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this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm david eades. our top stories: no outright winner in the brazilian election: left—wing candidate luiz inacio lula da silva and right—wing president jair bolsonaro will go to a second—round run—off. indonesia investigates the death of 125 football fans killed in a stampede after police used tear gas in the stadium. on the front line in eastern ukraine as its soldiers battle for every inch of territory. we have to be careful here. we
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have been told there is a russian sniper operating from that direction. for the troops here, this is a grind, diane knight. a hard battle to hold this position. —— day and night. and the skin—tight fit of the spray—on dress that's the talk of the catwalk at this year's paris fashion shows. hello. thanks very much for being with us. they go again: the two main candidates in brazil's presidential election will have a second—round run—off after neither man achieved the 50% threshold needed to win outright. the left—wing challenger, former president luiz inacio lula da silva, has won the most support, pushing 48%, while the right—wing
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incumbent, jair bolsonaro, looks to be about four to five percentage points behind him. i put it to laura treveleyn, our correspondent in rio, that there won't be any partying through the night for either side. given that result. no, that's right. the candidates are already preparing for another gruelling 28 days of campaigning before the second round of brazil's presidential election on october 30. the former president, lula da silva, is attempting what would be a stunning political comeback for someone who was jailed four years ago on corruption charges only to have them annulled. he is now five points ahead of the incumbent president, jair bolsonaro. lula da silva got 48% of the vote in this first round, jair bolsonaro got 43%, and we have been hearing from both men tonight about their performance, and lula da silva did acknowledge that things
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haven't gone quite as well as he has hope. translation: yesterday - there was a press conference and i said that every election i take part of, i'm always intend on winning on the first round. but there is one thing in my life that has been always motivating me and brings me to a renewal every day, which is the belief that nothing comes by chance in our lives. throughout the campaign, we were ahead in the polls in various institutions, even those who were rather opposing to our work, and i continually believe that we would win this election, and i would like to tell you, we will. a clear message there, laura.
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very interesting just looking at the optics here. there is lula da silva amidst all his supporters, it looked as if they put everything in place for that celebratory night. jair bolsonaro had a rather different... it looked like a fairly hastily arranged opportunity to talk, really. absolutely, and president bolsonaro pointing out that the pollsters had underestimated him, and indeed they did. he outperformed his polls by about 8%, and now, remember that he was the person that was casting doubts on the integrity of brazil's election system, so he told reporters that it was a good thing that the military was involved as he had wanted them to be in a kind of side tabulation of the overall count that was done by brazil's supreme electoral court. here is what president bolsonaro had
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to say when he was asked about his allegations of fraud. translation: i wasjust i was just about to meet with the armed forces. we will talk about— the armed forces. we will talk about electoral transparency. we will — about electoral transparency. we will deal with that. jair bolsonaro there. laura, this is pretty clear how polarised this is. we have the left, we have got the right and then we have got these votes available for both of them. but is there any way of telling which way the majority of those votes might go at this stage? well, that is the big question. yeah, so nine candidates get eliminated from this race, about 8% of the vote then has to be redistributed in the second round, and where will it go? the third—placed candidate was considered perhaps slightly more critical of president bolsonaro
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and that perhaps lula da silva might want to pick up some of her votes, but really, it is very unclear, and the really interesting thing is whether the second round of the election has more potential for more and greater destabilisation, because this was a good night for president bolsonaro's allies in congress and in races across brazil, but in the second round of the election, it willjust be him against lula da silva, a knockdown, drag—out fight, and there is more incentive for president bolsonaro to dispute the result, to make unfounded claims of electoral fraud. so the stakes will be higher, it will be even more polarised as two men with very different visions of brazil, one on the left, one on the right, fight it out, david. laura in rio dejaneiro. october 30 for that second—round run—off. memorials have been held
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in indonesia after at least 125 people were killed in a stampede at a football stadium after police fired tear gas at fans who had invaded the pitch. it happened in malang, on the island ofjava, from where our correspondent valdya baraputri sent this report. and a warning that you might find it distressing. the night after the tragedy, indonesian supporters returned to the kanjuruhan stadium, dozens walked around the area holding candles and chanting prayers. the night ended with a defeat to the home club, supporters went to the pitch to express their disappointment to players and officials, and then indonesian officials tear gassed the crowd and people ran to the exit, only to find that they were closed. tonight, people gathered at the statue of the club mascot where they put flowers and candles. ardut lost a friend he watched football games with, but he didn't go on that fateful day.
