Geopolitics

1. Monday 26 October 2026Lula re-elected, Bolsonaro’s son refusesIn São Paulo, Lula celebrates a fourth term; Flávio Bolsonaro refuses to accept the result.
2. Friday 23 October 2026In Brazil, Meta gatecrashes the run-offLula’s camp accuses Meta of favouring Flávio Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday’s run-off.
3. Thursday 22 October 20267.6 tonnes in the sugarThe biggest cocaine seizure in ten years in the port of Cartagena.
4. Wednesday 21 October 2026Zelensky and Witkoff hand in handReceived in Oslo by Trump’s envoy, Zelensky asks for missiles, intelligence and satellites.
5. Tuesday 20 October 2026The world looks at France and reads its own thesisFrom Washington to Tehran, the violence of 17 October makes the front pages. Every capital finds proof of what it already thought, and the markets present the bill.
6. Monday 19 October 2026Brazil, Lula stakes it all on Sunday against Bolsonaro’s sonOn 4 October, Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the former far-right president, finished two points ahead of Lula. The runoff is on Sunday 25 October, between the forest, workers’ rights and social media.
7. Saturday 17 October 2026Dropped by Trump, Zelensky asks Europeans for 70 billionAt the Brussels summit, Volodymyr Zelensky asked for 70 billion euros more for 2027, just as Donald Trump finds him harder to deal with than Putin.