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The recent selection of Mohammed al-Sudani as the official nominee of a coalition led by Tehran-backed Shiite parties sparked Wednesday's demonstrations in Baghdad.
Polling stations open in Brazil for the most divisive presidential election in the country in years, with far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro the clear favorite in the first round. IMAGES
Our panel of journalists looks at anti-government demonstrations across Iran flaring up a week ago, the biggest since the 2009 post-electoral protests in Tehran. We look also at the first visit to Paris of Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan since the election of Emmanuel Macron; Trump threatening the Palestinians, Pakistan and North Korea; Emmanuel Macron promising reporters a bill as early as next month to combat fake news.
Brazilians are voting for a new president this Sunday. Dilma Rousseff and her pro-business challenger Aecio Neves are focusing on voters who receive welfare benefits, a quarter of the population. Next, Associated Press reporters reveal that former Nazi war criminals are benefiting from Social Security benefits paid by the US government. Finally, the world of fashion loses one of its greats. Dominican-American designer Oscar de La Renta has died at 82.
On the eve of the mid-term elections, the electoral battle is raging on the American web. The net relays the combat of a group of Iranians seeking asylum in Greece. And what appears to be a woman with a mobile phone in a Charlie Chaplin film.