a 33—year—old man in taiwan has been fined more than 2000 pounds for sending a cat that he no longer wanted, in the post. according to a taiwanese news agency, the sender was traced after the sealed cardboard box with the cat inside arrived at the local animal shelter. luckily the pet survived the journey and authorities say he's in good health and looking for a new, loving home. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. we have seen quite a lot of sunshine across the uk today in contrast to yesterday, we apostle had a fair number of weather watcher pictures like these featuring rainbows and most of them have come from the north west of scotland where we have had frequent showers. the wind has been affecting scotland and northern england. hidden in here is a weatherfront which will gradually start to introduce some notably cold air to the far north of the uk by the end of the night.

the south should stay frost—free, quite a widespread frost for scotland first thing on monday. that colder air and started trickle south through the day on monday so definitely a chilly feel to proceedings. hopefully a bit of sunshine, some thicker cloud in the east and the cloud thickening in the west. 0ur temperatures down on the weekend, just 4 degrees there in aberdeen. hello, this is bbc news with me, julian worricker. the headlines: theresa may has warned mps preparing to vote on her eu withdrawal deal that a failure to deliver brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy." the head of a scheme designed to help problem gamblers says she is "deeply concerned" after an investigation found people were able to cheat the system. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has referred herself

to a standards panel over her actions during an investigation into alex salmond. greater manchester police are continuing their investigation into a hit—and—run accident in which an 11—year—old boy died last night. parts of germany, austria and sweden are suffering exceptional amounts of snow, with a number of ski resorts and mountain villages having to be evacuated. 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. its 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. bleep gunshots

within two weeks, the demonstrations had exploded across the country attracting overi 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 capital, 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. siren blares 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 0peration 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 0peration 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. we've definitely seen more sunshine across the uk today than yesterday, but as the skies cleared, we've also imported some chillier air, so it has felt fresher, despite the brighter weather. the reason it's turned a little chillier is a cold front has sunk its way south across the uk, not producing much in the way of rain but allowing some relatively cold air in.

behind this band of showers working its way south there is colder air still. we have had a windy day, those winds will gradually ease through the night, the weather feature kind of fizzles out in terms of bringing many showers as it makes its way south, certainly the cold air does feed in behind it, a frosty start for scotland on monday. further south 4—5 degrees, typically frost—free apart from one or two isolated spots. for monday, the story is of a fresher day for most of us, but then temperatures will bounce back up for tuesday, then towards the end of the week they will tail back down to below average values again, so a fluctuating story in the next five days. monday, largely under the influence of high pressure, the tail end of that weather feature in the east on monday maybe giving us isolated showers, a warm front trying to come into the west. essentially a dry day, a pretty bright day for many, but with a fresher feel,

just four degrees in aberdeen. but remember this area of cloud and drizzly rain, as i said, it is a warm front which will run across us into tuesday, so back into milder atlantic air, a different feel for tuesday, because it will feel rather like the weekend, certainly on the mild side. for many, some sunshine, the better chances further south and east. scotland, this weather front will grind to a halt through tuesday and wednesday, some more persistent rain here, totals in one or two spots up to 100 millimetres, but typically 40 where the rain lingers across the highlands. by the middle of the week, we will start to see those weather feature slipping away south once again, clearer skies, drier for thursday and friday, turning noticeably colder. this is bbc news.

the headlines at five. theresa may warns mps — a failure to deliver brexit would be "a catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust in our democracy." the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, spells out what labour will do if theresa may loses the vote on tuesday. we will table a motion of no—confidence in the government at a time of our choosing, but it will be soon. don't worry about that. a bbc investigation reveals gambling addicts were able to sign back into existing online accounts by just making minor changes to their personal details. greater manchester police continue to their investigation into a hit—and—run accident, in which an 11—year—old boy died last night. emergency services continue to battle the snow in europe — with a number of ski resorts and mountain villages having to be evacuated.