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plunging into a river. ah, hello i mary, i'm noisy in london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. brazil on a knife edge is voters choose between fall right. president charles dinero always left his rival, luna desilva with reports of police stopping some people guessing to polling stations. oh, so i turn around, i told the crow this people thought south korea and shock after at least a $153.00 people die in a crash during halloween festivities and soul and political vacuum in lebanon. as the president leaves office with no replacement appointed and only a caretaker government in place, ah

welcome to the program where we begin this hour in india where at least $81.00 people have died off to a 100 year old suspension bridge collapsed is took place in the city of more be in the state of good your art. now officials are saying that hundreds of people fell into the river below. when cable supporting the pedestrian bridge snapped, some people clung to the twisted remains, waiting for emergency teams to rescue them. while others swam to safety. 230 meter long bridge had been closed for renovation for 6 months, and only reopened to the public last week. the ball, if you read the book, the longer many children were enjoying holidays for dueli and they came here as tourists. all of them fell one on top of another. the bridge collapsed to 12 loading, or some people who are moving on the bridge got injured

while others fell into the water beneath. we started richey work immediately and took the injured people to the hospital alert. we want to go to brazil now, big story that people have less than an hour to finish voting in the countries most polarized election in decades, rivals durable scenario, and louisa nasa lula to silver a competing for power and what appears to be a knife edge presidential run off ball scenario the far right incumbent voted in rio de janeiro on sunday. he is seeking a 2nd term, vowing to consolidate a sharp conservative turn in brazilian politics. addressing the media ball scenarios that he hopes for a victory for the good of brazil. he is up against former present louisa nashville lula da silva, who voted at a school in sao paolo lula is promising more social and environmental

responsibility and says democracy in brazil will triumph a victory for lula. would marcus stunning, come back for the left, his leader. we spent time in jail on corruption convictions will in the 1st round of brazil's presidential election at luna want more than 48 percent of the vote, but both scenario to fight opinion polls got more than 43 percent. forcing a run off to take place. his right wing liberal posse scene in orange just here. also big winners in the congressional elections. a 199 seats in the lower house, and 8 of the 27 contested seats in the upper house. now that means that if lunar wins is going to face a challenging time to get his policies through congress, no matter who comes to powder, gonna lead a country with an economy in ruins where the world's largest rain forest, the amazon is disappearing fast. so out there is, there is a budget life from the electoral tribunal in the, in the capital presenting well,

so to speak to our last america editor a bit later. lucy and human is also following the story for us that now what about these reports that people have been obstacles and obstructions, the way of people trying to vote by federal highway, police whose loyalties lie with both scenarios. what can you tell us about that? teresa a well, this past 2 weeks have been charged with tension polarization that we've been seeing. and people are very, very sensitive about what's happening in the country right now where i am electro preview. now there's been lots of reports about people heading to the polls in buses and the highway police carrying out operations and road blocks that were irregular in a way. there's been report that there's been an increase of 70 percent of such operations in that part of the country. that is a new law that feel a strong hold on what makes it more suspicious for many of the people we have spoken to is that the director of the highway police is

a paul both tornado support or he in fact posted on social media asking people to vote for the aid of all tornado. we were just here were the director of the electro tribune. i said that those type of operations were banned. that doing this day, all people should be able to make it to a polling station safely without major incidents out on the highway. but he's what not was not respecting that. however, what he did say is that in most of this case, his people were able to make it to the polling station that they were not banned from making it there. and that's why it's important. but, you know, in a way all of this just adds up to the tension that exists in this country. right now. we know it's, there's been lots of questioning about what will happen with the result. let us eat about is believed in between 4 and 5 points. ahead from former president edwards fernando who has been questioning this country's electronic voting system, who has been questioning this electron trevino who has been questioning the supreme court. and he even suggested that it should be the military carrying out the count

in process of this current election. so all of this just adds up to the situation here to the tension that exists. here we have seen some situations of political violence in this past week. where a congress woman close to right of all. ok. so now to, for example, was seen on television going after a black man with a gun in here yet, what happened right there. she said that there might be a public security incident, but however, you know, it just adds up to the attention that we're seeing today. and of course, the big question is, if you let i feel about wins the selection, as most of the polls have shown in best past you week. what were precedents you'd want fernando do? will he acknowledge the results? so we'll be following the results closely from here, from the lecture tribunal, and from brazil. yeah. and will keep you up to date to the situation on the ground . oh, thank you very much. from priscilla. teresa bowen, or latin america to lucy newman, is also there. she joins us now from a polling station in sao paolo. so there were concerns before this run of took

