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right this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. polls close in brazil's presidential election — it could mark a change of direction for the country, with incumbent jair bolsonaro up against former leader lula da silva. i'm in rio dejaneiro, to bring you the latest results as they happen in this most polarised of elections. one of the deadliest football stadium disasters in decades, 125 people are killed in indonesia, after police fire tear gas, causing a stampede. britain's prime minister admits her government should have better communicated before the mini
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budget that sparked turmoil on the financial markets and insists they'll be no u—turn on axeing the top rate of income tax. i do stand by the package we announced and i stand by the fact that we announced it quickly, because we had to act. but i do accept we should have laid the ground better. i do accept that. up for hours to cast their votes in one of the most polarised presidential elections in decades. the right wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, has been trying to fight off a strong challenge from his socialist rival, luiz inacio lula da silva. if neither candidate wins more than 50% of valid votes,
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there will be a run—off election in four weeks�* time. we can go now to laura trevelyan in rio dejaneiro. thanks very much indeed, celia. this is the world's fourth biggest democracy. brazil is the largest economy in latin america, the amazon rainforest here is known as the lungs of the world, there is so much at stake in this election for brazilians and for the world and 156 million people were eligible to cast their votes today. for more on a day of long lines and tension we are joined by professor santoro, joined by professor sa ntoro, professor of joined by professor santoro, professor of international relations at rio dejaneiro state university, i know you have been at a polling station, what would you say the atmosphere was like? this station, what would you say the atmosphere was like?— station, what would you say the atmosphere was like? this is a very im ortant atmosphere was like? this is a very important election _ atmosphere was like? this is a very important election in _ atmosphere was like? this is a very important election in brazil, - atmosphere was like? this is a very important election in brazil, i-
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important election in brazil, i would say the most important one since the return of democracy 30 years ago. people are very interested in taking part at the voting. usually, brazil, we vote very quickly, like five minutes, ten minutes on the line, but today i am hearing stories about people needing one hour, two hours in line, in order to vote. and that shows how abstention will be very low today because everybody is going to the voting stations. tell because everybody is going to the voting stations.— voting stations. tell us about the ve stark voting stations. tell us about the very stark choice _ voting stations. tell us about the very stark choice 18 _ voting stations. tell us about the very stark choice 18 -- _ voting stations. tell us about the very stark choice 18 -- facing - very stark choice 18 —— facing voters in brazil, on the one hand the popular pugnacious president bolsonaro, on the other hand, the former president, left—wing lula da silva, who was injailfor corruption charges that were annulled. ., , corruption charges that were annulled-— corruption charges that were annulled. . , , , annulled. that is true, this is the first time a _ annulled. that is true, this is the first time a sitting _ annulled. that is true, this is the first time a sitting president - annulled. that is true, this is the first time a sitting president has| first time a sitting president has faced an ex—president. both bolsonaro and lula are very charismatic, they have a huge group of followers, people that love them and are passionate about what they
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say. but at the same time they have these long and controversial political careers and there are also many people who will reject them in a very strong way. they are not the only candidates, there are 11 people running for president in brazil which is quite a big number, if you stop to think, because being present at brazil is such a hard job. more than 80% of the vote will go to bolsonaro or lula so this is basically a race among them. what would ou basically a race among them. what would you say _ basically a race among them. what would you say is — basically a race among them. what would you say is the _ basically a race among them. what would you say is the significance of this election for the world? president bolsonaro has been an isolationist president in some ways and lula desilva is offering a vision. ., ., , ., ., vision. bolsonaro is the face of a ulobal vision. bolsonaro is the face of a global phenomenon, _ vision. bolsonaro is the face of a global phenomenon, populist. vision. bolsonaro is the face of a - global phenomenon, populist leaders that in many situations are a threat to democracy. we saw a similar situation in the united states with donald trump or in eastern europe with the polish government and bolsonaro is our local version. for many people today in brazil, it is
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not so much a vote for lula but vote against bolsonaro because people feel that democracy is under threat. so, today is the first round of the election but there is a general note today that it is more like the decisive vote, people don't want to wait one more month for a second round. ., ~' ,, wait one more month for a second round. ., ~ i. ., ., , round. thank you for “oining us, there you t round. thank you for “oining us, there you heard _ round. thank you for “oining us, there you heard the h round. thank you forjoining us, there you heard the mood, - round. thank you forjoining us, there you heard the mood, this| round. thank you forjoining us, i there you heard the mood, this is there you heard the mood, this is the first round of this election. if no candidate gets more than 50% today, the top two candidates will go to a run—off election and president bolsonaro has been counting —— casting doubt on the integrity of this voting system. we should get the result in the next few hours. should get the result in the next few hours-_ few hours. laura, what are the locations _ few hours. laura, what are the locations for _ few hours. laura, what are the locations for the _ few hours. laura, what are the locations for the rest _ few hours. laura, what are the locations for the rest of - few hours. laura, what are the locations for the rest of the - few hours. laura, what are the i locations for the rest of the world if one man winds the vote, versus the other?— the other? they will be very different styles _ the other? they will be very different styles of _ the other? they will be very i different styles of government. the other? they will be very - different styles of government. if president bolsonaro would win, he would continue with his alliances with other leaders of the far right.
