welcome to bbc news — i'm gareth barlow. our top stories: lula's big comeback. the left—of—centre challenger, luiz inacio lula da silva, narrowly wins brazil's presidential election. translation: today we are telling the world that brazil is back, that brazil is too big to be relegated to the set role of pariah of the world. disappointment for followers of the incumbent president — jair bolsonaro. the question many are asking — will he concede defeat? national mourning in south korea after more than 150 people are crushed to death at a halloween event in seoul. at least 80 people have died after a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in western india.

and how the rock band coldplay is offering its support to protesters in iran. it's official — the left of centre politician, luis inacio lula da silva, commonly known as �*lula', has won brazil's presidential election — snatching victory by a tiny margin from the rightwing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, who had an early lead as the first votes came in. the final tally was just 50.8% to lula. crowds of mr lula's supporters started celebrating in the streets. this represents an amazing comeback for the former president, who three years ago, was serving a prison sentence for corruption — his conviction was later overturned. but the contest reflected how

deeply polarised brazil is. mr lula spoke after the win was announced. translation: i have faith in god that with the help l of the people we will find a way out so this country may live again democratically, harmoniously, and we can even re establish peace between families. today, we are telling the world that brazil is back, that brazil is too big to be relegated to the set role of pariah of the world. our south america correspondent katy watson is in sao paulo. it was always expected to be a close race but it was a nailbiter until the very end. lula's supporters are coming out in force, they are chanting, "lula has returned!". and whether you like him or loathe him, the fact that lula has come back to come back to be president, 20 years after he first become leader, is a historic moment

for people here in brazil. but he will have his work cut out for him because this is a very different brazil, it is a very divided brazil. bolsonaro may no longer be president but he'll have his legacy in congress, with conservative law makers making lula's job very difficult, achieving everything he want to do. so, it is a difficult time. it will be a huge job for lula, but certainly people here, pleased he's back and at least he can make a start in changing brazil. people here talk about the fact that they want to leave behind anger and they want to leave behind hate, but it is a very divided country and trying to unite this country will be lula's biggest challenge. this result will have a significant impact on policy affecting the amazon rainforest. deforestation in 2021 rose to the highest level since 2015 in brazil's cerrado region, prompting scientists to raise the alarm over the state of the world's most species—rich savannah. lula da silva had vowed

an environmental overhaul of government policy when campaigning, and used his first hour as president to discuss the climate crisis. dr mercedes bustamante is an ecologist at the university of brasilia in brazil. thank you for doing so. lula using his first speech since the victory announced to talk about the amazon and bimetal issues, how big is the challenge facing him? issues, how big is the challenuaefacin him? . ~ challenge facing him? thank you for havin: challenge facing him? thank you for having me. — challenge facing him? thank you for having me, the _ challenge facing him? thank you for having me, the first - challenge facing him? thank you for having me, the first speech l for having me, the first speech was quite important, he committed to get zero deforestation to curb illegal activities in the amazon region and protect the indigenous people and traditional communities, these are quite huge challenges, especially because now we have a parliament, there is much more conservative than it was when lula was president before. again, we have hope that the

executive branch now have more power, and we can get more enforcement of the environmental law into the regions so it can get the control of deforestation back. he said that he would try to get deforestation down to zero but he has been president and he doesn't manage it then, what does he need to do now, is it even possible to get to that figure? in even possible to get to that fi . ure? even possible to get to that fiuure? , , . figure? in the speech he mentioned _ figure? in the speech he mentioned to _ figure? in the speech he mentioned to get - figure? in the speech he mentioned to get more | mentioned to get more international collaboration to save the amazon region, to know more what to do in terms of controlling the deforestation and to use the amazon biodiversity to build a new economy for result, so we can replace the predatory activities this is quite a welcome step, in the first term of lula the deforestation goes down to 80%, but this was

