Sunday’s runoff round after finishing as the top two candidates in a first round of voting on Oct. 2. In the closing stages of the race, the leftist who helped topple Brazil’s erstwhile military dictatorship a generation ago harked back to that fight for democracy in an effort to inspire Brazilians to reject a more modern threat.
He also pledged to renew Brazil’s fight against deforestation in the Amazon rainforest and reclaim its role as an important player on the world stage, where Bolsonaro has been increasingly isolated because of his anti-climate and anti-democracy actions.
Now attention will turn to how Bolsonaro will greet the news of his defeat.
For the last two years, Bolsonaro has targeted Brazil’s election system, which experts regard as one of the world’s best, with a barrage of attacks and conspiracy theories about voter fraud. He has said he would only accept the results if he believed they were “clean,” while also making it clear that any election he lost could not be considered such. And he has at times told supporters that he is willing to “go to war” to remain in office and prevent da Silva and the leftist Workers Party from returning to power.
Hours into Sunday’s vote, social media sites exploded with reports that police had begun stopping buses carrying voters to the polls, particularly in the northeastern region that is da Silva’s strongest base. The stops made by the Federal Highway Police ― there were more than 500 in all, and more than half occurred in northeastern states, according to reports ― defied the electoral court’s prohibition on such investigations during election day and drew cries of voter suppression from the Workers’ Party and its allies.
Multiple news outlets reported that the stops were part of a deliberate strategy developed by the Bolsonaro government in meetings held at the presidential residence earlier this month.
Alexandre de Moraes, the head of Brazil’s top electoral court, ordered the police to stop the operations but insisted that they had not affected the race: “We didn’t have any voters who didn’t vote because of the operations,” he said.
Bolsonaro had already ramped his threats against Brazil’s electoral authorities earlier in the week. He warned Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal, which oversees elections, that he may seek “ultimate consequences” in response to its refusal to investigate claims from Bolsonaro’s campaign that radio stations had censored his advertisements. (There was no evidence to support the assertions.) Eduardo Bolsonaro, the president’s son and a member of Brazil’s Congress, said that the elections should be delayed in a television interview Thursday night.
Bolsonaro has used rallies throughout this year to suggest that his supporters could take to the streets to contest the election results, and a sizable bloc of his voters have indicated in polls that they do not want him to recognize the results. Earlier this month, he told them to remain at polling places after they voted Sunday to monitor for potential irregularities ― which have never been seriously reported in Brazilian elections.
There is little chance, most experts believe, that Bolsonaro could successfully undermine the election results. Da Silva and his allies have said they have no doubt that the outcome will ultimately be respected and certified, and called for international leaders ― including U.S. President Joe Biden and heads of state from Europe and around the world ― to swiftly recognize the results.
“The people want democracy, and want the vote to be respected,” Aloízio Mercadante, a longtime da Silva ally, told reporters at a Thursday news conference.
Da Silva on Saturday said that he hoped Bolsonaro would respect the results but that he did not need the president to participate in ceremonial transition festivities.
“If necessary,” he said in São Paulo, “I’ll receive the presidential sash from the Brazilian people.”
The United States and many European nations have expressed confidence in the Brazilian electoral system for months. Brazil’s largest newspaper reported Sunday that Biden is planning to send White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan to visit the country in the coming days to help lend legitimacy to the result and foster a smooth transition.
As president, da Silva oversaw an economic boom that catapulted Brazil to the cusp of global superpower status. By the time he left office in 2010, his country was a major international player on issues like climate change, a key member of a bloc of emerging nations that included China and India, talking about a potential permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, and on the verge of overtaking nations like France and the United Kingdom economically.
Da Silva’s expansions of social welfare programs helped boost millions of Brazilians out of poverty, while affirmative action policies opened college admissions and government jobs to Black Brazilians who had lacked access to them.
He was, as former U.S. President Barack Obama declared, “the most popular politician in the world,” with approval ratings north of 80%.
