# Tuesday 27th October 2026. Brazil election result. Cuba CIA proposal. Serbia student victory. Ukraine Russia ceasefire...

An episode of [Simple English News Daily](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1505603790), 26 Oct 2026, 6:54.

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World news in 7 minutes. Tuesday 27th October 2026. Today: Brazil election result. Cuba CIA proposal. Serbia student victory. Ukraine Russia ceasefire. Libya airspace reopened. Congo Ebola attack. N Korea S Korea border. New Zealand election begins. Canada iceberg dive. With Juliet Martin Become a SEND7 supporter! • Interactive transcripts • Ad-free listening • Bonus quiz episode every Friday • Downloadable transcripts + vocabulary lists • Wednesday worksheets • Ask questions in Ask Me Anything episodes • 10% of our profit goes to Effective Altruism charities. You can become a supporter at send7.supercast.com Sign up for the free newsletter at send7.org/newsletter For more information about SEND7 visit send7.org/contact or send an email to podcast@send7.org

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Good morning, this is Send7, world news in seven minutes.
[0:07] Speaker 1: I'm Juliette Martin and today is Tuesday the 27th of October, 2026.
[0:10] Speaker 1: Starting in the Americas today. In Brazil, leftist President Luiz
[0:29] Speaker 1: Início Lula da Silva won the presidential election at the weekend.
[0:35] Speaker 1: He defeated Flavio Bolsonaro in the runoff vote. This is
[0:40] Speaker 1: the first time ever that a candidate has won in
[0:44] Speaker 1: the runoff after coming second in the first round and
[0:49] Speaker 1: has gone against the expectations of many investors and the polls.
[0:56] Speaker 1: Lula received over 4 million votes more than Bolsonaro, with
[1:01] Speaker 1: a result of 51.8%. He gained more than 10.4 million
[1:08] Speaker 1: votes between the first and second rounds, while Bolsonaro gained
[1:14] Speaker 1: around 3.7 million. Bolsonaro has said he will seek the
[1:21] Speaker 1: annulment of the runoff vote in After voting was extended
[1:25] Speaker 1: by two hours on Sunday, world leaders from countries including Mexico, France, Canada,
[1:34] Speaker 1: India and Russia have congratulated Lula on the result. United
[1:40] Speaker 1: States President Donald Trump did not immediately comment. United States
[1:47] Speaker 1: Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for Cubans seeking
[1:52] Speaker 1: change to partner with the CIA. In a post on X,
[1:58] Speaker 1: he said, to those who seek to create positive change
[2:02] Speaker 1: in Cuba, now is the time. The US government has
[2:07] Speaker 1: previously said it aims to change Cuba's communist government. Cuba's
[2:13] Speaker 1: foreign ministry has said it is open to dialogue with
[2:17] Speaker 1: the US. Europe In Serbia, student protest group Student List
[2:28] Speaker 1: won Sunday's election. Populist and nationalist Aleksandar Vucic had ruled
[2:35] Speaker 1: Serbia as prime minister or president since 2014. He called
[2:42] Speaker 1: snap elections in September and announced his defeat yesterday. He
[2:48] Speaker 1: said the student party would have around 140 seats, and
[2:54] Speaker 1: his Serbian Progressive Party would have around 105 in the
[3:00] Speaker 1: new parliament. Russia has accused Ukraine of striking the town
[3:08] Speaker 1: of Oleshki 18 times in the last week and carrying
[3:13] Speaker 1: out more than 120 drone attacks in the area. Oleshki
[3:20] Speaker 1: is a Russian-controlled town in southern Ukraine. Ukraine and Russia
[3:26] Speaker 1: announced a ceasefire in Oleshki on Friday, which is due
[3:31] Speaker 1: to start today. Africa Libya's airspace has reopened to international
[3:42] Speaker 1: aviation after 11 years. Restrictions on Libyan airspace were imposed
[3:49] Speaker 1: by the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organisation in 2015
[3:57] Speaker 1: during the civil war. They have now been removed. In Congo,
[4:05] Speaker 1: a nurse treating Ebola patients has been killed by young protesters.
[4:12] Speaker 1: health workers sheltered at a hospital during the attack. According
[4:18] Speaker 1: to reports, attacks on nurses and hospitals show distrust and
[4:24] Speaker 1: health misinformation among the population. Asia and Oceania North Korea's
[4:35] Speaker 1: government has submitted a letter to the United Nations Security
[4:40] Speaker 1: Council saying, accusing South Korea of fabricating a landmine incident
[4:46] Speaker 1: in September. Last week, South Korea sent a letter to
[4:51] Speaker 1: the council saying North Korean troops had planted a landmine
[4:56] Speaker 1: in the demilitarised zone, violating the Korean War Armistice Agreement.
[5:03] Speaker 1: According to reports, North Korean armoured vehicles have now been
[5:08] Speaker 1: positioned close to the border and between the two countries.
[5:15] Speaker 1: In New Zealand, early voting for the national election began yesterday.
[5:21] Speaker 1: Voting will be open for nearly two weeks before election day.
[5:26] Speaker 1: Polls show mixed support for the ruling National Party and
[5:32] Speaker 1: the opposition Labour Party. And a Canadian athlete has become
[5:39] Speaker 1: the first woman to dive off an iceberg. Molly Carlson,
[5:45] Speaker 1: who is 28 years old, dove 50 feet from a
[5:49] Speaker 1: freestanding iceberg in Canada.
[5:53] Speaker 2: This idea to dive off an iceberg actually came from
[5:56] Speaker 2: my struggles with mental health. I think for me, I've
[5:59] Speaker 2: always seen icebergs as, you know, 10% of what everyone
[6:02] Speaker 2: sees and then 90% under the surface what nobody's seeing
[6:06] Speaker 2: what people are struggling with and so for me I
[6:08] Speaker 2: was like if I can mix my love for cliff
[6:11] Speaker 2: diving high diving with mental health and my passion for
[6:15] Speaker 2: advocation of that I just think it'd be such a
[6:17] Speaker 2: beautiful moment.
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