The Latest Breaking News from Rio

Launching the inaugural Rock In Rio festival on January 11, 1985, Queen were in majestic form, until Freddie Mercury upset the crowd with his false breasts

One of Brazil’s leading bossa nova singers best known for the 1964 international hit The Girl from Ipanema

Hundreds gather in Rio and Belém to remember two men who worked to defend the Amazon and its Indigenous inhabitants

Succession bows out in Shakespearean style; Shane Meadows changes tack with a gobby, grubby period drama; Alan Carr meets his sitcom younger self; and a TV beast exits with a smile…

Prosecutors in Brazil have blocked a decision to authorize the installment of ziplines at Rio de Janeiro's world-famous Sugarloaf Mountain, claiming they will damage the environment around one of the United Nations world’s heritage sites

The popular midfielder has said his 19-month-old son Matteo was born a Geordie

Here's what some of those dead Fast & Furious characters are up to as of the latest installment.

Bruno Guimaraes may be a fully-fledged Brazil international, having represented his country at last year's World Cup, but the Newcastle star has a seven-month-old son who could line up for England one day

The chants of “monkey!”

"It's like a cult, but with cars," explains one new character to another in "Fast X," the latest in the long-running "Fast & Furious" franchise, and that's as good an explanation as any. Basically, these are superhero movies in which everyone's superpower is that they can drive extremely fast in…

Ahead of a historic survey of her work at Margate’s Turner Contemporary, the Brazilian artist discusses her global inspirations, shape-shifting patterns, and why she’s still an optimist