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Images of the resumed trial of Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil's electoral court reached the majority needed to declare the former far-right president ineligible for eight years on charges of "abuse of power", although two judges, who could request a postponement of the end of the trial, have yet to vote. IMAGES
Ahead of the verdict on the August 9 election results, the justices in the Supreme Court make statements to the press. The result has been contested by Raila Odinga's legal team who allege the vote tallying process was fraudulently run. IMAGES
Kenya's Chief Justice David Maraga is forced to postpone a last-minute hearing on whether or not to delay a presidential election, as only two of seven judges were present in court. SOUNDBITE
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) continues to examine on Thursday whether the 2014 re-election of President Dilma Rousseff and her then-vice president Temer should be invalidated because of corrupt campaign funding. If the court votes to scrap the election result, Temer -- who took over only last year when Rousseff was impeached -- would himself risk losing his office, forcing Brazil's congress to pick an interim president. IMAGES of the opening of the third TSE session.
The President of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, submits the minutes of Venezuela's presidential election, in which President Nicolas Maduro was reelected, to the Supreme Court. IMAGES