fearing that they would kill her for renouncing islam, has arrived in toronto, where she's been offered asylum. rahaf al-qunun, who's eighteen, barricaded herself in a hotel room in bangkok and used social media to highlight her case. three people have died after a massive gas explosion in a bakery in central paris. two firefighters died after being called to investigate a gas leak, a spanish tourist was also killed. almost 50 people were injured — 10 are said to be critically ill in hospital. a former mayor from texas has become the latest to declare he'll seek the democratic nomination to run in next year's us presidential election. julian castro served in the obama administration. his grandfather emigrated to the us from mexico. hundreds of people have marched through london, demanding a general election and an end to austerity. it comes ahead of a crucial week in the commons, when mps are widely expected

to reject theresa may's withdrawal deal with the eu. our political correspondent chris mason has more. chanting: tories out! central london this afternoon and left wing campaigners take to the streets. theresa may must go! i think people have seen brexit's an absolute mess, the shambles the government is making of it, but what is the most important thing is to get a general election because then people can have a say on everything. have you got a spring in your step at the moment? absolutely. absolutely, yes. you don't come out here two weeks after christmas to plod around town, do you? you come for a reason and the reason is to get rid of this government. securing a general election isn't straightforward but the shadow chancellor was also here to make the case for it. the only solution to austerity, the only solution to tackling the threat that brexit poses, is a general election and the election of a labour government. this demonstration here wasn't

primarily about brexit but this gathering, like others, is about seizing a political opportunity, seeing that the government is likely to lose on its plan for leaving the european union on tuesday, and so making the most of pressing for what they want instead. 170 miles north in sheffield, another crowd with a cause, this one wanting another eu referendum. but, what would be the question? the obvious question to ask is about the two deals, the two propositions that are actually on the table. one is for the government, and people may or may not like it, it's very uncertain, but it's there, and the other deal is the one we already have with the eu, which in my view is a much better one, but let the people decide. the government's implacably opposed to delivering what people here want and its supporters are still trying to sell its plan. clearly there are a lot of people

coming out who are complaining about the deal for one reason or another but i still think it's the only game in town — it's the thing that gets us out of the political institution, stops us paying so much money in, ends freedom of movement, and that's why i still encourage people, if they want certainty, this is the way to do it. today was peaceful, for the most part, but this isolated incident, scuffles between rival protesters, was a reminder of the tension and anger swirling around our politics. chris mason, bbc news. now on bbc news — brazil seemed set to become one of the most successful nations of the 21st century — but it's faced problems of corruption, protests, recession and crime. in the first of a three part special series, we examine how brazil's dreams of a better future disappeared. it wasn't supposed to be like this.

not so long ago, brazil seemed set to become one of the major success stories of the 21st century. but less than a decade later, brazil's dream lies in ruins. it's political class is discredited. corruption runs rife in business. the economy has stalled and its people have had enough. after a bitterly contested and violent election campaign, the country has chosen a radically different political path, with a controversial new leader. can president bolsonaro pull brazil back from the brink?

or is brazil doomed to be always the country with a future that never arrives? music. from the very start of his presidency, luiz inacio lula da silva had made it clear that things were going to change in brazil. applause.

perhaps lula's greatest triumph was that he managed to bring about an unprecedented level of social mobility. to the outside world, it seemed as if lula's brazil was the model for an emerging power. in time, some uncomfortable revelations would damage this reputation. however when lula left office

in 2010, his legacy seemed assured. 26 million brazilians had been taken out of poverty. and 15 millionjobs had been created. helped by a commodities boom, economic growth had risen to 7.5% a year. shortly after he left office, an advert captured the optimism of brazil under lula. a giant had woken up. the country could no longer be ignored. the future was brazilian. but could the politicians who came after lula deliver? dilma rousseff, a former marxist guerrilla, was brazil's

first female president. the country had made massive strides under her predecessor but success was like a drug. there was now a vast, growing middle—class that wanted more. could dilma take these people with her? but faced with this global economic turmoil, dilma made some disastrous decisions. she cut business taxes, lowered interest rates, capped fuel and energy prices and the combined effect on the brazilian economy was dire. injune 2013, the uneasy truce with the brazilian people ended. the movimento passe livre — the free fare movement — staged a demonstration in sao paulo. they demanded the reversal of a recent rise in public

transport fares in the city. in the following days, their numbers grew. and the police fought back, beating up demonstrators and journalists. as the protest grew, brazilian police responded with increasing brutality. their tactics were captured via television. within two weeks, the demonstrations had exploded across the country attracting over1 million people onto the streets. the sleeping brazilian giant had most definitely woken up. now the focus of the protests moved onto the hated national politicians

at the congress buildings in the capitol of brasilia. unfortunately, there was another big problem looming for brazil. building stadiums for the 2014 world cup was proving to be ruinously expensive. fifa was demanding extremely high standards and brazilians were starting to ask why their public services couldn't also be fifa—standard. gunshots. in february, the death of a tv cameraman during a protest about the cost of the world cup brought brazil's crisis to the world's attention. dilma believed that the press could only find faults in everything she did. police siren. brazil's problems though went far deeper than the street protests. for many years, the country had been plagued by endemic corruption. there had been a long—standing police investigation into money laundering.

