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Brasilian opposition seeks to annull the election result

Lula da Silva is the first Brazilian to win the presidency four times and the first to win a run-off vote after coming second in the initial round.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won an emphatic victory in Brazil's presidential election, defeating his right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro by more than four million votes.

We'll also look ahead to the elections in Israel later this week which currently a dead heat between the governing coalition of Benjamin Netanyahu and the opposition.

And we bring you a report from the US battleground state of Michigan where the senate contest could be a major test for Republicans.

(Photo: Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro of the Liberal Party (PL) speaks after losing the presidential runoff election; Credit: Adriano Machado/Reuters)

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