welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: with a promise to protect freedom and democracy, jair bolsonaro, the far—right candidate, wins brazil's presidential election. this is the scene live in rio, as supporters of the far—right candidate, jair bolsonaro, celebrate his victory in a highly divisive presidential campaign. a vigil for the 11 worshippers shot dead at a synagogue in pittsburgh, in the worst anti—semitic attack in recent us history. tributes from around the world for leicester city's chairman, who has died in a helicopter crash outside the club's stadium. and we're on the campaign trail in "trump country," where the midterm election polls are finely balanced. the far—right candidate, jair bolsonaro, has won

brazil's presidential election. with all the ballots counted, he has 55% of the vote, beating fernando haddad from the left—wing workers party. in a victory speech, mr bolsonaro said he would protect freedoms and democracy, and vowed to change the destiny of brazil. here's a little of what mr bolsonaro said at his victory rally. translation: we are going to offer you a dignified government that will work for all brazilians. we are a great country. and now, together, we are going to make this country, in a great nation, a free, democratic and prosperous nation. brazil above all, god above all. our correspondentjulia carneiro reports on the atmosphere in rio de janeiro as the result was announced.

it isa it is a big party here ian rio, this is the beachfront avenue in front of the home where jair bolsonaro resides, and his supporters have been gathering here hours before the result was disclosed, already counted on his victory. and now this is the scene with jair bolsonaro left as the next president of brazil. lots of people here wearing the colours of the brazilian flag, dressed in yellow and green, wrapped in the brazilian flag. this has to do with jair bolsonaro's very patriotic speech, appealing to nationalism and... this is a very controversial candidate that has been known in the past for comments concerning homophobic, misogynistic, racist, but he appealed to be part of the population of brazil through his defence of cracking down on corruption, on violence and bringing

change to the country, and ending the era of government of the workers‘ party, not letting the workers‘ party, not letting the workers‘ party, not letting the workers‘ party come back to power. now, despite this party here, in other parts of the country you have resilience who voted for fernando haddad art from the workers‘ party, but this is the party, this is the side that elected jair bolsonaro and he will have the challenge of uniting a very polarised brazil over the next few years —— brazilians. i‘m joined now by oliver stuenkel, an associate professor of international relations at the getulio vargas foundation in sao paulo. thanks very much for being with us. so we saw huge celebrations there. a big portion of the population obviously very pleased with the result. what does this election we mean for the country now? well, i think above all it means that the majority of voters have rejected not

only the political establishment, but perhaps brazil‘s political system as a whole. we‘ve really seen an earthquake off, you know, a sign of unprecedented change. and it really generates an unprecedented amount of uncertainty as well. the entire structure of how brazilian politics has been organised over the past decades is no longer there. we have had a centre—right party and a ce ntre—left have had a centre—right party and a centre—left party in all of the run—offs since the mid—i9 90s. and now the first time we have a far right wing president, so i think in a sense he symbolises the anger and rejection that 55% of the electorate has felt. but i think it really remains to be seen to what extent he can implement and satisfy a very diverse amount of desires and reasons that have led so many to vote for a fringe candidate. yeah, and people looking on will have seen some of his rhetoric during the

campaign, some of his statements about women, homophobia, things like that in the past. how literally do you think people should take those statements, especially now that he will be in power? well, it's quite interesting that a lot of people i‘ve spoken to who have voted today in the first round forjair bolsonaro said that those kind of state m e nts bolsonaro said that those kind of statements shouldn‘t be taken literally, that it‘s really not about that. and he‘s actually, in addition to homophobic and racist is, he‘s made a lot of promises that fall outside of the authority of a president in brazil‘s constitution. so there‘s also a lot of concern about what many called authoritarian instincts. the problem with that is that it‘s not only laws that lead people to implement some of these ideas, but we‘ve seen actually an u pta ke of ideas, but we‘ve seen actually an uptake of homophobic violence in brazil over past weeks from many of his supporters. so really i think

