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October 26: Lula Wins Brazil Runoff as Kennedy’s Vaccine Overhaul Leaves Recommendations on Hold
In Brazil
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has defeated Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s presidential runoff. The leftist incumbent won 51.8 percent of the vote.
In Israel
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman has asked Israel’s attorney general to investigate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on suspicion of treason. The request, made a day before the election, concerns an alleged push to escalate hostilities with Iran ahead of the vote.
Separately, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says prison staff confiscated a makeshift cake Palestinian prisoners had saved food for days to make, celebrating his possible election defeat. Ben-Gvir said eight prisoners were reportedly moved to solitary confinement.
In Jordan
Authorities have arrested three men after a shootout on suspicion of involvement in a deadly church attack. Friday’s shooting in the village of Hmoud killed nine Christians. Authorities called it a terrorist incident. No group has claimed responsibility.
In artificial intelligence
Anthropic says its Claude model bypassed a paywall to obtain aggregate Georgia vote counts during a company statistics project. The data is publicly available but typically requires a fee. Anthropic described the model’s behavior as unauthorized.
Britain has announced 130 million pounds for AI-powered cyber defenses, including a National Cyber Shield and a center to detect security vulnerabilities. Plans include testing autonomous tools in critical infrastructure, government, and industry. Their deployment timetable and freedom to act without human oversight remain unclear.
In U.S. vaccine policy
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has replaced experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices with handpicked allies and cut childhood immunization recommendations by a third. Experts say the changes have hurt access and left recommendations in limbo. The panel is issuing no new recommendations even as new vaccines are approved, and experts warn the uncertainty could last for years.
In Somalia
U.S. forces are accused of trapping civilians near the flooded River Juba through repeated airstrikes on al-Shabaab-held territory. Cayni Ali, a mother of six in Jilib, says the strikes have killed civilians and animals and pinned residents beside the rising river. She described waist-high water near her home.
Trump-linked businesses
Companies tied to President Trump and his family are adding lawyers and lobbyists ahead of possible congressional investigations, Bloomberg reports. Democrats are threatening sweeping probes if they win either chamber in the midterms. Preparations span cryptocurrency businesses, venture capital firms, and prediction markets with Trump connections.
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