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Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales says his car was shot at amid rising political tensions in the South American country.The politician posted a Facebook video appearing to show him sitting in the passenger seat with at least two bullet holes in the windscreen. In the video, which has not yet been independently verified, the driver appeared injured but was able to continue driving.In a radio interview after the incident, Mr Morales said two vehicles intercepted him on the road and fired upon his car, claiming a bullet passed "centimetres" from his head.It comes at a time of high tensions, with supporters of Mr Morales blocking highways in the centre of the country as police and security forces try to clear them. Bolivia's government recently criticised Mr Morales for "destabilising" the cou...

At least 24 people have died after a bus tipped over in western Mexico, according to authorities.The bus had collided with a trailer that detached from a truck transporting corn, they added. At least five other people are believed to have been injured in the incident, which happened in the early hours of Saturday as the bus was leaving Tepic in the western Mexico state of Nayarit.In a video on social media, Juan Manríquez Moreno, coordinator of the National Guard in Zacatecas, explained that the truck trailer detached on a highway before the bus collided with it, causing the vehicle to tip onto its right side.Images shared from the site of the crash showed rescue teams and security forces, including military personnel, securing the area while rescuers worked to recover the bodies. ...

Is Donald Trump a fascist? The 'F' word is in play in the final few days of this US election campaign.Trump's opponent Kamala Harris was asked whether she thought Donald Trump is a fascist during a CNN townhall in Pennsylvania this week and replied "Yes. I do. Yes. I do." She has shifted her campaign from smilingly spreading "joy", to concentrating on bread-and-butter issues and warnings about a Trump victory.People "care about bringing down the cost of groceries", she explained. "They also care about our democracy and not having a president of the United States who admires dictators and is a fascist."The spectre of fascism is in the news because of alarming threats from Trump himself, along with on the record responses to them by two top generals who served in the White House during Trump...

Georgia's ruling party has won the country's general election, beating its pro-EU and pro-Western opposition.The Central Election Commission (CEC) said the ruling Georgian Dream party, which has been in power for 12 years, had won 54% of the vote with more than 99% of precincts counted. Both Georgian Dream and the opposition blocs trying to end its time in power portrayed the vote as an existential choice between moving towards the West - potentially by joining the European Union - or tightening ties with its regionally-dominant neighbour, Russia.Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of Georgian Dream and a billionaire who made his fortune in Russia, has accused opposition parties of being "an agent of a foreign country that will only fulfil the tasks of a foreign country" - suggesting the West...