Lula won a fourth term as Brazil's president, beating Flávio Bolsonaro 51.8% to 48.2%.
Bolsonaro rejects the result and wants it annulled.
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U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi ended with an agreement in principle on a large prisoner swap, as drone attacks continued and Russia reported a fire at the Ust-Luga port. G7 foreign ministers in Paris backed the U.S. peace effort and said Europe must be at the table. France attributed a supermarket-refrigeration cyberattack to Iran's IRGC, a charge Tehran denied. Taiwan named an APEC envoy and asked China for a written participation guarantee. Iran, Gaza, and Israel's new Knesset are covered in linked desk stories.
After two days of U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi, the first such meeting of U.S., Russian, and Ukrainian officials since February, both sides confirmed agreement on what Jared Kushner called "the biggest humanitarian release of prisoners," with numbers to be finalized Thursday, AP, Reuters, and other outlets report. Kushner said he and Steve Witkoff would meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday and then see Volodymyr Zelenskyy separately. Territory and security guarantees remain unresolved. Overnight, Russia said it downed hundreds of Ukrainian drones and the Leningrad region governor reported a fire at the Ust-Luga port after drones hit the area, injuring three workers.
G7 foreign ministers, meeting in Paris on Nov. 9-10, issued a joint declaration supporting U.S.-led efforts to facilitate peace in Ukraine through direct negotiations, calling for a full, comprehensive, and reciprocal ceasefire, and stating that talks on Europe's future security must include Europeans. They said a mutual halt to attacks on energy infrastructure and in the Black Sea would be an important first step. The ministers strongly condemned Iran's obstruction of transit through the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on civilian vessels, and opposed tolls or other limits on passage. Canada, at the same meetings, reimposed sanctions on 11 Iranian entities.