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he hopes his friend, a father of two children, will getjustice. translation: i am in shock. i thought the atmosphere of football games had been getting better, more family friendly. behind me, people are remembering the victims of the tragedy. they pray and put candles at one of the gates that people tried to get out from, but failed. cornered and desperate, supporters punched a wall to try to get out. more than 100 people died, some here on the scene and many others at the hospital. valdya baraputri, bbc news. well, earlier i spoke to david lipson of abc australia, who previously made a documentary investigating indonesian football. i asked what he thought was so dangerous about the culture surrounding the game. we looked at the indonesian
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football league in 2018, we found no less than 7a fans had been killed in the two previous decades. many had been killed by rival fans. previous decades. many had been killed by rivalfans. at previous decades. many had been killed by rival fans. at that time, it was and perhaps still is the deadliest football league in the world. what we saw in malang, yes, absolutely shocking, but in some ways elements of it not so surprising. for example, the rule that in many football matches, only the home team fans are allowed in the stadium. that is pretty common. we saw that numerous times in the matches we attended in 2018. and also riot police at matches, a common as well, not just outside the stadium, but one of the matches of for example we went and saw when the crowd got very rowdy and started pelting the field with flares and other projectiles, the riot police were on the
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field with their shields, batons and tear gas, although the field —— teargas was not used, and armoured personnel carriers with water cannon on top aimed at the crowd, ready top aimed at the crowd, ready to go. top aimed at the crowd, ready to .o_ . ., top aimed at the crowd, ready to no. ~ . , top aimed at the crowd, ready to to, ~ ., , , top aimed at the crowd, ready to 0. ~ . , , ., top aimed at the crowd, ready to no. ~ . , , ., , to go. what is bringing on this level of violence? _ to go. what is bringing on this level of violence? it _ to go. what is bringing on this level of violence? it is - to go. what is bringing on this level of violence? it is not - quite that simple. it is fanaticism. there aren't really so many fans, it's more fanatics when it comes to football in indonesia and, by the way, it's not fuelled by alcohol in many cases, because it's an muslim nation and iced tea is about the strongest drink you can get in the stadiums, but there is this underlying current of corruption — there certainly was in 2018 — match fixing was very rife, and mafia involvement. so one of the chants that we heard commonly was "mafia dogs". when the match wasn't going the way that the fans wanted it to or when it was going the way that the rumours had said it was going to go — that is the match fixing rumours — then things often
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got ugly very quickly. what do you think, david, could be done then in the short to medium term to try and arrest this? because, obviously, your documentary was four years ago. this has been going on for years now, back to the �*90s. it's a huge problem and they have tried not so successfully, it seems, to fix things, but from what i've been hearing, it sounded like the atmosphere at matches had been improving in previous — in recent years. there were more families at matches. certainly, i think the rule, which didn't appear to work in this case, should remain in place — that is when there's real rivals playing each other. beyond that, it's very hard to know. it's a problem that they've been trying to solve for a long time. but when you've got players being transported to matches in armoured personnel carriers, it's very hard to know. i mean, the obvious thing here
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in this case is the teargas being fired into the crowd, and the investigation will look into that. that should never have happened, clearly, but you shouldn't underestimate the real danger that players, officials and, yes, police are in when these matches turn in an ugly direction, in terms of the fans, and the sort of violence they can bring. david lipson from abc australia. let's get some of the day's other news. the health authorities in haiti say a cholera outbreak has killed up to eight people. officials are investigating several possible cases in the outskirts of the capital, port—au—prince. an outbreak 12 years ago killed almost 10,000 haitians. a storm heading towards the pacific coast of mexico has been upgraded to a category 4 hurricane. the storm — named orlene — has strengthened throughout the day, causing torrential rains that could lead to flash flooding, as well as
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possible landslides. mediators in burkina faso say the military leader who was ousted in a coup on friday has formally agreed to step down. religious and traditional leaders said lieutenant colonel paul—henri damiba had given several conditions, including a guarantee of his security and an agreement to start a national dialogue. stay with us on bbc news. still to come on the programme: the supermodel getting a bit of a dressing down. it's the spray paint body suit that's the talk of the paris catwalk. this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on, they think their country will be respected in the world once more, as it used to be, before slobodan milosevic
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took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet, has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade _ was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck _ taking part in the parade and run towards the president, firing from — kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeletal ribs of henry viii's tragic warship emerged. but even as divers worked to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another heart—stopping drama. i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. cheering and applause this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: there's no outright winner in the brazilian election, so left—wing candidate luiz inacio lula da silva
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and right—wing president jair bolsonaro are set to go to a second round run—off. indonesia investigates the death of 125 football fans killed in a stampede after police used tear gas in the stadium. nato's secretary general says the recapture of a town in eastern ukraine — within the territory russia just declared it had annexed — shows that ukrainians can push back against vladimir putin's forces. the retaking of lyman is a significant gain for ukraine, but there is a large part of the east and south of the country which russia controls. our senior international correspondent orla guerin and camera journalist goktay koraltan sent this report from the frontlines in bakhmut. explosions. at the frontline with the guns in action, the order is "run". we reach ukrainian positions
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in the city of bakhmut. we can't say where. but the russians are close, we are told — just a00m away. troops are standing their ground here but in this corner of the donetsk region, it's tough. oleksandr leads the unit and knows the cost of war, not only from fighting his own battles. "my brother died", he says, "but i don't know where "and when exactly, because he was drafted "by a different drafting office in a different region. "as well as my brother, a few of my comrades died." explosions, gunfire. as battles rage just beyond the building... drone buzzes.