some of the damage has already been done. and it really i think is up to the legislature and the judiciary over the next months and years to contain these authoritarian instincts, which the candidate has expressed over the past decade. i mean he‘s been in congress for more than two decades and he is continuously made positive references to the dictatorship. he has criticised the dictatorship for not killing enough people. so there isa not killing enough people. so there is a think a tremendous challenge that this clearly poses the most direct threat to democracy. ok. thank you very much for your insight. thank you. officials in pittsburgh have named the 11 people murdered at a synagogue on saturday, said to be the deadliest attack on the jewish community in us history. the victims were between 5a and 97 years old, and included a married couple and two brothers. if convicted, the man accused of the killings, robert bowers, faces the death penalty. nick bryant has the latest from pittsburgh. this is the kind of vigil that‘s

become a recurring ritual of life in the united states. a multi—faith act of ecumenicalism, a multi—generational act of community. but this country is facing a crisis of hate—filled violence, and america right now seems incapable of truly coming together. this latest mass shooting was a hate crime. jewish worshippers killed in a hail of gunfire and an onslaught of anti—semitic slurs. the police have released recordings of their shootout with the gunman. i still want to praise the officers for what they did. i mean, they ran into danger, they ran into gunfire to help others.

some of that‘s training, some of that‘s experience, but it‘s their inner core that wants them to help others, that wants to save lives, and they did that yesterday. 46—year—old robert bowers entered the synagogue with an ar—is assault rifle and at least three handguns. he spoke of genocide and his desire to killjewish people. robert bowers‘ social media posts were full of anti—semitic rants, and just hours before the attacks he had been critical of a jewish refugee organisation. "i can‘t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered", he wrote. "screw your optics, i‘m going in." listen to the names of some of the 11 victims. daniel stein, richard gottfried, jerry rabinowitz, and two brothers, cecil and david rosenthal. this area of pittsburgh is one of the most close—knitjewish communities in america. one of those places which speaks of the immigrant story. one of those places, according to rabbi chuck diamond,

that‘s long felt vulnerable. i used to be the rabbi there, and one of my biggest fears was always, in the back of my head, something like this happening. so, there‘s a lot of hate, and when you mix hate with guns, it‘s not a good result. with congressional elections looming, donald trump has continued to hammer his democratic opponents, only briefly interrupting this political rally to offer words of condemnation. this evil anti—semitic attack is an assault on all of us. it‘s an assault on humanity. mass shootings have become a permanent feature of american life. flowers and police tape, we see them over and over again. nick bryant, bbc news, pittsburgh. adam hertzman is from the jewish federation of greater pittsburgh, and joins me live from there. adam, thanks very much for being

with us, i‘m sorry it‘s under these circumstances. we saw in nick report of flowers, the community coming together, but we heard also those anti—semitic phrase is posted online. what‘s your reaction when you hear that? i know there is a growing amount of anti—semitism in the united states. you know, there has always been an underlying level of racism and anti—semitism. and we have seen it growing. but i have to say, to this point, jewish pittsburgh has been one of the safest jewish communities pittsburgh has been one of the safestjewish communities in the united states so honestly this is more shocking. you know, we know that that rhetoric exists out there. but it usually does not result in this kind of violence. and donald trump said in, you know, immediately

afterwards, that maybe things could have been different if there have been greater security, armed guards at the venue. what are you make of that idea? we are always concerned about security, but there has to be about security, but there has to be a balance between the building being secure and feeling like a place that the united... sorry, in the united states that can be open and warm and welcoming. you know, we don‘t want these community buildings to be fortresses. and so there is a balance between security and openness. and we have done a lot of things in the last two years... i work for the jewish federation of greater pittsburgh and we hired a security director two years ago who has been working to make the building is more secure but also to train staff and community members on what to do. the fact is that, u nfortu nately, what to do. the fact is that, unfortunately, violence is somewhat a fa ct unfortunately, violence is somewhat a fact of life and it‘s really about balancing and making sure people

know what to do if there‘s a problem. ok. thanks very much for your thoughts. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: how the lion‘s share of syria‘s priceless a rtefa cts how the lion‘s share of syria‘s priceless artefacts have survived war to finally return home. indira gandhi, ruler of the world‘s largest democracy, died today. only yesterday, she‘d spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of this nation." after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and liftoff of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right.

