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Serbia’s student-backed Student List won the parliamentary election, with Aleksandar Vučić conceding defeat after years of rule by his Serbian Progressive Party.

Elsewhere, Lula won Brazil’s presidential runoff, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said three-way talks with Russia and the US were planned for November.

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1️⃣ 🇧🇷 Lula wins Brazil election: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro rejected the result and sought its annulment.

2️⃣ 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 🇺🇸 November talks planned: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a meeting with Russia and the US was planned for November to restart stalled peace talks. He said territorial questions required leaders’ involvement, while technical groups could address other issues.

3️⃣ 🇩🇿 🇳🇪 Upper house backs deployment: Algerian senators unanimously approved deployment to Niger following a defence pact. Troops are expected to protect oil facilities, pending lower-house approval.

4️⃣ 🇻🇪 Machado returns to Venezuela: Opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela after nearly ten months abroad and several failed attempts to come home. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio credited US-backed reconciliation talks, while interim President Delcy Rodríguez had not immediately commented.

5️⃣ 🇧🇬 Bulgaria heads for runoff: Bulgaria’s presidential election will go to a runoff after turnout fell short of the required threshold. Incumbent President Iliana Yotova and former caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov were the leading contenders, with a second round expected on 1 November.

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🇷🇸 Student List wins Serbian election

Serbian Progressive Party leader Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat after the student-backed Student List won the parliamentary election.

He estimated that Student List would take between 135 and 140 seats, compared with about 105 for his party.

Those figures were preliminary, with final results still to be confirmed.

The movement grew out of months of student protests over corruption allegations and a lack of accountability.

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1️⃣ 🇺🇸 Alaska certification challenge: US Attorney General Todd Blanche defended suing to block certification if Alaska’s Republican senator loses. He cited similarly named candidates.

2️⃣ 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Rayner backs closer EU ties: UK Housing Secretary Angela Rayner backed closer ties with the EU, saying Britain should discuss what a future relationship could look like. Her comments followed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s suggestion that restoring free movement could form part of a broader reset.

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