News 26/10/26

Two men have been killed by falling trees as Storm Boelo pummelled the UK with winds of up to 84 miles per hour, leaving 800,000 homes without power and causing widespread flooding.

Authorities confirmed a sixty-year-old man died near Castle Douglas in Dumfries, while a man in his twenties was killed when a tree fell on his car in north London. Two women were also hospitalised after being struck by a falling tree in Perth and Kinross. Scotland, Northern Ireland, and northern England suffered the worst impact over the weekend.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been re-elected president of Brazil after a tight contest against right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, though his opponent has refused to accept the official result.

Meanwhile in Serbia, long-serving pro-Russian leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat following a decisive vote that saw a student-led opposition movement deal a major blow to his government. Mr Vucic has urged his supporters to avoid violence.