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Published on 05/10/2026 – 6:08 GMT+2 Flávio Bolsonaro, a Brazilian Senator and ally of US President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff on the 25th of October 5 for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy after neither won a majority in Sunday’s presidential vote. The country’s electoral court in the capital Brasilia said neither the 80-year-old incumbent, seeking his fourth non-consecutive term, nor the 45-year-old son to embattled former President Jair Bolsonaro garnered the majority vote needed for an outright win. The court had Bolsonaro with just…
Friedrich Merz reist überraschend am Wochenende nach Kiew, ausgerechnet während massiver russischer Drohnenangriffe. Am heutigen Montag danach werden die Chefs der deutschen Nachrichtendienste wohl deutlich: Wie nah ist der hybride Schattenkrieg bereits in Deutschland angekommen? POLITICO-Reporter Hans von der Burchard ordnet ein, welche Botschaften der Kanzler aus der Ukraine mitbringt und was die öffentliche Anhörung des Geheimdienst-Ausschusses über Sabotageakte verraten wird. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview warnt Thüringens SPD-Innenminister Georg Maier vor einer Zunahme russischer Attacken auf die heimische Infrastruktur. Er skizziert, wie sich Deutschland gegen Spionage und Cyberangriffe wappnen muss und ob Betreiber kritischer Anlagen künftig selbst feindliche Drohnen abschießen dürfen. Zurück…
All four broadly back a shift from pragmatic dealmaking inside the Parliament toward more offensive mobilization, gearing up for , and getting lawmakers out of Parliament and onto the streets. POLITICO spoke to all the candidates. The vote takes place on Tuesday, with a press conference scheduled for 6.15 p.m. to announce the winners. Terry Reintke — the continuity candidate Germany’s Reintke has helped lead the group since 2022 and is widely expected to win one of the two co-chair posts. “I’m quite optimistic, quite confident,” she said in an interview. Reintke says she believes the Greens can exert influence through…
Reste que pour le moment, l’intérêt d’Emmanuel Macron pour le grand raout des discussions climatiques demeure timide : invité à prendre part à la pré-COP, qui se tiendra du lundi 3 au jeudi 8 octobre aux Fidji, il a laissé la priorité à sa ministre de la Transition écologique, Monique Barbut. De “Make our planet great again” au détricotage Cette attitude tranche avec les débuts au pouvoir de celui qui se plaçait alors en héritier de l’Accord de Paris, dont l’objectif est de contenir le réchauffement climatique “bien en dessous” de 2 °C. A peine un mois après son élection,…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 04/10/2026 – 21:09 GMT+2•Updated 21:26 Welcome to Baku, Azerbaijan, where new legends will rise to claim their red back patches at the Baku World Judo Championships 2026. At -48kg, Italy’s Assunta SCUTTO claimed her place in the final for the third time in a row with impressive judo all morning. Her third time in a World final, but could she take the gold for a second time? Meeting her there was Japan’s KOGA Wakana. The Japanese judoka was in fantastic form, with high quality judo throughout the day. KOGA already has a World bronze and silver, would…
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez held talks with ministers and PSOE leaders on Sunday as he weighs whether to call an early general election, after Congress rejected two housing measures put forward by the government. According to government sources quoted by RTVE, Sánchez began this period of reflection after Friday’s defeat in Parliament and is seeking the views of ministers and senior figures within the PSOE. His deliberations are also taking into account the demonstrations and housing protest camps held in various parts of Spain. No decision has yet been taken. Some socialist figures have openly backed going to the polls.…
Published on 04/10/2026 – 16:32 GMT+2•Updated 20:39 Brazilians headed to the polls on Sunday in the first round of the presidential election, in which President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party (PT) is seeking re-election against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party and son of Jair Bolsonaro. The election is attracting international attention, as it will determine whether this Latin American economic powerhouse remains under left-wing rule or joins the rightward shift sweeping South America, championed by US President Donald Trump. Soon to turn 81, veteran leftist Lula da Silva is running for a fourth and…
“OLAF has merely requested information from our client regarding the supervision of a number of interns … in which he, as group chair, was not personally involved,” lawyers Christine Mussche and Quinten De Keersmaecker, who are representing Verhofstadt in the case, told Knack. “Verhofstadt himself has not yet been interviewed, and there are currently no specific allegations against him. He is cooperating fully with OLAF and has provided the requested explanations with complete transparency,” the lawyers added. Reached by POLITICO, Verhofstadt declined to comment further. In a written reply Sunday, EPPO spokesperson Tine Hollevoet said: “As a general rule, the EPPO…
Published on 04/10/2026 – 17:56 GMT+2 Dialogue. That was the word repeated by the Secretary-General of the Muslim World League, Sheikh Dr Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, during his visit to Brussels on Friday. During his stay in the Belgian capital, the Saudi religious leader met political figures and representatives of the country’s religious communities and civil society who gathered for a high-level meeting on dialogue and social cohesion. Al-Issa stressed the importance of dialogue in resolving conflicts, saying it needed sincere intentions and effective leadership. “Of course, we always believe in dialogue and place great faith in it,” he said,…
Up to 500 secondary schools in France are expected to be fully or partially closed on Monday as a new day of mobilisation by pupils gets under way, following several days of protests marked by clashes with police, damage to schools and street violence. The demonstrations, which have spread across several major cities, have seen rubbish bins and other objects set on fire, projectiles thrown at security forces and damage to school buildings and street furniture. The Ministry of Education said on Sunday that classes would be “totally or partially” suspended in 400 to 500 secondary schools where security conditions…