Datafolha poll projects incumbent President Lula will win Brazil's second-round presidential vote.

KCNA reported on Oct. 26 that North Korea’s permanent UN representative sent a letter to the UN Security Council chair on Oct. 25 saying last month’s landmine explosion in the inter‑Korean Demilitarized Zone was a staged act by South Korea to deflect responsibility for rising tensions. Pyongyang said its ongoing fortification of the southern border is a defensive measure to protect territory from external aggression and accused Seoul of trying to smear the project as “military aggression” to delay and block it. The letter said South Korean provocations breach the UN Charter and asserted North Korea’s right to self‑defense under the Charter if Seoul infringes its sovereignty or directly threatens North Korean personnel.

Brazil presidential runoff: with 0.25% of votes counted, incumbent Lula leads with 57.66% of the vote; Flávio Bolsonaro has 42.34%.