Here's your AnewZ Daily Brief for 5 October 2026. These are the top five elections making headlines around the world.
Brazil is heading for a closely fought presidential run-off between right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after Bolsonaro narrowly led the first round with 47 per cent of the vote to Lula’s 45 per cent. Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, said the result showed Brazilians wanted change, while his stronger-than-expected performance boosted investor confidence. The election was largely peaceful, although Brazilian authorities have opened an investigation into alleged foreign interference as the country prepares for the 25 October run-off.
Latvia’s centrist, pro-Ukraine United List part won Saturday’s parliamentary election by a wide margin, taking 36.6 per cent of the vote with 88 per cent of ballots counted. Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs will need coalition partners to form a government, while security concerns linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine dominated the campaign. The result also saw gains for populist and pro-Russian parties, highlighting divisions over Latvia’s approach to the war and its Russian-speaking minority.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s three-member presidency is set for a new term after preliminary results showed Denis Bećirović winning the Bosniak seat, Darijana Filipović taking the Croat seat and Željka Cvijanović retaining the Serb seat. With more than 90 per cent of votes counted, the results also put the SDA and SNSD ahead in parliamentary contests, while turnout stood at 41.5 per cent.
Paraguay’s ruling Colorado Party suffered a major setback in Sunday’s municipal elections, losing control of Asunción after seven years. Opposition candidate Soledad Núñez narrowly won the capital with 47.78 per cent of the vote, while the opposition also secured a landslide victory in Ciudad del Este. The results could signal growing support for the opposition ahead of the 2028 presidential election and strengthen centrist leader Miguel Prieto’s prospects as a potential challenger to the ruling party.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap general election for 29 November, putting his Socialist government’s future on the line after months of political setbacks and corruption allegations. His party is trailing in opinion polls, while a potential alliance between the conservative People’s Party and Vox could bring the far right into national government. Sánchez is hoping his housing policies and record on the economy will help revive support, but his fragmented coalition has struggled to pass legislation and has not approved a budget since 2023.
Uzbekistan summoned Iran’s ambassador following claims by several Iranian diplomatic missions that the historical and architectural heri...
Kazakhstan marks Republic Day on 25 October with an ambitious economic agenda and a growing partnership with Azerbaijan, as the two Caspian neighbo...
Thousands of Israelis rallied in T...
Around 11,000 people joined a demonstration in Orléans on Saturday against the National Rally congress, according to the local prefecture.
Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday, leaving one person dead and more than 500 injured as strong winds and torrential rain brought down trees, cut power and disrupted transport across the island.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday described a deadly shooting in the towns of Trappes and La Verrière, west of Paris, as a racist attack and ‘a turning point’ for the country.
Israeli forces have maintained a tight closure on Hebron in the occupied West Bank for a second day, with Palestinian media reporting home raids, mass detentions and dozens of residents forced outside following a shooting incident the day before.
Armenian authorities have detained 10 more people in a vote-buying investigation involving the opposition Strong Armenia party, just two days before local elections in the northern town of Stepanavan.
Riot police fired tear gas at protesters in France’s largest cities and more than 1,300 people were arrested during demonstrations against the rising cost of living on Saturday (24 October). Police also used a water cannon on a group of around 500 hooded youths in Paris, after the main rally ended.
Ukraine's military has been hit this month by restrictions on Starshield, the military version of SpaceX's Starlink satellite communications system. Its receivers stopped functioning when mounted on fast-moving objects such as drones, jeopardising some combat and air defence missions.
At least five people were killed and several others injured in overnight attacks across Russia and Ukraine on Sunday, 25 October, as officials reported strikes on residential areas and industrial facilities, while Moscow claimed to have targeted logistics infrastructure and a cargo vessel.
Protests against war and rising living costs took place in major Italian cities on Saturday, with some incidents of violence and clashes, a week after unrest erupted across the country.
Bulgarians are voting in a presidential election on Sunday as deadly drone attacks on merchant vessels in the Black Sea raise security concerns and expose divisions over the country's response to Russia's war in Ukraine.
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