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    Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro are tied at 50% in a PoderData/AYA poll, while Datafolha shows a two-point gap and Brazil's electoral court ordered Meta to stop unjustified limits on political content.

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Today’s Brief

Two tankers burn off Sulina

Trump squeezes Kyiv as Europe haggles over money and Black Sea shipping burns

Ukrainian officials said the White House ordered a 160 km/h speed cap on Starshield terminals used by fast drones, as Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would resume strikes on Russian refineries after a three-day pause. In the Black Sea, two tankers burned near Romania and at least seven sailors were missing, while rescuers in Peshawar counted at least 34 dead after a school roof collapsed.

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  • EU summit opens in Brussels

    Zelensky asks EU leaders for at least 70 billion euros more for 2027, saying the war will cost Ukraine 155 billion euros next year.

  • Lions rugby player dies in France

    The Johannesburg Lions say their Champions Cup match at La Rochelle will go ahead as planned, in honour of Hyron Andrews, 31.

  • Pope Leo XIV undergoes lung surgery

    Pope Leo XIV phoned Vladimir Putin from his Gemelli hospital room and asked for a truce in Oleshky, Ukraine, so food and medical aid can arrive, the Holy See press office says.

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The war in Ukraine and its limits

Mostly continuation: a €70 billion funding request left unresolved at the summit and a papal appeal, with no new aid or sanctions decision.

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