Survivors say 50 people died in a gun attack on a Nigerian village; police report a higher toll.

Here, “toll” means the number of people who died.

Alex, what do we know about the toll?

“The toll” means the number of people who died in the attack.

The death toll remains a major concern as families search for missing people.

“Death toll” means the number of people who have died.

Many villagers fled toward a river as the attackers entered on motorcycles, and some drowned while trying to escape.

They died after going under the water and being unable to breathe.

Nigeria’s Taraba State police gave a higher figure of 58, including 15 people who drowned while fleeing in a canoe.

These people died in the water while they were trying to get away.

Brazil’s electoral court declares Lula the winner, while his rival asks for the result to be annulled.

He wants the result to be officially cancelled.

Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede and asked for the result to be annulled.

He asked for the result to be officially cancelled.

Brazil’s electoral court has declared President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the winner of the presidential runoff.

A runoff is a second election between the leading candidates when no one wins outright in the first election.

Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede and asked for the result to be annulled.

He refused to accept that he had lost.

He objected to a last-minute decision to keep polling places open for two extra hours.

Polling places are locations where people go to vote.

Lula pointed to problems with buses taking voters to polling places in São Paulo and Salvador.

These are locations where people go to vote.

Protesters blamed corruption and poor construction, and demanded accountability.

They wanted people responsible for problems to answer for what they had done.

He also blamed independent media and alleged foreign interference.

Here, “interference” means involvement in another country’s affairs, which he claimed was unwanted.

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has filed to list small ownership parts of the company, called shares, on the US stock market.

The company has formally begun the process of offering shares for people to buy on the stock market.

A stock-market listing would allow members of the public to buy shares in the company.

A stock-market listing is when a company makes its shares available for people to buy on the stock market.

The US military introduced a curfew and an alcohol ban for its personnel in Okinawa after the killing.

A curfew is a rule that people must stay in or return to a place by a set time.