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The United States says it will issue visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family who have been widely reported to have fled Brazil.
The State Department says the 45 year old will be allowed into the country, despite a senior Brazilian Federal Police official saying the senator's Brazilian and diplomatic passports have been cancelled.
Brazilian police say there is no formal record of Flavio leaving the country, though CNN and other US outlets are reporting the Senator is heading to Florida after refusing to accept defeat in an election runoff battle.
Brazilian President Lula de Silva has called the Senator's departure a shameful act.
"If the Federal Police suspected he was going to leave Brazil, he ought to have surrendered his (passport). Regrettably, that is the Bolsonaro family for you. Brazil is their second homeland; their first homeland is the United States.”
Counting is underway in Israel's national elections which are being seen as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu's wartime leadership at the helm of the most far right party in the country's history.
SBS Chief International Correspondent Ben Lewis is in Israel and reports from the election night headquarters for Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party.
"There was dancing, singing and tears as exit polls results were revealed at the Yashar Election night party in Tel Aviv. There was some disappointment that Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party was the largest individual party, but most exit polls suggest the anti Netanyahu bloc led by Mr Eisenkot will have the most seats in the Knesset. That would put them in prime position to try and form a government, but they are short of the 61 seats required. They might need to do a deal with the Arab Israeli parties, which is something some of the party's partners are against. It could take weeks. Election night in Israel isn't the end of the story. There's some negotiations to come. In Tel Aviv, Ben Lewis, SBS World News."
The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling for a fresh approach to combating racism.
It's produced a new report that recommends a national anti-racism data plan to coordinate the collection, use and management of data on racist incidents across Australia.
Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman says the information currently available is fragmented or collected
inconsistently, which limits our understanding of the impacts of racism and how to address it.
He says people's experiences of racism are being erased without the complete information to hold institutions to account and give communities greater agency.
The Netherlands has changed its mind about returning to Eurovision in 2027, saying it will not be participating.
The Netherlands was one of five long-time participants - including Spain, Ireland, Iceland, and Slovenia - who boycotted the competition this year because of Israel's participation.
Dutch broadcasting organisation NPO announced in September it was sending a performer to the pop gala for next year's competition.
But NPO director Jet de Ranitz has now issued a statement saying it has been unable to secure a broadcaster who would send a Dutch artist and will stay away for the time being.
New figures show that deaths from an under-recognised lung disease are on par with prostate cancer, claiming 11 lives in Australia every day.
The Burden of Pulmonary Fibrosis Report says 22,000 Australians are living with irreversible and progressive lung scarring, a number that is significantly higher than previous estimates.
The report says 21 percent of cases are from workplace exposure in mining, farming, construction, and even hairdressing.
Dr Rolf Gomes from Heart of Australia says regional patients especially face critical delays in diagnosis.
"For a whole heap of reasons, patients in regional areas sometimes don't mention their symptoms for a while, or there may even be an element of denial. It might be oh look I've got this cough that's been around for months but we've just had a dust storm that's come through here. Or I've just been spraying some crops and it's been irritating my lungs. So when patients do present it's often at a later stage of disease."
After a disappointing finish in the Constellation Cup, National coach Stacey Marinkovich says the Diamonds team aren't being driven by a fear of losing their number one netball ranking.
The Diamonds have their final game against New Zealand at John Cain Arena in Melbourne tonight, but have already lost the trans-Tasman trophy after losing the first three matches.
If they lose this final game it could elevate the Kiwis to the status of the world's best, and dent the Diamonds' confidence ahead of their World Cup defence in Australia next year.
But Marinkovich maintains the ranking isn't their primary motivation.