place. lucy had been already complaints coming in about the furnace and perhaps the credibility of the process. what are you hearing about this? oh, well exactly. following up on what my colleague, teresa board just said, apart from the issues of the federal highway police stopping buses, there's been the issue, a bus was not being available. we have been multiple report of people waiting for up to 3 hours for public transport to make it to the polls. and they simply have to go home and couldn't go. not only here in the state of south bow law right here in downtown, but also in the surrounding areas. this is, remember the largest state in the country with the largest number of voters, but also in areas where the former president lula desilva has a lot of support. and so it, that is not a coincidence, according to most people. now the government, in fact, the electoral tribunal had made it, had agreed to make it legal for public transport to be free. in some states and

cities like below the sante, even the, the metro was, was free. so people could easily go to vote. but in other places where people needed to be able to make it to the paulding stations because those people are poor, the mares and the governors of those states which support both fernando did not allow that to happen. so again, it has been a very, very dirty political campaign, and all those irregularities that we saw during the campaigning i've been occurring now throughout the day. it's only an hour of less. in 15 minutes and 50 minutes, the polls will close and then the vote counting will start very, very tense. and even though some of the polls say that like the silver is leading, it's really very hard to say. if that will actually happen, particularly with the amount of people that may not have been able to make it to the voting stations. all right, thanks very much. our latin america editor, lucille newman, reporting to us from mit sound palo. thank you lucille. as now bring in paul sotero, who is a distinguished fellow and former director of the brazil institute at the wilson

center, joins us live now from washington d. c. if i can start by asking you about these reports of elements within the army and the highway, police engaging in some sort of voter suppression, how seriously do you take these allegations? no, i have to take them very seriously. brazil is a country that knows how to organize and execute an election are these all are come from. oh right, right wing part of brazil. ah, that her thrives and chaos. they need chaos in order to prevail. that those are attempts in creating chaos. i don't think that they will succeed. let's see. i do believe that president, her former president louise in our shuttle or the silver will prevail by a margin. similar to that he prevailed in the 1st round of 4. 5 per cent

may be 3, and her the rest will be pretty unpaid climatic. i don't believe that was the results are announced her that they will be contested by the candidates. this business off both shall model one scene to involve the army or in the vin old in the vote. counting isn't a complete absurd. the army in brazil can barely do what it is supposed to do, but they don't know how to count votes. ah, we have done, we have probably the most advanced system of voting and counting votes. we will see the results of this selection a couple of hours. can i ask, is it laney still working on it? yes, i mean, you seem to suggest that lula will win by similar margin as he did in the 1st round,

but depending on how close the result hes, could bol sanara dispute the result given that to well this is that the 2nd and final round in the contest if margin is a little too close. yeah, he could, but i believe the margin will be large enough to prevent that possibility. and you know, one important thing to keep in mind in the 1st round of the election, the parties that support both shall model. ah, one majorities in the parliament eyes the exact same system that is used in that election in this election. so the idea that that the election was fair in this may be unfair is not really easily acceptable. so i believe this will complete this cycle will be completed in

a normal way with probably i said probably because i've not, i don't know, but likely a lula victory that will be accepted by all ah, and bull shall not. we'll have to accept that because that is the will off the brazilian people and i, i don't make much of these tensions, et cetera. yes, brazil is a poor ice society with many challenges to fit, facing many, many challenges. but we are proving again that we know when we have known for a quarter century how to organized and execute fair free democratic elections. and during my very positive note welding to tara got 10 while less than an hour until people stop voting will say across historian, them chat you some more that later on. for now, thanks very much. wondering you more and on top story now that bridge collapse in

the india mahash langa is a senior assistant editor. the hinge, a newspaper. enjoys us now from amanda bod. i mean these are some pretty shocking pictures. we've been seeing of people clinging to twisted parts of the bridges. they, it basically collapses into the river. how can something like this happen when this bridge was only just renovated and then open to the public days ago? but you know, it's my super duty that has occurred in a motor b, 280 kilometer problem in the you know, the bridge was that, you know, waited and repaired and reopened on just the 26th of october, just 3 days, 4 days ago. and today officially said that to because all, well, you know, all over our bed on the bridge because of the holiday season or not the

i don't you know now on the bridge and it could not take the lord and they call it our let me just tell you that it's a 140 or during the colonial. you know, it was, it was considered magneto dish engineering. but then you know, 2 years the boy did, you know, it was taught the public use then, then it underwent repeating and renovation any for today we are and we can i ask you, do we know who, who is involved in the renovation of this bridge over here is going to be investigation now into this disaster and what took place in the sort of, you know, whether the right procedures checks and balances were carried out. but this is quite a tragedy to have taken place. and, you know, people have obviously died as

