Government leaders
Brazil's Lula turns 81, vows to work '24 hours a day'
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned 81 on Tuesday, promising to work “24 hours a day” following his historic re-election for a fourth term. Lula won Sunday’s runoff against Flavio Bolsonaro with 51.8 per cent of the vote to the right-wing senator’s 48.2pc. He is one of the world’s oldest leaders; US President Donald Trump, who turned 80 in June, is only a few months younger. “I’m going to deliver the best term any president has ever served in the history of this country,” the leftist leader said in a video posted on Instagram. “I will dedicate 24 hours a day to making this cou