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The polls for prime minister of Israel closed Tuesday in one of Israel’s most significant elections in its history and the first since the deadly Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks. Voter turnout reached its highest level since records began in 1973, according to the Central Elections Committee. CNN's Jeremy Diamond breaks down the high-stakes race between Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot.

Using an AI-generated image showing a nuclear attack on Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that a nuclear attack remains a real threat to the country, two days before Israelis head to the polls for a national election.

Chinese electric cars worth up to $150,000 are appearing on the streets of Pyongyang, despite North Korea’s chronic power shortages and U.N. sanctions restricting vehicle imports. CNN’s Will Ripley reports.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection Sunday, defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, in a razor-thin runoff election that capped a deeply polarized presidential race. CNN’s Julia Vargas Jones reports.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reelected to a historic fourth term, but his defeated rival and Trump ally Senator Flávio Bolsonaro said he would not accept the results and would mount a legal challenge.

After more than 10 months in exile, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has returned home to a political landscape that has been reshaped by her ally, the United States, without her involvement. Mary Triny Mena reports.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed a newly opened bridge connecting North Korea and China on Saturday, marking Kim's first reported visit to China in over a year. Analysts say the bridge, and the visit, suggest deepening ties between the two neighbors.

以色列总理选举投票于周二结束，这是以色列历史上最重要的选举之一，也是自2023年10月7日哈马斯发动致命袭击以来的首次选举。据中央选举委员会称，此次选举投票率创下自1973年有记录以来的最高水平。CNN记者杰里米·戴蒙德对本雅明·内塔尼亚胡和前军事首长加迪·艾森科特之间的这场激烈角逐进行了分析。

以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡利用人工智能生成的图像，展示了特拉维夫遭受核攻击的情景，并警告说，核攻击仍然是对该国的真正威胁。两天后，以色列人将前往投票站参加全国大选。

尽管朝鲜长期电力短缺，且联合国制裁限制车辆进口，但价值高达15万美元的中国电动汽车仍然出现在平壤街头。CNN记者威尔·里普利报道。

巴西总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦周日赢得连任，在与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的盟友、参议员弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗的激烈角逐中，以微弱优势赢得决选，这场选举也为这场高度两极分化的总统竞选画上了句号。CNN记者朱莉娅·瓦格斯·琼斯报道。

巴西总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦成功连任，开启了历史性的第四个任期，但他的对手、特朗普的盟友参议员弗拉维奥·博索纳罗表示，他不会接受选举结果，并将提起法律诉讼。

在流亡十个多月后，委内瑞拉反对派领导人、诺贝尔奖得主玛丽亚·科琳娜·马查多返回祖国，却发现委内瑞拉的政治格局已被她的盟友美国重塑，而她本人并未参与其中。玛丽·特里尼·梅纳报道。

朝鲜领导人金正恩周六通过了连接朝鲜和中国的新近开通的大桥，这是金正恩一年多来首次访问中国。分析人士表示，这座大桥以及此次访问表明朝中两国关系正在加深。