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he would also continue with his policies in the amazon rainforest where he is accelerating the deforestation which is highly significant for the fight against climate change. because of course the amazon is known as the green lung of the world. whereas lula da silva would pursue a much more traditional forest silva would pursue a much more traditionalforest —— silva would pursue a much more traditional forest —— foreign policy. when he was present previously, he led the alliance in latin america. he is also promising he would change policies. in the amazon, he is promising a much more generous safety net as well and —— for the poor of brazil. this election been very closely watched indeed by the united states where warnings have been sent by the us senate that this must be a free and fair election and that the result must be democratic. so certainly the idea that president bolsonaro might try to contest this result and claim that the election had been stolen, as former president donald trump dead, that would have consequences
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for global democracy as well. —— as former president donald trump dead. —— did. indonesia has seen one of the world's deadliest football stadium disasters, described by fifa as a tragedy beyond comprehension. at least 125 people have died after police fired tear gas at fans who invaded the pitch. there was panic and fans in the stands rushed towards the exits, some of which were reportedly shut, in a desperate attempt to get out. it happened at the stadium in the city of malang on the island ofjava. and a warning — you may find some of the details injonathan head's report distressing. videos posted by fans at the stadium in malang showed the disaster unfolding almost as it happened. it had been a hard fought match between two teams with a history of rivalry.
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the home side had lost 3—2 and some of its fans streamed onto the pitch in protest. there were running skirmishes with the police, who then decided to fire tear gas, which drifted into the stands, causing the above capacity crowd to search for the exits. that is where many of them were crushed. unconscious fans were carried out of the stadium to the ambulances which had begun arriving to get them to hospital. this survivor described choking on tear gas. it was everywhere, he said, inside and outside the stadium, even in the shops and stalls nearby. the indonesian president, joko widodo, ordered an immediate investigation and for all premier league matches to be suspended. i hope this will be the last tragedy of this kind in our country, he said. outside the stadium, the burnt shells of police trucks bore witness to the anger
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of the crowd. indonesian football has long been troubled by fan violence and poor management. but the way the police handled the crowd trouble in malang, in particular the use of tear gas inside a packed stadium, must surely be the main focus of this investigation. valdya baraputri from the bbc�*s indonesian service has just sent us this report from the stadium. this stadium bore witness to the tragedy after a football match between two rivals of the indonesian first division league. you can still see the signs from the chaotic night. the night ended with the defeat to the home club and then supporters went to the pitch to express their disappointment to players and officials. and then indonesian police released tear gas in the cloud tear gas in the crowd
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and people ran to the exit, only to find that they were closed. i want to show you one of the exit gates over here. you can see that there is a hole in the wall. a witness told me that people made this whole to try to get out from the stadium. it shows how desperate people tried to get out from the stampede. and next to the hole in the wall, there is an exit gate. you can see from the flat door the level of force from inside. and this gate is still very much shut. there are some candles put by supporters to remember the victims. indonesian police said there are 3a people died in the stadium and the rest at the hospital, making this event one of the worst football stadium tragedies in the world. the british prime minister has admitted her government should have "laid the ground better" before unveiling its plan
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for major tax cuts funded by borrowing, which led to days of turmoil on the financial markets. in a bbc interview, liz truss defended the content of the mini budget but some prominent conservatives are publicly expressing significant concern. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young is in the english city of birmingham where the conservative party conference is under way. this is a prime minister who needs to calm the markets and many in her own party. the decision to borrow billions to pay for tax cuts was met with panic and disbelief. today she made no apology for acting quickly to help with energy bills, but did finally accept a small part of the torrent of criticism that has come her way. i do stand by the package we announced and i stand by the fact that we announced it quickly because we had to act but i do accept we should have laid the ground better. i do accept that. and i have learned from that. i have learned from that.