this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: jair bolsonaro, the far—right candidate, has won the brazilian presidential election in a highly divisive campaign. authorities in pittsburgh name the ii worshippers who died in a shooting at a synagogue, in the worst anti—semitic attack in recent us history. leicester city football club have confirmed that their chairman was among those killed on saturday evening when the helicopter carrying him and four other people

crashed outside king power stadium. dan roan reports. it is a city in shock. tributes and tears outside the king power stadium in leicester today, as the club and its fans struggle to come to terms with last night‘s helicopter crash. just yards away, the burnt—out wreckage, as an investigation into the tragedy continues. club owner vichai srivaddhanaprabha one of five people on board. the thai billionaire had been at the ground to watch leicester city‘s draw against west ham united last night. an hour later, the moment his helicopter took off, ca ptu red in the post—match coverage. as you can see, the owners are now heading off. just seconds later, this — the helicopter turning into a fireball, eyewitnesses saying it spiralled out of control. oh, my god! the helicopter‘s just crashed next to the stadium. srivaddhanaprabha bought

leicester city in 2010, leading it to unprecedented success. known as one of thailand‘s most astute tycoons, he made his vast fortune through a duty—free retail empire. but no—one could have predicted his club‘s unforgettable premier league triumph two seasons ago, one of the greatest fairytales sport has ever seen. among those to pay their respects here today, members of a thai football academy. the affection in which the owner is held obvious by today‘s outpouring of emotion. it‘s a shock to everybody, the whole football world, leicester city, england, football. it just — you just don‘t expect this. it's a big thing for leicester city, this. and he was the best bloke that you could have. he never went by you without acknowledging you. he brought us such highs, and suchjoy, bringing us all the way up from league one. and, for the family to suffer this awful, awful thing isjust so cruel. it doesn't seem fair.

yeah, it's a difficult one to process. football today uniting in tribute. a minute‘s silence held at several premier league matches. he wasn‘tjust one of these chairmen that came in and sort ofjust put some money in for a certain time and tried to get it all back out, which a lot of greedy chairmen are doing at the minute in the english premier league. he was here for the long—term, he was here for the community, and he wanted the best for football club. with inquiries led by the air accidents investigation branch continuing at the crash site, local police have appealed for patience. this evening, as the fans waited for official news, a poignant moment marking this, the darkest day in the club‘s history. president trump has been on the campaign trail, night after night, trying

to shore up support for republicans ahead of next week‘s crucial midterm elections, which will determine who has control of the house of representatives and the senate. wisconsin is trump country, but the polls are finely balanced. chris buckler is travelling across the us to hear the views of voters this week, and today he is in hudson, in wisconsin. yes, it is in the centre of america, those states in a line down the middle where this mid—term election will really be decided. of course, it is not just will really be decided. of course, it is notjust one vote. it is a section of different votes that take place, and in each state it is very different. not in current america, president trump is a dominating figure. he stands above all of it, and he has been here in recent days in order to try and rally the base and get people out to vote. he knows it‘s very important that he hangs on

to congress, and that‘s why he wants to congress, and that‘s why he wants to ensure that wisconsin‘s days republican red. well away from washington, it is voters living in the middle of america who will decide whether democrats or republicans win the midterms. wisconsin is one of the so—called swing state, a place where both parties believe they have a chance of getting people to turn to them when they enter the ballot box. and that will help set the direction of politics in this country for the next couple of years. this election isn‘t about the presidency, but it really matters to president trump. currently, his republican party control both the senate and the house of representatives. if democrats were to win both or either pa rt democrats were to win both or either part of congress, that could make it much more difficult for him to push forward his policies and get legislation passed. hello, wisconsin. this is a great state... it is why, although he is not a candidate, he has been on the road

