The country’s differing ideologies clash in the drama of the election. A report on politics, war and desert sand

The outgoing president has overturned the result of the first round. This has never happened before. Now the problem for the president is Bolsonaro’s clear majority in Congress. In Brazil, however, incumbent presidents have always managed to secure support in the most resourceful ways, and this time should be no exception.

The Italian driver is dominating in Austin and needs just two points to be mathematically certain of winning the Formula 1 World Championship. However, it cannot be ruled out that all five remaining Grand Prix races will actually take place. Ferrari are performing well

At 9 pm, the former President of the Republic conceded defeat following a day of tensions and reports of electoral irregularities. Two years after the collapse of the bus shelter in Novi Sad and the 16 victims commemorated at roadblocks every day, the students have won

Amidst conflict and technology, Tom Smith and Elliott Williams discuss their new album, Surface, Echo & Sound: “Music is there to give you hope and light when things are scary and dark”

A magical world in which desires, fears and longings merge. Adolescence is that phase of life in which formless chaos hovers around for several years without being summoned. It simply happens and exists. A dimension that transcends the present moment and projects itself towards a probable future. This reality, however, must contend with the evolution of a society that develops according to rules that are often unpredictable

 “China is an engineering-driven state incapable of stopping building, whilst America is a society dominated by lawyers, ready to block anything it can.” In Dan Wang’s new book, a comparison of two different ways of shaping the future 

From "Terminal list" to "Nobody wants this". Four titles that defy genres and expectations

He beats Garavaglia (who secures 25 per cent) and poses a threat to Meloni and the newspapers. Replacing group leader Romeo is either Dreosto or Paganella

Anyone who wants a future for the Palestinian people must oppose Hamas and those who use pro-Palestinian rhetoric – even in our own streets – as a weapon to foster hatred against the West, against capitalism, globalisation and an open society

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has returned to the country following Maduro’s capture and months in exile. Negotiations between the regime and the opposition are continuing, but the veto on her candidacy, political guarantees and the date of the new elections remain unresolved.

A professor of orthopaedics and traumatology at Sapienza University, he was also a competitive wrestler, judoka and sambo practitioner (the Soviet combat sport), having finished fourth at the European Championships: “I stopped because I didn’t have the time, not because I didn’t want to.” Interview

Whilst public debate focuses on the Maranza, there is a section of the country – which has always regarded the centre-right as a natural partner – that is protesting

The Salvini-Garavaglia clash takes place in a heavily guarded room; Romeo is attacked by the leader’s top aides and defends himself: “We’re losing votes; you’re boycotting me.” There is an air of purges, and Durigon suggests to Zaia that he join the political secretariat.

Tensions have flared between protesters and the police in several Italian cities. The entrances to the Colosseum were forced open. Piantedosi on the investigation into incitement to terrorism: “There are no safe havens.”

President Tango confirms that the association needs to review its accounts, but says that the average of salaries and arrears is “a long way from 100,000 euros”

Thousands of poor people were evicted, pushed to the outskirts of the city. Then one day, tall cranes arrived and, in the silence of the abandoned neighbourhood, began to tear down the buildings with a series of heavy thuds. A vast cloud of dust rose from the rubble. Just like the one, fifteen years later, from bombed-out Milan 

Kierkegaard regards paradox as the true key to understanding reality, for example in the idea of eternal youth. The light of one’s youth is Ariadne’s thread, which everyone loses and rediscovers along life’s journey. The “Tre discorsi edificanti” are available in bookshops. 

Whether in their professional or family lives, on television or in real life, American female diplomats are often a breed apart

Students gathered in one square, while Aleksandar Vučić held an impromptu rally in the other. The manifestos, the faces, and the latest slogans of two diametrically opposed societies, more divided than ever.

‘Vico Magistretti’s Chairs (LetteraVentidue)’ by Luca Poncellini is the evolution of the exhibition ‘Roughly 60 Chairs in 60 Years’, hosted at the Vico Magistretti Studio Museum Foundation. Not a catalogue, not a selection, but more specifically the essence of a design approach that was an idea of movement and presence in the world

A satirical dialogue between Schlein, Conte, Renzi, Fratoianni and a comedian

There are still not enough beds for thousands of students living away from home, but universities are expanding their provision through new halls of residence, investment and scholarships. The greatest difficulties are faced by the largest universities: in addition to protests, concrete solutions are needed to make rents affordable.

Jacopo Carucci, known as Pontormo, shook up the conventions of the Renaissance with unnatural colours and unsettling figures. At the Scuderie del Quirinale, a major exhibition rediscovers the eccentric and surly painter who sought his own unique way of representing reality.

Ahead of a highly anticipated derby, the manager of one of the teams, ‘the Poirot of football’, asks an artificial intelligence programme to draw up a sort of match plan. The story of a true event