Presidential election in Brazil: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won 48.4% of the vote against 43.2% for Bolsonaro

In the first round of the Brazilian election on Sunday, October 2, 2022, the leftist former president Lula won by a much smaller margin than the polls on incumbent Jair Bolsonaro predicted, hinting at a closely contested runoff on 30 October. According to almost final but still partial results, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won 48.4% of the vote, against 43.2% for Bolsonaro, while the latest poll by the reference institute Datafolha gave the left-wing ex-president a 14-point advantage on Saturday evening. The far-right president, who said he was optimistic about “playing the second half” of the presidential election, announced: “We have defeated the lies.” Lula for his part assured that “It's just an extension. I can tell you that we are going to win this election.”

Suspected conflicts of interest: the court of justice of the Parisian Republic will rule on the dismissal of Dupond-Moretti this Monday

On Monday, October 3, 2022, the Paris Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR) is due to rule on the possible referral to trial of Attorney General Eric Dupond-Morettiwho is suspected of conflicts of interest.After the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, the former bar tenor, appointed to head the Chancellor Laundry at the & Summer 2020 and reappointed to this position. He is summoned at 9:00am with his lawyers to appear before the CJR Investigative Commission. He was indicted for illegal interest in July 2021. This Monday, the CJR will tell him whether it has decided to bring him before its trial chamber, the only body empowered to judge members of the government for crimes or offenses committed in the exercise of their mandate.

National Assembly in Paris: a new reform of unemployment insurance has begun

The Parisian National Assembly resumes its work on Monday, October 3, 2022 in a climate that is already in turmoil. Work has resumed with a contested bill that begins a new reform of unemployment insurance. Macronists expect support from the right, which has an absolute majority. Starting at 16:00, MEPs will discuss the “war in Ukraine and its consequences for France” before discussions in the evening. The debate will be opened by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. She placed the start of the parliamentary session under the banner of this hot international news.

Cholera: at least seven deaths recorded in Haiti

Haiti recorded its first deaths from cholera on Sunday. According to the announcement of the Haitian authorities, at least people have died. This has revived fears of a resurgence of the disease in this poor Caribbean country where an epidemic caused the death of more than 10,000 people between 2010 and 2019. A few hours earlier, the Ministry of Public Health and Population announced that: “the detection of a confirmed case of cholera in Savane Pistache Décayette in the commune of Port-au-Prince and suspected cases in Brooklyn in the commune of Cité Soleil.” For his part, the director-general of this ministry announced at a press conference that seven or eight people had succumbed to the disease.

Nobel Prize in Medicine: the season of famous philanthropic awards opens today

The Nobel Prize in Medicine opens the season for famous philanthropic awards on Monday, October 3, 2022, under the dark shadow of an ongoing war in Europe. This season is based on breast cancer treatments, messenger RNA vaccines, and advances in disease detection. The Nobel Prizes were born out of the optimism of the Belle Epoque more than 120 years ago and are once again faced with the clash between celebrating “benefactors of humanity” and a year particularly heavy in tragedies.

IN SHORT

Environment ministers from around 50 countries are meeting on Monday, October 3, 2022 in Kinshasa for a “pre-COP”, one month before the annual UN climate conference. This “pre-COP” is organized in Africa and should call on rich and polluting countries to assume their responsibilities and put their hands in their pockets.

A father accused of 34 sexual assaults and three rapes of girls, mostly friends of his daughters, whom he invited to the family pool where he imposed the “shark game.” He will be judged on Monday, October 03, 2022 by the Bas-Rhin Assize Court.

On Monday, October 3, 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a tour of Latin America in Colombia. His vision is to strengthen ties with key allies led recently by presidents from the left.

For the 9th day of Ligue 1, Lorient (3rd) continued to keep pace with Paris SG and Marseille by winning against Lille (2-1) for a fifth consecutive victory. Monaco returned to the European positions by correcting Nantes (4-1).