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and i will make sure that in future, we do a betterjob of laying the ground. but she repeated her view that global problems are to blame for a rise in interest rates. liz truss and her team believe higher growth is the answer to the country's problems and lower taxes will help, so will she still abolish the top 45p rate for the most wealthy? yes. and it is part, laura, of an overall package of making our tax system simpler and lower. did you discuss scrapping the top rate with your whole cabinet? no. we didn't. it was a decision that the chancellor made. the prime minister admits some of her plans will make her unpopular. today, she sidestepped questions about cuts to public services and welfare. what i am going to do is make sure we get value for money for the taxpayer. but i am very, very committed to making sure we have got excellent front line public services.
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this was the immediate verdict from a former cabinet minister, who never thought liz truss should be in the top job. the sheer risk of using borrowed money to fund tax cuts, that is not conservative. and the second thing is the decision to cut the 45p rate and indeed at the same time to change the law which governs how bankers are paid in the city of london, when you have additional billions of pounds in play, to have as your principal decision, the headline tax move, cutting tax for the wealthiest, that is a display of the wrong values. michael gove would not say whether he would vote for his own government plans. he and some colleagues are concerned that ministers are considering breaking a promise to raise benefits in line with inflation. what we have to do is to make people spend more, to have growth in the country. and if 45p of a tax cut,
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which is kind of nothing really, is going to make a big difference to people's spending, let's go for it. it is horrific, absolutely hugely damaging to us. they need to u—turn it, reverse the decision, get it changed, it will kill us. we should thrive on our loyalty to the leader, irrespective - of who we voted for. and i am very happy- that we are taking a positive approach to the economy. you robbed from the poor to give to the rich! loyalists like jacob rees—mogg are used to a hostile reception from protesters, who will never be convinced by his arguments, but rebellious mps need to be kept in line. they have been warned they will be kicked out of the parliamentary they have been warned they will be kicked out of the parliamentary party if they don't vote for the plans. some of them are questioning the chancellor's politicaljudgement.
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and they want a sign that he and the prime minister will back down. this is bbc news, the headlines.... voting is underway in a presidential election that could mark a major change of direction for brazil. the indonesian authorities are investigating one of the deadliest football stadium disasters in decades which left at least 125 dead. iran's president ebrahim raisi says the enemies of the country have failed in what he described as their conspiracy. — he made his comments as anti—government protests entered their third week and the number of people killed continued to mount. i'm nowjoined by saeid golkar who is an assistant professor at the university of tennessee.
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professor, what do you make of the president's latest comments? actually, there is nothing new about ebrahim raisi's comments. if you study the islamic public answer to any wave of protests, you realise they are using the same vocabulary, enemy. enemy is actually the main pillar of their ideology. there are enemies trying to undermine islamic republic, undermine islamic muslim communities, so it is exactly repeating the same vocabulary and propaganda that ayatollah khameni, his master and the islamic republic supreme leader has always talked about. during this round of the protests, i get a lot from the scene and the response but he goes to the ayatollah raisi, the so—called for
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some of the scholars have designated the supreme leader, to repeat the same slogan and propaganda that this is the enemy trying to undermine us. where is the supreme leader? how haven't we heard from him in any significant way?— haven't we heard from him in any significant way? very good question. there are two _ significant way? very good question. there are two different _ significant way? very good question. there are two different theories. - there are two different theories. there are two different theories. the first one is he is sick and not able to communicate, the second one is he's trying to humanise, humiliate and dehumanise the protesters so they try to say, you are not very important, i am not going to talk about you, and the third theory, they leave the supreme leader, intentionally gave his response that is to the ayatollah as a president and somebody too many blame will be the next supreme leader. so this is some kind of political territory for raceis to
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prove himself to the ayatollah khameni that he is able, even in the future if you have two... i am able to control and suppress and continue the i make control. what to control and suppress and continue the i make control.— the i make control. what role our university students _ the i make control. what role our university students now- the i make control. what role our university students now playing l the i make control. what role our| university students now playing in the protest because the universities have reopened, haven't they? absolutely. the universities reopened last week but because of the protest, these republic close them. the face—to—face classes have moved to the online classes in spite of the common you know, the cutting of the common you know, the cutting of the common you know, the cutting of the internet and the slowdown of the internet, but the university again will open from yesterday. and todayit again will open from yesterday. and today it was seen of protests in protests in tehran, most of the universities around the country, actually, they are continuing the protest that they started three weeks ago. so, by opening the
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universities, this is a very rational idea, the university will see more protest to come and that is why the islamic republic today brutally suppressed the university, one of the very, you know, high ranking... one of the very, you know, high ranking---_ ranking... professor, ithink we have to live _ ranking... professor, ithink we have to live it _ ranking... professor, ithink we have to live it there, _ ranking... professor, ithink we have to live it there, but - ranking... professor, ithink we have to live it there, but that i have to live it there, but that only, the protest from universities are something that we will continue to watch. thank you for speaking to us from the university of tennessee. now, let's get the sport. hello and thanks forjoining us. manchester city's erling haaland's become the first player to score three successive premier league home hat tricks as manchester united were well beaten in the derby at the etihad stadium. haaland's incredible form this season continued as he made it 17 goals in ten games since his move from borussia dortmund. phil foden also scored a treble as city closed the gap on early pace setters arsenal to one point.
