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Large numbers of Brazilians have been voting in the most polarised presidential election for many years. With 94% of the vote counted, far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has 46.8% of the vote, surprising some pollsters but remaining just shy of the 50% needed to avoid a run-off election, giving hope to main rival, Fernando Haddad, the left-wing candidate for the Workers' Party. We鈥檙e joined by the 大象传媒鈥檚 Latin America Business correspondent Daniel Gallas for the latest, and Verrisk Maplecroft analyst Jimena Blanco gives the political context.

Later this month the European Union will reveal its new "Asia connectivity strategy" which could be a rival to China鈥檚 Belt and Road economic plan. It will be unveiled in time for a big EU Asia summit. Maaike Okano-Heijmans, EU-Asia relations expert at the Clingendael Institute in the Netherlands, discusses the EU's potential strategy.

We鈥檒l also hear from independent economist Michael Hughes, and the 大象传媒 reporter Jonathan Bithrey is in Jakarta exploring the issue of climate change and its man-made impacts across South East Asia.