Lula wins Brazilian run-off after court extends voting by two hours
The Supreme Court judge who ordered polling stations to stay open had been Lula's defence lawyer before the President appointed him to the bench.
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Bulgaria heads for presidential run-off after record low turnout
President Iliana Iotova has led the first round but fallen far short of outright victory, leaving her to face pro-Western challenger Andrey Gyurov on November 1.
Trump claims a ‘right’ to run again in 2028 and declines to back Vance
The US president told a rally in Iowa that his 2020 defeat entitles him to another run, hours after refusing to anoint his vice president as his successor.
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Romanian MPs back minority government, ending six-month deadlock
Niculescu’s technocratic cabinet passed the joint session of parliament on October 20 with a 280 to 58 vote, clearing the 233-seat threshold required for confirmation.
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CDU hits new low in polls as Bavarian voters question Merz’s leadership
The representative survey places the Christian Democrats 11 points behind the Alternative for Germany (AfD), which leads the field at 29 per cent.
Alberta votes to stay in Canada as independence push fails
About three in four voters in the oil-rich province rejected opening a legal path towards separation, in a result Prime Minister Mark Carney called a choice for…
Ben Gvir accuses Netanyahu of promising EU governments to drop him from cabinet
Israel's national security minister says European foreign ministers were given private assurances that he will not sit in the next coalition.
Trump endorses Netanyahu and warns Israelis against the ‘wrong leader’
The US president's late intervention lands with Likud trailing Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party in most polls and neither bloc near a Knesset majority.
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Nearly half of French Muslims would consider leaving if Le Pen wins
The online poll, conducted between September 25-30, 2026, among a representative sample of 9,689 adults, found that 46 per cent of Muslim respondents would contemplate…
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MI5 chief throws water on PM Burnham’s claims on Russian interference in Brexit vote
He stressed, though, that there was “a really important difference between interference attempted and outcome swayed”.
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CDU in Saxony-Anhalt to walk out of chamber rather than risk votes for AfD
Group leader and acting minister-president Sven Schulze said the group had “agreed to do this”.
Spain’s Supreme Court bars ‘grandchildren law’ citizens from the November election
Judges threw out the Spanish Government's appeal on the day the electoral roll closed, leaving hundreds of thousands of new Spaniards abroad without a ballot.
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Glucksmann wins social-democratic primary outright and names the ‘far right’ as his main opponent
“I am the candidate who can defeat our long-standing enemy, the far right,” he said, adding that Marine Le Pen would not be in the Élysée in 2027.
Italy adopts electoral law handing bonus seats to the winning coalition
The Chamber of Deputies cleared the final parliamentary hurdle in a secret ballot, less than a year before the country returns to the polls.
Flávio Bolsonaro vows to change Brazil’s constitution as run-off nears
The Liberal Party candidate has won the backing of a defeated rival and promised a harder line on crime before the October 25 vote.
Key witness in Bardella anti-Semitism case says Mediapart manipulated his words
"Mr Bardella never told me that he admired Adolf Hitler, at any moment, and it is not something I sensed either".
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Abascal warns Spaniards not to trust the polls and to vote in person
The Vox leader questioned postal ballots and set out why he expects November 29 to be closer than the surveys suggest.
Latvian Right wins record mandate as Kulbergs takes 41 seats
Latvian Way's 36 seats in 1993 had been the previous high. Turnout was 51.8 per cent.
Sánchez dissolves parliament and calls a November election
The Prime Minister has cut short a legislature with no budget and a run of judicial inquiries around him, blaming a parliamentary defeat his own party had spent…
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Flávio Bolsonaro outpolls Lula in Brazil’s first round as the Right gains in Congress
The October 25 run-off opened a four-week contest over who negotiates for Brazil inside a Mercosur deal the European Union began applying only in May.
Nationalist parties tighten grip on Bosnia as Dodik claims victory off the ballot
Record-low turnout and the fall of the Croat presidency seat to HDZ BiH point to a hardening ethnic divide as Bosnia's EU bid stalls.
Merz plunges in poll to lowest chancellor support ever measured
Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces an unprecedented low approval rating of just 10 percent, marking the worst support ever measured for a German chancellor since 1997.
Burnham stakes next election on scrapping first past the post
The Prime Minister used his first Labour conference speech to promise a manifesto pledge to replace Britain's voting system, without once naming Nigel Farage.
Ulrich Siegmund sets December date for bid to lead first AfD state government
Germany could see its first AfD-led state government as Saxony-Anhalt prepares for a December vote that could challenge the CDU’s long-standing refusal to cooperate…
Bardella’s Jewish ex-girlfriend rejects Mediapart anti-Semitism claims
He was accused by the left-wing investigative French outlet Mediapart on September 28 of having made anti-Semitic remarks in 2013.
Sweden’s centre-left fails to form a government after Left Party breaks ranks
The Social Democrat leader told a press conference on Monday that there was “currently no possibility” for her to put a cabinet together.
National Rally wins ‘historic victory’ in French Senate elections
The party had three senators whose terms were not up. Nine RN names were added on Sunday, and two UDR seats in the Alpes-Maritimes.
Former Sevilla and Porto striker Luís Fabiano runs for Brazil’s Congress
The Brazilian forward will be on the ballot in São Paulo on October 4, at an election that renews the whole of a parliament Brussels now has to deal with.
Vučić quits Serbian presidency to run for prime minister
The Serbian leader has stepped down seven months early, clearing the way for a return as head of government if his party wins the October 25 election.
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Sweden’s Left Party leader plays down Borlänge vote-buying probe as ‘about few votes’
The accusations were "very serious", she said, and the police had to be allowed to work in peace.