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Brazil's presidential election is headed to a 25 October runoff between Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula. CNT/MDA found Bolsonaro at 46.8% and Lula at 45.9%, while Quaest had 46% to 44%; polls remain within their margins of error.
Jair Bolsonaro's prison sentence over the coup plot is 27 years.
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces report advances in the western offensive and claim 1,860 Houthi fighters were neutralised in 2,103 operations. The coalition says it destroyed 82 targets; Saudi authorities report 3 killed and 36 wounded in airport attacks.
People displaced by the conflict in Yemen this month
As Brazilians vote, the election is presented as a measure of how much influence Donald Trump should have in Brazil. Trump says he has been successful in influencing races in Latin America.
Trump urged Arkansas residents to pressure Sen. Tom Cotton to support the Sunshine Protection Act, which passed the House 308-117. Cotton opposes it, and the bill faces Senate obstacles, including no planned vote before the November elections.
U.S. adults who favor the current daylight saving time system
A laboratory worker near Irkutsk died on October 2 after severe pneumonia of unknown origin amid unconfirmed pneumonic plague reports. Russia denied plague cases, while WHO sought information and questioned why Russia did not directly report the death.
The deceased woman was identified by local media as 28-year-old laboratory technician Darya Shipilova.
G7 leaders agreed to release up to 100 million barrels of crude and diesel through the IEA over four months, including a substantial diesel release in the first 20 days. Members also agreed not to restrict energy exports to one another; Trump later said the US would not impose a diesel-export ban.
US average diesel price
The Supreme Court agreed to review the Trump administration’s policy requiring many undocumented immigrants to remain detained without bond hearings while contesting deportation. More than 500 district judges and nine of 11 federal appeals courts have rejected the administration’s interpretation, according to the article.
Renee Good's family filed two civil lawsuits against the US government and Trump administration officials over her fatal Minneapolis shooting. The suits allege recklessness, negligence, unlawful force and civil-rights violations linked to Operation Metro Surge, and seek damages and a jury trial.
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration over her killing.