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Members of Portugal's centre-right opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) react to the release of an exit poll which predicts their victory in the elections. IMAGES
Almost all opposition candidates in Madagascar have called on voters to shun a presidential election scheduled for November 16, raising concerns about the vote. "We reject this Thursday's election and ask the Malagasy people to pretend it doesn't exist," Hajo Andrianainarivelo, 56, tells a press conference in Antananarivo, speaking on behalf of a group bringing together almost all of the 12 opposition candidates in the running. SOUNDBITE
Images of Turkish fighter jets taking off from a military base in Diyarbakir to carry out strikes against positions and targets of Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, "Turkey carried out air strikes this evening at 23:00 (20:00 GMT) in the regions of Tel Rifat, Cizire and Derik in northern Syria and destroyed 30 targets". Since Sunday evening, Ankara has been carrying out a campaign of drone bombings, which left at least nine people dead on Thursday, against PKK and YPG targets in Syria, in retaliation for the attack that wounded two policemen in Ankara on Sunday. IMAGES
In Sao Paulo, thousands of pro-Bolsonaro protesters demonstrate near the military command centre, demanding their intervention after Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has "authorised" the transition to a new government, without acknowledging his defeat to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and called for "peaceful" protests. IMAGES
Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro gather in front of the Brazilian Armed Forces headquarters in the capital Brasilia after his election defeat to call for military intervention after the victory of leftist Lula da Silva at the polls. In a speech that lasted just over two minutes, the far-right incumbent neither acknowledged defeat nor congratulated Lula on his victory. IMAGES
Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese says he wants to 'unite the country' after casting his vote in the federal election which will decide the country's next prime minister. "I want to represent all Australians, I want to unite the country. There's been a lot of divisions in recent times," Albanese says. SOUNDBITE
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