a result of this. do you know who was involved in the renovation and whether there was any government oversight but you know, if the, if the, you know, shopping the weird thing so much that the, you know, at 1st was given to to operate the breeze and potentially in good one and as a private company for innovation, and please be home municipal official saying they're caught up in the pick man, you know, certificate fitness that the biggest of the breed before reopening it. so. and then before the state government has come to the, you know, the, comes on the lead to the, to the duty by the, by, by all accounts,

it appears that it's the my 2 men made. sorry, did he say this a safety certificate had come through a form that wasn't produced? it wasn't the, you know, safety certificate wasn't a pain before you reach. and that is why the government at that committee. but you know, it says shopping private handling, very, very sensitive and all. and then the reopening without even informing development the authorities and then the almost $500.00 people just using it, pretty shopping in, in there, in the town. which is, as i said, 280 kilometer program, the bus one is, is an industry hub, you know, how is that? so making and general now the other industries. thank

you very much. is interesting to talk to my hash longer from the hindu newspaper. jones is that from a comment about or south career is morning a day after a crowd surge killed at least 153 people celebrating halloween in a densely packed alley in the capital. so people have been paying tribute to the victims laying flowers in taiwan town the night life district where the tragedy took place. expressing that condolences most of the dead were in their twenties and thirties, businesses and the districts have closed and the president in sir keel has ordered of an investigation into what happened. robert bryan reports now from so the it was a night of revelry that quickly turned into a tragedy. desperate scenes as 1st responders and other party go as attempting to resuscitate victims pulled from the crush. packed with crowds, people converged on this one alley way with deadly consequences. so they came here

at 10 p. m. and it was like a team from a movie, from things happening during the war. it was completely out of control. oh, some of the 1st rescue was at the scene, said they couldn't get the injury to hospital because of the crowds, many of whom didn't realize the tragedy that was unfolding on. there were too many people and it was too crowded. i know the police and rescue workers are working hard, but i would say there was a lack of preparation on sunday morning sole woke up to the enormity of this tragedy. as the bower and entertainment district console. one is normally busy at holloway, but with pandemic restrictions being lifted for the 1st time, the streets were filled with tens of thousands of party going south korea's president came to see for himself to see an answering a review of crime control measures for future festivals and events on henry imagine

. so it's a tragedy and a disaster that should not have taken place in the heart of soul during halloween celebration. i express my condolences to the victims for years, how it all to ration but sunday, the streets of 81 that hours earlier had been packed now ear really quiet on lucas standing in silence, trying to understand what happened to him egon denise. an incident like this was in a way predictable covered restrictions were lifted, which resulted in bigger crowds with longer pool. i strongly found that if i came in there might be something that i can do to help mrs. anxious relatives, a search to find out the fate of loved ones and for survivors, nightmarish memories of the crushing people that the people with it. well, i turn around and i had told the crowd because come this way. people had thought

an extensive investigation into the cause of south korea's most deadly crush now underway. rob mcbride al jazeera, so our tropical storm is swept out of the philippines off to swampy, much of the country. the death toll from flooding his climb to ac, with at least 31 people missing. on a below reports from the northern says yes, invoice. tropical storm, null gay made landfall in the philippines late friday evening. but 24 hours later wasn't quite done yet. by sunday morning, nearly the entire archipelago was submerged in flood water. edward w sterile says he wasn't able to get any sleep made up when i notice i'm in door, but it's the 1st time this has happened to us we've been with since last night. we can't change because all our clothes are wet and some were even so pauline, we've lost so much, even our chickens light. lisa floris, what if a door does neighbor says she feared for her life and her children. and i think

when i'm getting my 2 little daughters were home, what if they drowned and her house collapsed? we would have been buried alive. fortunately, while flood waters continued to rise in other areas, they were slowly receding in their neighbourhood. i want to give you a sense of how high flood waters rose here. right now. it's ankle deep. but look at this dark pink streak over the light pink page of the gate. this was how high the flood waters were. thousands of filipinos are still in temporary shelters . social workers here see, it may take a few days before it back. you east can return to their homes, social welfare secretary, erwin til 4 assurace victims. that the government is ready to provide the necessary aid go him deport today. up in i hope is on its way. if it doesn't arrive to day, it will arrive tomorrow morning. that's the late this you can expect it no matter

where you are. from now, some filipinos are going around and don't eating food packs. an act of kindness victim c is unexpected. but the welcome gesture, their faith in humanity restored. during one of the most trying types. barnaby low al jazeera, you must city. the philippines maple in somalia have been searching for lost loved ones after a suicide attack held at least a 100 people in the capital market tissue. 300 others of a wounded relatives have been searching 3 rubble for those still missing 2 columns exploded on saturday. a busy junction near the education ministry a sack and went off just as ambulances arrived on the scene, the on group al. sure, bob claims to have carried out the attack. it's somali as deadliest explosion since a truck bomb attack at the same junction took place in 2017 that killed more than 500 people. and i have the, the victims are somali people about who are recuperating from the attacks 5 years

