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  "id": 15000765,
  "title": "Brazil’s Lula says he now backs lowering age of criminal responsibility to 16",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/brazils-lula-says-he-now-backs-lowering-age-of-criminal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T16:47:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/16/brazil-lula-age-criminal-responsibility"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lula reverses position on age of responsibility for ‘heinous’ crimes in what many see as a desperate electoral gambit Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced that he now supports lowering the age of criminal responsibility for “heinous” crimes from 18 to 16, reversing a longstanding policy in what is widely seen as a desperate electoral gambit. The U-turn, which Lula…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/how-an-extremist-network-articulated-a-hoax-linking-brazils-president",
        "published": "2026-10-16T13:10:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Meta employees said Lula's accounts were hindered during Brazil election: Report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/meta-employees-said-lulas-accounts-were-hindered-during-brazil",
        "published": "2026-10-16T17:12:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}