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Trending News: Pentagon told to ready Iran strike options before US midterms, ReportPalestine’s Election Body Says It Can Deliver First Gaza Vote In Nearly 20 YearsIsrael To Close British Consulate In Jerusalem On ThursdayBrazilian Students Hold Lula da Silva Rally in Rio de JaneiroEbola Outbreak Spirals Out of Control in DR Congo’s North KivuIran and Oman Agree on Safe Routes Through Strait of HormuzSyria Denies It Will Join Saudi Arabia’s War Against the HouthisHouthis Hope Turkey and Pakistan Stay Out of Saudi FightSyria Considers Sending Troops To Yemen To Help Fight Houthi RebelsUS Set to Hit Maduro and His Wife With New Torture Charges, CNN SaysChina’s open-weight AI models are conquering the world. But who’s cashing in?France Is Not Facing A Debt Crisis Despite Soaring Bond Yields, Analysts SayFrance Student Protests Draw 250,000 in Biggest March YetHenri Kagan And Kenso Soai Win 2026 Nobel Prize In Chemistry For Cracking Asymmetry PuzzleFrancis Halzen Receives 2026 Nobel Prize in PhysicsChina Firmly Opposes US Arms Sales to Taiwan: SpokespersonChina’s DeepZang AI Pushes Tibetan Language Tech To Boost Ethnic UnityChina’s Visa-Free Travel Policy Turns the National Day Holiday Into an Economic BoomHong Kong Keeps Its Crown As The World’s Freest EconomyPolish Fighter Jets Scrambled Over Alleged Russian Air ActivityUS Officer: Kaliningrad Attack Threats Target Home AudienceSouth Korea’s Nuri Rocket Successfully Launches 15 Satellites Into OrbitHouthi Rebels Claim Attack On Abha Airport In Saudi ArabiaVance Urges Iran To Scale Back Uranium Enrichment To End StandoffBrazil’s Presidential Candidate Bolsonaro Wants to Amend the ConstitutionTrump Warns America Could Face a Second Great 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TagCrew-13 Mission Brings Russian Cosmonaut Teteryatnikov to the ISSScientist Reveals the Top Priorities for the International Scientific Lunar StationAstronomer Reveals Which Meteor Showers Light Up the Sky in OctoberCamp David Meeting: Trump’s Top Advisers Gather in Secret to Discuss Iran and YemenTrump Rolls Out Health Insurance Payments for Over 20 Million Older AmericansDemocrat Win in Congress Could Raise US Government Shutdown RiskWHO Warns COVID-19 in Europe May Climb Again This Autumn and WinterTrump Midterm Elections Warning: Democratic Win Would Bring Communists to PowerFlydubai Pilot Reportedly Admits He Planned to Crash Plane in IsraelStrait of Hormuz Tanker Reports Unknown Projectile Hit, All Crew SafeNorth Korea Ballistic Missile Launch Reported From WonsanFlydubai Pilot Who Attacked Colleague Was Earlier Banned From Flying in OmanTaiwan F-16 Fighter Jets Finally Arrive, First From the US in 25 YearsTrump Says the US Will Not Impose a Diesel Export BanRubio Orders 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EnemiesHollande 2027 Election Run Is Possible, Says Former French PresidentTRAI New Recharge Rules: Jio, Airtel and Vi Must Now Offer Cheaper Plans Without DataDrought Grips 74% of Maharashtra as Weak Monsoon and El Niño Deepen the CrisisTrump Turns Down Iran’s Ceasefire Offer as Peace Talks Hit a Rough PatchSupreme Court Won’t Halt UPI MDR but Asks Centre to Explain the ChargeMobile Retailers to Observe No UPI Day on October 2 Over New MDR FeeEdible oil prices may stay high even after onion rates coolSensex Today: Market Tumbles Over 1,000 Points as Nifty Slides on Oil ShockSupreme Court Draws Painful Parallel to Nirbhaya Case After Fresh Sexual Assaults on Minors in DelhiBogibeel Port Set to Send Dibrugarh’s First Overseas Cargo Since IndependenceBank Strike Deferred as IBA Agrees to Set Up Panel on Five Day Banking WeekCEC Gyanesh Kumar Resignation Demand Grows as Election Commission Row DeepensMumbai Police Rejects CJP Protest Plan Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Gandhi JayantiPeskov 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Brazilian Students Hold Lula da Silva Rally in Rio de Janeiro

Students and schoolchildren joined a large Lula da Silva rally in central Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, as similar marches spread across Brazil ahead of the presidential runoff.
Lula da Silva rally supporters at a campaign event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A Lula da Silva campaign event in the Bangu district of Rio de Janeiro
Students Join Lula da Silva Rally in Central Rio

Students and schoolchildren marched through central Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, joining a large Lula da Silva rally. They gathered to show support for Brazil’s sitting president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The National Student Union organized the march. Most participants were school pupils and students from state universities.

Fears Over Education Cuts Drive the Protest

Many signs and banners at the rally reflected one major concern. Protesters fear that rival candidate Flávio Bolsonaro could cut education funding if elected. Scholarship programs could also face cuts under his presidency, demonstrators warned.

Pro Lula da Silva Marches Spread Across Brazil

Rio de Janeiro was not alone in hosting a Lula da Silva rally this week. Similar demonstrations took place in Belém do Pará, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre.

Brazil Heads Toward a Runoff on October 25

Brazil held the first round of its presidential election on October 4. Lula da Silva and right wing rival Bolsonaro both advanced to the second round. The runoff vote is set for October 25.

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