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Ex-South Carolina governors endorse Democrat Annie Andrews in Senate race <p>Republican and Democrat come together for a rare joint endorsement of candidate in unexpected competitive race</p><p>Two South Carolina former governors, David Beasley and Jim Hodges, a Republican and Democrat respectively, have come together for a rare joint endorsement for Democrat Annie Andrews’s Senate bid.</p><p>Andrews, a pediatrician, is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/26/south-carolina-democrat-lindsey-graham-senate-seat">looking to flip the seat</a>, currently held by Darline Graham, the Trump-endorsed sister of the late senator Lindsey Graham, in what has become an unexpectedly competitive race for the usually reliably red state.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/south-carolina-governors-annie-andrews-senate">Continue reading...</a>
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British politicians among international delegates barred from entering West Bank <p>Group was on visit to meet Palestinian children, farmers and civil leaders facing escalating violence from Israeli forces</p><p>An international delegation including British politicians has been barred from entering the West Bank on a trip to meet Palestinian children, farmers and society leaders facing escalating violence from Israeli forces during olive harvest season.</p><p>The delegation of 23 people, including four elected representatives, was drawn from countries including France, Spain, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Greece, Holland, Ireland and the US. It included Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South, Lara Bird, MP for the Scottish National party, Kate Nevens, MSP for the Scottish Green party and Sam Tarry, a former Labour MP.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/british-politicians-among-international-delegates-barred-from-entering-west-bank">Continue reading...</a>
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Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports <p>Far-right senator banned from leaving country as supreme court ruling makes reference to money-laundering case </p><p>The far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro was banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports just hours after his dramatic loss in the presidential election to the leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.</p><p>The ruling was issued by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes, the same justice who oversaw the trial of the senator’s father, the former president Jair Bolsonaro, for attempting a coup.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/flavio-bolsonaro-brazil-lula-election">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 26, 2026The Guardian World