campaigning across the country for months, including here, and he is not alone. hello, milwaukee. the former president barack obama was also in wisconsin last week. both sides no visits like this really matter. having president trump come here, he‘s more able to see the community and what‘s going on here in wisconsin, and the things that we need as a community. this has been an aggressive election campaign, with opponents often outspoken about each other. and, after a week when america has seen anti—semitic and politically motivated attacks, there are people frustrated at the angry rhetoric of president trump and others. a lot of it is his language and how he talks about people, how he treats people, how he is behaving. he doesn‘t behave like a president. politicians still have a week to convince families that they are on their side, and winning in

places like wisconsin could well be crucial. language has become a big issue whenever you talk to ordinary voters, particularly those who aren‘t necessarily strictly in the democrat or republican camp. and certainly after last week, when we have seen violence in america connected to politics and connected to anti—semitism, there is a feeling that sometimes politicians are talking a little too loudly and a little too aggressively, and they wa nt little too aggressively, and they want them to come down. truthfully, though, looking towards the mid—term elections on the days ahead, i think it will be difficult to get them to tone down the language too much, because they need those votes. yes, chris, on that, what do you think the impact will be of the mail bombings, the attack on the synagogue, what effect do you think that will have on voting? synagogue, what effect do you think that will have on voting ?|j synagogue, what effect do you think that will have on voting? i think if you take a look and talk to people, they do feel concerned that america has become so deeply divided, and they do connect those ideas of violence and people who are on the

extremes with that division that has emerged in this country. now, ultimately there are people on both sides who are blaming each other, and in some ways you get the impression that is going to more deeply entrenched them into their positions. the bigger question is what really happens to those who are in the middle, those who can sway it one way or the other. ultimately, will they be impressed by what the republicans and democrats say in the days ahead, and will they feel, after a ll days ahead, and will they feel, after all this furious talk that there has been ahead of the mid—term elections, but they actually want to vote at all? now, talking to some people, they say they do want to vote, but at the same time there are a lot of people who are pretty disenfranchised. thank you very much, chris buchler in wisconsin. —— buckler. exit polls suggest germany‘s governing coalition has suffered a big setback in the western state of hesse, a result that could spell trouble for chancellor merkels‘s administration. both the christian democrats and their partners in the federal government, the spd, went back by about ten percentage points.

the outcome is likely to increase tensions in the governing coalition in berlin. syria‘s national museum has partially reopened in damascus for the first time in six years. much of its collection had been moved to protect it from damage during the civil war. the reopening is another attempt by the government to try to show that syria is returning to some kind of normality. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. applause opening the doors on the past, after yea rs of opening the doors on the past, after years of conflict. this museum, established nearly a century ago, was shut in 2012. the country‘s civil war far too close for comfort. translation: it was hard work at the beginning. we put a strategy in place to protect the syrian museum. we emptied all the museums and move

their content to safe places. we saved the majority of the pieces in the syrian museum. these were years of brutalfighting, the syrian museum. these were years of brutal fighting, of losing, the syrian museum. these were years of brutalfighting, of losing, of destruction. perhaps the most visible example, the ancient city of palmyra, overrun and partially destroyed by the so—called islamic state. one of its treasures rescued and now restored here at the gardens of the museum, a symbol of survival and endurance. translation: when all the doors of the museums are opened, it is then we can say the doors of peace have been opened in syria, and that hope has returned to this country. i can assure everyone that we have been able to save pieces of antiquity from theft and destruction. has been a savage war. hundreds of thousands of lives been lost. the assad regime remains. but

