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Brazil's President Lula is in Portugal on a state visit. At a summit meeting with his counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Sunday, Lula once again advocated the idea of forming a group of states with the goal of "sitting down at a table with both Ukraine and Russia". Lula is scheduled to give a speech in parliament on Tuesday, the anniversary of Portugal's Carnation Revolution. Is this a good idea?

The Russian State Duma has passed amendments introducing a digital central conscription register. From now on conscription notices can be delivered electronically. Commentators analyse the potentially immense impact of this step for the military and society.

In March 2022, the Russian army bombed a maternity hospital in Mariupol. The images of helpers rescuing a wounded heavily pregnant woman went around the world, but the mother and child did not survive. The photo by Ukrainian AP photographer Evgeniy Maloletka has been named the World Press Photo of the Year. Media discuss the importance and impact of such images.

A power struggle between the two most powerful men in Sudan has claimed at least 330 lives since the weekend. Fierce clashes continued on Friday morning between the troops of de facto president General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by his deputy Mohammed Hamdan Daglo. Commentators take a closer look.