These factors could decide Netanyahu's fate in Israel's election

Israeli presidential candidate Gadi Eisenkot's pledge made Sunday to "heal" Israeli society after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's divisive tenure resonated with some voters attending his final campaign rally before polling begins Tuesday. Netanyahu meanwhile received fresh backing for re-election from US President Donald Trump and deemed Eisenkot "soft" on Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold five bilateral meetings with foreign leaders on the sidelines of the eighth summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), including with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Monday, according to Interfax . Pezeshkian said before departing Tehran that his visit to Moscow would include discussions aimed at securing energy transit routes and eliminating insecurity in the Middle East, which he said was caused by the war sparked by the joint U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran almost eight months ago.

Sabatini examines how Lula's campaign reinvention, youth mobilisation, and the changing dynamics of Bolsonarismo are reshaping Brazil's political landscape. By embracing social media, mobilising younger voters, and shifting attention from his historical achievements to the economic anxieties of ordinary Brazilians, Lula managed to transform the electoral contest. As Sabatini explains, voters were no longer satisfied with hearing about the past. They wanted an answer to a more immediate question: "What are you going to do for us now?

The left-wing incumbent president had lost the first round to right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro.