So where is Flávio going? To America, with Washington’s blessing. A senior State Department official says he and his family will be granted US visas. Brazil’s Supreme Court had ordered him to hand over his passports. He’s under investigation for corruption and money laundering. His brother Eduardo already lives in Texas, convicted at home. Now the US opens the door to a second son. #Brazil

Exit poll, Channel 12: no majority in Israel. Eisenkot’s bloc 52, Netanyahu’s bloc 50, Arab-led parties a record 18. It takes 61 to govern. Likud stays first with 24 seats, Yashar second with 22, on a record 74.3% turnout. The catch: a stalemate keeps Netanyahu in office as caretaker while the talks drag on. #Israel

Where is Flávio Bolsonaro? Two days after losing Brazil’s runoff, he missed a court deadline to surrender his passports. Police canceled them and are looking for him. A source close to him says he’s on a flight to the US. He denies fleeing, and denies the corruption and money laundering allegations he’s being investigated for. The family pattern: father Jair, 27 years for a coup plot, under house arrest. Brother Eduardo, convicted, arrest ordered, living in Texas. #Brazil #Bolsonaro

“One of the worst countries in the entire world,” Trump says of Canada. Also Trump, on aluminum: “We get it all from Canada, for the most part, and we need it badly.” Both are his words. Canada ships about 70% of the aluminum the US imports, smelted with cheap hydropower. He put a 50% tariff on it anyway. The result: record price premiums for US buyers, while only 4 of the 24 American smelters open in 2000 still run. Canada is moving on. Its aluminum exports to Europe are up 77% this year. #USA #Canada

Morning update: Kyiv’s casualty count has climbed to 15, with 12 hospitalized. The campus belongs to the State University of Trade and Economics, 15,000+ students. Then a second night: 16 ballistic missiles, 280+ drones. The Southern Bridge over the Dnipro was hit. Zelensky: Ukraine received 24 Patriot interceptors in 90 days. It needs about 350 a month. #Ukraine #Kyiv

We asked if the Bolsonaros would concede. Now we know. Flávio Bolsonaro says it’s “impossible to concede” and his lawyers will seek to annul Brazil’s election, which he lost by 4.3 million votes. His reason: a judge, once Lula’s lawyer, kept polls open two extra hours after rain and bus failures. “Changing the rules of the game while the game was being played.” He didn’t mention his own campaign asked for an extension too. #Brazil

Lula did it. Brazil’s electoral court says he beat Flávio Bolsonaro and won a fourth term. He is the first candidate in Brazil’s history to win a runoff after losing the first round. Flávio promised to free his father, serving 27 years for plotting a coup after losing in 2022. Before the result, a top ally in his party posted: “Either we win. Or we win. You’ve been warned.” Hours earlier, Serbia’s strongman conceded. Now it’s Brazil’s turn to show how a loser behaves. #Brazil #Election