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Brazil presidential race heads for runoff after Lula falls short

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fought his way through to a runoff election against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Oct. 30, with his leftist challenger garnering the bigger share of votes on Sunday but falling short of the first-round win that some opinion polls had suggested he was headed for.

Tribune News Service

Bolsonaro and Lula head to Brazil presidential runoff

It will be a tense four weeks before the Oct. 30 runoff.

Axios

Defying preelection polls, a divided Brazil heads to a presidential runoff

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the left-wing former president, won more votes than right-wing incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro, but not enough to win outright in the 11-candidate race.

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Bolsonaro and Lula face Brazil presidential run-off after close first vote

Final round to take place on 30 October as experts predict an ‘ugly’ election race

The Independent UK

Brazil election: ex-president Lula to face Bolsonaro in runoff

Brazilians will go to the polls again after former president won the first vote but failed to secure a majority over the incumbent

The Guardian - US

Brazil's presidential race goes to run-off as Bolsonaro outperforms polls

Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday, after President Jair Bolsonaro's surprising strength in a first-round vote spoiled rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of winning outright. Read FRANCE 24’s liveblog to see how the election unfolded. All times are Paris time…

France 24

Lula leads Bolsonaro in Brazil election as first votes tallied

Brazil's national election authority on Sunday began reporting the initial results of the country's presidential election, in which leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva aims to unseat incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

Reuters

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Polls close in Brazil's tense election, FIFA 'in shock' after deadly soccer stampede, and public holidays for some Australians — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories.

ABC News

Morning mail: medicinal cannabis boom, Brazil’s Bolsonaro on the brink, Indonesian stadium disaster

Monday: Some patients are taking cannabis for medical conditions when there is little evidence it’s effective, experts say. Plus: why a scream might be good for you

The Guardian - AU

Brazil election 2022: live results from the presidential race

Incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and former president Lula will go to a runoff election at the end of the month after a tighter than expected first round result

The Guardian - UK

Brazil presidential elections: Bolsonaro seeks re-election against left-wing rival Lula

Far-right retired military officer expected to be ousted from office by former union leader

The Independent UK

‘We want no more hatred’: leftwing ex-president Lula on verge of comeback in Brazil

Polls suggest Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is close to majority of votes needed to stop election run-off against Jair Bolsonaro

The Guardian - UK

Bolsonaro or Lula: Brazilians decide who gets another chance

Brazilians are heading to the polls for general elections marked by a polarizing race between conservative President Jair Bolsonaro and leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who some pollsters say could attain an outright victory on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Lula, Bolsonaro neck and neck in Brazil’s vote as runoff looms

President Jair Bolsonaro and leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are in a dead heat in Brazil’s election Sunday with 73% of the vote counted, a stronger-than-expected showing by the incumbent that points to a likely runoff between the two on Oct. 30.

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Reuters

Tensions high as Brazilians on other side of Atlantic cast ballots

Brazilian Artur Dantas moved to Portugal six months ago because of political tension in his country but he hopes the result of Sunday's elections might allow him and others to return home one day.

The Guardian - UK

‘A day of hope’: Lula fans eager to see Bolsonaro defeated

Supporters of leftwing frontrunner confident he will prevail as 156 million Brazilians cast their votes

The National (Scotland)

Russia faces new battlefield setback and Jair Bolsonaro could 'subvert democracy'

WITH every day that passes the war in Ukraine deepens and its ramifications widen. Around the same time on Friday that Russian president Vladimir…

The Guardian - UK

Polls put Lula on brink of comeback victory over Bolsonaro in Brazil

But hopes leftwing former president will defeat Jair Bolsonaro tempered by fear a runoff contest could mean weeks of turmoil and violence

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Brazilians go to the polls, with Lula tipped to beat Bolsonaro

More than 120 million Brazilians will vote Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world's fourth-largest democracy.

Reuters

Brazil election goes to runoff as Bolsonaro outperforms polls

Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities said on Sunday, after President Jair Bolsonaro's surprising strength in the first round spoiled rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of winning outright.

The Independent UK

Brazil holds historic election with Lula against Bolsonaro

More than 120 million Brazilians will vote Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office for another four years

Tribune News Service

Lula, Bolsonaro in final campaign sprint for Brazil election

Brazil’s two top presidential contenders focused Saturday on rallying supporters in Sao Paulo, the biggest city, a day before the country’s general election.

ABC News

Richard Mosse returns to National Gallery of Victoria with Broken Spectre, filmed in the Amazon rainforest

A monumental new artwork co-commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria documents the pre-eminent environmental disaster of our times in a startling new way — while being disarmingly beautiful.

The Independent UK

Fortunes reverse for ex-judge and Brazil president he jailed

When federal judge Sergio Moro resigned to enter politics, many in Brazil believed the anti-corruption crusader who jailed a popular former president could someday occupy the nation’s most powerful office

Reuters

Lula may clinch Brazil election on Sunday, final polls show

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a solid polling lead going into Sunday's election against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, with a chance of clinching the race in the first round, fresh surveys showed on Saturday.

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