Brazil goes to the polls, WHO data on global health: the 4:30pm update

This morning’s edition remains published and available: this second release does not replace it, but updates it where there were developments worth reporting.

Today’s lead story is the Brazilian vote: nearly 159 million voters are called to the polls to choose between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro, with a possible runoff on October 25 if neither surpasses 50%. This is the day’s news on a continental scale, and it was absent this morning.

In Health, we update with the WHO’s Global Health Estimates: global life expectancy returns to 73.3 years, recovering pre-pandemic levels, while dementia and mental disorders grow among the causes of disease burden. The data covers a series from 2000 to 2023, not a single-point survey.

Sport is updated with the third matchday of the Nations League: England’s 7-0 win over Croatia, with braces from Kane and Saka, and Spain’s 3-1 win over the Czech Republic.

Cinema & Entertainment follows the opening of the 39th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival, with the Kurosawa Award given to Mihoko Go and Mohammad Rasoulof: the news comes for now from a single source, the festival’s official website, and we state this in the piece in the absence of independent confirmation.

In Italy, we report on the first National Plan against frailty among the elderly, approved by the Council of Ministers on October 2. In Europe, the galaxy to the left of Spain’s Psoe — Sumar, IU, Comuns and Más Madrid — has set October 17 for the launch of the Frente Amplio, in view of possible early elections.

In Economy and Markets, this morning’s picture finds its cause: the weak US September jobs data (29 thousand jobs versus 133 thousand in August) explain Wall Street’s rise this week, while European inflation climbs to 3.8%. The Briefs complete the day’s picture, with developments on the Ukrainian front.

Chronicle, Culture and Tech & AI have no developments surpassing the threshold of a genuine update: the articles published this morning at 6:30 remain, and readers will find them at the same addresses.

This is today’s final edition. We return tomorrow morning at 6:30.