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Ground Signal — October 26, 2026 · Ground Signal FM

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  This is Ground Signal, your daily briefing for
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  Monday, October 26, 2026. Today, Lula wins Brazil,
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  Iran talks open in Tehran, oil stays near a six
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  -month high, and a narrow truce takes shape in
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  Ukraine. Global News, Signal 5, Brazil. Luiz
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  Inácio Lula da Silva won the presidential runoff,
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  according to the electoral court. He took 51
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  .79 % of valid votes to Flavio Bolsonaro's 48
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  .21%. Reuters reports Bolsonaro had not conceded.
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  Brazilian markets are expected to sell off Monday
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  with the real under pressure. Expect volatility
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  as the result settles this week. Signal 4, Iran
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  and the Gulf. Delegations from Saudi Arabia,
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  Pakistan, and Turkey met officials in Tehran,
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  according to AP. They are trying to avert renewed
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  fighting involving Iran, Israel, and the United
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  States. Signal 4, Hormuz and Saudi Arabia. Reports
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  say October has brought an unusually high number
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  of attacks on shipping near the Strait. Saudi
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  air defenses also intercepted missiles and drones
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  on October 24 and 25. Signal 3, Ukraine. Russia
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  and Ukraine agreed to a local ceasefire around
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  the town of Oleshky. Reuters and AP report that
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  outlets differ on the start date. Technical peace
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  talks are expected in November. Markets and crypto.
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  The S &P 500 closed Friday near 7 ,645, according
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  to one market report. The 10 -year Treasury yield
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  sat around 4 .96%, and the dollar index near
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  101 .8. Sources differ slightly. Brent crude
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  trades around $115 to $116 a barrel, near its
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  highest level since April. Bitcoin is near $79
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  ,800. This week, watch oil, the Brazilian real,
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  and the Federal Reserve decision on Wednesday.
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  Tech and future. Anthropic announced Cloud Opus
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  5 .5 this week, according to its newsroom. OpenAI
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  rolled out chat GPT work with Uber, according
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  to its news page. NVIDIA chief Jensen Huang urged
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  Europe to speed up its data center build -out,
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  AP reports. Compute capacity remains a central
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  theme in this week's AI news. Mobility. Europe's
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  entry -exit system is now fully running across
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  the Schengen area. It replaces passport stamps
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  with digital records and biometric checks for
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  non -EU short -stay visitors. The 90 days in
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  any 180 -day rule still applies. ETI asks the
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  separate travel authorization is still slated
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  for the last quarter of 2026 with no exact date
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  yet. Plan trips accordingly. Forward signal.
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  First, whether Bolsonaro concedes and how the
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  real trades. Second, whether the Tehran talks
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  cool tensions around Hormuz. Third, the Fed decision
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  on Wednesday, and the start of the Oleshki ceasefire.
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  That is your signal for October 26. Ground Signal
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  returns tomorrow.