The feud between Elon Musk and the Brazilian government is due to Musks close links with the US Republican Party that is opposed to President Lula, says a Brazilian journalist.

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country, according to a copy of his decision.

An airplane carrying 58 passengers and four crew crashed Friday in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, killing everyone on board, local officials said.

Brazil condemns Israel’s latest attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, calling for global action to stop the regime’s massacres.

"The agreement is a concrete contribution to an economically viable Palestinian state," the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said.

Rains returned to Rio Grande do Sul on Friday as the death toll from historic floods in Brazil's southernmost state reached 113.

Authorities were racing against time to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides that have killed at least 65 and forced nearly 80,000 to flee their homes in southern Brazil.