Biologen haben in Südamerika die lautstärksten Vögel der Welt gefunden – und rätseln, warum sie bloß so viel Krach machen.

Damit gilt der Sohn des ehemaligen Präsidenten als Favorit für die Stichwahl Ende Oktober – und nicht Amtsinhaber Lula da Silva. Der Ausgang der Wahl ist auch weit über Brasilien hinaus bedeutsam.

Flávio, Sohn des inhaftierten Ex-Präsidenten Jair Bolsonaro, hat gute Chancen, der nächste Staatschef Brasiliens zu werden. Nach den Wahlen am Sonntag könnte er seinen Vater begnadigen.

Instructors hurled Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas into 40-metre abyss without attaching safety equipment

A 21-year-old woman who died when two rope-jumping instructors threw her from a bridge without first harnessing her to security equipment has been buried in Brazil’s São Paulo state.

Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was rope jumping on Saturday at Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned bridge in the municipality of Limeira where tourists practise extreme sports. The young woman, who aspired to become a physical education teacher, had asked to be launched from the bridge airplane-style, with two instructors hoisting her above their shoulders as she spread out her arms.

As São Paulo faces a climate-induced water crisis, campaigners are fighting to reverse the impact of pollution and illegal deforestation on its largest reservoir

In a small motorboat laden with water-monitoring equipment, biologist Marta Marcondes and community activist Wesley Silvestre Rosa cross Billings reservoir on the far southern edge of São Paulo. Bright white herons glide over the water, which is flanked by thick dark green clusters of Brazil’s Atlantic forest, as the boat heads towards one of the more polluted parts of the reservoir.

“We see where sewage is entering, we see what has been deforested and how that has affected the water quality of the reservoir,” Marcondes says.

Former Brazil president, serving 27 years over attempted coup, given initial 90-day period that could be extended

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Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been granted permission to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health.

The decision by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes followed Bolsonaro’s hospitalization since 13 March for pneumonia, one of several health problems the former leader has faced since he was stabbed by a man in 2018 before he was elected president.