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The vote comes against the backdrop of a series of drone attacks on merchant ships off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast in the past month.

Voters in Bulgaria are choosing between two candidates with vastly different views of the war in Ukraine and ties with Russia. The runoff comes after a record-low turnout in the first round.

While prediction market odds pointed to a clear Bolsonaro victory, Lula emerged the winner in a tight race.

PHUKET - Persistent rain caused runoff that washed big rocks and mud into communities and tourist venues in this southern island province on Monday morning.

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<p>Leftist president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated the far-right senator and was elected president of Brazil for a fourth non-consecutive term</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/lula-wins-brazil-election">Full report: Lula wins fourth term as Brazil’s president over Flávio Bolsonaro</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://w

In a surprisingly strong performance, the candidate of the pro-Western reformist opposition, Andrey Gyurov, will face the incumbent leftist president, Iliana Yotova, setting clear lines of division regarding the country's future relationships with other nations.

With 100% of the vote counted, Brazil's electoral court announced that the soon to be 81-year-old Lula held an unassailable lead of nearly 4.4 million votes over opponent Flávio Bolsonaro.

Supporters of left-wing Lula and far-right Bolsonaro have two more hours to vote after polling was extended. The result is expected to be very close. DW has more.

Voting in Brazil is conducted electronically and the result is usually available within hours after polling stations close at 5 p.m. in Brasilia.

Brazilians voted Sunday in a presidential runoff that pits leftist incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, a far-right ally of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The high stakes election will decide whether Brazil will move toward the right or retain a leftist government.

<p>Incumbent president lost in first round to senator and son of convicted ex-president </p><p>Brazilians are going to the polls on Sunday in a highly unpredictable runoff in which the leftist president, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva">Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva</a>, is attempting an unprecedented comeback against the far

<p>Nearly 159 million people to head to polls on Sunday in battle between leftwing incumbent and Flávio Bolsonaro</p><p>More than one million supporters of Brazil’s leftwing president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have streamed on to Rio’s most famous beach for a giant protest they hope will propel him towards a historic election fightback against his far-righ

This weekend, voters in Brazil head to the polls in a high-stakes presidential runoff that could reshape that country's political future. Will Brazil join a rightward shift across parts of the Americas, or stick with its left-wing leadership? Voting is compulsory for most adults, and the race has deepened political divisions across the country. Stephanie Sy

Deep in cattle country, voter sentiments in an evangelical stronghold help explain why the country’s leftist president is the underdog in Sunday’s election.

Brazil's tight presidential runoff pits a political giant against a Bolsonaro heir in a battle over the country's political future.

Joao and Walter Moreira Salles are major donors to progressive and left-leaning congressional candidates.

<p>Far-right presidential candidate’s TV debate swipe at rival backfires as people take to social media to parody it</p><p>To Flávio Bolsonaro and his publicists, it must have seemed an ingenious idea that would expose his rival’s supposed crookedness on the eve of Brazil’s presidential election.</p><p>But the far-right politician’s decision to attend a prim

With just under a week to go before the decisive presidential runoff election, polls show left-wing incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro are virtually tied.