Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva prevailed in a disputed first round of the Brazilian elections, with 48.40% of the votes, and will face the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, in second round on October 30; it received 43.22% of the votes.

The senator of the center-right Brazilian Democratic Movement, Simone Tebet, was in third position (4.16%), after surpassing the center-left and former minister of Lula, Ciro Gomes (3.05%). The other seven candidates did not reach 1% among all.

Interrogated and beheaded, war between cartels, Chiapas, Mexico.

One dead in a shootout between soldiers and armed civilians in a shopping center in Jalisco.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades have reported shelling Israelis in the West Bank.
#Palestine #Israel

SMO coming to an end, conflict paradigm shift. Lavrov, Russian diplomacy success

#Venezuela In Cabo de San Román, 2 Trinidadian citizens and 1 Venezuelan are arrested, with more than 460 kg of cocaine and marijuana, coming from La Guajira Colombia. Operation "Cacique Manaure"

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Turkish MOD Reported: 7 PKK/YPG Terrorists Who Tried To Attack Peace Spring Region In Northern #Syria Neutralized By Its Armed Forces

#Iran "Saman" suborbital rocket was successfully launched

With the efforts of the experts of the Air and Space Industries Organization of the Ministry of Defense and the cooperation of the Iran Space Research Institute, the experimental sample of the "Saman Orbital Transfer Block", which is used to move the satellite between different orbits of the earth, was successfully launched and tested with the Saman Suborbital Probe.

The performance of Saman Orbital Transmission Block engineering sample subsystems was tested in conditions close to space conditions and complete data collection of the said block's performance was carried out and its performance in operational conditions at high altitude was proven.

Rearmament in the formations of the ground forces of the PLA #China

On the day of the celebration of the founding of the People's Republic of China (October 1), one of the mixed mechanized brigades of the 71st Army of the PLA Eastern Command Ground Forces (responsible for the leadership of Taiwan) delivered at least 22 infantry combat vehicles ZBD-04A (Type 04A).

This technique goes into service with the specified connection to replace the BMP ZBD-86 (Type 86).

On October 4, the Missile Forces and Artillery of the Armed Forces of #Kazakhstan celebrate their professional holiday.

Troia Portugal. The first edition of NATO's Dynamic Messenger 2022 was run to explore maritime unmanned systems

The Democratic Republic of the #Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the head of the country’s armed forces as part of broader military reforms aimed at boosting efficiency.

In a statement from the presidency on Monday, Christian Tshiwewe Songhesha, former commander of the Republican Guard, an elite unit in charge of protecting the head of state, was named as the new army chief of staff, replacing Célestin Mbala Musense

#Japan, US hold joint drill within hours of N. Korea missile launch

Eight Japanese and four US fighter jets took part in the drill in airspace west of the country’s Kyushu region, a Joint Staff statement announced

‘We are taking swift action’, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said after talks with head of US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral John Aquili

Exercise Aibalta-2022, #Kazakhstan

☝🏻🗣️ - At the #UN, 11 countries have condemned Russophobia.

📍11 countries, including Russia, Belarus and China, issued a joint statement in Geneva condemning the restriction of the rights and freedoms of Russian and Russian-speaking residents unleashed by the authorities of a number of states in recent months. Bolivia, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Syria and Ethiopia joined the statement. - Source

⚓️ Russian and Chinese naval branches finish 2nd joint policing in Pacific Ocean

◽️ Warships of Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet and Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy have passed via the seas of Japan, Okhotsk, Bering, Philippine and East China. The detachment visited the Bering Sea for the first time and rounded a part of Aleutian Islands' archipelago.

◽️ The vessels have sailed a total of over 7,000 nautical miles.

◽️ Sailors from both countries have practiced manoeuvres within various waterborne orders and establishing communications among the group's vessels. The joint trainings included anti-submarine operations, search and rescue, air defence, as well as flights of shipborne helicopters.

An operation in El Salvador with some 2,000 elements of the Army, supported by elite police officers, left 26 detainees this weekend, alleged members of a Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) cell in the central town of Comasagua, according to reports on Monday.
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Mobilization in South Ossetia to the special operation in Ukraine

The United States announced this Monday that it will force all agents of the security forces to carry body cameras that film their actions and will allow the rapid publication of the videos recorded in serious incidents.

The 3rd NM Brigade of the #Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) discovered and destroyed a stronghold of Ukrainian militants. Thanks to the well-coordinated work of the UAV operator and the calculation of the ATGM, the goal was achieved. The enemy suffered losses in dead and wounded.