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..they deploy one of the key weapons of this conflict. roman, the drone operator, has become a father since the war began. he has seen his baby son, carrillo, only once. 0h! he's fighting, he says, to stop the russians committing more atrocities. "i don't want them to do what they did in bucha," he tells me. "i lived in kyiv. "i understand very well what women feel. "if we are weak, they will come for ourfamilies." gunfire. so, they defend every inch of territory. gunfire. explosions. we've been hearing plenty of shelling, but notjust shelling — there's small arms fire, which suggests that the russians and the ukrainians are not far apart.
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we have to be careful here. we've been told there is a russian sniper operating from that direction. for the troops here, this is a grind, day and night — a hard battle to hold this position and stop the russians from pushing into bakhmut. president putin claims this is now his — part of the territory he officially annexed on friday. soldiers here say he's deluded. the city centre bears the scars of his attacks... distant explosions. ..and echoes to the sounds of his war. imagine this was your home, torn to pieces. gunfire. it seems abandoned. then, ludmilla peeks out. a pensioner who cannot walk, defenceless and terrified.
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she tells us most of her neighbours have gone and the building is leaking. "a man was killed in the yard yesterday", she says, but she and her husband don't have money to leave. at the cemetery, on the city's edge, a last goodbye for a loved one. there are plenty of fresh graves here for those killed in recent months. explosions. suddenly, an exchange of shelling. incoming rounds are getting closer. neither the dead nor the living are safe here. let's go, guys, let's go. let's go. orla guerin, bbc news, bakhmut.
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we will bring you back to here, in the uk. the british prime minister has admitted her government should have "laid the ground better" before unveiling its plan 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. the report by our political editor chris mason contains flashing images. liz truss facing the music. smile for the cameras. this is what close scrutiny looks like when you are a prime minister and chancellor — especially after the week they've had. a penny for what their whispered small talk was about after their big joint decisions had huge consequences. earlier, in a bbc interview, the prime minister's first acknowledgement that she'd made mistakes. i do want to say to people that i understand their worries
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about what has happened this week and 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 have learnt from that and i will make sure that in future, we do a betterjob of laying the ground. one element of the budget plans that angers many conservative mps is the tax cuts for the very highest earners and so, there is an obvious question. are you absolutely committed to abolishing the 45p tax rate for the wealthiest people in the country? yes, and it's part, laura, it is part of an overall package of making our tax system simpler and lower. but i think it's worth noting in the package we announced, the vast majority of that package is the energy package. an energy package costing billions but overshadowed by the tax cuts. did you discuss scrapping the top rate with your whole
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cabinet? no. no, we didn't. do you think... it was a decision that the chancellor made. cabinet isolated from what was coming, a prime minister isolated after what came next. market turmoil and the pound plunging almost as fast as the confidence of conservative mps. watching with his verdict on what he'd heard, a familiar face, no fan of liz truss, who is still not convinced. the sheer risk of using borrowed money to fund tax cuts, that is not conservative. to have as your principal decision, the headline tax move, cutting tax for the wealthiest — that is a display of the wrong values. it's not unusual for left—wing protesters to rather noisily articulate their opposition to the conservatives outside their conference.
