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Lula wins fourth term in Brazil

Lula da Silva, Brazil's left-wing incumbent president won a dramatic run-off victory against right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro, who has refused to concede defeat.

Brazil's left-wing incumbent President Lula da Silva has won a record fourth term in office.

The 80-year-old won a dramatic run-off victory against right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro, who has refused to concede defeat. We'll be discussing how the result has gone down in a divided country.

Also in the programme: Serbia's long-standing leader Aleksandar Vucic has admitted defeat to a student-led protest movement in snap parliamentary elections; with elections tomorrow in Israel, we hear from an opposition politician; and why eating the Australian spread Vegemite isn't a human right.

(Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrating after victory in the presidential runoff election, at Paulista Avenue, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 26 October 2026. Credit: Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)

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