in 2014, this investigation made a stunning breakthrough. what would become known as operation carwash was born. president dilma had introduced to brazil a new law on plea—bargaining, her aim had been to placate the crowds protesting against the government. now, an executive of brazil's biggest company had been caught up in operation carwash. paulo roberto costa started to co—operate with the investigation and a vast web of corruption began to unravel. up and down the country, hundreds of arrests were made. the man who was leading the operation was a charismatic young judge called sergio moro. meanwhile, the protests on the streets were increasing.

a new class of protester, known as coxinhas, was emerging. they were angry at the corruption that was being revealed and what they saw as wasteful public spending by the government. they were to become a major force in brazilian politics. when the world cup started the crowd, many of them coxinhas, soon made their displeasure known. chanting. dilma's unpopularity and the football team's disastrous performance led to a hostile atmosphere at what should have been a time of national celebration. into this cauldron, a new political player appeared — the former army captain and congressmanjair bolsonaro.

in 1964, a military coup had brought dictatorship to brazil. the generals ruled for 21 years. it was a time that still haunts brazil. for some, a return to authoritarian rule was appealing. but in 2014, it was still relatively few people. street protests, a stalling economy, and a wave of corruption scandals. this was far from an ideal time

for dilma to seek re—election. her main challenger was the social democratic party senator, aecio neves. supported by coxinhas, he attacked dilma over the corruption exposed by operation carwash. and he enlisted some of the country's most popular celebrities to support him. the contest was very close. for a short period, aecio neves believed he had won. he contested the results and for a long time refused to accept the legitimacy of the vote. but dilma claims she never had any doubts she would win. despite all the setbacks that had

befallen the country over the last four years, the brazilian people had entrusted dilma with a second term of office. but patience was running out. and politics was about to get very dirty. hello there. temperatures on saturday reached 12 degrees in strathallan. six celsius higher than the january average in this part of scotland. it was a mild day with rain for western scotland and that rain continues to edge southwards. that rain continues to push southwards and on sunday there are two weather fronts, a corporate

edging south across england and wales and in occlusion heading into northern scotland. behind this, the airgets northern scotland. behind this, the air gets much colder and that is where the real wintry weather lurks, to the north of the front. england and wales starting the day cloudy with a few patches of rain ageing southwards and brighter with a mixture of sunshine and showers across north—western areas, when she spells of rain in the law passed across northern scotland and wherever you are it will be quite a windy and blustery kind of day. big temper to contrast from south to north. england and wales 11, 12 degrees similarto similar to saturday. some cold weather in shetland behind the occlusion were temperatures at two degrees. and here there will be a mixture of sunshine and a few wintry showers so bit of sleet and snow mixed in as well. went ahead will be mild, rain in western scotland, brisk wind and then it turned significantly colder towards the end of the week. monday weatherwise there will be some] to start the

day and a frost across scotland and north—east england, a sharp frost that turned cloudy some showers walking into the north and west of the country. which is on the mild side across western and southern areas with chilly air across north—eastern parts of the uk. into tuesday ‘s forecast, heavy rain is forecast to the highlands, that will be around into wednesday and looking wet to the western isles, which is rising to shetland with highs of seven degrees. at the most of the uk, we are into mild air with 1011 degrees widely. further changes as we start to get a more significant push of arctic wind coming down across the uk that replaces these milder westerly wind. through thursday, nationwide, temperatures will be dropping even below normal in places. of all that cold air of arriving for most of us it should arrive with more in the way of sunshine. that's your latest weather, bye for now. this is bbc news.

i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: how does it feel to be in canada? a warm welcome in canada for the saudi teenager whose efforts to escape her family gained worldwide attention. three people die and nearly 50 are injured in a powerful gas explosion at a paris bakery. another democrat throws their hat into the presidential ring — a former texas mayor, julian castro, announces plans to run for the us presidency in 2020. a saudi teenager whose efforts to escape her family