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but what is striking this year is there are blunt voices of opposition to the prime minister inside, too. tonight, another intervention from another former cabinet minister, who told me the cut in tax for the richest is so unpopular, mps will reject it. the problem is — and i noticed this talking to my constituents this weekend — that what they are seeing is money being borrowed in order to fund tax cuts for the better—off whilst they themselves are having to, for example, take on a second shift, anotherjob in order to pay for the rise in interest rates and mortgage rates. but let's not muddy the water with this other thing, this tax cut for wealthy people, right now when the priority needs to be on everyday households. in yourjudgement, will the prime minister be able to get these budgetary measures through the house of commons? no, unfortunately — and really, this is the backstop — i don't think the house is in a place where it's likely to support that. how helpful is it to intervene publicly now, so soon
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after a new prime minister has taken office? i mean this to be entirely helpful. there is a way through this, but the way through isn't to put fingers in the ear, tin ears, and just push on. not yet a month in the job, liz truss' first party conference as prime minister is anything but a honeymoon. in the next few days here, she will need to douse her party and the country in bucketfuls of reassurance. chris mason, bbc news, in birmingham. the world's top designers have been showing off their new designs at paris fashion week, and it looks like punk and sky—high platforms will be making a big comeback in spring and summer next year. but it's coperni's spray—on dress that's grabbing all the headlines. wendy urquhart reports. when bella hadid walked onto the runway wearing just a skimpy nude thong and heels, the audience had no idea what was about to happen. the american model stood stock still while a team from fabrican ltd sprayed her body with a white liquid, which slowly but surely turned into a chic white slip dress.
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layer upon layer was added and once the dress was finished off with a sexy split, hadid posed up a storm for waiting photographers in her one—of—a—kind dress. there was drama of a different kind at the valentino show when a model lost a shoe on the runway. but instead of putting it back on, she just discarded the other one and continued strutting her stuff as if nothing had happened. fashion is a fickle business and keeping up with what's in and what's not is a full—time job, but you can always rely on vivienne westwood to shake things up. her spring/summer 2023 collection takes us right back to the punk era and, apparently, sky—high platforms are making a huge comeback. there was also a moment of reflection at paris fashion week as models took to the runway wearing clothes from the issey miyake collection for the first time since his death. the show ended with a dance performance by the models which was accompanied by a pianist and a massive
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round of applause. wendy urquhart, bbc news. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @bbcdavideades. hello. quite a chilly start for some of us on monday with the light winds and clearing skies overnight — very different to how the weather is going to be overall in the week ahead. in fact, we are expecting strong winds and spells of heavy rain. back to the here and now. briefly, high pressure on top of england and wales. that's led to the calm conditions and, in fact, at six o'clock in the morning on monday in some spots in the countryside, temperatures could be just a couple of degrees above freezing. compare that to, say, 10 degrees in western parts of scotland, where we have more of a breeze off the atlantic, and that's ahead of this weather front which will spread across northern ireland and scotland later in the day on monday but elsewhere,
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right from the word go and then through the afternoon, it is going to be a mostly bright day and quite a warm one, too — 19 in london, 17 in liverpool — but where we have the thick cloud and the outbreaks of rain, it will be closer to 1a or 15. but you can see that this weather front doesn't make much progress southwards as we go through monday evening — in fact, most of that weather just sweeps towards the north and the east. come tuesday morning, some western and northern areas of england and wales will get some rain as this rain pulls away from scotland and northern ireland on tuesday. but with this weather front come south—westerly winds, quite warm winds, so look at the temperatures — 20 degrees in norwich and london, where it should stay bright. now, i want to focus also on tuesday night into wednesday. this weather front will spawn a separate area of low pressure a lot of isobars there, so some very strong winds and a very gusty weather front as it moves across the uk.
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northern wales, the north west of england, south—western scotland, we could get up to 100mm of rain through tuesday and wednesday combined. and then thursday, that low pressure is in scandinavia but in its wake, we have strong atlantic winds which will continue to push in showers. the showers will mostly affect scotland and northern ireland. in fact, the further south you are, the better the weather will be. and with those warm south—westerly winds — for example, in london most days — temperatures will be not far off 20 degrees. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news. i'm david eades. the headlines: brazil's presidential election will be settled in a second—round run—off vote on the 30th of october. neither the left wing challenger luiz inacio lula da silva nor the right—wing incumbent jair bolsonaro were able to gain more than 50% of the vote required for victory. indonesian authorities are investigating the death of 125 football fans killed in a stadium stampede. thousands of fans panicked and rushed for an exit after police fired tear gas at them when they invaded the pitch. memorials have been held across indonesia for the deceased.
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president volodymyr zelensky says ukrainian troops have made advances against russian occupying forces on the frontline in eastern ukraine and near the southern

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