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The latest in Brazil presidential runoff12 developments

Lula wins fourth term in Brazil; Bolsonaro refuses to concede and seeks annulment

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Sunday's runoff with 51.75% to Flávio Bolsonaro's 48.25%, a lead of nearly 4.4 million votes. He is the first candidate since Brazil adopted runoffs in 1989 to win after trailing in the first round. Speaking in Brasília, Bolsonaro said it was "impossible to acknowledge the result". He cited allegations of vote suppression and the last-minute extension of voting hours, and said he would request annulment.

The room· how it’s landingread 04:09 UTC
  • X: Called the win a rigged extension and a fraud, with markets mocked
  • Reddit: Cheered the comeback and blamed Meta and the Bolsonaros
  • 4chan: Mostly ignored the vote; a few called it a loss for Zionists
312 posts and comments on itWhat they said
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Associated Press · 02:01 UTC

Today so faras of 04:00 UTC3 min read

Monday 26 October

Brazil's Lula won a historic fourth term, and Flávio Bolsonaro is refusing to accept it, saying he will ask for the runoff to be annulled. Lula's win breaks a run of right-wing victories in Latin America, where Venezuela's María Corina Machado also returned home from exile.

The Middle East is the other big thread. Trump says a decision on striking Iran or making a deal is close, while senior Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish officials head to Tehran. Houthi missiles aimed at Riyadh drew coalition strikes on Sanaa. Russia's drone strikes on Ukraine continued, alongside talk of a November peace meeting.

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    Trump says Iran decision is near as regional powers head to Tehran

    added 04:00US-Iran war · 283 developments

    Trump said "there will not be a strike today" on Iran, though he has suggested attacks could resume after the November 3 US elections and has sent more forces toward the Gulf. Iran's foreign ministry says it is ready for "any scenario" but open to diplomacy. Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir and Turkey's intelligence head are due in Tehran on Monday. Netanyahu warned Iran against disrupting Israel's election.

    From Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, The Japan Times, Reuters and 1 more

  2. 03

    Coalition strikes Sanaa after Houthi missiles aimed at Riyadh

    added 04:00Yemen war · 172 developments

    The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile launched toward Riyadh, then struck Sanaa and destroyed two missile launchers, one of them used in that launch. The Houthis claimed a fresh attack on Riyadh airport hours after flights resumed; Saudi authorities have not commented. Yemen's government says 218 Houthi fighters were neutralised in 24 hours, and Taiz remains under Houthi siege.

    From The Japan Times, Middle East Eye, Al Jazeera English

  3. 04

    Russian drones hit Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia; Zelensky announces November peace meeting

    added 04:00Russia-Ukraine war · 405 developments

    A jet-powered Shahed struck Kharkiv's Kholodnohirskyi district, and a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia wounded a 30-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man and damaged homes, cars and a commercial building. Zelensky says Kyiv, Washington and Moscow will meet in November to restart stalled peace talks, with territorial questions left to leaders. Ukraine is imposing rolling blackouts on Monday.

    From Suspilne, Al Jazeera English

  4. 05

    Appeals court presses DOJ over bid to set aside California ballots

    added 04:00DOJ non-citizen voter list dispute in California · 8 developments

    A Ninth Circuit panel grilled Justice Department lawyers over their emergency request to force California to set aside about 20,000 mail ballots tied to suspected noncitizens. The DOJ wants the state to verify the list within 48 hours. California's leaders and election officials say the push could disenfranchise citizens, with the midterms a little over a week away.

    From Fox News

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    Machado returns to Venezuela after nearly a year in exile

    added 04:00Machado returns to Venezuela · 2 developments

    Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader María Corina Machado greeted supporters from an open-top vehicle in Valencia and urged a democratic transition. She came home after several failed attempts that had strained her ties with the Trump administration. Her return risks complicating Washington's strategy for Venezuela.

    From The Japan Times, AFP, Reuters

Elsewhere

Trump invoked 9/11 in urging Michigan voters to reject Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who would be the first Muslim US senator. A bus fell 20 metres down an embankment near Barcelona, injuring 83 people, seven seriously. Four people have been pulled from a collapsed building in Kenya; others still trapped have spoken to relatives. Elon Musk says SpaceX has closed a $40bn debt deal to pay for the chips behind its AI ambitions. Malaysia's PM Anwar Ibrahim says SoftBank's Masayoshi Son plans a $50bn tech outlay in Malaysia. China's Communist Party opened its fifth plenum in Beijing, with party self-governance and discipline on the agenda.