Then it all fell apart: The economy collapsed under da Silva’s successor, President Dilma Rousseff, who was also a member of the Workers’ Party. Da Silva was the most high-profile of the hundreds of politicians ensnared in a massive political corruption crisis. His political career seemed over, his legacy impossibly tarnished. Bolsonaro surged to an improbable victory in 2018’s election that was premised, first and foremost, on vanquishing the Workers’ Party and da Silva for good. During that campaign, he promised that members of the PT, as the party is known in Portuguese, would have two options: “Leave, or go to jail.”
Instead, da Silva, who maintained his innocence all along, came roaring back. In 2019, The Intercept Brazil exposed judicial and prosecutorial improprieties in the corruption investigation into him, and his conviction was eventually annulled.
Bolsonaro’s authoritarian approach to the presidency and his scandal-plagued government turned many Brazilians against him. Bolsonaro focused intently on waging a right-wing culture war throughout his presidency, targeting LGBTQ people, Indigenous rights, the press and his critics. He took a conspiratorial approach to the coronavirus pandemic, opposing lockdowns, vaccines and other mitigation measures even as the virus killed more than 680,000 Brazilians ― the second-highest official total in the world.
The pandemic and record rates of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest embarrassed and isolated Brazil on the world stage, and left many in the country weary of the right-winger.
In August, elite business leaders, judges and lawyers released a letter in defense of Brazilian democracy that did not mention Bolsonaro by name but was clearly meant to highlight the fears that he might tear it down. Civil society groups traveled to the U.S. and Europe to raise alarm. And senior officials and lawmakers in both the United States and Europe expressed major concerns about the election, warning Bolsonaro to stop threatening it.
Still, Bolsonaro gained momentum in the polls early in the runoff as he shifted the focus onto his opponent: In one poll, 43% of voters said they regarded da Silva’s return as the “worst possible outcome” for the country, a number equal to those who viewed a second Bolsonaro term as such.
He also launched an unprecedented spending blitz that promised billions of dollars in new aid to poorer voters in an attempt to swing their votes. And his supporters hammered da Silva with a barrage of false allegations that spread across social networks like YouTube and WhatsApp.
But Bolsonaro stagnated in the race’s final weeks, in part because his anti-democratic threats to the country and its institutions were often on full display.
Prominent members of Brazil’s centrist establishment backed da Silva, helping him build a “broad front” of allies: Sen. Simone Tebet, a centrist who finished third in the election’s first round, endorsed da Silva and campaigned relentlessly for him. Pre-election surveys suggested that as many as 70% of her voters intended to back da Silva on Sunday. The week before the vote, a prominent Bolsonaro ally attacked police who were trying to arrest him, a development that helped put a stop to Bolsonaro’s rise in the polls.
Major issues facing Brazil were largely drowned in a sea of fake news that turned the runoff race into a slog to the finish line. In television ads, however, both candidates focused largely on the the state of Brazil’s economy, as rising costs of food. Da Silva argued that Bolsonaro was responsible for surges in hunger and poverty rates, and promised that he would restore their “right to barbecue” ― a nod to the high costs of meat that had rendered it unaffordable for many Brazilians. Bolsonaro countered by leaning on his late expansions of aid to the poor and the economy’s general improvement in the months before the election.
Da Silva’s campaign was light on specific detail: He largely chose to remind Brazilians of the economic prosperity and social advances made during his presidency more than a decade ago. Late in the race, he released an outline of his economic platform and pledged to pursue an ambitious environmental agenda that could be likened to a Brazilian version of the Green New Deal that progressives in the United States sought to implement.
The Brazil that he will now lead, however, is in a much different position than the one he left.
Its economy has still not fully recovered from the last decade’s collapse or the pandemic. The sort of social assistance da Silva delivered as president may be constrained by caps on spending. Reversing rates of deforestation in the Amazon will pose a challenge. Brazil’s power on the global stage is not what it once was, even if the United States and many leaders in Europe will likely welcome his victory as a chance to partner on trade, climate and other issues.
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A woman yelled out that Barack Obama was “fine” after the former president made references to himself growing older while speaking at a rally for Democratic voters in Detroit on Saturday.
