the sunshine, though, top temperatures around 6-11. by by. you this is bbc news, the headlines: brazil's former president luis ignacio lula da silva has walked free from prison where he'd been held for a year and a half on corruption charges. he was met byjubilant supporters as he was released, which came after brazil's supreme this is bbc news i'm nuala mcgovern. court decided convicts should go to prison only if they have brazil's former president, exhausted their appeal options. luiz inaio lula da silva walks free from prison. the former new york city mayor and billionaire businessman a crowd of jubilant michael bloomberg has given supporters met the former president the strongest signal yet as he leftjail, that he intends to enter despite being convicted the us presidential race. on corruption charges, he filed the paperwork needed after a court decision freeing for the democratic primary prisoners on appeal. in alabama just before deadline expired. he's said to be worried former new york city mayor that the current field of candidates michael bloomberg officially joins isn't good enough the race for the white house to beat donald trump. as the current occupant says there's no—one he'd rather run against. two people have been killed and several are missing as bushfires wreak havoc across eastern australian. firefighters in new south wales have been struggling to reach people he does not have the magic to do in a number of remote well. little michael will fail. locations and have described the situation as unprecedented. australia battles a record number of bushfires. at least one woman dies as rescuers struggle to reach people in the east of the country. the prime minister visited and a woman's swept away derbyshire tonight to see

to her death as parts of england get a months worth of rainfall in a single day, with warnings of more floods to come. hello and welcome to bbc world news. the former brazilian president, luiz inacio lula da silva, has been released from prison after a year and a half behind bars. he was greeted by a crowd of his supporters outside the police station in the southern city of curitiba where he had been held. his release comes after brazil's supreme court overturned a requirement that convicted criminals go to jail whilst their appeals are heard. here's some of what he said to his supporters earlier. translation: i cannot tell you the importance of me being here with

you. spending a lifetime talking to the brazilian people, i never thought that today i could be here talking to men and women who for 580 days shouted good morning, lula or good night to me, no matter whether it was raining or iii good night to me, no matter whether it was raining or 14 degrees centigrade or even 0dc. you were the source of democracy that i needed. a little earlier i spoke to our south america correspondent katy watson, and asked what lula's next steps might be. he obviously was thinking his supporters outside the prison who have been there since he went to prison nearly 1.5 years ago. he has a home near sao paulo so no doubt he will make his way home in the next few hours. this has come as a huge, this is a momentous day for brazil. obviously for his supporters. they see this as vindication, but also

for his detractors, many of whom feel he should still remain behind bars. an interesting ruling by the supreme court because he still has the sentence hanging over him full of absolutely. he has a sentence hanging over him but he also has several other cases of corruption coming up soon so several other cases of corruption coming up soon so the fact that he is out now does not mean he will remain out, necessarily. he can now appeal to a higher court for his first conviction in connection to the purchase of a beachside apartment he is accused of receiving kickbacks from a construction company. this is part of a massive corruption investigation known as operation car wash. he also has other cases against him. this is certainly not the last we will hear of it but we may hear much more from lula in the coming weeks now that he is out of resin. and he is out so these are the ramifications of the ruling for him. but what about for other prisoners? this is a ruling

that applies to criminals who have been convicted and they are able to remain free until they have exhausted all of their appeals. it applies to around 5000 prisoners and many of them will also be from operation car wash. people, politicians, businesspeople who accused in this corruption investigation and put behind bars, we may see several of them come out 110w we may see several of them come out now ruling has been made. that is a story that has just broken over the last few hours. turning now to australia. the premier of new south wales in australia has confirmed two people have been killed and several are unaccountered for as bushfires wreak havoc across eastern australian. firefighters in new south wales have been struggling to reach people in a number of remote locations and have described the situation as unprecedented. officials have classified around

twenty blazes as being ‘dangerous'. hundreds of fires have spread along a thousand—kilometre stretch of seaboard in the east of the country. smoke from the fires can be seen from satellites orbiting the earth. these images were taken by nasa. strong winds are helping the flames to spread and officials are worried that some blazes will merge. the blazes are also causing the sky to look orange in some parts of new south wales. with me is our news reporter freya cole. she has been looking at this. you are australian and you have covered this previously. great to have your expertise. how do you understand the situation as it is right now, particularly for how people cope full those pictures, a previous reporter called them apocalyptic. australia is now waking up to see the full extent of the chaotic day