mainly due to the law enforcement who could not replace traditional economic activities in the region by new economic activities, this is now the step he must take to get the zero deforestation commitment in place. how much international— commitment in place. how much international support _ commitment in place. how much international support is - commitment in place. how much international support is there - international support is there to achieve that goal and what can international community do, the amazon is so much referred to as the lungs of the world, it in all our interest for brazil to reach that goal and be supported in doing so? the amazon is _ be supported in doing so? tue: amazon is recognised be supported in doing so? tte: amazon is recognised as one of the tipping point elements of the tipping point elements of the climate system, the globe is dependent on the converse —— conversation of the amazon region, we can get a lot of international support trying to improve the situation of the people there, and restore the confidence that brazil is able to protect the amazon, for the world. , , , .,

to protect the amazon, for the world. , , ., , , world. just give us a sense underwr— world. just give us a sense underjair bolsonaro - world. just give us a sense underjair bolsonaro how l world. just give us a sense - underjair bolsonaro how much have things deteriorated because lots of people have been courage to go into the forest, to undertake illegal gold mining, to expand agricultural activities, how bad has it been?— bad has it been? the environmental - bad has it been? the i environmental policies bad has it been? tte: environmental policies under the administration ofjair the administration of jair bolsonaro the administration ofjair bolsonaro was a public disaster, saw an increase in deforestation rates notjust on amazon but all other brazilian biomes, jair bolsonaro destroyed most environmental agencies in brazil, he opened the way there activities brazilian region especially illegal mining activities, so now i think the first point they need to restore, while the speech we need to conserve the amazon, and we will fight illegal activities in the region. tt

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for having me. _ much for your time. thank you for having me. we _ much for your time. thank you for having me. we have - much for your time. thank you for having me. we have some| for having me. we have some live pictures _ for having me. we have some live pictures here _ for having me. we have some live pictures here now - for having me. we have some. live pictures here now showing you brecel, this is following the announcement of 99.9% of the announcement of 99.9% of the vote being counted in the presidential election, luiz inacio lula da silva with 50.8%, 50.9% tighter than many expected, we are showing you these pictures, the better rivals neck and neck in the final round of the election, which has polarised much of brazilian society. and it's been plenty more there as well not just live been plenty more there as well notjust live pictures on our website, you can follow all the details at bbc .com. the south korean president, yoon suk—yeol, has visited an altar in the capital, seoul, to pay his respects to the victims of saturday's halloween stampede. more than 150 people were killed, and dozens injured in a narrow alley, in the popular itaewon district. south korean investigators say they don't yet understand the circumstances that led to the crush, but the government has promised a thorough investigation into one of the country's worst—ever disasters.

our correspondentjean mackenzie sent this report from seoul. you may find parts of it distressing. as the bodies are counted and the victims identified, devastating accounts of seoul's halloween night of horror are emerging. thousands packed onto the streets to party... i didn't sleep till now. i couldn't sleep because i see people dying in front of me.

i felt like i was going to die. some get the terrible news that their loved ones are among the dead. waves were coming in from both sides, and more people fell, and i lost my friend. and i turned around and i told the crowd, "you can't come this way. "people are dying." for others, there's no information. this is almost as hard to hear.

i went home. i didn't see him. he didn't come home. happened, happened," he says, an acknowledgement that things went horribly wrong. this footage from last year shows police controlling the crowds at the same spot. this year, multiple witnesses say this didn't happen. the questions for authorities are, how was this crowd allowed to get so out of control, and what could have been done to stop this terrible tragedy? but for now, this country is mourning the death of so many of its young.

jean mckenzie, bbc news, seoul. jean mackenzie with that report. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: plundered by the nazis, the exhibition devoted to works of art looted during world war ii. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested and an extremistjewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear, the monarchy would survive. they are being held somewhere inside the compound, and student leaders have threatened that, should the americans attempt rescue, they will all die.

