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Clean-up begins at Brazil's ransacked Supreme Court

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The clean-up of Brazil's Supreme Court building is under way after supporters of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro occupied it for around four hours on Sunday. Police are working in the secured building, surrounded by smashed glass, ransacked offices and vandalised artwork. Gilmar Mendes, a Supreme Court judge, describes the event as a "monstrous brutality".

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