Two election defeats, two different responses in Belgrade and Brazil

Germany's ZDF evening bulletin contrasts Vučić's concession with Bolsonaro's refusal to accept Lula's victory, before turning to German industry and Ukraine.

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1:03ZDF reports the Student List's Serbian election victory, followed by Vučić's concession and an assessment from Belgrade.
4:59Lula wins Brazil's runoff; Bolsonaro refuses to recognize the result, and Kröger examines the country's divisions.
8:26Dobrindt proposes investment protections before the bulletin examines criticism of Audi's factory announcement at Trump's rally.
11:15ZDF relays UN recruitment accusations against Russia, then examines humanitarian hopes and doubts surrounding an Oleshky ceasefire.
13:46Israel's election coverage focuses on Netanyahu's political survival and the challenge from former military chief Gadi Eisenkot.
16:06Deutsche Bahn restores its family ticket; a Bremerhaven cruise collision precedes football results and Germany's 1996 anniversary.

Aleksandar Vučić acknowledges that his side has lost. Flávio Bolsonaro says he cannot recognize the result. Those contrasting responses frame the election coverage in Germany's ZDFheute Nachrichten evening bulletin for October 26.

In Serbia, the broadcaster reports that the opposition Student List has won the parliamentary election, ending the long dominance of Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party. Supporters celebrate in Belgrade as correspondent Michael Bewerunge describes the challenges ahead for the student-backed protest movement. A failed audio connection briefly interrupts the live exchange, but Bewerunge continues his assessment.

In Brazil, ZDF reports that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has unexpectedly defeated Bolsonaro in the presidential runoff, securing a fourth term. Lula thanks young Brazilians, while his defeated challenger rejects the circumstances of the vote. From Rio de Janeiro, correspondent Timm Kröger describes the task of governing a deeply divided country and places the result against a run of right-wing electoral successes elsewhere in Latin America.

The bulletin then brings the focus back to Germany. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is planning an investment-protection law aimed at making the transfer of large private housing holdings into public ownership more difficult. Audi chief Gernot Döllner also faces criticism after announcing a Georgia factory alongside Donald Trump at a campaign rally. Works council representative Jörg Schlagbauer makes support conditional on protecting Audi's German sites in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm; union official Horst Ott calls the appearance embarrassing.

On Ukraine, ZDF relays UN accusations that Russia has used human trafficking to recruit foreign fighters. A separate report examines a proposed ceasefire around Russian-occupied Oleshky, where shortages have created a severe humanitarian situation. A military administration official voices distrust that the pause will hold.

Ahead of Israel's parliamentary election, the program examines the challenge former military chief Gadi Eisenkot poses to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It also reports the permanent return of Deutsche Bahn's family ticket and a collision involving Mein Schiff 3 in Bremerhaven, where a gust reportedly drove the departing cruise ship into two container vessels, ending passengers' holiday before departure.

The closing sports segment covers Bayern Munich's win at Freiburg and Real Madrid's Clásico victory, then revisits Oliver Bierhoff's decisive golden goal as Germany's 1996 European champions mark their anniversary.