crucial trade talks between the united states and china in washington have ended after a two hour meeting. earlier, the us more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. beijing says it will retaliate. the italian navy says it has rescued 36 migrants off the libyan coast. but the united nations says 65 african migrants drowned when their boat capsized off the tunisian coast after setting off from libya to try and reach europe. a 24—year—old norwegian woman has died after contracting rabies from a stray dog in the philippines. it's the first rabies—related death in the country in more than 200 years. birgitte kallestad was travelling when the puppy she took in bit her. now on bbc news, in one

of his first and only interviews in prison since he was imprisoned last april, former brazilian president, luiz inacio lula da silva, speaks to kennedy alencar. in his day, he was one of the most popular politicians in the world. luiz inacio lula da silva, known as lula, brazil's first left—wing president. he transformed the lives of millions in his country and became one of the most influential latin american leaders of modern times. by the time he left office in 2010, brazil had become the darling of the global economy. the most popular politician on earth. but lula's fall was as spectacular as his rise as brazil descended into protests against his successor, lula

was sensationally arrested and then convert that of corruption. today brazil has taken a very different path under the right wing president, jair bolsonaro. lula since imprisonment saving an eight year service for his crimes. in his first television interview since his imprisonment, brazilian journalist, kennedy alencar, question the former president about his life in politics and his conviction for corruption. you were tried and found guilty of accepting bribes. do you accept any guilt in this case? and from behind his prison walls, lula is heavily critical of presidentjair bolsonaro.

from the very start of his presidency, lula made it clear that things were going to change in a brazil.

lula's strategy for the economy was held by a global boom in commodities from which brazil reaped the benefits. exports of oil, iron ore and agricultural products fuelled brazil's rise.

perhaps, lula's greatest drive was bringing aboutan perhaps, lula's greatest drive was bringing about an unprecedented level of social mobility, mainly through welfare programmes. his critics complained policies were wasteful and simply decide to buy voters. —— designed.

brazil's supercharged economy and showed its place at the top table. the award of the world cup and the 0lympics confirmed that brazil was 110w 0lympics confirmed that brazil was now a new global power, even though hosting these tournaments would later prove controversial. but as the tournaments approached,

the huge costs created divisions. but brazil's fortunes were built on fragile foundations and the fate of the country changed dramatically with the global financial crisis, even though its effects were only felt after lula left office. commodity prices are so essential to brazil's rise, began to fall. although lula successfully transferred power in 2010, the seeds of brazil's economic decline were sown. dilma rousseff lacked lula's

popular touch and failed to take the people with her. in thejune in the june 2013, in thejune 2013, the uneasy political truce with brazilian people and that. a massive demonstration in sao paolo demanded the reversal of a recent rise in public transport fares in the city and the following days, the number of protesters a group under the

police fought back, beating up demonstrators and journalists. lula has a controversial theory why these street protests began. street protests, from both the left and right, were an essential element

in the political instability that rocked brazil after lula left office and the protesters soon had another major cause for complaint. in 2014, police investigation known as 0peration car wash, began to look at brazil's corrupt relationship between businessmen and politicians. up between businessmen and politicians. 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. lula agrees that while corruption was ripe it was not the main obstacle was ripe it was not the main o bsta cle to was ripe it was not the main obstacle to progress.

but when sergio moro's investigation turned to a construction magnet, brazilian politics was turned upside down. his company was found to have received lucrative contracts from the state oil company in return for bribing many senior politicians. amongst the name revealed, many workers‘ party figures, including

lula. the former president was later alleged to own a holiday apart in a seaside city. and that he had received free improvements as a bribe from a company. in march 2016, police raided lula the smokehouse. 0ne police raided lula the smokehouse. one of the most popular leaders in brazilian history was now viewed the same suspicion as any other corrupt politician. you were tried and found guilty of accepting 3.7 million dollars in bribe, 1.2 million in us dollars in the form of improvements to the beach house apartment. it is alleged

to be your property and this was made by a construction company in return they got profitable contracts with the state oil. do you accept any guilt in this case? 0nejudge, sergio 0ne judge, sergio moro, 0nejudge, sergio moro, convicted you.

butjudge sergio moro denied this version of events and told us... a week after his house had been raided, dilma rousseff asked lula to join her cabinet as a chief of staff. many saw this as an attempt to provide lula with a prevention of impeachment.