somehow, a huge part of syria‘s cultural heritage has been preserved. let‘s just bring you some breaking news, just coming into us here at the bbc. that is that an aircraft from indonesia has lost contact with air traffic control this morning. lionair official confirmed this with bbc indonesia but couldn‘t confirm whether the plane has crashed or what exactly has happened to the plane —— lion air. it was a jt—610 plane —— lion air. it was a jt—610 plane and it took off from jakarta at 6:20am local time but lost contact at 6:33 a.m., so just 30 minutes after take—off, has lost contact with air traffic control, that coming in from our colleagues on bbc indonesia. a new zealander has won his fourth

world scrabble championship title at the finals in london. nigel richards clinched victory when he played the word "groutier," scoring 68 points. groutier comes from grouty, which means cross, sulky or sullen. malaysia—based mr richards began playing scrabble in 1995. he has won his three previous world scrabble championship titles. two police officers in australia pulled off a dramatic beach rescue with a difference, when a kangaroo got itself into difficulty at sea. the animal was drowning when sergeants christopher russo and kirby tonkin ran into the sea off the coast of melbourne to fetch it. they dragged the unconsious kangaroo to the shore, where they performed chest compressions and managed to save its life. well done to them. you are watching bbc news. hello.

after a week that brought some dramatic changes in our weather, from being very mild in the middle of last week, to very cold this weekend, it looks like the pattern for the week ahead will also see things swinging from one extreme to the next. pretty quiet and chilly start, milder midweek, and then potentially pretty stormy by friday. here we are first thing on monday. a widespread frost, perhaps minus four, minus five in the west. eastern coastal counties always a little bit milder, thanks to the breeze off the north sea. that will feed a few showers in here again on monday. this front tries to get into the west, but it‘s not going to have much luck. it will, though, feed some high cloud into northern ireland and western scotland, so the sunshine a little bit hazier here through the second part of the day. a lot of fine weather around. temperatures still, though, somewhat below average. perhaps not feeling quite as cold, though, without the keen northerly wind. overnight monday into tuesday, low pressure rolling up from the continent heads into the north sea. this is causing us some uncertainty in our forecasts for tuesday,

just how closely it will graze the eastern side of the uk. at the moment, it looks like eastern counties will get some rain and experience some quite strong winds. just how far that pushes onto our shores, though, does remain in question. for many, though, again the prospect of a reasonable day, if somewhat on the cool side. that low, however, will be away to the north tuesday into wednesday, and through wednesday daytime, we‘re going to start to feed this front in from the atlantic, with a southerly airflow. that is going to make things feel considerably milder to the south of the uk come wednesday afternoon. temperatures back closer to average — not the warmth we had last week, but perhaps up to 13 in london with some sunshine. some heavier rain possible, though, further west. some sunshine for the north—east of scotland, but i think still feeling quite chilly here. but it all turns into a bit of a mixed up mess wednesday into thursday. clearest thinking for us at the moment is that we‘ll see a weather front to the east of the uk on thursday, bringing some rain through the day that will eventually clear out

into the north sea. some showers in the west, but generally, again, not a bad day. we‘re talking about temperatures getting into the average range of figures by the time we get to thursday. friday promises something mild. it also promises something pretty unpleasant. mild air coming in from the atlantic as this low rolls across us. this is the remnants of tropical storm oscar. it looks like a bullseye. tightly packed isobars mean strong to gale—force winds widespread across the uk on friday, the potential for some very heavy rain as well. so in the week ahead, we go from a chilly, quiet, calm start again into a stormy picture. all change in the days ahead. this is bbc news. the headlines: a far—right politician, jair bolsonaro, has won a sweeping victory in brazil‘s presidential elections. he took more than 55% of votes cast in the second round run—off against fernando haddad of the left—wing workers‘ party. mr bolsonaro has promised to slim down central government and tackle violent crime. officials in pittsburgh have named the 11 people murdered

at a synagogue on saturday, said to be the deadliest attack on the jewish community in us history. the victims included a married couple and two brothers. if convicted, the alleged killer, robert bowers, face the death penalty. tributes have been paid to the owner of leicester city, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, after it was confirmed he was killed in a helicopter crash at the football ground on saturday. four other people were also killed when the aircraft crashed in a car park shortly after taking off. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.