Some interesting stuff from Europe, particularly the EU's two most authoritarian countries:
In Poland, the ruling Law and Justice party, which basically holds the eastern half of the country tightly through a mix of hard-line social conservatism and big social welfare projects, has been re-elected with a slightly increased majority in the parliament - but has lost control of the Senate, with the left wing parties returning to a more functional position and the main centrist/fiscal conservative opposition solidifying its position though not advancing. It remains to be seen if this will slow or accelerate the Law and Justice attempts to "reform" the judiciary by bringing it more under governmental appointment control.
Meanwhile in Hungary, local elections provided an unexpected setback for its near-dictatorial leader Viktor Orban, who lost control of the capital city to a left-liberal opponent, with a unified opposition ranging from the traditional left and the Greens, to the liberal Momentum party, to Jobbik (who were formerly Hungary's most extreme neo-fascist party, but have tentatively moved towards a more typically national-conservative position and cut ties with some former far right allies as Orban has blocked out all the space on the extreme right of politics). Jobbik gained some mayoralties in other cities. The problem for the opposition is that their headway in cities relies on people there having access to media other than the wildly pro-Orban state broadcasters. In rural areas, this doesn't exist enough, and so Orban maintains massive support there with a completely broken skewed media environment. Nonetheless, Budapest changing hands might yet act as a catalyst for wider changes.
Meanwhile in the Middle-east, Turkey's invasion of Rojava continues and the US pullout has forced the Rojavans to do a deal with the Russian-aligned Syrian government, which seems like the sort of thing that may end badly for everyone involved... far too little international action, still.