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03From the feed

Seen in the feed.

02:01 · Associated Press

Lula wins fourth term in Brazil; Bolsonaro refuses to concede and seeks annulment

Brazil presidential runoff

02:27 · AFP

Lula wins fourth term in Brazil; Bolsonaro refuses to concede and seeks annulment

Brazil presidential runoff

03:30 · Reuters

Trump says Iran decision is near as regional powers head to Tehran

US-Iran war

03:35 · Al Jazeera English

Trump says Iran decision is near as regional powers head to Tehran

US-Iran war

02:29 · Al Jazeera English

Coalition strikes Sanaa after Houthi missiles aimed at Riyadh

Yemen war

02:45 · Al Jazeera English

Russian drones hit Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia; Zelensky announces November peace meeting

Russia-Ukraine war

01:47 · AFP

Machado returns to Venezuela after nearly a year in exile

Machado returns to Venezuela

02:11 · Reuters

Machado returns to Venezuela after nearly a year in exile

Machado returns to Venezuela

01:30 · Associated Press

Nairobi building collapse

00:56 · Bloomberg

SpaceX $40bn GPU debt financing

02:10 · Reuters

China Communist Party fifth plenum
04The room

What X, Reddit and 4chan make of it.

X split between fraud claims and prediction-market jabs, Reddit cheered Lula's comeback and blamed Meta and Bolsonaro, while 4chan mostly ignored the result and spammed slurs and off-topic filth.

X

200 on it

@Polymarket · @disclosetv · @florziinhaa__ +1

Called the win a rigged extension and a fraud, with markets mocked

Gleeful, combative, fraud-obsessed, with Portuguese celebration mixed in

  • Stolen by the extended vote35%
  • Hooray for the comeback20%
  • Polls and markets got it wrong15%
  • Extended voting by two hours, in other words, CHEATED.
    Stolen by the extended vote@joshryanjames♥ 60open ↗
  • o lula é o único presidente: - reeleito 4 vezes - em 10 eleições virar num segundo turno
    Hooray for the comeback@solongclara♥ 213open ↗
  • Either your polling is the worst in history or this election was FIXED.
    Polls and markets got it wrong@Pepper_Steinopen ↗

Reddit

100 on it

r/Conservative · r/worldnews

Cheered the comeback and blamed Meta and the Bolsonaros

Relieved, celebratory, with plenty of anti-Meta and anti-Bolsonaro venting

  • Hooray for the comeback45%
  • Tech giants and the Bolsonaro family to blame18%
  • Stolen by the extended vote12%
  • This was an honest-to-God (in the literal sense) miracle. Lula looked cooked after the first round...
    Hooray for the comebackr/worldnewsopen ↗
  • FUCK META FUCK ZUCK FUCK BIG TECHS THIS IS BRASIL AQUI É BRASIL CARALHO
    Tech giants and the Bolsonaro family to blamer/worldnewsopen ↗
  • Lula ordered to reopened the polls after they had been closed down. Seems like it's pretty shady.
    Stolen by the extended voter/Conservativeopen ↗

4chan

12 on it

/pol/

Mostly ignored the vote; a few called it a loss for Zionists

Mostly off-topic, slur-filled, sexual spam

Only 12 reactions on it: too few to split into camps.

Where they split

X fixated on the two-hour voting extension and prediction-market embarrassment, with fraud talk dominant; Reddit mostly celebrated the comeback and pinned the win on Meta and the Bolsonaro family; 4chan barely engaged with the election itself, and its few political posts were about slurs and Israel rather than the vote.

Every camp5 positions, side by side
  • Stolen by the extended vote

    Lula only won because a judge extended voting hours nationwide and the result was rigged, so the win is illegitimate.

    X
    35%
    Reddit
    12%
    4chantoo little to judge
  • Hooray for the comeback

    Lula's first-round-to-runoff comeback is a historic triumph for Brazilian democracy and a relief against the global far right.

