the health centre's become afield hospital on the front line of illegal mining. there are new cases every day — old and young. nobody escapes this scourge. outside, a makeshift ward is full of patients with malaria — yet another disease brought in by outsiders and making the yanomami sick. marilena is one of them.

marilena's two—month—old grandson has pneumonia. he doesn't have a name yet. yanomami people don't name their children for several years in case they die. it's a very real fear. five minutes�* walk from the health centre, a polluted creek doesn't stop the children playing. the mercury used to extract gold in the mine upstream has poisoned these once crystal clear waters. fishing and drinking here is now impossible. jenny played in this water as a kid, though much has changed — not least the temptation for young indigenous to get involved in illegal mining.

and this is the mine that's causing their pain. production in full swing, it's scarring the landscape and its people. there are as many as 20,000 illegal miners working in the region. we just passed one of the worst affected areas in the yanomami territory. we couldn't land. the polot said many of the miners are armed, and he was worried they'd shoot at the plane. in the past few years, monitoring of illegal activity in the amazon, as well as budgets in the environmental and indigenous affairs departments, have all been slashed. workers talk of a crisis. 0ne health worker we spoke to didn't want to be identified

for fear they'd get in trouble if they criticised how the federal government works. this way of life for the yanomami hangs in the balance. as the campaigning draws to a close, brazilians have a stark choice to make — jair bolsonaro, a man who wants to exploit the amazon for economic gain. 0rformer president lula da silva, once brazil's

most loved politician, then sentenced to prison for corruption — charges that have now been annulled. but his legacy is mixed. when it comes to the amazon, though, his record is better than bolsonaro�*s. between 2003 and 2010, when he was last president, deforestation fell over 70%. now, though, it's back at the level it was 15 years ago. lula's made the amazon a big part of his campaign, travelling there and meeting its people.

for one of brazil's leading scientists, these elections offer hope. the political discourse of the current president of brazil, during all his years as a parliament member, has always been "go ahead, deforest, do some gold mining, do whatever you want, the forest have no value." we have really to change. we really have an opportunity now in the second round to elect a president that would at least attempt to stop the action of organised crime in the amazon and seek a new development. nothing easy to accomplish, but at least he goes in that direction. the current president goes in the opposite direction. in the yanomami community, lula's the stronger candidate. leaders here fear the alternative.

life here is far removed from the lives of brazilians in the big cities. nobody i've spoken to here, when i've asked them about the elections, has a strong opinion about them. they say politics is a white man's world. but who gets voted in at the end of the month will have a huge impact on the future of indigenous people here. the miners are also part of that non—indigenous world in the cities — but they make their way into the yanomami territory illegally by travelling these dangerous rivers.

maria's bags are packed in this jerry can for when she gets the call for her nextjob. but she's scared to take to the waters again after her canoe capsized a few months back. maria works as a cook at the mines. she knows it's illegal. she doesn't want to be identified. she's scared, but she has debts to pay. with the money she's earned, she's built a better house. but unlike many miners, maria has her doubts about bolsonaro. these elections have shown just how divided the country is. when it comes to the amazon, brazilians have a choice between lula, who's vowed

to clamp down on illegal mining, and bolsonaro, who in effect backs it. but in this part of brazil, there's no question — bolsonaro wins hands down. the police station's car park in the region's capital, boa vista, is testament to the booming mining industry here. these planes and helicopters confiscated from suspected illegal miners, some of them even prominent local businessmen. mining is most definitely in this region's blood. in front of the governor's palace stands this monument dedicated to the prospectors of the past. the current governor, an ally of bolsonaro�*s, wants that tradition to continue.

it's not an argument that indigenous lawyer ivo makuxi buys. he says bolsonaro�*s narrative emboldens illegal activity, and hisjob�*s been made much harder these past four years. we are very...afraid. we want lula to win, because we would have dialogue with the government. they would listen to us, the indigenous peoples, because i experience personally that during this government, we don't have even the rights to go attend a meeting with them. that says they don't want to listen to us, because they are doing

the right thing for us. bolsonaro has 24—year—old danilo�*s vote. talk of legalising mining has made it easierfor him to sell guns to miners to protect themselves. it's the money that drives him. and so for you, the future, the climate issues, the future of the rainforest, the impact on the world is not

it's a complex problem with lots of groups involved, many of them divided. the amazon matters to us all — no more so than those living in the rainforest, many of whom are poor and just want to provide for theirfamilies. the solution is complex too, but as long as there's inequality, can the amazon ever truly be protected? one of lula's former ministers thinks so.

you left lula's government over disagreements on infrastructure projects in the amazon. so will lula be that savior of the amazon? but back at the governor's palace in boa vista,

the insistence on the economic value of mining is clear. will this be what the yanomami community and the amazon looks like in a few decades from now? there's no doubt competing forces in the amazon are changing how they live their lives. in this vast rainforest, though, there's little hope that politicians can keep them safe.

hello. we've got two areas of rain to look out for overnight. the first is the main band of rain we've had working northwards today. much of the thundery element now diminishing from this as it pushes into scotland and starts to clear from northern ireland. but some heavy thundery showers pushing up from the south and they will continue to work their way north and eastwards through england and wales through this evening and overnight. that band of rain weakening as it pulls its way northwards through scotland, could see a few clear spells developing behind that main band of rain. and also the showers, quite gusty winds for channel coasts reaching 55 miles an hour, but it's another mild night, 10 to 13 celsius the overnight low. showers along eastern coast will clear through the morning to leave some sunshine behind.

see some showers pushing in from the west as the day wears on somewhat. hitand miss. not everyone will see them and some will stay dry with the best of the sunshine. feeling mild if not warm in the sunshine. 15 to 18 celsius, the top temperature. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: rishi sunak officiallyjoins the race to be the next conservative leader and prime minister, this afternoon culture secretary michelle donelan has gone public with her support for him. penny mordaunt is still in the running despite running a distant thrid in declared mp nomiations. she told the bbc she believes in cabinet led politics. i have my views but i won't be imposing policy that ijust made up in a room by myself.