and itjust seems to keep on going. tonight, we prove once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals. this is bbc news — the latest headlines: brazil's left—wing former leader, luiz inacio lula da silva, is making a dramatic return to power, after narrowly beating the far—right incumbent, jair bolsonaro, in the presidential election. there's national mourning in south korea, after more than 150 people were crushed to death at a halloween event in seoul. a footbridge in western india has collapsed,

killing at least 80 people. hundreds were thought to have been on the bridge in morbi in gujarat when it went down, plunging them into a river. it was only reopened last week after extensive renovations. our south asia correspondent, yogita limaye, reports. moments after the collapse, survivors tried to clamber up what remains of the footbridge. at this popular spot in the western town of morbi, families were out together at the end of a week of holidays for diwali festivities. locals were the first to respond, helping pull people out. some even swimming out to rescue those stuck in the middle of the river. at one of the banks, people tried to form a human chain to reach as many as they could. the bridge, built in the 19th century, was closed for renovation for six months, reopened less than a week ago.

translation: schools were off, and so lots of people were here along with their children. the bridge collapsed because of overcrowding, sukram, an eyewitness said. at the hospital, a steady stream of the injured were brought in. this is indian prime minister nahendra modi's home state and his party is in power here. he announced compensation for those who have been affected. once the struggle to save people is over, for officials here, there will be many tough questions to answer. yogita limaye, bbc news, india. the president of iran and the head of the country's powerful revolutionary guards, have issued their strongest warnings yet that nation—wide protests must end. and while protesters carried on with their demonstrations, in more than a dozen university campuses, they were met with a violent crackdown by security forces. hundreds of people have been killed since the death of mahsa amini in police custody. our news reporter azadeh

moshiri joins us in the studio. strong words from the authorities, however translating on the ground with the security forces? it seems like there is a richard kennar up. they have been more heavy—handed on university campuses where protests continue to have the weekend. then, footage of gunshots were heard in a lot of these videos, with students starting with peaceful protests, then suddenly hearing them screaming and running away as militia and riot police show up. but, while hundreds have been killed in the last few weeks, and i don't want to underplay how brutal and violent this crackdown has been, but this hasn't reached the full capacity of the islamic republic has for violence, certainly in 2019 — there was a quick, sudden violent surge of killings, and they were protests they didn't have quite the same amount of momentum as the protests we see now, so this does portray a set

of hesitancy by the islamic republic in terms of how they can respond to processes, who are mainly women, students and schoolchildren who are just asking for one or two reforms — they are challenging the entire system and regime as a whole. there are also questions about how far the security forces on the ground are going to go, if they will follow those orders. we have certainly seen videos of security forces following protesters rather than confronting them. we protesters rather than confronting them. protesters rather than confrontin: them. ~ ., ., confronting them. we have also seen strong _ confronting them. we have also seen strong international- seen strong international support for these projects, bradford focusing around a song, and at them. we have seen it performed by the recent band, coldplay in recent hours, what is going on there? alma yes, they brought on an iranian actress who sang along to the original song in argentina. the song has been sung by people within and outside of iran. it is about all of the things that protesters are asking for, and the lyrics

pieces together tweets by the protesters, thanks like they want dancing on the streets, they are doing this because of they are doing this because of the fear of kissing in public, they talk about women, life, freedom. it is worth listening to. gentle guitar strumming harmonious singing the author of the song was detained and arrested a few days after it was released. he was then allowed to leave, but he made a statement that many believe was coerced but he said he did not want his song is

politically. either way, he did not want his song is politically. eitherway, it shows the international support you're talking about and the fact that people are reacting to the fact that women and schoolchildren are marching for many of the freedoms we don't even think about.— even think about. thank you so much. philippine officials say the number of dead from a vast tropical storm that hit the country over the weekend has risen to 98. dozens more were injured. most of the casualties were on the southern island of mindanao which experienced severe flash flooding and landslides. storm nalgae affected a wide swathe of the country, making landfall five times. bridges, roads, and crops have been destroyed. a bbc investigation has found how conspiracy theories about terror attacks are spreading, and following people perceive they have lied about injuries. 0ne they have lied about injuries. one person is preparing legal action against men who says he

spied on victims. the investigation was for bbc panorama and radio 4. archived by a disinformation media corresponded reports. these are bridget is a survivor of the 2017 terror attack. it has taken her years to come to terms with her injuries. two years later a conspiracy theorist turned up at the boatyard where she worked, posing as a customer with the of secretly recording her to see if she was lying about her injuries. see if she was lying about her in'uries. , ., ., ., injuries. they have no right to do what they _ injuries. they have no right to do what they have _ injuries. they have no right to do what they have done, - injuries. they have no right to l do what they have done, taking our stories individually and ripping them apart.- our stories individually and ripping them apart. today i have started _ ripping them apart. today i have started on _ ripping them apart. today i have started on my journey ripping them apart. today i i have started on my journey to have started on myjourney to id have started on myjourney to go around _ have started on myjourney to go around all of these places. this— go around all of these places. this is— go around all of these places. this is richard dean hall, describing online how to find lisa and other manchester arena survivors because he thinks the attacker stage. survivors because he thinks the attackerstage. he survivors because he thinks the attacker stage. he makes money from promoting his theories and talks, online videos and even a book. messages sent by the bbc

show how online abuse is connected to terror attacks in the uk. a survey of 4000 people carried out by kings the uk. a survey of 4000 people carried out by king's college london suggests the pandemic has made this worse, with a third saying it has made the more suspicious of official explanations of terror attacks. a fifth finger terror victims are not telling the truth about what happened to them. those eo - le what happened to them. those people susceptible _ what happened to them. those people susceptible to - people susceptible to conspiracy theories have been egged on in some sense because of covid, we were stuck in our homes online, desperate for information. born survivor, enough is enough. he was seriously injured in the manchester arena attack with his daughter and is preparing to bring legal action against him who says he spied on herfrom outside the home. i am all forfree on herfrom outside the home. i am all for free speech but it crosses a line when you are saying that i am an actor or i haven't got a spinal cord injury, you know, he is

disabled.— injury, you know, he is disabled. , ., ~ disabled. i visited the market stall where he _ disabled. i visited the market stall where he works, - disabled. i visited the market stall where he works, he - disabled. i visited the marketl stall where he works, he says. do you realise you're affecting peoples' lives? how do you feel? two all of my answers are in the book. i have read your book. there are claims by the victims that are contrary to evidence. richard boyle has since posted a new video saying he didn't put a camera outside of the home but he did leave a camera rolling in his van parked in a public place. he says his door—to—door enquiries are polite and you can't be responsible for people sending abuse online. but, for the survivors they remain fearful of the conspiracies that he and others promote. a new exhibition's opened in the french city of strasbourg, showcasing dozens of artworks looted by the nazis during the second world war. an unknown number of paintings and sculptures were stolen by hitler's regime, and many remain unaccounted for. the bbc�*s tim allman

has the story. works of art, works of plunder, portraits, still alive, each and every one of them stolen from their rightful owners. this exhibition is a reminder of humanity's capacity of both creativity and cruelty. translation: creativity and cruelty. tuna/mom- creativity and cruelty. translation: ., , ., ~ ., translation: you should know there were _ translation: you should know there were two _ translation: you should know there were two previous - there were two previous recipients from looting. first of all there was hitler's project for a central museum, very close to his hometown. then, the second one, and you have to imagine it was pure theft, it was for a private collection.— theft, it was for a private collection. everything that . litters collection. everything that glitters is _ collection. everything that glitters is gold. _ collection. everything that glitters is gold. no-one i collection. everything that - glitters is gold. no-one really knows how — glitters is gold. no-one really knows how many _ glitters is gold. no-one really knows how many works - glitters is gold. no-one really knows how many works of - glitters is gold. no-one really knows how many works of art | knows how many works of art were looted during the war. tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, some

taken from occupied countries, any taken from jewish families. after the war, some of the looted art was returned to its original owners, assuming they can be tracked down or were still alive much of it remains in limbo, unaccounted for to this day. translation: ., ., ., translation: the ideal goal would be that _ translation: the ideal goal would be that the _ translation: the ideal goal would be that the end - translation: the ideal goal would be that the end of - translation: the ideal goal would be that the end of this| would be that the end of this exhibition, the artworks word not be returned to the walls of the museums but returned to the descendants of their legitimate owners, nearly 200 artworks since the 1950s have been returned to their rightful owners. returned to their rightful owners-— returned to their rightful owners. , ., , owners. the exhibition runs until may — owners. the exhibition runs until may next _ owners. the exhibition runs until may next year - owners. the exhibition runs until may next year and - owners. the exhibition runs until may next year and its| until may next year and its organisers so they would stop trying to find the original owners of the art. they say it is a mission and, above all else, moral duty. tim allman, bbc news. before we go, let's take you back to brazil where supporters of luiz inacio �*lula' da silva,

commonly known as lula, are celebrating after he won the election, snatching the election, snatching the election by a tiny margin. all the details on website. hello. it's still very mild out there and we've got another mild day on the way for monday. after that, it does look as though the temperatures will return at least closer to the seasonal norm. it's not going to be cold, though, that's for sure. we have rain in the forecast for the trick—or—treaters, as well. most of us will get the rain later on today, some of us will have the rain already in the morning, for example in northern ireland and you can see the weather front here approaching earlier on, on the satellite picture. here it is but ahead of it, you can see clearer weather across the bulk of the country, certainly in england, wales, and eastern parts of scotland. so, through the early hours, lots of clear weather out towards the east, some showers out towards the west, and here is the weather front crossing ireland. the morning temperatures will range from around

14 degrees along the channel coast, to 12 in liverpool, and around 10 degrees in glasgow, edinburgh, and also aberdeen. 0nto the forecast for monday morning, that rain reaches eventually belfast, the western isles of scotland. there will be some showers ahead of it in north west england, but elsewhere a bright if not sunny start and a very decent afternoon, with some sunshine for birmingham, for hull, for newcastle — here around 15 or 16 degrees. but notice showers start to appear on the south coast, come the middle of the afternoon, and as the afternoon wears on, it does look as though those showers will spread further northwards, into wales, too. they will become more extensive, so, yes, as i say, for some of the trick—or—treaters, we are forecasting rain. here's tuesday's weather map. it looks rather complicated. an area of low pressure, with weather fronts sweeping across the country. there will be a noticeable breeze, that's for sure. it is going to be a changeable day, a real mixed bag, but particularly gusty, i think, come the evening along the english channel. temperatures between 12 degrees typically in scotland and northern ireland, to around 15 or 16 in east anglia

and the south—east on tuesday. let's have a look at wednesday's forecast. earlier on i think there will be some fine weather, and eventually this autumn low is going to sweep in, off the atlantic. you can see extensive rain there with that area of low pressure, and gusty winds, certainly gale force winds around the coasts, but i think eastern areas could hang onto the dry weather for most of the day. so, here is the outlook for the week ahead, from monday into friday. you can see that steady decline in the temperatures, from 18 degrees in london to around 13 or 14, and about the low teens further north.

this is bbc news. the headlines: brazil's left—wing former leader — luiz inacio lula da silva — is making a dramatic return to power after narrowly beating the far—right incumbent jair bolsonaro in the presidential election. lula da silva described his win as a victory for democracy. he urged peace and unity. a period of national mourning has been declared in south korea where 153 mostly young people celebrating halloween were crushed to death on saturday in seoul. the president, yoon suk—yeol, has vowed a full investigation into one of the country's worst ever disasters. the authorities in the indian state of gujarat have promised a full investigation into the collapse of a pedestrian suspension bridge. at least 80 people are known

to have died and it's feared that number will rise.