Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won an unprecedented fourth term, the country’s electoral court said, in a shock result that defied polls, precedent and global ​anti-incumbent sentiment to put the brakes on a wave of right-wing election victories across Latin America.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado returned home on Sunday after nearly a year away, following several failed attempts to return that strained her ties with US President Donald Trump’s administration.

Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat to a student-led protest movement in a historic election on Sunday that ends his long grip on power and ​heralds a new political era in the Balkan country.

French protest groups and unions called for further demonstrations as they ​sought to maintain pressure on the government.

Voting opened in New Zealand on Monday for the November 7 general election, with ballot boxes available for nearly two weeks at ​shopping centres, transport hubs and community halls, ahead of what is ‌expected to be a closely contested race.

North Korea said it had written to the UN ​Security Council, accusing South Korea of fabricating a September ‌landmine incident and endangering troops working to fortify the border, state media KCNA reported.

Jordan’s King Abdullah ordered security forces to respond with an “iron fist” as authorities searched for gunmen who opened fire and killed nine people during a church funeral service.

The Israeli military ​forced around 1,200 Palestinians to leave their homes in Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in France.

Protests against war and rising living costs took place in major ​Italian cities.

Albanian riot police used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who ​threw rocks at officers .

Belgian police used tear gas and pepper spray as ​they clashed in Brussels on Saturday with anti-government ‌demonstrators calling for better conditions in the education system, Reuters witnesses and Belgian media reported.