to end the longest partial shutdown of the federal government. he said he'd lift the threat to deport almost a million immigrants for three years. but in exchange, he demanded billions of dollars for a security wall on the border with mexico. politicians in northern ireland have condemned a suspected car bomb explosion near the courthouse in londonderry. the democratic unionists leader called it a pointless act of terror. the local republican sinn fein mp said the incident had shocked the community. there are no reports of any injuries. at least 66 people have been killed and dozens injured in an oil pipeline explosion in mexico. it happened as hundreds were taking fuel from the leaking pipe on friday night. a major crackdown on fuel theft was announced in december, but the plan has led to severe shortages. 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 second of a three—part special series, we examine how brazil's dreams of a better future disappeared. in brazil, the boom years of lula have given way to violent street protests. the brazilian people have lost faith in lula's despite the turmoil in the.co,untry,. ,. ... . in a closely—fought contest. meanwhile, corruption scandals uncovered by operation carwash have begun to expose politicians. and the politicians in turn have begun to look for a scapegoat.

president dilma was the obvious choice. dilma's deputy, michel temer, became brazil's new president, but would the country's devastating corruption investigation stop there or would brazil's political convulsions continue? in her first term of office, dilma had made the mistake dilma's deputy, michel temer, became brazil's new president, but would the country's devastating corruption investigation stop there or would brazil's political convulsions continue? in her first term of office, dilma had made the mistake of alienating congress. now more than ever, she was going to need to build bridges. manoeuvring against her. former presidential candidate aecio neves had neverforgiven dilma

for his defeat at the 2014 election. now, he joined forces with a leading congressman, eduardo cunha. they had a common interest. they both wanted to get rid of dilma. with the unofficial support of neves‘ party, eduardo cunha was elected as president of the lower house of deputies. from here, he was in a perfect position to block any economic reforms and to plunge the knife into dilma's presidency. dilma's problems were not limited to her political rivals.

the juggernaut economy had slammed on the brakes, and the country had fallen into recession. in the first year of her second term, brazil's gdp fell by nearly 4% and the stock market fell by 13%. under lula, workers‘ party approval ratings had been sky—high. now, dilma saw the party's ratings slide with her own. took to the streets, once again, it was the green and yellow of the national team now it was the turn of a new force in brazil to pile further

pressure onto dilma. judge sergio moro was leading the investigation into corruption known as operation carwash. injune 2015, the ceo of brazil's largest construction firm, marcelo odebrecht, was arrested. it was a sign that even the biggest brazilian business could be broken up by carwash. in december 2015, eduardo cunha made his move and launched impeachment proceedings against dilma. to support his case, cunha cited a recent congressional report on accounting practises. the report had noted that dilma's administration had

used an age old tactic. it had delayed paying back money owed to public banks to cover shortfalls in the budget. events began to move quickly. in march 2016, the disgraced construction boss marcelo odebrecht revealed a detailed list of politicians that his company had been bribing. top of the list was dilma's defeated political rival, the centre—right psdb leader aecio neves. odebrecht‘s list also revealed that senior politicians from the ruling workers‘ party had been taking bribes and illegal odebrecht‘s list also revealed that

senior politicians from the ruling workers‘ party had been taking bribes and illegal campaign donations. butjudge sergio moro was about to reveal his biggest catch of all. former president lula was alleged to own a holiday apartment in a seaside city. moro claimed that lula had received free improvements to the apartment as a bribe from the construction company oas. on march the 4th, police raided lula‘s house. the most popular leader in brazilian history was now viewed with the same suspicion as any other corrupt politician. on march the 10th, dilma asked lula tojoin her cabinet as chief of staff. many saw this as an attempt to provide lula with immunity

from prosecution by moro. on march the 10th, dilma asked lula tojoin her that was unfolding. on march the 13th, the largest demonstrations in brazilian history took place. nearly 4 million brazilians took to the street demanding the arrest of lula and the impeachment of dilma. the sight of a giant balloon of lula

in a striped prison outfit resonated across the world. once the most popular politician on the planet, lula was about to fall. first, aecio neves tried his luck, but havingbeenaccused of corruption himself, he soon had to beat a hasty retreat from a hostile crowd. but on the far right, jair bolsonaro was more warmly received. to the people on the streets,

his hands were seen as clean. the tactics behind operation ca rwash, although introduced in brazil by sergio moro, had not been invented by him. moro had copied his tactics from the italian operation known as mani pulite, which had tackled the mafia in the 1990s. in an article written in 2004, moro had said...