yesterday. fortunately conditions have eased slightly overnight however firefighters remain on have eased slightly overnight howeverfirefighters remain on high alert. without weather change there isa alert. without weather change there is a chance that wind could pick up and flare the fire again. so what we see is at least 100 properties have been destroyed and in the last ten minutes or so the new south wales premier has confirmed that two people have died, several people are unaccounted for which adds a lot of stress to the people in these small towns. i'm wondering if you know, where their evacuations, did people the fires were coming? there were evacuations. often there are text m essa 9 es evacuations. often there are text messages sent out to people to say leave now, do not hesitate and leave. but for many people who live on farming properties especially, they want to stay to protect their home and can be hard to convince these people to leave their home in

their livestock behind. it is their livelihood they want to protect. 0f course that puts them in a dangerous situation. and also dangerous for the firefighters there. the rural fire service, we saw some of their photos earlier. they drove through ca nyo ns of photos earlier. they drove through canyons of flame, worrying about the blazes merging. what else are you hearing? we saw those pictures before from the new south wales rural fire service. these men and women, most are volunteers and literally they put their lives on the line full of it is incredibly dangerous. a bushfire of this size, you cannot control which way it will go and you do not know whether the wind is going to change suddenly. for these men and women, they really are putting their lives on the line and it is dangerous and a hot situation full thank you so much, coming in tojoin us to speak situation full thank you so much, coming in to join us to speak about the bushfires, one of the stories we are following today on the bbc.

let's get some of the day's other news. protesters in chile have gathered for another day of anti—government demonstrations. on thursday, the chilean president sebastian pinera announced new measures to toughen penalties for looting and violence, after two weeks of protests that have left at least twenty people dead. vigils have been held in hong kong for a protester who died after he fell from a car park as riot police approached firing tear gas. the exact circumstances of chow tsz—lok‘s death remain unclear. police have been blamed by pro—democracy activists for slowing the approach of paramedics who took nearly 20 minutes to reach the student. but that claim has been flatly denied. an armed mugger who tried to rob arsenal footballers mesut ozil and sead kolasinac in london has beenjailed for ten years. ashley smith admitted attempting to steal luxury watches from the pair. the former new york city mayor and billionaire businessman michael bloomberg has entered

the us presidential race for the democratic party. he has filed the paperwork needed in the state of alabama just before the deadline expired. he's said to be worried that the current field of candidates isn't good enough to beat donald trump. nada tawfik reports. just when it seemed like the crowded field of democratic presidential candidates was finally narrowing, michael bloomberg has thrown a giant purple. the billion millionaire businessman has long teased a possible run, both in 2016 and earlier this year. i think there is an awful lot to be said for experience and accomplishment. bloomberg is said to have grown concerned thatjoe bloomberg is said to have grown concerned that joe biden‘s bloomberg is said to have grown concerned thatjoe biden‘s leaders fading. the former vice president was asked about that today on the trail. it turns out he is running because of me? the last balls i looked at i was far ahead. as a centrist, bloomberg does not believe

that candidates like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders can defeat donald trump. i have my hesitations about those running on the way they are campaigning on the promises they make they cannot fulfil. those progressive candidates welcomed him to the race with tweets attacking his wealth. the businessman has put his wealth. the businessman has put his money into liberal causes such as climate change and gun—control. once himself a republican, he has called donald trump a threat to the nation. at the white house, the president has his own words for his fellow new juncker. president has his own words for his fellow newjuncker. he will not do very well and if he did i would be happy. there is nobody i would rather run about run against and little michael. normally in a political race, time is money. bloomberg will sell find his campaign, nevertheless he will have to announce a final decision soon. a woman has died after being swept away by floodwater following the torrential rain

which hit parts of the north of england and the midlands. her body was found in the river derwent in derbyshire. the environment agency has said people should stay away from swollen rivers. six severe warnings, meaning a danger to life, are in place in south yorkshire, and there are dozens more flood warnings across the uk. this report from our correspondent danny savage. as floodwaters rose rapidly across the east midlands, derbyshire and yorkshire, a woman died after being swept away in rowsley, near matlock. she went missing in the early hours near here, and her body was recovered from the river derwent in darley dale this morning. in doncaster, the main river through the town burst its banks and overflowed into nearby streets. anything and everything was used as a huge community effort to save belongings swung into action. locals are angry and say they weren't warned. it has happened down here a couple of times. i've had no warning from the council or anything. they should have been out last

night, giving sandbags out, all that sort of stuff, but we had nothing. nearby, i met linda. her home has been flooded before, but the timing now couldn't be worse. iam here, 26a, the one with the for sale sign — in fact, sold, subject to survey. they were due to come out on monday to do the survey. are you worried now this has happened? i am very worried. i doubt anybody is going to want to go ahead and buy this now. from above, the flooding can be seen for miles, from sheffield, through rotherham, and to doncaster and beyond. this is worksop in nottinghamshire, where a wide area was left underwater. this caravan park in doncaster was completely overwhelmed and people living here were evacuated. what has happened to your caravan? they are all — every one of them is knackered, every one of them is finished. are you insured? no. because you can't get insurance? no, i'm not entitled to it. so you've lost your home? yeah, oh, aye, yeah,

