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WORLD · BRAZIL ELECTION ·
Three more weeks
FACTAfter the 4 October vote, Brazil’s electoral court confirmed a presidential runoff: Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula will face each other on 25 October. Neither won a majority. Bolsonaro led the nearly completed count; earlier partial vote totals are not treated here as final results.
CUTVoters get three weeks to think. Candidates get three weeks to interrupt.
AP · 05.10.2026 ↗Supporting sources
www.theguardian.com ↗ECONOMY · OIL AND WAR ·
Delivery inside the kill zone
FACTPreliminary Kpler data put Middle Eastern crude exports at 19.5–22.5 million barrels daily on four days in late September, above pre-war levels. Reuters reported that UKMTO had recorded at least one attack a day in Hormuz or the Gulf of Aden since 2 October.
CUTLogistics got a new KPI: barrels per missile.
Reuters; dane Kpler i UKMTO / Kpler and UKMTO data · 05.10.2026 ↗Supporting sources
ca.marketscreener.com ↗WORLD · SPAIN ·
A polling place to live
FACTOn 5 October, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called an early general election for 29 November. The announcement followed parliament’s rejection of two housing decrees; the official gazette formally recorded the repeal of one on 2 October. Sánchez said he was seeking a broader majority.
CUTHousing failed in parliament. Voters get a place for one day.
La Moncloa; Reuters; AP; BOE · 05.10.2026 ↗00