but sergio moro had other ideas. co ntroversially but sergio moro had other ideas. controversially he arranged to have luiz inacio lula da silva‘s phone wiretapped and when a call was made to lula he believed he had struck gold. the call appeared to confirm moro‘s

suspicions. lula appeared to be suggesting doing the reserve take a position in his cabinet to protect herfrom position in his cabinet to protect her from prosecution by position in his cabinet to protect herfrom prosecution by moro. sergio moro denies this, and said his actions were in the public interest. democracy in a free society, he wrote, requires that the government know what they doing even when they try to in the dark. the reaction on the streets to the release of the wiretap was fury. 1.5

million marched in sao paulo, outraged at the emerging evidence of a cover—up at the very highest level. dilma‘s plan to appoint lula com pletely level. dilma‘s plan to appoint lula completely backfired. the courts blocked his appointment as chief of staff. 0n the street, the protests grew larger, louder and angrier, against lula, dilma and the workers‘ party. within months, dilma was successfully impeached by congress. lula, for his part, was duly convicted of corruption over the improvements to the seaside apartment. by 2018, having exhausted his avenues of appeal, he turned himself into began his prison sentence. he was subsequently denied

the chance to run for president. the path was now clear for a new player to ta ke path was now clear for a new player to take centre stage. how bolsonaro had been a congressman for 27 years. ——jair. had been a congressman for 27 years. —— jair. before that he had been a zonein —— jair. before that he had been a zone in the paratroopers, and he maintains strong links with the military. his politics were controversial and deeply divisive. and then, at the beginning of september 2018, bolsonaro was viciously stabbed while campaigning, and rushed to intensive care. the following month, a divided country voted to take a new path, and the

recovering bolsonaro was elected president. lula claims that brazilian democracy is at risk under bolsonaro. shortly after the election result, bolsonaro invited to judge sergio moro to be his minister ofjustice.

moro to be his minister ofjustice. moro is now a super minister, with influence over the judiciary and full control over the federal police and public security issues. lula believes this new role as a reward for taking him out of the game. you said that moro wouldn‘t survive in politics. why?

although lula‘s sentence has recently been reduced and he could $0011 recently been reduced and he could soon be granted a form of health —— house arrest, there are other charges relating to corruption but still hanging over him. however, lula maintains that the most important thing for him is to prove his innocence.

since he left office, brazilian politics has changed beyond all recognition. the economy, once the darling of the emerging markets, remains weak and fragile. his successor has been impeached, the workers‘ party removed from power, and the right—wing president elected. the military keeps the peace on the streets of rio de janeiro, and nine members of the bolsonaro cabinet have come from their ranks. bolsonaro recently said of lula "he has a plan to take power, in which ultimately our freedom would be stolen. i think it was a mistake that the courts gave him the right to give an interview". lula, for his part, is rightly

critical of the new president and the his lula has been imprisoned for nearly 400 days. of the millions of brazilians are pleased that he is being punished, outside the walls of the prison, his supporters maintain a co nsta nt the prison, his supporters maintain a constant vigil for the former

president. lula and his legacy have divided a country. this particular chapter in brazil‘s history may not yet be over. hello there. gradually it‘s an improving picture this week. we‘ve got high pressure moving in which will kill the showers. we‘ll see more sunshine around and it will turn a little bit warmer for most of us as well. but there‘s no heatwave on the horizon. it‘ll feel a lot better than we‘ve experienced over the past week or so. low pressure, which brought wet weather to southern parts of the uk during friday night, will clear away. we could start off

with early showers, particularly across the south—east. these will tend to fizzle out. many places starting off this morning on a chilly note, but bright and with plenty of sunshine. then we‘ll get the showers going again. in the afternoon they‘re likely to develop in the northern isles, one or two across scotland, otherwise plenty of sunshine here. quite a chilly breeze across northern coasts. most of the showers will be across central and eastern england. the odd heavy one, maybe the odd rumble of thunder too. the best of the temperatures here in that north—westerly wind. i think we‘ll see highs around 15—17 degrees. the showers fizzle out tonight, but it will turn chilly. largely clear, a bit of mist and fog. likely a touch of frost across parts of scotland, but less cold in the south and south—east.

sunday, high pressure right on top of us, keeping all these weather systems far away from us. so it looks like it‘s going to be a fine and largely dry day. it will start off chilly, mind you, especially in the north, with light winds and plenty of sunshine. those temperatures will begin to rise in the afternoon. could see some fair weather cloud developing here and there, and just the outside chance of an isolated shower. but most places will stay dry. temperatures reaching into the upper teens. next week we still have high pressure with us but what it will be doing, certainly as the week wears on, is tapping into cooler air of the north sea, whereas further west it will be

tapping into warmer air from the bay of biscay. so it looks like next week, though it will be largely dry with sunny spells because of high pressure, it‘s more likely to be cooler in the east and a little bit breezy as well, especially along north sea coasts.

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