    X
    20%
    Reddit
    45%
    4chantoo little to judge
  • Tech giants and the Bolsonaro family to blame

    Meta and billionaire-backed social media tilted the race, and the Bolsonaro family's own bungling and corruption made Flávio the loser.

    X
    10%
    Reddit
    18%
    4chantoo little to judge
  • Polls and markets got it wrong

    Polymarket and the pollsters were embarrassingly off, and betting on elections is a fool's game.

    X
    15%
    Reddit
    4%
    4chantoo little to judge
  • Communism can't be voted out

    Voting can't undo leftist rule: once in, socialists stay, and the only way out is force.

    X
    8%
    Reddit
    3%
    4chantoo little to judge
What was read529 posts and comments, read 04:09 UTCshow
X

Heavy on quote posts and replies under Polymarket and disclose posts; many replies are generic or off-topic, and some are Portuguese partisan celebration.

Reddit

Top comments in two threads on r/worldnews and r/Conservative, with Alberta and BC side chatter and some off-topic US and Serbia talk.

4chan

Almost all posts are unrelated to the election, and the on-topic share is too thin to judge the crowd's view.

05Framing

Same story, five framings.

How each outlet put “Lula wins fourth term in Brazil; Bolsonaro refuses to concede and seeks annulment”, in the order they posted. Bias tracking will score each one; for now, read them side by side.

00:19 · RSS
“Lula wins fourth term as Brazil’s president over Flávio Bolsonaro Leftist incumbent Lula stages historic comeback weeks after narrowly losing first round of election to BolsonaroLula wins election in stunning comeback…”
The Guardian · Worldguardian-world
00:30 · RSS
“Lula pulls off Brazil’s first-ever run-off comeback to beat Trump ally Flavio Bolsonaro Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won re-election on Sunday in a dramatic comeback after trailing in the first round,…”
South China Morning Postsouth-china-morning-post
02:01 · Bluesky
“Flávio Bolsonaro calls for Brazil's election results to be "annulled" after a loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Flavio Bolsonaro refused to concede defeat to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who bested…”
Associated Press@apnews.com
02:27 · X
“BREAKING Brazil's defeated presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to recognize President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's victory on Sunday. "It is impossible to acknowledge the result," he said from Brasilia,…”
AFP@AFP
03:13 · RSS
“Bolsonaro calls for Brazil election results to be 'annulled' after loss to Lula With 100% of the vote counted, Brazil's electoral court announced that the soon-to-be 81-year-old Mr. Lula had a lead of nearly 4.4…”
The Hinduthe-hindu
06Sources

Who’s talking.

RSSXTelegramBlueskyone square, 2 posts
  • Fox Newsfox-news108
  • Al Jazeera English@AJEnglish95
  • Топор Live90
  • Al Jazeeraaljazeera86
  • The Guardian · Worldguardian-world52
  • Suspilne@suspilnenews46
  • Reuters@reuters.com43
  • The Hinduthe-hindu38
  • Associated Press@apnews.com37
  • France 24france-2437
  • Middle East Eyemiddle-east-eye36
  • Haaretzhaaretz32
  • The Japan Timesthe-japan-times29
  • AFP@AFP28
  • Meduza@meduzalive26
  • Mash@breakingmash22
  • The New York Timesthe-new-york-times21
  • Bloomberg@bloomberg.com19
  • The Times of Israel@TimesofIsrael18
  • BBC Worldbbc-world16
  • Techmemetechmeme16
  • NPRnpr13
  • The Kyiv Independentthe-kyiv-independent13
  • South China Morning Postsouth-china-morning-post10
  • Africanewsafricanews10
  • WIREDwired9
  • The Vergethe-verge8
  • TechCrunchtechcrunch6
  • DWdw5
  • BBC Breaking@BBCBreaking2
  • BNO News@BNONews2
  • Faytuks News@Faytuks2
  • Insider Paper@insiderpaper2
  • Meduzameduza1
  • USGS Earthquakesusgs-earthquakes1
  • Anthropic@AnthropicAI0
  • OpenAI@OpenAI0
  • @ai_for_devs0
  • Ars Technicaars-technica0
  • The Intel Crab@IntelCrab0
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