Putin promised to "do everything possible" to end the war in the Middle East after meeting with the president of Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan, where he vowed to make every effort to help end the conflict in the Middle East. The bilateral meeting took place as both leaders attended an international event in the region.

Separately, in unrelated political developments in South America, polling data in Brazil indicated that Senator Flávio Bolsonaro leads incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by four percentage points, holding 49 percent of the vote compared to Lula's 45 percent ahead of an anticipated presidential runoff.