Here's a rundown of all the news you need to start your Monday, including Brazil's presidential election heading to a runoff between Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Yemen's government launching comprehensive military operations to recapture Houthi-held territory, Iran threatening to target US bases, warships if Washington launches ground invasion, and summit in Egypt rejecting unilateral measures harming Egypt and Sudan's water rights.
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a runoff for Brazil's presidency on Oct. 25 after neither candidate secured the majority needed to win outright in the first round.
Bolsonaro surged ahead of Lula as polls closed but fell short of the 50% plus one of valid votes required for an outright victory.
With 99.73% of the ballots tallied, Bolsonaro led with 47.08% of the vote compared with 45.10% for Lula, a margin of more than 2.3 million votes.
The result reversed the picture painted by most pre-election polling, which had shown Lula with a narrow lead in first-round voting intentions.
Flavio Bolsonaro, 45, a lawyer and federal senator, was handpicked by his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, to lead the conservative ticket with the Liberal Party.
The chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi, announced the launch of comprehensive military operations against the Houthi group to “take control of the entire country.”
"We have instructed the armed forces, security forces and all military formations to begin carrying out their assigned tasks under an approved plan until the country is liberated from the Houthis," Alimi said in a televised speech.
He said all state institutions will be placed on full alert "until the mission is completed and victory is achieved.”
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen pledged to continue supporting the Yemeni government and armed forces in efforts to restore state institutions and end the Houthi takeover.
Iran will target all US military bases and American vessels if Washington launches a ground invasion of the country, a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned.
Ali Fadavi, head of the advisory group to the IRGC commander-in-chief, made the remarks late Sunday while appearing on an Iranian state television program.
“If the Americans launch a ground attack, then we will target every location related to the Americans, American bases and every vessel related to the Americans,” he said.
Fadavi argued that the US understands military force, saying Americans “understand missiles hitting their warships” and “missiles hitting their bases.”
He also said Iran’s production of military equipment exceeds the rate at which it is being used, claiming the country’s current capabilities have increased significantly compared with the previous two wars.
The leaders of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia gathered Sunday at a summit in Egypt's coastal city of El Alamein, rejecting unilateral measures that could harm Egypt and Sudan’s water rights amid their dispute with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council President General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud also rejected interference in the internal affairs of countries in the region "under any pretext," according to the El Alamein Joint Declaration issued afterwards.
The declaration affirmed support for Sudan's sovereignty, territorial integrity and institutions while rejecting "the establishment of any parallel entities." It also called for the resumption of a Sudanese-owned and Sudanese-led political process, support for national institutions and the rejection of any support for mercenaries.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned against giving artificial intelligence models religious authority or surrendering human judgment to them, calling the practice a "real safety issue."
"I am very uncomfortable about people trying to ascribe religious force or a surrender of human judgment to AI models and think it is a real safety issue," Altman wrote on the US social media platform X.
His comments came days after reports that rival AI company Anthropic had held private meetings with religious and philosophical thinkers about AI consciousness and morality.
The New York Times reported that the discussions included whether AI systems such as Claude could potentially be conscious and how religious thinking could help shape their behavior.
US President Donald Trump announced the creation of a "Super Intelligence Force" to coordinate federal initiatives aimed at maintaining US leadership in cutting-edge technology.
"Following the historic White House Accord on Super Intelligence, where the world's most important technology companies came together, and confirmed their responsibilities to the American people, I am announcing the formation of the Super Intelligence Force (SIF)," he wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
Trump said the emerging sector represents a transformation "bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the internet," adding that the panel will work to safeguard public interests while advancing capabilities.
The president said the body will coordinate federal interactions with consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers and commercial developers.
Actor Angelina Jolie, a former longtime UN special envoy, highlighted the scale of destruction in the Gaza Strip, sharing before-and-after satellite images showing extensive damage caused by the Israeli genocide across the Palestinian enclave.
“You can now open Google Earth and see what was done to Gaza,” Jolie wrote on Instagram on Saturday alongside images comparing areas in Gaza before the war with their appearance this summer.
The images show areas near the Al-Qadisiyah School in the city of Rafah, Khan Younis in southern Gaza and Omar Mukhtar Street in Gaza City with large sections of previously dense urban areas lying in ruins.
“Whole neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble,” Jolie said, adding that homes, schools, universities, hospitals, roads, water and sanitation systems and other infrastructure had been damaged or destroyed.
FBI Director Kash Patel and country singer Alexis Wilkins announced their engagement after several years together.
Wilkins shared a photo on the US social media platform X of her showing off her new diamond ring while standing next to Patel.
"Went and got the law involved," the 27-year-old wrote alongside the photo. Patel, 46, reposted the announcement on his own account with heart and engagement ring emojis.
Novak Djokovic fought back from a set down to defeat top seed Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, reaching the China Open semifinals and breaking Rafael Nadal’s record for the best unbeaten start at a single tour-level event in the Open Era.
The 39-year-old Serbian extended his perfect record in Beijing to 32-0, surpassing Nadal’s previous mark of 31 consecutive victories at Roland Garros.
The record looked under threat when Zverev, the top seed and reigning French Open and US Open champion, took the opening set 6-4. But Djokovic responded by breaking the German 5-4 in the second set before serving out to level the match.
The third set followed a similar pattern, with Djokovic again finding the decisive break at 5-4 to close out the two-hour, 35-minute contest.
The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games came to an end after 16 days of competition, with 54 world records set during the continental sporting event.
Athletes competed for medals across 43 sports, including Olympic disciplines and traditional Asian sports such as sepaktakraw and kabaddi, according to Kyodo News.
More than 15,000 athletes and officials from 45 countries and regions took part in the event.
Japan won 269 medals, including a record 83 golds, after fielding its largest-ever delegation of 932 athletes. China topped the medal tally with 341 medals, including 169 golds, fewer than it won at the 2023 Games.
South Korea placed third with 150 medals, including 39 golds.
Max Verstappen won the rain-hit Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, securing his and Red Bull's first victory of the 2026 Formula 1 season.
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli finished second, while Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton completed the podium after fighting back from 18th place.
Antonelli's runner-up finish strengthened his lead in the Formula 1 drivers' championship after his Mercedes teammate and title rival George Russell retired late in the race.
Russell arrived in Malaysia 66 points behind Antonelli, but the gap increased to 84 points following Sunday's race, with seven rounds remaining in the season.
Heavy rain delayed the start and affected the race, with drivers switching from intermediate to slick tires as conditions improved.
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