ago in the same area. some of them recovered from injuries, some were disabled our, some were orphans who lost their loved ones in previous attacks and others on the machine was we, in the muslim somali people are at war with these men. at the time we are talking, there is fighting against them going on in many parts of the country. whether it is gal montague here chabot southwest or jubilant states. now we're wanders, ambassador has been expelled from the democratic republic of congo. kinshasa. he sang their london government is supporting rebels in congos eastern provinces. kigali says it regrets the decision and accuses the d. r. c of colluding with a different aunt group fighting assertion, the region despising tens of thousands of people. in the m 23 armed clippers are forcibly gained ground in recent days. oh, people have gathered on the streets of the eastern congolese city of goma.

meanwhile, to protest against what they call reminders, interference in domestic matters and its supportive grapples. he golly denies backing the om group and accuses its neighbour of military escalation. yes, we are tired of the unjust war. we want to tell the world to rwanda cruel gondo, to stop supporting terrorists in the d. r. c. enough is enough. one, law, one the, now that i'm protesting because run down a gander through d. m. 23 are attacking our country. it's why i say we don't want this aggression anymore. when our students in iran of defied the toughest warning yet by the revolutionary gods, continuing to protest the universities around the country. nationwide demonstrations over the death in police custody of my son, many of evolved into one of the largest challenges facing around government and the revolution. you do the challenges. so when calling for freedom out with take out the things and some fire from riot police and the mission count approaches also

held in supportive government and rival protested, clashing the had to be runs revolutionary, guarded warned. that would be the last day of protest and assign a security forces would intensify the crank down where we go to lebanon now, where the head of state has vacated the presidential palace, leaving at the end of his time without a designated success or a fully functioning government, as situation, he's described as constitutional chaos. michelle allen's departure triggered a power vacuum of the parliament failed. who agree on a replacement for the role which must go to a maronite christian? before leaving, he signed a decree, formalizing the resignation of the g. mccarthy's government. it will remain in office in the catholic capacity. it's held since the elections in may. during simone short term, our presided over a devastating financial meltdown which has pushed more than 80 percent of the population into poverty over the past 3 years. not been in currency is also lost.

95 percent of its value or president our had this to say just as he was leaving the palace mentally killing was we had a state where all the institutions have been reduced to nothing. these is usually were totally exhausted by the ruling elite. the judiciary is out of function. failing to establish justice. they are all in fear and they fear the baton of those who put them in the payroll. we initiated investigation to investigate all the financial violations. the governor of the central bank couldn't be taken to court, who is protecting him, who is his accomplice? it's all among the elite who have been firming their grip till we have reached this dire situation in order for lebanon to live on. when he to reform and rid the country of these people will examine under his dr. jersey levant, as he shoot for strategic affairs, he explains what flags that president allen. i think now he's preparing the new

face for him and for his party to be one key figure of opposition especially that nothing has been achieved during his term as the president, namely at the level of reforms the country is deeply needed. need 3 for the new 34 and especially that is that condition that the i am looking to have that going on and there is no other way to get out there at the crisis. if not a deal with the i n s. and even than your guys resource horses that have their own count on after the money time was asian, i cannot go to the economy if the forms are not paid, that it will fuel a car up what they call

a class. and let's keep in mind that this what happened in 2019, during them and date of semester on is it. you should have wilson denise took it to the city to but if you was, and if you all of this was the class. what the establishments, however, is what are the established establishment managed to get through the window to the government and to keep it died on the power united nations after general engineer terrace has expressed deep concern over russia's decision to pull out of the un broke a great deal, he and that turkish officials are working on revising the deal. western government urging moscow traverse to move sang, undermines f as to ease a global crisis. ukraine's president automated landscape warn that it threatens to

bring large scale famine to africa and asia. moscow said it was cooling off the 3 month old deal because of drone strikes on its ships anchored off crimea. ukraine says moscow had power to move well in advance. a man is attacked a migrant processing center in the southern english portion. dover, the attack reportedly through 3 petrol bombs with fireworks attached to them that center one which one of which did not go off the man later killed himself. can police said one mind the injury was reported? thousands of supporters of the new killer selenium marched in the former italian to take his hometown and burial place. the crowd, the crowd paraded in the town of w tomorrow, 100 years since historic march of rome, which should in fascism is birth and death marked annually by neo fascist in the country. sundays gathering also saw expressions of support. the new government led by georgia maloney italy's most right.