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Elections·Pollar Films

Israel's turnout reaches 55.7% by 16:00, highest since records began in 1973

Turnout reached 55.7% by 16:00 in Israel's Knesset election, while Likud asked for extended voting and the opposition objected. Polls are scheduled to close at 22:00 local time.

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Elections·from Oct 26·upd. 2h ago

Photo: Palácio do Planalto from Brasilia, Brasil, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)File photo, 2021

Flávio Bolsonaro's party recognises Lula's win as he is ordered to surrender passports

Flávio Bolsonaro's Liberal Party recognised the runoff result proclaimed by the electoral court, while Flávio said a Supreme Court justice had ordered him to hand over his passports and barred him from leaving Brazil.

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Elections·from Oct 25·upd. 8h ago

Students' List wins Serbia election, ending Vučić's 14 years in power

The Students' List won 141 of the 250 seats on Sunday, 25 October, while Vučić's coalition Serbia Unita is due to receive 103. The result ends his 14 years in power.

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Elections·from Oct 26·upd. 2h ago

Vox and PP divide Senate candidacies for the 29 November general election

Vox will field a single Senate candidate in 14 provinces and none in six under a national pact with the PP. Frente Amplio, meanwhile, named its lead candidates for Andalusia and the Basque Country ahead of the 29 November general election.

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Elections·4m ago

Trump says he will accept midterm results only if the vote is honest

Trump said on Tuesday, 27 October, that he would accept the 3 November midterm results if the vote is honest. A lawsuit filed in Alaska seeks to block certification of a close Senate race.

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Government·2h ago

Photo: Jennifer 8. Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)File photo, 2024

Egyptian court fines Mada Masr editor Lina Attalah and orders independent news site shut

A court in New Cairo fined Mada Masr founder and editor Lina Attalah three million Egyptian pounds for running the site without a licence and ordered it closed. Security forces took her into custody after the verdict.

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UK minimum wage to rise 3.9% to about £13.20 an hour in Healey's Budget

The increase, set to take effect from April 2027 according to one columnist, would bring the wage for workers over 21 to around £13.20 an hour, or £27,456 a year for a 40-hour week. It is being announced ahead of Chancellor John Healey's first Budget on Wednesday, 28 October.

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Government·from Oct 27·upd. 2h ago

Italy's budget bill drops top-bracket IRPEF cut and adds early-retirement fund

Majority leaders agreed on a budget that shelves the IRPEF cut above 50,000 euros for now, creates a fund for early retirement and trims indexation for higher pensions.

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Government·2h ago

Hackers target Italian parliament email, including Meloni's inbox

Hackers targeted the email system of Italy's Chamber of Deputies, including the parliamentary inbox of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Officials say the channel used for government communications was not affected, and Rome prosecutors plan to open an investigation.

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Elections·from Oct 24·upd. 9h ago

Republicans scramble to hold Senate seats a week before the 3 November midterms

Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are campaigning in Mississippi and Iowa as voters cite the Iran war and high prices. Americans vote on Tuesday, 3 November, for 435 House seats and 35 of the 100 Senate seats.

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Government·3h ago

Nawrocki's former security colleague, a woman, testifies in his suit against Onet

Natasza Geldon, a 39-year-old woman who worked in reception security at the Grand Hotel in Sopot, told the Warsaw Regional Court that Nawrocki suggested earning extra by bringing in girls. The court postponed the case to 18 January 2027, when Nawrocki is due to testify as a party.

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Government·1h ago

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FBI searches Beverly Hills home tied to Stephen Cloobeck in Eric Swalwell probe

Federal agents searched a Beverly Hills home early on Tuesday, 27 October, in a criminal investigation of former Congressman Eric Swalwell. The property is the home of developer Stephen Cloobeck, a former donor and associate of Swalwell, and the FBI said no arrests are planned.

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