The Morning Briefing: October 25, 2026

Good morning. Brazilians vote today in a presidential runoff that polls show as a tie, with results due tonight. In the United States, police in Tallahassee are investigating a shooting near Florida A&M University that left 11 people shot after the school’s homecoming game. Here is what to know to start Sunday, October 25.

Brazil votes in a tied presidential runoff

Nearly 160 million Brazilians are eligible to vote in Sunday’s runoff between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Polling stations run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Brasilia time, and the Superior Electoral Court plans to start publishing results at 5 p.m. from the country’s electronic voting machines. The latest Datafolha poll put the two candidates at 50% each of valid votes, while a CNT/MDA poll released Saturday gave Bolsonaro 46.3% against Lula’s 45%, inside the margin of error.

Bolsonaro, 45, led the first round on October 4 with 47.03% of the vote against Lula’s 45.16%. Lula, 80, is seeking a fourth term. Bolsonaro has pledged to pardon his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election to Lula. Lula closed his campaign with a rally on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, while Bolsonaro campaigned in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais. Read our earlier coverage: Flavio Bolsonaro tops Lula in Brazil first round, setting up Oct. 25 runoff and Flavio Bolsonaro wins endorsements from right-wing rivals ahead of Brazil runoff against Lula.

11 shot near Florida A&M after homecoming game

Eleven people were shot on Saturday evening on Perry Street near Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, after Florida A&M University’s homecoming game. Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell said six of the victims were juveniles, including an 11-year-old, and one victim was a university student. Police said a 12th person was hurt while fleeing the scene. One victim was in critical condition and others had serious or stable injuries, according to the police briefing.

Revell said investigators believe the shooting was an isolated incident involving two or three people, not a random attack, and no arrests had been made as of the briefing. The university said the campus remains safe and asked people to avoid the area while police investigate. Read the full story: 11 people shot, including six juveniles, near FAMU stadium after homecoming game in Tallahassee.

Ukraine and Russia trade overnight strikes

Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday that its drones struck a cargo vessel bound for the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk during an overnight attack, saying the vessel was being used to supply the Ukrainian army. The ministry also said Russian forces hit logistics sites in Kharkiv. Reuters said it could not independently verify the ministry’s account.

On the other side, Belgorod regional governor Alexander Shuvayev said an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Belgorod killed two people and injured 13, and another person was killed near the town of Shebekino. Ukraine’s General Staff said it had struck the Tolyattikauchuk petrochemical plant in Togliatti and the Proton electronics plant in Russia’s Oryol region, and hit an aircraft at the Yeysk airfield in southern Russia. The exchange came as a dispute over Starlink use in Ukraine continued; read our coverage here: Musk admits SpaceX throttled Ukraine’s Starlink and accuses Kyiv of violating terms as service is restored.

Southern California coast braces for king tides

A coastal flood advisory is in effect along California’s coast from October 25 to October 29, with coastal flood warnings for San Diego and Orange counties, according to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Elevated tides, amplified by the El Nino pattern, are expected to raise flooding risk along the coast through the week.

Crews are mounting a $4 million emergency operation to reinforce a fractured 360-foot bluff near El Moro and Crystal Cove, using heavy equipment, rocks and sand-filled plastic bags ahead of the king tides, the New York Post reported. In Capistrano Beach, several homes along Beach Road have suffered structural damage, and six or seven homes have been red-tagged as uninhabitable and are undergoing demolition. Recent hurricane-generated swells from storms Marie, Polo and Rachel stripped sand from beaches and left less buffer between the surf and coastal structures.

Wall Street ends the week lower as oil jumps

Stocks closed lower on Friday, October 23. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.23% to 52,215.16, the S&P 500 fell 0.52% to 7,623.68, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.21% to 25,955.34. For the week, the S&P 500 lost 0.47% and the Nasdaq lost 0.71%, while the Dow gained 0.41%.

Oil moved the other way. December Brent crude settled at $116.72 a barrel, up $3.55, and West Texas Intermediate settled at $103.27, as supply worries grew. The 10-year Treasury yield ended at 5.00%. Investors now turn to the Federal Reserve, which announces its next policy decision on Wednesday, October 28. Read our coverage of the oil move: Brent crude settles at $116.72, its highest since April, as Houthi strikes and a UAE oil spill rattle supply.

Sunday sports: United States Grand Prix in Austin

Formula 1 races in Austin, Texas, on Sunday afternoon. Kimi Antonelli starts from pole position for the United States Grand Prix after a 1:34.035 lap in qualifying at Circuit of the Americas, his seventh pole of the season. Antonelli holds a 102-point lead in the drivers’ standings over his Mercedes teammate George Russell, who starts sixth. The 56-lap race starts at 3 p.m. CDT.

In the NFL’s Week 7, the undefeated Minnesota Vikings, 5-0, host the Indianapolis Colts, 2-4, on Sunday. The Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Chargers and Washington Commanders are on bye weeks.