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Ukraine's new political landscape

Reality Check: Ukraine election; Brazil election; HRW Boko Haram abductions report; China peacekeeping; Dylan Thomas anniversary.

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An elderly Ukrainian woman inspects her ballot papers during the parliamentary elections on Sunday.

Ukraine

Pro-European parties are in the lead as votes in the parliamentary election are counted. What does the result mean, given that there was no voting in eastern areas that remain under the control of pro-Russian separatist rebels? Anton Shekhovtsov, visiting fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna analyses the result:

Brazil

President Dilma Rousseff won Sunday’s run-off election, after a divisive campaign that pitted poorer Brazilians grateful for government anti-poverty programs against those exasperated with a stalled economy. What are the challenges ahead? We speak to Fiona Macaulay from the University of Bradford:

Nigeria

In April, the abduction by Boko Haram of more than 200 girls from Chibok dominated the headlines. Human Rights Watch has published a report documenting many more abductions and criticising failures by the Nigerian government:

China

Next year, Beijing will be sending 700 peacekeepers to South Sudan to join a UN mission there. It will be the first time China has contributed an infantry battalion to a UN peacekeeping mission. Jair van der Lijn from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute explains the evolution of Chinese involvement in such operations:

Dylan Thomas

The Welsh poet was born 100 years ago today. Popular in his lifetime, and after his death at the age of 39, he also had a reputation for drunken, wild behaviour. John Cummins takes a look at Thomas’ life, his poetry, and his influence: