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haddad had welcome t haddad had 0 bbc news, —— welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lewis vaughanjones. our top stories — right—wing congressman jair bolsonaro takes a commanding lead in brazil's presidential election — but he'll face a run—off with leftist rival fernando fernando haddad. climate scientists say "we must do better" — we report from south korea as a new strategy to tackle global warming is released. tributes are paid to the 20 people killed in a car crash involving a stretch limousine in the us state of new york. and after their dramatic cave rescue — the boys from thailand are back on the football field as special guests at the youth olympics in argentina. initial results from the presidential election
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in brazil have the far—right candidate, jair bolsonaro, falling just short of an outright victory. with almost all the votes counted, mr bolsonaro has 46.5% of the vote. it's a stunning result for the former army officer who's promised to tackle crime and corruption. in the second round run—off, he will face the candidate of the left—wing workers' party, fernando haddad who is polling 28.7%. that vote will take place in three weeks. the bbc‘s camilla costa has been following today's vote. shejoins us now from sao paulo. the results i nearly yen. when are we expecting final results? at this point, we have confirmation. almost
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98% of the votes are counted and we have confirmation that brazil is going to have a second round. it also confirms that kind of polarisation, the kind of divisiveness that we have seen in those elections are being called unprecedented in brazilian history so unprecedented in brazilian history so far. is people watching on may not know great deal about jair bolsonaro, he has been in politics are time but seen as an outsider. what kind of character is he? you're making has been a conscious man for 27 years and a former army captain. the shrek he has been at congressmen for nearly 27 years. -- he has been a congressmen. he has veered towards conservative issues. he presents himself as someone who will tackle corruption and have a harder stance against violence and crime in brazil. he defends relaxing gun
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laws. giving authorisation for police actions in brazil. he has that kind of appeal in a country that kind of appeal in a country that has been grappling with a rise in the number of homicides in the last few years. there is of course the run—off election in three weeks' time. he obviously goes into that. is it time. he obviously goes into that. isita time. he obviously goes into that. is it a done deal or is there any chance he will win it? —— that he won't win full is a the rejection by jaya bolsonaro is quite high as well. almost 45% of jaya bolsonaro is quite high as well. almost 4596 of voters in previous polls say they reject him. ——jair previous polls say they reject him. —— jair bolsonaro. it is still quite an open field apparently. he is a
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controversial character and has been called sexist, racist and homophobic. there is a lot of that it might still play out into the next round. we have seen a huge movement of women against him in brazil and they are already talking about new marches in the coming weeks. thank you for bringing us up to speed. scientists and representatives from nearly 200 governments have been meeting in south korea to agree a new report urging more ambitious global warming targets. it's just been released and in it the intergovernmental panel on climate change says increases in temperatures should be capped at 1.5 degrees celsius above pre—industrial levels. they warn countries that the existing target of 2 degrees — adopted in the paris agreement of 2015 — is no longer enough. professorjim skea, who co—chairs one of the panel's working groups, spoke to our science editor david shukman. there are two messages, first of
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all, keeping it to 1.5 degrees, rather than the two degrees we previously had. the other one is a bout the unprecedented nature of the changes that she would actually need to limit global warning to 1.5 degrees —— about. transport systems, the way we manage land, it would all need to change. your report outlines a number of scenarios. what runs through your mind about the scale of a change you say is required? what i’u ns a change you say is required? what runs through my mind about the scale of the change is that this requires heroic amounts of effort if we are going to do it. there is a strong message that business as usualjust won't do and even the pledges that governments have made since paris
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will not put us on a track to 1.5 warming. countries need to up their ambition and get moving now with climate change action if we are going to beat 1.5 degrees. would as your study showed about what happens if global warming continues unchecked? if it continues unchecked, we will see more people in poverty, we will see more people going hungry, we would see livelihoods in many parts of the developing world threatened because of the impact on agricultural systems, ecosystems and crops. there are substantial costs for not acting on climate change and that is a very grim message. —— clear message. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo has met the south korean president, moonjae—in, in seoul to brief him on his meeting with north korea's leader in pyongyang. mr pompeo says progress has been made on the agreements reached in singapore injune, when kimjong un met president trump. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in seoul. good to see you. does all of this
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110w mean good to see you. does all of this now mean the second summit between the two leaders is much more likely? and think it is rather likely. donald trump tweeted in the last few hours, saying that he wears looking forward to meeting chairman kim in the near future. and forward to meeting chairman kim in the nearfuture. and that forward to meeting chairman kim in the near future. and that any significant locations have been looked at. the progress made in pyongyang by the secretary of state mike pompeo, he is remaining tightlipped. adding there is some disappointment here in seoul that either not more progress has been made or that they haven't had more information about it. mr pompeo will leave in the next few hours to head to beijing to update president xi. he hailed the meeting as productive and we have heard from the us state
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department that the north koreans are willing to let inspectors in to have a look at the nuclear test site. this is their only known nuclear test site which was blown up in front of their reporters this year. there was a lot of criticism that it was done in front of correspond as such as myself rather than in front of inspectors. they will let inspectors in this time. the downside is that many analysts will point out that they do not need a site any more. they could launch missiles from mobile launch sites and they might not need something like this test site any more. and interesting development on the inspectors because in the buildup to the last summit and the fallout from it, there was a big question about
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what divilli duration —— denuclearisation means. -- denuclearisation means. the key thing they were looking at from sol was the end of war decoration. —— seoul. —— declaration. it only ended with an armistice. they has never been a peace treaty. both north and south career have signed declarations as they want to end it by the end of this year. —— korea. the us is unwilling to give this to the koreas because they think it is too much of a concession while north korea is not showing any real signs that they are willing to hand over their nuclear weapons and to disarm. this is one of the things they were looking for here but in terms of verifiable denuclearisation, letting
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inspectors in is a first step. even if they don't meet this nuclear site any more, i think other analysts will turn around and say, hang on a second, they need to be allowed in in free rein but i think this would at least be some step forward. intriguing developments. thank you very much, laura. chineses authorities in beijing have confirmed that the missing interpol chief is in the country, and being investigated for suspected violations of the law. meng hongwei had been missing since he flew to china at the end of september — interpol says it has received his resignation. daniel mckerrell reports. after nearly two weeks of silence, china has confirmed that meng hongwei is being held in their custody. beijing says he is being investigated by the anticorruption body for unspecified breaches of the law. soon after that, interpol said it received meng hongwei's resignation as president with immediate effect. meng hongwei's family have not heard
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from him since september 25 when he flew from france to china. the last message his wife received was this image of a knife which she says it signifies danger. grace meng has given a tearful press conference, with her back to the camera to avoid being identified. speaking in both mandarin and english she asked for the international community to intervene. i can't see my husband. we are always connected by heart. he wants me to do this. the matter belongs to the international community. the matter belongs to the people of my motherland. beijing says meng hongwei is being investigated by the national supervisory committee which was set up earlier this year to combat corrupt public servants. he's the latest high profile disappearance in china where a number of top
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government officials, billionaires and even an a—list celebrity have vanished in recent months. earlier this week, actress fan bing bing, who disappeared in china injuly, emerged with a public apology and a fine of 833 million yuan for tax evasion and other offences. meng hongwei was once in the centre of international law enforcement but he has now fallen foul of laws at home. how long it will be until he is released, and at what cost, is still far from clear. police in turkey are continuing their investigations into the unexplained disappearance of a high profile saudi journalist inside its consulate in istanbul. jamal khashoggi, who was often critical of the saudi government, entered the consulate last tuesday but hasn't been seen since. saudi arabia has denied mr khashoggi was murdered.
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mark lowen sent this report from istanbul.. five days ago, jamal khashoggi arrived at this consulate building and seemed to vanish. turkey's allegations are explosive, that he was killed inside the consulate building. that has been fiercely denied by the saudi authorities. jamal khashoggi has been a strident critic of the new saudi crown prince mohammed salman who has been praised internationally who —— for protecting his country's of debt image that has grabbed down hard on opponents. so, was jamal khashoggi one of his latest victims? jamal khashoggi, mysteriously disappeared or brutally murdered? the high—profile journalist and saudi dissident has long been a thorn in the side of his government. he hasn't been seen since entering the saudi consulate in istanbul last tuesday to get marriage papers. his turkish fiancee waiting outside sounded the alarm when he didn't emerge. turkey says it believes mr khashoggi
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was killed in the consulate in a premeditated murder involving a saudi hit squad who removed his body. the saudis called that baseless, touring a camera crew around the consulate, opening cupboards in a bizarre attempt to show the journalist is not inside. they claim he left the building and don't know where he is. translation: i would like to confirm that the citizenjamal is not at the consulate nor in the kingdom of saudi arabia, and the consulate and the embassy are working to search for him, and we are worried about his case. the turkish president said police are examining cctv footage, and called mr khashoggi a friend. and, after the claims of assassination, he sounded a little more cautious. translation: my expectations are still positive. god willing, we do not face a situation that we do not want. his fiancee's hopes are the same.