“I have to admit that sometimes going out on the campaign trail feels a little harder than it used to,” the 44th president said to the crowd at Renaissance High School. “Not just because I’m older and grayer…”
A woman directly behind Obama responded to the 61-year-old’s self-critique by screaming that he was “finer than a mug,” suggesting he was still in pristine form in her eyes. “Mug” is a euphemism for “motherfucker” within the Black community.
While the audience laughed at the woman’s compliment, Obama asked if she could repeat herself.
“She said I was still fine,” Obama said into the mic with a smile. “I’m not gonna tell Michelle you said that, although Michelle does agree. She knows,” he said, referring to the former first lady.
A video of the interaction between Obama and the woman has garnered more than 5 million views on Twitter.
Obama was in Michigan to support Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s reelection on Nov. 8 against her Republican opponent, Tudor Dixon. At the rally, Obama talked about key factors affecting the psyche of voters, including abortion and inflation, while attempting to galvanize them to participate at the polls.
While speaking about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) husband, Paul Pelosi, on Friday and the botched kidnapping of Whitmer in 2020, Obama was interrupted by a heckler.
The person continuously yelled, “Mr. President,” until he got Obama’s attention.
“Sir, sir, sir. Sir, this is what I’m saying,” Obama said. “Look, there’s a process that we set up in our democracy. Right now, I’m talking. You’ll have a chance to talk sometime soon.”
“We like each other, we don’t have to shout each other down — it’s not a good way to do business,” Obama continued. “You wouldn’t do that in the workplace. You wouldn’t just interrupt people in the middle of a conversation. It’s not how we do things.” | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/obama-michigan-voting-rally_n_635ed702e4b07c6cedc440cb | 2022-10-30T23:17:15 | en | 0.972205 |
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other members of the sports world are condemning recent incidents of hate speech toward Jewish people — not just the antisemitic comments by the music mogul formerly known as Kanye West, but also outside of a college football game in Florida on Saturday night.
A day after the NBA and Brooklyn Nets issued disapproving statements in response to Kyrie Irving’s apparent support for an antisemitic film, other team executives and athletes are speaking out against hatred and intolerance, on and off the field.
At some point during the football game between Florida and Georgia on Saturday night, the phrase “Kanye is right about the jews” was projected on the outside of one of the end zones at the TIAA Bank Field stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a reference to recent antisemitic comments that Ye has made on social media and in interviews — comments that have led to him losing partnerships with Adidas and several other companies.
The University of Florida and University of Georgia issued a joint statement Sunday morning condemning the hate speech on the stadium and “the other anti-Semitic messages that have appeared in Jacksonville.” The schools also said they “together denounce these and all acts of anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred and intolerance. We are proud to be home to strong and thriving Jewish communities at UGA and UF, and we stand together against hate.”
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said on social media his northeast Florida city is “made better because of its diversity. Those who spread messages of hate, racism and antisemitism will not be able to change the heart of this city or her people. I condemn these cowards and their cowardly messages.”
And Shad Khan, the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars, who play in the TIAA Bank Field stadium, said on social media that he was “personally dismayed” by the rhetoric, calling it, “hurtful and wrong.”
“It has to stop. I’m asking everyone to make it their mission to end the ignorance and hate,” Khan said. “Let’s be better.”
Last year, the Anti-Defamation League recorded 2,717 incidents of harassment, vandalism or violence targeting Jews — the highest annual total since it began tracking these incidents in 1979. The recent antisemitic incidents come four years after the deadliest attack on American Jews, when 11 people were killed at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, and just days before the contentious midterm elections throughout the U.S.
A nonprofit founded by Kraft took the extra step of planning to air an ad during the Patriots-New York Jets game on Sunday that condemned anti-Jewish hate speech and encouraged people who are not Jewish to speak up against antisemitism.
“Recently many of you have spoken up,” the 30-second ad from Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism said. “We hear you today. We must hear you tomorrow. There are less than 8 million Jewish people in this country. Fewer than are watching this ad. They need you to add your voice.”
The ad, which was scheduled to air during the first quarter of the game, ends with the hashtag: #StandUptoJewishHate.
“I have committed tremendous resources toward this effort and am vowing to do more,” Kraft said in a statement. “I encourage others to join in these efforts. My hope is this commercial will continue to enhance the national conversation about the need to speak out against hatred of all types, and particularly to stand up to Jewish hate.”
