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Brazil's top court found Jaya Bolsonaro, the former president, guilty of plotting a coup

after losing the 2022 election.

Three justices voted to convict, one voted to acquit, and one will vote on Friday,

when Mr. Bolsonaro is expected to be sentenced.

Alexandra de Morais, the judge leading the case, accused Mr. Bolsonaro of heading a criminal organization that would

have returned Brazil to dictatorship. He faces decades in prison. The FBI said they have recovered

the rifle used to kill Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist who was shot at a university event in Utah on Wednesday.

They said that the suspect, who is at large, appears to be of college age and released a photograph

of a person of interest. Donald Trump, America's president, blamed the rhetoric of the radical

left for Mr. Kirk's killing.

Sequeer Stama, Britain's Prime Minister, withdrew Peter Mendelsohn as ambassador to America.

James Roscoe, Lord Mendelsohn's deputy, will replace him as interim ambassador.

Lord Mendelsohn faced pressure to resign after emails emerged

showing his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, a deceased American paedophile, continued after Epstein's

indictment in 2008 for soliciting sex from a minor. His sacking comes days before Mr. Trump's state visit to Britain.

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