🇪🇹🇪🇷🇪🇬⚡- "The Summit addressed the need to uphold the fundamental principles and pillars of international law as the basis for regional stability and cooperation, particularly respect for the sovereignty, stability and territorial integrity of the countries of the region; upholding the principles of good-neighboring; rejecting interference in the internal affairs of the countries of the region under any pretext.

The Summit discussed the coordination of joint efforts to achieve regional stability.

The Summit addressed:

- Supporting the unity and sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia and rejecting any interference aimed at undermining them, particularly recognition of what is referred to as “Somaliland.”

- Affirming the principle of freedom of navigation and that the governance of the Red Sea is the exclusive responsibility of the littoral states.

- Affirming the importance of respecting international law governing transboundary rivers, including the Nile River." - El-Alamein Joint Declaration by Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia.

🇷🇺⚡- Russian authorities have enforced a strict censorship of the lab plague 'outbreak' in the Irkutsk region.

🇷🇺⚡- A source tells Russian outlet RTVI that staff at Moscow State Technical University's Irkutsk branch were told to avoid public transport.

🇧🇷⚡️- Polls closed in Brazil. Full results are expected to arrive in about three hours.

🇪🇹⚡- Ethiopian military, ENDF, have captured Wukro and Hagere Selam, northern Mekele direction, Tigray region.

🇧🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Voting results for the 2026 Brazilian elections are starting to get published:

1.79% counted.

Flavio Bolsonaro: 49.19%
Lula: 42.21%
A. Cury: 3.08%
Renan Santos: 2.46%
Ronaldo Caiado: 2.33%

No other candidate is above 0.5% for now.

🇧🇷 - For visibility purposes, Rerum Novarum will only relay the scores of the top two candidates, Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro, until the final results are published by the authorities.

🇧🇷⚡️- At 2.9% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 49.8%
Lula 41.6%

🇧🇷⚡️- Flavio Bolsonaro's chances of winning have soared on Polymarket following the publication of the early results.

🇧🇷⚡️- At 4.7% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 50.3%
Lula: 41.2%

F. Bolsonaro, for now, has reached the 50% mark.

🇧🇷⚡️- At 7.5% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 50.7%
Lula: 41%

F. Bolsonaro's scores in the hard-left north-eastern parts of the country are showing up to 5pts increases in certain municipalities compared to his father's score in 2022.

🇧🇷⚡️- At 10% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 51%
Lula 40.8%

Cities have started reporting their votes. According to current results, Bolsonaro has flipped the regions of Amazonas and Minas Gerais without losing any of the states his father won in 2022.

🇧🇷⚡️- At 17.2% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 51.2%
Lula: 40.7%

Bolsonaro's father had already started losing momentum by this point during the 2022 elections.

🇧🇷⚡️- At 25,4% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 50.7%
Lula: 41.3%

Bolsonaro's lead has begun shortening.

🇧🇷⚡️- At 28.8% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 50.87%
Lula: 41.07%

🇧🇷⚡️- At 31.5% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 50.67%
Lula: 41.2%

The north-east has started reporting more frequently alongside the southern cities. Vote updates are much more frequent. Bolsonaro's lead is shortening at a slower pace than his father's 2022.

🇧🇷⚡️- At 36.7% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 50.50%
Lula: 41.38%

🇧🇷⚡️- At 39.5% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 50.40%
Lula: 41.48%

Bolsonaro is losing less than 0.04pts per % of vote counted.

🇧🇷⚡️- At 46.9% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 50.17%
Lula: 41.69%

🇧🇷⚡️- At 51% counted:

Flavio Bolsonaro: 50.09%
Lula: 41.74%