we've lost our home. it's mid—afternoon and it's started raining heavily again. all this water flowing past us here is the overflow from the river don and it's going straight down this residential street, where the water's getting deeper and deeper. how much warning, if any, did you get? none, as far as i'm concerned. just in the space of 20 minutes, it all came and started coming flooding through. the house is wrecked from bottom up, carpets, laminates gone, the tv's gone, everything, electric's been cut off. we're hoping to get it sorted. like, as long as we are all out and safe, that's all that matters, really. in mansfield in nottinghamshire, a cliff gave way. the landslide led to 35 homes being evacuated. transport has been badly disrupted, too, roads and railways closed, stations left as islands. tonight back in matlock the prime minister visited to meet emergency service personnel and see some of the damage. in doncaster the rescue boats will be on standby all night, although water levels

are slowly dropping. danny savage, bbc news, doncaster. let's get some of the day's other news. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the us academy training those with disabilities to become aides to others. the bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump, has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the oval office. i feel great about the result stop i voted for him because i genuinely believe he cares about the country. it is keeping the candidate's name always in the public either councils success or failure depends not only on public display but on the noble campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around a liberated territory. and with nobody

to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after i7 declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was an hour burst ofjoy when ministers who long felt only grudgingly accepted in the ranks of clergy suddenly felt accepted. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: brazil's former president, luiz inaio lula da silva, has walked free from jail after a court decision freeing prisoners on appeal. two 15—year—old boys are among the 39 people from vietnam who were all found dead in a refrigerated lorry, east of london, last month. police have released all their names. a 26—year—old woman who sent heartbreaking texts to her parents saying she was dying and couldn't breathe was also confirmed to be among them. daniel sandford reports. some of the faces of the 39 people who died in the refrigerated trailer

6,000 miles from home. all were from vietnam and were being smuggled into britain. the oldest was 44, but ten of them were teenagers and the two youngest were just 15 years old. one of the 15—year—olds was nguyen huy hung. his relatives say he had been trying tojoin his parents who live in britain. hoang van tiep was 18. he'd been living in paris for a year. he told his family he was getting a taxi to the uk, but they'd not heard from him since. bui thi nhung was one of two 19—year—old women in the lorry. she'd posted pictures of herself sightseeing in brussels just days before she died. and pham thi tra my was the 26—year—old woman who tragically texted her family to say she was suffocating in the sealed trailer. father simon thang duc nguyen has been helping those grieving relatives who are in the uk.

detective started this investigation with 39 unknown people dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry on this industrial estate. now after more than two weeks of intensive work they've been able to give those people names and faces, and to tell their worried families that they won't be coming back. father simon thang duc nguyen has been helping those grieving relatives who are in the uk. it is really very, very painful. very sad to know about this tragedy. many of them escape from a very poor area. two lorry drivers are being held, accused of manslaughter. mo robinson is thought to have collected the trailer when it arrived in essex. amon harrison is thought to have dropped it off in zeebrugge 11 hours earlier. yesterday, police and the republic of ireland rated properties linked to ronan and chris hughes, two brothers still wanted by a sex police. —— sx police. —— essex. two

more transcripts of white house officials have been released in the us. gary o'donoghue explains the significance of the testimony. these are from alexander denman and fiona hill, both of whom worked on the national security council. mr denman still does, lieutenant colonel denman. he appeared when he went to give evidence in person in full dress uniform, despite being attacked by some people at the white house. and really, what we are seeing, particularly from colonel lyndon‘s testimony, is a sort of pi’ocess lyndon‘s testimony, is a sort of process bubble by which it became clear that there was, as he put it, a deal on offer to the ukrainians in return for this military aid. they wa nted return for this military aid. they wanted to be trump white house wa nted wanted to be trump white house wanted this investigation to take place into joe biden wanted this investigation to take place intojoe biden and his sun, and he said that was something that concerned him, and of course he is one of the few people that the

committee have spoken to who were actually on that call, who listened into the famous call on the 25th of july, so he is a key witness, and i imagine when we get into those public hearings, which begin next wednesday, his name is not down for one of them yet, but i am pretty sure he will be one of those who is back to give public testimony as well. i would be amazed if he wasn't. india's supreme court is due to rule on saturday over a controversial case relating to a religious site disputed between hindus and muslims for decades. hindus believe that the piece of land in the holy town of ayodhya is the birthplace of their revered deity lord raam, while muslims say they have worshipped there for generations. our correspondent arunoday mukergee reports. ayod hya, ayodhya, a city that clings to its ancient past. this is where one of hinduism's most revered deities,