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if it's proved that jamal khashoggi's life ended here, it would plunge already strained turkey—saudi relations into crisis and could also force london, washington and other western governments to radically rethink their embrace of prince mohammed bin salman. the new saudi image would no longer be one of reform, but of state—sponsored murder on foreign soil. from exile in the us, he wrote for the washington post. it left a blank space forjamal khashoggi's regular article, saying it would be monstrous and unfathomable if he'd been killed. commentator, critic, columnist — the man who went to his consulate to help him get married now the subject of an international murder inquiry. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we have more from brazil — where the front—runner for president is the far—right politician, jair bolsonaro. this was a celebration by people
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who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but, even as divers work to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. this is bbc news.
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the latest headlines: in brazil, jair bolsonaro and fernando haddad will be the two front runners for october's presidential election. well, let's get more on our top story now. joining me now is an independent journalist based in brasilia. thanks very much for your time. the election results are coming to a close now, we know who the two are going forward for the run—off will be, but how polarised as politics become in recent years in brazil? allowed thank you for having me. it's become extremely polarised in brazil. to give you an idea... this
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is the first time over the past six elections that the centre—right party is not in the running in the run—off. now we have a candidate on the left is the side and one on the far right, as you know, jair bolsonaro represents some very extreme politics here in brazil. we know his military background and during the campaign promised to crack down on corruption, for people that don't know much about him, how right wing is he and how worried are some in the country about what he would do? for starters, he recently said that the policemen who shoot to kill shouldn't be penalised as much and shouldn't be penalised as much and should actually be awarded with medals, that's one of the platforms of his campaign, he will ensure that policemen have ample space to do theirjob and with that comes
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certain protections to shoot and possibly execute people. that's one of his extremist ideas. other things that he has constantly talked about, how he doesn't think, for instance, brazil should have any protections in the amazon, which now indigenous people are unhappy about. said he will merge the agricultural department of the government with the environmental department, and given the as a lot of support from the agricultural lobby, it says which of the two departments will be best represented in the merger. sorry to interrupter but what about the opponent in the head to hand the run—off, what chance does he have? —— head to head. had a hard need to get all the votes from the other candidates that didn't make it into the run—off to compete with
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bolsonaro. bolsonaro has between 46 and 47% of the votes. had ad will need to get above that unless bolsonaro loses support, which personally, from my experience watching the elections here, i can't see that happening. thanks for your analysis, really appreciate that. indonesian officials say the number of people missing from the earthquake and tsunami which struck the island of sulawesi has soared to 5,000. so far almost 1,800 bodies have been recovered. but there are fears that the two worst—affected neighbourhoods in the city of palu may contain thousands more victims, swallowed up by the liquefaction of the ground caused by the quake. hywel griffith reports from one of those areas. slowly, some sort of normality is coming back to sulawesi, a basic economy of the bare essentials. the indonesian government has told people they must start thinking about the future. but how do you do that
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when everything you own has been swept away? this 15—year—old and his father are hoping to salvage something from their home, but it's hard after the house was carried 400 metres by a mudslide. translation: i saw it from a distance. i was afraid. i was sad. i was searching around trying to find my mum and my sisters. his mother was found alive, but his sister and his niece were both killed in petobo's mudslide. 500 families used to live here. so far, they've found at least 300 bodies. but in reality, they may never be able to know exactly how many people were trapped in this mud. the indonesian government has announced it will end
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search and rescue operations on thursday. it's likely petobo will then be declared a mass grave. nearby, this school isn't ready to reopen, but emergency tent classrooms could be set up this week. for this boy and his father, planning a future is still difficult, but they are desperate to try to rebuild their lives. hywel griffiths, bbc news, input lobo. an investigation has started after 20 people were killed in a crash involving a stretch limousine, thought to be carrying a wedding party in upstate new york. police say that passengers travelling in the vehicle wouldn't have been required to wear seatbelts. the accident happened on saturday afternoon. lebo diseko has the story it's a day that should have been filled with celebrations. instead, emergency services are at the scene of america's worst transportation accident in almost a decade. it's thought the 18 people in the limousine were on their way to a wedding reception when their car came off the road, hitting two
