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The court-ordered ban comes after the site failed to suspend accounts under investigation for spreading disinformation. The social media network’s owner, Elon Musk, accused the Brazilian judge of being politically motivated and ‘destroying’ free speech.

Also on the programme: far-right and left-populist parties are expected to see a surge in support as voters in Germany’s east go to the polls; and the musicians recording the songs of prisoners in the US.

(Picture:Musk at an event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (unseen) in London, 2 November 2023. Credit: TOLGA AKMEN/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)