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Trade unions are protesting against the Belgian federal government's policy and budget plans.
Barricades with bikes set on fire, stone throwing against the police and water cannons to disperse the demonstrators. While the trade union march is passing through the center of Brussels on a day of protest against the federal government's policies and budget projects, a large group of very young students is facing the police in front of the city's central station. The clashes, with objects set on fire and stones thrown, are also spreading to other streets in the city centre.
The opposition will appeal to the Constitutional Court against the "Stabilicum" approved in the Chamber. The initiative, supported by jurists and citizens, challenges five critical points of the electoral reform wanted by Giorgia Meloni.

Exchange of accusations and denunciations between the candidates for the presidency of Brazil, Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a few days before the ballot on October 25th.
Flavio Bolsonaro gets 53% of the votes in the first poll for Brazil's presidential run-off, beating outgoing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at 47%. The right-wing candidate receives important political support.

The reform of the electoral law introduces permanent non-resident voting for those who live far from the municipality of residence for study, work or treatment, after the experiments of the 2024 European elections and the 2025 referendum. The law, born from an FdI amendment and approved unanimously in the Chamber, allows voting in the municipality of temporary residence if the stay is at least nine months for study/work or three months for treatment or assistance. The vote is valid for political elections, European elections and referendums, but not for local elections. The application must be submitted by December 31st for the following year or within 30 days of meeting the requirements, with a limit of the 45th day before the vote.

Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro criticized Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes after the arrest warrant for his brother Eduardo, convicted of attempting to influence the trial against former president Jair Bolsonaro, calling the measure ineffective and calling for the magistrate's resignation.

Self-help writer Augusto Cury, candidate of the centrist Avante party in the Brazilian presidential election with 2.89% in the first round, has announced his support for right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro in the October 25 runoff against Lula, conditional on eight commitments including abolishing re-election, strengthening healthcare and fighting corruption.