Also this week, Nets owner Joe Tsai said he was disappointed by Irving, a seven-time All-Star who appeared to support a film Tsai said was “based on a book full of antisemitic disinformation” when he posted a link for the film “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America” on Twitter on Thursday.
Nets coach Steve Nash said the organization had “spoken to Kyrie about it” but didn’t give specifics. The NBA also spoke up Saturday, saying that “hate speech of any kind is unacceptable.”
“We believe we all have a role to play in ensuring such words or ideas, including antisemitic ones, are challenged and refuted and we will continue working with all members of the NBA community to ensure that everyone understands the impact of their words and actions,” the league said.
Irving, however, responded in a postgame news conference Saturday, claiming to believe in all religions and saying he is “not a divisive person when it comes to religion.” He added he wouldn’t “stand down on anything I believe in.”
“Did I do anything illegal? Did I hurt anybody?” Irving said. “Did I harm anybody? Am I going out and saying that I hate one specific group of people?”
Texas A&M’s football team changed up how it entered the field Saturday night before its 31-28 loss to No. 15 Mississippi. After coming out to “Power” by Ye since 2012, the Aggies instead entered to an instrumental of “Bonfire” by Childish Gambino. Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork criticized West’s comments earlier this week.
The fallout around Ye’s comments also includes Donda Sports, a brand management agency he founded. Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald and Boston Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown terminated their associations with the agency, with Donald and his wife, Erica, denouncing the “displays of hate and antisemitism” by Ye.
The high-profile basketball team at Ye’s Donda Academy in California also has been affected, with the Los Angeles Times reporting Friday that it had confirmed four major tournaments had dropped the school.
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AP Pro Football Writer Mark Long, AP Pro Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney and AP Sports Writer Erica Hunzinger contributed to this report.
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In just three years, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has gone from prisoner to president-elect.
After being jailed on corruption charges, the left-wing da Silva engineered a stunning political resurrection on Sunday by winning Brazil's presidential runoff election over right-wing incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro.
Official returns gave da Silva, who is a former two-term president, 50.83% of the vote compared to 49.17% for Bolsonaro. Da Silva will be sworn-in for a four-year term on Jan. 1.
Da Silva and Bolsonaro were the two top finishers in a first round of presidential voting on Oct. 2 that featured 11 candidates. But neither da Silva nor Bolsonaro secured more than half the votes required for an outright victory, forcing this weekend's runoff election.
The balloting was largely peaceful after a months-long polarizing campaign that turned violent, with authorities reporting the killings of at least four da Silva supporters at the hands of pro-Bolsonaro fanatics.
Bolsonaro, 67, a populist in the mold of former U.S. President Donald Trump, served as an army captain during Brazil's military dictatorship that lasted from 1964-85 and filled his cabinet with former officers. He repeatedly challenged the legitimacy of the election and the reliability of Brazil's electronic voting machines and hinted that he might not accept the results if he lost.
His anti-democratic rhetoric alarmed many Brazilians, while 77-year-old da Silva promised a return to normality.
"We are going to fix the country and you are going to be happy again," he told voters in the run-up to balloting.
Da Silva has promised to increase the minimum wage and jump-start the economy, which has been flagging since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Brazil and caused nearly 700,000 deaths – the world's second-highest death toll after the U.S. He has also pledged to protect the Amazon rainforest after deforestation hit a 15-year high under Bolsonaro.
Sunday's victory was perhaps the most spectacular in da Silva's roller-coaster political career.
After three failed runs for the presidency, da Silva was elected to the post in 2002 then reelected in 2006. As president, he oversaw an economic boom that helped lift millions out of poverty, making him an icon of the Latin American left.
However, after leaving office, Lula became ensnared in a wide-ranging bribery scandal that landed him in prison for 580 days. His political career appeared to be over. But he was released on a technicality in 2019 and launched yet another run for the presidency that quickly garnered enthusiastic support.
His victory will help consolidate a leftward shift in Latin America where, from Mexico to Argentina, the biggest countries are run by leftist presidents.
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