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pedestrians. all of them died. 20 fatalities is just horrific. pedestrians. all of them died. 20 fatalities isjust horrific. i've been on the board for 12 years and this is one of the biggest losses of life... loss of lives that we've seen life... loss of lives that we've seenin life... loss of lives that we've seen ina life... loss of lives that we've seen in a long, long time. up in buffalo there was one that killed 40 people... 50 people, but this is the most deadly transportation accident in this country since february, 2009. this is the junction where the crash happened. it's thought the limo failed to stop, leering out of control and ploughing into this cafe. i heard a loud bang, saw a lot of people at the apple barrel out in the parking lot and i heard screaming. i walked up and i could see this large van, very unusual looking vehicle for out here in scolari, in the bushes and really wrecked. hit a tree. it's still not clear why the driver apparently lost
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control for the exact cause of the accident. investigators are expected to be on the ground for at least five days. the victims won't be officially named until all of their families are informed. lebo diseko, bbc news. finally, the 12 thai boys and their football coach who were dramatically rescued from a flooded cave injuly are in argentina, and they've been playing in river plate's famous stadium in buenos aires. eliza philippidis takes up the story. these are the wild bores taking on argentina's rivers under 13s. playing at the river plate monumental stadium in buenos aires. the squad kitted out in violet jerseys looked strong in the hour—long match, but even after careful planning, the game ended a 3-3 careful planning, the game ended a 3—3 draw. they were celebrated at
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the opening ceremony by the ioc president thomas bach. how many of you? onjune the 23rd they became trapped in another underwater cave and survived on water dripping from rocks before they were discovered by divers. a dramatic rescue ended on july the 10th when they were brought out safely after an ordeal that made headlines around the world. the boys said they were excited to be involved in the youth olympics and we re involved in the youth olympics and were given a plaque as a reminder of the friendly game against the home team. eliza philippidis, bbc news. fantastic experience for them. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc world news. good morning.
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some autumn warmth to come in the week ahead, but before that, i just want to concentrate on the rain. it was a pretty miserable sunday across the far north—west of scotland, a lot of low cloud, it was windy at times and there was some rain, some of it persistent. a couple of inches of rain has already fallen in parts of the north—west of scotland already, and there's more wet weather to come for the next couple of days. so i just want to concentrate on this rain, notjust extending through scotland at the moment, but right out into the atlantic. we're going to see a plume of moist airjust feeding in off the atlantic, and it could bring some localised flooding. before the next couple of days is through, we could see at least 100—200 millimetres of rain fall. so it stays wet here. a south—westerly flow, more cloud across the south—west, but here it will be largely dry. if we look at the afternoon in a little more detail, you can see how heavy the rain will be sitting across the western isles, into the north—west of scotland, and a little bit of showery rainjust fringing the far north northern ireland as well. further south of that, yes,
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we will see that south—westerly wind a little more cloud coming in off the west—facing coast, but it should continue to thin and break in sheltered eastern areas and we should start to see those temperatures responding just a touch. so highest values not out of the question of 18 degrees in the far east. now, as we move out of monday into tuesday, almost a repeat performance. we've got this weather front feeding in cloud, wind and rain across the extreme north—west. the south—westerly flow drives in mild air and we'll see with a little more sunshine and less cloud around temperatures up to highs of 20 degrees. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, we'll start to see a subtle change. yes, it does look as though there's the potential for some ea rly—morning mist and fog forming first thing on wednesday morning, but hopefully we'll keep more of a breeze to help lift that fog across england and wales
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and the winds will swing round to more of a southerly. the warmth is coming in from the near continent, it'll get warmer still, it'll help to push the weather front out of the way back up into the far north. a drier day for scotland, warmer day for all, could see 19 or 20 degrees in scotland, we could see 23 or 24, and we haven't seen temperatures like that in england for the 10th of october for over 40 years. it looks as though it'll stay largely fine and dry on thursday, but friday sees some wetter weather, and that unfortuantely sets us up potentially for a spell of wet and windy weather as we move towards the weekend. a lot of uncertainty with this at the moment, but certainly worth bearing in mind if you've got outdoor plans. take care. this is bbc news. the headlines: the frontrunner in brazil's presidential election is the far—right politician jair bolsonaro, who was stabbed on the campaign trail last month. he is ahead of the left—wing workers party candidate, fernando haddad. the next round of votes will take place at the end of october. climate scientists say the world must act rapidly to prevent
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a dangerous rise in its temperature. the intergovernmental panel says massive changes will be needed to keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees celsius. these include changes to the food we eat and the way energy is generated. police in turkey are continuing their investigations into the disappearance of the saudi arabian journalist jamal khashoggi from the kingdom's consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia has denied mr khashoggi was murdered in the consulate when he went to collect documents for his forthcoming marriage. the scottish national party leader, nicola sturgeon, has said her party's 35 mps would vote in favour of another eu referendum
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