Monday, October 26, 2026
All World Brief Now updates for this day, Central Time.
- 6 AM CTMorning Brief: Lula wins Brazil as Bolsonaro demands annulment; Gulf powers meet Iran in Tehran; Israel votes Tuesday
- Lula wins a fourth term in Brazil's runoff, 51.79% to 48.21%; Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to concede and calls for the vote to be annulled
- Update: Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish security chiefs meet Iran in Tehran as an intelligence memo warns Iranian plots against Americans are at 'advanced stages'
- Israel votes Tuesday: final polls show Eisenkot's party ahead of Likud, but neither bloc near a 61-seat majority
- Zelenskyy says U.S.-Ukraine-Russia talks will restart in November
- 5 PM CTEvening Update: Gulf powers meet Iran's president as U.S. forces stand ready; Bessent tells Iranians 'don't pay your taxes'; Brazil's annulment fight
- Update: Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish chiefs meet Iran's president in Tehran as reports say U.S. forces could strike within 96 hours of an order
- Treasury Secretary Bessent tells Iranians: 'don't pay your taxes' and fill your gas tanks now, predicting Iran's economy will shrink more than 25%
- Update: Brazil's election chief says the two-hour voting extension did not change the result as Flávio Bolsonaro pushes to annul Lula's win
- Israel votes Tuesday: Eisenkot leads Netanyahu by 8 to 10 points in most polls as Netanyahu denies plans to fire his army chief