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anthony martial�*s late goal for united was greeted in near silence, as was his added time penalty, on a day of frustration for united and manager erik ten hag and one of elation for city and pep guardiola. confidence is good, it has always been good. after we played against liverpool in the community shield, it was still good after. i think it was good that this match happened, i got a kind of, something happened, i have to be a bit more ready, so confidence has always been good. i felt a couple of days before the game that something special is going to happen, and we saw today some special things happening and it was nice. leeds battled to earn a goalless draw with aston villa despite playing with only ten men for the majority of the second half. in a bad tempered match, colombia winger luis sinisterra was sent off after 48 minutes for two bookings. the home side could have won it late on when substitute patrick bamford
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forced a fine save from emiliano martinez. in spain's la liga, real madrid are aiming to make it seven winds on the bounce against 0sasuna at the bernabeu. carlo ancelotti's side saw off city rivals atletico madrid 21 before the international break. real have made their best start to a season since 1968 their winning streak in all competitions since the start of the season now stands at nine matches. 1-1 1—1 is the score. earlier there was a good win for celta vigo who beat 11th placed real betis. it's been a far tougher season so far forjuventus in serie a they are aiming for a first in the league since august as they host bologna in turin. things looked to be going that way at the moment. 3—0 up against bologna. hertha berlin came from a goal down to secure a one all draw with visiting hoffenheim in the bundesliga on sunday and stretch their unbeaten run to four matches. augsburg beat struggling schalke 3—2. england's first tour of pakistan
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in 17 years has ended in victory after they beat the hosts by 67 runs to win their t20 series decider in lahore. it was three games all going into this one. dawid malan hit an unbeaten 78 as england made 209 for three. harry brook's fine form continued as he made 46 not out from 29 balls pakistan could only reach 142 for eight losing by 67 runs. india for the first time in history defeated south africa in a t20 after being left off the formula one calendar for the last two years because of the pandemic, today's singapore grand prix was the first chance for max vertsappen to retain his world drivers title. he had a race to forget, losing places at the start and running off the track later, but ended up finishing seventh, one place higher than he started. it was a great race for his red bull teamate sergio perez though. even a five second time penalty for a minor infringement behind the safety car didn't stop the mexican claiming his second victory of the season ahead of the ferraris of charles leclerc and carlos sainz. i knew i was going for a bit of a
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bad patch, there has been two races where i haven't been on the podium, but obviously the media makes a big thing because i am mexican and they start to make all of these comparisons. the biggest mistake red bull is to bring me here. i am super happy to get this victory under my belt and with such a strong performance today.- belt and with such a strong performance today. there is more reaction to — performance today. there is more reaction to that _ performance today. there is more reaction to that over _ performance today. there is more reaction to that over on _ performance today. there is more reaction to that over on the - performance today. there is more reaction to that over on the bbc. reaction to that over on the bbc sport website. that is all the sports from me. back to you, celia. let's go back to laura to rally and in rio dejaneiro. laura, what is it looking like? the in rio de janeiro. laura, what is it looking like?— looking like? the counting has beaun, looking like? the counting has begun. less — looking like? the counting has begun, less than _ looking like? the counting has begun, less than 1% _ looking like? the counting has begun, less than 1% of - looking like? the counting has begun, less than 1% of the - looking like? the counting has| begun, less than 1% of the vote looking like? the counting has - begun, less than 1% of the vote has so far been counted, there are 11 candidates and in order for there not to be a second round of voting, one candidate would have to win more than 50% of the vote. that hasn't happened here in brazil since the
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19905. it is the norm for the presidential contest to go to a second round, but there has been uncertainty here in brazil, very, very long lines to vote, some polling stations have had to stay open because people are anxious about the fact that president bolsonaro has implied she may not accept the result of this election if it doesn't go his way. just before he voted here in rio this morning, he said if this election is clean, i will win 60% of the vote. people are turning out in force, whatever side of the little divide they are. president bolsonaro trailing in the poll. lula da silva, a former metalworker and champion of the poor. very stark choice facing voters in brazil and the world, a continuation of the pugnacious conservative, isolationist populism with president bolsonaro running on a platform of faith, family, home land and liberty. lula da silva harking back to a glorious past when
