Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on track for a significant victory in snap elections on Sunday, potentially securing a two-thirds majority in the lower house, according to media estimates. This outcome, the best result for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2017, could however raise concerns in China and worry financial markets, according to Euronews.
Meanwhile, in Portugal, citizens voted in the second round of the presidential election on Sunday, with Socialist candidate António José Seguro favored to win against far-right populist André Ventura. The election was overshadowed by heavy storms that had hit the country. Approximately 11 million people in Portugal and abroad were eligible to cast their ballots, as reported by Euronews.
Elsewhere, a man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia's military intelligence agency in Moscow was detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB). The suspect, Russian citizen Lyubomir Korba, was apprehended on suspicion of carrying out the shooting, which followed a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has blamed on Ukraine, as stated by Euronews. The victim, Vladimir Alekseyev, was hospitalized after being shot multiple times on Friday.
In other news, the Qatar TotalEnergies Open kicked off in Doha, marking the start of the WTA 1000 season. The tournament, with 1,000 ranking points at stake and nearly 3.5 million in prize money, attracted a strong field of the world's top women's tennis players, according to Euronews.
Finally, aerial footage showed widespread flooding in Spain's Andalusia region following the passage of Storm Marta. Approximately 7,000 people had to evacuate their homes due to successive storms, including around 1,500 from the mountain village of Graza, as reported by Euronews.
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