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More than three weeks after losing a re-election bid, outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday blamed a software bug and demanded the electoral authority annul votes cast on most of the nation's electronic voting machines, though independent experts say the bug doesn't affect the reliability of results.

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia would achieve all of its aims in the military operation in Ukraine, its first public response to dramatic Ukrainian gains on the battlefield in the Kharkiv region.

In today's Morning Brief, the latest on the Saskatchewan stabbing rampage: what we know now, and what police are still investigating.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unscheduled visit to Kyiv on Thursday as the Biden administration announced major new military aid worth more than $2 billion US for Ukraine and other European countries who feel threatened by Russia.

The view of the war from inside Ukraine varies depending on where you are. For two weeks, CBC News senior correspondent Susan Ormiston has been crossing the country where the war has become a normal part of life for some. In the capital of Kyiv, businesses are re-opening, communities are rebuilding, and some who fled at the start of the war have returned. Meanwhile, in Kherson and Kharkiv, fierce fighting continues as Ukraine’s counteroffensive reportedly ramps up. The Ukrainians say they�...

Two men and two women step off a bus to Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, a 70-km trip that took about 17 hours because of shelling. A family of five left for safer ground by car. Over six months into the Russian invasion, many internally displaced people are now fleeing as Ukrainian forces try to gain back ground in the southern areas of the country.

Ravil Maganov, the chairman of Russia's second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, died on Thursday after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, two sources familiar with the situation said.

Six months into the Russia-Ukraine conflict, there are no signs of slowing from either side. Without a clear picture of how the next six months will unfold, analysts say one thing is certain — Ukraine will need continued support from the West, both financially and militarily, to continue its fight.

Residents of Uvalde, Texas, say they don't know what to make of the stunning admission by police Friday that they waited more than an hour outside the locked door of two classrooms at Robb Elementary School while children were inside with the gunman who shot 19 of their classmates and two teachers.

Sylvia Uriegas, a school bus driver in Uvalde, Texas, tells CBC News's Susan Ormiston that the loss of 19 children is 'personal' because she drove many of them to school every day.