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he looked after two brazilians, he says he thinks —— wants things to return to normal, he was to stop deforestation of the amazon, but under all of it, celia, deforestation of the amazon, but underall of it, celia, is deforestation of the amazon, but under all of it, celia, is this sense that this is the most important election in brazil since the country stopped being a military dictatorship in the 19805. is democracy here in brazil safe? this is the world for mac fourth largest democracy, the biggest economy in latin america, a hugely significant country, so much riding on this country, so much riding on this country with less than 1% of the vote counted, of course we will bring you all of the results when we have them, celia. we are tracking the votes on the bbc news website so you can track the votes there. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @celiahatton. to write to me. that is all from us for now.
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hello, there. after today's sunshine, we've got a cold night to come tonight. early next week, though, rain is going to be heading our way in from the atlantic, it is going to come from these two areas of cloud here. but ahead of that, though, we've already got lighter winds, skies are clearer so temperatures are falling away sharply. later in the night, western areas will see the breeze pick up a little bit and some cloud coming in here. so it is going to be colder further east, across scotland, eastern england, and also into the midlands. those are the temperatures in towns and cities. we look into rural areas across england, perhaps into east wales, temperatures could be as low as two or three degrees. it is going to be the coldest night of the week ahead, because it looks like it is going to be quite mild this week. that is mainly because it is going to be windy and there will be some wet weather at times as well.
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we saw that cloud coming in on the satellite picture, that cloud continues to roll into northern ireland and scotland. as the wind picks up, we'll see some rain moving in, too, gales in the north—west where we've got most the rain. england and wales looks dry, there will be quite a bit of high cloud around so hazy sunshine. and those temperatures, still up to a respectable 18 or 19 degrees. and it is high—pressure keeping it dry across england and through monday. that is going to get bumped out of the way, though, by those two areas of cloud, two weather fronts there, and the breeze will pick up overnight and more widely into tuesday. and those two bands of rain move their way across scotland and northern ireland, initially fairly heavy, but as the rain moves into england and wales in the afternoon, the rain becomes very light and patchy, it will be followed by some sunshine in the north—west and perhaps odd shower. but the rain never really reaches the east midlands, east anglia, and the south—east, it is quite warm here on tuesday, temperatures of 20 degrees. some places, though, will get more than theirfair share of rain, perhaps across north wales but more especially through cumbria and south—west scotland tuesday and into wednesday, there could be as much as 100ml of rain.
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the weather fronts are stalling because we've got a wave forming along them, that will develop, actually, into an area of low pressure, that will bring some windy weather, actually, during wednesday, and this rain, it will be quite heavy for a while and followed by a lot of showers from the north west. but with a spell of rain whistling eastwards across england and wales, it could be particularly squally. a windy day, widely gales, actually, across england and wales. the winds could nudge up to 60 miles an hour. it will feel colder across scotland and northern ireland, still warm for a while in the south—east.
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this is bbc world news. the headlines: polls have closed in brazil, in one of the most consequential presidential elections for the country in decades. the right wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro has been trying to fight off a challenge from former left wing president lula da silva. at least 125 people have died in indonesia after a stampede at a football match. thousands of fans panicked and rushed for an exit after police fired tear gas at them when they invaded the pitch. in burkina faso, the country's new leader, captain ibrahim traore, has called on protestors to stop attacks on french institutions. mediators also say the military leader who was ousted in friday's coup has formally agreed to step down.

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