lord raam, is said to have been born thousands of years ago. it is also where hindus and muslims have lived together for generations, where hindus and muslims have lived togetherfor generations, until where hindus and muslims have lived together for generations, until one incident changed but forever. —— that. in 1992, a 16th century mosque was demolished by hindu fundamentalists. thousands were killed in religious clashes across the country. sparked by the incident. this man is one of the many hindu religious leaders who has been at the forefront, demanding a temple. his extreme views suggest why he needs protection. in his eyes, muslims must prove

their patriotism. for a country where faith plays such an integral role, a lot hinged on the court verdict. people here are apprehensive that the riots from 27 yea rs apprehensive that the riots from 27 years ago should not repeat. just down this lane, a few hundred metres away, is the disputed side, contested by both hindus and muslims. we are not allowed to take oui’ cameras muslims. we are not allowed to take our cameras beyond this point. many here feel just as the mosque our cameras beyond this point. many here feeljust as the mosque was destroyed, so was india's secular structure, leaving behind a deep divide between both communities. the majority of muslims feel the current

political atmosphere is of an aggressive brand of hindu nationalism, pushing them to the margins. those arguing the muslim side in court say hindus have no legal grounds. but the younger generation here wa nts to but the younger generation here wants to move on. jobs over religion, they say.

but the flames of a decades—old conflict similar beneath the surface. thejudgement conflict similar beneath the surface. the judgement is likely to define the future relationship between hindus and muslims in india and the nature of its secular democracy. for those with disabilities, two finding the rightjob can be a challenge. but a program in washington, dc, is working to change that. the city has partnered with a company to provide training in becoming a direct support professional, which allows them to serve as aids to others. we went to a class to meet some of those taking part. i used to not be able to speak very clearly. black with autism, i was taught that i would never amount to

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is basically being one—on—one with a person and understanding what they are going through. want to try a different colour? i was offered a position as a community navigator. where i would be working with individuals. because i had a disability myself, i think that i can utilise what i have learned from my previous history. this person, right here, is robin. she is able to use our talents and kind of understanding the seasons that is happening right now.|j understanding the seasons that is happening right now. i am a bounteously optimistic human being. i want to be able to help people feel like they are worth something. you can find more on any of these stories that you have seen over the past half hour on our bbc news up

and also on bbcnews.com. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @bbcnuala. hello. the slow—moving, heavy rain that caused all the flooding across northern england has now cleared away, but we're certainly left with very high river levels and flooding, causing disruptions. numerous flood warnings and some severe flood warnings are still in force, anywhere from yorkshire towards leicestershire. river levels will slowly come down through the course of the weekend. there is a bit more rain on the way for saturday but it will be happiest in the places that are not affected by the flooding. a drier day likely by the flooding. a drier day likely by the flooding. a drier day likely by the time we get to sunday. but it isa by the time we get to sunday. but it is a cold weekend. first thing saturday morning, temperatures widely sub zero. about —2, —3 in towns and cities, colder in the countryside. a touch of frost,

certainly. also fog orfreezing countryside. a touch of frost, certainly. also fog or freezing fog patches to start off your day as well. we can see this waterfront meeting its way in from the west. that will bring a mix of rain. also some sleet and some snow over the highest ground, only across parts of wales through the day on saturday, but certainly done at low levels it will be falling as rain. parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland, wales, western england, seeing the arrival of that rain. eastern england and northern and eastern scotland staying dry through the day, after the morning mist clears away. should be some sunshine around, but it will feel pretty chilly wherever you are. we are mainly going to be stuck in single figures, mayjust squeezing a 10 celsius towards plymouth, but for most, about 6—9. that area of rain, with a little bit of sleepiness and snow over the high ground, starts to ease away towards the south as we move through saturday night and overnight into sunday morning. with all the cloud around in the south it won't be such a cold night. certainly not compared to first thing on saturday. temperatures mostly thing on saturday. temperatures m ostly a bove thing on saturday. temperatures mostly above freezing. still a cold night to come for northern england, northern ireland and scotland as

well. sunday, remembrance sunday, we are looking up some decent conditions. lots of dry and fairly sunny weather. there will be some rain working in from the west later on in the day, but much of remembrance sunday is looking fine and dry, with light winds, temperature somewhere between 6—10, for most of us on sunday. then we start to see this frontal system heading in from west to east, through sunday night and into monday. you can see a bit of light. some sleet and snow over the highest ground, parts of northern england and scotland as well. that main band of rain should clear away gradually on monday, perhaps lingering loggers towards the south—east. then we are back into sunny spells, scattered showers, some of them a little bit wintry over the highest ground. in the sunshine, though, top 00:28:51,018 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 temperatures around 6—11. by by.