now, moro put his theory into practice and made his most decisive and controversial step to date. in a move that many considered illegal, he released details to the press of a phone call. dilma seemed to be suggesting that lula should take a position

in her cabinet in order to protect himself from prosecution. butjudge moro said that his actions were in the public interest. "democracy in a free society," he wrote, "requires that the governed know what their governors are doing, even when they try to act in the dark." the reaction on the streets was fury. 1.4 million marched in sao paulo, outraged at the emerging evidence of a cover—up at the very highest level. lula‘s appointment as chief of staff was blocked by the courts and the lower house of congress elected a special commission to impeach her, charging her government with breaking budget rules. in april, the lower house voted that dilma should be tried in the senate. jair bolsonaro dedicated his vote

to a notorious army torturer from the dictatorship era. on the street, dilma‘s opponents were celebrating. the following month, dilma was suspended from office. but her political enemies had another objective now — how to stop carwash before it took them all down. now, another wiretap between a senator and a former executive from petrobras showed how low the political class had fallen. the plan to replace dilma

with her deputy, michel temer, was now given extra weight by a visit he made is see general villas 2.9.35.— —— . . wasjudge ricardo lewandowskif .. ,. ,, .- president of the supreme court. dilma‘s defence,

led byjose eduardo cardozo, claims the impeachment was little more than a parliamentary coup. once the process had gone to the senate, the result was never in doubt. while the world‘s eyes were diverted to the olympics, brazil‘s politicians calmly removed their democratically elected head of state. on august 31st, less than a week after the trial had begun, dilma was impeached. within two hours, her deputy, michel temer, had been installed as her successor. but there was one more act of political drama to be settled in 2016. it was revealed that

dilma‘s nemesis, eduardo cunha, 55g s—j‘h’k—l: but could operation carwash be contained or would it claim yet more victims? hello.

the prospect of brighter skies for some of us for part two of the weekend after what was a rather grey, cold start to the weekend. a very wintry feel and look to things for some of us. here‘s one weather watcher view from the lake district. and we are starting with a frost across particularly parts of scotland, a sharp frost in places, down to —7, —8, so parts of east anglia could be down to —6 as well in the countryside. we‘ve had some cloud overnight into sunday morning. temperatures just above freezing. and there is a weather front moving down across scotland and northern ireland as we go on through sunday. that has then an area of cloud, rain, hill snow especially in scotland as well, so bear that in mind if you‘re venturing to higher ground. that will slowly move on through. brighter skies follow. breezy with a few showers in north—west scotland. light winds for england and wales.

still a fair amount of cloud around, maybe still drizzly, one or two spots. may catch a shower the far west of wales and into cornwall, looks like a brighter day, though for east anglia and south—east england compared with saturday, and temperatures topping out at around 4 to 8 celsius. now, that weak weather front will be across northern england into parts of wales on through sunday evening, moves further south on sunday night, barely any rain still associated with that. some clear spells around as well, so you try your luck with those early on monday if you‘re viewing the total lunar eclipse, and a rather more widespread frost as well as monday starts. so then, into monday, we look at the big picture here. there‘s a little nose of high pressure keeping things reasonably settled across much of the uk. this weather front, though, will show its hand into parts of scotland and northern ireland as we go deeper into the day. now, what we‘ll notice from that is a cloud increasing, the wind picking up as well. in fact, could see some gusts in the western isles deeper into the day up to around 60 miles an hour or so, and then here comes the wet weather. some rain, some hill snow

associated with that, especially into scotland. whereas much of england and wales with variable cloud and sunny spells, will stay dry, and temperatures still on the chilly side at around 4 to 8 degrees. as we go on through monday evening and monday night, this area of wet weather, some rain, some hill snow, maybe a bit of wet snow on the back edge, all sweeping its way southwards, clearing away from the far south—east on tuesday morning. following on from that, on tuesday will be some sunny spells, some showers on the north—westerly wind pushing into western parts of rain, sleet, hail, some snow to the hills and it will feel chilly on tuesday and particularly in that north—westerly breeze. and beyond that, as we go deeper into the week, it stays chilly. some frosty nights around. one or two showers particularly across western parts of the uk, but actually a fair amount of dry weather with variable cloud and sunny spells. hello and welcome to bbc news. i‘m reged ahmad. in an attempt to end the longest partial federal government shutdown in american history, president trump has proposed what he‘s calling a compromise, on us immigration policy. speaking from the white house, mr trump said he would lift a threat to deport almost a million immigrants for three years.

these include young undocumented migrants known as dreamers. but in exchange, he demanded billions of dollars for a security wall on the border with mexico. in order to begin building the trust and goodwill necessary for real