On the evening of the 18th (local time), incumbent President and Workers' Party candidate Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro and the Liberal Party candidate, met in their first head-to-head televised debate of the campaign. First-round voting on the 4th of this month returned Flavio with about 47% of valid votes, roughly two percentage points ahead of Lula. The pair advance to a runoff on the 25th.

據法爾斯通訊社報道，伊朗武裝部隊總參謀長、哈塔姆·安比亞中央司令部司令阿卜杜拉希少將向美國和以色列發出警告稱，伊朗已做好應對新一輪衝突的準備，並將對美以的任何新一輪誤判作出比以往更加猛烈的迴應。阿卜杜拉希表示，美以此前多次以推翻伊朗、分裂和摧毀伊朗爲目標發動戰爭，但伊朗依然保持強大並屹立不倒。他稱，美國總統已經老了，甚至連從座位上站起來的力氣都沒有。美國社會和以色列方面都清楚美以存在嚴重弱點，並警告稱，若再次作出錯誤判斷，將招致更爲強硬的反擊。他還表示，伊朗領導層、人民、政府官員及武裝部隊的決心和意志已經經受過多次考驗，美以不應重複此前的錯誤。阿卜杜拉希最後警告稱，伊朗下一輪軍事打擊可能來得更快，破壞力更強，也將更難被攔截。

At the 2026 RISC-V China Summit, Alibaba DAMO Academy chief scientist Meng Jianyi said XuanTie chips have reached stable shipments exceeding 6.0 bln units. Citing Omida, he said global RISC-V processor shipments are forecast to grow about 30% p.a. to 2030 and reach roughly a 25% share of global processor shipments by 2030. DAMO also unveiled its first automotive-grade enhanced E908A RISC-V chip.